The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-08-12
BtTs Or IMPORTATION.

BEs.JAMIN WEST was President of the
Roya Academy, London, IN 1892.
PnsFo was born 429 b. G., and died
among friends at wedding feast, at the
age OF &,
The R,thschild family and house was
founded ~ Anselm at Frankfort, in 1743
to 17T2.
TIM serds "Uumin' thto, the rye do
not reef. to q field of rye; but to GUS
tom at Q, fording place Of the river Rye,
whe1s; ifa voting man aud woman met
he was entitled to kiss.
The origin of the phrase "dark as
Egypt's night is found in the tenth
chapter of Exodus, the 21st to 23d
verses : And the Lord said unto Moses,
stretchout thine hand toward heaven,
that thee may be darkness over the land
OF Egypt, even darkness that may be felt.
And Noses stretched forth his hand
towardheaven and there was a thick
darkness in all the land of Egypt for
three days they saw not one another,
neltherrose any from his place for three
days but all the children of Israel had
light ii theit dwellings,"
The interest in the history of New
Testament rdaniscripts, which has been
occasioned by The late revision, brings to
notice the somewhat curious derivation
of the word "traitor." On the Odd of
February, A. D. 303, the Roman EInpe-
ror Diocletian issued decree requiring
all Christians to deliver up their sacred
writings to be burned, on penalty of
torture and death. The decree went in
to effect simultaneously in the various
provinces of the empire, and churches
were broken into In the search for cop
ies Of the sacred writings, and when the
books could not be found those who were
supposed to be their custodians were
tortured till they told their secret or
died. Private individuals were exam
med with memorable rigor, and brides
and fortunes were freely applied. Some
yielded and delivered up their precious
manuscripts to be burned. They were
not many who did 80, but for those who
did new word Of infamy came into
use. They were called "deli7erefs Up, "
"tfadit0res " In The Latin; and from this
came our English TRAITORS.
THE story of the origin of the phrase
"the dark horse" which is now so COM
monty used in political sense, is as
follows: Once upon time there lived in
Tennessee an old chap named Sam
Flynn, who traded in horses, and gen.
orally contrived to own speedy nag or
two, which he used for racing purposes
whenever he could pick up a "soft
match during his travels. The best of
his flyers was coal-black stallion
named Dusky Pete, who was almost a
thoroughbred and able to go Ia the best
of company. Flynn was accustomed to
straddle Pete when approaching town
and ride him into it to give the i'm
preston that the animal was merely a
"hkely boss" and not fast stopper.
One day he came to town where a
colaaAary race~meeting was being held,
and he entered Pete among the contest
ants. The people of the town, not
knowing anything of his antecedents,
and not being over impressed by his APP
pearance, backed two or three local "a
vorites heavily against him. Flynn
moved among the crowd and took all
the bets offered against his nag. Just
as the "fyers were being saddled for
the race old Judge McMinamee, who
was the turf oracle of that part of the
State, arrived on the course and was
made one Of the judges. AS he took his
place on the stand he was told how the
betting ran, and of the folly of the owner
Of the strange entry in backing his
"plug" SO heavily. Running his eye
over the track the judge instantly rec
ognized Pete, and said, Gentlemen,
there's dark horse in this race that will
make some of you sick before supper. -
The judge was right Pete, the "dark
horse" lay back until the quarter
pole was reached, when he went to the
front with a rush, and won the purse
and Flynn's bets with the greatest ease.