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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18
SENATOR EDMUNDS on BTEN-
NAL SESSIONS

l do not think the change from an
nual to biennial sessions of the legiS-
lature in Vermont has done good, but
the reverse. lam satisfied that it has
resulted, in connection with the one
term idea which came in with it, in
having a smaller proportion of the
members of former experience, and in
respect of the reelected members, has
left them in condition of less mem
DRY OF. and acquaintance with, pre-
Vlous legislation, etc., than they had
under the annual system. I believe
also that, even in our little State, the
general value of annual sessions. COM
pared with biennial, is great in re-
spect of keeping up personal acouaint-
anceShlp, communion and interchange
of ideas upon all topics, from the sim
plest agricultural and school district
affairs to the broadest ones of finance
and politics, among the citizens who
thus assemble. Again, even in as SIM
pie community as ours, the frequent
critical observation and overhauling
of every administration is, think, of
immense value as preventative as
well as corrective of bad or negligent
administration. In all these respects,
and many others that may be men,
toned, think the annual meetings of
the representative men of common
wealth are worth hundred times
what they cost
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18
A NEW RAILROAD.

Among the many applicants for that
part of the land grant formally con-
ferred upon the Chicago, Air Line Pa
cifc Company, and now nearly or quite
forfeited, is the Lake Superior & South
eastern Railroad Company, to which a
patent has been issued. As appears
from the articles of association flied
in the Department of State to-day, the
incorporators are Hon. J. NJ. B ngham,
Lieutenant Governor; Col. Geo. G..
Ginty, L. G. Stanley, of the Chippewa
Falls & Western Railway Compana;
Hon. J. A. Taylor, of Chippewa Falls,
and w. Rust, of the Eau Claire Lum-
Der Company. The line proposed is
from the village of Superior via Chip
pewa Falls and Eau Claire, to point
between the mouth of the Chippewa
River and La Crosse. It is under
stood that the company is backed by
abundant capital, and that immediate
steps will be taken toward the con-
struction of the road. The line pro-
posed is through country of surpas-
sing excellence in both forest and ag-
ricultural products, and affords much
needed outlet to country entirely des.
tute of railway facilities. The capital
stock of the new corporation is 81
900, 000.-MilIOGukee Sentinel.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18
POKER CHIPS.

The good intentions of young mar
rled man of the second ward, to keep
a full account of all expenses for this
year, was knocked in head Wednesday
night, and the book yesterday morning
consigned to the flames. The story
was told to us confdentially, of
course, but is too good to keep, and
runs about as follows: The young
man returned from his Office late on
Wednesday night, little noisy and
wild, from over work. He scattered
his clothes, on retiring, in all direc-
tions, and this expense book, falling
from a pocket, was picked up and eX-
amined by his faithful wife, who
at the breakfast table questioned her
leige lord as to why he was compelled
to buy poker for his office every
few days, and how they came to cost
so much. She bought one a year or so
ago for her mother, that cost but fifty
cents, and it was good yet; also as to
how he came to be buying and selling
80 many "chips" She was not aware
he was IN any such business, and
could not bring herself TO think there
was that many in town. Numerous
other questions were asked him, and
how he answered them, or satisfied the
curiosity of his better-half, we are I'M
able to state, but if she obtains any
light on the little "game F" from this
article, the book-keeper has been in
structed to charge this up at regular
rates, and we will collect it, or expose
the party to the mer@ of his many
friends. At any rate he will not in
dulge IN any more of his favorite bust
ness until the suspicious of his wife
have been quieted.-RGciae NeaOs.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18
OLEOMARGARINE.

An. exchange recently published the
result of a microscopic examination of
oleomargarine in Boston. The report,
which discloses so densely inhabited
an article of food, must have been
horrifying to the esthetic bean-eaters
at the Hub. 1t reads as follows:
Among the most repulsive sights
brought to view were corpuscles from
a cockroach and small bits of claws,
the blood copuscles of sheep, and the
egg of a tape worm. The last named
object is said to be commonly found in
oe)margarine. Some think that the
egg may be swallowed by a man, and
that the embryo may take up its lodg-
ing in some cavity in the same manner
us in pig; but others are of the opin.
ion that it must first pass through
some animal before it can do in
jury. 1t is notable circumstance that
many of the forms of vegetation that
microscopic examination has shown to
exist in Cochituate water, were found
also in the specimens of Oleomargarine
tested. Yeast, which in an uncooked
state is reck0ned rank poison, was
found sprouting in considerable guam.
titles, and spores of fungi were very
prevalent. Among the last named
were peronospora cuta, genus which
belongs to the commonest molds of de-
caying substances, molecules about
1-2000th of an inch in diameter, masti-
gociadus larrinOsus (branehing), large
patches of lichens, a cellular plant,
standing between the alga and the
fungi, spores of Ggonlum, a common
fungus, bacterum, small rods about
1-5O,000th of an inch in diameter and
l-30,000th of an inch in length, ETC.,
etc. In addition there was brought to
view portion of n@mocharis, a
worm found in water, dead hydra
viridis, which also comes from water,
epithelial cells, small portions of the
degeneration of muscular fibres and
fatty cells, pieces Of striated muscular
ibres, pieces of hair (not red, eggs
from small parasite and other objects
too numerous to mention. Enough
was brought to light to prove to the
satisfaction of the examiners, at least,
that Oleomargarine Is very far from be-
ing pure article of food. DIR. Dol
linger, the celebrated English scientist,
indorses the idea that those, however
disguised. oleomargarine is nothing
but raw fat, and that those who use
1t run the risk of trichina, and also in
lection from certain contagious dis
eases. The eggs of tapeworms are of
ten taken into the stomach of swine.
where they are Matched into cysticeri,
which bore into the flesh of pigs.
From eating this flesh comes the tape
worm, which is not so formidable a
parasite in the human body as in the
larva which first comes from the eggs.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18

tudes Of government clerk r.a
strange therefore that ma, - = 10. not
are just now nervous and III CO. olne =
to the security of their $3.50; 80 %
Many government emplos hara
thought themselves secure "A . ns',
chased homesteads in the cityShanId
any of these lose their places. sro,,id
necessitate their disposing .ba;r
property as best they can, becah ont
side of government supplementary
ington would be about the lasnIaoa
in this wide country whele a dis9aro
ed clerk would find any thing n,fita-
BILE to do; all trades and profas;ono
being full, if not oyerdone. It isnroh.
able. however, that the presnt so,re il
not justified by any knownFacts az r.
the purpose of the new ADMINISTRATION
to make many removals. Rnt tba
anxiety now apparent give only a
faint idea of the fright and c,starna.
ton that would have been Wnessad
in all the departments here adj The
democrats succeeded in capulng fbe
government in the last Novertpr aloc.
ton. Had such catastrophaannen.
ed Washington would have bee . civ
of lamentations equal to thosesnolkan
of by the prophet jeremiah. F
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18
POSTAL SAYINGS SYSTEM.

Mr.. Burrows moved that the niles be
suspended, and that the memorial to
| Congress for the establishment ofipos-
tai savings system be put upon ispass-
age.
In advocacy of this motion, Nj. Bur-
| rows said:
Congress has for some monts been
engaged in discussing the details of a
bill to refund more than S70O9O0, 900
of the public debt, which becores due
and payable the present yea, The
market quotation of these boris for
some years past has ranged in pRmium
at from 1919 to 26 per cent, according to
date of maturity OF coupon. The last
emission of bonds called for pr cent.
interest, and many affected to fer they
could not be funded at par. But the
end has proved not only that thy were
promptly taken, but that they 1t once
advanced to gold premium If 1O15
per cent. Indeed, the issue wasseized
upon by great capitalists to thfexclu-
sion of the masses, Vanderbilt alone
purchasing $50,000,000. The general
effect, then, has been that WIEN the
Treasury Department has advertised
to redeem portions of the deb, as it
had surplus means, it has been forced
to pay these exorbitant premiums. Or
to illustrate, in general terms, b pur-
chase per cent. bond of S1,O0, the
government has paid not SI.l00, but
$l,250. If per cent. bond, sI,250 !;
and if per cent, S1,100. thus, to
redeem large portion of the public
debt that has been paid, the rovern-
ment has been compelled to paw in
premiums millions of dollars mGe than
the face of its paper-such has been
the market value of its credit.
The funding bill now under eonsid-
GRAFTON. while an improvement as to
the lower rate of interest, is, in nv
Judgment. bad failure as toTplan,
since it in part continues the very
evils that are justly subject TO COM
plant. and contemplates Wall street as
the arbiter of the value of NATIONAL
securities.
1t is for this reason l have again
presented memorial for the establish
ment of National Postal savings
Banks, as in all senses BETTE, wiser
and cheaper plan than any other sug-
gested form of the relundidg bill.
There need be no fear that the matur
ing Indebtedness would not ina brief
period be wholly absorbed by tie sur
plus savings of the community and at
par. There need be no fear hat certii-
Gates of deposit, il. the small sums for
which they would be issued would
command a premium that would COM
pei the payment of an eighth ar tenth
more than the amount received.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18

followed. NJ. Cameron then became
associated with Mr.. j. w. Losey in the
law business. He was elected to the
State Senate in 1868 "a, and then sery-
ed in the assembly in 1886 and 1867,
being chosen Speaker during the latter
year. In 1871 he was again sent to the
State Senate. He was a member of the
National Republican Convention at
Baltimore which renominated Abra-
ham Lincoln for the Presidency in 1864
and was elected to the United States
Senate in 1875 by combination of
Democrats and boiling Republicans,
his term of Office expiring on the Sd of
the present month. He declined a re-
election and was succeeded by Philetus
Sawyer. AS member of the Senate
Mr.. Cameron has occupied many i'm
portant positions, notably that of chair
man of the senatorial committee sent
to South Carolina to investigate the
election frauds of 1916. He has pre-
sided over thedeliberations of the Sem
ate on numerous occasions. and has al
ways acquitted himself with credit to
himself and the State he represented.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18
THE MARCH ST. NICHOLAS.

The most striking things in the
March st. Nicholas are Mrs. ELEPHANTS
admirable paper giving the touching
story of Lady Jane Gray" Ito be fol-
lowed in April by the companion arti-
Gle on Mary, Queen of Scots y; an
illustrated account of two sturdy Ice
landic boys and their desperate " En-
counter with a Polar Bear; Mary
Jane Describes Herself" an illustrated
autobiography of a Sunday school
scholar; new scientific indoor amuse-
ment called 1.-THE Magic Dance; an
incident of Adelina PATHS childhood,
when travelling in the United States,
in 1854, with Ole Bull and Maurice
Strakosch; and the four serials.-the
fourth lnstallment of Rossiter John
sons story of "Phaeton Rogers" in
which is described. that young invent
or's disastrous horizontal balloon as
cension y; DIR. Oswald's stirring ''Ad-
ventures in Natures Wonderful y;
Mrs. Clara Erskine Clements second
paper of Stories of Art and Artists, =
with six pictures; and the anonymous
Mystery in Mansion: story of an
S. S." There are more than fifty illus
trations, a page of music, and an Anglo
Chinese story for the boys and girls to
interpret.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18

THE ELECTION OF u s. SENA TOR.
The contest for the vacant United
States senatorship was hot and close.
In the joint republican caucus Hon.
Angus Cameron received 81 votes, and
Hon. Jonathan Bowman 40 votes on
the 4sth and last ballot. Senator Price,
who had been Cameron'S bitterest OPP
ponent during the struggle, moved to
make the nomination unanimous.
Upon being informed of his nominal
ton, by committee appointed for that
purpose, Senator Cameron was escort
ed to the chamber and spoke as fol-
lows:
Gentlemen of the joint legislative of
the Republican caucus: have Just
been informed by your committee that
you have unanimously nominated me
as the Republican candidate to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of the
great, the gifted, the lamented Senator
Carpenter. / do not appear before you
now with the intention of addressing
you at length. This is not the time nor
is it the place for that. l have
come at the request of your commit, tee
merely to signify my acceptance of the
high honor you have conferred upon
me, and to thank you for the same.
(Applause,)
The following brief sketch of our
newly-elected Senator will be of inter-
est to our readers. We copy from the
Milwaukee Sentinel, a paper whose OPP
position to the election of Cameron
was characterized by everything but
fairness:
Angus Cameron is q member of the
law firm of Cameron, Losey & Bum, of
La Crosse. He was elected to the
United States Senate six years ago, as
the successor of NH. Carpenter, whose
death causes the vacancy which he is
to ill. He was born at Caledonia, Liv-
ingston, New York, July 4, 1926. He
received an academic education, and
entered a law Office in Buffalo, and af-
terward graduated from the National
Law School, Ballston Spa. In 1857 he
settled in La Crosse and began the
practice of his profession. IN partner
ship with General Bishop, the firm
name being Cameron & Bishop. On
the breaking out of the rebellion Mr.
Bishop went to the war as private in
local military organization, and on
its close settled in the south, being
elected governor of Arkansas and en-
Gagged in the gubernatorial war which
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18

False reports with regard to the pre-
valence of swine disease in the United
States have been spread in England
and brought to the attention of that
government. They are supposed to
have been originated in the interests
of n class of spectators, and efforts
are being made to find who the authors
are. Secretary Blaine has addressed a
note to the British Legation, saying,
that, according to the best sources of
information, the reports are wholly
without foundation that her Males
tvs representative at Philadelphia
has been imposed upon by designing
spectators, to further their own selfish
ends, to the incalculable injury of legi-
innate commerce.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18

Our snow storms have been frequent
and long; but there is one very favor
able thing, the temperature, during and
after the storm, has been moderate. If
they had been accompanied with SC
we're cold, much suffering must have
ensued. Travel is still impeded by the
immense snow drifts in the roads, and
the blockade can only be raised by
plenty of warm sunshine or rain.
Deaths and births have occurred with
their usual regularity; but burials have
had to be deferred, and births have
occurred with no regard for NJ. DIS.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18

There Is tendency in the young
men of these days to crowd into cities
in search of an easy life. Nine times in
ten the exchange from the toll of the
old farm to city clerkship is a mistake.
Where one succeeds nine are swallowed
up in the vortex of fashion and waste of
time in the dissipation of city. The
great men in the pulpit, at the forum,
on the stage, and chief in the Nations
counsels to-day, are not the production
of cities. The feverish and excited city
life makes men shrewd and quick, but
does not build up those solid qualities
of mind and body that enlarges the
field of science and FORCES great truths
for the Nations guidance. There are
exceptions to all rules, but it remains
true that the world will continue to de-
pend upon the quiet villages and rural
homes of every land for its thinkers
and it's leading actors in every depart
ment in every emergency. The young
men and women of the country never
in any age had such grand opportuni-
ties for self-culture as now. The
world of literature, in the most invit-
ing forms, is within the reach of the
humblest and poorest. The young
man guiding the plow, or pushing the
plane, or swinging the scythe, who is
taking advantage of these grand oppor-
tunities, will have a hundred chances to
one of being heard from three decades
hence than If, in his restlessness, he
should crowd into a city for some soft
place of easy work. Great cities are a
necessity, and yet they are curse. If
it were not for the public-spirited and
beneficent work of a multitude of good
men and women of our cities, who give
freely of their means and unsparingly
their time, there is no. sounding the
depth or measuring the width of the
follies or crimes that flow naturally
from false estimate of life and its
duties. If we could gain the ears of
multitude of young men, strong of mind
and muscle, we would say to them, " In
the sweat of thy brow earn thy bread"
1t is honorable and honest, and, when
the mind is cultivated and kept in pro-
pOrtionate strength with the body,
that man has certain future of which
none will be ashamed. Ocean.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18

There is very large immigration OF
Young Germany to the United States
to which the German authorities or
pose what legal obstacles they can.
Emigrant agents of the United States
in that country have to be very circum-
spect in their work.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18

Nearly all important measures be-
fore the legislature remain to be acted
on, and it appears as if late session
of the legislature is inevitable. All
the bills to increase the tax on rail
roads have been referred to a special
joint committee, and to reduce the con-
glomerate measures to single practi-
cal one will be no easy task.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18

President Garfield has appointed
Hon. T. O. Howe, of this state, Hon.
VIM. NJ. Evarts, of New York, and
Hon. Allan G. Thurman, of ONO to
represent the United States in the in
ter.national monetary conference, soon
to be held in Paris, France. The APP
pointments appear to give general sat
isfaction.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18

The proceedings of the county con
vention will be found IN another place
Considerable dissatisfaction was ex
pressed on the part of some with the
result. The people are sovereign, and
will make their will known at the bal
lot box. If they want Mr.. Martin for
Judge, they will elect him. If they
want some other man to serve them,
they Will elect him. The matter can
be safely trusted to the people.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18

In these days Of neuralgia and sudden
colds it is sensible to have some means OF
relief close at hand Make two or three little
bags Of cotton cloth and fill them with hops.
Then when you need them heat just as hot
as possible even 10 the ex tent of browning
the cloth. and apply TO the aching member
People who cannot endure the odor of the
Old-time remedy Of hops and vinegar do no
object to that Of the hops alone The dry
hop-bag is great improvement upon wet
cloths Of any kindly Y. Post.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18

It is quite probable that President
Garfield will call an extra session OF
congress. One of the important things
10 be consiler Is the refunding or
37oO 100000 of bonds falling due this
wear. Another is the investigation OF
frauds in the election Of representa-
tives in the south.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18

The funds of Beloit college have
been increased by 100000. President
Chaplin, during recent eastern trip
received pledges from generous friends
to the amount of $4,000. Mrs. Stone,
of Boston, has donated $4,000, which
IA to be loaned on mortgages.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18

We want to hear from our Republican TRENDS is
m Kenosha county Speak out in meeting III y
YOU have anything worth saying: We s ni,ra
saafSe the TELEGRAPH aliyely exponene u ;p.te
and progressive Kepublicanism ana VI ~ =; 4;
~" so19peration OF all honest Republicans IN
Kenoshs county.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18
CONGRATULATIONS.

TAXING MONEYS AND CREDITS.
How to distribute the burden of tax
axiom equally and justly is a matter of
great Importance. According to our
constitution our system of taxation is
uniform; that is, the rate of tax paid
must be the same on all kinds of prop
erty that can by law be listed and tax
ed. II the rate of tax be one to five
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18
OUR WASHINGTON LETT Err.
From our Regular Correspondent

The Croood Depart-C6tce ErpectGnts
In Force-The NeaC administrator
-Whot is Expected Of it-GoUer4a-
nsent CIerks-Other 0ficials--SmaU
Sensation.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18
THE KENOSHA TELEGRAPH
R. F. ROBERTS, EDITOR.

Political and general communications s4oo asi
ne addressed to the editor at WoodWortn; hoCn
and business correspondence should be address
"a to the TELEGRAPH, Kenosha.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18

1t seems to depend much on circum-
stances as to how people view a rail
road corporation. If we could place
any dependence on what we read in a
certain class of newspapers, railroad
corporation is terrible monster, with
a capacity to devour the people, rob
them of the results of their labor, cor
rupt legislatures, destroy liberty, and
inaugurate reign of ruin. The con-
solicitation of two or more railroad COM
panies becomes, in the imagination of
these shriekers, grinding monopoly,
antagonising capital against labor, and
exercising tyrannical and oppressive
powers. The following congratula
lions viii show how they feel about
railroad corporations in Arizona
CONGRATULATIONS.
TOPEKA, Kas., March 9.-General
Manager w. B. Strong, of the Atchis-
on, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, re-
eeived the following dispatch to-day
PRESCOTT, Arizona, March Com
gratulations of the eleventh legislative
assembly of Arizona are rendered to the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe and
Southern Pacific Railroad Companies
on the junction of their roads, an event
which will work new ara in the pros
perity Of the territory, and which
forms second great transcontinental
ronte for the trade of the world.
tSigned)
john c. FREMONT, Governor.
MARsToN, president of Council.
J. 7. KNAPP. Speaker Of the House.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18

For Chief Justice OF the Wisconsin
Supreme Court,
HON. ORsAMUS COLE.
For Associate Justice,
HON. JOHN B. CASSODAY.
For County Judge,
EDWARD MARTIN.