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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-09-10
Tile United States and Europe.

81 /.
We number now nearly or quite So
100000 people. A hundred million could
be sustained, without increasing the area
Of q single farm or adding one to their
number, by merely bringing our product
up to the average standard of reasonably
good agriculture; and then there might
remain for export twice the quantity we
now send abroad, to feed the hungry in
foreign lands. No longer divided by the
curse of slavery, this nation is now united
by bonds of mutual interest of common
speech, tied by the iron band of 5000
miles of railway, and is yet only be-
ginning to feel the vital power and
grandeur of truly national existence.
What may be the future of this land few
can yet conceive. Texas alone comprises
as much, territory as the German EN-
pire, England and Wales combined
Texas has now about 100000 people
within her, boundaries; the German En-
pire, England and Wales, about 67, OOO,-
900. The good land i'll Texas is equal
in area to the good land in Germany and
Great Britain. Kansas, Nebraska and
Iowa combined more than equal France
in area and possess more fertile land
Only twenty-five years ago John Brown
and his companions redeemed Kansas
from slavery; Nebraska was then indi-
Gated on our own maps as part of ''the
great American desert" and Iowa had
scarcely become State. Their popula-
ton may now be 2,500,000. France has
1900, 0O0.i The great middle section of
Eastern Tennessee, Northern Georgia,
Western Carolina and Southern Virginia
has been henmed in by the curse of
slavery, and is yet almost terra IN
cog,afta, but it is replete with wealth in
minerals, in timber and in fertile valleys
of almost unequal climate for health and
yigor. This section is almost equal to
the Austrian Empire in it area, and more
than equal In resources. It has sparse
population of only one or two millions.
The Austrian Empire has over 37,00O,-
900. The healthy upland country Of
Georgia, Alabama and the Carolianas
contains vast area of fertile woodland,
which can be bought by the hundred
thousand acres at half dollar or twenty
five cents an acre, on which sheep and
cotton thrive equally well. These. sec
tons are being slowly occupied by white
farmers, and wait for immigrants who
can bring them to use. In few short
years, sheep, fed mainly upon The kernel
Of the cotton-seed, and upon the grasses
that follow the cotton, will send to market
from the samefelds, alternately occupied,
as much wool as cotton. This warm sec
ton is more than equal to Italy in area;
it has perhaps 1900, 900 people. Italy
contains q, 100000 The fertile lands Of
the Shenandoa' Valley in Virginia, and
along the Potomac in Maryland, more
than equal Belgium. They may contain
half q million people. Belgium has more
than five million In the consideration
Of this problem of productive capacity
there are other factors of the greatest
Importance. What are the burdens to be
borne by our people compared to others?
What is the mortgage on this land that
we possess?-E d. atkinson, IN Fort
nightly Reuiea0.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-09-10
Cost of Modern Armies.

A detailed comparison of the cost en-
tailed by standing armies shows some
very curious results, which the COnstit1t-
tiOnaet gives In compact form. Among
the great Powers, England of course,
stands pre-eminent for the extravaganza
of its expenditure, the annual cost of each
man III the army being 3,500f or 9140,
while for the Indian army the cost per
man is 5000, or about half. Next but
at long interval, comes Austria Hun
gary with an expenditure of about a51;
then France and Germany, the latter of
which countries spends just 943 per an
mum per man. The other two great
Powers each spend little less than Ger
many, but the difference is exceedingly
small. Italy appears to pay just under
940 and Russia just over e39, which is,
as will be observed, not very much
more than quarter of the expense re-
CURED by the British soldier. On the
other hand, a table showing the proper
ton of money spent on the army to the
general expenditure of the countries tells
very different tale, and almost reverses
the positions on the list of the several
European Powers. It appears from the
calculation made by the Con8titutjonaaeE
that there is paid toward the army in
England and the colonies only IA per
cent of the budget, and this percentage
is the same in the case of Italy, Austria
Hungary occupies the next place, with a
proportion of 10 per cent, and next come
the two rivals, France and Germany,
with similar total of 81 per cent, Rus
STA bringing up the rear with an expen-
diture of 20 per cent or double that of
England 1t is estimated that the MAIN
tenance of the army cost annually to each
head Of the population about IS Cd. in
Italy, rs. Id. in Russia, IS. Sd. in Ger
many, rs. 4d in France. and Us. Cd.
in great Britain. --LonCloa GtoJe.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-09-10
STAND FROM UNDER.
Deserving the Democratic Ranks by
PlatOOnS.

Deserving the Democratic Ranks by
a PlatOOns.
New Albany Qnd) Cor. Cincinnati Commercially
The Democratic exodus in this city
amounts to panic, and the widest
alarm peryades their ranks. To-day
Mr.. George f. Penn, Democratic Coun-
Gilman from the First ward Of this city,
and heretofore formidable local Dem
ocratic politician on account of his In
fiuence, publishes card renouncing
Democracy, and declaring for Garfield
and Arthur, and Porter and the Repub-
lican State ticket. Mr.. Penn is General
Manager Of the operative department. Of
the glass works. a Me-
The Hon. Washington G. De PAW,
proprietor of De Pauw's American Plate
Glass Works, this city, and his two sons,
Newland Z. and Charles De PAW, all
heretofore strong Democrats, are out
boldly for Garfield and Arthur and Por-
ter and the Republican State ticket.
DR.. Elijah NeVland, formerly Demo-
cratic State Treasurer of Indiana, and a
lifelong Democrat, is openly for Garfield
and Arthur, and Porter and the Repub-
ican State ticket.
Mr.. Fred Wilson, q foreman in the
window-glass works, and heretofore a
red-hot Democrat, is for Garfield and
Arthur, and Porter.
The late Hon. John S. Davis was one
of the leading Democratic politicians of
Indiana, and at his death, few weeks
ago, was Judge of the Floyd and Clark
Circuit Courts. Three Of his sons have
within few days came out strongly for
the Republican national and State
tickets.
Mr.. David g. Hudson, heretofore
pronounced Democrat and an active
business man, says: "The business
men of the country do not need or de-
sire any change, for times were never SO
substantially good in this country as at
present. / will therefore vote for Gar
field and Arthur, and Porter and the Re
publican State ticket.
There is now In course of organization
at the De Pauw American Plate Glass
Works, in this city, a Garfield and Ar
thur Club, to be composed of seventy
five voters, every one of whom have
heretofore voted the Democratic ticket.
Mr.. George r. Penn will be the Presi-
dent, and Mr.. Charles De PAW, Sec
rotary.
Three Republican clubs in this city
have enrolled among their members
eighty-fiye men who heretofore voted
the Democratic ticket.
This is the way it Is going all over this
part of Indiana. The deadest duck in the
political puddle is Franklin Landers,
who imagines himself running for Gov
ernor of Indiana.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-09-10
Why Snow at Great Attitudes Does
Not Melt.

Mr.. James Croll, theauthor Of Clino+o
and Time, gives in Nature his views as
to the influence of an aqueous vapor on
the melting point Of snow. He saws:
The reason why snow at great eleya-
ton doesnot melt butremains permanent
is owing to the fact that the heat re.
ceived from the sun is thrown off into
stellar space so rapidly by radiation and
reflection that the sun fails to rise the
temperature of the snow to the melting
point; the snow evaporates, but it does
notmelt. The SUBMITS of the Himalayas
for example, must receive more than ten
times the snow that falls on them. not
withstanding which the snow is not
melted. And, In spite of the strength of
the sun and the dryness of the airafthose
attitudes, evaporation is insufficient to re-
move the snow. At low elevations. where
the snowfall is probably greater and the
amount of heat even less than at the sum-
mlts, the snow melts and disappears
Inns, believe, we must attribute to the
influence of aqueous vapor. At high
elevations the air is dry, and allows the
heat radiated from the snow to PASS
into space; but at low elevations a
very considerable amount of the
heat radlated from the snow to pass into
space; but at low elevations a yery con-
siderable amount Of the heat radiated
from the snow is absorbed in PASSING
through the atmosphere. A consid7
cradle portion of the heat thus absorbed
by the vapor is radiated back ON the
snow, but the heat thus radiated he
ing of the same quality as that which the
snow itself radiates, is on thisaccountab-
sorbed by the snow. Little or none Of
it is reflected like that received from the
sun. The consequence is that the heat
thus absorbed accumulates in the snow
till melting takes places. Were the
amount of aqueous vapor possessed bv
the atmosphere sufficiently diminished
perpetual snow would cover our globe
down to the seashore. Tt is true that the
air IS warmer at the lower level than at
the higher level, and by contact with the
snow must tend to melt it more at the
former than at the latter position. But
we must remember thatthe air swarmer
mainly IN consequence of the influence
OF aqueous vapor, and that were the
quantity of vapor reduced to the amount
i'll question the difference of temperature
at the two positions would not be great.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-09-10
What Gen. Grant Thinks: Every Vote
Must Be Counted. 81

The following letter was written BY
Gen. Grant to Gen. John A. Logan in
response to an invitation extended to
the ex-President to preside at q Gar
field and Arthur mass-meeting to. be
held In New York ts
MANIToU SPRINGs, Col, Aug. 10. 1880.
Ny DEAR GES. LOGAN: I left this place two
weeks ago foran extended tour through San Luis
Park and the Gunilison country, and hence have
only just received your letter of the 2Sth of
July. will be going East the latter part Of
September, and viii gladly attend any meeting
intended to further the success of the ticket
headed by Garfield and Arthur, / agree with
you that it will not do TO be beaten now. We
should never be beaten until every man who
counts, or who represents those who count in
the enumeration, TO give representation in the
Electoral College, can cast his vote Just as he
pleases, and can have it counted just as he
cast it. sa
Yours truly, U. S. GRANT.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-09-10
Jerusalem as a Place Of Residence.

Jerusalem seems to be growing in fa-
vor as q place of residence for foreigners
who find their native countries uncom-
Portable. The foreign Jewish, popula-
ton has, according to Consul Moore,
increased considerably of late years.
That community is now estimated at
Is, 900, including native Jews, against
10, 900 in 1878. The right of holding
real property In Turkey, conceded to
foreign subjects by the protocol in 1868,
probably accounts for the increased i'm
migration. The German colony at Je-
rrsalem now numbers nearly 400 per-
sons that at Jaffa about 300 There
is third German settlement at
Caiffa of about equal number with the
last mentioned TIE settlers are me-
chanics, artifcers, carriers and agricult-
wrists, and are fairly prosperous.
No public works have been executed !;
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-09-10
Ole Bull, the VioIinist.

Ole BoFnemann Bull who died recently
in Bergen, Norway, was born at that
place, February 5, 1910, and was conse-
quently seventy and one half years old at
his death. His father, chemist, destined
him for the church, and placed him at
the University of Christiana in his eigh-
teenth year. His passion for music
could not be repressed, however, and he
| went to Cassel in 1929 to study with
| Spohr, but his reception not being cor
dial he proceeded to Gottingen and COM
menced the study Of law. L Thence he
went to Minden, where he fought "a duel
in which his antagonist was mortally
wounded. % fd..sal
He then went to Paris, where he was
reduced to such great straits that he at
tempted to drown himself, but was
rescued. A! lady who saw in him like
ness Of. her dead son, took him into her
house and enabled him to make his first
appearance as a successful violinistln His
life henceforth was round of successes,
and up to 1852 he had made tours of the
whole civilized world, built theater in
Bergen, married a Partisan wife and
tIHldSSSu " lOIhltll0. AdWSllIS bu9u ulS-
sipated his wealth and he came to
America, purchasing one hundred and
twenty thousand acres of uncultiyated
land in Potter County, Pennsylvania
where he established the Norwegian
colony of Oleana.
The colony, however, was not sue
cess, and in 1854 he took. lease, of the
Academy of Music in New York, but the
venture proved disastrous. He then re-
turned to Europe, and in 1869 revisited
the United States, where he has since
resided most of his time, and where, in
1879, being then widower, he married
q young American girl. He left the
United States within the past year. for
the home Of his childhood, where he now
finds a grave.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-09-10
Knowing How to Swim.

The recent disasters on the waters have
conclusiyely proved the advantages of
the art of swimming. Those who were
conscious of their ability to swim were
cool i'll more than one sense of the word;
for they not only were not panic stricken,
but they did not burn Even those who
can but float in the water feel that they
have resources which others donot share.
Among the passengers of the Seawal-
haka was Mr.. Samuel Barlow, of New
York, who having provided himself with
a life preserver, gave it away to another
passenger and dropped into the water.
He turned himself upon his back and
hoated, managing to keep his nose above
water until he was rescued. 4 All the pas
sengers who could swim, on at least who
did swim, reached the shore in safety,
1t would reinforce persons otherwise
liable to be fears stricken, with assurance,
enabling them to take measures for saw
ing themselves. If, for example, the
water were not an absolute terror to one
half or three-fourths of the passengers,
when o collision occurs or q fire breaks
out, they would, with some degree of
carefulness and deliberation. set about
lowering the boats. They could exercise
their reason and take precautions, would
look to see if the plugs were all in, and
would lower the boats, perhaps, without
emptying everybody out OF filling the
boats with water. On the Narragansett
one Of the boats was lowered while the
plug in the bottom, allowing the rain
water to run away, was out, and the boat
filled The patent plug, which, by the
pressing Of the water on the bottom, is
forced home, ought to be used in all
and preservation of the mental balance
on the part Of hepassengers would avoid
these unnecessary dangers. ..t, T.4,e,.I.
1t is not merely, therefore that the art
Of swimming will save the lives of voy-
ayers, but the familiarity with the water
and the consciousness that one can, even
when he must take to the water, support
himself in it for time at least, and I'M
til help comes, would prevent the dread
full panics to which more than to the dis
aster itself, the great loss Of life is due.
Should every man, and every woman, and
every child that's old enough to learn, be
aware that as soon as they touch the
water they could support themselves in
it, nearly all Of the Immediate danger
would disappear. A swimmer, too, can
use even a ife-preserver to better adyan-
tage than one ignorant of the art.
OF course swimmers drown sometimes,
but the proportion is very small, and. it
happens quite as often that it is the boy
that cannot swim who is drowned while
in bathing. The number Of swimmers
that are drowned is very much smaller
than the number of non-swimmers who
are drowned while bathing or sailing. w
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-09-10
WHY He Supnorts Garfield.

The Hon. E. Ell. Cove, Chairman Of
the Maine Greenback State Committee,
Greenback candidate for Congress in the
First district in 1873, and Secretary Of
Stats under Gov. Garcelon, has written
the following letter
BIDDEFoRD, Aug. 26, 1880.
Gentlemen of the Greenback State Committee.
hereby surrender my membership OF your
organization and withdraw. Hereafter shall
act with the Republican party. No one can
more sincerely regret the necessity that COM
pels this step. The original end sought through
a new party was currency. reform its present
aim is "to beat the Republican party The
first issue called thousands out; the second is
sue sends them back. Against tho will ard
caimer Judgment of trno men, the persistent
and tireless Democracy have dragged the
Greenback party into this false position find
it no longer an independent organization. It.
forces, IS now directed, are one with th.
"solid South, factor in the struggle for Dem
ocratic supremacy. OF this party Scion Chase
says: They now stand upon the hardest
kind OF hard-money platform, and the Bourbon
rule in the South, where they may have their
own way is disgrace to the civilization OF any
country" A 'tsolid South is the boast of tho
Northern Democrats it should he their shame
and confusion. II is not community of ideas,
begotten of free discussion it is the harmony OF
fear, the unity of terrorisn1W cemented in blood.
Now we are united by fusion with this criminal
and dangerous solid South. The young pure
blood of the GreenbSek party is to be trans
fused into the frame of this dying Desperate
/ can see nothing of advancement to Green
back principles in this alliance SO fraught with
national peril. 1 believe that the interest and
the good Of the country are best served by
the defeat of the Democratic party. That /
may contribute to that end IN the most i'm
mediate and direct manner, I go to the Eepub-
ican party am yours,
E. 81. Cow, Chairman.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-09-10

LADIES AND GENTLEMES did not intend to
speak when came here tonight I am very
much like Judge Orion. have never made q
Republican speech in my life, or any kind of a
political speech I am sure it would require
some time and much preparation to make one
of any length. | can, of course, go little far
ther than Judge Orion, and say that never
voted Republican Presidential ticket in nv
life, and but one Democratic ticket. and that
was many years ago when / was quite young
man, but viii pledge You my word here to-
night that if am spared, although shall be
at some distance from you On the ID day of
November, shall return to Galena to cast one
Republican vote for President of the United
States, and / hope the city of Galena viii cast
round Republican vote such as it has never
cast before
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-09-10
Gen. Grants First Political Speech.

The Hon. Phllo A. Orion, of Darling
ton, Wis, late convert from the Dem
ocracy to the ranks of Republicanism,
recently addressed large Garfield and
Arthur meeting at Galena, I'll.
Al the conclusion of Judge Orson's
speech Gen. Grant was loudly called
for, and promptly made his way to the
front Of the stage amidst tremendous
applause. As soon a. order Was restored
the General spoke 40 follows:
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-09-10
Old Marriage SuperstitiOns in Scot
land.

Regarding the aversion to May mar
riages, the very pertinent remark has
been made that strong reason exists
In Scotland in the fact that the Scottish
removal or " fitting term occurs in the
end of May, and what young woman
likes to enter upon her married life unless
she could in some measure be assured Of
her new home. Sixty years ago, the
first thing done to prepare the house for
the bride was, on the bridal eve, to
sprinkle salt on the floor as a protection
against the evil eye; then the brides
feet were washed, this being, as sug-
gested, iii all probability, survival of
the old Morse custom which enioined the
maiden friends Of the bride to assist at
sort of religious publication. On the
eventful day. which was always Friday,
great attention was paid to every Incl
dent; for if the bride broke dish, or the
postman forgot to deliver letter to the
bride until he was some way on his
journey and had to return, or some SCOT
came down the chimney, it was bad
omen for the future welded life.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-09-10

A MARE owned by Isaac Horsefeld, OF
Hampstead, l.. l., recently foaled colt
having no forelegs. The little fellow is
well developed and apparently perfect
i'll every other respect. A stump on
the left side is sill that indicates any an
proach to forelegs. The hind legs are
perfect.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-09-10

yet harbor at Jafa, a good carriage
road or tramway from that town to Je-
rusalem, and good roads all over the
district are urgently needed A railway
would not, in Consul Moore's opinion,
be under present conditions remunera-
tive, unless as part of system of rail-
ways for Syria and Palestine.-iT.
James Gazette.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-09-10
Read This.
The following is copied from the off.
cial records Of Chatham county, Ga.

--~~~ AOAAOVA s AZ OOcASSA AAOAA UAAO OAAA.
cial records Of Chatham county, Ga.
book 1929. page 203
State of Georgia, Chatham county.
Before me personally came Isaac M Marsh,
resident of Savannah. Georgia, who, being
duly sworn, deposeth and saith he was in pos
session and the lawful owner of the following
named slaves at the time they were enamel
pated and made free by the United States Gov
ernment to-wit
woman, Sarah, age 15...... NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
woman, Ellen, age s., and children, from to
woman, Ann, age 10, and children from to il
man, Char ee, age about 10.
woman, Ellen, his wife, age about 60. ........ /
] woman, Isabella, age about 18..........,.....
woman, Rhine, age about Observation-Disclosures.
y man, Jim, age about SO. ............ /
Total. ................;. ...... .16
ISAAC NJ MARSH. II. 81
Sworn and subscribed before me this July
~, 1874. # LEVI S. HART.
Notary Public and ex-officio Justice of the
Peace, Chatham county, Ga.
Recorded July 20, 1874
There are thousands of such claims
recorded in the South, and other thous-
ands made out and held in readiness to
be filed when the suspicious moment ar
rives. That will be when the solid
South obtains control of every depart
ment of the Government through the
success of the Democratic party. There
is not particle of doubt that the old
shareholders Of the South expect to be
paid for their emancipated slaves out Of
the national treasury when the Demo
cratic party gets into power.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-09-10

The Empress of Austria, in addition
to her skill as horsewoman, is said to
handle the feils well and gracefully.