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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-08-05
United States Railroads.

L 1t is now fifty-six years since the first
ssallroad constructed in America was pro-
jected. The time was 1925, the engineer
Gridley3 Bryant, and the successful pro-
jectors were that gentleman and Colonel
p FL. Perkins, whose name is associated
with this and other enterprises which
have since grown to mammoth proper
tons. The pioneer road was designed
to transport granite from the Quincy,
Mass, quarries to the nearest tide-water;
it was, therefore, short, being only about
four miles long, including branches, and
the first cost was $4,000, The second
American road was laid out in the month
of January two years after, and opened
the following May. It was from Mauch
Chunk, Pa, to the 1ehigh River, and
with the branches, etc., was thirteen
miles in length. Both these roads had a
.fve-foot gauge. In the same year that
the second road named was laid out the
Maryland Legislature granted a charter,
modelled on the old turnpike charters, to
the first, railroad company authorized to
carry on the general business, of trans
portation the capital stock. was $500
900, and the company had permission to
increase this. Theyenerable Peter Cooper
built the first engine used, and it was run
on the beginnings of the presentlgreat
Baltimore andOhi This engine weig he'd
about a ton, and drew an open car, with
.theF directors of the road and some few
friends, eighteen miles, from Baltimore
to Ellicotts Mills, in an hour this was
the first locomotive for railroad purposes
ever built in America, and the first one
used for carrying passengers on this
continent. The era Of individual enter
prise sin railroad construction was most
active, and it was not until some time
after that the great land grants were
made by Congress-. Then lines
which were single met and consolidated,
and formed continuous routes between
important points, finally taking in public
carriages of various kinds, such as steam
hoats-riyer,7 lake. and ocean-canal
craft, etc., and these multiplied them
selves into what are to be seen at the
present time. The war years greatly re-
terded the rapid growth of railroads, the
years 1923 and being comparatively
barren of great enterprises only about
5000 miles of new road being laid during
the slavery strife period. The era of
the greatest activity was from 1865 TO
1880, during which time fye-eighths Of
the entire number Of miles Of road now
in operation were constructed OF the
49, $50 miles reported in 1880 as in opera
ton in North America, the United States
contained SO, 497 miles. Tue year 1871
alone gave an Increase of 1879 in the
mileage, and 1872 a further increase Of
900 miles, The following table shows
the number of miles in operation at in
tervals of five years from 1880 1879: '7"
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Yorktown.

s The scene of the surrender has long
been much-neglected spot. Yorktown
is not reached by railway, and issoff the
line of progress. Some day it may re-
vive its old-time prosperity at least it
ought to become more accessible as q
point for future pilgrimage. Before the
Revolution the town was quite an empo-
rum, the only port from Which the Vir-
ginia planters shipped their tobacco to
England. Baltimore and, Norfolk grad
ually reduced il. by competition. Some
two centuries or more ago we first hear
of it as one Of the few outposts or forts
in the colony. In 1725 it was the center
of a thriving county IAN Episcopal par
ISL of sixty COMMITMENTS. With a
church. Williamsburg, the capital,
with its House of Burgesses and grow
ing college, attracting thither the wis
dom and fashion of the Dominion, was
scarce dozen miles away. Until Corn
wallis stationed himself there, Yorktown
had escaped the ravages of war on the
Virginia coast, and after its surrender it
still contained about seventy houses, not
more than two or three having been
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-08-05
Nihilism In Russia!

50 The Nihilistic faction In Russia organ
lied under the influence of the philoso-
ply of Bakunin, who, in 1913, preached
the doctrine of destruction. His theory
was that society, as it existed, was in be-
lief, impulse, and habit, all wrong, and
that reform was possible only after the
existing state of things had been annihi-
lated. He argued that all governments
and all churches should be overthrow,
and that society should be reconstructed
on communistic principles. Under cover
of this agitation the Nihilists entered
politics. using assassination and menace
to accomplish their ends. The extrem-
lists of this party are responsible for
the assassination of the Car and other
acts connected Herewith. They are
known as ''Terrorists," and aim at the
destruction Of all Government. 1G They
are said to be comparatively few innum-
Der. The main body of the so-called
Nihilists aim at peaceful revolution
which will make away with CARBON and
establish a republic Opposite to these
two factions are the Russophiles, uncom-
promisingly in favor of the present form
of government; the Slavophiles, who
favor the ancient Russian government
when the Gar governed according to
the counsels of the Assembly Of Land
Representatives; the Liberal party. rep
resented by the late Car and General
Melikof, and the German and Polish
parties. All of these are, as has been
said, opposed to the Nihiists, and are
practically united against them.
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MISCELLANEOUS GLEAN1NGs.

Among the candidates for Justice Cliff
ford's vacant seat on the Supreme bench are
ex-AHorney General Devens and Chief Justice
Gray, of Massachusetts. 1t is thought that the
appointee will be from New England, and each
State in that section will have one or more
applicants.
Bishop Philip Klingen Smith, par
ticipant in the Mountain Meadow massacre,
whose exposure of that atrocity caused the ex-
ecuton of John D. Lee, was found dead in a
prospect hole in Sonora, Mexico. He expected
to be killed by the Mormon church. and the
circumstances indicate that his prediction was
correct 4
At the annual meeting of the paper
manufacturers of the United States, held at
Saratoga, N. Y, the flourishing condition of the
trade was shown by the large increase of the
output from the mills which is now $500 tons
daily.
The ocean steamship companies have
taken measures to guard against the shipment
of dynamite and internal machines in their
vessels. Captains and masters are requested
TO use the utmost precaution in this matter
The Allan line of which O'Donovan-Rossa has
& been one Of the agents, has concluded to dis
pense with that gentlemans services.
Frank Gilbert and Merrick Rosen-
grouts we're hanged at Leadville, Col, the
former for the murder of James McCalom. the
latter for Che murder Of John Langmeyer.
Isaiah Walker, colored, was hanged at Con
zales, Texas, for the murder of his wife.
1t appears that there are good grounds
for believing that the murder Of Mr. Pqgh, of
Cincinnati, was done in Mexico by band Of
Mexicans, and not by indians, as at first re-
ported and believed. Secretary Kirkwood has
ordered an investigation. and it is confidently
expected that the murderers viii be brought to
justice. .sSs EA
Mr.. White, our Minister to Berlin,
has rendered his resignation, to take effect
Aug. Is.
The census of Canada shows a popu-
lation of 1885, 3s, an increase during the
decade of 6sO,49s
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wholly destroyed. Fifteen years later it
had not extended its limits, and we fiad
its population, more than half of which
was composed OF negroes; NUMBERING
about 500 souls. The last war, it. need
hardly be said, left it in a depressed con-
dition; almost beyond recovery, and to-
day it contains not more than 800 inhab-
itai1ts, among whom are to be fojlnd but
few descendants of the ancient pfoprie-
tors. In fact. 1T seems to be the lot OF
Yorktown that the more it becomes. a
historical spot, the less it becomes any,
thing else - Henry p. Johnston, VI
HQgper's MQQQziRe. .2ti.eaI aa-H1 -lea
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while endeasoring to investigate the
matter, the word qtiite slipped his MEM
Dry. Finding his suspicion grodhdless
be approached the second sentry and
'Tas again challenged, but, in spite Of
his utmost endea9Urs, he could not re-
member the word. 90 Can't pass with
out the word, was all the reply given
him. Returning to the first qsentry he
was challenged as BEFORE but, DIS he
could not give the word, was not allowed
to pass him either. No entreaties could
prevail. The sentries, not knowing but
that he was testing them, and rather en-
tod, proved obdurate to all persuasion.
Here, then, he was kept all night be-
tween the two, shivering and cold, till
thee gray dawn appeared, when he was
relieved by the change Of guard
C750Ylbefz Journal. 4,.r.,., Ill. .s..l,
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American Nervousness.

In recent work on, g American Ner-
vousness Mr.. Beard cites competitive
examinations in schools and colleges as
one Of the causes which subject Ameri-
cans, to great nervous strain. "dThey
seem, he says, g to have been invented
by some one who wished to botherfather
than benefit mankind, and whose phil
sosophy was that whatever is disagree
able is useful, and the temporary accu-
mutation of facts is true wisdom and an
accurate II measure of labfain force.
Crammed knowledge is ignorance in
fMontaign's words: knowingly heart
is not knowing : the greatest fool may
often pass the best examination no
wise man can always tell what he
knowsssas3i g ig0 gs3a5 500 sad eas ,4
This view is enforced by the attempted
suicide I'm New York Of a young girl
who failed to pass her examination for
the Normal School in that city Her
teacher says she was very studious and
made such progress in the lower school
that In the course of three years she was
admitted to the highest class. At the
first examination for admission to the
Normal College, which she was very
ambitious of entering, she failed. She
returned to her studies for the second
competition. Though she applied her
self to her lessons with the same energy
as before, the end of the second year s
examination resulted as the first.
Another year passed and she appeared
for the third time in the preliminary
examination of candidates. The result
showed her to be of fair standing, her
percentage being three below the per-
centage for admission. 1T would not be
singular if several of those who were
just three per cent ahead of her, were
not any better fitted, perhaps hotas we'll
fitted, as she was, toteach school, Some
thing beside " fine points and small
percentages below perfect answers to
questions, is needed to convey instruc-
ton and mold the minds and DISPOSE
ton Of children. lad 3g9dW a8T 9g
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-08-05
Forgetting the Password.

Numberless amusing Instances might
be related of the fix officers occasionally
find themselves in by forgetting the
password. Two sentries were mounting
guard inside the walls ofsthe prison at
+ - - one ia each angle, with Strict or
ders to detain any one Alternating to
pass without giving the sign. The Lieu
tenant on his round of inspection passed
the first sentry, giving the word cor
reetly enough. When half way beSween
the sentries a sound on the o11tside of
the wall attracted his attention, and,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-08-05
School ChiIdren's Headaches.

& DR.. A. jacob, Of New York, in pape,
on Neuralgia In Infancy and Chic
hood, = read before the Kings County
Medical Society, said of the hard
worked school children nowadays, their
long confinement In school-rooms and at
home, the consecutive disorders of the
circulation, the insufficient oxygenation
of the blood because Of lack of exercise,
the digestive disorders resulting from
their sedentary life, are Just as many
causes of impoverishment of the blood
and insufficient nutrition and stimulation
of the nervous system. In all these
cases headaches are very frequent.
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Usury in Miniafure.

Awful warning to borrowers don't do
any good, but they must be published.
A hopeful, industrious young Louis
william borrowed $15 from shrewd young
Louisvillian, agreeing to pay So a week
interest, and in case the interest should
not be paid it was to be doubled. Hope
ful's boss became Hopeful's security.
The debt ran on a while, and Hopeful
paid some of it, but unexpected expenses
arose, and at the end of four months he
found himself unable to pay any more.
The interest had run up to $28. 6O-total
debt, only SIS at first, now S43. go |
Shrewd began to smell financial crisis.
The debt has gone away beyond Hope
ful's most exaggerated hopes. Shrewd
raised a cylone, and threatened further
disturbance of the elements. He came
down on Hopeful's boss The boss raised
a racket that nearly unsettled the build
ing. 1t was Shre#d and Hopeful, then
Shrewd and the boss, then the boss and
Hopeful AT length, when the elements
had partly spent themselves, Shrewd
magnanimously said he'd take $50 and
call it square whereat the boss wrote
out a check and Shrewd took it and
went off to the bank to identify himself.
What the boss and Hopeful said to each
other after he had gone has not vet
passed through the telephone exchange.
---LO1t5SUjJLe C'OlGTSeF-JOa5rnGL 31siD s3
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An Important LabOr-saving Device.


In the building of railroads new labor
saving devices are from time to time
coming into use. The latest heard of
is pillow now IN use by several COM
panies extending their roads in the
Western States and Territories. It is
designed to dig a ditch and at the same
time throw dirt on the track for the
purpose of raising the grade on ilnper-
fectly prepared roadbeds, upon which
track may be temporarily laid. This
pillow weighs $500 pounds and will be
attached to fiat car, which is loaded
down with several tons of iron, so that
it cannot be thrown from the track.
The pillow, moved by locomotive power,
cuts furrow eighteen inches deep and
three and half feet wide, and throws
the dirt on the track. One pillow does
the work of 1000 men with sllovels. on
prairie land, while with piow on each
side of the track, if desired, double, the
work is done. It frequently is the case
on prairies and through. valleys that
long stretches of track may be laid with
out any grading at all, and with q ma a..
chine of this kind to perfect the track
afterward, a wonderful amount Of work
can be done In short time with few.
men.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-08-05

Tother day as sas twining
Roses for q crown 10 dine IN
What, of all things, midst the heap
Should light on, fast asleep,
But the little desperate eif-srrl M
The tiny traitor-Lovc, Himself Z
Bv the wings puehed him up
Like bee and IN cup
OF nav vine, sunged and sank him,
And what do you think / did - drank him'
Faith thought hiEa dead BOT Ael
There he lives with ten fold glee; itP
And now this moment with MS wings,
feel him tickling my heart sfTirgS
lIFfT7 -Hl0n : Fcff Leigh Hunt
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 8
President Garfield is gaining in strength yer

President Garfield is gaining in strength very
rapidly, and it is now thought quite probable
that he will be able to leave bis sick couch in a
fortnight, or three weeks at most. The evening
fever continues, and will probably continue
for some time to come. 1t quickly subsidies,
however, and the physicians apprehend no dam
ger. A change has been made within the last
few days by which the patients head and
shoulders are raised, which affords him much
relief. All the attending physicians say that
there is no feature of the case that does not in
dictate rapid and complete recovery. hn
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-08-05
WASHINGTON NOTES.

Col. John @. Burch, Secretary of the
United States Senate, died at his residence in
Washington. He was Georgian by birth,
graduated at Yale College in 1851 practiced
law at Memphis, Tenn, served in the Con-
federate army, and edited the Nashville
american.
Secretary Window calls upon the GUS
toms collectors at Boston and New York to
make every effort to ascertain the identity of
the consignor of the Internal machines which
found their way to Liverpool. -ev.ss.
Postmaster General James has decid-
ed that clerk hire in postoffices where the pres
ent rate is higher than the sum authorized by
law must be reduced. There are $50 offices to
which Mr.. James order will apply. NJ
Following is the last official public
debt statement, issued on the LIST inst; .rr
Six per cent. bonds. ............S 178055, $50
Five uer cents. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 439708,050
-Four and one-half per cents 250 900, 900
Four per cents Observation-Disclosures. 73S693,95O
Refunding certificates. Observation-Disclosures ,538,504
Navy pension fund ................... 14,000,000
Total coin bonds 81 60, II 900
Matrreci debt .......... ........... 9,959,015
Legal tenders. ...........$ S46,741,5O1
Certificates Of deposit -. 10,T4000O
Gold and silver certif-
Gates. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 57,733,SO0
Fractional currency.... 7,09S,645 e'.tN
Total without interest. 400 313, 9461
Total debt. ............... 81, O53, sS3, 961
Total interest. ...................... 14,015,017
Cash1n treasury. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 236, S78 1870
Debt less cash in treasury. .. 81, $3.50, 500, 1888
Decrease during July........,... So. 10,07s,023
Current liabilities 4es FR2sE ~.
interest due and unpaid. IS asa 439
Debt on which interest has ceased. a9,959015
Interest thereon Observation-Disclosures. T73,660
Gold and silver certificates. 57,733,S00
United States notes held for redemption et
of certificates of deposit ............ 10,74O0OO
Cash balance available Aug /, 1884,. 154,S2 274
Total. ;;......,...........,..~.. 28a87S19o
Available assets ~ AEtF
cashin treasury. 236,87819O
Bonds issued to Pacific railway compan-
les, interest payable in lawful money,
principal outstanding. ............$ 64,623512
Interest accrued and not yet paid ... 3231l7
Interest paid by United States. ..... 81, 467,2T2
Interest repaid by companies
Interest repaid by transportation OF
mails ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 14,426,644
BY cash payments of per cent of net
earnings. . 655,198
Balance of interest paid by the United
States. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $685. ,42S
Joseph E. Hayden, Assistant District
Attorney at Wasl ington, puts forth a claim
that he saved ex-President Hayes from assassi-
nation, on the morning of his Inauguration, by
turning over to the detectives lunatic who
had carefully laid his plans for the murder.
Forty-three Postmasters at Presiden-
tial offices have thus far failed to render their
punishment of pecunary nature.
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q EIGHT out of every ten men. who
walk the streets of New York wears some
mechanical appliance or other and
women too, for that matter, though they
look so fne," says a surgical instrument
dealer to the Sun. "Persons are very
reserved about their wearing an appli-
ance for an infunity. We are generally
requested to -deliyer. our parcels without
our address on them, so that their CON
tents may not be suspected even by their
dearest friends and relatives, and those
who wear anything for the improvement
Of their figures are even more seeretiye
and mysterious. !" -...-... -;
= Aow NE are nicely settled. exs
clained'the happy new little wife, I'll
! wes only had ascow, Harry, we could
have a Iiee, soft bed r Cow ?''laskeos
the POOR husband, "goose you. mean
geese field feathers, you know, Mol.
iieLgeese. not cows. - tfYes, ~ satisll
AIollie, With twinkle,l ssbuta cows give
dogn, don't they, you stupid r He ut.
tered snort of defiance, and went Gu.
to chop sone wood.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-07-06
Itching Piles-Symptoms and Cure.

The symptoms are moisture, like
perspiration. intense itching, increas,
ed BY scratching, very distressing
particularly at night, as if pin worms
were crawling in and about the rec.
tun; the private parts are sometimes
affected; if allowed to continue very
serious results may follow. Cdr.
Swayne's All-Healiug Ointment" is a
pleasant sure cure. Also for letter,
Itch, Salt Rheum, scald Head, Erysi..
pelas, BARRIERS Itch, Blotches, all
Scaly, Crusty, Cutaneous Eruptions.
Prices so cts. 3 boxes for 81 .25. Sent
by mail to any address on receipt Of
price in currency, or three cent post
age stamps. Prepared only by DR..
Swaync & Son, 330N. Sixth Street,
Philadelphia, Pa, to whom letters
should be addressed. Sold by all
prominent druggists.
= 20 80
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-07-06

From a Physician and Surgeon.
Missouri, June &-Please forward mo another boz
of the Pastilles. Tho patient on whom have used
most OF one box In addition to sample box is fast
recovering, and think another will set him all right
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turn mail"
TESTIMONIALS FROM THE PEOPLE.
Judge Buchanan, Lawyer, Toledo, O., says:
"One of Prof. Guilmctta's French Kidney Pads
cured me OF L1mbago in three weeks time. My
case had been given up by the best Doctors rs in
durable. During all this time suffered untold
agony and paid out large sums of money.
George Vetter, p, Toledo, says:
II suffered for three years with Sciatica and
Kidney Disease. and often had to 80 on crutches.
Twas entirely and pemently cnred after wearing
Prof. Guilmette's French Kidney Pad four weeks $
Mrs. Helen Jerome, Toledo,O. says:
For years have been confined great part of the
time to my bed, with Luc orrhoea and female weak.
ness. 1woro one Of Guilmette's Kidney Pads and
was cured in one month.
F. Keesling, NJ. D., Druggist Logansport, Ind,
when sending in an order for Kidney Pads writes:
1wore one Of the first ones we had and received
more benefit from it than anything ever used. In
fact the Pads give better general satisfaction than
any Kidney remedy we ever sold 4"
Ray T. Shoemaker, Druggists, Hannibal, Mo
I'VE are working up Il lively trade in your Pads,
and are hearing of good results from them eycry
ay."
Prof. Guilmett's French Liver Pad.
Will positively cure Fever and ague, Dumb Acuc,
Aguc Cake, Bilious fever, Jaundise, Dyspeps a,
and all diseases of the liver, stomach aud blood
Price $3.50 by mail. Send for Prof. Gull mette's
Treatise on the kidneys and Liver, free by mail.
Address
French padCO.
March 49,. Toledo. Ohio.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-07-06
8uokinghana'a Dive
FOR THE WHISPERS

This elegant preparation may be
relied on to change the color Of the
beard from gray or any other undesir--
able shade, to brown Or black, at dis
erection. tits easily applied, being in
one preparation, and quickly and ct.
fectually produces permanent color,
which will neither rub nor wash off.
Manufactured by r. P. HALL & CO..
NASHUA, Nh.
w b u Druggists. "a p,slsss Il v.a,,saes,
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PI LES.

Piles arc frequently preceded by a
sense of weight in the back, loins
and the lower part of the abdomen.
causing the patient to suppose he has
some affection of the kidneys or neigh.
boring organs. At times symptoms
of indigestion are present as fatulen-
c>, uneasiness Of the stomach, etc
A moisture like perspiration, produc:
ing a very disagreeable itching, par.
ticularly at night after getting warm
in bed, is very common attendant.
Internal. External and Itching Pile
yield at once on the application of
DIR. Bosanko's Pile Remedy, which
acts directly upon the parts affected.
absorbing the Tumors, allaying the
intense Itching, and affecting a per-
manent cure where all other remedies
have failed. Do not delay until the
drain on the system produces per-
lnanent disability, ~but try it and be
cured: Price SO cents. Ask your
druggists for it, and when you can
not obtain it Of him, we will send it
prepared, on receipt of price. Ad.
dress The DIR. Bosanko Medicine Co..
Hqua. Ohio. Sold by JOS. Bobleter,
New Ulm, MINI.