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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-10-16

The railroad rule that the through
rate over the longest distance shall
be- always less than way rate
over a shorter distance has it's fullest
play at San Francisco, place at the
end Of the longest single line in the
country. To send pound Of tea. from
Yokohama to San Francisco costs
cents, to carry it on to Salt Lake City
5 cents, if it goes 1000 miles farther to
Chicago the rate is 3 cents from Yoko-
hama, and If the tea goes clear through
to New York or Boston the rate from
it's starting point is but q cents. The
same thing holds good on west-bound
freight. The rate from New York to
San Francisco is so much cheaper than
from Chicago that on some articles it
pays to ship them east to New York
and then west on the through rate. The
rate from New York to the Pacific
coast, 5000 miles, is 10 per cent. less
than the rate from Ogden over the last
1000 miles of the same road. A con-
signment of spirits from Louisville,
Ky, to Arizona recently passed through
San Francisco, paying less freight for
the whole distance than the amount
charged on way freights from San
Francisco to Arizona. The same thing
is true in regard to number of points
in California, and the fact that San
Francisco merchants found their own
field commanded by Eastern merchants
shipping at through rates explains the
strong feelingall over California against
the Central Pacific railroad.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-10-16
Killed by a Dead Snake.

l will tell you very curious and
melancholy incident that happened on
one occasion in a church where was
conducting the service. The windows
and doors were, Of course, all wide open,
and through one of those open doors a
cobra glided into the church. I did not
notice it myself, but several of the con-
gregation did, and were not unreason-
ably much alarmed. The beadle, ma
tive, was fortunately on the alert; and
he managed to procure tJ1lwar, with
which he cut off the creatures head be-
fore it had time to do any mischief.
Tranquility was restored, and the SER
vice proceeded to it's close, when many
OF the congregation went to look at the
dead snake as it lay headless on the
ground. Among them was man who,
in his curiosity to examine the reptile,
put his foot on the head and rolled it
toward him; when he instantly uttered
loud exclamation and drew his foot
away. By some means or other he had
contrived to set in action the muscular
apparatus attached to the poison. fangs,
which had darted violently forward and
struck him on, the foot. All remedies
were useless; in half an hour the poor
fellow was a corpse; proving, with a
vengeance, the awful virulence OF the
poison of the cobra da capello IL Cham
bers Journal.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-10-16

ABOUT five years ago company with
$10,O00,00O of capital began work on a
proposed tunnel under the Hudson
river to connect Jersey City with New
York and make way for railroad trains
directly into the metropolis. Like
nearly everything of the kind, it got in
to the courts, and the work was sus-
pended. The litigation seems to have
resulted in a way to encourage the tun-
mel company to go on with it's enter
prise, and the work has been resumed
with vigor 1t is understood that Wash
ington square will be the New York
terminus, and the tunnel, which has
been started 100 feet inland in Jersey
City, will be 10000 feet long, twenty
six feet wide and twenty-four feet high,
a-d sixty feet beneath the bed of the
river. It will be laid with heavy steel
rails, ballasted with broken stone, and
supplied with gas pipes, pneumatic
tubes, water pipes and telegraph wires.
Within short time work will be begun
at the New York end and prosecuted
day and night, it having been estimated
that the tunnel can be completed
within two years. When finished it
will enable some 400 trains to enter
New York every twenty-four hours from
the Pennsylvania, Erie, Delaware, Lack
awanna and Western and the Jersey
Central. New York Justly regards this
as one Of her biggest things.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-10-16

the European nations Germany
is first as to fighting trim, She
put in the field at twenty-four
IS notice 100000 men of the line,
reserve and the Landwehr. The
d total of the German army is
1000 men, exclusive Of 100000 not
oned on the field strength, but de-
ed as garrisons. The strength of
second Landwehr and the Land
N is generally exaggerated, but
are thoroughly efficient soldiers,
best in the army. France has a
inal strength of 100000 men, but
tically it must be decreased to
$1,000, and even of this total very
e proportion is still in process of
IMITATION. It is not believed that
ace could place in the first line more
4 100000 men.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-10-16

F the acknowledgements brough hit
< to France, last month, about 800
ted to be carried to Paris. There
were given a comfortable dinner.
after a speech from Louis Blanc,
ersed. A few had homes ready to
i've them, but the bulk--people of
working class-were dependent on
aid of the charitable. At first they
> shy about mixing with their whilom
laintances, and kept close together,
the ice was soon broken. Never
ess, it was observed that, while
ly to talk about New Caledonia,
preserve a decided reticence in
ussing the present situation. In
populous districts a warm SYM
~ with their needs has shown itself,
larked, indeed, that those keeping
5es of entertainment have found it
cir interest to proffer hospitality to
'eturned exiles. t-i.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-10-16

Number of persons arrested in all other States
for illicit distilling, al.
Number Of persons killed in suppressing il
licit distillation, 49,
Number wounded, 49,
1t has been found necessary to furnish Col
lectors with the best United States muskets to
arm their Deputies. Those Deputies, when
travelling to make seizures or to detect frauds,
move in squads, They are often bushwhacked
by illicit distillers. The State courts are q
refuge for the violators of law, and are used as
a means to prosecute United States officers on
trumped-up charges.
THE CASE SUBMITTED TO THE ELECTORS OF
OHIO. $500
Fellow-citizens, you must choose between
these civilizations and between these parties.
NO local issues in your State can divert you
from your duty of giving expression to your
opinions upon these national questions.
Among the nations of the earth the United
States occupies the van in the great march of
human rights and human progress The duty
of conducting this nation on the line of its
great mission must devolve upon the Republi-
can party.
It is the only party fitted by its antecedents
and high moral principles for this great work
When it took possession of the National Gov
eminent it found eleven States in revolt, a
bankrupt treasury, the national credit impaired
and a paper circulation of broken and sus-
pended banks 1t accepted the rebel challenge
to battle, raised armies, created navy, estab-
lished public credit levied taxes. created q ma
tlonal paper currency, borrowed money, is
sued bonds, fought battles, overcame the re-
belion, saved the Union, freed ZOO, 900 slaves.
made them citizens, guaranteed them civil
rights, gave them the ballot, disbanded an army
OF million men, pensioned its disabled sol
diers, widows and orphans, maintained
the honor Of the country at home and
abroad, forgave its enemies, reduced expenses,
reduced taxes, preserved the public credit re-
duced the public debt, refunded the debt at a
low rate of interest and resumed specie pay
ments. 1t now insists upon preserving the
rights OF free assemblage, free speech, free
press, free ballot, an honest count, the sub
mission of minorities to the results of cleo
tons, the observance and equal enforcement of
just laws, and an economical and honest adj
ministration of the Government; and upon
this record and these principles it appeals to
every lover of liberty, equality and justice to
rally to it's standard.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-10-16
ThOrnburgh a Dead Shot.

Lieut.. McCauley, who was warm
personal friend of Maj. Thornburgh,
says that that lamented officer was one
of the best marksmen on the frontier.
He could break glass balls with skill
almost as unerring and remarkable as
that displayed by Bogardus or Carver.
The Lieutenant tells of having, on one
occasion, tossed nickel into the air
that Thornburgh might shoot at it.
The Major fired and the bullet struck
the piece of money when about fifteen
feet above the ground. The gun used
was the regulation Springfield musket.
He believes that if Thornburgh had
lived long enough after the attack was
begun to put his gun to his shoulder and
pull the trigger, the Indian at whom
his weapon was aimed has certainly
joined "the innumerable caravan of
Utes who have gone to " the happy
hunting-grounds Chicago Times.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-10-16

tE Southern cotton-mills are more
,erous this year than ever before.
total consumption of cotton in the
h was 186,489 bales during the
1878-'79, against 147,747 bales in
preceding year-a gain of rs per
Georgia is the first cotton-manu-
ring State in the South, having
90 spindles, North Carolina stand
econd, and South Carolina third.
S manufactures the least cotton.
North gained only 2 per cent. in
N manufactures last year, while
Southern gain was rs per cent.
anna Will probably develop manu-
Tres largely, as coal has recently
discovered in the northern part of
State.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-10-16

lRGIL JAMES was dying at Little
<, Ark. It was known that he had
70 hidden somewhere, and he was
d to divulge the secret before twas
late. "No," said James; Il will
ny sister when she comes" When
as nearly gone an old negro man,
formerly belonged to the family,
to the dying man, and, leaning
said: " Mars Virgil, you can't
but few moments longer. Tell
where your money is, and I'll tell
when she comes" "No,' replied
es; IT will feel better after while.
sister will be here pretty soon =
s, from time to time, he refused.
sister did not arrive. Faster and
n his life ebbed away. Bending
again, they entreated him to dis
2 his secret, but he died with it
ed in his bosom, almost his last
ion being slight negative shake OF
head.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-10-16

ERRY TULLIs died in Cincinnati
ing an estate worth 100000. He
been a miserly, unsocial old man
so far as was generally known, a
lelor, He willed all his property to
). Floyd, his chum and neighbor
three sisters threatened a contest,
Floyd quoted them by a compro.
Z. Now, America Redmond, mu-
woman noted in Cincinnati for her
.ty, sues as the widow of Tullis, and
ents what appears to be conclusive
of relationship amounting in law
marriage.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-10-16

all it's forms without the final e, thus
defnit--ly-ness; indefnit- ly-ness,
Omit final in hypocrit, fayorit also
opposit- ly-ness and apposit-ly
ness. In words ending in "less-
ness" drop one S from "less," viz,
carelesness, thanklesness. Omit the
fourth in assassin (assasin) and other
forms OF the word. Change phi to + lin
fantom, fantasm, and all other forms of
the word; also in fonetic-s-a fono-
graft, orthografy, alfabet, digraf, diff
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-10-16

He Chicago Tribune and two or
e other newspapers have put in use
following reformatory rules in
2ography: Omit ue in demagog,
log, synagog, and other words end
in "logue" and "gogue." Omit the
erfuous me in programme, making
'rogram. Omit the second m in di-
ma (dilema). Omit the superfuous
in cigaret, etiquet, parquet, coquet,
all similar words. Spell definit in
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-10-16
The Songs of Scotland.

There is very general impression,
especially in England, that Burns Gre
ated Scottish song, and that all that is
valuable in it is his work. Instead of
saying that Burns created Scottish
soug it would be more true to say Scot
fish song created Burns, and that in
him it eliminated. He was born at a
happy hour for a national songster, with
a great background of song centuries
old behind him, and breathing from his
childhood very atmosphere of melody.
From the earliest times the Scotch have
been song-loying people, meaning by
song both the tunes, or airs, and words.
This is not the side which the Scotch
man turns to the world, when ne goes
abroad into it to push his fortune. We
all know the character that passes cur
rent as that of the typical Scot sandy
haired, hard-featured, clannish to his
countrymen, shrewd, cautious, self
seeking, self-reliant, persevering, I'M
sympathetic to strangers, difficult to
drive bargain with, impossible to cir
cumvent. The last thing a stranger
would credit him with would be the
love of song. Yet when that hard, cal
culating trader has retired from the
change or the market-place to his own
Preside, perhaps the things he loves
best, almost as much as his dividends,
will be those simple national melodies
he has known from his childhood. Till
a very recent time the whole air of Scot
land, among the country people, was re-
dolent of song. You heard the milk
maid singing some old chant, as she
MIXED the COWS in field or hyre; the
housewife went about her work, or. span
at her wheel, with Tilt upon her lips. In
the Highland glen you might hear some
solitary reaper singing like her whom
Wordsworth has immortalized; in the
lowland harvest field, now one, now
another, of the reapers taking up an old
world melody, and then the whole band
breaking out into some well-known
chorus. The plowman, too, in winter,
as he turned over the lea burrows, be-
guiled the time by humming or whist
ling a tune; even the weaver, as he
clashed his shuttle between the threads,
mellowed the harsh sound with song.
In former days song was the great
amusement of the peasantry, as they of
winter night met for a hamlet-gather-
ing by each others fresides. This was the
usage in Scotland for centuries, and am
not sure that the radical newspaper
which has superseded it is an improve
ment.-AtgG7atic
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-10-16

HE Railroad Gazette publishes a
q of forty-one leading railroad
ks Common and preferred includ-
showing the prices and values of
II stocks in 1878, 1878 and 1879.
highest value of their aggregate is
> in 1873 was 1866, 162,6l1; in 1878,
2,16O, 949; in 1879, 1888, 226,737. In
.se in one year, $126,O65,789.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-10-16
1e Nenosha telegraph,
lENOSHA, WIS, OCT. 16, 1879.

HE hop crop of England is so light
English brewers will be obliged to
the American article. England
MS to be short Of everything save fog
professional pedestrians.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-10-16

DIVORCES are reported as very COM
mon among the colored people of Geor-
gia They have taken the law into their
own hands, and do not trouble the
courts. Here is a copy of a document
which was offered for record in clerks
office: Aug. 10, 1879 This is to Ger
tify that Moliie Brown gives Jerry
Haslap pleasure to get a divorce by her
consent. She is perfectly willing. Wit
ness, Jasper Tison. For she says she
never intended to have him again
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-10-16

HENRY BERGH has written letter
against vivisection, in which he declares
that nine-tenths of all experiments are
entirely useless and of no scientific
value.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-10-16

A PARIS newspaper relates that Car
on, the serpent tanner, has been lately
crushed to death by python, and that
an American Immediately bought the
serpent for its weight in gold. The ac-
count does not say what he is going to
do with it,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-10-16

GEN. GRANT read lies Miserabless
on his way home from Japan.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-06-25

walked up smelt of it, and then
squared hims ELF for the kick. The
man was sneaking off. and just as
the mule was going to kick the can
he caught sight of the Teller, and
changed his position so that his tail
was toward the man; he lifted his
tail just like he was taking aim, and
let fly his right hoof. The can went
flying through the air, and hit the
man square in the rear, just as he
was gettin' over fence about hur-
dred feet away. The thing exploded,
and l never saw that man again.
But next morning Pat Holland came
out in the Record and said that the
town had been visited by shower
Of blood
"Mules are immense when they
git reused"
You bet!"
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-06-25
GRANTS ARABIAN STALL
IONS,
And the Honest Wrath of Capt.
DunscOmbe Who Brought
Them Over.


New Haven Correspondence of the New York Sun
Capt. J. B. Dunscomb is bluff.
honest, well behaving mariner, ordi-
narily, but present he is not in an
ensiabie frame of mind. He thinks
he has not been used just right, and
when the hearty old Sootchman gets
that notion in bis head it is hard TO
drive it out.
Capt. Dunscombe commands the
stout British iron steamship Norman
Monarch. A few days ago he reach
ed this port. twenty.six days from
Constantinople. On board he
brought two Arabian stations pres
ent from the Sultan of Turkey TO
Gen. Grant, and it is those stations
that have indirectly caused the cap,
tain to feel as though he had been
abused. The captain has made many
trips between this port and Constan-
tinopIe, and has carried in his time
several millions Of dollars worth Of
munitions of war, mostly from the
Winchester Arms company, to Tur-
key. He is generally detained from
thirty to sixty days, and, living most
of the time on shore, he has made
friends. His friends saw that some.
thing was the trouble, and they quiz
zed him into the following declara-
tions.
"You gentlemen all know there
amt a mean streak in my body, and
for 8. friend I'd spend my last cop
per and never think of asking return.
But the way have been treated with
reference to those horses, think is
an outrage. In the beginning took
them merely as an accommodation.
For twenty.six days I've watched
over them, and cared for them and
worried about them. They were for
a great General an x.President, and
was bound to get them here safe
and sound. Now, don't know how
your great men generally return
such care and service here, but dam
me ,he said damme) if amt disgust
ed with the return I've received.
When I got them safely ashore and
Gen. Grants man came for them, be
came to see me. What's your billP
he asked, Well. l hadn't thought of
that; hadn't the items. 1 said
Oh. I'll leave that with you, expect
ing be would do the handsome thing,
as he could well afford to. But the
the fellow insisted on bill of items,
and made il out: For horse feed,
$31 :; for man to groom, feed, etc.$25
He looked at it and then at me, a 8
if he thought was going to cheat
him, and then, in a hesitating way,
he pulled out and paid me, and SO
sure as I'm no stepchild, the Id
scullion went off with his horses with
out SO much as thank ye,' and APP
parenly hurt because l didn't bring
the horses free of charge. 1 never
was treated so in all my born days"
The captains friends tried to ex~
plain that such closeness was not
once characteristic Of the ex.Presi-
dent or his representatives, and that
he had been spoiled by too many
presents of brick houses, trotting- /
horses and bull.pups; but the cap
tain's mind was set, and he could not
be changed IN his opinion. 81 heard
once on the other side" that Grant
would not receive a bulI-pup sent
him, because the express charges
had not been paid. didn't believe
it then do now"
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-06-25

Even if all flesh is grass, you can
not get a burned beefstake to smell
like new mown hay.
1t is the opinion of the editor of
the Saltwater Lumberman that,
.sWhom the Gods love eat cucum-
bers.''
A clock is about the only thing
that can live on "tick" and give sat
isfaction to itself and every one
else.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-06-25
MULE-KICKING AS SCIENCE.
A Narrative Not VOUched for Any
where East of Nevada.
Virginia City Chronicle.

Virginia City Chronicle.
This morning. couple Of miners
were seated on bowlder alongside
of the road to Sutro, discussing tn,
kicking powers Of the mule. One
had just returned from Sutro, anC
the other was on the way there, aud
having met near the rock. they sal
down for talk.
"Have you quit over tbere?" said
the one who was eastward bound.
Eyes"
why"
"Mules."
"Fraid of emp"
"You bet. / saw one yesterday
alongside an oil boiler, kickin' off
the riyet-heads one by one. Never
missed one. 1 was just going on
shift, and when l saw that mule and
heard there was more of 'em inside,
| weakened and threw up my job.
I've got a wife and three children
depending on me, and l don't take
chances"
The worst mule / ever saw said
the other, twas in Phoebe, some years
ago. 1t was one owned. One day
it rubbed against some nails sticking
out Of post, and it turned square
around and drove those nails in, one
by one. using a single blow of the
hoof with the iron shoe on for each
nail. It never missed its lick, and
always drove en- just in to the head.
Then be saw few lacks on the post
a little lower down, Which we're only
half driven in, and he drove them
in. to, with light taps of the hooR,
just as gentle and easy as could be.
Oae day man came along and set
out a can Of nitro glycerine and
giantpowder. lie van ed TO get the
mule to kick it and get killed. 1
saw him about the corral with the
can, and knew what was up. AT
first / was going to stop him, but
then thought if my mule was any
kind of mule at all, he could take
care of himself. So / just watched
Well, the mule saw the can, and
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-06-25

The length of Iady's train
should never be under foot.
A man who owns good oil well
is said to live on the fat OF the
land.
A new palace car has been named
"Pinafore." It is having a great
run.
His profession What is his
profession. Madame, he pedals
music"
The wretch who stole pineapple
and bunch of bananas got his des-
sert.
The Turks said the Russians we're
a very repulsive set, and they ought
to know.
No, Oscar; the person who does
the browning at a coronation is not
called a coroner.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-06-25
! THB BEST OF IT'S KIND.

2 This is the case with the Mexican
Z 'ts5s5Ea5sg EIiDiTn e MT. Every mail
q briggs Intelligence ola valuable horse
4 slGre<2, the agony of an awful seaId or
AKA 8-aHy3UEd, the horrors of rheu-
= ss'r tis:s2 overcome, and of thousand
4 .u.j one other blessings and mercies
y :, rformc3 by the old reliable Mex
! s,.'-s Mustang E4s1iment.
Z II forms Of oU.ward dis e ase are
!. =. -....litE- t..Irf1 hv the