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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-16
Mrs. Darlington ON Education.

For my part I can't deceive what on
airth edicationa is coming to. When I
was young. if a gal only understood the
rules Of distraction, provision, multiply
ing and replenishing, and the common
denominator, and knew all about the
rivers and their obituaries, the covenants
and their dormitories, the provinces and
the umpires, they had edication enough.
But now they have to study bottomy,
algebay, and have to demonstrate sup
positions about the sycophants or cir
custangents and diagnosis of parallel
grams, to say nothing of oxides,
asheads, cowsticks and obtruse TRAN
gles." & And here the old lady was so
confused with the technical names that
she was forced to stop, -
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-16
SALT FROM THE CHICAGO COMMERCIAL
ADVERTISER


ADVERTISER.
A dog-on'd wag-A cur-tail
A celebrated case-Schweitzer kase.
On his high heels--A kicking mule.
Net cash--The fsherman's proceeds.
Acknowledgements accounts.
Sharp practice-Disseoting subject.
Hairy something's Tresses and mat
tresses. .... .... -.,-... ..,....e..
A syllabus kiss of an affected
attorney.
A red ribbon is the temperance badge,
but Wisconsin is the badger.
We have had our golden age and our
iron age, but this is the age of steal.
Parlor matches are getting dangerous.
Gate sparks are infinitely safer.
Can man who is financially fiat on
his back, ard call at sea-" float loan
It is quite befitting that the flower of
the family should be trained in the
nursery. 4Lts lug5. 94t.;
The income tax is on the carpet, but
this will not be SO general as the outgo
tacks on the carpet. -
s Much has been said about the prayer
gauge, but more concerning tie church
gage, which is mort gage.
There is this disparity between 43, $50
square feet of window-glass and a
troublesome molar: One is an acre of
panes; the other, pains of an acher.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-16

EVERY applicant for liquor license
in Alabama is now obliged to take an
oath that he will neither give nor sell
any kind of liquor to minor, orperson
of unsound mind, without permission
from parent or guardian.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-16

"HIs Faith in the People Never
Wavered" is to be one of the things re-
corded on Andrew Johnson's monu-
ment.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-16

Nibbs went home at twelve. Twas unusually late
For him, and he made conjecture
That lone Mrs. N. would remain up and wait
His coming to give him lecture.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-03-16
W lid Mem.

In the island of Rio there are
wild men, VINO live in trees, aud
have no language but cries; aud
in Sumatra, the residents Of Palem-
bang said there were men who
lived in tue forests, with whom not
only the Europeans, but the Malays.
could have no intercourse. He
himself had never seen one. Yet,
strange to say, they have petty
traffic with the outer world. yet not
through the medium Of speech.
They live in the woods aud subsist
by the chase. they hunt tigers,
not with the gun, bat with arrows.
which they blow out Of 3 tube with
such force, and which are SO keen
Of point, aud touched with such
dreadly poison, that wound is al.
most immediately fatal.
These tiger skins or elephant
tusks they bring for barter--not
for sale-for they never sell any
thing, for money is about the most
useless thing they can have. They
cannot eat OR drink it or wear it..
But rs they have wants they ex-
change; yet they themselves are
never seen. They bring what they
have to the edge Of the forest, and
leave il there, and the Mslsys come
and place what they have to dispose
Of and retire. 1t the offer is salts
factory, when they return again
they find what they brought gone.
aud take what is left and depart.
Ii not. they add u few tribes more
to tempt the eyes Of these Wild
men II the woods, aud so, at last,
the exchange is effect, Vet al The
while the sellers keep themselves
Invisible.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-03-16
Young Girls.

Our young girls do not under
stand the ..witchery of bright eyes
and rosy lips, but set off beauty by
all the artificial means which lie
in their power, never rejecting
by SO doing they destroy their
principal cbarm-thato finnocence.
The rounded cheeks, the bright
eyes, the waving hair of girl in
her teens need only the simplest
setting. Rich fabrics and sumptu-
Gus adorning are more for the ma
ture, her dress gaining III ample
fold and graceful sweep as she puts
on the dignity of years. The sea-
sons teach us somthiug here, if we
go to nature for Q suject lesson.
How different her charm from the
deep, maturing summer, when the
hues are decided, and the air is
loaded with perfume from thou
sand censers. The schoolgirl is
only on the threshold Of summer.
She has not crossed it yet. Let
her copy the sweet grace OF the
spring on her graduation day, aud
discard ar,i6ciality for nature
Chicago Ledger.
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A silver Bill lnserview.

Col. G. W. Moulton. of Cincin.
natl, brother-in-lsw of Secretary
Sherman, in au interview on the
subject of the silver bill, says tha,
he does not agree with the Secre-
tary nor with President Hayes
views, as expressed in his veto
message. Col. Moulton says:
/ do not see where there has
been any violation of the public
faith. All the United States bonds
that were issued prior to 1873 are
PAYABLE in coin, aud the receipts
from the customs revenues were
pledged to pay the interest upon
tue bonds so issued.
For the last eight years the term
coin has appeared in our statutes,
and meant either gold or silver, at
the option Of the party having the
debt to pay. The silver dollar Of
4i2I grams was made the unit OF
value by the act of 1892, and it has
been the standard dollar, measur-
ing the value of all other products,
until the legislation of 1873. which
was os.ens,bly a cerlihcation OF
the mint laws. changed the stan
dsrd flom silver to gold in the in-
terests of the creditor class, aud
III restoring 1T by the present leg
isIaiIon We were only rectIfying an
error which was COMMITTED.
You eau see no violation OF con-
tracts in the bill, as charged In the
veto message.
No, sir: the violation Of the con-
tract occurred when the standard
was changed in 1873.
Do you ihiuk the demand for
free coinage is as universal in the
West as represented?
Yes, aud it is an intelligent de-
mrnd. The people know exactly
what they want, and will require
Congress TO put silver Just where
it stood before 1873.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-03-16
they Say!

They say-ah. well. suppose they do!
But can they prove the story truef
Suspicion may arise from naught
But malice, envy. wa Of thought
Why count yourself among the "they"
Who whisper what they dare not say 2
They say-But why the tale rehearse.
And help 10 make the matter worse
No good can possibly accrue
From telling what may be untruei
And is 1t not n noble plan
To speak of all the best you cant
They say-well. if it should he so,
Why need you tell the tale of wool
Will it the bitter wrong redress.
Or make one pang Of sorrow less
Will it the erring one restore.
Henceforth to Ego and sin no more ~
They say-oh! pause and look within!
See how thy heart inclines to sin
Watch, lest in dark temptations hour
Thou, too, should sink beneath its powe
Pity the frSil-weep DER their fall,
But speak of good, or not ut all
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Words.

Ii words could satisfy the heart
The heart would have less care;
But words, like summer clouds, depart
And leave but empty care.
The heart, pilgrim on the earth.
Finds often when it needs.
That words are as little wol tn
As Just so many weeds.
A little said, truly said,
Can deeper JOY impart
Than scores of words that reach the head
But never reach the heart.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-03-16

Senator Don Cameron, while in
the Senate, wears q short. business
ssck-coat. which IL none tootong
for dignity. He is very youthful
10 appearance. bss . crest. big,
overwhelming reddish and brown
moustsche, is very easy and basl-
nesslike in bis manner. and when
ne is talking to girl in the re-
serve gallery bis voice sounds like
. boy tumbling into an empty su.
gar hngshead.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-03-16
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TT can make money faster at york for
u 10 than q anything else. Capital IS
mt required; ws vlll stsrtycc slS per
day II home msds b the drdrs.SssIs.-
Alien. women. boa and era wanted
svsryShUs. . vuS& Soy o.. Nee 'e the
tina Costly outfit ard tsgpS Ae9 -
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Some men bear up under misfor-
tnns--othsrs besr up. The former
overcome sdversity, while the lat
tsr are overcome by L. That'a tina
the dif5epence.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-03-16
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
STATE GOVERNMENT.

-
GOVERNOR T Nichols.
Lieut.. GOvernOr-L A Wilt.
Secretary of State-W A Strong.
Auditor of Pablo AccOunts-Al-
len Jumel.
superintendent of Public Educa-
tiOn--R NJ Lusher.
Adiutant General-D b Penn.
JUDICIARY.
Supreme Court-Chief Justice, r
C Manning; Associate Justices, X
ii MARI, Alcibiade DeBlanc, w b
Spencer Clerk, Alfred Roman.
DISTRICT.
Judge District Court-W F Black
man.
District Attorney-E G Hunter.
District Court - Second Monday
in January and First Monday in
July.
PARISH OFFICERS.
Clerk of Court Henry c Walker.
Recorder-W ii HOdnett.
Parish Judge-A V Raglan.
Sheriff-Chas r Nugent.
COrOner-Dr P GOOde.
Representative-COl + G Randolph.
Parish AttOrney-A. Cazabat.
Parish Treasurer-A l. Grow.
Tax COllector-C c. Nash.
Police JurOrs-Jas A Daniels
Pesident; VIM TisOn, Randolph,
Reeves, G w Fitz, VI N Swofford.
Clerk Police Jury-R s Cameron.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
Ward I. Lorenzo Smith.
{" =. John L Hodnet.
{" 3. Thomas Allison.
/" 4. John G. Linscum.
{" s. John w Saunders.
=. Il. John Chelette. $50,
2. David Hardy and j VI
Fletcher.
Parish Court-Regular or General
Terms First Mondays in February.
April, June, August, October ami
December.
Probate Terms-First Mondays IN
January, March, May, July, scpteni-
Der and November.
LODGES.
Cloutierville Ledge No. l03-Reg-
ular communication first and third
Sundays of each month. Officers
a l. Grow, w VI; A Powell, 5 w;
w ) Calhoun, j W; 5 Kraft. Secre-
tary.
Montgomery Lodge No. It;s--Reg-
ular communications first Saturdays
on or before the full moon at each
month. Officers = II Van Mccain.
W "; Z Milton, : W: Thos !
Shumate, j W; ID II Shumate. I;
David Hardy, Secretary; !; X Scott.
g ID; j McCain, j ID; w o llauI-
son and 5 A Dean, Stewards: John
II Hardy, Marshall; David NJ Smith.
Tyler; } $ Payne, Chaplain.
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4. Golfax Gbrunifle.
a. GOODWIN,
EDITOR and PUBLISHER.
TERMS:
ADVERTISING RATES:

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A Cards of q Personal nature, when
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o,.r,ssional and Business Cards,
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sNO.19.
An sss-ss.

DIttu. ..rr
Spring is on hand. Lettuce have
peas.
Improving ones time-mending
the clock.
1t takes q pretty smart nan TO
tell when he is happy.
The Rev. Mr.. Yocum marTies
people in Cincinnati.
A lively advertisement costs no
more than dull one.
The home circle-walking around
with the baby at night.
What ia better than q promising
young man? A paying one.
When man can'tfind anything
to do. he has lived long enough.
Why is the sun like good loafs
Because it's light when it rises.
Question for aetors-Can an &C.
tor be said to work when he playsf
In what ship has the greatest
number Of people been wreckedi
Courtship. Aaer
The man who doesn't hang out
bis shingle aud advertise dies and
leaves no sign.
Those who rise to eminence sud
denly are very apt to come back
by the next train.
Bashfuluess in often like the
platiog on spoous-when it wears
of it shows the brass. e
A Spanish proverb says "a kiss
without q mustache 10 like an egg
without salt"
When fortune wants to let q fel-
low-being fall the hardest. she lifts
him up the highest.
Earring sister, 60 in peace"
said the jeweler- to the purchaser
of the diamond pendants. o
The spelling maria is raging.
Parties of four in Tue cars turn
Two seats facing each other and
spell.
Msrble-top tables are unhealthy
according to the Herald OF Health.
bat it does not state their dis
ease.
Boss Tweed doesn't think Tie
treatment az the penitentisry very
beu4yu. On the contrary he thinks
it is 80.
Those old Greeks we're pretty
wise fellows. In their vocabulary
maiden is translated nothing, and
marriage is CANNON. 81
If "Rome was not built in I
day." the inference 10 that it
sprung up in the night. and thus
became a mushroom city.
Can you tell me when il is thst
a blacksmith raises Q row in tl.e
alphabet? 1t is when be makes :
poke and shovel.
A man Boosting Of his pedigree
to another said that HIS father was
elevated above the common herd
of men. He was hanged.
A lady who asked her love II he
would like TO ses the lambs feed.
was surprised to hear him say be
had rather SEQ her eye brows(e).
"That beet's all" as the man
ssid whe be sat down to his frst
dinner in the new house. on NOV.
ing day, and found the supply
short
The Rock county Recorder.
heads its funny paragraph column
in this way: written with Scis,
sors." Those writticisms ought or.
tainly to be sharp.
"Why do you use paint :" asked
. violinist Ut his daughter; For
the same reason that you use roS.
in, pscs." How is that r ssWby.
to help the draw my besn.'' -
Nevada 'ice-dealers are already
preparing to double their pricss
next summer, upon ths ground
that the crop will be almost entire.
~ eaten up by the grasshoppers.
A Boston lady recently left sum
OF money, the interest Of which is
used in providing the inmates Of
the Home for old women and
Homs for old men With . sspply
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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-07-19
JAPANESE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

The San Francisco Post mentions the
arrival in the City of Pekin of two Japan
ese priests endowed with the power of
working miracles. They are accompanied
by some English gentlemen who have lived
many years in Japan and vouch for the
miraculous priests. They are very pious
men, and can really do wonderful things
through the aid of their deity. They pray
for power to work their wonders very much
after the style of the Hebrews and Chris
tians. One of their miracles is to walk on
the edges of swords whetted sharp as razors
with their bare feet without cutting them,
and over beds of live Goals barefoot with
out getting scorched. They also swallow
poisons without injurious effects, and do
all our Bible miracles with grace and pre-
cision. They are going to the Paris expo
sition, where they will challenge the
devotees of the Christian or any other
religion to do the things by the aid of their
Japanese deity. They do not intend to
work miracles in this country, for they are
saving themselves for tilt of miracles in
Paris.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-07-19

With the addition of some huge 3S-ton
guns, the heaviest artillery at present in
the service, to the defenses of the Thames,
the forts which now protect London on the
side of the sea may be considered in sat-
sfactory condition. We rarely regard
London as fortified city, and yet against
the attack of hostile squadron it is as well
assured as any other port in the world.
1t is only within the past few years that
any really serious steps have been made for
the proper defense of the centre of the ma
TONS greatness. At any time, no doubt,
we could organize in a few days system
of torpedo defense which would, if success
full, effectua1ly bar progress up the river;
but torpedoes are at best treachTous
kind of weapon and are apt, at times, to
be as dangerous to friend as to foe.
Coming up to the More, the first opposi'
ton that an enemy would be likely to meet
with are the Sheerness forts and the Isle Of
Grain guns, together with any long-range
cannon which might happen to be in posi-
ton on the Essex shore at Shoeburyness.
In the event of the hostile squadron pass
ing these, it would next have to cope with
a very powerful battery at Coal House
Point, and another on the opposite shore,
called the new Shornmeade Fort. These
works mount guns of very heavy calibre,
and are SO constructed that they may ope-
rate in unison and deliver sweeping cross
fire. Moreover, the reach Of the river is of
such a nature that the cannon of the forts
could command any ships coming up the
river couple of miles before the latter
came abreast of the batteries.
If we suppose, however, the enemy to be
successful in evading these works also,
then his progress would be checked again
by Tilbury Fort and its companion work
opposite, New Tavern Fort. These forts
are also fitted with guns of heavy calibre
and long range, those OH the Kent shore
commanding the whole of the long reach
in the river just below Gravesend. 1t
would only be in the event Of an enemy
running the gauntlet of these big guns that
it would have any chance whatever of
reaching the government factories at Wool
wich, or those docks whose overfowing
riches the world has heard vaunted SO
much and so often. London News.