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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-09-11

could scream, but all heard in reply to
this patriotic appeal was the word: "Jer-
e-mi-ahp' echoed back from the barn.
My eyes wandered around over the land
scape in search Of my absent husband, ana
finally beheld him about quarter of mile
away, seated on the top rail of fence in
the shade of large cottonwood, talking to
Bill JinkinS, who was in the lane on the
other side OF the fence, burdening the back
of an old horse that always called Bona
parte, not because he was an uncOmmonly
ambitious animal, but because the greater
part OF him was composed of bones.
| am well acquainted with both men.
and | knew that there was little likelihood
of jeremiah returning to the house for the
next two hours. so | reluctantly left the
churn and went to the rescue of the pota-
toes. AS / started l called the dog. Tige
had followed jeremiah, and knowing that
he had plenty of time had gone to sleep in
the shade of the cottonwood, but as soon as
he heard me call him he started ON the run.
jeremiah heard me at the same time, and
slid down off the fence, and sauntered
lesurely toward the house.
A hog can always see if gate is left
open when he wants to get into mischief,
but never when you want to drive him out.
Il lFC GlIHco Gl1dG lOuI-lOOtCu dIQ
myself revolved around that potato patch at
a speed that would have started the perspi-
ration on living skeleton in January, but
when we passed the gate the sixth time,
the brute struck up toward the house, and
he and Tige met and had wrestling match
in the butter and buttermilk where I had
left the churn. The milk-house door was
standing wide open and made rush for
it, but before could reach it [ saw the hog
dart through it, followed by Tige. l heard
a tremendous squealing and tear-around in
the mlk-house, and pretty soon Tge came
leading the hog cut by the ear. l looked
within, and if ever saw destruction / saw
it there For moment forgot everything
but the sad spectacle before me, but
"Sunk in selfconsuming anguish
Can the poor heart always ache?
NO, the tortured nerve will anguish,
Or the strings of life must break"
And fortunately was aroused from my
sorrowful medtations by the voice of
jeremiah excIaining as he came around
the corner of the house:
Whats all this row about Sally Ann?"
replied to Jeremiah's question by Civ
ing him a very forcible lecture concerning
his carelessness, then / turned around and
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-09-11

ing, and was Mrs. Browns mother wash.
erwoman? Well, / declared / have never
heard Of that before, but / always cid
think they was kind of a low SCI, for all
they put on such big airs"
took thought then about what was
saying; so, says L: 81 didn't say whether
they were or not. I said that mine and
Jeremiah's wasn't"
She started soon afterwards, and struck
bee line for Browns.
A few days afterward jeremiah came
home in a terrible state of anxiety. He
said that Brown was threatening to prose-
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-09-11
BACHELORS HALL.

Sing song of sea-shore
Where the wife has flown,
Leaving her poor husband
Keeping house alone.
Parlor filled With papers
Not thing in place
Pipes and burnt tobacco
Over all trace.
Kitchen full of soiled
Dishes, pans and pots
Mixed with Stops and coffee grounds
Dumped in funny spots.
Dining rooms confusion;
Table is sight;
As twas left at breakfast
So it is at night.
Closet doors stand open;
Shelves all disarrayed;
Looks as If cyclone
Whereabouts had strayed.
Bedroom floors are cluttered
With the husbands clothes;
Bureau contents jumbled
Are one mass of woes.
Bed, not made up ever,
Shows the very place
Where the husband tumbled
Out to wash his face.
And the husband wishes
His now priceless wife
Would come wash the dishes
And preserve his life.
IA. G. Dodge, in Detroit Free Press.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-09-11

diligence is a good, if not a necessity:
thus he floats on into a whirlpool OF
more degraded drunkenness. or is pre-
maturely arrested by some disease
rendered fatal by his condition, or his
powers fall early into general decay.
That this is the true account of the
average tippler, few will attempt to
denT.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-09-11
Gnnd Advice.

Nose Schaumburg has a new clerk
named Jake SilveTstone, who is pretty
good in dragging in country customers and
selling them goods before they know it.
but he has a bad memory. Yesterday
Nose said, impatiently:
''Silverstone, has you checked off dot in
voice of schentlemanly underwear
'fPlease 'scuse me, Misther Schaumburg,
but it wash escaped my memory already
some more"
$50 it vas escaped your memory some
more, already, don't it. dells you vat,
Silverstene, ven you vas such stupid
schackass, w don't you make note of
dose dings, cll0ost like do. "--Terds Sift-
mas
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-09-11

Rabbits are such pest in Buena
Vista Valley, New, that the farmers
are providing the Indians with powder
and shot in order to kill them off.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-09-11

GAIL HAMILTON thinks that women
would not make good soldiers. 1t can't
be because they are not accustomed to
face powder.-Philadelph NORTH Anseri-
can.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-09-17
DAMPATIKE MALE ACADEMY.

The eighteenth session Of this school Will
commence on the FIRST MONDAY *
o. TOBkR. For circulars apply 10
COLONEL THOMAS n. CARTER,
Mauquin Post Orice,
an 6-eOdtCcI King William county.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-09-17

movements. In daylight they nave
been frequently obliged to conceM
themselves in cations, where not only
no rest was to be obtained, but where
the extremely heavy mountain rams
have at times made their position one
Of great danger. At these times they
have, Of course, been separated from
the pack-trains for periods Of from three
to fifteen days, and, as it is Impossible
to prevent their rations from getting
wet, they have been compelled to 1--we
for several days at time on hali
allowance Of bacon, supplemented oy
acorns and roots. The rainy season, 1t IS
thought, will be over about the end
Of this month, but all information re-
ceived, not only from the squaws cap
tured but from other sources, is to the
effect that utrenegades will not proba-
bly, come together for the winter until
the latter part of November. This
will, perhaps, lessen the difficulties at
present to be overcome. but in no event
can anything except the most severe
arduous. and persistent work, or I'M
looked-for accidental good fortune, &C
complish any important good results.
Very respectfully. your obedient SER
want, GEORGE CROOK,
Brigadier-General Commanding.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-09-17
Mr.. Blair and Judge SfapIes-A Card
from the Reporter.

LYNCHBURG, Va, Sept. Ia, 1885.
To the Editor of the Dispatch:
In response to a communication in
Saturdays Richmond Wing from Cap
tain F. S. Blair concerning Judge
Staples's speech at Christiansburg, Au-
gust 18th, and my report Of it in the
Dispatch, it is proper to say that refer
ence to my notes shows that Judge
Staples is correct in his statement that
he was misquoted to this extent: In
stead of charging Eyarts with having
said, " Virginia is in the hands of out
laws he affirmed that Eyarts had
charged that 4" the bondholderS are out
lawed in Virginia" 1t Is rather curl
Gus, however, that Captain Blair should
find any relief in the correction Of this
single naccuracy, or that he should feel
justified in quietly remarking, with
reference to whole feature of Judge
Staples's speech, 1T will be seen that
he [Staplesl says he is not correctly
reported" when the fact is that Judge
Staples simply points out single in
accuracy in a report of over nineteen
hundred words, and when the correction
of that single inaccuracy still leaves
Captain Blair arraigned as he is re-
ported to have been arraigned by Judge
Staples. The apparent purpose Of Cap
tain Blair in writing to Judge Staples
about the report of his speech was to
find a way Of escape from the force of
the drastic drubbiDg received at that
gentleman's hands but instead Of
gratifying him by general de-
NAL, Judge Staples specifies an al
most Insignificant error and leaves Cap
tain Blair no escape except by trying
to produce the impression that Staples
has impeached the accuracy of my en-
tire report of that part Of his speech in
which he pronounced such severe con-
demnation upon Captain Blair. OF
course such is not the case. Judge
Staples merely corrects a single SEN
tcnce, which in no considerable degree
lessons the force Of his structures on
Captain Blair. He doesn't pretend to
deny that he cauterized the Attorney
General or to say that the report is in
correct in any particular save the one
mentioned. Indeed. he defends the re-
port from the nonsensical misconstruc-
iion put upon it by Captain Blair.
respectfully, &C..
CARTER GLASS.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-09-17
/" Fall In"

The primary election in this city and
county is over, and the real work Of
the campaign now begins. We know
now for whom to work and for whom
to vote. All of us have not secured
our first choice, but all of us have Sc
cured the men whom the popular voice
has declared to be the favorites. There
is no appeal from that decision. The
people were asked to select from
among the ten gentlemen aspiring to
represent them in the Legislature the
six whom they desired to perform that
duty. They have made their selections,
and all good Democrats must take a
hand in ratifying their action. Let
there be no skulkers.
1t is a good ticket--a representative
ticket. All classes of the community
were recognized by the voters in max
ing their selections. We need moi
call the names of our next legislators
They are already upon every tongue.
Democrats of Richmond and Henrico
90 to " ork in earnest to elect your loca
ticket. The Legislature lone branch il
already safe) must be borne in mint
constantly. II is there that MALONE
will make his assault. 1t is in tn,
Legislature that he will meet his fate.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-09-17
Personal.

The Red Prince is to have two monu-
ments, one at Potsdam and one at Ber-
lin.
Pere Hyacinthe has come out as an
indirect advocate Of forward colonial
policy.
During the recent journey Of the EN-
press of Austria from Vienna to Krem-
sier she was attacked by toothache,
neuralgia, and rheumatism, and is now
under a new treatment invented by a
celebrated physician of Amsterdam.
One of George Bancroft's most init
mate friends at Washington, the COM
panion of many of his horseback ex-
cursions, is Ainsworth r. Spohord, the
congressional librarian. He is as dark
as Spanisrd, with grayish-black hair
and whiskers, coal-black eyes, and a
short but why frame.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-09-17
GODDESS OF TIE DOME.

How She Courtesie. to the Rising sun AID
snln,es as lie sinks TO Rest.
[Washington correspondence Boston Bud
get.l
! heard yesterday some curious facts
about the dome of the Capitol. 1t is
said that there was statue in ancient
Egypt called Memnon, which whispered
sweet words ofmelody to the sun as he
appeared above the horizon and sang
him to sleep every night with
weird lullabies. The grand, naughty
Goddess of Liberty on the top
of the dome has heart OF bronze,
but good heart for all that, and one
filled with true old Virginia courtesy.
She has not yet pricked up enough
courage to attempt to do the prima DON
ma act, but every morning the good
dame courtesies to the sun, and when
he sinks in the west she again courtesies,
but without turning around. Some time
since Architect Clark suspended a plum
met. line from the interior of the dome,
and it was found by actual measure
ment that the lead swung over a space
of At inches, making total dip out Of
the perpendicular of 81 inches. This
is caused by the alternate contraction
and expansion of the iron.
A coat Of white paint is given every
few years to the dome, at a cost OF
1900. The painters who do the work
resemble nothing so much as tiny flies,
and the rope ladders, stretching down
from the top in every direction like
hair lines, remind one Of delicate streaks
of molasses, which the flies are work
ing for all they are worth. To reach
the bottom Of the dome it is necessary
to lie PROSTATE and climb down these
ladders proceeding which is not of
itself difficult, but becomes so when he
who dcscends has dizzy head or an
unsteady nerve.
The new terrace Of white marble,
which is replacing the old earth EN-
bankment, will relieve the Capitol of
its "squatty" appearance, and give it
more height, adding 100 feet to the
lergth and sixty feet to the width.
This is to be fitted up for committee
rooms and store-rooms. The Capitol
will then cover five acres of ground,
and it will have cost about SIS, 100000
One will have to walk half mile to 20
around it..
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-09-17

The people Of the United States may
be divided in opinion as to the policy of
silver coinage, but they are nearly, if
not quite, unanimous in their views Of
the coin after it has left the mint. They
regard it rs nuisance, and they heart
lily wish that the advocates of its con-
tinued coinage had the entire burden
of carrying it around.-DetrOt Free
Press.
The same is true of twenty-dollar
gold pieces, each Of which is heavier
than silver dollar.
The silver-men desire a good stand
ard of values. They do not ask for a
currency Of silver dollars. Nor do they
ask for a currency Of gold dollars.
They and all other persons would, now
at least, prefer paper money. How
will you redeem a dollar note unless
with specie dollar? The silver and
gold are indispensable as the basis of
the paper currency. Silver or gold
certificates for one dollar each or two
dollars each would be very acceptable
to sill merchants, editors, traders, and
others whose business demands small
notes transmissible through the mails.
All the talk about the weight of a sill
YER dollar or Of twenty-dollar gold
piece is nonsense. People would still
demand paper il there were none but
gold dollars in circulation.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-09-17
Organization.
n the Editor of the DISPATCH :

To the Editor of the Dispatch:
Permit me to make few suggeS-
tons to Democratic speakers who will
address the people from this time to
the election-day. 1t is all very well to
get up big meetings and to stir the peo-
pie up to great enthusiasm" but in
my humble judgment it is better still
to impress on them the fact that it is
proper organization in every precinct
in the State that at last will do the
business. Not only must every man
work for the good cause him.
self, but to obtain such ma
iority as will completely bury
Malone. Every precinct should be so
organized as to make it the duty Of
some few to see that every Democratic
voter is polled. To carry out the lat
ter idea, arrangements should be made
to carry to the polls any voter who,
from sickness or other cause, would be
physically unable to cast his vote. Let
the names Of every single Democratic
voter in every voting-precinct in the
State be obtained and entered in a
book, and then let certain men be APP
pointed in such precincts to see
that every voter is polled. would
also suggest that one man be appointed
for every ten voters, each man being
furnished ten days beforehand) with
the names Of the ten men he was to
look after, so that if there were any
sick or otherwise unable to 60 the polls,
arrangements may be made to carry
them. If this plan is carried out, the
prospects are good that Malone will be
badly " showed UNDER" so badly as
never to rise again. Permit me to pre-
diet that if Malone is badly beaten in
the coming election, he will be a per-
fectly dead cock in the pit" even
in the Fourth congressional district.
Now, it also strikes me that it would
be good idea for me to be further un-
derstood that if Malone is beaten the
Democrats Of the State will have such
a Notification (say at Richmond) as will
surpass anything of the kind ever be-
fore witnessed in the Oh Dominion.
For one day, no doubt, Richmond
would be willing in that event to re-
cognize the whole Democracy of the
State as "joint tenants" and so would
make every man feel at home. To
attend such jolliication would, to
me, be some comfort for the many slurs
and ISLANDERS cast upon the people OF
Virginia by the little, sharp, selfish,
renegade leader of himself and his
white henchmen. | feel satisfied that
We have the little Boss now Ion the
rum" and it only remains for our peo-
pie to organize properly, so as to COM
pletely trout" him. There is too
much open revolt among his heretofore
solid colored troops for him to feel
comfortable, even if he can by a mo-
neyed consideration draw off now and
then some white man mean enough to
sell his vote for ga mess Of pottage,"
and which mess, / apprehend, will
prove to be composed Of very cheap
herbs. CAM.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-09-17
ROUGH EXPERIENCES.
General CroolI Tells How His Soldiers Su
fired In IN Il L. Ann haS

General Crook Tells How His Soldiers suf-
fered ia Pur,uing the Apachs~
st. Paul (Minn.) Pioneer Press. sept. 10th.
The following letter from General
Crook, which has just been received
through headquarters of the Division
of the Pacific, is of general interest,
showing the tremendous difficulties
and suflerings of the United States
forces engaged in the pursuit Of the
renegade Indians in the Department OF
Arizona
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT J
OF ARIZONA, IN THE FIELD,
FORT BOWIE, ARIZONA. Aug. Is. J
To Adjutdnt- General, Dirision Of the
Pacific:
Sir,-Referring to telegram of yester-
day notifying you of the gratifying sue
cess attending the recent operations of
the troops under Captain Davis, Fourth
cavalry, desire to invite your atten-
ton to the excessive hardships and diff
ficulties which both commands in the
Sierra Madres have endured. In the
first place, the whole country is of in
describable roughness. The Indians
act differently than ever before, are
split up in small bands, and are con-
stantly on the watch. The trails
are so scattered that it is almost
impossible to follow them, particu-
larly over rocks, which often delay the
party following trails for several hours,
even if the trail isn't entirely lost,
while the party being pursued loses no
time. When the renegades find that
their trail has been lost they send out
small raiding parties to supply them
selves with food and horses and throw
their pursuers off the scent. This in
part accounts for the numerous reports
of the presence Of Indians in widely
separated localities. Owing to the rains,
which reports show to have been Of
more than usual severity, the troops
have been almost constantly drenched
TO the skin for the past month, and, in
addition to the hardships from this cause,
there has been great difficulty in prevent
ing the loss Of rations. It has also added
largely to the difficulties in following
the small parties, owing to the oblite-
ration Of trails. Mr.. Leslie, who
brought in Captain Davis's reports,
states he swan the Bavispe river eleven
times in one day, q stream that is
usually easily forded. 1t should be
understood that the Indians are so split
up in small parties and are so con-
stmtly On the watch that scouts are
compelled to cover the entire region,
and cannot even venture to follow trails
when thes pass over prominent points
for fear Of their pursuit being dis
covered. This fact adds very large
ly to the time required in any
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-09-17
Politics and Science.
The Baltimore Sun says:

The Baltimore Sun says:
According to the Easton (Md.) Ledger
IL was debated in the Tslbot-county Re
publican Convention last Tuesday
whether the negro is Q monkey. the
conclusion being reached that be is not.
AS the Cambridge Era recently as
serted, according to the Ledger, that
Democratic negroes, in Dorchester at
least, have no souls, the discussion may
be said to have been opportune. The
Talbot Republicans get themselves on
record as maintaining the kindlier view
that the Democratic negro, even though
soulless, is human"
Whether the division Of opinion in
respect of the negro's origin and status
that seems to exist among the white
Republicans of certain portions oil
Marylsnd extends TO the Republican
party at large we cannot say. The
preponderance Of evidence is to the Ell
feet, however, that the majority of the
Republican party hold that the negro
is sometimes human and sometimes
not, and that he reverses MIR.
BEECHER's theory of evolution.
Mr.. BEECHER, as we understand, &C.
cepts the idea that man was evolved
from lower order of animal life, and
that upon arriving at certain stage of
intelligence he became possessed of a
soul. Judging the Republican party by
its treatment Of the negro, it believes
that every negro is born a Republican
and with soul, but when no attains
intelligence enough to vote the Demo-
cratic ticket or to abstain from voting
with the Repub an party he is de-
prived of his soul. The proof that the
Republican party must hold some such
theory rests in the fact that the negro
is a man and brother as long as he
follows blindly the Republican leaders,
but as soon as he shows disposition to
think and act for himself he is treated
by Republicans with anything but
brotherly consideration. 1t follows,
therefore, that the scientific dis
cussion engaged in by the Talbot Mary
land) Republicans was not out of Or
der-for Republicans. Yet we shall
look forward with vast deal of interest
to the next National Republican Con-
yention to see whether the subject will
be taken up in that body. While not
intending to reflect upon the intelligence
and scientific attainments Of the Talbot
maryland Republicans, We would re-
mind them that most people hold that
a man without a soul is nothing
if not a monkey. They have decided
that though Democratic negro has no
soul he is not a monkey, but human.
1t will be readily recognized that this
discussion is very valuable, but, like
most departures in the field of evolu-
ton, is slightly mixed, and that the
world would be much better satisfied
if such experts in all matters pertain
ing to the negro question as BLAINE,
LOGAN, SHERMAN, HALsTEAD, and
REID would pass upon it.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-09-17

The Cleveland Plain Dealer says {:
"If JOHN SHERMAN is in such bad
way about affairs down South, he has
the permission of the people of Ohio
to 60 down there and set them right.
They have no further use for him and
his bloody-bones talk here at home"
Yes, JOHN, do come. 1t would be
better than a sixteen-ring circus to see
one of our smart Democratic stumpers
get hold of you.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-09-17

Of white voters in this county. And
this city IL tho home OF "bouroon'
ism "--the headquarters Of Democracy
II has never failed to vote for the Dem
ocratic candidate for Governor.
II is to be presumed that as large a
proportion of the negroes as Of the
wL.tes voted in that election. But let
us suppose that all the white men ex-
cept 600 voted. then over six thou
sand negroes voted in the late capital
Of the late Confederate States.
Pray, Mr.. HALsTEAD. why should
six thousand negroes vote in this
county and the other three thousand be
afraid TO vote?
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-09-17
BRIEF COMMENT.

"The Montreal Star observes that
men make big and sudden jumps in
the United States.'" The number of
northern bank officials that have sud-
denly jumped from the United States to
Canada iustifies the Stars observation.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-09-17

JOHN SHERMAN did not vote for
the BLAIR bill when it was put upon
its passage. Where was heP Our i'm
preston is that he had made speeches
against it.
Yet he is coming to Virginia to rep
resent MALONE upon the stump. AT
least so says his Cincinnati organ. We
don't expect to see him here. He will
be ashamed to come after he is himself
defeated in Ohio.