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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-11-12
A New Theory.

DIR. GUSTAV Jaeger, of Stuttgart, Ger
many, has preached some new theories
in regard to the susceptibility of persons
to contagious diseases, which theories
are regarded by some of his homeopath-
lc brethren as important discoveries.
Indeed DR.. Schlegel considers that Prof.
Jaeger has proved that the specific
gravity of the human body has much
to do with its susceptibility to disease,
Or, as we might put it the other way,
the ability of the body to resist epidemic
disease. The rule laid down by Prof
Jaeger is that the greater the specific
gravity of the body, or the greater its
weight in comparison with the space it
occupies, the greater is its ability sue
cessfully to resist such disease. He
says that persons of low specific gravi-
ty, or those in whom adipose tissue pre-
ponderates over solid muscle, are over
burdened with the useless ballast made
up mainly of fat and water, which tends
to render them susceptible to disease.
In regard to his statements, our opin-
ion would be that there may be an i'm
portant truth in them, and indeed we
think we have observed many examples
which would go to prove his rule. But
to prove his statements and make them
acceptable as scientific facts, a large
number Of statistics would be necessary.
In further pursuance of this idea, Prof.
Jaeger believes that he has discovered a
simple way of preventing the accumula-
ton of fat and water in the system; or,
in other words, the means of maintain
ing a high specific gravity. He thinks
that it is only necessary to wear clothing
which consists exclusively Of wool, and
to keep warm the middle line of the
front of the body. While we recognize
and have often pointed out the special
advantages of wooden clothing, we have
never noticed that it tended to check
obesity, and for the present must take
the liberty to doubt Prof. Jaeger's rem
edy, for low specific gravity is of as
much value as the suggestion as to the
specific gravity of the human body and
its relation to the susceptibility to con-
tagious diseases.-Dr. Foote's Health
MonfhEU
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Gen. Hancock interviewed.

Gen Hancock was asked by New York re-
porter what he thought of the result of the
election
1t would" he replied, "require too much
space to PRINT all my thoughts. Therefore, /
will content myself with saying that personally
do not feel badly because l am not elected.
Of course, regret that the Democratic party,
of which am proud to be a member. has been
defeated. 1t is a great disappointment to all of
us when we fail to gain victory in behalf of
the faith and principles which we advocate. It
is my wish that it be understood that have
no grief on my own account. The man who
assumes the duties pertaining to the Presi-
dency of the United States has @ momentous
task to perform.
''Whom do you blame for your defeat?"
Certainly not my friends, and it was per-
fectly natural that my political opponents should
work for their own interests"
I" But, General, some of your friends have
said that"
"Oh, never mind" interrupted Gen. Han.
cock, the campaign is over, and the true
Christian spirit is to forgive and forget
g 1t is claimed on your behalf, General. that.
although you will not have sufficient votes in
the Electoral College to make you President,
you have received a majority of the popular
vote of the country"
'That may be so. We shall know when the
exact election returns are in from all the rural
districts in the different States. But, be that
as it may, have the pleasure of knowing that I
have hundreds of thousands of true friends.
who rendered me the compliment of their votes
To merit tho esteem and kind wishes of these
people is the desire nearest my heart. I have
always tried to faithfully serve my country in
the past, and it is my earnest intention to puf-
sue the same policy in the future, whatever
may be my station in life
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Campaign Committee, Capt. Samboie's COM
! pany of the New Orleans Artillery a veteran
| Southern organization, fred 100 guns to cele-
brate the election of Garfield and Arthur. I'm
mediately after the salute meeting of the
company was held, at which Lieut. Rowler
moved that Gen. Garfield be elected an hon
orary member, and notified of the fact. The
motion vas seconded by Sergt. Devere. put by
Capt. Sambole, and carried By reclamation.
| Gen. Hancock, says New York dis
patch, has been so sadly overworked during the
canvass that his friends are in some alarm at
his condition. He is a man of full habit, and
has been SO closely confined for some time, and
SO hard at work at his Office and campaign du-
ties, and taken SO little recreation, and been
suffering SO much from repeated colds and
chest and throat troubles, that he must rest
now for some time. His most intimate friends
are really anxious about hun.
At a meeting of the Tammany Hall
general committee, in New York, an address to
the Democracy of the country was read, claim
ing Hsncock's defeat was due to fraud, intimi-
dalton and the use of enormous sums of money
by the Republicans. Mr.. Van Wyck moved
an amendment that Hancock's defeat was
due to the Encouragement and pickering Of
the Democratic leaders in Kings county and
New York city. Thomas F. Grady, COL Rob
erts, and Others opposed the amendment
Henry Steinert advocated the amendment, and
said people no longer wanted Boss Kelly, and
he should resign. Some hot discussion was fol-
lowed by rejection of the amendment and adop-
Kelly.
Five of the members Of the Legisla-
ture elected in Tennessee are colored men.
The candidates for United States
Senator from Wisconsin to succeed Senator
Cameron are the Hon. Philetus Sawyer, the
Hon. E. W. Keyes, ex-senator Howe, the Hon.
Horace Rublee, and several dark horses.
Gen. Ben Harrison, Hon. John c. New,
Hon. Will Cumback, Congressman Orth and
Senator in Indiana.
Favorite sons are being put forward
already for Cabinet positions. Pennsylvania
has three to offer-Senator Don Cameron, the
Hon. Galusha A. Grow and Mr.. Quay. Nebraska
will present Senator Hitchcock, Massachusetts
Gov. J. d. Long. and SO on.
The following is the vote OF the four
principal cities in 1876 and 1880:
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Proof Against Snake Poison.

A Rio Janeiro letter says: There was
some excitement and much talk about
the scientific enthusiasm of DR.. Strad-
ling, surgeon on board the Royal Mail
Company's steamer Elbe, who had horTi-
fed the crew and passengers of that YES
sci by testing upon himself the efficacy
of an antidote for snake bite which he
had discovered. At Bahia he succeeded
in purchasing large rattlesnake, which
he conveyed on board surreptitiously, and,
locking himself up in his cabin, deliber-
ately made the snake bite him, with the
result that he was found, some twelve
hours later, in state of coma, from
which, however, he was recovered with
out much difficulty, and declared that
for many hours the venom had been
without effect upon him. Being remon-
strated with by the captain, DIR. Strad-
ling promised "not to do it again.
But it was too much for him, and at Rio
Janeiro lie went ashore one evening,
leaving letter to the effect that he "was
going ashore to try his antidote, so as
not to break his promise in the letter at
all events; that he felt confident of sue
cess, but that they would know what had
become of him In case he failed to re-
turn, &c. OF course this letter caused
his friends on board much anxiety till
next morning, when, just as they were
sending off the police, DIR. Stradling
himself appeared, radiant" showing
fresh bite in his arm, and declaring the
experiment to have been perfectly sue
cessful, although he would not tell i'll
what consisted the specific SO marvel
ouslY effective,
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POLITICAL POINTS.

Garfield carried Hancock's native
town in Montgomery county, Pa. Hancock
carried Galena by SO2 majority. Gen. Viewers
county gave Hancock majority.
It is considered almost settled that
Gen. Joseph R. Hawley will be elected Senator
from Connecticut instead of Senator Eaton.
The increase of the Republican vote
of New York city this year over 1876 is %, 165,
while the increase in the Democratic vote is
only 1851, making gain Of 1854 for the
Republicans.
A recent telegram from New Orleans
says "Under contract with the Republican
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-11-12
Mental Imagery.

Mr.. Francis Gallon gave the British
association some interesting results in
his investigation Of power of calling up
or forming mental pictures. In some
persons the faculty Of perceiving images
was very feeble, and in this respect they
were much in the same position as those
who were blind from their birth. Other
persons perceived past scenes with dis
tinctiveness and appearance OF reality
that differed little from actual vision,
and between these wide limits he had
met with multitude of cases which ex-
tended in an unbroken series.
There was q true kinship between
actual vision and mental pictures, by
which we recollected what we had seen.
When the light fell upon the eye an
irritation was set up, and this travelled
toward the brain, where it associated
with other waves Of irritation proceeding
from independent centres that fingered
here and there and finally died away.
In the form of mental picture this was
reversed-the mental imageTies of which
he spoke were those habitually suggested
by well-known associations. Butalthough
the faculty of visualizlng clearly was
characteristic of certain races, and was a
natural and hereditary gift, it admitted
of being largely developed by education.
The memories one should aim at acquir-
ing were chiefly based upon thorough
understanding of the objects obscured,
and he had noticed that the faculty Of
visualizing was very well developed
amongst mechanicians and architects
most highly developed amongst them,
perhaps, for they he'd thoroughly to IN
derstand the process of mechanical draw
ing, where the intended structure was to
be set forth in plan, and elevation,
and section.
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DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.
Hast


In an election row at Lexington.
Miss, ]. w. Ashcraft was killed. and T. J.
Lockhart and c. NJ. Hall badly wounded.
John W. Former, Jr., was shot dead
by his brother Edward on election day, near
Cedar Rock. N. G. They had been drinking,
and got to discussing the political situation
one being Democrat and the other a Republic
can. The dead man fell with knife clasped
in his hand.
A stove factory at Quakertown. Pa.
has been burned, the loss being SAC, 1000.
Long Island farmers are making large
shipments of Newtown pippins to England
where they realize 50 per barrel.
The trial of Philip, charged with forg-
ing the Morey letter, was resumed at New York
on the 4th inst, and Hart, the publisher of
Truth, testified that the letter came to him
through the mail, and that Philip never saw it
until it appeared in facsimile. Hart had
doubts at first about its genuineness. but after
subjecting it to a microscopic examination and
consulting with Chairman Barnum he con.
cluded to publish it.
It is now deemed certain that within
two years $12, OOO,OO viii be expended on the
Cape Cod canal.
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French Treatment of Mysteries.

A new treatment of hysterical affections
is noticed in the Gazette Medicale of
Paris. In cases of paralysis of sensation
it has often been observed that when
metal is applied for a certain time to the
insensible surface of limb at the end of
about quarter Of an hour an incomplete
sensibility returned, on a restricted zone
Of skin, and from that point spreads
gradually during the twenty-four hours
over the whole limb Sensibility returns,
and at the same time the skin reddens,
the temperature rises, and even the mus
crlar force seems increased. Strange to
say say however, in respect to this principle
of treatment, all metals do not act in the
same way with the same patients-on
some gold, while on others copper or
zinc is efficient though the same metal
always on the same patient Some of
the most eminent French physicians and
chemists have directed their attention to
this subject.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-11-12
MISCELLANEOUS GLEAN1NGs.
1t is said that the forthcoming annual

It is said that the forthcoming annual
report of Gen. Sherman will be his last, as he
has determined to carry into effect an inten-
ton frequently expressed to go upon the re-
tired list next spring, having served the thirty
years required by section 1,243 of the Revised
Statutes to qualify him for voluntary retire
ment. The title of General is exclusively his
own, and his retirement will not make va
cancy on the active list. 1t will, however, take
Lieut.. Gen. Sheridan to Washington as COM
mander of the army, and will open the way for
Maj. Gen. Hancock's transfer to Chicago as
commander Of the great and important military
division embracing nearly the whole theater of
Indian operations and the greater part of the
active forces of the army.
The Methodist Board of Missions has
appropriated $4,000 for work in China.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-11-12
The Popular Vote.
An estimate of the popular vote, based upon
the aajorities reported by telegraph up to this
writing, gives the following result
Fashion in NOah's Time.

The Madras Missionary Record says
that aprons of grass form to this day the
only clothing Of the daughters of Eve
who are found in district near the Ira
vancore back-water. "The leaves of a
certain water plant are cut into lengths
a foot long and tied in such fashion
that the strings unwoven hang down in
a bushy tail behind, and present the
same appearance in front, reaching near
~ to the knees. This is accounted for
by tradition chat in former days Ger
tain hgh-caste man of that region had
been sowing yarious grains and planting
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-11-12
egetables in his field, but had found

vegetables in his field, but had found
out that his daily work was in some I'M
known way frustrated, for whatever he
planted or sowed in the day was careful
~ picked up and taken when he slept.
So he set q watch, and one night he saw
coming out of hole hitherto unknown
to him certain beings like men, but
quite naked, who set to work destroying
his hopes of crop. Pursuing them he
succeeded in catching man and wom-
an, and he was SO impressed with shame
at their condition that he gave the man
his upper cloth, which was hanging oil
ms shoulder, and made him put it on,
but, not having one to spare for the
woman, she made herself an apron of
grass as described"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-11-12
An Engineers Wager.

An amusing incident in the career Of
Mr.. A. L. Holly is related by New
York paper. While working as an en-
gineer on one of the railways, he made a
wager with some of his fellows that he
could run a locomotive a mile without
fire, water or steam, the locomotive to be
taken empty and cold from the shop and
towed by another engine to point at
some distance ON the road where level
stretch of track favored the experiment
Young Holly rode in solitary state ON his
cold locomotive to the scene of trial, and,
unsupported by his escort, set his locomo-
tive for backward running. 50 that the
revolution of the driving. wheels moved
the pistons in such a way as to pump air
into the boiler. This gave him, by the
time the destined point was reached,
more than one hundred and fifty pounds
Of air pressure in the boiler, by means of
which he ran his mile and won his wager.
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.1,596,12S 1,1T9,674


If the same average rate of increase should be
maintained throughout, the population by the
tenth census would be so. 1875, 1872, which is not
far from the true number.
The schooner Belle Sheridan has been
lost on Lake Ontario. Capt. McSherry, his
three sons, and sailor persisted.
Texas, upon unofficial returns, shows
a population of 1865, 433.
Thirty-three leading railways show
earnings for October averaging 81 per cent. over
last year.
The British bark Macedonia, from
Pensacola, Fla, for Berwick, England, has been
abandoned at sea, waterlogged and dismasted.
Nine of the crew were drowned.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-11-12
WASHINGTON NOTES.

John Grant, who carries an honorable
discharge from the army, called at the White
House and demanded possession as the SUI
preme ruler of the universe
Secretary Sherman offers 102. rs for
6s of 1880.
The total coinage of the minis for Oc-
tober was s., 97s, sS5 in gold, and $2,279,OOO in
silver.
The President and Cabinet officers
and their families went to Hampton Roads, last
week, to witness Secretary Thompson's naval
review.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-11-12

-Four blocks in the business portion
OF Watford, Ont, have been burned, causing a
loss of sl5O,OOO.
Lakes Erie, Ontario and Huron were
visited by a furious gale on the night of the
9Th inst. causing many shipwrecks.
The American steamer Courier has
reached japanese port with roundabout It'd
ings that the Jeanette and some whalers had
been crushed in the Arctic regions.
The Census Bureau has made the fol-
lowing official returns of population:
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Read NeWsp.uers,

The man who does not read the news
paper is a man who may be suspected Of
ignorance. There is vast amount Of
trash in newspapers, but they grow bet
ter and better every year. Ii a man
takes bad newspaper it is his own fault,
for he has his choice among plenty OF good
ones. Every young man should read the
newspapers. Henry Ward Beecher.
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Glass or Celluloid Tyne.

The usefulness of toughened glass.
says the London Pottery Gazette.
bids fair to be greater than was at first
supposed. Some experiments are re-
ported to have been made in France
with a view to showing whether this
substance can be pressed into the printers
service and substituted for the metal
composition of which types are made.
The latter does not at first sight strike the
observer as the best that could be found.
1t is bright enough when the letters first
come from the foundry, and before they
have seen any service; but few days
wear gives the type very dingy appear
ance, and before they are finally returned
to the melting-pot they have degenerated
into very squalid form, looking dirty in
their body as well as battered in their
faces. The idea is now to discard these
ong-proved but unattractive servants
and fill their places with glittering types
of glass. The advantages in point of
cleanliness alone would, it is alleged, be
not insignificant
The toughened glass, which is not to
be made in quite the same way as that
StoSA AOA Olt1AlO1CLo ttl1Al N1ilC-SSldSSSS, dUu
need not, Of course, be quite so trans
parent, is naturally much harder than
the old metal, and can hardly be crushed
out of shape by those little accidents
which SO shorten the life and spoil the
beauty of the only type we now employ.
It is also capable of being cast into more
delicate shapes, so that the difference,
for instance, between the thin and the
thick strokes can be more clearly defined.
1t is now found that the Hew material
can be cast in exactly the same moulds
as the old, and that, therefore, there
need be no expense incurred in altering
the machines and implements used in
the manufacture of type.
We learn from a reliable source that
greatsuccess attended recent experiments
made with celluloid in the manufacture
of type. It is not improbable that one
or the other of these articles may at
some future time take the place Of the
old metal types which have so long been
in use
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The United States Senate.

The Senate, after the 4th of March next
CHASING Davis, of Illinois, and Malone, of Viz
ginia as Democrats, will be composed of thir-
ty-seven Republicans and thirty-nine Demo
Gratis. as follows:
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THE friends of the late railroad prince,
Mark Hopkins, of California, have erect
ed an enormous monument over his
grave. The stones were brought from
Fort Laramie, and the contractor who
placed them in position was paid $50. :
600. The tomb cost more than any resi-
dence In San Francisco.
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The House of REPRESENTATIVES.

The following table indicates the number of
members of Congress elected, by States, COM
pared with the membership of the Forty-sixth
Congress:
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-11-12

IT is asserted that half of Thoreau's
manuscripts have not yet been published.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-06-23

shipments 2,700; mixed packing 416OA: 40; choice
heavy 44O04.6O; light 4.2O04.40. Cattle receipts
$500; shipments 800; heavy, steady, light, active
and strong; shipping 4.2O@4 80; stockers Z, sOQO
$50. Sheep, receipts 500; shipments none; weak
common to good 3.4504.0O.
New YORK, June 22-Cotton dull ct l2Gt12hc;
futures quiet Flour dull and weak; receipts $1,000
barrels; super state and western So 250S76; COM
mon to good extra 3.65D4. 49, good to choice 100
90; white wheat extra 4.66D5 .00 extra Ohio 1890
CAS- St. Louis As0O7.0 90; Minnesota patent process,
e.0ODS.25 Wheat, heavy and lower; receipts 2Sl 600
ungraded red, 01.ls1i No. 2 do l.210l.21h No
red Kansas Ito; No. Gambler 1901 30; ungraded
white 121SGDl. 14X; No. white ID; No. j DO
sales 80 600 bushels at 15QD1.15A; No. red June,
sales 226 900 bushels at 1.21@1 .21M; July, sales
$4,000 bushels at 1.11O1.12h; Aug. sales 24S 900
$4,000 bushels; ungraded 47H@5Sc; steamer 400
a9hc; No. 60A051hc; No. June 51O5lAc;
July 49X050c Oats heavy and lower; receipts ~,
600 bushels mixed western 36M039c; white
western 37xQD44c. hay, In fair demand at 76QDS0.
Hops In fair demand and unchanged. Coffee active
hning quoted at 7ss07Xc. Molasses dull and un-
changed. Rice, in fair demand. Petroleum strong
and higher; united quoted at rs; crude 71sQSc ;
refined 10H. Tallow steady and unchanged. Ros1n
steady aud unchanged st 1.420145. Turpentine
steady at $12sAGl.2sh Eggs >, dun ss llggi t
steady. Out meats firm; long clear middles 7.25
short clear middies 7.5O Lard heavy and fair bust
ness at 7.4O17.45. Butter dull and heavy at 12QD
2O1sc. Cheese dull and lower at 6H08hc. Whisky
nominal at $1.1201.13.
LIVERPOOL, June 22.-Cotton easier at 1890
1916 sales 5000 bales; for speculation and export
1900; American 1850. Breadstuffs, small business
at lower prices. California white wheat average, 0s
6d0ss sd; do club, 9s Sd010s Id red western spring
Ss 6dG09s Sd.