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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-10-31
100000; but, fatal mistake of the |

$20O,0OO; but, fatal mistake of the
agents, it was also offered for $4,000!
Doubtless Mr. Tilden seized a pen
with the view of making assurance
doubly sure by writing yves to Mar
ble's dispatch; but his misery heart re-
volted at the thought Of paying $780,
600 for thing that was offered for one
fourth that sum, and the pen dropped
from his nerveless grasp! Poor old
man! How he must have paced the
floor and fought with the darling weak
ness Of his sordid soul avarice. There
was nothing of the feeling which re-
strained Macbeth-tha feeling which
"let I dare not wait upon I woul1." He
had not only resolved to do the desper-
ate deed-defraud the whole people of
their joint suffrage he went about
the business cheerfully, studying the
cipher for the otherwise innocent words,
that, through the jugglery of the key,
were twisted to mean theft, robbery.
perjury and bribery. But when the two
dispatches lay before him, the one offer
ing dominion and power for $4,000
and the other for $4,000, the supreme
mental struggle of Tilden's life COM
menced. Ambition pleaded eloquently
for the higher sum- The Cabinet to be
formed beckoned him from the minor
recesses OF the Executive Mansion;
grave and reverend Senators stood in
the Waiting-room craving audience: for
eign Ambassadors crowded around him
eager to offer the congratulations of all
tho Gnx7ayr, onto q 4lo D.
the master passion. of his existence.
that passion which had been tightening
it's iron grip upon his soul from youth
till old age-that passion which he had
nurtured and fostered until it stood
sentinel over all his desires grand
passion OF avarice propounded this in
sinuating inquiry: "Why waste $780,
OOO?" This bare suggestion of pru-
dence, emanating from the prime min
lister Of his brain, banished for the mo-
ment all other thoughts, all his intel
lectual forces fell into line under their
old captain, avarice, and Tilden, the
railway -wrecking money-maker, sent to
Marble the fatal dispatch, "Proposition
too high" Then followed series of
lying dispatches, protesting confidence
in everybody, whereas, in fact, Tilden
had no confidence in anybody; then an
other series coanseling unity of action
and haste. But the precious oppor-
tunity had passed away forever. The
agents were disguised at Tilden's par
simony. They offered him the Presi-
dency for 100000. Think of it; four
years in the White House for 100000
to the man who possessed millions
wherewith to buy, and who had ex-
pressed desire to purchase! Marble
had formed a false conception of Til
denis character. He regarded him as a
commercial" statesman, but found him
to be mere huckster driving misery
bargains. It was case of "the ruling
passion strong in death" No compunc-
tons of conscience restrained Tilden
from opening negotiations for the pur-
chase of the Presidency; but the penuri-
GUS habits of a lifetime saved the coun-
try from the disgrace of their consum-
nation Chicago Tribune
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-10-31

A CURIOUS feature of Indian raids is
the fact that railway tracks are rarely
torn up or telegraph wires cut. The
renegade Cheyennes, on their late raid,
several times crossed the Pacific roads,
but never disturbed them. Thus far all
telegraph lines have also escaped dam
age from Indians. The first thing white
raiders do in an enemy's country is to
cut these great avenues of communica-
ton. The Indians, however, either from
superstition or ignorance, seem to stu
diously avoid interfering with them.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-10-31
TiIden'S AyariCe.

The striking features of the Tilden
cipher correspondence are two. It
shows CD that Tilden never gives his
entire confidence to anybody, but relies
solely upon his own resources, holding
the decision of every question in his
own hands, even if the negotiation is at
a distance of thousands of miles; CO
that the long habit of lifetime, of driv-
ing sharp bargain, of screwing the last
cent out of trade, of forcing an oppo-
nent to the wall, of awaiting himself of
" the laws delays" thereby consigning
an antagonist to despair-that this habit
has so impressed itself upon his char
acter as to render him penurious, miser-
ly, and grasping to the point of over
reaching himself.
These qualities of Mr.. Tilden's mind
were shown in the negotiations for the
purchase of an electoral vote in Oregon.
The sum Of money required was small
only few thousand dollars-but Til
den took the negotiation into his own
hands. The dispatches were sent by
Pelton from Tilden's house. An agent
was dispatched from California, buS Til
den refused to trust him. He higgled
about the price, and withheld
the purchase money till the last pos
sible moment. In the Florida affair these
ingrained peculiarities of the great con-
spirator's mind were still more conspicu-
ously displayed. One agent demanded
100000, and that agent was Manton
Marble. But previous to the receipt of
Marbles dispatch one had been received
from another agent offering to consum-
mate the job for $4,000. Immediately
the lifetime habit of saving came into
play. Tilden possessed millions, and,
goaded forward by boundless ambition,
was restrained by no conscientious
scruples, still the temptation to drive
the sharpest possible bargain shorldered
every other consideration aside and i'm
periously asserted it's ascendency in the
old mans mind The coveted vote was
offered for 100000, and behind the
vote the door of the White House stood
invitingly OPEN, What would not Mr..
Tilden give to assure his right of en-
trance? For the privilege Of crossing
it's threshold he had already battered
everything that honorable men hold
dear. The privilege was offered for
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-10-31

MRS. CAvANAGH, of Eureka. New,
went to bed happy because she had that
day made $4,000 by a rise in mining
stock; but. on awaking in the morning,
she found that her husband had taken
the money and eloped with girl, which
made her unhappy. She concluded,
however, after thinking the matter over,
that she was willing to lose $4,000 to
get rid of such a husband. The upshot
of Mr.. Smiths elopement from Clinton,
Ala, was not so quiet. He was over
taken by a mob, led by his wife in per-
son, and, under her orders, his hands
were tied behind him, and he was
fogged all the way home. The 14-year-
old girl who had eloped with him es-
capped by fast running, and has not yet
been seen in the neighborhood. An
elopement is exciting deep interest in
Springfield, Ill, because the man is DR..
Wheeler, physician with large prac
tice, and the girl is the schoolmate and
intimate friend of his daughter.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-10-31

THE tallest and most miserly man in
Memphis died of the plague. DR.. Mel
son had not practiced his profession for
many years, but had accumulated a
fortune of over $25O,OOO. His dress was
always shabby, he lived in the suburbs
like pauper, and Stunned intercourse
with his fellows, and in the end he died
with yellow fever, and was buried in the
Potters field.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-10-31

IT is quite possible, as the London
Spectator suggests, that gas will sur
vive the electric light, just as horses
have survived the introduction of rail
roads. 1t may develop more highly
special utilities, as for cooking and
lighting interiors, however practicable
electricity may be for streets. But at
present it costs twelve times as much
to light the new avenue of the opera at
Paris by electricity as by gas. The
above journal says that the greatest rival
to gas in London is "paraffine, which is
hawked about all our back streets daily
like milk"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-10-31

six feet high, weighs 100 pounds, is
square-shouldered and spare, with dark
hair, short-cropped reddish-brown side
whiskers, high cheek-bones, face
strongly lined, and small blue eyes. He
has deep bass voice that grows deeper
as he becomes more earnest. is on fire
with his subject from the start, has
neither grace, fullness nor humor but
goes straight to the point with intensity
He has been Methodist clergyman for
twenty-nine years, and went through the
war in the Eighth New York Heavy Ar
tiIlery.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-10-31

IT is probable that the Halifax award
will be reviewed this winter and the
Federal Government receive more
favorable decision. Parties who have
been examining the subject affirm that,
instead Of paying Great Britain $500
600, we are Justly entitled to $1,50O,00O.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-10-31
-TIre Yenosha GelrgrapIl.


The whole number OF postofices in
the United States on the Both of June,
the last day Of the last fiscal year, was
30,258. Most Of the new postofices
were established in the Southern States.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-10-31

CLEopATBA's needle, which has been
brought from the Nile and set up with
much trouble and expense on the banks
of the Thames, is showing disposition
to crumble to pieces after its exposure
to salt water and the unaccustomed eli
mate of England,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-10-31

CoNGREssMAN-ELECT DE LA MATYR,
of Indianapolis, chosen by the Green
hackers and Democrats, is native of
New York and 50 years old. He would
be picked out as man of mark in any
public assemblage. He is described as
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-10-31

THERE is lawyer down East so ex-
cessively honest that he puts all his
fower-pots out over night, so determined
is he that everything shall have it's dew.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-10-31

AN AUTUMN PICTURE.
Sky deep, intense and wondrous blue,
With clouds that sail the heavens through:
And mountain slopes SO broad and fair,
With here and there among the green,
maple or an ash tree seen
In glowing color, bright aud rare.
Green fields, where silvery ripples fade,
With cattle resting in the shade:
Far mountains, touched with purple haze
That, like a veil of morning mist,
By CLEANS of golden sunlight kissed
Seems but breath Of by-gone days.
And clover which has bloomed anew
Since shining scythes did cut it through
And corn fields with their harvest fair
And golden-rod upon the hill, =.
And purple asters blooming still,
And sunlight melted into air.
Dora Read Go0idle. an Scrib7se1' for N01en
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1878-07-19
The TaIlcst Couple in the World.

IIIt stlltSt Sotpic HI ttbC WV
Capt. Martin Van Buren, Bates
was born in Whitesburg, Letcher
county, KY, November 3, 1916. He
is seven feet eleven and one-half
inches in height, and weighs 41S
pounds. His father was about six
feet tall and his mother was a lady
OF ordinary stature. In 1919 Miss
Anna Ii. Swan was born in Col
chester country, Nova Scotie, She
was as tall as her mother when six
years of age, but she continued to
shoot upward until to-day she is
exactly the same height us her huS.
band-Seven feet eleven and one-
hOlf inchcS--her weight being 413
pounds. These two were married
in London ONE years ago, and on
returning from their bridal tour,
found an order from the queen
awaiting them, requiring them to
present themselves at Buckingham
palace. They had previously APP
peared before the Prince OF Wales,
and the members of the Masonic
lodge of which he is a member, and
it is probable that he has aroused
his mothers Curiosity by his de
scription of them. She made them
both bridal gifts. The captain re-
ceiyed u massive gold striking
watch, the case weighing nine
ouncpS and the entire watch over a
pound, while with the immense neck
chain the whole weighed over three
pounds. The bride was presented
with an immense diamond cluster
rings, containing seven white jewels.
Both the lady and gentleman are
perfectly proportioned, every mem
Der corresponding and aiding to
produce a symmetrical but colossal
figure. Mrs. Bates requires for an
evening dress eighty yards OF mate
rial.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1878-07-19
Booos AND SHOES At WHOLESALE

BOOOS AND SHOES Al WHOLESALE.
Having recently enlarged my facilities.
and added the latest and most improved
machinery to my factory, ! am now pre-
pared to manufacture BOOTS SHOES III
dill STYLES And IN I'M Q~U.lAIITI,
aud sell to the trade at WHOLESALE
RATES as low rs amy hoItse in the S0uth.
assure the public that all leather uSe'l
in the manufacture Of my Boots aud Shoes
is OAK-TANNED, and of the best quality.
Inspection of my goods is solicited by the
TRADE, us | guarantee satisfaction as to
quality of work and prices.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1878-07-19
Solid Cheek.
City Chronicle.

Virginia City Chronicle.
"Speaking of gall" remarked an
Eastern printer last evening i'll Il
G street beer saloon, talking of
solid cheek, l never saw a man who
had more of it than Pete Blivens,
of Kansas City. Three of us used
to room together there in 1872.
One night in July-it was so hot
that if you'd chuck water on the
side of a house it would siZZ like so
much hot iron-we concluded to go
down and. sleep on n of the tim
Der RATS on the river. Well, we
got on the raft with our blankets.
Just before turning in Pete Blivens
said he guessed he'd cool off by
taking A swim. | knew that the
current would snatch him right I'M.
der, but didn't want to give him any
advice, and he dived off the end of
the raft. The undartow caught and
sent him out of sightiu about three
seconds. AS soon as we saw that
he vas drowned, me aud The other
chap went for his effects. We found
So 80 in his pants pocket and an
old watch. We took 'em mp town
soak ed the clothes for 80, and tie
watch for $12. Then we went
round town on a sort of a jambo-
rec and spent the money. About
5 o'clock in the morning we were
drinking up the last dollar with
some of the boys at the Blue Cor
ner, when who should walk in but
Pete himself in an old suit of
clothes that he'd borrowed OF d man
three miles down the ,ivey. And
hang me if he didn't demand bis
clothes, and the next day he was
round dunning us for the paltry
50 so. The gall OF some mems
enough to paralyze IA Louisiana al
ligator."
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1878-07-19
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
vIcrnRIOus HOsTILEs.

Portland, Oregon, July S.-Gov'
Chadwick, who is now AZ omat'!ia,
telegraphs here under date OF lne
7th: "'Volunteers under Captain
Sperry, fifty strong, we're defeated
at yellow Springs, thirty miles
south. OF Pendleton, YESTERDAY
Capt. Sperry was killed, ana near
ly all his command killed or wound.
ed. We can hear of but seven lett"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1878-07-19
A CHORD.
A Well Remembered Incident of the War
Between the States.

Rev. J. William Jones, in an adj
dress before the National Sunday
school convention, Atlanta, Ga, re-
lated the following incident:
In the early spring of 1868, when
the Confederate and Federal armies
were confronting each other on the
opposite hills OF Stafford and Spott-
sylvania. two bands CHANGED one
evening, at the same hour, to DIS
course sweet music on either bank
of the river. A large crowd OF the
soldiers o. both armies gathered to
listen to the music, the friendly
pickets not interfering, aud soon the
bands began to answer each other
First, the band on the northern
bank would play "Star Spangled
Bauncr," "IIail Columhia," or some
other national air, aud at its con.
clusion, the boys in blue would
cheer most Justify. And then the
band on the southern bank would
respond with Dixie" or " Bonnie
Blue Flag" or some other Southern
melody, and the "boys in gray"
would attesttheir appreciation with
an cold Confederate yell" But
presently one Of the bands struck
up in sweet and plaintive notes
which were waited across the beau
tiful Rappahannock, were caught
up at once by the other band and
swelled into a grand anthem which
touched every heart, ''H0me, Sweet
Homew At the conclusion OF this
piece there went up Il Simultaneous
shout from both sides Of the ricer-
cheer followed cheer; and those
hills, which had sc recently re-
sounded with hostile guns, echoed
and re-echoed the glad acclaim. a
cord had been struck responsive to
which the hearts OF enemies-ene-
mics-cnemieS hen-could beat in
unison +; and, on both sides of the
river,
Something down the soldiers cheek
Washed off the stains of powder"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1878-07-19
EnNeI. of ENYRS.

a young S%cotchman and shep-
herd. Mr.. Charles Scott, of How
ford. Ettrick, Selkirkshire, Scotland,
made the discovery a year or more
ago that carbolic acid was u sure
remedy for the fever OF ewes, pro
duced from bad lambing. He com
municatcd this intelligence to Mr..
Henry Woods, an extensive sheep
raiser OF Norfolk, England, and
asked that the remedy should be
thoroughly tested, and, if found
effeUtual, to make the fact public.
In the last issue of the Farmers
Chronicle (London, England this
gentleman gives his experience
with the remedy, and cites several
very hopeless cases that were
speedily cured by the treatment.
The first symptom of puerptral few
er is dullncss and decrease of milk
flow the latter condition may be
known from lambkin showing signs
of hunger. No time should be lost
when these symptoms appear; the
remedy should be applied at once
after this manner; pour into the
uterus carbolic acid, one part I;
olive oil, two parts, and battle the
outside well with the mixture. 1t
is well to notice carefully the o
dition of ewes for three days after
lambing, and if found to be droop-
iugj with signs of Inflammation Of
the uterus, apply same remedy, but
in weaker solution, and repeat
every ten hours. P%uerperal fever
is Il common affection. particularly
with young ewes, and heretofore has
prov Ell fatal in a large majority Of
eases, and this discovery should
have the attc.Ition Of s~heepraiscrs.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1878-07-19
Tobacco Smoke for Gapes.

The tobacco smoke has saved all
of the chickens sick with gapes sc
far-the one almost dead when the
remedy VAS first applied seems
cured They have been smoked
six times. a few live Goals are
put in an old iron pot, and "a pinch
of tobacco placed on them. AS
soon as the smoke begins to rise,
the chickens which have previously
been placed in a basket, and put
over the vessel aud covered with a
cloth. They, or any n thus af-
tected, are made to mhale the
smoke until they tumble over par
TALLY insensible, when they are re-
moved from the basket. They soon
revive and the spasms have
lessene6.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1878-07-19
A Story of the Trail.

Detroit Free Press,
She was a tall, stout individual,
and Sprang out OF the wagon as
lightly as a spring chicken after a
grasSliopper. He was Il little with.
cred, dried up weasel, and followed
slowly, bringing II basket OF eggs
with him. They entered one OF
our stores, and she asked
"What T We Givin' for eggs?"
Eight cents" was the reply OF
the couuteTjumper.
swell, here are three dozen,'
said the fat party, "and III take it
ont in calico.n
"But ! want some yarn to mend
my socksP put in the old man.
600 barefootod,' said she rather
sharply. Then turning to the
clerk, she changed her tune, and
remarked: "Young man., please
count out the eggs and give me
four yards of calico to match this
ERE dress"
"But-" the old nan was going
to continue when she raised her
huge index finger and said: ellen
~ Winter Davis Sprfggins, them
'aro eggs + mine; the hens what
laid 'en ere mine the corn what
fed 'em was mine and Use going
to have a trail ON this ERE dress as
long as Betsy Governs, if every
toe on your feet turned into gum
biles. Now shut. And you young
ster, yank OF four yards of that ERE
calico, or you will hear a humble
bee IA buzzing.'
The old man shut, and the clerk
yanked off the calico.
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GREAT JACKSON ROUTE !
- :O:-
New Orleans, 81. Louis
CHICAGO RAILROAD LINE.
NORM nan VupnIrGU TT

DOUBLE DAILY THROUGH TRAINS.
Will arrive at and depart from the
Calliope street depot, New Orleans, from
July IL, 1877, a. follows:
DEPART ARRIVE.
Express No. I 600 p. m. No. ,. 1880 Il, m
Express No. $500 a. III. No. 4...S:l5 p. m
No / and = run daily, 3 and 4 daily except
Sunday.
PULLMAN PALACE SLEEPERS
through without change to Cincinnati,
Louisville, Chicago, Cairo and Milan,
Tenn, and fn4 b.; Lnais u Sleeper is at
tachcd at Milan, Tenn, enabling passen-
gers to go through without leaving the
train. ONLY ONE CHANGE TO NEW
YORK AND EASTERN CITE.
Friday evening train makes no conncc-
ton at Du Quoin for Chicago.
Accommodation Trains between New
Orleans and McComb City.
Leave New Orleans at 3:30 p. NJ. Satur-
day, and 1870 II. IN. sunday
Arrive at New Orleans a $3.50 p. m. Sum
day. and $3.50 II. m. Monday.
Tickets for sale and information given
at Ticket office, y Camp street, under the
City Hotel. A. ID. SHELDON,
Agent.
J. c. CLARK, V. P. and G. NJ.
July -, 1877. l2-tf
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1878-07-19

A witty gentleman, speaking of
"a friend who was Frustrated by ILL
ness, remarked that "he could
hardly recover since his constitu-
ton was all gone" at his consti'
tuition was all gomez said a by
stauder, "I do not see how he lives
at ALP "Oh,' responded the wag.
lie lives on the by lawsso
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1878-07-19
MISCELLANEOUS. ISL
Jenkins AnnihilatOr.
The Great Southern Remedy for
RHEUMATISM, GOVT a. NEURALGIA.

lit Nlltht
RHEUMATISM, GOVT a NEuRALGlA'
Those terrible enemies Of human hnppi-
ness, Rheumatism, Gout and Neuralgia,
heretofore seemingly Inconquerable, nave
indeed found their master in Jenkins, An
nibilator. We have the Testimony of men
of the highest standing in Louisiana aud
other States. that after suffering iudcscrl-
bable pains for years, from which they
sought relief in vain by visiting tho Hot
aud Warm springs of Arkansas and yir-
ginis, and BY using dozens of remedies
more or less highly praised, when, IN iaet;
hone had almost died out, they have fonhu
relief from pain by the use Of the Annlhl-
lator, aud by continuing it for . short
time, have been perfectly cured. h An
nihilatori is a preparation purely vegetanle'
agreeable to the taste, and may be taken
without fear of any injurious results ny
the delicate as well rs the robust In som
stitution,
Price S1.0O Dor bottle. For sale by all
Druggists. Ask Your Druggist for cir
cnlar containing certificates jor send to
n. JENKINS Il CO., Proprietors,
New Orleans, La.
FiNLAY & THOMPSON, Wholesale Drug
gists, New Orleans, La, Gen, Agents for
Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi Alabama,
Arkansas and Florida.
March ., 1873. -. ally
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1878-07-19

"Doctor. my daughter seems to
be going blind, and she's just get
cling ready for her wedding, too
O, dear me, ,what rs 10 be done ~
"Eet her go right on with the we'd
ding, madam, By all means. If
anything can opeu her eyes, mar
riage will.n
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1878-07-19
LAND for SALE,

The rhsersignsl has Cheap Beach LOTS
aud SuEEP LAMBS for sale near SCOTS sta
tion, New Orleans and Mobile Railroad.
For further particulars, addrtss
WM MCLAUGHLIN,
Pass Christian, Miss.
Feb. ~. 1873 en-
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1878-07-19
We'll KNOWN.

As it is known that DIR. Prices Special
.Flavoring Extracts are not made up from
chemical p~oisons, hut natural ~flavors, deli
cate and grateful TO the most cultivated
palate, they are growing rapidly IN popu-
lar favor 1t is onlynecessary 10 try these
favors to be convinced that they are fine
and pure.