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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-03-27

Most singular was the escape of q
young Shropshire lady from an igno-
minious death. Staying in Paris durir 6
the reign of terror, she was dragged,
with other unfortunate aristocrats," be-
fore one of the tribunals. She pleaded
that she was an Englishwoman; but was
on the point of being hurried out to the
waiting tumbril when one of the Judges
asked her what province in England she
was native of. In her fright she ex-
claimed "Salop,"a reply greeted by a
general shout and clapping CT hands,
followed by an order to let her go; and,
amid cries of "Salopel Salope!" the
dazed girl was hustled into the street
to run home, wondering that her head
was still on her shoulders, little thinking
that by uttering the word "Salop" she
had effectually rebutted the notion of
her being one of the hated aristocrats,
thanks to Salope" being a word then
used to designate one of the most de-
PRAYED of her Sex. Another escape was
that of M. De Chateaubrun, for he was
not only condemned, but actually wait
ed his turn at the guillotine, standing
sixteenth in line of twenty. The fif-
teenth head had fallen, when the ma
chine got out of order, and the five had
to wait until it was repaired. The
crowd pressed forward to see what was
going on; and as ii began to grow dark
M. De Chateaubrun found himself grad
ually thrust into the rear of the specta-
tors; SO he wisely slipped away, and,
meeting man simple enough or char
liable enough to take his word that a
wag had tied his hands and run off with
his hat, had his hands set free, and
managed to reach safe hiding-place.
A few days later he put himself beyond
the reach of the executioner. Cham
hers Journal. af
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-03-27

They understood very well that they
had done nothing criminal with which
they could be charged. They had sim
ply taken what the bank officer had
given them and got away with it. The
teller tried his best to get the innocents
arrested and squeezed, but without
avail There was nothing to charge
them with, SO he charged himself with
the amount of his blunder on the bank
books. He is now of the opinion that
the Chinese are curse to this country
and wants them driven out.-,St. Louis
ReD7LbIic171
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-03-27
Elihu Burritt.

Elihu B11rritt's capacity for hard work
is illustrated by this extract from let
ter written five years ago to decline an
invitation to lecture: Il feel that am
played out as lecturer, especially be-
fore American audiences. Then l ex-
pect to go to England next summer to
see old friends once more, and to look
after my books, new and old. I have
just sent to London my Sanskrit Gram
mar and Reading Lessons, which will
probably be put to press about the LIST
of July, and must be on hand to cor
rect proofs, etc. Then I am deeply in
my pathological work. | have finished
the Sanskrit, Hindoostanee and Persian
series, and am about half way through
with the Turkish, in the end expecting
the four languages will be issued in one
large volume, but in parts at first. Then
I intend to take up the Semitic family,
OR Arabic, Hebrew, Syriac, and Ethio-
pic, and do the same by them. Thus,
you see, am beginning work which
should occupy long life, and | am in
it's evening hours
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-03-27
On Our Most Distant Frontiers.

AS in our busiest and most populous cities of
the seaboard and interior, Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters is pre-eminently popular. Wherever
civilization plants its foot on this continent,
thither the great tonic soon finds its way. Nor
is this surprising, for it is the medicine of all
others best adapted to the wants of the Western
emigrant, be he miner or agriculturist 1t is an
incompatible remedy for the diseases to which
he is most subject, and which are liable to be
brought on by a change OF climate, hardship,
exposure, unaccustomed air and diet, and mi
asmatic atmosphere and water. Among these
are disorders of the stomach and bowels, rheu-
matte ailments, and malarious fevers, for all OF
which Hostatter's Bitters is a certain specific. 4
course of the Bitters before departing for the
new field of labor, or on arriving, will nave the
effect of preventing the evils tor which it is
such signal remedy.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-03-27
Weston's Walk and Failure in England.

Weston's attempt to cover the unpre-
cedented distance of 1000 miles in 1000
hours has failed, after gallant struggle
with all the worst of luck throughout
in the shape of one of the most trying
winters known for many years. With
all the bad roads in the kingdom to
travel over in their very worst con-
dition, and with large crowds at every
city, town, and village to contend with,
Weston has just failed by twenty-five
and one-half miles to complete in the
specified time an almost unparalleled
task in the annals of Professionalism. On
his arrival at Windsor on Tuesday even
ing he had sixty-fve miles to go, and
twenty hours to do it in; but the excite
ment of his reception playing upon his
highly-strung nervous system COM
pletely FRUSTRATED him, and he failed
just as the prize appeared within his
grasp. He left the Castle Hotel at
IL :35, accompanied by one of the judg-
es, in close conveyance, and proceeded
as far as the twenty-second milestone on
the Bath road, when he dismounted,
and was soon tr11dging away on foot at
good pace until the fourteenth stone,
when he turned and came back to the
twenty-frst, making the fifteen miles at
3 20 yesterday morning. He then rested
for fifty minutes in the carriage. This
was not sufficient, as he had to repeat
his nap directly afterwards. On resum-
ing, he reeled all over the road like a
drunken man, and had to be twice saved
from falling into ditch, and he again
Lay down till7, at which period all chance
Of success had gone. He now went on
slowly, and by s 80 had knocked of Is
miles since midnight, leaving him 40 to
do, and ST hours to do it in. He rested
till 10: 25 for breakfast, when he started
and walked out 3 miles on the Maiden
head road and back; this he repeated,
making II miles. He then retraced his
steps p miles and back, which with an
extra half mile into Slough, made IT.
since breakfast. While resting here,
time :05 expired, his record for 1000
hours being 1879 miles. He left at
5: 15 in order to finish his distance.
About 10 80 he passed through Ham
mersmith. He expected to reach the
Royal Exchange about midnight. =
London Ne1Us.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-03-27
New Saw Machine.

For many years farmers have felt the need
of some Improvement on the old and laborious
two-handed cross-cut saw, for saving up
bodies of trees into any length desired for saw
logs, slaves, rails, stove-wood, etc. This long
needed improvement has at last been invented
by W. W. Giles, of Cincinnati, o., who, by the
way, is one of the greatest of American inven-
tors. We see from our exchanges that the
editor of the Ohio Farmer, also the editor of
the A. c. Reuiec. of Cincinnati called on Mr.. Giles
both pronounced 1t machine of great merit. The
curiosity of these gentlemen not satisfied upon
Seeing others operate the machine but they both tried
1t themselves large log, and they report that
operates it with ease, and much more rapidly
than two could with the ordinary crosscut saw.
The secret of running this machine easily is ex-
planned by the fact that the weight of the docs
fully one-hal of the labor. 1t is easily moved
ried about by and has all the points of dura-
biity and practical utility wanted in such an tmpte-
ment. very large demand for these machines is al
ready established and all who them delighted
with their superior labor saving principles Many
pe are constantly calling on Mr. Giles to see the ma
try Our attention was called to man in Colorado,
who wrote to Samuel Cary, of Cincinnati (and, by the
way of the most dis ting ushed statesmen of Oho)
asking him to call and Mr. Giles and bis ma
chine and write what he thought OF it, MIR Gary prompt
y went to the machine, and pronounced it good
machine, and concluded to buy two OF them himself.
Mr. Giles Is said to be very wealthy being real estate
of $200O0, and his confidence in the great
merit his invention is shown from the fact that he
guarant ses every machine to give satisfaction.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-03-27
Two Jokes by Lincoln.

Numberless are the "good things
attributed to the late President Lincoln,
and, if we may rely on what is said by
those who knew him we'll, the half OF
them have never been told. The fol
lowing, we think, have never been
in print: G.iu
On certain occasion he had an inter
view with well-known author. The
latter had been at the front" and had
brought to Mr.. Lincoln. some private
dispatches from the commanding Gen.
eral, which required a lengthy verbal
explanation. Mr.. L. listened in grave
silence, but at the close, when the Wis.
itor rose to leave, he said, with sudden
animation. "Don't go-don't go; you
have been at the front. Sit down and
tell me all you know. 1t aoo1't TAKE
you long,"
On another occasion the same gen
tleman was urging upon him the send
ing of a certain army officer upon G
mission requiring great discretion anc
diplomatic tact. "No, no. said Mr.
Lincoln; !" / have known him for TWEEN
ty years. He would never do; he is-toC
honest; buff some one like yoa
acre to 90, the thing might be accom-,
plished. "-Editor's DrdaUer, Harper
for april.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-03-27
GOVERNMENT EXPENSES.
The Experience of an Accounting Officer OF
the Treasury.
Washington Cor Chicago Inter ocean,
A - aoao.,,a4.ro. o& anr of Tho froo e,11 ,.x

The Experience of an Accounting Officer OF
the Treasury.
Washington Cor Chicago Inter ocean,
An accounting officer of the treasury,
who passes upon the various appropria
tons, remarked to your correspondent
that, although he had been many years
in the treasury, the thirst for appropria-
tons exceeded anything in his expert
ence. He said our legislation, where
money was involved, was becoming very
vicious, and unless the people put a
stop to it there was no telling what the
result would be. He said that the law
making power seemed to regard our
debt as nothing, and went on appro-
priating money as if we did not owe a
cent, and were five times richer than
before the war, when, as a matter of
fact, the people were less able to bear
burdens than then. Yet, as a matter
of fact, the public debt is mortgage
upon every mans property to the ex-
tent of 10 per cent. of it's value, for the
true gold value of property was to-day
in this country not over 500, 600, 900, 900.
The assessed valuation by States is
very much less than this, and less than
it was in 1870, being then $14,000,000,-
900, and now about $4,000, 100000.
Taking the assessed value as a basis,
and the public debt is about Is per
cent. of the entire wealth of the country
"a mortgage upon every mans prop
erty.
This gentleman thought that matters
could be improved if people would call
public meetings and petition Congress
to cut down the expenses and cease to
make extraordinary appropriations un-
til the debt is extinguished. There is
no good reason why Government ex-
penses should be in 1879 five times
what they were in 1860. There had
been insufficient increase in wealth and
population to justify this large increase
in the burdens laid upon taxpayers.
The estimates for the next fiscal year
were about 1886 100000, and it is not
believed that SO large SUM can be
levied upon the productive industry of
the country without prolonging the
hard times" from which all sections of
the country at present suffer.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-03-27
A Rat Story.

A lady in this borough had bag OF
yeast cakes hanging in such manner
that she thought them safe from rats.
One evening, hearing noise in that
vicinity, she went up to ascertain the
cause, and found it was occasioned by
the dropping of a meat hook on the floor,
lot of these hooks having been put
near there while not in use. On fur
Their investigation it was found that the
rats had hung one of the hooks from a
nail above, and then by hanging on
others had commenced chain which
they continued until it gave them ac-
cess to the bag of rising cakes. The
truth of this statement is vouched for
by several parties who saw the chain
while the rats were making it and after
it was completed.-Neao Bloomfield
(Pd.) Times.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-03-27
Not Deserving of PITY.

Beggared spendthrifts, to whom money has no
exchange value but pleasure
Persons who will persist. in dying by inches
with dyspepsia and liver diseases, when Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant
Purgative Pellets are unfailing remedies for
these maladies.
Parents who spare the rod and ruin the child.
Fast young men and women are generally
spoiled children to begin with
People who suffer from catarrh, when Dr.
Sage's Catarrh Remedy is a safe, reliable, and
well-iested remedy for this loathsome disease.
People who marry. for money, and find too
late that the golden glitteris all moonshine.
Women who suffer death every day of their
lives, when DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
will effectually remove those painful weakness
es and impart healthful tone and strength to
the whole system. ..---
People who live beyond their means and find
that style and pride, like everything else in this
world, unless placed upon secure foundation,
are subject to the law Of gravitation.
( lnvalids who do more toward fostering dis
ease, by living and sleeping in the low. unventi-
lated rooms of the ordinary house, than the
best medicines can accomplish toward recovery,
when at a moderate expense they can secure all
the hygieuic AMI sanitary advantages of the
Invalids' Hotel at Buffalo, N. Y. Every physi-
! clan knows how much recovery depends upon
good nursing and the hygienic conditions of the
sick-room. Chronic diseases are especially
subject to these conditions. = # f
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-03-27
Pigtails at the Bank.

Two Chinese laundrymen in Cincin-
natl were in good luck the other day,
and a bank teller was in correspondingly
bad luck. The Celestials took $3.50 in
bills and silver to the bank to get it ex-
changed for more convenient gold.
The teller counted out the money, and
TIL HChinamen gobbled the yellow pile
and left the bank IN a hurry, without
counting it. Soon the unlucky teller
found that he had paid them $500, near.
" twice as much as they were entitled
to. He hunted up the lucky Celestials
but they would not disgorge. In fact
they made light of the matter, ane
laughed at the teller and the officers
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-03-27

The Professional Endorsement which has
beon accorded by leading medical men in
various parts of the country to Dr. VIM. HALL
BALsAM FOR THE LUNGS is sufficient guar
anty of its efficacy i'll graduating diseases Of the
bieathing organs. These gentlemen have thor
oughiy tested the remedy, and their concurrent
testimony is to the effect that it is positive
specific for lung, bronchial and throat affections
Of every description, and most reliable pre-
yentive of that dreaded scourge, consumption.
Druggists sell it.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-03-27

A NEBRASKA CRY woman not only
listened at a key-hole, but fired through
it at man whose talk offended her.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-03-27
READ Leadvlle tCol.) advertisement

MINNESOTA LANDS for actual Settlers
cheap, by paying in r. R. bonds Address g. S. CHRIS
TENSEN. Agent minneapolis. MINI.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-03-27

1AE 1lONEER IOBACCO COMPANY, ~
New York. Boston and Chicago.
BIZ PugrIc SPEAKERS AND SINGERS will find
Browns BRONCHIAL TRocHEs" beneficial in
clearing the voice before speaking or singing,
and relieving the throat after any exertion of
the vocal organs. For Coughs and Colds the
Iroches arc efect1al .ls4.
s The Colored Emigration Society, Of
New York, is establishing colonies II
the far Western States.
AT every great worlds exhibition for twelve
years Mason u Hamlin Organs have bccn
awarded the gold medal or other highest honor.
Last year at the Paris Exposition they were
found worthy of the gold medal.
SEND your name and address to OGDEN, ABLE
wH11E 6 Co, Chicago, and get one of their illus
ratea catalogues of something stylish to wear.
See advertisement in another column
Crew Jackson's Best Sweet Navy Tobacco.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-03-27
Observation-Disclosures GARINET ORGANS

Denonstrated 9est Ivy HIGIIE;,T HQN0RS AT ALL
WORLDS EXPOSIrI0NS FOR TWELVE YEARS.
viz: At PARIS, 1867 VIENNA 1873; SANTIAGO, 1886,
PHILADELPHIA 1876 PARIS, 1873; and GRAND SWED1sif
GOLD MEDAL 1878. Only American Organs award
ed highest honOrs at such Sud for cash INSTALL
ments ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUES and Circulars, wttkF
new styles and prices sent free. MASON d HAML3M
ORGAN CO. BOSTON. NEW WORK.. or CHl(A CAD.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-03-27
HOMES TN. =. W WEsE

choice from over 1000, COO acres Iowa Lands,
due west from CHICAGO at from IS to 50 per acre. IN
farm lots and easy terms Low freighS and ready
markets. No wilderness ague-no Indians. Land.
exploring tickets from Chicago, free to buyers. For
Maps Pamphlets and full Information apply to
IOWA RAILROAD LAND COMPANY.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa. or go Randolph Street. Chicago.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-03-27
CHEW
The Celebrated
MATCHLESs +"
Wood Tag Plug
TOpAcCO

TIE PIONEER TOBACCO COMPANY, /.
New York. Boston and Chicago.
, 1879-08-21

0o0, QUO or more Than their report lndcatca
Fur tho object Of tho tc,,porary lookup
and stfiproncy has hccn nttnlncd, and
the money Withdrawn has doubtless re-
turned already to its legitimate po.lt!tnl.
At the utmost, tho drain of tnonoy from The
Eew York banks to tnect the fall demand does
not exceed $H,,0o 900; but It has been shown
nlrcaly TINT twice that sun could bs takcn
from tic Bank Ut England Without caustnr any
trouble. Tudor these circumstances tl,ero Ia OF,
absolute certainty that ali tho money that nay
ure Ut the fall movement will coma hi.lcr
Whether enough money will coma hithef to
support continuance Of tho extraordinary
speculative activity which has existed for some
weeks fs different qucatlon.
In Chicago there IL mora buying than selling
of stocke. The market l,as begun to e'low
some Independence Of the Changers and Lake
shure. Although thcso declined sharply yes
tceday, after an advance In tho morning, thcrH
was we1I-sustaIncd upward movement In st.
Joe common, and st. Louis and Ban francisco.
81 doc common went up to e0}l, closing at 20.
, San Francisco common oncncd at Tx, sold upto
1875, and closed at 11t<. The preferred o1-
vanccd frotn II TO l7sS, cos1ng It 17A. The
first prefarrril went up to 3s. 14outs7i1io and
Nashville made n, to 531; Northern Pacific
". to 45}9; nnd Df1nwarr d lludson u, 10 475a.
The rest OF tho lfst declined or re-
matnod stationary. Nav York Central
lost u, to ITO, md Michigan Central
e, to 8l1l. Lake Shoro opened At 8525h, went
up as. to B5s{, sold down to SAX, md closed at
sl4. Northwest common first advanced from
ii to 75z25, and then sold down to 7ass, closing
at 73H. 81. Pau! common went up u, IN 68is44,
- r1n itsJ/
, 1879-08-21

lnAx-Was In good dcnund. and 1.sc higher.
Saek wcru 1.0 tons At S8. 25S, 60 lcE ton freq Oh
board.
conx. .MEA1-Coarto was nominal at $1:.7a per
ton on track.
M,ppL,xas-Sases werc so tons at 50. 50G314,7 Is.
sI.s Mrs-sale was made Of 70 tona At &06 60.
ltfn FEEn-Sa'c was n.uls Vt III tons nj $40. 90.
HrRISQ WllEAT-Was active snd rather II.
regular. Ttc market advanced Iet'.e, put c1ossa
nSpw shs asest Ffss ., Cs III III
Nuw York was uuuIed stronger, WITH some buying
orders hero from the seaboard. rhe reestpts hete
nnnt. Thsrc was very goo4 shipping dcmnnd
early, but It WAS over b. ttlu past mon, either
bccausp ths 0rlless were all tlcd OR 1ccausc buyers
Tho market fcecaed. thoneh the cahlo notsa un.
settled weather In Euetanu.. A aood deal OF lous
wheat %as anosdsa ssys'a Sdss anss :, oFdsI1 a
In that netghblrlood cauacd buyers 10 hOld Oh.
Seller September soi early At sd9eKd!.c, opeusd
jSclsea % u s5Te It lhs clusc. Seller October sod
1t n5alQs9t4c, closing tav sanss ~ September:
Seller tas il. :oa It s3Xsse ana AprSst w.
inside. Ga.h No. = closed At S5sic. and now No.
TAT A0Ac. bnut sales wcr9 EcpnEted Of o7, COO bu
iSo Ns 81 "a il yS !" b Is .spo soG
SIC on track; and !, ZOO bu do at 1bGh5c gFne On
board cara. Total, iot 400 e'''
good demand, but fell back VIC. closing at 9sc for
10. = fed. 1he Ieseipi* wets light. an4 buret.
on account OF quality. bat with reference to the
quantities available to loao: Ra!cs wore reported
ou No. !. winter at Dlc; ., 100 bu NJ. At nOeh
sy!ic; 400 tu rejected Al 77c I. sp0 bu by samp!e
1t BlEl'5c ou track. The outslao Tor Iong htss!ed
switched to sleyasoE; and I. e0o BY 10 1t sst&u'tc
ftco on board cars. Tutat, 70, 400 bu Augusl
was nominal IT spot rElcvs, aud September vss
OrnEa WMxAr-Sases Wsro 4, zoo bn mixed by
aan,plc ~ hUQtU1nc.
CUltS-Was tu good demand and generally
prtces Of Tuesday, Tho british markets Wcrc
quoted armes Though soins hguFe. we're va pes
centAl lowerj. but the enhanced pTcten#lons"
OF ssllurs prevented business. New ioEk was
Arn,. and out receipts wsra ayala smaller, With
rather Iasge sAipincnss reported. Thu new, With
for shipments; but tho 1ne growing weather aud
, 1879-08-21

present methods Amply bccauss ne TILED It too
soon In the Aud Lang s.ne}
Ws have failed to observe that tho export
trade in wheat from Philadelphia to Liverpool
Ia. received any stimulus from tho wonderful
discovery that there Ii profit oi SIC per bu In
tho operation. Perhaps, however, the F'rss OF
that city has patented tho idea, and Is pTcpsr-
Ing to play lone hatul With the atd Of Its ten
thusfastIc broker"
Our system Of 9rain-lnspcctfon suggests the
description xtven BY q funny Russian paper dur
inr tsic Crtmcan var. 1t said: "Tlle Englfsh-
man Ia curious animal. lie wears an ovcrcoat
to protect lis undercoat.. He carries an utnbrel-
In 10 protect hs oyercoat; and puts an oiic!oth
corsr on tia umbrella to protect that" But
the whale suit Of naeless projections did not
cost Sl8, 900 per year.
Every now and then We arc ]aboriorslY In
formed by cable TINT IT tho enhanced preten-
biona Of sellers prevent bustuess." That was
tile news yesterday about corn. It would bo
pleasant to kDow what these words msan. Ia
1t that sellers pretend 10 own corn they do not
posscsf, or that they nre enhanced to prdtand to
The roeaesston OF mara corn than they pretend
ed 10 own the previous dayl OF, IL IL intended
to be understood that buyers think sellers are
only pretendtng, anil do not mean what thcy
Huft htAlt1i sHCa I2UKuA2c IL LDV &HAulIT
ewand, you know! Too mcaty for common
folks. Why does not somebody explain III
IMroRrs INTO TnH UNITED KINGDOM.
Tile following table shoss the quantities Of
-four, wheat, and corn Imported into the United
Kingdom for the periods named:
Week ending Wrtx ending
Aug. IN. 1870. Aug. u, 1879.
Flour. sacks.. 100. Coco ,g5. .0eo 10. reported.
C0tI, urg leo, Quib LOG, 600 1U, UQQGt111, 600
MOVEMENT or WHEAT.
| The following tab'a exhibits tic receipts and
| shipments Of wheat ot the points named yes.
|