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The Rock Island Argus., 1878-03-23
A Duty to the Community.
From the well-known Evangelist, Rev.
Edwinj Burnham.

NEwBURYPoRT, MASS.
GEO. PIERCE 6 COL regard it to be duty
which owe to you, and TO the community, to write
few lines in favor of your invaluable medicine,
called DIR. PIERCE's INDIAN RESTORATIVE
BITTERs." Without fatterY, remark. think it
to be the best medicine of the kind ever got up.
EDWIN BURNHAM,
The Rock Island Argus., 1878-03-23

The mortality among the Russians in
Bulgaria is very great, principally from
fever; in ConstantiBople the typhus is in-
creasing.
The Rock Island Argus., 1878-03-23
EEGJANn

LONDON, March 23.-The stock market
is fiat; Prussian securities one per cent,
lower than yesterday evening,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-04-04
ABOUT ROSES.

/ .lIrs. III. asks for information con
Ecer1ang house-plants. There is none
| that twill give more satisfaction thar
!, the .geraniums. For variety, yol
! might add calla, a few begonias, al
oleander, fuchsia or two, and Ger
man ivy. They are all strong-growing
healthy plants, not subject to insects
or disease. They are of the easiest cul
ture, with beautiful foliage and abun
| dant hloGm. The Gala should be pot
| ted in ]eaf-mold and sand, with gooc
drainage, IplentY of water, and it will
soon make q young forest of dark-greer
leaves, foEr and five feet in height, and
produce it's beautiful, pure white flow
ers from january to May. Begonia
WettoniensSs and Begonia Rex are very
beautiful, and their culture is very sim
pie. Weltonaensis will bloom three
fourths of the year; has pink. waxy-
like flowers, aad very abundant. Rex
is a noble plant, and my husbands IA
vorite. 1t has immense leaves, with
silyery bands and dots on rich, dark
ground. Of fuehias, Karl Halt and
specioza are desirable, and will give
satisfaction. A good way to grow
slips is to prepare a box with two or
three inehes of any good garden soil, to
which add little sand then insert. to
the depth of about two inches, slips of
geranium, fuchsias, or anything you
may wish to grow. Press the earth
gently around the slips. and give water
sufficient to moisten the earth to the
bottom of the box. Beware of too
much water. Better too dry than too
wet When the plants begin to grow,
pot them in three-inch pots, filled as di-
rected for slips. Put a few bits of bro
ken crockery at the bottom, and leave
half an inch space at the top for wa
tering. The foregoing directions will
grow almost any plant.
One lady asks about the hydrangea.
They are a fine family of Japanese
plants, with immense heads Of bloom.
and prefer shade and moisture.
although some varieties bear the sun
quite well. I do not know whether
they grow from seed or not; they will
grow from slips, though the better way
would be to procure a plant from q
florist. l.. CLAYTON, Young.
town, 1ll-Inter Ocean. 01a
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-04-04
[ NUMBER a..
CAREFUL WRITER'S.

Gibbon wrote the first chapter of his
work three times before he could please
himself; and John Foster, the essayist,
would sometimes spend week over
one sentence. Addison was so partic-
ular that he would stop the press to
insert an epithet, or even a comma;
and Montesquieu, abiding in letter
to one Of his works, says to cores
pondent, "You will read it in few
hours, but the labor expended on it has
whitened my hair" The great French
critic, St. Beuye, expended incredible
pains on every word, and two or three
octave pages often represented whole
weeks incesSant effort. Gray would
spend months over a short copy of
verses; and there is no poem of ten
lines in Walters works which, he has
himself informed us, took him whole
Summer to formulate. Miss Austen,
Charlotte Bronte, Hume and Fox have
all recorded the trouble they took.
Tasso was unwearied in correcting; so
were Pope and Boileau Even Macau-
lay, with all his fuency, did not dis
dain the application of the file; and
there are certain passages in the first
chapter of his history which represent
months of patient revision. There is.
good tale told of Malherbe, the
French poet, which illustrates very
amusingly the elaborate care he took
with his poems. A certain nobleman
of his acquaintance had lost his wife
and WAS anxious that Malherbe should
| dedicate an oQe to her memory and
cond0le with him in verse on the loss
he had sustained. Malherbe complied,
but was SO fastidious in his compost
tiOn that it was three years before the
elegy was completed. Just before he
sent it in he was intensely chagrined
to find that his noble friend had solac-
| ed himself with q new bride, and was,
consequently, in no humor to be pes
tered with an elegy on his old one.
The unfortunate poet, therefore, lost
both his pains and his fee. So morbid
" anxious was Cardinal BembO about
verbal correctness, that every poem he
composed is said to have passed sue
cessively through forty portfolios,
which represented the various stages
toward completeness. The great Pas
cal affords another instance of similar
literary conscientiousness. What he
especially aimed at was brevity. He
once apologized to friend for writing
him long letter, on the ground that.
he had no time to make it shorter
and the result is that his provincial
Letters scarcely yield to Tacitus, or.
to the Letters Of Junius," in concise
epigrammatic brilliancy. Educational
Chicago Evening Journal.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-04-04
STATE TEACHERS EXAMINA-
TION.

The annual examination of candl-
dates for State Teachers Certificates
will be held, as provided by law, at
Madison, beginning Tuesday, August
IS, at o'clock, A. M. The Board of
Examiners consists of Prof. Albert
Salisbury,ef Whitewater, Prof. Stephen
III. Carpenter, of Madison, andProf.
George w. Peckham, of Milwaukee.
Applicants for Certificates will be
examined in the following branches of
study:
CD For an UNLIMITED State Certlh-
cate, the branches now required for a
first grade County Certificate, with the
addition Of English Literature and the
rudiments of Botany, Geology, .Politi-
cal Economy, General History and
Mental Philosophy.
This Certificate will be issued only
to those who furnish satisfactory evil
dence of successful teaching for at
least NINE terms.
(2) For q LIMITED five Yearsl State
Certificate, the branches NOW required
for first grade County Certificate
with the addition of English 4Litera-
ture and the rudiments of MentalPhil-
osophy. nl
This Certificate will be issued only
to those who furnish satisfactory evil
dence of successful teaching for at
least THREE terms. saTE
Applicants who fail ia any Of the
branches required for either of. the
above certificates may present them
selves for discrimination fn8uch bran
ches, within one year. A re-examlaa
|>tion in those in which they are sue
cessful will not be required. Candi
dates who last year failed in any of the
branches, or did not complete their ex
i animation for either certificate, art
earnestly solicited to be presant with
| the new applicants this year. ALL sta
] tionery needed will be furniskedb by tht
Examiners. There will be three ses
i sions daily-9:00 A. M. to IL 30 p. M.
200 to 5 80 P. NJ. 80 to 9s30 Pm.
! Following will be the order ofexam
Iinatien:
d TUESDAY, AUGUST l3TEI-Unitec
Estates History, Arithmetic, Geography
i Civil Government, and Oral Exercises
/ WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14TH-Alge
gbra, Physiology, Reading, Eaaglisl
Grammar with Analysis, PenmaashiT
d Land Oral Exercises.
En- THURSDAY, AUGUST 15TH-Geone
Try, Natural Philosophy, Orthograph..
and Orthoephy. English Literature
tGheory of Teaching, and Oral E1er
eiBes.
Il FRIDAY, AUGUST 16TH-Meuta
\ Philosophy, General History, Geology
: Political Economy, Botany, and Ora
Y Exercises.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-04-04
AMERICANS WOMEN.

An eminent physician Of New York
wsho was recently interviewed in regard
to the hygienic aspects of dancing,took
occasion at the conclusion of his re-
masks to compliment American wom-
en- as follows: "They are the finest
wogaen in the world-phy sically, in
point. of figure, development and grace.
I have been inEurope goad deal and
I find che women here better specimens
than those ia London, Paris, Berlin or
Vienna. There has been a marked
change ia American womanhood with
in twenty years. People returning af-
ter losGg absence have noticed it.
Our girls now growing, or just grown,
are magnificent specimens. The old
follies of dress, such as tight lacing,
ETC., are done, and we elothe ourselves
to the full as sensibly as the rest of the
world" This is probably true to a
greater or less extent Of American
women generally. The laws of health
are much better understood and more
generally observed now than they
were twenty-five or thirty years ago,
though there is still room for improve
ment In this regard.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-04-04

NIJNE NOvGOROD FAIR. The great
market of the eastern world has been
held at this junction Of the Volga and
Olga Rivers, in Russia, every summer
for hundreds Of years. Here the ma
tions Of Europe and Asia meet with
their products for trade. Cossack, Chi
nese, Turk and Persian. meet the Ger
man and the Greek with every variety
of merchandise that mankind employs,
from sapphires to grindstones, tea, OPT
UNI, fur, food, tools and fabrics, and
last but not least, medicines. J. C. Ay-
er & Co.'S celebrated remedies from
America were displayed in an elegant
bazaar where the Doctor himself might
sometimes be seen. They are known
and taken on steppes of Asia as well
as the prair1es of the West, and are an
effectual antidote for the diseases tina t.
prevail in the yaoUrts of the North, as
well as the huts and cabins of the wes-
tern continent.-LGncoI1a (IU) Times
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-04-04
WILMOT, WIS.
EDITOR TELEGRAPH, KENOsHA.

EDITOR TELEGRAPH, KENOSHA.
DEAR SIR, Our little town was very
quiet last week, so Of course items
were scarce, but this week has been
somewhat livelier. Mr.. Ed. Blot has
taken up his abode with Mrs. VIM.
Shotliff, his mother-in-law, and we
were informed that Mr. Dibble goes in
to the building vacated by Mr.. Blot.
Henry Bolden has moved into one of
Mr.. Haythorne's houses, and Mr.. Kin
reed is making preparations for moving
into the house he has vacated.
Last Sabbath, owing to the indispo-
sition of the M. e. pastor, A. J. Benja-
min, his place was supplied by stran-
ger, whose name we have not ascer-
tanned. His text was, CAS- for me and
my house, we will serve the Lord" and
the sermon was very good.
The Literary Society met last Thurs
day evening, the exercises were, in our
opinion, the best they have had. The
dialogues Behind the curtain" and
what comes Of loose tongue" were
ably rendered, and showed to advan-
tage the talents of some of our citi-
zens. The remainder of the exercises
consisted of music, single recitations,
reading, and tableaux, after which
those who wished engaged in games.
The society meets again in two weeks.
The "Sons of Temperance" are doing
well and contemplate moving into the
basement of the M. e. Church, which
is now under completion.
The "Odd Fellows" are making prep
arations for building their new hall on
Northwest corner Of Main and State
sts., We are informed it will be a
large and elegant building.
But, Mr. Editor, [ just happened to
glance out Of the window and behold, |
it is actually showing, and it makes
me feel so blue, l shall have to put on
the "coup ds-grace." And then too, if |
my article gets too lengthy, you may
get out of patience wi tn it, and consign
it to the waste basket, and that would
never do, for am Uery tender-hearted.
CT.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-04-04

Everything has it's own limits, a lit
tie center of it's own, round which it
moves so that our true wisdom lies in
our keeping in our own walk in life,
however humble or obscure, and being
satisfied if we can succeed in it. The
best of us can do no more, and we shall
only become ridiculous or unhappy by
attempting it. We are ashamed be-
cause we are at loss in things to
which we have no pretensions, and try
to remedy our mistakes by committing
greater. An overweening vanity or
self-opinion is, in truth, often at the
bottom of this weakness; and we shall
be most likely to conquer the one by
the other, or restricting it
within due and moderate bounds
Hazlitt.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-04-04
PLEASANT PRAIRIE TO THE
RESCUE. :,

at the town meeting or Tuesday the
people of Pleasant Prairie, by very
decided vote, determined that cattle
shall no longer be permitted to run at
large in that Town. 80
Every one living at this end of the
Town has made such complaints Of be-
ing harassed by the city cattle, that
the town has come to the rescue. A
pound is to be established. Cattle found
in the roads are to be taken up, and if
the charges are not paid within three
days are to be sold at Auction on three
days notice. a aI d
IF the action of Pleasant Prairie
should result i'll our city determining
that droves Of cattle shall no longer
run at large in our streets, great ben
eft to those who have nice shrubbery
and fine ornamental shade trees, and
to the good looks Of our city, will be
accomplished. Some COWS have re-
markable faculty for opening gates,
and running in upon lawns making
great holes and generally stirring UP
Iill-feeling. This state Of affairs mast
be stopped.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-04-04
Fox RIVER, APRIL 1, 1878.

DIED.-NOLAN-In Randall, March
20, 1878, Miss Ella Nolan, aged 21 years,
of consumption. The deceased began
teaching school when but fifteen years
old, and continued in that profession
until about eight months ago, when
her health began to fail. Since that
time the sand Of life has been
continually ebbing with that show but
insidiOus disease, all through which
she bore her affection with the grace
and fortitude which has ever marked
her life from childhood till the closing
scene.
The funeral services were conducted
by the Rev. ]. Phillips Of Wheatland,
at the residence of her parents, at Bas-
sett's Station. AS marked attribute
of respect a large concourse of friends
and mourners followed her remains to
its final resting place at the beautiful
cemetery on Mount Prairie.
In the death of this amiable young
lady, her many friends have lost one
of their contented and happy associates.
and Kenosha County one Of its most
successful and effectual teachers. The
bereaved have our heart-felt sympa-
thies.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-04-04

II. Portable ,&9ltatiaAaIy Steam Engines and
Boilers, Shafiang. and Rlllias, Hand and Power
Tire Benders, T1iYe Drills and all other kinds ad
Machinery. Alse Kenesha Union Tlim q d
ties, Sleigh &ihaes aGdy psf Mauls. Repairing
done promptly.
Keno8ha, Wis, Mtprihasa2, 1874.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-04-04

TIT ANDRE, Manufacturer, Wholesale and
lSRetail dealer iEyCligHlSs Plug, Cut Chewing
and Smoking TOt%aoGQ, Snuff, Pipes, &c. His Gil
garS1a-e all made 6rGmibeStsqv alties of domestic
lowest cash rates. Also, constantly on hand
sometime Meersehassm pipes, Orders promptly
filed Directly Opposite llisale stand. No. 3T14
Main9S rect. Ken0SA&fGs Wis.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-04-04

The income of the ex-Empress En-
GENIE Is about $25O,O00 per annum.
and she is the owner of Cam den House
Chiselhurst, England.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-04-04
III. "a. fPENNOYER, M. 3D.,
II G2ZaAG23 op atEa1sSaGz
OFFICE AT
w A 7 Err GU r E.
Attands City and Country practice

livery STARLFcu-sP en-. Jewett is prepared <
business or PLEASURE, on the shortest notice
Hearse at all Itinass fEe2dy to attend funerals
Stable on MarketsQuaGc, near the Post Otfise
KenOSha wisconsin,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-04-04

Homosassa Oranges for talks on butter,
cheese, cattle and corn, and shall great
ly enjoy greetings with old Kenosha
friends. Very truly Yours,
f. w. LYMAN.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-04-04

The Shah of Persia will arrive in St
Petersburg, Russia, in a few days. and
will be received with Imperial honors
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-04-04

7AHNEN BROTHERS, No. 2 Main St., Keno
Il sha, MenehaRt Tailals. We keep conStasEty
on hand a w,allSeleGted ctock of cloths, G@1ts
Furnishing G0GtSS, ReitE'V Made Clothing. Hats
and Caps Of theilatest ,Sf yles. Work done and
goods sold aB clisap asiRt my other establishment
In tha citV
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-04-04

The ELECTION was carried in Mil
waukee by less than 500 Democratic
majority.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-04-04

MARBLE WOGEs5. -
MI HUGGTMS t&:43yVASHBURN
Kencsha and &adine, NJ Monumental and
Gravestone work e2sGutefkin the highest style of
the art
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-04-04

GARIBALpI is lying sick at Caprera'
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-04-04
A SENSIBLE REFORM.

GROUPING STUDENTS INTO "HOMES' IN
STEAD OF CROWDING THEM INTO I'M
MENSE DORMITORIES.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-04-04

Dr.. J. C. AVER & Co., Lowell, Mass. },
Practical and analytical Chemists.
6Qhp RY ALL DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE
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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1878-06-18
Denth OF Wmiam Cnllen Rrpa,t.

The telegraph brings the not unexpected
announcement Of the death Of William
Cullen Bryant, the venerable poet and
journalist, who has been lying in a crin-
ca state since his injury by iall on the
steps OF friends house, after having de-
livered sn address under u broilipg sun.
The deceased had reached the advanced
age of So years and : months, but until
MS iaJury had retained full power Of MS
mental faculties and physical activity
de was a native Of New Hampshire, and
after two years in Williams College en-
gagged in studying law which he CON-
meneed practcing IN Plain6eld. His
poetica genius was manifested in early
boyhood. and at / some Of his writings
were published In his 10Th year he
wrote the poem "ThaDatOpsis' which has
made him famous. and which has per
manent place as one Of the most impress
i've and beautiful in the English language
He removed to New York in lS25 and
was engaged upon several publications
uukAA A-NU Will nc oNcAAAN4 kLC NN4A~N-
ton with the Evening Post, that resulted
in his becoming Its editor and proprietor,
which relation be maintained during his
life tie las been u valuable contributor
20 literature aside from editorial work.
among his most noteworthy achievements
being translation Of Homers "Iliad"
which was published in 1870. His 10Th
aud 80 birthday anniversaries were cele-
brated 10y literary festivals in which the
most prominent living writers pArtlei-
pated. aud his last public act was the
delivery Of an address at the unwilling Of
the bust Of Mauini in Central Park As
he delivered the imprisoned peoratiOn,he
stepped out from the shelter Of an UNI
brella that had been held over him, and
stood with barred head in the full glare OF
the sun. tie walked away from the
Park with q friend, at the entrance Of
whose house be fell and received the inJu-
res which FASTENED the close OF long
aud distinguished lite
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1878-06-18

three or four cent. interest sell for 100
cents on a dollar2 Horace replies, BE-
cause there are too many Ben Buffers In
this country driving at reputation. ="
Let us carry this inquiry little further
What is the auimus of Gen. Buffers pa
per money theory? Why does he propose
to pay the principle Of the Five-twenties
in deprecated paper money, when every
body knows that gold was meant? 1t Is
because the Five-Twenties escape taxa
ton"
We have nothing to add to these ex-
tracts, they speak for themselves. Taken
alone they exhibit degree of inconsls-
tency and self contradiction seldom
equalled even in the present day of DEM
agogues, turn-coats and time-servers.
Taken in connection with Mr.. Chase
tortuous career as a politician they war
rant the gravest imputations on his
personal character.