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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-30
How We Treat Our brains.

Almost daily am in contention with
parents and guardians, sohoolmasters
and schoolmistresses, clergymen and
professors, youths and maldens, boys
and girls, concerning the right way of
building up the young brain, of ripen-
ing the adult brain, and of preserving
the brain in age. Grievomsly i'll do we
take in hand to deal with this delicate
member, and well is it that innate de-
velOpment overruns our schemes and
brings the variety of natural good out of
the monotony of human folly. 1t is
dimly felt by society that the reign of
bone and muscle is over, and that the
Telgn of brain and nerve is taking it's
place. Even the GiEeonites now have
the hydraulic ram and the steam telling
machine; the specialized General of
forces fights in his tent by click of bat
terry and wire, and his Lieutenant hoists,
an ironclad by the touch of two buttons
upon his waistooat; thepadent earth for
gets the tread of horse and OK, and is
plowed by steam, and ere long, no.
doubt, our ministers wiIl wind sermons
out of barrel-organs, and our morning
egg will be broken for us by wafer Of
dynamite. Hence it comes that all
classes are for " education I" The vii
lage grocer's son goes to Q Theological
college" " and sits up by night over his
"evidenoes' with green tea in his blood
and wet cloth about his brows. The
gardeners daughter pulls roses no more,
and has become a pupil teacher; she is
chlorOtic OF Is, and bzoken-spirited at
20. The country parsons son goes to a
civil service or navy coach" is
plucked in his teens, and is left to begin
life again with an exhausted brain and
an incurable megrim; nay, even the sons
of peers are putting on the armor of
light, and are DESERVING the field for the
counting house. To meet this demand,
colleges of all kinds and degrees spring
up iddle-class seminaries, theolog-
ical colleges, colleges of science, uni
versity boards-even the old universe
ties themselves are stirring from their
scholarly ease, are sending out mission
aries IN pGrt5bNs, and are examining the
youth of twenty counties in the art of
making most show with least learning.
All this, in way, no doubt, must be
and should be; but so sudden a vote
face cannot be made without wrench,
and it is my desire now to see where the
strain will tell, and how to perform our
social evolution with the least injury to
persons. z. O. AJIbaGtt, IN Popular
Science Monthly for .Jat1le.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-30

to the Presidential Office was clearly set
tied, in conformity with the constitution,
before President Hayes was inaugurated.
The Electoral Commission, sitting as q
court, decided as to the legality and
right OF the conflicting returns that came
before them. The result came before
Congress, IN joint session of the two
houses, and the votes of the several State 3
were counted IN manner and form as
provided by the constitution. At the
close of the count Rutherford B. HAYES
was declared duly elected President of
the United Staues. This constituted a
legal title, that could only be set aside
In one way-by the contestant. who couId
be no other than Samuel J. Tilden.
bringing the case before the Supreme
Court of the United States within a given
time. This has not been done. and The
title is settled In law. So much is clear.
III it were otherwise, if Congress or one
branch thereof could go back of thetitle.
and on an issue like that now raised could
becloud or set it aside, partisan Con
gress, opposed to the President. could
at any time do this by getting up q pre-
text of fraud. 1T is evident that such a
power does not exist, and should not. as
with it insecurity would ever cling to
the Presidents title.
Therefore the very attempt to becloud
the title of the Presidential office is rev.
dictionary. IF che Democrats go no
farther than they have, with the motive
ascribed to and recognized in their &C
ion by Randall when he ruled tia cues
ton of the highest privilege, they have
initiated revolution. 1t is the old re-
bellion in new form. 1t is the an
nouncement that they mean to dominate
this Government &c is the application
OF their Southern theory, that warhke
minority shall rule the nation. Tt is The
subversion of every principle on which
the Government can peacefully stand.
We are face to- face with new rebellion.
and must meetIt, NOT with amendments
and compromises, but with stern. I'M
finchicg hostility. The peace confer
ence of 1861 didnot prevent or DELAY re-
belhOn-neither will compromises now.
The Southern element has asserted it,
self, and will not be put back. If the.
responsibility for this action can be,
proven against Tilden he deserves to be.
hung as traitor. Ut is not now ques-
ton of fraud-that is passed. The
election of 1876 was Unfortunate-but
we honestly believe that more fraud and
bulldozing were practieed by the Demo-
Gratis than can possibly be charged to
But, be that as it may,
the Presidential title has been settled
legally and rightly, and conspiracy to
unsettle it cannot be permitted, unless
we choose to have the Government sub
verted. This is the issue now before
JUS. Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-30

AN interesting case has recently been
disposed of by the Pennsylvania Supreme
Court. A lady riding in street-car had
to stand up. The car stopped suddenly,
and she fell over, breaking her knee-pan.
She sued for damages. The company
claimed contributory negligence on her
part in that she did not take hold of the
strap that is provided for standing pas
sengers. She set up, on the other hand,
that she could not reach or hold the
strap owing to the stays which she wore,
and that with the present fashions no
lady could do so, at least without incon-
venience and possibly injury. The lower
court decided that the lady, in taking
hold of fellow passengers hand, had
done all that was necessary, and that,
under the circumstances, she was not
obliged to stretch up to the strap. It
awarded her $4,000, and the Supreme
Court, reviewing the case, declines to
interfere.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-30

A FACT mentioned. in the Endinburgh
Review, in an article headed "The
Present and the Future of the East, " is
highly instructive as to the tolerance
practiced by Russia in matters Of reig-
ion. The writer remarks that no min
lister of another faith than that of the
orthodox church can even enter the
Russian dominions without the express
permission of the Emperor. Just be-
fore the late war, the Anglican Bishop
OF Gibraltar wanted to proceed to Odes-
sa to confirm the children of British
subjects residing there, but the neces-
sary Vi8a Of his passport was perempto-
rily refused, although the British Am
bassador at Constantinople personally
exerted himself to obtain it. Gen. Ig-
natieff said he had not the power to
grant the elsa necessary to enter Russia
to foreign clergyman.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-30

The Cologne Gazette estimates the
army which Russia can place in the field
at present at 100000 men. This strength
may be maintained, but cannot be in
creased. The Russian forces now in
European Turkey and Roumania amount
to twelve and half army corps-312.-
900 men. About 100000 men must be
employed for the occupation of Asiatic
Turkey; SO that only seven and half
army corps-187, 500 men-remain still
disposable. In case OF war with En-
gland the Russian troops could not be
withdrawn from Turkey and Roumania.
The disposable seven anGl half army
corps would then be employed for occu-
plying the coasts Of the Black sea and the
Baltic. Poland and ST. Petersburg and
Moscow, where recent events have shown
the presence Of very dangerous elements,
would also require strong garrisons.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-30

TIE contest for the new House as
sunes unusual Importance from the fact
that it is quite within the range of pos
sibilities for the next President to be
elected by that body, in default of any
candidates. getting majority of the
Electoral College. In the chaotic con-
dition Of the old parties it is not unlike
ly that a third organization may prove
capable of carrying some States, and
thereby throw the election Of President
into the House. In such q case each
State casts one vote, and twenty States
will be required to elect. If the present
House were called upon to choose
President to-day, there would be dead
lock, as each party controls the delega-
tions of eighteen States, and Florida and
California are equally divided.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-30

The Ohio Legislature, at its recent
session, enacted law requiring the
State Superintendent of Insurance to
examine annually every regular Ohio
life insurance company, and determine
as to the correctness of its last annual
statement. He is also to ascertain that
their investments are made accord
ing to law, which permits investments
only in Government bonds. first mort
cages upon real estate worth double
the amount loaned thereon, exclusive OF
buildings, and loans upon their own
policies not exceeding the reserve value
thereof.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-30

OUR Governments project for holding
an international congress to fix upon
the relative value Of gold and silver is
received rather coldly in Europe, the
press pretty generally opposing it or
speaking discouragingly Of the pros
poets Of accomplishing anything, and
the powers caring little to participate in
the deliberations. Only Switzerland,
Greece and Holland haxe yet accepted
our invitation.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-30

AT length the Chinese, in spite of the
prejudice and superstition Of centuries,
appear DESTROYS of utilizing the valuable
coal and iron deposits of the empire.
"A native company is about to develop
the rich coal mines of the province Of
Shantung. The coal and iron known to
exist in the province of Chill, to the
northwest of Tientsin, are also to be
mined on an extensive scale. If these
enterprises prove successful, the effect
upon the social and commercial condi-
tion OF China will be incalculable.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-30

The United States Patent Office at
Washington indicates more prosperity
this year than at any other period in its
history. From Jan. l to May l its re-
ceipts were 1858, 1853. The expenditures
during the same time, exclusive of
$4,000 paid for repairing models in
jured by last years fire, were $188, BIT,
leaving surplus to its credit of 1915, 585.
Last year the surplus for the whole
twelve months was only 1921, 900. The
Office has now in the United States
treasury to it's credit funds amounting
to 81, 189,8O7.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-30

PEOPLE remote from the scenes of
court, whose ideas of the dress and ap-
pearance of monarchs is gathered from
stage representations or playing cards,
and who imagine them seated perennial
~ on thrones wearing crowns and ermine
cloaks and swaying scepters, may have
their minds disabused by the perusal of
the costume of her Majesty, the Queen
of England, worn at recent drawing
room. It consisted of dress and train
of black silk, trimmed with black and
white silk embroidery, and long white
tulle veil, surmounted by a coronet OF
diamonds. Her Majesty also wore a
necklace, brooch, and ear rings Of dia-
monds and amethysts; the ribbon and
star of the Order the Garter, the Orders
OF Victoria and Albert, the Crown Of In
dia, Louise of Prussia, and the SAKE
Coburg and Gothf Family Order
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-30

A FARMER Of Stark county, Ohio, re-
ports some interesting experiments with
sowed fodder corn. He believes that
one acre of fodder corn will produce as
much and as good cattle food as three to
four acres Of hay. In the experiments
reported the yield was five tons Of dried
fodder per acre. The seed, the common
corn, was sowed the first week in June,
at the rate of two bushels per acre.
There was no cultivation, and the stalks
were cut when the lower joints turned a
bright yellow color, or about Sept. 1.
For this self-rake reaping machine
was used, and the stalks were bound into
sheaves and allowed to stand about ten
days, when they were bound in smaller
bundles and shocked. The fodder can
not be housed, but is allowed to stand
in the field until used. tits argued that
this crop will succeed where hay will
not, and that as forage crop it has nc
superior.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-30

Thu estate left by Brigham Young
foots up $1,OOO,OOO OF this the
church authorities claimed 5000, 600.
The executors of the will are in the In
terest of the church, and doubtless
the Prophet shrewdly estimated, as the
price of his salvation, such extortion as
the saints chosen by him to execute the
testament could make effective against
his heirs, At any rate legal fight has
been inaugurated and will probably lead
to interesting Developments.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-30

O'BBEN, the Californian, did not in
his will show the usual desire Of enor-
mously wealthy men to keep their estate
intact. His two sisters receive the larg-
est shares, but seven n1eces and nephews
get $500, 900 apiece, and several charities
are literally endowed.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-30

1t was an autumn day-that one Sat.
urday. The grammar-room class were
going nutting at Grow Boost; that is,
eight of them were going Sc our set. !"
as they styled themselves-fou boys,
Dick Hat, Val Duke, Julius link, and
Kit Pott, and four girls, Clara Hooks,
Sarah Ketchum, Mat Snead, and Con
stance Faber. By these eight Bob Trot-
ter was hired to go IS driver, and to take
care of the horses and wagon while the
eight were taking care of the fun.
"Let's go to Hawley's Grove instead
of to Grow Boost, said Dick Hart. as
the horses started. Nuts are plentier
at Hawley's.''
"Let's go there, then" said the
others except Bob. Hawley's was
four miles further, and he hadn't been
hired for that, he said.
Then came high words, and stop
page, but, at length, Dick cried out,
rather impatiently: "To Grow BOOST
and be done with it, thenP
Gail right, assented several voices.
Grow Boost, Bob, by the lightning
express" said Dick, with revived good
humor.
"But, as you were 80 particular, " said
Sarah to Bob, "we're going to be, too.
We amt going to give you any lunch un-
less you pay for it. y
"Not a mouthful, said Clara.
Not even q crumb," said Constance.
Nobody saw any dismay in Bob's face.
All grew enthusiastic as they APP
preached the woods, and when the wagon
stopped they poured over the side in an
excited way.
"What shall we do with the lunch
basket?"
leave it in the wagon" said Sarah
Ketchum.
Clara objected to leaving it, Bob
would eat everything up. "Let's take
it along"
"Why, no" said Julius.
He was the largest of the boys, and,
according to the knightly code, he re-
membered the carrying of the basket
would devolve upon him.
!" [ won't have to climb the trees with
it on my back, will I ?" said julius
"I'll tell you," he continued, lowering
his tone-Bob had heard all the preced-
ing remarks" we'll hang our basket on
a hickory limb. Tt will be safe from
hogs, and the leaves will hide it from
Bob"
This proposition was approved, and
the basket was carried off short dis
lance and slyly swung into sapling.
Then the eight went scurrying through
the woods, leaving Bob with the horses.
Wherever they saw a lemon"tinted tree
top against the sky, Or crowded into one
OF those fine autumn bouquets clump of
trees can make, there rushed a squad Of
boys each with his basket, followed by
a squad of girls, each with her basket.
But in q very short time the girls were
tired and the boys hungry. All agreed
to go back to the lunch. So back they
hurried, the nuts rolling about over the
bottoms of the baskets. julius had the
most nuts he had eleven. Mat had the
smallest number F.; she had one.
Val Duke was leading the party. He
made an electrifying announcement
A cow in the basket p
Gee-whiz |" said Dick. rushing al
the COW. Thunder r said julius. and
he gathered handful of dried leaves
and hurled them at the beast. Kit said
Ruination r. and threw his cap.
Lunch is gone, every smitch of it T
said Kit.
"Hope it'll kill her dead Y said saraI
Ketchum.
We'd better have left it in the wagon
Bob couldn't have eaten it all, sale
Clara.
But what're Va going to do?" sale
Constance.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-30

A remarkable feat was accomplished
some years ago, says AL the Year
Bound, by John Sloman, actor, singer
and manager of the five theaters consti-
tuting the Kent circuit, who, while play
ing at Canterbury, made wager that
he would act Tom in the interlude Of
. Intrigue" and sing comic song in
three of his theaters on the same night,
between the hours of and II. The
theaters selected were those of Canter-
bury, Rochester and Maidstone, between
which p laces there was at that time no rail-
way communication. On the appointed
evening the curtain rose at Canterbury
exactly at Il; Sloman went through his
part and sanga comic song, then jumped
into postchaise and made for Rocbes-
ter as fast as four good horses could take
him, reaching that town In an hour and
forty minutes tolerably good work con-
siderlng the distance wns twenty-six
miles, and he was obliged to halt at Sit
tingbourne to change horses. Part of
the company had been sent on before,
and they were ready to ring-up as soon
as the manager arrived. The interlude
was played, the song sung, and Sloman
posted to Maidstone, eight miles, in
forty four minutes, to be welcomed by q
house crowded to the ceiling, and win
his 91O0 by getting through his task
with fifteen minutes to spare.
AN act passed by the British Parlia-
ment within few years makes the shoot
ing of sea birds, for four months in the
year, misdemeanor. In certain parts
OF Scotland, consequently, their increase
has become so enormous as almost te
destroy the herring fishery. With H.
900 miles of netting, the fishermen
caught only 800, 900, 900 herring las
year, and Parliament is to be asked tc
repeal the act, as far as Scotland is con
cerned.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-30

Russia could therefore, in case of war
with England, maintain her present
positions, but would have no forces
not to speak of an Indian campaign
for taking precautionary measures
against Austria, at whose mercy she
would be, if Austria resolved on warlike
measures.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-30
The genosha telegraph
KENOsHA, WIS, MAY 80, 1873.

CLOSE limitations of silver dollars are
being made Of block tin, bismuth and
pulverized glass. An immense number
of these bogus CONS are in circulation
in the West. They initiate exactly the
true color and ring, and are about right
in weight.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-30

HARVARD UNIVERSITY is on the point OF
admitting women to it's medical school
in pursuance of bequest of $4,000,
left to ii by the late George o. Hovey
on the express condition that it's advanta-
ges should be extended to women on
equal terms with men.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-30
A Boys Letter.
The following is published as received
by pretty girl in Washington from the
son of prominent statesman:

The following is published as received
by pretty girl in Washington from the
son Of a prominent statesman:
OUR HOUSE, April 81, 1878.
DEAR MISS: want you to come around to
our house if YOU can't get anybody to come
around to your house and fetch you around to
our house I will go around to your house and
fetch you around to our house. Respectfully,
etc.
This recalls the composition of a
young school girl thirty years ago up in
Connecticut: Bad children are apt
not to do what their mothers tell them
to do and to do what their mothers tell
them not to do but good children are apt
to do what their mothers tell them to
do, and not to do what their mothers tell
them not to do. "-New York Graphic.
A GENTLEMAN recently returned from
a winter residence in the South of
France was much struck with the total
absence of bird life in those localities
Cannes, Nice, Mentone, etc. You may
walk for miles in the pine woods and
olive groves around without ever hear
ing q solitary bird sing. The cause of
this is readily explained. Thousands OF
little birds (thrushes and other song
birds, and also songless birds of differ
ent kinds are slaughtered every day to
supply the table d'hotes of the different
hotels in the above resorts, and no menu
is considered complete without dish of
them.
The Ottawa free trader., 1878-08-24

There are ten men ard one woman in TIE
ccslnty iail-four Of whom arc from Mendoza
The Rockford rifles Of the state militia have a
membership Of s. men and received s5Gl.S0 as
their scmi.unnual installment Of the !. n. q. ap-
preparation, largest sum paid to any com
pany in the state.
\ clergyman in Mendoza the other day created
CONSERVATION at a funeral by praying earnestly
in behalf of the bereayed husband and the one
to come who shall i'll the place made vacant by
the death of our deceased sister,
Capt. Palmer has resigned his position a. Cap.
tain of the Red Ribbon Zouayes Of Peru
citizen Of Mendots left lis hired girl alone
ir the house and when he returned found that
she had skipped and taken with her number Of
his wifc's best dresses, and other valuable pro.
perty She was followed and arrested aId prov
ed to be an old offender. The property was re.
covered, but the girl subsequently, escaped from
u hall in which she was confined
The Strcator Fr,e Py.sS saws that IS X. David
and family were out hunting blackberrics last
Sunday a week ago, when Mr.. David came
across very large garter snake. She killed it
Immediately. Mr.. DaFd on approach, thought
it looked As If it had swallowed something, and
rolling it over one hundred and eight small
snakes from eight 10 ten inches long proceeded
from lis mouth. Mr.. David was sworn 10 this
story ia presence of large crowd, and any one
that would doubt his vcracity deserve, to- have
the wrath Of the whole family upon his head"
The Mendoza BIlls'jn says that -. bad smash.
up occurred in the yard Il The G.. 4. .y Q. Rail
road at this place on Friday morning. \ train
from the east ran into the yard 90 a good rate oi
speed, and engine No. 40 struck la5pDsc No. "a,
throwing it from the track and badly domoraliz,
ing II and tearing up considerable track On the
switches. The engine also wac almost q total
wreck Fortunately no one was injured a. the
engineer and fireman -aw the danger aud Jump
cd 90 time, and there Was 10 one un the cl5ug~e.'
The Earlyillc races began on Tsesiay and clos.
ed on Friday Of this week. Quite e. number Of
Ottawa people were in ATTENDANCE.
Glass blowing began IN one furnace ofthr glass
factory on Thursday Of thi- veek.
The boat and other property stolen from Clar-
eucc Hobert some tmo ago have been recovered.
The boat was found sunk near Ut-a. The thief
has NOT been captured
There viii be 4 meeting q "a, ,xe.I,iy, board
Of tie Il sale County Ar-iel,.ural Society At
the Office 81 tie secretary this afternoon al 1
O'Clock.
A slight change has teen mai. Co. Tie time Ia
be of the C., B. & Q. road. and a change on all