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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-08-20

Play has run so high of late at the ST.
Petersburg Yacht Climb that theT most
august personages in Russia have felt
themselves called upon to check the
gambling propensities. of the reckless
9BoYars, whose recent inordinate gains
and losses have been brought under
their cognizance.a a ,'Thei particular
episode which prompted imperial inter-
vention was the changing of hands, with
in week, of no less sum than $500, 900
in the play rooms of the club. More
than half Of that enormous amount was
lost by Prince Demidof,, of San Donate,
to his cousin, Count .Schosvaloff- not
the diplomatist, but an aide de- camp to.
the Czar. This stupendous gambling
transaction came to the ears Of Count
lLo1is Melikof, who deemed it his duty
to report the matter to the Emperor
craving his Majesty's permission to dis
solve the club This browning disaster
to the jeunesse doree of the Russian
capital was averted through the inter
position of the Grand Duke Vladimir
but the Gear sent for Count Sehouvaloff,
and hid his commands upon that gentle
man to return seven-eighths of his win
nings to Prince Demidoff, observing
that she might be very we'll satisfied
with haYingS gained $40. O00 at d game of
cards. It is needless to say that his
Majesty's orders were carried out to the
letter. London Telegraph.
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Women and War.

Alate essayist notices in the teaching
of history that whenever women have
led the rulers of men their voice is still
for war" It may not be true that in
1870 the Empress Eugene observed,
''This is my war;" but, if the story is
well founded, she certainly was not the
first lady who, with light heart, sent
men to battle and to death. Nor can it
be said that the influences of women--and
it was then large softenened the horrors
of the first French revolution, nor is
Nihilism, less ferocious because ladies
are among its agents. These are not
arguments, he added, against granting
household suffrage to women rate
payers, but they constitute some reply to
those, who contend that women in poll
tics will, like the fine arts, "soften our
manners and not permit them to be
fierce" .fs ef8 re0
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Jim Bakers Eulogium Of the Jay.

There's more to a blue-iay than any other
creature. He has got more moods and
more different kinds of feelings than any
other creature; and mind you, whatever
the bluerjay feels he can put into Ian
gllage.i And no mere common place Ian,
guage, either, but rattling, out-and-out
book t lk-and bristling with metaphor,
too Just bristling! And as for q COM
mand Of language why, you never see
a blue-iay get stuck for a word. No man
ever did, They just boil out of him And
another thing I've noticed good deal,
and there's no bird or COW, or anything
that uses as good grammar as a blue-iay.
You may say cat uses good grammar.
Well a cat does but you let cat get ex-
cited once; you let a cat get to pulling fur
with another cat on shed, nights, and
you'll hear grammar that will give you
TIE lockiaw. Ignorantpeople think it 'sthe
noise which fighting cats make that is so
aggravating, but it ain'tso; it's sickening
grammar they use. Now I've never
heard q jay use bad grammar but very
seldom, and when they do, they are as
ashamed as a human. They shut right
down and leave. ,...,. ........ 49,, -,
. You may call a jay a bird. Well, SO he
is, in a Observation-Disclosures he's got feath-
ers on him, and don't belong to a church,
perhaps; but otherwise heis just as much
human as you be. And I'll tell you for
why: A lays gifts and instincts and
feelings and interests cover the whole
ground. A jay hasn't got any more prin.-!
ciple than a Congressman. A jay viii
lie, a jay will steal, jay will deceive,
q jay viii betray; and four times out Of
five a jay will go back on his solemnest
promise. The sacredness of on obIga-
ton is thing which you cam cram into
no blue-jay head Now, on top of all
this, there's another thing: ajay can out
swear any gentleman in the mines. You
think cat can swear. Well cat can;
but you give blue-iay subject that
calls for his reserve powers, and where is
your cat? Don't talk to me-I know too
much about this thing. And there's vet
another thing; IN the one little particular
Of scolding-iust good, clear out and out
scolding-a blue-jay can lay over any,
thing, human or divine. Yes, sir, a jay
is everything that a man is A jay can
cry, "a jay can laugh, a jay canfeel shame, a.
jay can reason and plan and discuss, a
jay likes gossip and scandal, a jay has
got sense of humor, a jay knows when
he is an ass just as well as you ido-may-1
be better. If jay amt human, he'd
better take in his sign, that's all.-Frons,
/ Mark 1Qain's Tramp A6road. ;" ''i..s BE-.
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The Partner for Life

Many a man has seen his choice for a
partner in life in the humble girl far be-
meath him in the opinion of the world,
and although love and pride might have
struggled with him for while, yet pride
triumphed, and he sought one from the
higher walks of life. In all the vicissi-
tudes of social existence, there is nothing
capable of inficting more certain misery
than is sure to follow such a course. It
abstracts the general harmony of our days,
mis-shapes our ends, shortens the length
of life, lessons the stature of manhood,
and is contrary to the divine instructions
of the Bible; for it declares where love
is there is peace, plenty and thriftiness.
Everything is sure to follow happy
union. Let not pride interfere in this
Tooffor
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WASHINGTON NOTES. j

Asecret organization, calling itself the
"Army of Occupation is now forming in
Texas for thepurpose of making a descent up
on Mexico. They claim to have 5000 enlisted
i''n 20 9'''SSi .e 400 iu9uiiGil s'ggiliia
n Another duel, with fatal result, has
been fought in South Carolina. The particle
pants were young man named Cash, son Of
the Col. Cash who not long ago killed Col.
Shannon in duel, and Mr.. Blair, editor of the
Camden Journal They fought with rifles, at
twenty PAGES, and Cash was shot dead at the
first fire. The affair grew out of structures
published in the Journal on the elder Cash. 4
During the fiscal year ending June
&c. 1880, the net imports Of gold to this country
were $77, 159. 1881. l2J31liIlS 991dt ~ tA@
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not fix myself on the plank, but I man.
aged somehow to cling to the ropes with
my hands. Down. down / came. every
turn of the windlass making the voices
below seem nearer an nearer, and when
/ was within few feet of the ground
there were dozen pairs of arms ready
to catch me, an a score of hands held
out to me, an hundred voices to well
come me. An there was my father
waiting for me, an Philip saying
But for the girl he'd have been up
there still. Not one of the rest of us
would have thought of the stocking );
twas the brightest idea I've come across
this many day. She has saved his
life, Forde, and you can't refuse your
consent any longer" aal af
But when / looked round for Katie
she was nowhere to be seen. She must
have slipped off as soon as she saw Twas
safe. l8h.3 2 gpstBa .ii ~. m
The young Squire hurried my father
an me away, didn' quite know where,
/ was SO dazed, but in a minute or two
found myself in a warm, lighted dining
room at the masters house, an Master
Philip pouring out glass of brandy for
me, an shaking hands with my father.
I was glad to get the brandy, for I was
worn out with fright an cold but as
soon as / could / made my escape, an
went down to Katie's cottage. hadn't
been there five minutes when there was
a knock at the door, and in walks my
father. He went straight up to Katie,
holding out his hand. f0. s-..5
Katie, my girl, he said, sc I've come
to ask your pardon for anything I've
ever said or done against you, an if you
an Jim are still of the same mind I,
won't hinder you from marrying. It's
you have the best right to him, for you We
saved his life. :" 49,. ,'-. -. -. -.
81 gAnd it's proud an glad I am that I
was able to do that same, Mr.. Forde,"
said Katie. ..,e..-..'...
E Sand you'll marry him, won't you,
my dear?' q q ~
eff you're satisfied, sir. % .''
4 am, my dear, quite satisfied"
And with that lie kissed her and
from that day to this he and Katie have
been the best Of friends. He lives with
us for the last year or so, for he was get
ting little past his work, an the pro
prietor pensioned him off. He is very
happy with us, an he is never tired of
telling the children the story of the way
that their mothers cleverness saved my
life 49, PAS. ffL ts{ Efftttf :-t..' .t5.
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AN AIH.CASfLEs
BIZ ELIZABETH AKzRs ALLEN.

] built house in my youthful dreams,
Ina sunny and pleasant nook,
i Where might listen, the whole day long,
Z To the voice of the gurgling brook;
"A cottage, with wide and airy rooms,
And broad and shining floors
A house with the hidden charIns Of home,
And the freedom of out-of-doOrs.
Fair morning giories climb and bloom
1 r.. Atswill by the eastern caves, 'i-Is3
( And on the doorstep and window sill
{ The roses shake their leaves;
And fair, old-fashioned lilacs toss
Their purple plumage high,
81 While honeysuckles drop their sweets
On every passer-by.
~ Down at the end of pleasant path
Is group of evergreen trees
Pine and henlloek, and spruce and fir,
With their spicy fragrances; ~
= And, sweetest picture of calm content
That mortal ever saw 3ai
- Under a long bonghed apple tree s. .it
Is a beehive made of straw.
= ] have. pictured it all hundred times
r~u ] shall do it hundred more
But I never shall own the pleasant home
With the roses over the door. Is. sssti
Never a dream of mine came true;
Sgs 1t is Faters unbendtng law; Ls,a
= I never shall see the apple tree i99h ST.
Nor the beehive made of straw. 8
But yet in the airy realms of dreams ~.
q Where all my riches be- d.
/ enter into the heritage
L Which is else denied to me;
1 I have but to close my eyes to find
. y My Eden without flaw ....t,.
The home, the garden, the apple tree, :
4 And the beehive made of straw.
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In the Chicago market the price of common
print rags has advanced since July 1, forty cents
per 100 pounds. Country-mixed rags are held
firm at S2.65 per 100, being an increase of one
half q cent per pound above the price asked
thirty days ago. The cause .of:1thiss upward
turn in the rag market is principally attributed
to the scarcity of stock, which is the result of
thorough securing of all sections of the coun-
try by rag gatherers since the boom in prices
began nearly year ago. e.. ,t.ts..l.t 81.
The rather-sudden advance in rags has given
firm tone to the paper market, and manu-
facturers declare that they cannot make paper
at present prices any longer. That there viii
soon be general advance in the price of paper
Is very evident, if the manufacture of it is in
any way affected by the price of rags.
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NEWS JRE NER


BY an acd Al oiS tiie Midi rsils
road, in Engl seven passepge ere killed
and twenty il 3ured. ssss q -.
Reports from the aTe est Of reiafs show
that the peasants are armiing and drilling. and
that Fenianisni is rampant - &. -
The report that q shipIead Of Moham-
medan pilgrims bound for Jiddah, Arabia, lad
been lost at sea proves 70 be false The vessel
has arrived at AdsnI in safety. q I.
Harvest prospects in England are said
to be splendid.
England has telegraphed a circular to
all the powers, proposing new joint note to
Turkey, entirely rejecking the lastsuggestionof
the Porte. and Insisting upon the fulfImento d
the original mandate.
TROUBLED is brewing between Roumania
and Bulgaria. The latter power reiusesto cede.
slice Of territoryto the former, and hence
the trouble. Should hostilities ensue, Russia
will have hand IN 1850
A Home RhIe Decentralization at Glas-
gov was attended by thirty thousand Irishmen,
gathered from all parts of Scotland. - = =
Crop reports from England, France
and other parts of Europe indicate a limited
yield of wheat, which will make importation
from America very necessary, ~.
Tho Chinese Minister at Washington
has given notice, that his, Government has, by
official decree, removed the ancient restrictions
on commerce, and that the ceiestialS may here
after trade with foreigners at will ..i.v.
A cable dispatch announces the death
of the world-famous personages Ba'
zaine and Adelaide Nelson, the actress.
Heavy rains have, caused; disastrous
floods in Donegal, Ireland. A church at Com
mienon has been carried away and number Of
people have been drowned. Il. -sVt49 4F
The German harvest prospects are
very gloomy indeed. In consequence Of the
universally-poOr grain crops an agitation for
the prohibition of the expectation Of grain is
likely to be i4atgurated.. tlf|
A French Colonel who, in presenting
new flag to his. regiment. expressed a. hope
that the flag would soon become the banner Of
the United States OF Europe, has been sus-
pended for one year.
Two Englishmen, brothers, have of
fered to wager $1,000 that Dr. Tanner will not
be able to fast forty days and forty nights. The
betters want to be the watchers also.
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Bill Rodifer, one of the most notori-5
Qua and desperate burglars insthe West, was
killed at indianapolis, few nights ago, while
in the act of burglarizing the residence Of SDrs
Walker. - (. > :. -
All the prisoners in The county jail AL
Mt. Sterling ILL.,, have escaped. They were as
sisted by persons on the outside.
Eureka, New, which was almost wiped
out year ago by fire, has had another great
confagration, extending over the same area
swept. by. the previous blaze. The. loss, is
estimated at 100000. Many families are
destitute.
The Jaeger FIGURING millsa and severa
adjacent buildings, at st. Louis, have been
burned. Loss estimated at 100000. .a
Heavy rains have fallen in the great
wheat-growing. section Of the Northwest, and
some damage has been done to the crop.
I{2s t&.s 4 South. r. AtAa
d Florida will produce an immense crop
Of oranges this year. ...s.~
Z IAC.namber of prisoners in tine jail at
LAREDO, Tex, broke out, and, making for the
/ river, undertook to swim across. The Sheriff
and the posse pursued, and, standing on the
bank, fred at the men in the water. Two were,
killed. ,tv 1a s,se4<tb t44..atA>f.
Indians attacked mail coach between
/ Forts sConchO5 and Davis, in Northwestern
/ Texas. killing two passengers and wounding
another. The whole region is said to be alive
with hostile savages.
Nearly complete returns from Arkan-
sas show that it has population of about
81, OOC.
Ellersona Hampton, colored, was
hanged at Sumter, s. c., on the 18th inst, for
the murder Of child. !.
South Carolina papers estimate the
population Of the state at s5s, 600, ! gain Of "a
per cent. since 1870.
a party named Charles Carver, resid-
ing in Woodstock, va, has began 8 fast Of 100
days duration Should he succeed in his ex-
pertinent he win challenge Dr. Tanner to
competitive match.
Gen. Bryan Crimes, an ex, Confederate
soldier, has been assassinated III Pitt county,
North Carolina. n 80
Southern papers announce the death
of ex-Gov. Herschel v. johnson, who was a
candidate, on the ticket with Stephen A. Doug
las, for Vice President in 1860.
During a circus parade at Winchester,
Va, the keeper of the hyenas was pounced
upon and torn to pieces by his ferocious and
treacherous pets tfsgyy ,,i.tis.,.f.,...........
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Bnrnads Il aiaaalnn IIaaL 4 atoarss. Anal

twenty dwellings,, at Sherlock's mills, n. Y,
loss $50, 600; fur factory at Bushwick. near
lsNs4 york city, loss $4,000; the Otis Com
~panys hosiery factory at Ware, Mass, loss
5000. 900. s4ig0IsGt Rggi ii gBiAa
Another riot has occurred at Toronto
between Roman Catholics and Professionals.
Several people were injured, but nobody was
killed v&rreV~gn eggv1
a contract has BEEN CONCLUDED withsa
great London syndicate for the completion Of
the Canada Pacific railroad. .,.4a2 In
Robert Wilkes, wholesale .jeYeler,
and his son ana daughter were drowned the
other day at Toronto, Canada The lad, who
was in bathing, got beyond his depth, and his
father and sister dumped from boat to save
him, all going down together 49, 49,. : 4
The returns to the Agricultural Bureau
since the first of the month report the condis
ton of the cotton crop Of the entire country
2 per cent. above what is considered favorable
for full crop. The average sfOrg tobacco for
the country is reported at 8S per cent. $50
The freight sheds, with their contents.
and six loaded cars on the Grand Trunk rail-
: road have been burned at Richmond, Que.
Loss, $4,000 ;'insJred sg1 ls4> lAsF !
The Triennial Conclave yof, knights
Templar attracted an immense number of
strangers to Chicago, and the festivities passed
of with much eclat. More than quarrer of
million people witnessed the grand parade of
knights. The streets through which. the process
sion moved swere@ packed, and thousands:
Of faces were visible in the windows and doors
and on the roofs of buildings. The day was
excessively warm aud many of the. knights
were Frustrated bytheI eets Tae column was
seven miles in length, and contained hundred
bands of music and about fifteen thousand Sir.
knights. Sixty thousand people attended the
great bali Attic Exposition building
Frost is reported in several localities
in Canada.
Cadet Whitaker has been given an
unlimited furlough by the Secretary of War,
J for the purposeof conterring with counsel rel
alive to the court-martial which it is expected
he will some time demand.
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.sI&lG2a
Pure Air Needed,

1t is well known that the efete, corr
rupted and diseased matter from our
physical system is verylargely thrown. off
by the. process Of inhalation and exhala-
ton in thelform of caTbonic acid gas, the
same that settles as malaria in marshy
lplacessand the bottoms of old and disused
wells. Men are frequently overcome by
the poisonous gas in descending reckless
ly into the latter, and pay the forfeit of
their lives. And feyers and other forms
OF illness, indicating slow poisoning, are
generated by dwelling, in the vicinity of
the former, oftentimes terminating
fatally and as often leaving their victims,
invaded for life. The only important
question connected with the. matter is
how to rid an apartment Of this poisonous
carbonic gas, which is known to seek the
floor by its greater weight. Much is
said and written about the introduction
of pure air into rooms, but little or
nothing of the exit Of it; after being cor,
rupted by breathing. = : - = = =
When people sat by open fires there
was not SO much need of considering
this point; but now that the fireplace as
a rule has been stopped up, and ventila-
ton by that outlet forbidden, it becomes
Of the highest importance to know how
TO provide at least an equally effectual
substitute, which as yet has never been
done. Where shall the outlets At
the top Of room, certainly; but more
especially, and ii all cases without fall;
at the. bottom Of the room also. The,
carbonic acid gas, as before stated, sinks
to the floor m o room that is occupied;
therefore, an outlet should be provided on
a level with the foor.A One writer. who
evidently understands what he is talk
ing about, s>itswould bestill betterSto,
make an outlet through the floor into o.
receptacle that shall guide this corrupted
air to q heated fue, where the ascending
warm air shall lift it and convey it away.
Useful in respect to ventilation as open
fires are, they still are not necessary to,
provide good ventilation, since the heat
and smoke from either stove or furnace
will warm an adjoining sfue sufficiently
to create 81 upward current of ar pow.
erful enough TO carry off the poisonous
gas, and in this way, while pure air is all
the time flowing into Che room, the cor
rdpted air.ia being drawn oil. This being
once fairly comprehended, it Is easy to
see that We all have Q remedy at hand for
our bad ventilation, which will patlus to-
very minimum of cost. Pure air to
warm our buildings with is first to be in
troduced from without, as much above
the surface Of the ground as may be
thought best; then the only other thing
to be done is to construct our chin
neys so as to have one or more fues
serve as outlets. -Erchange. - ''''' ~ :.
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THE GHOST TO HAMLET.

Bet you two dollars and half 1l'f j.
am thy fathers ghost, 800 --s-s.s.,,
doomed for time to walk the night,
Until can get put on the day force,
And the foul crimes done in my days OF politics
Are burnt and purged away. ,-..-.
But that am forbid, / could a'tale unfold
Whose Iightest word would weigh as heavy
AS freight car; freeze thy young blood;
Make thy two eyes stick out like ink bottles;
Thy knotied and combined locks 70 part,
And each particular hair to stand on end,
Like quilts upon brand new paint brush,
But this eternal blaZon must not be
To ears of flesh and blood: Last, list, o listI
/ intend to sell it to newspaper for $40.
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As the snow on the larch, when
What a winter of pIumes
On that forest of spears!

1t was remarked that all the organizations
from the larger cities such as New York, Gin
cinnati, Philadelphia, y ltimore, Detroit, Louis
vile, st. Louis, and Cleveland, marched with
more precision than the Knights from the rural
districts, presumably because they have sipe-
rior opportunities for. concentrating and drill
inc. The D4troit Commandery excited some
beautiful movements as they tramped along,
Shouts. .,.8 f...sf.. f5afyft ..t..t flffet, y
u The procession closed with another display Of
mounted knights, whose rear guard filed by the
grand stand at lis O'clock Thus, the pro
cession was three hours passing that point. but
an hour may honestly be deducted from that
time on account of haltings.
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The Pennsylvania railroad, to accom-
modate its immense traffic, has in use
1000 locomotives and 40, 900 cars. There
are also Is, 730 cars running over the vari-
GUS lines owned by individuals and COM
panies, including 1000 railway equip
ment trust cars, 800 railway car trust,
1908 tank car trust cars, and 1888
Union and National line cars.
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! The Art of Not Hearing.

The art of not hearing should be
taught in every well-regulated family.
Tt is full as important to domestic hap
piness as cultivated ear, for which SO
much money and time. are expended.
There are SO many things which it is
painful to hear many which we ought
not to hear-very many which, if heard,
will disturb the temper, corrupt simplic-
ity and modesty, detract from content
ment and happiness that every one
should be educated to take in or shut out
sounds. according to their pleasure.
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A YOUNG lady showing an elderly wo.
man beautiful cluster diamond ring,
present, when the old lady dropped hel
spectacles to the end of her nose. and
exclaimed, .t'Lor' sakes, thought it was
an old seed wart,