The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-02-10

| means OF culture is the persistent with
drawing of the mind from the subject
which produces the emotion, and in con-
centrating it elsewhere. The man or
woman who persistently permits the
mind to dwell on disagreeable themes
only spites himself or herself. Children
| Of course have less control, and parents
and teachers must help them to turn
/ their attention from that which excites
! them to something else; but, adults,
when they act like children, ought to be
ashamed of themselves. We should mas
| ter our feelings-not allow them. to mas-
ter us. sA
F0RTY-SEYENTH CONGRESS.
Several petitions for the suppression of po-
lygamy were reported in the Senate on the. list
INST A favorable report was made on the bill
approprating $15, 900 to the National Board of
Health for supplying the people with vaccine
| virus at cost price resolution was adopted
calling on the President to furnish copies of all
correspondence relating to congress Of
inG bill was taken up, and amendments
we're adopted recognizing as binding the
| agreement made for the extension of the
| and s. per cent. bonds, and providing that the
| tct shall not be construed to authorize
he increase Of the public debt. Mr.. Sherman
/ aid that If Mr. Pilmb's amendment were not
i tricken ont he should vote against the bill
| The President nominated J. s. Runnels as
United States District Attorney. for Iowa :.
| Mareden c. Burch, Uuited States ATTORNEY for
he District of Michigan; Hugh J. Campbell.
/ 'or the Dis riot of Dakota; w. H. Armstrong.
I Pennsviyan;a, Commissioner of Railroads,
| The House fixed upon February 27 for
/ the G,rield memorial services. Mr. Hill
| Introduced bill for reduction Of letter post
/ age to &c nts per bali ounce. In committee
! If the Whole the postoffice approx ration of
| 943 529, 800 was discussed for threo hours. In
response to the call OF the House for inforrna-
| ton, the Commissioner of Pensions estimates
The amount of money required for the next
| twenty-five years at 81. 347. 65l, 593. The sums
| row or du lily less Annually ranging from
/ a6200a, 900 10 1923, 100000. 5 As6Hs
| The Sherman Funding bill being under con-
sideration in the Senate on the I'd inst, Mr..
! Plumb's amendment to leave in the treasury
| only 300, 900 for the redemption of green
backs, was defeated by rs to az. An amend
nentby Mr.. Hoar, asserting the legality of the
| action of Secretary Window in extending the
| 5 and per cents, was adopted,
| after hot debate Mr.. Ferry re-
| ported adversely ON the resolution to
! grant the franking privilege to Senators and
Representatives for official business, and intro
iuced bill for postal cards with flexible covers
to conceal the message written thereon. The
1 President nominated George E. Bryant to. be
Postmaster at Madison, Wis.,, and George Fisher
| to be Surveyor of Customs at Cairo. In the
House, Mr.. Stephens reported back bills for
| metric gold piece for international use and for
| goloid coins of several denominations. MIR.
| Dunnen reported measure to repeal the ex-
| port tux on tobacco, and Mr.. Belford an act to
lease ard and desert land in Colorado. The
| postotfice appropriation was taken up in COM
| mttee of the whole, and an attempt was made
| ny Mr.. Bingham to add $100,000 for expenses
| of the free-deliyery system, but the House
! adjourned without voting on the proposition.
The Senate amended the Sherman Funding
BILL on the Sd, by limiting the Withdrawals of
bank circulation to $5,O0OOOO per month,
and requiring thirty days notice. The
measure was then passed by SO to is. A
bill was passed to appropriate 100000 for
| the erection of ire-proof hall of records
] for the War Department. The Secretary of
he Interior transmitted the draft of bill
| to extend over Indian lands the act for the
| reservation of timber Mr.. Teller reported
| hlll granting life pensions Of $4,000 per an
! num to the widows of Presidents Gar
.eld, Polk and Tyler. The bill to extend the
/ lerhern boundary of Nebraska was passed
| The House devoted the day, in committee of
| the whole, to the private calender
A resolution was adopted by the House, on
the 4th inst, to pay John G. Thompson, ex-
Sergeant-at-Arms, $4,000 for expenses in
Cured in connection with the Garfield ohse-
j quies. In committee of the whole on the POST
Office Appropriation bill, it was agreed that
| 800, 900 may be used in establishing the free
delivery system at new points, and that 1915, 900
i per year shall not be paid for carrying mails
across the bridge at st. Louis. The Senate was
not in session. --..sr- v.r-a9#.
I The bill to grant lands in Alabama in aid of
the Gulf and Chicago Airline railway was re-
! ported fayorably to the Senate ON the 9Th inst
! A bill was passed directing the purchase of the
] Freedmen's Bank property in Washington. Mr..
i Garland introduced an act for the erection of
I public buildings at Hot Springs Mr.. Ingalls,
called up his resolution declaring that the PEN
sion law ought not to be repealed. He stated
that the rolls of the War Department showed
| 620, 545 pensionable cases, and only $780, 1854
pensions had been granted by reason of death or
disabilities. The President sent the following no.
limitations to the Senate Col Daniel H. Rucker,
Assistant Quartermaster General, to be Quarter
i master General, vice Gen. Meigs, retired : Maj.
VIM. B. Rochester, Paymaster General vice
Gen. Brown, retired. In the House, Mr.. Bel
mont offered a resolution calling upon
| the President for a transcript of the
i letters of Jacob R. Shipherd, Of New
i York, and of the replies made by the State De-
i partment. MIR. Springer introduced resolu-
| uon That the President be requested to give his
/ authority for calling congress of the Ameri-
can republics. Mr.. Cobb offered resolution
OF inquiry as to the names of land grant roads
and the number of acres given them A bill
was passed providing that no person guilty of
bigany or polygamy shall be eligible to seat
in Congress as Delegate from any Territory
| A resolution was adopted directing the Secre-
tary of State to investigate the imprisonment
in Mexico of three citizens OF the United
States for breach of civil contract. The bill to
create hqnor commission was defeated.
Mr.. Garland introduced bill in the Senate,
on the 7th inst. to grant the right of way
through the Indian Territory to the Mississippi,
Albuquerque and Interocean railway. A petit
ton was presented asking unobstructed nayi-
cation of the Missouri in the construction OF
bridges The bill to donate bronze cannon for
a statue to Garfield was amended to authorize
the Secretary of War to pay 800 the Society OF
the Army of the Cumberland out of the sales
of condemned ordnance. A report was made
on the claims for depredations committed by
the Utes at the White river massacre. In the
House resolution was adopted calling on the
Postmaster General for information concerning
the sub-letting of mail contracts. Majority
and minority reports were presented
on the bill to extend national bank
charters. Mr.. Ryan reported the Indian
Appropriation BILL setting aside 1920, 203,
and reducing the number of Agents to sixty.
The Apportionment bill was taken up, and six
amendments were offered, fixing the number OF
representatives at $40 to 365. Mr.. Prescott
asked that the wealth of the various States be
taken into consideration, for which sentiment
he was sharply rebuked BY Mr.. Horr.
A Poor Memory.
i Without question, the memory may
be cultivated. The habit of attention is
]. one of the first to be acquired in work
ing toward this end but there are other
helps, such as the habit of order, and
the advantage arising from proper CLASH
cetion, and last, but not least, the aid
of the imagination, in making mental
pictures. The grocer and the apothe-
cary know the value of order in their
business: the bookseller, too, with his
] thou ands Of volumes; see him stsp to
the place in his store where he knows
the volume you have been asking for
should be: he merely reaches forth HE