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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-08-20
OUR WASHINGTON LETTERS.
[ From our Regular Correspondents.
WASHINGTON. n

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Aug. 14th. 1880.
There is great clangor of trumpets
and beating of gongs in the Democrat
ic campaign. and if boasts were votes
Hancock would be elected without the
formality of a ballot in November.
But learn in very well informed DO
litical circles here that the prospects
were never better of carrying even the
strongest of Democratic strongholds
for the Republican nominee. 1t has
become evident long since that Tilden's
friends in New York are Indifferent
or apathetic. The Democrats having
abandoned the fraud issue, the contest
ceased to be interesting to Mr.. Tilden
and his supporters. The party will
have to fight its battles virtually with
out the strong support which the name
and money of Mr.. Tilden would have Civ
en- it. This will OfcOurSe weaken them
in great and indispensable state. Mr..
English's unpOpularity at one time To-
cal, or at least confined to Indiana, has
rapidly assumed national proportions.
Moreover, voters are becoming educat-
ed to the fact that parties mean some
thing more than candidates in this
We do not. as in England
and France, confer highest hOnOrs on
our leading statesmen. Our Gambet-
taS and Gladstones are not promoted to
executive office. Our history shows
that we, whether wisely or unwiSely,
trust the common sense of all rather
than the genius of one. Our really
statesmen who have filled
the Presidential Office may be counted
on the fingers OF one hand. In this
view the popularity that attaches to a
soldier cennot be taken
as an omen of success. Eminent as
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-08-20
WlN0s JUIIN On q DE
Prattville, Plumas Co.. Cal.

How YOUNG EYES ARE MADE
NEAR-SIGHTED. A prolonged and
steady looking at an object or objects
near the eye, though at proper distance,
without rest or frequent change of the
visual focus, as in long and absorbed
novel reading, intense study or persis-
tent diligence in needle work; the
practice of reading or otherwise using
the sight at too short range are causes
of near-sightedness. This latter results,
in part, from insufficient light or from
its faulty direction, so that the hand
or body throws shadow on the page;
or so that the direct rays fall upon the
eye, causing undue contraction of the
pupil, while the page is in shadow.
1t results also from improperly graded
desks, from small and poor type and
inferior printing-ink, and from faulty
color and quality of printing papers;
also from pale writing ink-pale when
used--and from substitution of tile
lead pencil for the pen, especially in
the evening. A prone or forward po-
sitiOn of the head too long maintained,
or frequently repeated and becoming a |
tldDlb Is dIiOJll6r CAUSE. 1HlS results |
from reading or studying with the
books in the lap, and from the use of |
desks not graded to the height of the |
pupil. Donders says: :" In the hygiene
of myopy the very first point is to
guard against working in a STOPPING T
position" He favors high, sloping
desks; and indicates rectilinear draw
ing on a fat surface" as a class of
work which is especially Objectionable.
and studying in railroad cars
is known to be a fruitful source of in
jury. insufficient light, perhaps more
than any other cause. produces dis
eases of the vision. This il not con-
fined to the schools. Sad,y frequent as
it is found to be there, it is believed
to be yet 0ftener illustrated at home,
both by daylight and in the evening,
in preparation for the school and 9TH
erwise. Artificial illumination is
faulty at best, but. even in the most
favored homes the elder group is apt
TO m0nopOlize the shaded drOplight,
Dr. student lamp, while the schOO-l-boy |
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-08-20
a SURPRISED PHYSICIAN.

4 DYlNG PATIENT RECoyERs
THROUGH TIE INTERPOSITION OF A
HUMBLE GERMAN weeks ago
Dr. ti-. a very n.puta able. and widely
kllowtsl'llysiciaI. living on street,
was called +, attend very Complicated
case Of rheumatism Upon asriyms al
the house he found il nun about fort,
years "f age, lying in pl.,stra.e and Sc
rIOus condition. with his whole frame
dangerously affected with the painful
disease. He prescribed for the patient,
but the man continued to grow worse.
and on Sunday evening he was found
10 be in very alarming condition.
The knees and elbows and larger Joints
were greatly infamed and could not be
moved. 1t was only with extreme
difficulty that the patient could be
turned in bed, with the aid of three or
four persons. The weight of the cloth
ing was so oppressive that means had
to be adopted to keep it from the pa
tents body.
The doctor saw that his assistance
would be of no avail, and left the
house, the members of the family fol-
lowing him to the door weeping. at
this critical hour, a neighbor, poor
and humble German shoemaker, ap-
peared to the grief-smitten ones as a
saving angel. He had heard of the
despair of the family. and now asked
them to try his remedy, and according
~ brought forth bottle of ST. JACOBS
OIL. AS a drowning nan will catch
at straws, so the poor wife applied this
remedy; she had no hope, but would
try anything. as a matter of duty. The
first application eased the patient very
much; after a few hours they used it
again, and, wonder of wonders. the
pain vanished entirely /! Every subse-
qnent application improved the suffer
er. and in two days he was well and
out. When the doctor called few
days after. he was indeed surprised
for, instead of corpse, he found a
new made Exchange.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-08-20
/" STILL THEY COME"

Under this or some similar heading,
Democratic papers note accessions to
their ranks. AS the repetition of tho
old names is becoming somewhat mo-
notonous, we will give them gentle
reminder, and help them out. This
list is only suggestive. 1t may he ex-
tended indefinitely
Wade Hampton has recently de-
clared for Gen. Hancock, of the U. s..
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-08-20

Social DIsHoNoR. Gossip entails on
those who encourage it absolute dis
honor-we mean the dishonor of repeat
ing conversations, opinions, circumstan-
ces, not made under promise Of secrecy,
but which high sense of honor would
treat as confidential, if haply high
sense Of honor were the rule. It is odd
that one Of the best things q boy learns
at school is to eschew tale-bearing and
keep faith with his companions, while
one Of the most common practices of So
ciety is to betray the trust contained in
tall, and repeat to all what has been told
confidence to one. This ha-
bit Of repeating what we hear is as fatal
to the best intercourse Of minds as to
the finer feelings of integrity.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-08-20

e. T. b. You are mistaken. The
"red thing" you saw in Racine last
week is not the "bloody shirt" 1t is
simply the Democratic sign of distress
hung out to mark the spot where the
hitherto unterrilied are wont to meet
and mingle their tears.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-08-20

The seed rice is sOwn in water.
From this arises the beautiful figure
of Cast thy bread upon the waters"
Our merchants can SOW "good seed
by subscribing literally to the special
butter premium fund. Who will start
the listS There is good philosophy
and good policy in this.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-08-20

Those in quest of a suitable institu-
ton in which to enter upon an adj
vanced course.of study will note with
interest the advantages offered by the
State University, as portrayed in this
issue by Mr.. Clarence Van VIE.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-08-20

For every person who has moved
into South Carolina within the last
ten years, 1t is safe to say that five
have sought homes elsewhere; and yet
it is reported that an increase of over
30 per cent will be indicated by the
census. Will the most bare-faced
Bourbon assert that he believes this
census to be honest?
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-08-20
PRESERVING THE COLORS or
PRESSED PLANTS.

The following process is said by the
London Chemist and Druggist to give
very excellent results: Dissolve one
part of salicylic acid in 900 parts of al
cohol, and heat the solution to the boil
ing point in an evapOrating dish.
Draw the plant slowly through the
liquid, wave gently in the air to get
rid of superfluous moisture, and dry be-
tween folds of blotting- paper several
lines repeated. In this manner the
plants dry rapidly, which is d great
gain, and they thus furnish specimens
II superior beauty. Il
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-08-20

These figures would seem to indicate
that for every Democrat in the army
there were about four Republicans.
But perhaps the Mayor may have 9TH
er figures, showing q different state of
facts. Or perhaps he may be able to
show that the Democrats in the army.
though being majority, were bull
dozed and prevented from voting, or
forced to vote against their conyic-
lions. 1t appears, however, that some
OF the Democratic majority had the
courage to vote the Democratic ticket
IN spite of the bulldozers. Perhaps
those exceptionally courageous Demo-
Gratis were the ones who were con-
scripted.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-08-20

While our Democratic exchanges in
sist that q perfect Sabbath morning
now reigns throughout all parts of the
section once laid waste by band of
northern vandals, they inteEd to keep
US posted on ku-kluxism in Maine and
Delaware. 1t would seem that Repub-
licans have but one course left. now
that everything is so lovely in Dixie,
and that is to conciliate the northern
Democracy by the process which has
proved so effectual with the chivalry.
A genuine dyed-in-the-wOOl Democrat
has love for Cancellation only
equalled by Tanners fondness for wa
termelon.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-08-20
REPUBLICAN, COUNTY CON-
VEVTTOV.

Notice is hereby given that the Re
publican Convention of the county of
Kenosha will be held at the court
house, in the city of Kenosha, at / p.
NJ, on Wednesday, Sept. LIST, 1880, for
the purpose Of, nominating county
officers, and such other business as
may be necessary.
Z. VAN VIE,
Chairman County Committee.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-08-20

Hancock wants a "full vote, free
ballot, and an honest count" He is
simply advocating reform among
Southern democrats. In the Republi-
can states at the North, as every one
knows, the rights Of all are observed
at the polls. 1t is well for Hancock
to look after family matters little.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-08-20
THE CENSUS AND THE FUTURE.

Census returns are so far completed
that relative changes in Congressional
representation may be estimated very
closely. If no change be made in the
number of members of the House dur
ing the next decade. the states north of
Mason and Dixon's line will lose about
10 representatives and gain 0. The
states south will lose and gain Il.
This will make a change of IA votes in
the House in favor of the south, and
the same relative increase in the num-
Der of Presidential electors.
This showing will naturally make
the northern Democrat supremely hap
py. Nothing would do him so much
good as to see the absolute control of
she government turned over to the
brigadiers.
Now let Texas be carved up into
three or four states. and "the cause for
which Lee and Jackson fought" will be
anything but "lost cause"
Following the contamination of this
pleasant scheme it will be the easiest
thing in the world for the Solid South,
aided by it's northern allies, to place
some good ex-rebel like Wade Hamp-
ton in the Presidential chair. That
such is the plan of the brigadiers will
of course be denied by the northern
wing OF the party; but that a peace
able revolution of this kind is contem-
plated no sane man can doubt.
And what are We going to do about
it? No one will believe that the ratio
OF increase in the population of the
South exceeds or even equals that In
the North. There is very strong odol
of fraud in the air. Will Republican:
be satisfied to simply sniff the breeze
and let it passP Or will they give ut
terance to words, and if need be, bach
them up by deeds whose meaning shall
be unmistakablep
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-08-20
HE KENOSHA TELEGRAPH
REPUBLICAN, CLUB.

The Garfield and Arthur Club holds
meetings regularly every Wednesday
evening in Reeds Hall. All Republic
cans are invited to attend.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-08-20

The Triennial COnclave of Knights
Templar at Chicago has proved to be
the most magnificent affair of the
kind on record.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-08-20

Some of the less enthusiastic Demo-
Gratis are little shaky about Iowa. 1t
is barely possible that state may go for
Garfield and Arthur in November.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-08-20

Cakes Ames' children have come out
with a declaration that Tilden was
right in pronouncing the Credit Mobil-
Ter scheme legitimate. Democratic
papers will now cease to call Garfield a
thief because he partook of the apple,
but will cry out Perjurer" because he
says he was too poor to buy, and didn't
like the looks of the fruit anyhow.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-08-20

with his textbooks, is found some
where tn the outer CIRCLE Popular
Science Monthly.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-08-20

Maud S. and st. Julien recently
trotted at Rochester, N. Y, in the best
time on record, namely, 2.11A.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-08-20

Army, and the principles for which
Lee and Jackson, of the Confederate
Army fought.
Jefferson Davis has come out for
Hancock and the Union as it is, and
English and Secession, as it expects to
be.
General Beaaregarl, formerly Of s.
c.. now manager of the I.ollisana
State Lottery, advocates "fulI vote,
free ballot and honest count" for Ham
cock, etc.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-03-16
AN OKLOHAMA BALLAD.

pm. E".e. -.sI.
Where rolleth the Verdigris down to the sea,
Where the Chickasaw roams on the f1owery lea.
Where the azure Wewoka sweeps on in its way
From old Pottowattomie down to the bay;
Where the hipfap chirps cheerily out of the
gloam,
And the sad phillaloo sings of mother and home,
With my Cherokee maiden esconced on my knee
Ana my Kickapoo darling, I'm pining TO be.
Oh, it's rain that tire gewgaw disports in the
hedge,
And the pollywog glides in the slipperysome
sedge,
Or the proud cockadoodle sweeps down from her
nest,
And scars on the blizzard that yawps in the west;
The dado may wall in the simmer of moon,
And charm the dull Seminole ear with his tune;
1t is still l am pouring my passionate tide
the love that l bear for my kickapOo bride.
l chase the fierce tittlebat out of his lair,
/ wove the sly gingersnap into my snare;
l hunt the wild tattletale over the hill,
And coax the coy cOckleburr out of the rill,
And then the Arrapahoe virgin is glad,
And the Boggywok squaw IN her wampum is
clad,
And my Tismingo beauty goes hiphop with glee,
And my Kickapoo darling reclines on my knee.
-Kuns0s City Times.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-03-16
NOTES.

admire Blaine and trust him.-WcnieU
Phillips.
Senator Teller will stand by his Ute bill if
it takes all summer.
The Wisconsin delegation at Chicago, it is
said, will be sixteen for Blaine aud four for
Sherman.
Pendleton and Thurman will not be sorry
to see the Democratic national convention
held at Cincinnati.
Vermont becomes daily more solid for Ed
munds. He is almost certain to receive the
States full vote at Chicago.
Congressman Acklen seems to have "a ge-
MUS for improprietles but this time It's only
a report improperly submitted to the House.
A return recently made in New York Stale
shows that its savings banks hold 500, $50, 900
of the bonds of the United States, par value.
These banks have deposits of $299, OO0, 1000.
General Grants position, according to an
intimate friend, is that he does not want the
Republican nomination unless he can get it
and the same was the matter with the toX in
quest of high-hung grapes.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-03-16
Lungs Full Of Fire.

a. w. Underwood. the colored man whose
breath sets ~colnbustibles on fire, was inter.
viewed by a Courier reporter on Tuesday
evening. He says he is twenty-four years
When about twelve years old he held
his handkerchief to his mouth and blew upon
it and it took fire. He says he is unable to
account for it says that physicians have ex-
amined him and they are as much in the
dark as himself. He set a piece of paper on
fire at the Dyckman House, recently, before a
large crowd. A respectable citizen of Paw
Paw says chat this fellow was out with him at
a hunting party last summer and none of the
party had any matches, and that Underwood
took up both hands full of dry leaves, breathed
on them for awhile and set them on fire,
from which they built a fire in the woods.
He seemed much exhausted last evening after
his effort says that he could not endure it
more than tw,ce in one day. Parties present
say they had examined his hands, had him
rinse his mouth out and drink q glass of
water, and then saw him set paper or cloth
OH fire by his breath.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-03-16
Attire Of Bulgarian Women.

Gay colors distinguish the female attire 81
Bulgaria, and when a malika or bassila (two
common names) cal, drape herself in a scar
let, wadded jacket of the most brilliant hue
that calico can take, a yellow veil, and a pair
of trousers OF the baggiest and bluest kind,
she becomes an object of the bitterest envy
of her less fortunate sisters. The women
are, like the men, honestly featured, with
coarse, gray hair, and strongly proportional.
Their children, running and tumbling about,
with little screams and bubbllng laughter.
were in their blissful ignorance navarro that
the morrow might come, and find them with
out a crust. The elders seemed resigned.
The men said it was so hard to find work,
there were so many unemployed. Many, they
said, had bought horses and mules on credit,
and did a little carrying business, but the
great majority could raise no money and
could only wait for spring, when they hoped
the government would help them with grain
to do their sowing, and be ready next year
before the cold.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-03-16
A Great River In Alaska,

Alaskan explorers report one of the largest
rivers in the world, the Yukon, as ~navigable
for steamers two thousand five hundred miles
and at foe hundred miles from its mouth it
receives a very large navigable tributary.
The basin formed by the confluence is twenty
four miles wide. The Yukon is nearly as
large as the Mississippi. Indians are every
where, and war between tribes is continuous.
There is snow for six. months, and, without
roads, dog-sledges find good travelling. Game
a%bounds, and Indians have an easy life. From
seven to nine dogs make a team, the old one
being the leader. The driver has to watch
this dog. If it gets Oh the scent Of eame it is
Off and the whole team is demoralized. Off
they scamper, through woods and thickets,
upsetting the load, smashing the sled, tearing
the harness, and giving the driver days Of
hunting to restore the status quo. So vast a
country. traversed by n~avigahle waters, will
soon tempt restless and speculative adve ntur-
ers to explore it..
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-03-16

1t is amusing to hear New England SOUL
chaw" howl over the meditated ''outlage'' in
South Carolina of requiring every voter to be
able to read and write. Boston has been
clamoring for an educational qualification for
half a century, but her love for the negro gets
the best of her theory and she is anxious
that the suffrage shall remain debased at the
South, where it does not hurt her. Nobody
will deny that the qualification proposed is
'.aimed at the negro But it is not because
he is a negro, nor does it apply to him when
he is intelligent. The fact that he is ignor-
ant, and votes ruin upon the State, is not
gainsaid. But because his skin is black it is
insisted that AN exception should be made in
his favor that would not he made if his skin
were white. In other words, plainly put,
Boston holds that black men have rights
superior to white men and thus runs the doc
trine of equality into inequality.-Denrer
Setrs.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-03-16
Notice! 1

Fashionable Dress-M and Plain Sewing
of all kinds done at MRS. JNO. II. GOFF'S
West Granite ST., second door east of j. Forbis'
Law Office. 19Sw3m
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-03-16
UTILIZING SNAKE RIVER.


Al Improvement is about to be made IN the
Snake River region, whose Importance it is
difficult to overestimate. In that region are
situated some of the finest farming lands be-
tween the Rockies and the Sierras, only wait
ing the hand of the farmer to bring forth
riches. The great trouble has been the
scarcity of water, but now that this difficulty
is about TO be speedily removed, nothing pre-
vents the entry of him who is agriculturally
inclined. In the vicinity of Eagle Rock, near
the Utah & Northern railway, there are some
100000 acres Of land which will admit Of
cultivation, were water present.. A great
amount of this land will not lack in this
requisite hereafter, as all irrigating company
with energetic and responsible men at the
front, have let the contract for the construc-
ton of a canal from the South Fork across
The country thirty miles to the main river.
The engineer was greatly surprised in making
the survey at the facility with which so large
IN area of rich and fertile country could be
irrigated. The line of this ditch will lay
along a dividing ridge. from each side of
which, covering a distance of five miles in
width, for An extent of twenty miles, the land
can be easily irrigated. The soil through
this section OF country is naturally very fertile
and will average about tour feet in depth. 1t
is exceedingly well adapted for the cultivation
of the smaller ~cerials, such as wheat, oats,
rye, ETC., and all kinds of vegetables. With
the consummation of the above mentioned
enterprise, all this land can be brought into
use, and a country that is now only occupied
by roaming herds Of cattle can easily, uLder
the skillful hand of the husbandman, be made
to blossom like a garden. In addition to this
there are many persons who hold placer
mines on this side of the river who will, on
the completion of this canal, which will
furnish abundant facilities for sluicing, CON-
menae mining operations. 1t will have a
depth of four feet, a width at the bottom OF
twenty and at the top of twenty-eight feet,
and will also be used to irrigate a wide area
known as the Willow Greek region. The
ow ners of the canal are DIR. Woodward, OF
Bellyue, Ohio Mr.. j. c. Anderson, Of Eagle
Rock Bridge, and Mr.. b. F. White. The
contract for constructing it has been let II
Bishop Hammond, of Logan, the probable
cost being between $4,000 and $4,000. 1
ia expected that the enterprise will be conf
pleted this spring. During the past season
seyenty-five families have settled on Snake
River above Eagle Rock.-The Nec Wet.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-03-16
Gold in the World.

The Silrer World published in Denver,
Col, says: "a cubic inch of gold is worth
500; a cubic foot, 1891, $50; a cubic yard So
707,765: This is valuing it at SIS. SO an ounce.
At the commencement of the Christian era
there was then in the world $427, OOO, 900 in
gold. This had diminished to $4,000 900 at
the time America was discovered. Then it
began to increase. Now the amount of gold
in use is estimated to be sc, 000, 100000. Yet
all this welded into one mass would he con-
tanned in a cube of twenty-six feet"