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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-23
Andrew Jackson.

Chevalier Wikof, in his delightful
"reminiscences, gives the following &C
count of his first meeting with Andrew
Jackson: I was taken to the White
House, one evening, to be presented to
the President. When they arrived, the
President was still at dinner, but it was
not long before the doors were thrown
open, and General jackson entered at the
head Of his company, talking and laugh
ing with much animation. He seemed
in high glee. Seating himself near the
fire, his friends formed group about
him. l was absorbed for some minutes
in scanning the face and mein of this re-
markable man. In person he was tall,
slim and straight as an arrow. His head
was long, but narrow, and covered with
thick gray hair that stood erect, as though
impregnated with his defiant spirit; his
brow was deeply furrowed, and his eye,
even in his present mood, was one ''to
threaten and command" His nose was
prominent, and indicated force. His
mouth displayed firmness. The whole
conveyed an impression Of energy and
daring. My gaze was fixed upon him,
and forgot all else. My friend init
mated he would present me on the first
opportunity, and the announcement
threw me into hutter.
Presently a gentleman hurriedly en-
tered the room, went up to the President,
and whispered in his ear. In moment
he sprang from his chair, his eyes flash
ing and his arms flying wildly about
him.
"By the Eternalp' I heard him ex-
claim, t'I'll smash them!"
Every one near him jumped to his feet,
astounded at this sudden explosion. He
was surrounded, and all were demanding
what had occurred. I was electrified at
the spectacle Like lion goaded to
fury, he kept on gesticulating and de-
nouncing some outrage he would not
brook. At length was told that informa-
ton was brought him that the Senate
had rejected Van Buren's nomination to
England, and he regarded this as per-
sonal insult. The opposition in alliance
with Calhoun's friends had thus smitten
the schenier, whom they accused of
breaking up the Cabinet for his occult
purposes. Open war was now declared
between Calhoun and Jackson. The
grand battle came off little later. It
was suggested by my friend that under
the circumstances my introduction had
better be postponed. / readily agreed,
having no fancy to approach the volcano
in eruption. considered myself fortu-
nate, however, in having seen the fiery
hero in one his towering passions. What
contrast to his first phase!
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-23
The Army Worm.

The stories told of the army worm and
his performance in the Eastern States al
most equal the wonderful tales in Her
odotus, of ants that devoured camels aud
elephants and found an army of men no
great obstacle to their march. They get
SO thick and grow SO fast that they
cover the ground some inches deep, and
roll and tumble over each other until the
soil seems moving with life. They can
not be stopped or turned aside. They
go over stone fences, a squirming gray
mass, many yards wide, covering it up
like a blanket. When field is exhaust
ed they take to the road and travel I'M
der some apparent guidance, until they
come to field that is fit to eat. They
attack barns and eat up every green
thing and even the hay. Sometimes
houses are assaulted, and it is found
hard, even with brooms, shovels and
brushes, to protect residences. Half q
dozen of them will take possession of a
stalk of. rye or blade Of grass and eat
the sustenance out of it. Those who
come too late for the first table will bur-.
row in the roots until the field looks .as
if fire had passed over it. Carriage
and wagon-wheels make no noise as the
vehicles drive over the squirming
masses. They accomplish most Of their
work in the evening or the morning.
They cannot be stamped out, for they
increase faster than they can be killed.
A ditch with tar is only brief impedi-
ment, because, as soon as it is full, the
remainder of the host crosses on the
dead bodies. The worm is about an
inch long, thick as rye straw, dislikes
potatoes, and will not touch tobacco.
1t is not even good for food, like the
grasshopper, and so in no way COM
pensates for the devastation which is
DrOd1ced
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-23
TIMELY HINTS.
How to Neutralize the Bad Effects
of Heated TERMS

OF Heated Terms.
People cannot be too careful in avoid
ing sunstroke For the information of
the public the Health Department of
New York has issued circular which
has been given wide publicity. It is
substantially as follows Sunstroke is
caused by excessive heat, and especially
II the weather is muggy." It is more
apt to occur on the second, third or
fourth day of the heated term than on
the first. Loss of sleep, worry, excite
ment, close sleeping-rooms, debility.
abuse of stimulants, predispose to it. It
is more apt to attack those working in
the sun, and especially between the
hours of IL o'clock in the morning and
4 o'clock in the afternoon. On hot days
wear thin clothing. Have as cool sleep
ing-rooms as possible. Avoid loss of
sleep and all unnecessary fatigue. IF
working indoors, and where there is ar
tlticial heat laundries, etc.-se that the
room is well ventilated.
In working i'll the sun wear light hat
(not black, as it absorbs heat). straw.
etc., and put inside of it, on the head, a
wet cloth or large green leaf; frequent
ly lift the hat from the head and see that
the cloth is wet. Do not check perspir-
alton, but drink what water you need to
keep it up, as perspiration prevents
the body from being heated. Have,
whenever possible, an additional
shade, as thin umbrella when walking,
canvas or board cover when working
in the sun.
When much fatigued do not go to
work, but be excused from work, es-
pecially after IL o'clock in the morning,
on very hot days, if the work is in the
sun. If a feeling of fatigue, dizziness,
headache, or exhaustion occurs, cease
work Immediately; lie down i'll shady
and cool place apply cold cloths to and
pour cold water over mead and neck.
If any one is overcome by the heat
send at once for the nearest good physi-
clan. While waiting for the physician,
give the person cold drinks of water, or
cold black tea, or cold coffee, if able to
swallow. If the skin is hot and dry,
sponge with or pour cold water over the
body and limbs, and apply to the head
pounded ice wrapped iii towel or other
cloth. II there is no ice at hand, keep
a cool cloth on the head, and pour cold
water on it as well as on the body.
Ii the person is pale, very faint and
pulse feeble, let him inhale ammonia for
few seconds, or give him teaspoonful
Of aromatic spirits of ammonia in two
tablespoonful of water, with little
sugar.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-23
Unnecessary FalsehOOds.

Surely, clerks in some stores tell many
unnecessary falsehoods, in their anxiety
to advance their employers interests.
Misrepresentation drop constantly from
their lips. "This is all silk, lady" as
serts saleswoman who exhibits black
cotton lace scarf, and "every thread
linen" is the description which the
housekeeper receives of towels into whose
composition not thread of linen enters.
The fibs told in second-class dry-goods
stores are so enormous that they argue a
love of lying on the part of the statesmen,
and utter idiocy on the part of the buy
ers. Why should any one desire to make
the statement that all the goods in his
establishment are sold at cost price or
expect customers to believe that he en-
tered into trade from purely philan-
thropic motives? A fair profit is the
right of one who SELLS It is the motive
of his selling. "Upon my word I am
giving this away" imposes upon some
body. Why it is so often uttered is a
mighty mystery and must remain SO.
Then, too, if one desires certain style
of collar, of scarf, of shoe, quite in the
mode, and well known to be so, and in
quires for the article at store where
they do not happen to keep it, the mega
tive to the question, 'eHave you so and
SOP" is always followed by the remark,
Nobody wears them now; they are en-
tirely out of fashion, "a comment both
insulting and false. Do such tibs "pay,"
in any sense of the term?
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-23
What a Volcano Can Do.

Cotapaxi. in 1738, threw its fiery rock
cts 5000 feet above its crater, while In
1854 the blazing mass, struggling
for an outlet, roared so that
its awful voice was heard at a
distance of more than 600 miles. In
1877 the crater CT Tunguragua, one of
the great peaks of the Andes, flung out
torrents of mud, which damned up the
rivers, opened new lakes, and, in valleys
1000 feet wide, made deposits 800 feet
deep. The stream from Vesuvius which,
in 1857. passed through Tore del Greco,
contained SO, 100000 cubic feet of solid
matter, and in 1893, when Tore del
Greco was destroyed a second time, the
mass of lava amounted to 100000
cubic feet. In 1850 Etna poured forth
flood which covered eighty-four square
miles, and measured nearly 1000, 000,-
600 cubic feet. On this occasion the
sanda scoria formed the Monte Rosini,
near Nicholosa, cone of two miles in
circumference, and 400 feet high. The
stream thrown out by Etna in 1910 was
in motion at the rate of yard day for
nine months after the eruption, and it is
on record that the lava of the same
mountain, after terrible eruption, was
not thoroughly cool and consolidated
for ten years after the event. In the
eruption of Vesuvius. A. D. 70, the
scoria and ashes vomited forth far ex-
ceeded the entire bulk of the mountain !;
while in 1860 Etna disgorged more than
| twenty times its own mass. Vesuvius
has sent its ashes as far as CONSTANT
nople, Syria and Egypt. It hurled
stones eight pounds in weight to Pom
pei, distance of six miles, where SIM
liar masses were tossed up 1900 feet
above the summit. Cotopaxi has pro-
iected block Of 100 cubic yards in vol
ume distance of nine miles and Sum-
bawa, in 1915, during the most terrific
eruption on record, sent it's ashes as far
as Java, distance of 800 miles of sur
face, and out Of population of 1900
souls only twenty escaped.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-23
Oatmeal.

Give the children oatmeal at least once
a day. It is genuine bone and muscle
food, and they must thrive. Could our
girls make the morning and night meals
on real nourishment-not pastry-take
more to nourish the brain and nerves.
we should have less of the neuralgia
among our women. Indeed, this oat
meal mush would afford ample food for
the last meal, which should ordinarily
be the highest, simple, and easy of d.
gestion, securing good sleep, while 1t
may well form a part of the morning
meal. Its extensive use. would do much
to promote health among US.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-23
TIE wANDsRER,s SONG.
By MRS. J. v. H. KooSs.


When through the rough and wintry world.
IN wretchedness roam,
with childish love breathe the names
VI father, mother, home.
Iney bear one back in fancy sweet
10 ooyhood's sinless days.
Ere tnorns had pierced my weary feet
In desolated ways;
Back to the dear old orchard trees,
Set out by fathers hand.
Beneath whose shade the perfumed breeze
My boyish brow has famed;
While in silent wonder lay
Upon the velvet grass,
And watched in joy life's fancied play
In panorama pass.
All, me! tits we'll those dreams were gold.
Their memory gilds the lead
OF real life, when hearts grow cold
And dreamless as the dead.
IL there is, aught in us survives
The fearful wreck of death,
The motherlove that warns our lives
Unto the latest breath
Must be the part, the deathless link
That binds the soul to God:
That sings to it of heaven and home
And lifts it from the clod.
MUNCIE CITY, Ind.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-23

From a census recently taken of the
city Of Buda-Pesth, it appears that the
population is ut present 333, 557, a con-
siderable increase since the last census
of 1875, when the numbers were only
295, 254. A hundred years ago Pesth
contained but IS, $50 inhabitants, and
Buda %, 643. Since that the population
of Buda has doubled, while that of Pesth
has increased twenty-fold.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-23
JUST MY LUCK.

Let anybody who likes turn up their
nose, I feel not the Sigh. est hesitation
In avowing that / was in a hurry-in a
great hurry.
The steamboat bell was ringing, for
one thing, and blowing off steam in a
way to send nervous man distracted.
[ knew / couldn't run-my boots were
too tight. Then my wardrobe was on
board-my gray suit, and my blue suit,
and thirteen other suits all my boots
and embroidered slippers, fancy neck
ties, embroidered handkerchiefs and that
new pomade.
'I'll sue the company if they are
lost" l exclaimed mentally. "What
business have they to be so frightfully
punctual I? Here stopped for moment
to talk to jerks, who has brought over
the last new neck-tie, and"
"Ha, ha You'd better run, old bov
lhave the first chance at the heiress. .
looked up and saw Ned laughing at
me. Confound the fellow How hand
some he looked IF that boat started,
should / ever dare to present myself,
dusty and begrimed, at Elm Grove to
find him there-as, of course, he would
be-duly washed, shaved and curled,
Whispering in Nelly Langworih's ear.
6 Run, - shouted Ned again. The
men were already Withdrawing the
plank. There was young, very plainly
dressed woman Justin front Of me.
"Out Of the way, woman" I said,
pushing past her. She screamed slight
ly, and would have fallen, if one of the
hands" had not extended his arm and
caught her. SO Ned told me, Tor I was
too much absorbed in looking after my
baggage even to think about her.
Said he: "You nearly knocked that
little woman sitting behind us down"
DO you suppose was going to let
you have Miss Langworth to yourself %
/ answered, chuckling.
"Why, is she SO attractive?" asked
Ned.
Haven't the least idea, my dear fell
low. You know, I'm only acquainted
with her father; but I'm sure she's an
angel. She has five hundred thousand
in her own right"
Five hundred thousand is nice little
sum !"
f" Yes, when | get it for, to be plain
with you, Fred, / have suit in the
trunk that 1 think will put the matter
beyond doubt). When [ get it, I shall
start with Mrs. Nelly for Paris, where I
shall spend six months. From there I
shall go"
Fred burst into loud laugh.
wait till you're introduced, jim
perhaps she's cross-eyed."
!" Ii she were humpbacked, for half a
million I'd make her Mrs. Jonquil."
"Well, you are welcome to her. Give
me little, rosy, bright-eyed woman
who won't say to me, 1T was my money,
sir, that made you what you are. I"
"There's the house old place.
amt it?" | said, pointing to q handsome
villa on the bank. "When I'm master
there you shall come and spend the
summer WITH me"
Fred laughed louder than ever. The
boat stopped, and this little woman
whom had so nearly knocked down.
landed with us but what was our sur
prise, after ensconsing ourselves in Mr..
Langworth's handsome carriage, to be-
hold her perched on the d1iving-seat
with the coachman
Its some governess, or poor rela-
ton, | said, trying to reassure myself.
I'll bet you five to one that it's Miss
Langworth herself,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-23
A Queer Fish.

The slang phrase "queer fish" has
been realized, piscatorial form, in Cali
fornia. At Monterey some fishermen
caught it in seine. It was about nine
inches long. The first half of the fish
was mountain brook trout, having the
eye, head, scales, spots and shape of
that fish. It lad pair of fms at the
usual place behind the gills an inch or
two back of this it suddenly changed in
to silver eel, the shape, color, and alb
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-23
John Quincy Adams on VANITY.

/" They say am vain Thank God I
am so. Vanity is the cordial drop which
makes the bitter cup of life go down. I
agree with Mrs. Elizabeth Montague.
who wrote to her uncle, the Bishop, to
inquire whether the text, All is vanity
and vexation of spirit, was not badly
translated She thought it ought
to be, All is vanity OF vexation of spirit.
She implied that what was not vanity
was sure to be yexation, and there am
with her.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-23

sence of scales being perfect. It will
probably find a resting place Oh the
shelves of the San Francisco Academy
of Sciences.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-10-21
Famine Prevailing in the Polar
Regions.

IStory of the Cruise of the CorwIn.l
On the second day out from st.
Michaels we reached st. Lawrence
Island, where it was reported fam
inc had swept away nearly the whole
population during the previous
wear. The island is ninety miles
long from east to weUt. We steam
ed along close by the shore work
ing our way through the ice. At
last the settlements we're reached,
and each one that was visited pre-
sented the same dreary scene Of
death and desolation. Not a sign
OF lite was to be seen anywhere
Not solitary dog or rat was to be
found about any of the rude huJs;
but in front of the houses, in a
CHASTITY row, law the dead bodies of
those who hal succumbed to the
terrible hunger. They had lain
there for fifteen months, and we
were probably the first to look upon
them. Their clothes had rotted of
the bodies, but the forms were
preserved by the cold so that they
looked like mummies. The skin
was drawn tightly over their ema-
ciated faces and forms and looked
like ancient parchment. So per-
fectly had the dry air preserved
them that we could distinguish the
bodies of the women from the men
by the deep tattoo marks on the
chin. which is one Of the peculiar
STYLES Of feminine ornament. In a
/ few houses bodies were found in
various postures, just as they tel
in the last agony of solitary death.
AS long as there were any surviv-
ors to perform the service, the
corpscs were placed in the regular
rows in front of the huts. AT one
place we found fifty bodies side by
! side, some beng the remains of lit
tie children, while others were the
corpses of old people.
The usual litter and refuse which
surround the Esquimaux huts were
lacking, and there was not a scraI
left of any king OF food. The clean
ly-gnawed bones showed that they
had eaten their dogs; they had even
devoured the rats which infest thu
village; they had chewed up tho ole
bits of rus-hide-everything tina
could satisfy the cravings Of hun
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-10-21
A Horrible Case of Screw Worm.

Sherman Chronicle: There is re
siding IN Collin county, near Nc
Kinney, a lady who went out pick
ing cotton, when a fly flew up her
nose and passed right out. She
felt an itching sensation, and let it
pass for a few days, when she sent
for a doctor who examined and
found a number of screw worms
had formed. The doctor took out
a number and visited her for sever
al days, without applying calomel.
BY this time they had worked along
under the eyes, and they found it
would be either death or the risk
of calomel. They began its use
and worms soon passed, num boring
between one hundred and fifty and
two hundred. She is now recover
ing very rapidly. These are facts
gwen the Chronicle ny very truth
full party who is well acquainted
with the lady.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-10-21

not raise a .bushel of corn to the
acre, you can raise difficulty with
out the aid of fertilizers. The
stranger had not announced him.
self long before he was approached
by a loose jointed individual, who
drawled out:
avail, stranger, here's one man
yer can't lick; but yer can try"
The man in the linen coat was for
sailing in at once, but the crowd
carried them off to a neighboring
dell and formed a ring. They sailed
in; the buster looked like o gown
on a clothes-line in a wind storm;
but 1t was no go. Down it went,
and presently a voice exclaimed
"Hold upr' When the man in the
linen buster arose he had the ap-
pearance of having been dragged
under a freight car from Griffin, but
he didn't complain. While they
were helping him wash off the blood
he was scanning his opponent from
head to foot and muttering:
"Wel, wouldn't have thought it
Il wouldn't. by Col"
When they got him straight, he
deliberately took of his coat, and,
as he tossed it on bush and
Strengthened up slowly, exclaimed :
"And DANCED if l do believe it,"
Seeing these formal preparations
going on, the gentleman from Jones
was ready. The bushy headed man
sailed in again. His efforts were
widespread and terrible. He looked
like a threshing machine in convul-
sions, and lockers on, as they drew
back. thought he was attacking the
sun, moon and stars and the waters
under the earth. His opponent
stood out of the way a moment, and
when the arms and legs subsidized
closed in again and downed him.
There were a few Intellectual strug
giles, and then they dragged them
apart again. 1t took about quar-
ter of an hour this time to stop his
nose bleeding, but through it all he
kept an eye on his man. Then they
set him under a tree, braced HIM up
with a drink, for his pluck won
every heart, and drew his story
from him. After everything had
quieted down and all were friends,
he got up and felt all over the Jones
county man, and said, sadly;
"But to think that the Wild Cat
of the Tombigbee should be cleaned
out by a child like that; it's too
much, too much. Stranger, would
yer mind ginning a man just one
more shown? l can't believe it;
l can't The Wild Cat of the Tom
bigbee! Stranger, look out for
ycrself; Pm goin' to jump"
He jumped, and the crowd looked
on in awe. He was a car-wheel
broke loose, a milestone on an eX-
cursion, a hurricane for five min.
utes, but no mortal frame could
stand the strain long, and when he
weakened Jones county closed in
and downed him again. When they
got him up and led him off to the
spring he muttered sadly, TOO
drunk, too drunk; just to think.
The Wild Cat of the Tombigbee
cleaned up by a mere boy, mere
child! But gimme pistol and I'll
fight the whole crowd"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-10-21
The Largest Cask in the World.

Il
At Konigstein is the largest cask
in the world. 1t was begun in 1922
and finished in 1925, under the di-
rection of General Kyau. The
bung diameter of the cask is TWEEN
ty-six feet. The cask, as soon as
finished, was filed with six thou
sand quintals of good Nielsen wine
which cost $4,000 sterling. 1t
contains six hundred and forty-nine
hCgsheads more than the famous
tun of Heidelberg. The topof this
cask is rallied in, and affords room
sufficient for fifteen or twenty per
sons to regale themselves; and sew
eral sorts of large goblets, which
are called "welcome cups" are Of
fered to those who delight in such
honors. Upon one of the heads OF
this enormous cask is an inscrip-
tion in Latin, of which the follow
ing is q translation: "Welcome.
traveller, and admire this monu-
ment, which in order to exhilarate
the mind with a cheerful glass, was
in the year 1925 dedicated to fes-
tivity by Frederick Augustus, King
of Poland and Elector of Saxony-
the father of his country, the Titus
of the age, the delight of mankind,
Drink, therefore, to the health OF
the sovereign, the court of the Elec
toral family, and Baron Kyau, Gov.
ernor of KONG dignity of this cask
the most capacious of all casks
drink to the prosperity of the whole
universe. So farewelIr