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Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1878-07-18
The Fuel Question.

We were informed last week that the
railroad company have agreed to furnish
hard wood in Car load lots at Jamestown,
at $3.50 per cord. AT this rate the pro-
duct of two acres of good wheat will paw
for all the wood farmer would need to
carry him over the winter.
The America and Sharon Land Com
pany have contracted for stnwburning
portable engine, with which to do their
threshing. Now if our farmers can be
enabled to burn the straw from their
grain to warm their building, thresh their
grain, and still better cook their food
the question Of fuel is solved; as there is
not grain farmer in the west but has manv
times the amount of carbon stored away
III the straw stacks after threshing, which
many of them have to burn in order to
get them off of the land. We know that
our neighbors in southern Dakota and
Minnesota are largely burning hay for
fuel, and we invite the Sioux Falls Panta-
graph and papers located in that section.
to work up an article on the straw and
hay burning question, that our folks in
this part, by that means may possibly
receive heat next winter, and present
light on the matter.
The man or men who shall invent safe
and good furnace or stove, that will util.
ize straw tor fuel, will make fortunes out
OF their Inventions. These arc spccl.
ally constructed stoves to burn pressed
hay, and many folks on the prairies to
the south make twisted ropes or bundles
of hay which they use we believe in
common stoves, and do not use any other
fuel winter or summer.
We will keep sharp lookout for in
formation in regard to this question and
publish the same for the good of ou,
patrons.
Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1878-07-18
"A Divided Family.

The following from the Detroit Free
Press is SO good as to excuse some of that
papers balderdash of police reports:
Five ragged, unkempt, and weeping
children were left orphans the other day
by the death of their mother, widow
who lived on Prospect street. The father
was killed at one of the depots about two
years ago, and since then the mother had
kept the family together by hard days
work. Lack Of food, exposure, and
worry brought on an illness which ter.
minated fatally, and the children huddled
together in corner of the room feeling
awed and frightened, but yet unable to
realize that death had made them waits.
When the remains had been sent away TO
Potter's field dozen women gathered and
held whispered consultation.
''Tll take one Of the poor things, though
I've four children of my own," said one
of the women.
"And I'll take another"
"And III take one.'
"And so will l."
Then there Was the baby-a toddling
boy, who had been rocked to sleep every
night of his life, and whose big blue eyes
were full of tears as he shrank behind his
sister to escape observation.
II could take him." said one of the
women; "but I'm quick-tempered, and
the Lord will never forgive the woman
who strikes dead mothers child.'
Il could take him, but am old and
will soon die" said another "When he
had learned to love me, and l had come
to look upon him as son, death would
scperate u.s."
A little girl not over ten years old,
dressed little better than other children
there, c1ept into the group and heard
what was said. While the women were
looking into each others faces in silence
the child reached out for the babe, patted
his white head, kissed him, and said:
II will take this one. l have no
brother, and ma and pa vii! Jet me keep
him. He can sleep in my trundle bed,
play with my doll, and they may put all
the Christmas presents into his stocking"
The women protested even as they
wept, and the girl ran round the corner
and returned with her mother, who
sanctioned all she had said.
Come, bubby-you're mine now,"
called the girl, and he laughed as she
tried to put her arms around him and lift
him up.
By and by a woman said:
'Children, you have neither father,
mother, nor home. You must be divided
u? or 60 to the poor-house. Kiss each
other, poor orphans, and all kiss the
baby"
They put their arms around him, and
hugged and kissed him, and they went
out from the old house to go in different
directions, and perhaps1 never. again to
meet all together.
"Goodbye, Johnnie!' each one gasped
as they turned for last look at baby,
and the little girl called to each one in
turn:
"Don't feel bad. III give him lots to
eat, learn him his prayers, and when he's
big man he'll buy you all back"
Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1878-07-18
Our Ride.

Having gotten out the ALERT last
Thursday we concluded to take trip
eastward with the laudable intention for
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-03-21
POE RECITING "THE RAVEN. !"

Once, i'll discussing '"The Raven"
Poe observed that he had never heard
it correctly delivered by even the best
readers that is, not as he desired that
it should 5e read. That evening, q
number of visitors being present he
was requested to recite the poem, and
complied. His impressive delivery
held the company spell bound, but in
the midst of it, |, happening to glance
toward the open window above the lev
ell roof of the greenhouse, beheld q
group Of sable faces, the whites Of
whose eyes shone in strong relief
against the surrounding darkness.
| These were q number of our family
servants, who, having heard much talk
about mfr. Poe, the poet" and having
but an imperfect idea of what a poet
was. had requested permission OF my
! brother to witness the recital. AS the
speaker became more imprisoned and
excited, more conspicuous grew the Gin
Gle Of white eyes, until when at length
(! he turned suddenly toward the window,
land, extending his arm, cried, with aW-
full yehemence:
"Get thee back into the tempest, and the night'G
| Plutonlan shore
there was sudden disappearance OF
the sable visages, q scuttling Of feet,
and the gallery audience was gone
Ludicrous as was the incident, the fl
nal touch was given when, at that mo
ment Miss Poe, who was an eXtraordl-
nary character in her way, sleepily en-
tered the room, an9, with & dull and
drowsy delibeHation, seated herself on
her brothers knee He had subsidized
from his excitement into gloomy dis-
pair, and now, fixing his eyes upon his
sister, he conconcluded:: ia
"And the raven, never fitting, still is sitting,
/ still is sitting,
On the pallid bust Of Pallas, just above my
chamber door;
:, And it's yes have ali the seeming OF demon
thfl is dreaming I,
The effect was irresistible; and rs
the final "nevermoro was solemnly ut
tered the half-suppressed litter Of two
| very young persons in q corner was re
Esponded to by general laugh. POI
remarked quietly that on his next de
livery Of q public lecture he woul(
"take Rose along, to act the part OF The
raven. in which she seemed born to ex
eel" Mrs SuS022 Arc1er Weiss; Serb
ner's for March.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-03-21
From the Inter t}0aa.n.
yggJ&E HAUNTED.
JULIA CLARK

JULIA CLARK.
a voiceIess music fills the Iistning air
A sad, sweet music stealing everywhere
From phantom fingers, skilled by magic powers
TO scatter music through these earthly bowers
The duIcincr our darling used te play,
when life was in the freshness Of its May,
Long silent stood within darkened room,
Ashushed and lonely as the voiceless tomb.
one Simmer evening when the shadows played
Where moonbeanls thro, the open shutters
strayed
Iglded thro' the ghostly room, alone,
And struck the wires whence melody had flown
And ever since the hour l struck those notes,
Around the dulcimer q presence floats
A music sadly sweet, and soft and low,
That whispers to nay soul OF long ago.
Neosho, Wis 1878.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-03-21
SOMERS CAUCUS.
A TAx-PAYEF

The Republican Electors of Somers
will meet at the Town Hall, on Satur.
day, March 3oth, at o'clock p. M, to
nominate candidates for Town offices
and for the transaction of any other
business that may properly come be.
fore the meeting. BY Order of Com.
somers, March 18th, 1878.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-03-21
THE POPE.
CORONATION OF LEO XIu.-HCSTILE
DEMONSTRATIONS OF THE POPULACE
q 4 cr.l.I, -

| CORONATION OF LEO XIII.-HOSTILT
DEMONSTRATIONS OF THE POPULACE
THE PONTIFICAL SECRETARY.
ROME, March 3.-Pope Leo XIII
was crowned in Sistine Chapel to-day
The ceremony commenced at 9:30 in
the morning, and terminated at 80 in
the afternoon. Cardinals, prelates and
diplomatists ACCREDITED to the Vatican
and o few other persons, were present.
The Pope WAS afterwards carried to
his apartments, blessing the spectators
on the way A few houses are illum-
mated tonight.
Crowds broke windows which were
illuminated for the Popes coronotion,
out were dispersed by troops without
casualty. y
The Opinione reports that the Coun-
Gil Of State, in response to q question
of Signor Crispi, President Of the Cham
Der Of Deputies, as to whether the Ital-
ian Government had right to modify
the Papal guarantees, has rendered a
decision that the law of Papal guaran-
tees possesses a constitutional organic
character. When Cardinal Simeoni
was about to resume his office as Pom
tificial Secretary Of State, the Catholic
Powers and some Cardinals protested
against his restoration because of his
reactionary tendencies. Cardinal Sim
eoni, therefore, resigned, and Cardinal
Franchi was appointed in his place.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-03-21

POLITICAL.-A non partisan caucus
was held at the office Of Z. G. Simmons
last Saturday evening which resulted
in the nomination Of A. Farr, for
Mayor and a number Of gentlemen IS
aldermen for the different wards. No
other nominations were made and the
party caucuses will be held as usual.
The ''tug of war; will doubtless be
the two vacant Justiceships. Messrs.
N. B. Hyde, J. NJ. Stebbins. Gurden
Gillett, o. P. Hale, and H. II. Tarbell
are respectively mentioned by their
friends as candidates for the office.
They are all gentlemen Of ability and
and either of them would
make good justice. James Irving
has given satisfaction in the Office Of
Marshal and will doubtless be renom-
mated.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-03-21

for the die. The stamping is done on
q screw press. The dies are cylindri-
cal blocks of steel upon which are
carved the designs to be transferred by
pressure to the coins. Art of high
order as well as fine mechanism is con-
spicuous in this part of the coinage
process. They are annealed and trued
on both ends. Two or three blows in
the screw press, which is worked with
q large wheel, secures a perfect i'm
preston, and both the diverse and re-
verse of the coin are struck at once.
Machinery places the planchets be-
tween the dies, and afterwards drops
the completed coin in box. Two or
three pieces of each coinage are re-
served for the annual Government as
say.
The processes OF melting, refining,
and assaying gold and silver are car
ried on in the Assay Office, in New
York, on quite as large a scale as at
the Philadelphia mint. Not only Gov
eminent work is done there, but large
deposits are made daily of gold andsil-
yer bullion by private individuals.
Gold is always found alleged with
silver. and it is never found
with any other alloy. To sep
arate the silver from the gold,
the bullion is boiled in sulphuric acid,
which removes the alloy; the gold is
then reboiled and reduced to a coarse
powder resembling clay. It's purity
then is 998 or 900. Ths silver, mixed
with copper, is run into watts on q low
er floor, and is purified and granulated,
when it resembles pipe clay. The
granulated gold and silver are pressed
into large cheeses in hydraulic press.
A cheese Of gold twelve inches in di-
ameter and three inches thick, is worth
500, 900; silver cheese of the same
size is worth 5000. The sulphuric &C
i'd, after it is used. produces sediment
Of blue vitriol, which is much prettier
than either the gold or the silver seen
in the Assay Office. The vitriol and
the weak acid are both sold for as
much money as the original acid costs.
The substitution of sulphuric acid for
nitric has caused saving to the New
York Assay Office alone of 100000 q
year. Depositors receive their gold
and silver separately at standard puri-
ty, 900. Pure metal is also sent to the
Assay Office from the various refiner-
les to be alleged. From United States
refneries silver is generally sent in
large bars or. cakes; and a small
amount Of Mexican metal is received
in thin, irregularly shaped pieces call
ed disks. The fumes from the watts
and furnaces in the Assay Office are
condensed and sold as weak acid. On
| ly q small amount Of the gas escapes
into the atmosphere, and although it is
slightly offensive it is not injurious.
On the contrary, this gas is an excel
lent disinfectant, and acts upon dead
matter rather than living
A~-z---.--------
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-03-21

AN OLD STORY REToLD.- The St.
Adams Messenger says that a good
Vermont deacon in the olden time,
when Medford rum and cider brandy
were not the beverages of the wicked
alone, signed the temperance pledge
with the expressed reservation that
he might indulge on sheep-washing
days. AS his balmy periods were as
frequent as ever, he was visited and
charged with moral perjury; but the
deason, pointing to q dejected-loooking
Cotsvold, with fleece as white as snow,
said: do you see that old ram
Well, he has been washed every day
for the last three months"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-03-21

H. Retail dealer in Cigars Plug, Cut Chewing
and Smoking Tobacco, Snuff, Pipes, &c. His Ci-
CARS are all made from best qualities of domestic
and imported tobacco and sold to the trade at
lowest cash rates. Also, constantly on hand
some fine Meerschaum Pipes. Orders promptly
filed Directly opposite his cid sta4ld. No. 3T59
Main Street, Ken0sha. Wis.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-03-21

The reputation ithas attained, in consequence o.
the marvellous cures it has prodaced during the
last half century, is sufficient assurance to the
public that it will continue to realize the happcst
results that csn be desired. In almost every
section of country there are persons, publicly
known who have been restored from alarming and
even desperate diseases Of the lungs, by It's use.
All who have tried t,acknowledge its superiority
and where it's virtues are known, no one hesitates
as to what medicine to employ to relieve the dis
tress and suffering peculiar to pulmonary afec-
tons. CHERRY PICTORIAL always affords in
slant relief, and performs rapid cures of the
milder varieties ofbronchial disorder, as well as
the more formidable diseases of the lungs.
AS safeguard to children, amid the distrese.
ing diseases which beset the Throat and Chest Of
Childhood, it is invaluable for, by its timely use
multitudes are rescued and restored to health
This medicine gains friends at every trial. as
the cures it is constantly producing are too re-
markable to be forgotten. No family should be
without it, and those who have once used it
never will.
Eminent Physicians throughout the country
prescribe it, and Clergymen often recommend it
from their knowledge of its effects.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-03-21

The President last Friday commits
stoned the following additional Hon
orary Commissioners to the Paris Ex-
position: G. w. Childs and w. W. H.
Davis, Pennsylvania; I. M. Stafford,
Tennessee; James III. Smart, Indiana;
Edwin Cowles, Ohio; B. E. Gallup,
Illinois; S. t. Merrill, Wisconsin. The
President also appointed Sylvester
Waterhouse, of st. Louis, Assistant
Commissioner to the Paris Exposition.
COLOGNE WATERPROOF of rosemary,
one ounce; oil of Lavender, one ounce;
oil OF bergamot, one ounce; oil Of lem
on, one ounce; oil of rose, sixteen
drops; alcohol, one gallon.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-03-21

D b. WHITAKER \ CO, ManufactureY Of
Ii, Portable & Stationary Steam Engines and
Boilers, Shafting and Pullies, Hand and Power
Tire Benders Tire Drills, and al other kinds OF
Machinery. Also Kenosha Union Thimble
Skeins, TuyerS Bolster and Reach Plates, Ket-
ties, Sleigh Shoes and Post Maus. Repairing
done promptly.
Kenosha, Wis, April 28th 1874.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-03-21
THOMAS NELSON,

livery STABLE-Ben. Jewett is prepared to
business or pleasure on the shortest notice.
Hearse at all times ready to attend funerals
Stable on Market square, near the Post Office,
Kenosha, Wisconsin.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-03-21

7AHNEN BROTHERS, No. 70 Main ST., Keno
Il sha, Merchant Tailors We keep constantly
on hand well selected stock of cloths, Gents
Furnishing Goods, Ready Made Clothing, Hats
and Caps Of the latest styles. Work done and
goods sold as cheap as at any other establishment
in the city.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-03-21
~. A. PENNOYEEs, m. d.,
IL COOP % TIN & 81
OFFICE AT
w q Y ER c. u F-2 &:
Attends City and Country practice
BAKER 5IS MAXWELL

ATTORNEYS AND OoUNsEILORs AT LAW,
Office over Johnsou's Book StGre Main Street
Kenosla, Wis. q
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-03-21

MARBLE WORKS.
M HUGGINS & WASHBURN
KenOsha and Racine, Wis. Monumental and
the art.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-06-13
LADIES'.

Agents are wanted for q new and
useful invention. 1t is a new appli-
cation of power, and intended for Or
mament as well rs use. The inven-
ton consists in a continuance by
which a parasol, sun shade, umbrella,
fish pole, hoop pole, bean pole, or
other projectile of wood or metal can
be converted into a thing of exceed
ing great joy. BY means of a line
attached by one end to a reel on tbs
handle Of the staff, then running
through the roof of the shade protec-
tor and over a pulley down to the OBJ
iect to be histed, to which it is at
tacl.ed by a hook, blue barb limerick
preferred, the skirts that are ''snch a
bother to the ladies'. can be elevated
ut the rear without tile danger of in
curing cramps in the stomach from
reaching into the dim distant and dis
tended past, in the often futile effort
to ''gather them ill.," a aas al
To the base or butt Of the projec-
tile can be attached q mirror, port
nonaie, opera glasses, pepper-sauce
bottle, that will be handy when at q
free-lunch counter deyouring cold
baked beans, and also a fan with
which to brush away the blue-tailed
fy, or to hide the bushes that mount
to hide under the rouge when dear
Geowge is discovered booming around
the corner.
By this. continuance the parasol
be hoisted clear Of the hat and
one hand be left entirely free to at
tend the reel, in order to elevate the
litter before the train is run into by
some s'horrid man. in his anxiety TO
get by and to reach a savings bank in
time to deposit his surplus money 90
the Ascending President can con-
vert it into bonds and skip off to Eu-
rope.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-06-13

BACCALAUREATE.-The annual Bae-
caiaureate sermon to the graduating
class of Hardin College was delivered
last Sunday evening to-a crowded
house in the Baptist church BY Rev.
Poke Yeaman, Who'll b speaker OF re.
markable power, and his logic, .eio-
quence and imposing appearance with
a most excellent voice, gives him rare
power over his audience. His subject
was appropriate, and his remarks
pertinent to the occasion. He held
his audience spell-hound for two
hours.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-06-13
/. THE BoNNY BLUE.

The Murphy meeting last Monday
night was a grand success. The
original poem by Mrs. Mckinney OF
Fulton, was the finest we ever heard.
1t showed botL talent and thought,
the rendering of the poem was re-
ceived with long and loud applause.
The address Of the evening by L.
v. Mckinney, Prosecuting Attorney
of Galloway county, was avery prac.
teal and timely talk, in fact Mi. and
Mrs. Mckinney entertained the meet,
ing better than has bean the cae4 To-
some timea The Opera House wa,
crowded. The music, thanks t.
Prof. Treloar and choir was bette
ham usual.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-06-13
CHANCE FOR BALDHEADS. -
Their Day of Deliverance Has Dawned.


This Is the age of wonders-wonders in
science, wonders in mechanism, wonders
in everything. 1t has been said that the
man who causes two blades of grass to grow
where only one grew before is a public
benefactor. What, then. shall be said of
the man who causes a full and luxurious
crop of hair to grow upon the barren and
shining pates of the large army of BALD
Aeads who have we'll nigh despaired of ever
liza wing a natural covering for their heads
ngsin2 What place, in a word, shall be
assigned to the discoverer of Carboline I
Shall he not nave q conspicuous niche in
the Temple of Fame, and stand first
| among the benefactors of his racer To
inpart e life and vigor to the dormant
energies of a diseased scalp; TO give
| strength aid fullness;t to a weak and strag-
cling erowth of hair; to bring back the
! natural color and gloss to bleached and
faded locks, ore no ordinary achievements,
since chemists and therapeutics have
sought in vain to accomplish them for
| centuries. An!honor, then, TO the discov.
erer of the newhair restorative, Carboline
and let and all join in expressing q
! HIGHER appreciation of the uses q possi
Utilities Of thatxonAerfal product Of petro
leum. which contains the elements thai
work such mysterious aad gratifying
! changes. Kennedy & Co, Special Agents
4 Pittsssrg, Pa Sold b7 alb aFugGisses
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-06-13

their physical importance lays at the
terminus or their subberb, in the
shape ola ~jayelin.
The %javelin IL alwas loaded, and
stands reddy to unload at a minit's
warning, and enters a man as still as
thought, as spry as litening, and as
full oph melancholy az the toothake.
Bees argy a case ; they settle
awl On their differences ov opinyun
by letting their ~javelin fly, and are
az certain to hit az a mule IL.
Bees are not long liyed-I kant
state jist how long their lives are,
but l kno, from instinkt and obser-
vashun, that emmy kritter, be he bug
or be he devil, who is mad all the
time and stings every good chance
he kan git, generally dies early.
The only way tew git the exact
fitelng weight ov a bee is tew tutch
him, let him hit you once with his
iavelin, and you will be willing tew
testify in court that sumboddy u q
one-tined pitchfork into yer and as
for grit, 1 will state for the informal.
shun ov those who havn't had a chance
to lay in their vermin wisdum as
freely az l hav, that one single bee
who feels well will brake up a large
camp-meeting!
There is one thing that a bee does
I will give him credit for on mi books
he alwas attends tew his own BIZ
illness, and wont allow any body else
to attend tew it, and what he duz he
duz we'll, you never see him altering
emmy thing, if they make emmy mis-
takes it is after dark and amt seen.
If bees made half as many blunders
az the men do, even with their jave-
Inns, every boldly would laff at them.
In ending oph this essa, 1 will come
to a stop by concluding that II bees
waz q little more pensiYe. and not 20
darned peremtory with their javelins,
they might be guilty Of less wisdom,
but more charity. But you kant al
ter bug nature without splicing it for
emmy thing else, emmy more than you
kan an elephants egg.-Josh Bill
ings. ..t,