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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-10
The King and the Three Travellers.

Three travellers, who had been found
asleep in the royal park, were once
brought before King Jollimon. They
said they we're story-tellers, who earned
their living by relating tales and le-
gends.
s'If that be So" said the King, "and,
If you can tell stories worth hearing,
you are indeed welcome The court
sfory-teller has just been banished for
telling the same story twice. It would
be a right royal idea to have three story
tellers instead of one."
So the three travellers, after having
been refreshed with food and drink,
were hidden to seat themselves at the
august feet of King Jollimon.
Presently one Of them told the tale of
The Wise Cat"
A certain cat set out to seek his fort
une, and travelled through the whole
world. At last he came to country
where a cat had never been seen before.
The inhabitants were at first frightened
by the strange monster, but, having OBJ
served Puss killing the mice with which
the country was oyerrun, they plucked
up courage, and, approaching him, re-
quested that he should follow them be-
fore the King. Puss complied willingly
enough, and the end Of the matter was
that he was installed rat-catcher to the
King, and large salary bestowed upon
him The faithfulness with which Puss
discharged his duties raised him high in
the royal regard, and circumstance
soon occurred which advanced him still
further. The King took his maps by an
open window, and had a plate of cher
ries placed beside him, that he might
eat them when he awoke. A crow from
the neighboring forest constantly stole
the fruit, nor had all the efforts of the
Kings servants succeeded in destroying
the bird. The cat, however, concealed
himself in the window hangings, and
bounced upon the unlucky marauder,
and broke his neck. The King was full
of gratitude, and ordered that Puss'
salary be increased. Soon after, a bear
came and ravaged the Kings focks
lis Majesty commanded Puss to kill
him. CT can only do what am able. /"
pleaded the cat; but the King insisted
While Puss was coming, Bruin attacked
the store OF swarm Of bees, and was
stung to death. 'You have done as /
knew you would, my dear cat" said the
King, and would listen to no explana-
tions. The cat received the Order of
the Royal hoe-string.
Next an elephant came and ravaged
the crops. The King sent the cat to at
tack him. calais can only do what I
am able" again pleaded the cat, but
there was no moving the King. While
the cat was coming, the elephant fell in
to pit and was killed.
You have done as I knew you would. .
said the King once more; and the cat re-
ceiyed the Order of the Royal Penknife,
and the care Of the Royal Shoe brush
A great army marched to subdue the
kingdom. The King gave himself no
uneasiness "Have we not the cat
here?" he asked. "My dear, go and
put these troublesome fellows to fight. =
Alas your Majesty" said the I'm.
fortunate cat, ct can but do as I am
able, and luck will turn at last p but
the King was stubborn as ever. And,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-10
! Houston lTexaal Cor. Cinninnati rno,,iro.

Mexicans, and the Shooting of Three
| Texans. & s@@.@
Houston {Texas) Cor. Cincinnati Enquirer
The official report of Lieut.. Tays. com
handing the Rangers at the El Paso
massacre, is just in. He gives graphic
account. Letters from other parties at lei
Paso are also received The following is
the substance of the accounts of the San
Elizario siege:
The Rangers occupied a one-story adobe
house, with the windows and doors barri-
caded, and portfolios cut in the walls.
The Mexican besiegers occupied the
neighboring houses. fortifying the win
dows, and dug trench around the Rang
ers' building, which they also mined. On
the first day, says Lieut.. Tays, the Mexi-
cans charged upon the building. but
they were repulsed. On the last day of
the lighting he put up flag, in order to
let the Sheriff of Pecos county 90 out.
The besiegers let him go without moles-
tatlon, and sent word to Tays that they
wanted to talk with him. He went cut,
and truce was agreed upon till next
morning, the Mexicans agreeing not to
fire during the night, and they kept their
word. During the night, however, they
continued to fo-tify and dig rifle pits.
lays then met them in the morning.
and the Mexicans told him unless he
surrendered up Judge Howard, they
would blow up the Rangers building.
as they already had gunpowder under It.
They promised that ii Howard would
come down to the mob and relinouish
all claims to the salt lakes the original
cause OF the whole difficulty, they would
not hurt him. Tays told this to How
ard, who replied, 81 will go, as it is the
only chance to save your lives; but they
will kill me-" Tays went down with
Howard, after telling him publicly he
did not want to do so, and that # he
would remain with the Rangers he
would protect him. Judge Howard an
swered: sit is useless to attempt to
stand them off any longer. This is our
only chance of escape"
Howard then babe the Rangers good
by, gave his valuables to his friend, Me-
Bride, and walked out with Tays to the
mob. John Atkinson was taken along as
interpreter. To save his own life Atkinson.
by agreement with the Mexicans, re-
turned to the Rangers and falsely told
them Tags had ordered them to surren-
der. The Rangers did so and were dis
armed. The mob then held a meeting
and determined on the death of Howard,
Atkinson and Mcbride. The majority
OF the mob were for killing ali the
Rangers, but were dissuaded by one of
their leaders, Chico Barrillo.
The mob yelled fiercely, and the three
doomed men were led out 100 yards and
shot, standing at the heads of their own
graves. Howard acted with great cool
ness, and, after the first fire, was quite
dead. He stood with his hands in his
pockets. The shooting was done by
Mexicans from Mexico, and it was with
difficulty the Texas Mexicans prevented
those from the other side Of the river
from slaughtering the entire American
population Of Ell Paso. Two leaders
from Mexico appealed to the mob to
massacre not only the Rangers but all
the Americans in that county.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-10
THE LITTLE FOLKS.
Music on All Fours.

Music On All FOurs.
A pussy-Cat and Black-and-Tan
Were shut in q room together,
And, after season of quiet, began
TO talk Of the change in the weather,
And new spring fashions, and after that
They had sort OF musical chat
Said Puss: g To me it is quite absurd
But tastes and opinions vary;
And some have declared that no beast or bird
Can sing like the small canary
Who, if it be true as I've heard it told,
Is really worth more than its weight in goldw
Said the Black-and-Tan, with pensive smile:
give wanted to cali attention
To this bit of scandal for quite while,
And, if not amlss, to mention
That my daily allowance of bark and w(h)ine
Has greatly improved this voice of mine."
'FIt has " said Puss with comic grin;
50 The words of truth you have spoken;
A name for ourselves we must strive to win
at once, now the ice is broken:
For one or two doses Of catnip tea
Have had WondrOus effect on nae!
"'Twas only the other night strayed
Where silyery moonbeam slanted,
And gave such beautiful serehade
You'd have thought the place enchanted.
1t reused the ne1ghborhood to pitch
Of praise, or enyy--l can't tell which,"
Said the Black-and-Tan, " Why shouldn't we try
10 sing duet together ?"
Said the Pdss, q see no reason why
We can't; and wen show them whether
To birds and bipeds alone belong
The gift OF singing pleasing songP'
They sang--and they sang but oh, my dears!
If you had been anywhere near them,
You'd have shut your eyes and stopped your ears,
And wished that you couldn'C hear them.
Twas o brilliant effort, upon my word,
And nearly killed the canary-bird
The Pussy-Cat aud the Biack-and- Tan
With the music were 30 delighted,
They will give ctncert as soon as they can,
And perhaps we may be invited
40 Bow-wow! !" Miaow" I'm sorry. you know,
I've another engagement-and cannot go!
Josepbine Pollard, IN st. Nicholas for January.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-10
In spite Of that he obtained s1o ooo

it. In spite Of that he obtained $40, 900
from US, and subsequent royalties, all
OF which, with interest, he must pay
back, besides cpmpensating us for the
damages we sustained. We shall pro-
ceed at once. 7" The question of interest
is who is the 1--WE" in the case, who,
under the nameof sCash, bought the
" Life of Christ" at the time of the
Ford sale? Tie Fords say the book
would have solo had Beecher frishedit.
The second volume is only half written.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-10
The Carrying Power of the Glaciers.

The Carrying-POwer of the Glaciers.
In North America, and especially
throughout the Northern States, the
powders are numerous, often OF great
size, and indicating transits of many
miles. Over the Eastern, Middle and
Northwestern States, powders, that
have enigrated from distant points to
the northward, occur in such abundance
they may almost anywherebe foundi if
the inquirer will only examine the coun-
try he passes over. Upon Mount Katah-
din, in the Moosehead region of Maine,
stones can be seen, lying over 1000
feet above the sea, fosiliferous in
their nature and coming from northern
sites; while toward Mount Desert
masses, some forty to fifty feet in
height, are sprinkled everywhere, and,
as in the case of the Dedham granite
distributed to the south, invariably show
northern origin. In Berkshire county,
Mass, these travelled rocks lie in long
alignments, passing over the Lenox
hills, and extending in generally south
easterly direction for fifteen or twenty
miles, and have been filched from the
Canaan and Richmond hills across the
line in New York, being Of chloritic
slate, with angular specimens of lime
stone intermixed. Some GRANTEES from
Vermont, on the west OF the Green
mountains, have been lifted over these
barriers and transferred to the southern
margins of Massachusetts; while in Yer
mont bowlder weighing over 3,4O0
tons, and known as the Green Mountain
Giant, has been drifted from the Green
mountains easterly across the valley of
the Deerfeld river, and planted 500 feet
above that stream. In Michigan, near
the Menomonee river, field upon the
northern slope of mountain is densely
covered with powders, SO that a mile
can be traverse without once touching
the ground. Again, huge nuggets Of
copper, torn from the immense deposits
of native copper at Keweenaw point,
Portage lake, and the Ontonagon dis
trict, on the southeastern shore of Lake
Superior are found widely disseminated
to the south Of these localities in Michi-
gan, Wisconsin, Ohio and Minnesota, a
few of which have weighed 800, 800 and
one 5000 pounds. From "Tho Ice
Age" an Popular Science Monthly for
,Ty2l2kH3.3I
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-10

while the cat was coming, band Of the
enemy fell upon him and destroyed him;
and they overthrow all the kingdom.
The King was taken prisoner and COM
PEELED to feed cats all his life. "That
ungrateful cat p he continually ex-
claimed. -Arlo Bates, &,a st. Nicholas
for january.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-10
Another Suit Against Beecher.

The parties who bought Beecher's
81 Life of Christ have sued the author
for failure of contract. The case is III
Judge Fullerton's hands, who says
1.-THE whole matter is in a nutshell, and
is very simple. Mr.. Beecher made a
contract ter --ears ago, and failed to keep
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-10
JOhu Il. Raymond.

| The career ofplayers is curious. and
the means by which they achieve reputa-
ton are interesting. They often strug-
gle on for years, barely getting q iveli-
hood, and then suddenly make a hit
which lnsures them fame and fortune
John [. Raymond is a well-known exam
pie OF this. He went on the stage early.
playing q great deal in the California
theaters, and never earning more than
his expenses. He received, T have been
told, only $50 week up to the time that
he personated "Col. Sellers The
character, as everybody is aware. is
taken from Twain and Warmers g Gilded
Age" Twain, ever bent on augmenting
his income, decided to dranatize the
book, and expected to make the drama.
tization rather tragic than otherwise.
He intended to render "Sellers' a seri-
GUS part but Raymond, for whom the
part was designed, pronounced this
mistake, and supported his position by
such arguments that the author finally
yielded. The comedian co-operated
with him, and so skiilfully that the
character of ''Sellers" is virtually his
literarily, as it is wholly his histrionical-
". When the part, originally subor-
dir ate one, "took" with the Audience. it
was gradually altered and amplifed to
its present proportions. "Sellers' soon
became the whole piece. Nobody cares
for anybody or anything but him he is
actually the body and soul of the come
dy. Ii Raymond made s'Sellers."
Sellers has made Raymond, and Ray
naond is conscious of the fact. U
After acting "Sellers " for some two
months, Raymond's salary was ad-
vanced to $500 a week, then to $3.50.
hen to 5000, then to $3.50, and finally to
$500. Managers began to bid for him;
his value rose like an energetically
"bulled" stock in Wall street. He is
now card for any theater. He shares
after expenses, and has cleared as much
as So, 500 week. His sudden good fort
une has not harmed him. Always q
good fellow, he is better fellow than
ever, for he has more means to do kind
things with. The secret of his success
IN the character is that he is in mind and
temperament almost counterpart of
" Sellers" SO that IN playing the part he
has only to play himself. He is SAN
guine, good-natured, careless, open
handed. He likes games of chance.
lively company, boon comradeship,
Much money as he has made in the past
three or four years, he never keeps any.
1t burns in his pockets. All his ac-
quaintances are his friends. He helps
any body and every body who wants
help. With all his rollicking DISPOSE
ton, he is domestic, being deeply at
tached to his wife, whose stage name is
Marie Gordon, and who is a clever &C.
tress. He tS about 40, and thorough
type Of a certain class OF Americans. =
NeaO York Letter.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-10
MURDEROUS MEXTCANS.

Tense by the tangers-Capture by the
Mexicans, and the Shooting of Three
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-10
WISCONSIN ITEMS.

The State Teachers Association met
at Madison last week.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-02-20
Mr.. Danford Declines a Rcnomi.
nation.
wAsHNoToS, D. c., February 10.

wAsHSoTos, D. c., February 10.
Editor s.OubsnyilIe Head:
Last week we intlmated that Mr.. Dan.
ford had an opinion of his own concern.
ing his position 10 our District canvass
for the next Representative, and that we
should soon hear from him. His letter
upon this subject was, at that time, in the
hands Of one Of his Harrison county con.
stituents, Mr.. Kerr, and We had hoped
your issue Of this week would contain the
communication. But we we're disap.
pointed in this, and now that he has per.
emptorily declined to allow his name 10
20 before the convention for denomination
We are at liberty 10 allude 10 the matter
In this public manner. He has fully de-
termined to retire from the Congressional
held, and sooner or later his written
ylews will be given you for publication.
To US, his decision Is TO be regretted,
Tor We know him 10 be q credit to our
District In his GsSiduous attention 10 the
needs OF his constituents, his devotion 10
hi. duties Is legislator and the courage
he has always displayed 10 voting upon
bills. he has never lodged. Sickness
has In few instanoea barred him from
voting, but In every case where he had
strength to get TO the Capitol, he has
voted upon all important measures, 10
member In the House shoWB better 70.
cord for voting than he, and, what IL
gratifying, 10 that hO has yotedrighi.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-02-20

Warrington Reporter o. lsth.
The intense heat Of the furnace, re-
qaired by the cremation, compelled those
in charge to wait some time before Il
could be- safely opened. II blast Of
cold air should suddenly come in contact
with the retort II was found that II would
be seriously damaged. After the ctema-
tion Of Baron de Palm, the remains were
removed 100 soon, and the result was that
the retort was cracked by too sudden
cooling and contraction. The remains Of
Mrs. PitmAn we're therefore not removed
until about ffty.two hours had elapsed.
When taken from the retort, It was still
40 hot that the iron crib could not be
touched with the uncovered hand. The
crib 80 long exposed 10 such an intense
heat was considerably burned SO that Is
scaIy particles were intermingled with
the remains. These were easily removed
with A magnet. The weight Of the body,
when introduced into the furnace was
about ninety pounds. When the remains
were removed they weighed little less
than four pounds. Tho bulk Of the frag.
ments was equal perhaps to four or five
quarts, but as the parts were not entirely
calcined they would occupy larger space
than II they had been reduced to ashes. II
pulyerized they would possibly gil q two
quart measure. The pieces were entirely
inodorous, and no piece was larger than
the size OF walnut.
The external parts Of the fragments
we're as white as chalk, but the internal,
cellular parts Of the bones were slightly
discolored, probably as result o! the EN-;
balmipg process to which the body had
been subjected Immediately after death:
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-02-20

the most important Item was the public
performances OF the Columbian Literary
Society, which was held 10 their hall on
Friday evening last. Quite good audi.
ence assembled, and alter being opened
with prayer by Presidsnt THOMPSON, the
regular performance Of the evening be.
Rsu, Mr.. A. G. Dayton presiding.
Messrs. Rice, Jones and Marsh OF the
Parthsnon Society were appointed Judges
Tor the evening.
Alter tho exercises Of the evening,
President Thompson was called on for
some remarks. He responded for about
ten minutes, with q vigorous, pointed and
spirited speech for the affirmative. Prof.
Lyon, Vice President Of the University,
being called on, also made few remarks
on tho same side OF the question.
After tranaacling some miscellaneous
business the society adjourned, and the
AudIence wendell their ways homeWard,"
having been amused, entertained and in
stIucted.
Ia the Absence Of the Presiding Elder,
Rev. Boulton, the quarterly meeting Of
the NJ. +. Shurcn was Opeueu W ffeel'
dent Thompson on Saturday evening, the
18th Inst. He also preached In place Of
Rev. Boullon on the following Sunday
yesterday in the morning. His text
wa the familiar one, Seeing ye are com.
passed AbouLwilh sOgreat cloud Of wit.
nesses," &c. The part quoted formed the
basis Of most Of his sermon, which, though
prepared on Sunday morning within q
brief time, was an earnest, able and aug
gestive one,
Rev. COwan, Of the N. p. Church, is
also now holding a protraeted meeting at
the Academy Hall. He has several pen.
i.sntS, and l., no doubt, doing much good,
which l. encouraging for further effort
on the part Of Rev. Cowan, who Is still
yonng, both in years and in his profession.
Yours, 30, PHILAsDER.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-02-20
THE LAND OF BRAZIL.
Some OF it's Products-A Rich
Field for business Enterprise.

Rev. ]. c. Fletcher, gentleman who
has Travelled exiensiyely in South Amir.
ca, in lecture on Brazil, gives these in
teres,ing points: AT the last three Inter.
national Exhibitions, Brazil has obtained
the highest medals for It's Mocha, Java,
and Laguayra cofses. The bulk Of the
coffee used In commerce and among the
public under these appellations comes
from Brazil, as does also that MauriLius
coffee, so beloved Of the Parisians: Green
Rio coffee was TO be avoided, for
Il was too often Of the refuse, from which
the caffeine had disappeared. Brazil sells
US annually $40, 000, 900 worth Of produce,
and we only sell her S7,5O0000, nothing
having been done till lately TO
establish direct trade with her.
There are some thirty regular steamers
running monthly to Brazil from various
ports OF Europe, but not one steamer
from this country, so that Americans
wishing TO reach Brazil without delay
have 70 90 via England and travel 5000
miles to reach country distant from
their own shores in direct route but |, 900
miles. The arrival at Rio Janeiro was
described in glowing colors, and then the
audience was transported in Imagination
through the brilliantly illuminated
streets, with their ak or seyen-story
houses, and the kitchen on the topmost
story. The character Of the country was
described in detail, and vivid picture
was drawn OF the constitutional reforms
initiated and carried out by Dom Pedro.
The Emperor, who Is now IS years Of age,
has translated into Portuguese some Of
LongfelloW's and Whittier's finest poems,
and his TRANSACTIONS have been pro.
nounced the best extant. Though
q good Catholic, yet he is regu-
lar Bible reader. and 30 thoroughly up in
geology, chemistry and natural history
that Agasslz and other eminent scientists
who have visited Brazil have expressed
their astonishment at the extent Of his at.
tainments. He Ia six feet four inches in
height. Daring his reign more than hall
the slaves in Brazil have been liberated;
there are now bat 100000 slaves left,
and no child born since 1872 can be
slave. When a slaye-owner is on his
the priests use all their inhu-
ence to induce him 10 liberate his slaves,
and thus this institution Is gradually
dying out In Brazil without shedding Of
blood or disturbance Of any kind.
The lecturer hoped the day was not far
distant when Brazil would buy the bulk
Of her imporlA from the United States,
instead Of, as at present, from Great
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GLADEs IRON WORKS,

including The town Of 6iAdosviliA, and eight hun.
bred and 6fty EeTes O coal aud IrUn lands annexed
theIet0. The description and boundaries theieoi
can DO fully known BY reference 10 the folio sing
deeds conveying the said land 10 George Htrdman,
al Of which are ret orded 10 the otC CO Of the Clerk
Of the County Court Of J resion county, West Viz
ginla, to.wit: A deed for two tracts Of land, one
containing 28sx acreB, the other % ncn and two
poles, IRON q. A. and Agnes heidelberg 10 aid
George Hartman and Mary & MillnEr. dated May
18th, 1870 and recorded In Feed Book No. 70, pages
1901; deed for II61$ aer,s from W. Il. heidei :
borg 10 aid HardmAn listed May 27th, 1874, and
recorded 10 Deed sook No. 40, pSge 261; q deed
from Harmon and Martha A. TTickot 10 the Gaid
Hartman and Mary z Millner for two tracts Of
land, both containing sax Acfes, dated June 10th,
1870, and reconIcd Ia Deed Book No. Is, pages
"a, and deed from john B. Sherrard and otbers
10 aid Hsrdman, dated May 18th. 1872, and re-
corded Ia Deed BOOK No. IL, paSes 2 and 3; n d. ed
from Margaret, George B., james ", Julia A. and
sAiah &, Jackson to aid Gone HafdmAn for one
acre, dated March 18th, 1871 and recorded in Deed
Book No. Is, pages $40; deed from VIM. B. and
c. Brown to said Hartman for two acres and 2 I
pcrrhcs, dated March 9th, 1874, and recorded in
Deed Book No. Il. peges I and 8; deed hom
Cyrus and Nancy J. Linton to aid Hardman for
~ acres and ~ peiches, dated June I7th, 1874,
and rcco'ded IN Died B3Ok No. Il, Pages IS and To-
a deed from Buckner ind Rebecca Fairfax 10 sid
Hartman for 100 acres, dated August 10Th, 1874,
and recorded In Deed Book No. Al, pages % and u;
and decd from John K. and Mary E. Millnsr u
the said HIdman for Iatir tracts Of land, Rggre'
eating $50 acres, dated March 10th, 1874, and re-
corded ~ Deed Book No. II, pages q, Q and T.
The whole containing 10 the aggregate al least $50
acres, with all the improvements and appurte-
nances thereto In any wise belonI Ing, Including
the furnace and fixtures, and being the same prop
eTty conveyed 10 Thomas Y. Candy aud George II.
vile, BY mortgage deed dated November ISt, 1874,
md TRrOFuRd in B0ok M. l9 paRha On and a In