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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-05-21

with Outriders, John Brown occupying the
dickey She drove from Hyde Park corner to
Victoria gate through a double lane of carriages
filled with fashionable people, and dense
crowds of lower classes concentrated at different
points, Gentlemen raised their hats, ladies
bowed, but not single cheer was given along
the whole route. "A boiler explosion in Lon
don killed twenty-five persons and injured
twenty others, several of whom will die.
THE italian elections have resulted in
the triumph of the Ministerial party :. The
revolutionary patriots in the island of Cuba
have formed provisional Government, with
Gen. Ynguez as President P. O. Rosad, Min
lister of the Interior and War; Senior Fonseca,
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Senior Lama
dr;d, Diplomatic Commissioner to the United
States. "A letter from Aleppo states that the
famine now raging there Is appalling. Hun
dreds of men, women, and children throng the
streets in the vicinity of the Governors resi-
dence praying and fighting for bread .
Resistance to eviction seems to be the order of
the day in the West of Ireland. BailiffS and
constables and Sherlffs have a rather rough
time and retire from the field with heads need
ing surgical treatment. The peasants usually
retire to their intrenchments behind shillalahs
There is prospect that the war in Afghan
lstan will soon be brought to a close. The
native tribes eyince desire to make submission
on anything like fair terms.
The Rev. Mr.. Larabee, an American
missionary residing in Persia, sends the most
alarming accounts of the extent and severity
of the famine in the northern provinces Of
that country. The majority of the people, HI
says, are living on few scanty roots Thir
teen persons concerned in wrecking train il
one of the Spanish provinces have been sen
fenced to death, and thirteen others to impris
onment for twenty years each.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-05-21
A YOiceleSS Wife.

Burdette leaves off his fun to write
this pretty little sketch While I was
lecturing at Washington [ saw lady
with an intelligent, pretty face anG
bright, eloquent eyes that were rarely
lifted toward the speaker, and then only
for flash of time They were bent
upon her husbands hands almost con.
stantly. Brilliant and accomplished a
few years ago, she had gone down into
the world of voiceless silence, and now
all the music and all the speech thai
comes into her life comes through the
tender devotion of her husband and,
as Z talked, I watched him tellina OF
the lecture on his nimble fingers, while
her eager eyes glanced from them to his
sympathetic face. It was a pretty pict-
ure of devotion. They were SO young
to have this cloud shadow the morn
ing skies of their lives; but, as [ glanced
from the voiceless wife to her husband,
1 thought how beautifully the sunlight
of his devotion was breaking through
these clouds and tinting even their af-
fictions with a tender radiance. This
discipline of attending upon suffering is
a good thing for man. 1t rounds out
his life; it develops his manlier, nobler
qualities; it makes his heart brave and
tender and strong as woman's.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-05-21

conference committee on the Postofice Appropria-
ton bill. Messrs Salisbury and Morgan spoke in
favor of Spofford in the contested election
case from Louisiana. 1t was resolved that on
and after Thursday next the Senate meet at IL M
The Committee Appropriations was given leave
remainder of the session. The President nominated
Nathan Golf, Jr., of Carksburg, to be United States
Attorney for West Virginia, and Andrew J. Evans,
of Waco to be United States Attorney for the West
ern district OF Texas. In the House, Mr.. Loring
introduced bill to give effect to the message
of the President relative to the outrages upon
our fishermen under the Washington treaty
An act to place colored persons who enlisted in the
army on the same footing other soldiers as to
bounty and pension was passed. The Pension De
fciency bill was passed. The Agricultural Appro-
priaton bill was referred to the committee of the
whole, where it discussed at length and amend
ed. An evening session was held, when the Court
of Pensions bill was debated
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-05-21
Protecting the Rear.

In one of the public schools of San
Francisco, youth bubbling over with
high spirits violated ong-established
rule, and was summoned to the bar of
Judgment. With many sobs and tears
he confessed the soft impeachment
"Have your mother call tomorrow" the
teacher remarked, with awful and omin-
GUS significance. His maternal ancestor
appeared on the following day, and, after
being duly and publicly informed of the
fragrant breach of discipline her son had
been guilty Of, was requested to say if
she would punish him herself, or have
the teacher attend to the matter. She
preferred the latter course, and urged
that the blows be we'll laid on. The
next day was appointed for the hagella-
ton. At the usual hour for such un-
pleasant affairs the youth was sum-
moned to the front. He came with a
hang-dog look and some trepidation.
An Grafton on youthful frivolities having
been duly delivered, the boy was or
dered to extend his hand beneath an up
raised ruler. He refused, and, in ac-
cordance with the usual custom in such
cases, was spread across the teachers
knees, and the punishment was admin
istered in another quarter than the one
originally intended. For some unex-
plainable reason the most energetic
blows fell without the desired effect. A
consultation of male teachers ensued,
and the offender was conducted to a
private room, and his wardrobe subjected
to rigid examination. On the interior
of his bifurcated garment, at a locality
of great strategical Importance In such
an emergency, was thick flannel bahy's
frock securely attached. ''Who sewed
that on ?" demanded the principal, in
voice of thunder. "My mother" an
swered the boy, with broken sobs The
teachers hurriedly consulted again. in !
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-05-21
CURIOUS AND INTERESTING.

The full capacity Of the lungs is about
800 cubic inches.
The human skeleton consists of more
than 200 distinct bones.
ABOUT two-thirds of a pint of air is
inhaled at each breath in ordinary res
piration.
The weight of the heart is from eight
to twelve ounces. It beats 100, 900 times
in twentyfour hours.
AN amount of blood equal to the whole
quantity of the body passes through the
heart every minute.
THERE are more than 500 separate
muscles in the body. and an equal num-
Der OF nerves and blood vessels.
The skin contains more than 1000. 900
openings, which are the outlets for ain
equal number of sweat glands.
A MAN breathes eighteen times a min
ute, and uses 5000 cubic feet, or about
375 hogsheads of air per hour.
EACH respiratory duct is one-fourth
of an inch in length, which will make
the aggregate length of the whole about
nine miles.
EVERY adult man has 1, 400 square feet
Of lungs; or rather the mucous mem
branes lining the air-cells of his lungs,
If spread upon smooth, plane surface,
would cover an extent of 400 square
feet
The changes in the color of the sea
have attracted the attention of seafaring
men from the earliest times. They
struck with wonder the Phmnicians
when first they ventured out of the Med
iterranean into the Atlantic they ex-
cited the establishment of Columbus and
terrified his companions, while in search
of the far-famed Indies and they are nc
less a surprise to the modern navigator,
to whom the march of discovery has left
few unexplored regions in store. One
of the most remarkable and most widely
| distributed contrasts of color is that
which is known to exist between the in.
tensely blue seas situated between the
tropics and the green seas of higher lati.
.tudes. 1t appears as tine result of recent
observations, and more especially of 8
series of experiments made on board the
| OCA OdAC4AC, C1ACAS 10
intimate relation between the color OF
sea water and the proportion of salt held
in solution by the latter. On comparing
the specific gravity Of green water with
that of blue water, it was found that the
latter is always heavier than the former,
and, therefore, at the same time more
salt, the two differently colored waters
being supposed to have the same tenn
peratre. In other words, the greater
or lesser intensity of the blue color OF
sea water may be taken as direct index
of its sadness and of its specific gravity,
SO that when we observe the color of the
water successfully change from deer
blue to blush green and dark green,
we may conclude that the water has be.
come at the same time less salty and
less heavy.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-05-21
A New Kind of FODDery.

It is one of the least of Mr.. Weeds
merits that he has thoroughly learned
the art of making politics interesting to
the middle classes.-NeW York ITib-
at1ae.
The middle classes |!
A day or two ago we received letter
from friend, saying "We rode up
from Albany in a palace car, and felt
quite above the middle classes.
A great metropolitan journal and our
friend employ phrase, the meaning of
which puzzles us little.
In this country all men are supposed
to be equal. The constitution was framed
with that intent. Five hundred thousand
men laid down their lives to wipe out
the color-line at the South. The laws
recognize no class distinction.
What puts a man in the "middle
class" as the term is applied above?
What individuals are we to recognize
as members of the higher class Whom
shall we place in the third? It is easy
enough to rate some things in this way,
but how establish titles and cast among
the American people Is Mrs Igno-
rant Commonplace to be put in the first
rank because she has money? Is Mr..
Incompetent Necklace to be equally
distinguished because his father served
in Congress Shall we understand that
Miss Intelligence goes down peg be-
cause she teaches school? and that
young Mr.. Worthless belongs to the III
ner circle because he has never learned
how to make living by honest labor i?
It is for thoughtful people to ponder on
these forced distinctions, and what they
Journal
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-05-21

structed the boy never to reveal the cir
cumstance, and sent him in to his
studies. Somehow the matter leaked
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-05-21

The weight of the average male adult
is 40 pounds.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-05-21

EOk&EkGNe
A SHERIFF's posse was successfully
resisted in an attempt to eject some tenants
from their farms near Iralee, Ireland. The
Sheriff and several members of the police force
are reported to have been seriously injured
commission appointed by the French Gov
eminent to decide as to the disposition to be
made OF the Tlileries has agreed to restore the
palace and convert it into a museum.
Albania has resolved not only to defend it's
frontier against the Montenegrins, but has also
determined to assert it's independence of Turkey.
=. .Lorrillards colt Hoquois won the 2-year-
old plate at the Newmarket England race
meeting.
RUSSIA is placing the roads to China
In condition to transport troops and supplies in
the event of war with the Celestials The EN-
peror of Russia will visit the Emperor of Ger
many next summer. . The Afghan war has
cost England and India the handsome sum of
$65, 100000.
JAPAN rejects the proposals of China
for an alliance against Russia Russia proposes
to place five ironclads in the Pacific to be in
readiness should war with China become
necessary :. 1t is thought in Berlin that when
the German army is fully recruited under the
recently passed Army act its effective strength
will be 100000.
QUEEN VICTORIA mas been on q few
days visit to London. She drove in Hyde Park
through an immense concourse of people and
carriages. The Queen was in an open barouche
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-01-21

A bill has been introduced into
the New York legislature changing
the mode of choosing Presidential
electors in that State. The St. Paul
Dispatch in commenting on this bill,
says: It is proposed that each Con-
gressional district choose one Presi
Dental elector and that the two
electors at large be voted for by the
people of the whole State. The Of
feet would be to.give Republican
elector to every Republican district,
a Democratic elector to every Demo.
cratic district, the two Senatorial
electors going with the majority
at large. As represented in the pres
ent Congress New York has "a Re.
publican and 9 Democratic districts.
Under the new bill the Democrats
might carry the State and still have
only II electors; whereas, under the
present law, if they should carry the
State they would have the whole 35.
But the Democrats might as we'll
have none Of the New York electors
as only IL Of them. They need ~
in addition to the 1873 Of the solid
South. New York with New Jer.
sey and Connecticut would give them
SO; New Y ork with Indiana would
also give them SO; and these four
doubtful States are the only ones In
which they have any chance at all.
But if New York elects by districts
they Demo crats, evenif the carry the
State, will have only II Of its cleo
ltoral votes, and those added to- the
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-01-21
4 Singular Affair.

For some six or seven weeks past
a boy named Seewald, son of John
Seewald Of Lake Prairie, has been
quite sick, suffering from inlamma-
ton of the bowels, and was unable
to obtain permanent relief. He was
very thirsty. and it seemed impos-
slble at times to quench his thirst
for water. He continued to waste
away until on the 9Th inst. he yo-
mited up a small live animal very
much resembling a caterpillar, of a
dull yellowish color, about three
quarters of all inch long. This re.
lieved him somewhat temporarily,
but the same. night he vomited up
two more Of the caterpillars. He
now feels great relief, but is very
much reduced in flesh and strength.
It is hoped that he is now rid of the
last of his tormentors, and will rap.
idly recover. We are informed that
an animal like these which he has
been relieved Of abounds in the
sloughs, and that the boy must have
drank them in some four months
ago. 1t is warning to avoid drink
ing slough water.--[St. Peter Tri
bune.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-01-21
Average age ofthe Presidents.

:.
Ofthe seventeen ex -presidentswh
have ''crossed the river" John
Adams reached the age Of ninety
years and eight months. James
Madison died at eighty-five, Thomas
Jefferson at eighty three, John @.
Adams at eighty, Martin Van Buren,
at seventy nine, Andrew Jackson at
seventy eight, James Buchanan at
seventy seven, and Willard Fillmore
at seventy -four. James K. Polk
had the shortest life Of all, being on
ly fifty three at his death. Abraham
Lincoln was fifty.s No other ex.
president died under the age Of sixty
four. The average age Of the seven
teen who are dead was seventy.two
and ree-quarter years. Counting
in Grant and Hayes at their present
ages (each being fifty-eight,) the
average of the presidents would on
ly be reduced to seventy ~one years.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-01-21

The Supreme Court of this State
has just rendered a decision which
appears to change the law pertain.
ing to the foreclosure Of real estate
mortgages in some respects. tits to
the effect that when mortgage on
single tract Of land, payable by III.
stallments, is foreclosed to satisfy
one or more of the installments be-
fore others are due, and the entire
premises are sold, such sale releases
the premises from the remaining in.
stallments; and that if there is an
oyerplus after the satisfaction of in.
stallments due and expenses Of sale,
the same may be applied by the mort.
gagee on installments not due-Wa.
SEGA Herald. r*
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-01-21
80 Of the other three doubtful States
would make only Al Northern cleo
toral votes, whereas they cannot
possibly succeed with less than ~.

Honorable John Quincy Adams,
speaking Of Gov. Garcelon's polite
al thieyery in Maine, says: He and
his associates have made miserable
blunder in counting out a decided
Republican majority on mere tech.
meal points. The Governor was
bound to execute the spirit Of the
law rather than the letter. Had he
done that he would have satisfied
the people Of his State without dis
tinction Of party, and his own con-
science. AS it is he has made ia.
tai mistake, a sad blunder, one that
will have an injurious effect upon
the political party to which he be-
longs.
fl had been candidate and re-
ceived certificate Of election to the
legislature when | was certain that
my opponent obtained more votes
than myself, I would sooner cut off
my hand than take the protered
seat. | should feel that I was tax
ing what did not belong to me-
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-01-21
4. F. and A. NJ.

The twenty seventh annual com.
munication of the graud lodge Of
Minnesota was held in St. Paul or
Tuesday and Wednesday, and quite
largely attended. ~.
The following are the elective Of
fcers for the ensuing year: u
M. W. G. NJ, Z. H. Wells, Pres
tor. Il. W. u. G. NJ, c. H. Ben
ton, Minneapolis. R. w. S. S. w,
G. H. Davis, St. Cloud. R. w. J.
G. W., j. Fl. Brown, Willmar. r.
w. G. Treasurer, J. H. Thompson,
Minneapolis. r. w. G.. Secretary
A. T. G. Person, St. Paul.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-01-21

The movement for Worlds Fair
in New York in 1888 is in downright
earnest and is taking tangible shape.
A meeting of a large number Of
prominent citizens of wealth and in
fuence was held in that city on
Wednesday evening, at which, after
several forcible speeches and free
conference, resolutions were adopted
to the effect that the preparatory
steps should be taken at once.
Among the invited speakers was Sen.
ator Window of this State.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-01-21
LATER.

A MADRID telegram OF the l0Ln says
the village Of Alcola del Jucar, situated In
the province of Murc;a and containing pop
ulation of 2,000, had been almost wholly de-
stroyed by a landslide. Very many of the in
habitants were killed or wounded.
News has been received from Persia
announcing second defeat of the Russians
by the Turkomans
THERE was no session of the United
States Senate on the 10Th. The House, in
Committee of the Whole, refused, by vote
Il 81 TO r. to pass favorably upon bill re-
furdtag $500 to Charles Clinton, late AS
sixtaat Treasurer at New Orleans, that being
the amount stolen from him in 1870 and re-
funded by him to the United States. It was
held by the opponents of the measure that it
had not been shown that due care had been
taken in guarding the money. The House
adjourned to the 10Th.
A WASHINGTON special of the 10th to
the Chicago Tribune says Ouray had second
interview with Secretary Schurz, and it had
beea about determined to send him, Jack
ana one other chief back to Colorado, in
charge Of an agent, for the purpose of bring
ing on, If possible, the twelve Ute murderers,
or as many of them as can be induced to
come. The dispatch continues: Gas there
is no law by which these Indians
can be tried or punished after they come
here, it is believed by those who
are informed in Indian matters that the in
tention is to play upon the fears of the In
dams with view to get as good terms a.
possible. Ouray has persisted from the first
that he has no power to bring in these In
dams. He assures the Secretary that he can
not compel them unless he can kill them
first, which he is perfectly willing to under
take"
THB Maine Supreme Court on the
10th rendered decision on the questions
recently submitted by the Republican Legis-
laturc The opinion was very long, and
fully sustained the position taken by the Re-
publican Legislature, in effect deciding that
the latter is the only legal Legislature A
remarkable feature of the decision was the
declaration that the act which provides that
no person shall be allowed to vote
or take part in the organization of
either branch as member unless his
name appears on the certified roll of that
House in which he claims to act, is unconsti-
tutional. The Fusion Legislature met during
the day and elected Joseph L. Smith Gov
ernor. He qualified soon after and delivered
brief message. Later in the day he issued
an order relieving General Chamberlain Of
the trust confded to him by Governor Gar
celon. In the convention Of both branches
of the Legislature an Executive Council was
elected and the following State officers
chosen: P. A. Sawyer, Secretary Of State;
Charles "A. White, Treasurer; w. H. McClel-
Ian, Attorney General; N. N. Folsom, Adju-
tant-G General. In the Senate no general
business was transacted, and in the House 4
Republican member was unseated.
The number Of failures in the United
States last year, as per the figures furnished
BY the mercantile agency Of r. g. DUN = Co.,
was 6,65S, and the amount Of liabilities, $685.
49, 52s In1S7S there were 10, 47S failures, and
the liabilitieswere 9234, 1883, 133.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-01-21
MAINE.

The events transporting in Maine
during the past week were of very
exciting nature. At least three gov
errors were chosen and endeavored
to act, but Gen. Chamberlain per-
sistently refused to recognize Meth
err Lamson or Smith. The Repub-
lican legislature, as organized on
Monday the 10Th inst, again met on
Satuld day to receive the decisions of
the Supreme Court upon the ques-
lions submitted to it by them at their
Monday session. The decisions be-.
ing in favor Of the Republicans,
they at once proceeded to the cleo.
ton Of Daniel F. Davis as Governor.
Other State officers were also elected.
Gen. Chamberlain recognized Cover.
nor Davis as the legally chosen ex.
ecutive and at once surrendered his
charge to him. The State House is
still guarded but no serious trouble
is expected. The Fusionists held a
caucus on Monday, and sol far as
could be ascertained, determined tc
hold out. Several members have ex.
pressed their decision to submit tc
the will of the court and it was not
thought probable they could muster
a quorum in either house on Mon.
day. An Augusta special of the
10Th says the Fusionists would be
refused admittance into the State
House, in which case it was feared
trouble might ensue, and the militis
had orders to hold themselves in
readiness to march at moments no
tice. tits now highly probable that
the difficulty will be settled this
week and the legal legislature will
be allowed to transact business with
out molestatiOn.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-01-21

The President on Monday nomi-
mated James Russell Lowell. OF Mas.
sachusetts, envoy extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary to England;
John A. Foster, Of Indiana, minis.
ter to Russia; Lucujs Fairchild, of
Wisconsin, minister to Spain; Phi
lip H. Morgan of Louisiana, minis
ter to Mexico; Eli II. Murry Of Ken.
lucky, governor Of Utah Territory ;
Robert M. Kelly, pension agent of
Louisville.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-01-21

The population of our globe, esti-
mated at about thirteen hundred
millions, is ruled by 70 emperors,
25 kings, II princess, II sultans, IL
khans, 6 grand dukes, 6 dukes, I
vice king, 1 nisam, 1 radia, 1 imam,
1 hey, and % presidents, besides a
large number of chiefs Of wild tribes.
Of the republics, nineteen are found
on American soil, leaving only nine
for the balance of the world.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-01-21

Charleston, S. G., consumed TO-,
600 kegs of lager beer last year,
which was imported at cost Of
$4,000. In future however, she
will drink home brewed beer, as an
extensive brewery, capable of sup.
plying Charleston and all the neigh.
boring towns, has just begun opera.
tons there.