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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-03-02
SHOOTING STARS.
Some of the Certain Facts Known wit
Regard to Them.

Some of the Certain Facts Known with
Regard to Them.
l. They are vastly more numerous
than any one has an idea of who has
not watched them continuously for
many nights. Astronomers who have
kept a record for many years assure us
that the average number seen by one
observer at one place on clear moon
less night is fourteen per hour, which
is shown by calculation to be equiva-
lent to 10000, 900 daily for the whole
earth. 2. They are not terrestrial phe-
nomena moving in the lower atmos-
phere, but celestial bodies moving in
orbits and with velocities comparable
to those of planets and comets. Their
velocities are seldom under ten miles
a second or over fifty, and average
about thirty, the velocity of the earth
in it's orbit round the sun being eight
cen. 3. They are of various compost
ton. comprising both large majority
of smaller particles which are set on
fire by the resistance of the earth's at
mosphere and entirely burned up and
resolved into vapor long before they
reach its surface, and few larger
ones, known as meteors, which are
only partly fused or glazed by heat,
and reach the earth in the form of stony
masses. 4. They are not uniformly
distributed through space, but collect
in meteoric swarms OF streams, two at
least of which revolve around the sun
in closed rings which are intersected
by the earth's orbit, causing the mag
nificent display of shooting stars which
are seen in August and November. 8.
They are connected with comets, it
having been demonstrated by Schi-
aparelli that the orbit of the comet of
1866 is identical with the August
swarm of meteors known as the Per-
seids, and connections between comets
and meteor streams have been found
in at least three other cases. The fact
is generally believed that comets are
nothing but a condensation of meteor
ties rendered incandescent by the heat
generated by their mutual collision
when brought into close proximity.
6. Their composition, as inferred from
the larger meteors which reach the
earth, is identical, or nearly SO, with
that of matter brought up from great
depths by volcanic eruptions. In each
case they consist of two classes-one
composed mainly of native iron alleged
with nickel, the other of stony matter,
consisting mainly of compounds of
silicon and magnesium. Most meteor
ties consist of compounds of the two
classes. in which the stony parts seem
to have broken into fragments by
violent collision and becoming i'm
bedded in iron which has been fused
by heat into a plastic or pasty condi-
ton. - Contemporary Reviea0.
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Immigrants, from Ireland.

LONDON, Feb 25 The emigration from
Ireland to the United States during
the coming spring promises to eclipse
that of previous years Already a
large number of emigrants have Sc
cured passage on the various trans
atlantic lines, and to meet the exigen-
cies of the busy season two new Atlantic
companies, named the Huntington line and
the Beaver line, have announced their in
tention of sending q feet of steamers to
call at Queenstown from Liverpool to en-
bark passengers for America on and after
the goth of next month, when no less than
ten transatlantic steamships will sail each
week from Queenstown for the United
OF
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t
Saturated With Nicotine.

CLEVELAND, o., Feb 25-James Copeiey.
bartender. died yest erday from excessive
cigarette smoking He fell fit Tuesday,
and never recovered consciousness He was
noted as an inveterate smoker of cigarettes,
and had been known to smoke as many as
100 in single day He inhaled the smoke,
and his body was completely saturated with
nicotine. The doctors decided that his
death was the result of nicotine poison from
excessive smoking of cigarettes
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-03-02

ALBANY, N. Y, Feb 25-President Cleve-
land will formally open the State exhibi-
lion of food products in this city next
September. Applications have been made
by all the leading canning industries OF the
Pacific slope. as well as by manufacturers
all over the United States, for the exhibition
Of their goods Every thing indicates that
it viii be the finest exhibition of food prod
rcts ever Witnessed in the country.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-03-02
A Village Swept Away.

LONDON, Feb. %. The village of Valtorta,
in the North of Italy, has been half buried
by an avalanche. Many houses were
wrecked and their occupants buried in the
ruins Troops from Bergamo have arrived
to aid in disinterring the buried. Twenty
three corpses have been recovered Several
persons have been extricated alive, though
more or less injured.
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above all and always,
the philanthropist. is
dead. Like the going
out of a candle he
passed from a state of
un cons ciousness at
$50 yesterday morn
ing into death. His
breath, which had be-
come fe e bier and
feebler with eac b
passing moment, sud-
denly ceased He died
with o ut pain and
without. a movement
DR.. GARRETT, who re-
m al n e d at the pa
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TEMPERANCE.
DELlRIUM.


"Ohi bartender, fill
A cooling gill
The best in your bright saloon,
To quench the fame
That burns my frame,
Like the breath OF the red simeon;
Oh. Godl what a dream!
How the demons scream
In agonies Of woel
The condensed shout
OF the battle rout
OF the banner hends below.
That's cool, thanks! pass
Another glass,
One more ere expire; za
Oh, heavensi the sight
have seen tonight
In the realms OF endless fire;
OH take it away!
That owlet gray
That boots in the broken pane;
Oh! the dreadful pangs
OF the adder's fangs
That rankle in my brain.
Fill another mug
From the old brown jug,
twill give me strength to bear
The demons scowl
Where the COLLINS howl,
In the regions of despair;
Where skulls and bones
Ger the scorching stones
Are toss'd like scattered hail,
And birthstone rains
Ger the burning plains
In storms that never fail.
More drink! more winel
In bumper join;
Oh, Christ! did you hear that scream,
The cry of doom
From the gulf of gloom?
No? mol it was not dream.
1 saw the priest
Devour'd by the beast,
The monk by the scorpion stung,
Heard the bishop ask
My whisky flask
To cool his blister'd tongue.
"Ohl one cup more
On this burning shore,
Oh Lord! is the bottle dry?
Hear! the tigers growl;
Listi the gaunt wolves howl;
Hark! the fierce hyena's cry;
See! the dreadful things
With scales and wings
That crawl through the smoking brakes,
See! the bats in swarms
Sweep down Ike storms,
Across the burning lakes.
"Yes! one more drink
On perdition brink,
Ere plunge in the fiery flood.
Come! tapster, come!
One glass of rum
To clear your skirts of blood.
Oh! many a soul
Reached the burning goal
In runs dark liquid drenched
Through ages Of time,
In the realms of crime
Where the fires are never quenched.
-ChQrLes ]. Beattie, IN Inter Ocean.
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An old.Tima seont Dies.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Feb. 2S.-Daniel Dewar,
an old-time Indian scout and one of the
explorers of the Black Hills. died at De-
troit yesterday He has been citizen OF
St Paul since 1857.
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a LIFE WELL SPENT.

Death at Washington of w. w. Corcoran.
the Famous Philanthropist - Brief
Sketch of His Career, with Some Facts
About His Most Notable Deeds of Char
ity.
WASHINGTON, Feb 25.-W W. Corcoran.
the successful business man, capitalist and.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-03-02

CHICAGO, Feb 25.-Ex-County Commits
sioner Dan Wren, one of the convicted and
sentenced boodlers, was transferred from
the jail in this city to the State penitentiary
ct Joliet yesterday,
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TuE choofino IF Michael K;ncJov

The shooting of Michael Kinsley by
his son is one of those melancholy
tragedies that whisky produces in such
appalling numbers. The boy was en-
deavoring to protect his mother from
ill-treatment by her drunken husband,
and is far less criminal than the man
who sold the liquor which transformed
his father into a crazy and murderous
brute. - Chicago 7snses.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-03-02

Somebody suggests that it is use
less to go to the expense of buying
works on Volapuk. The dialect stories
in the magazines will answer all prac-
tioal purposes Atlantis Constitution.
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Caused by the Strike.

READING, Pa, Feb. 28.-The monthly
statement of the Reading railroad shows a
decrease in the net earnings for January
of $S22 600 over the same mouth in 1887.
caused by the strike
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-03-02
Hotel Burned.

ST LOUIS, Feb 2S.-A special telegram
from Meridian. Miss, to the ost-Dispatch
says the Ragsdale House and its contents
burned Sunday night Loss, $50, 900; insur-
ance small
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-03-02

EATON, o., Feb. 2e.-John A Beal, a ID
year-old boy who murdered his mother
near here about a year ago. was sentenced
yesterday to the penitentiary for life
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-03-02
eleven Lives Lost a, a Fire

PEKN, Feb 2S.-Ten natives and one
European were killed in recent fire at
Hanoi, Tonquin. Five hundred residences
and numerous business blocks wsrs burueds
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His Feet Were worth $50 .ooo Bach.

Troy, O.. Feb. 25.-The jury in the case
of Mike Donahue VS.. the d. g. M. road gave
the plaintiff $4,000 damages for the loss
of both feet
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-03-02
THE TRUST INVESTIGATION.
President Rockefeller of the Standard Oh
Com any Answers Some Questions.

President Rockefeller of the Standard Oh
Company Answers Some Questions.
New YORK, Feb 2S.-,J D. Rockefeller, OF
the Standard Oil Company, was examined
yesterday morning by the Senate Trust In
vestigating Committee. He said the COM
pany OF which he is the president had a
capital of So 500, 000 He is a member OF
the Standard Oil Trust, which had origin
ally capital of $4,000, 900, and was in
creased to 800, 600, 900 by taking in other
refners The capacity of the trust is about
26, 900, 900 gallons and the trust last year
refined about 70 per cent. of the total
product
Mr. Rockefeller believed all the refneries
entering into the agreement were corpora
tions No companies were taken afterward
except for reasonable value of their re-
fineries. No efforts had been made to force
their stocks down in order to force them
into the trust
The trust certificates are worth $165, par
value 800 They have been higher. In
1887 the shareholders received 20 per
cent more stock, and in addition divi-
dend of 10 per cent Dividends have been
declared every three months, the average
being 712 per cent annaully.
A number of refineries have been closed
anu uOH ihdShhCAJ pun Liz
of retineries have been increased constant
ly, the trust doing nothing to prevent pro-
duction. the trust only owns the stocks
of few small wells, whose production is
about 200 barrels day, while
the total production is 100000 barrels
a day. The trust has not been able to Sc
cure better transportation rates than
are allowed the general public nor has it
received rebates The trust owns the stock
of the pipe lines, for the stock of which it's
certificates were given. Of the 500, 000,-
900 of the capital of the trust about $780,
600, 900 represents the plant of the pipe
lines. 1t costs about 40 cents to run a
barrel of oil to New York from the wells.
The purposes of the trust are to mine for,
produce, manufacture, refine and deal in
petroleum and all it's products and all the
materials used in such business and to
transact other business connected there
with. The trustees are given power to pur-
chase the bonds and stocks of other COM
panies. Each trustee is entitled to SAL
airy not exceeding 800, 900 a year. except
the president, who may be voted $50, 900.
Mr. Rockefeller said growing and dam
gerous rival had sprung up in Europe. The
Rothschilds are taking advantage of the
American idea of tubes and are successfully
working the Russian oil fields
Reduced Wages for 10000 EmDIoyes.
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Reduced wages for $4,000 Employees.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Feb 2S-The coke OPP
orators yesterday posted notices through
out the Connellsville coke region of re-
duction in wages of from 6 to 10 per
cent to take effect March l. The en-
ployes will meet Wednesday to decide
whether or not they will accept From
1900 to $4,000 employees are affected
There is strong feeling against accepting
tho raduction
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-06-25

There is plenty of evidence that the
Russian serfs. supposed in England 20
have been so torpid, writhed iercely under
their bondage Brigandage became tie
norma. disease of Russia for the brigands
were bands of escaped serfs who some
times banded into armies and threatened
or pillased cities. Each pretender was
dreaded because he offered protection to
the serfs. and their attachment was the
single reason for the rise of the ruffian
Pugatscheff, mere marauder, who gath
cred armies of 30. 900 and shook the throne
of the great Catherine. Moreover. NJ
Rambaud brings out the fact that down to
a very late period the serfage hampered
the czars. the people hating the system so
fiercely that Russian statesmen informed
the court that if an invader issued de-
cree OF acknowledgment all patriotism
would disappear
population so embittered against its
owners naturally looked to the central au.
thority. as it had done when oppressed by
less regular means. This feeling of reli
ance on the central power manifested all
through Russian history might not of it
self have built the autocracy. but that the
house os Rurik. always self willed and
fierce, felt that only in perfect per
sonal horsepower as of deity-could they
find protection against the mobiles and de-
pendent princes who from age to age
threatened even their lives II was ne
cessary. if they were to reign at all. to
reign fiercely. to allow of no resistance. to
destroy whole families leagued against the
throne Cars and people therefore played
into each others hands until at last Peter
the Little could say with truth that in
Russia no one was important except the
man whom the car addressed. and be
only so long as the car addressed him
London Spectator.
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Re.ixnation Of Rsv. ID. whsts.

At the close of the sermon yesterday morn
ing at the First Baptist church, the pastor
presented the following letter:
To the First Baptia Church, augusta:
DEAR BkETHREs AND SISTERS Three
and 0ne-half years ago, in obedience to what
believed was the will of God, l accepted
the pastOrate of this church TO which you
heartily called me. Today. in obedience |
believe to the same authority. surrender the
sacred trust, by rendering To you my resIg-
nation as your pastor, the same to take eff
feet at such time as shall be mutually agreed
upon, would suggest, however, July 3lst
My reason for this action is call recently
received from the Pleasant ST., Baptist
church of Worcester, Massachusetts, which
has come 10 me unexpectedly and without
any solicitation on my part, directly or in
directly and under circumstances that
leave no doubt IN my mind as
to the path of duty, therefore this action is
final. | should be false to the fruest and
tenJerest sentiments of my heart, if l did
not say that tnis step Is taken with much
pain. The thought Of severing relations and
associations 40 Pheasant and parting with a
people so dearly love, and so highly es
TEEN moves my heart with sincere sorrow
isting between pastor and people, 1 hay.
formed many precious personal attachments
and friendships that bind me strongly to you
and this city, but the minister of Christ
must not allow these rarest of earth's treas
ures To stand for one moment between him
and his masters call. l am comforted toda,
beloved, in the knowledge that my hear
holds nothing but the kindliest feelings anu
warmest christian affections for you, each
and all. and in the belief that the same is
true of your feelings towards me. If thi.
act of separation voices Gods will it will
surely bring his blessing and that il
may fall on you in far richer measure than
If | remained with you is the sincere desire
and prayer of
Your pastor,
II. J. WHITE.
Augusta, June q, 1888.
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Lady Chatham dog suffered from over
feeding. and became 50 violently i'll that
it's life was in danger She sought ear
nestly for a doctor for her favorite, and
at length heard that the blacksmith of
the village had said he could cure it The
smith was sent for, and undertook to cure
the pet if he could be allowed to keep it
for three weeks.
My lady pleaded that she might be per
mitted to visit her favorite two or three
times week but this was steadily re
fused. and the man was at length allowed
to depart with the patient.
For the next three weeks much amuse-
meut was afforded in the smithy by the
sight of Lady Chatham's fat poodle tied
under the bellows in such a position that
it painted with the exertion of getting up
whenever the bellows was used The
smiths boy also drove the creature round
the orchard three times day. tied with a
string This reduced the fat of the pam
pered animal while simple diet of bread
and milk restored the tone OF it's digestive
organs At the end Of three weeks the
smith ret armed the dog fully recruited
and received a handsome reward Rev
William Queketts Sayings and Doings "
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A Deed OF DarkneAS.

| never hunted deer. but think I can
understand how any man thrilled by the
excitement of long chase. full OF the
ardor of pursuit, giving the game all the
fair chances of the field, himself enduring
fatigue, thirst, peril in the chase. match.
ing his own endurance, patience and skill
against the speed. strength and instinct
of the game. can at last bring his rifle to
his shoulder and shoot down the antlered
monarch bounding away for life. But to
lie in n boat. hidden away in the dark.
ness. crouching back in the shadows Of
the glowing decoy waiting through long
hours of darkness, listening to every
sound. gun in hand finger on the trigger.
hiding, in cold and mist. silent. motion
less. waiting watching until the beauti
full creature comes timidly to the water.
lifts its startled head to gaze with bright.
curious eyes at the light that is death.
coming nearer and nearer-to kill this
creature then, at pistol range, in cold
blood -pshawl this is not hunting 1t
is assassination 1t is murder II is q
deed of darkness worthy of the gloomy
shadows that hide the perpetrator. Rob
ert Burdette
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Smallest Plant in the World.

The smallest towering plant in exist
ence is Woltfia microscopes. q native of
India. 1t belongs to the natural order
Lemnacee. or the duck weed family 1t
is almost microscopic n size, destitute Of
proper stem, leaves and roots. bu. having
these organs merged in one. forming q
frond There is. however, a prolonsation
of the lower surface into kind Of rhizoid,
the purpose Of which seems to be to en-
allie the plant to float upright in the
water The fronds multiply asexually by
sending out other fronds from basiar
slit or concavity. and with such rapidity
does this take place that a few days often
sufTces to produce from few individuals
enough similar ones to cover many square
rods of pond surface with the minute
green granules
But small as these plants are. and sim
pie in their structure. they yet produce
flowers Two flowers are produced on .
plant, each Of them very simple. one con
sisting of a single stamen and the other
Of single pistil both OF which burst
through the upper surface Of the frol.j
There are two species of this genus grow
ing in the eastern United States one OF
the4l Wolfiia Columbiana. about one
twenty fifth Of an inch in diameter. anG
the other. w Brasiliensis somewhat
smaller in size The American species has
been collected near Philadelphia. Boston
Budget
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The ''tAliyman" plays no inconsiderable
part in tie disasters Of the poor. especially
In the little household where the wife is
vain or thriftless The tallyman or travel
ing draper Is. - most Of my readers are
probably aware, q superior kind Of hawker
or an inferior kind of commercial traveller
whichever you like In purchasing and
selling it was at one time customary for
traders to have two sticks and to mark
with q notch on each the number Of goods
delivered These tallies from the French
word taller. to cut) were the means by
which accounts we're kept The tally
shop is q shop at which goods are sold
to customers on account. the account
being kept in corresponding books One is
called the tally. and is kept by the buyer,
the other side is the counter tally"
and is kept by the seller Sometimes
card Is given to the customer instead OF a
book The tallyman calls with his goods
his finery and his household stuffs. and
displays his tempting wares to the eyes
of the housewife.
Unfortunately many poor men wives
aon't want much pressing They see the
finery; there is only small sum to be
paid down, and it will be so easy to pay
the rest by q small installment every
week. Many a good, honest workman
dates the day of his downfall to the tai
lyman first stroke Of business with his
wife. The tallyman will DO paid. and to
pay him the, wife will sometimes pawn
her children's things and descend to
lodges which are the beginning Of bad
times The great desire OF most OF the
tallymans lady customers is to keep the
fact that they are in debt from the hu.
bands knowledge and a threat to tell the
husband or to apply to him for the money
is very powerful weapon in the tally
mans armory -George R. Sims in Phils
Gelphla Times
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GARDINER.

The heat Saturday was SO intense that on
ly those who were obliged to be out exposed
themselves. The thermometer in some
places was reported over 100. In the rear Of
The stores on Water street and in the win
dows where there was a breeze it registered
"a.
Phillip Rines on Harrison avenue was so
overcome by the heat that he was taken into
VIM. Rings on Brunswick road and DIR
Sawyer called He did not have full sun
stroke.
The costumes for the art carnival are
here and the selection from the Italian
opera Ernani promises to be a very attrac-
tive feature of the entertainment.
Miss Stephenson of Togus is a guest Of
Gen. Hyde of Bath.
Harry Smith member of the class of SO
of the High School took the first prize in
Latin at Bowdoin college Freshman exhibi-
ton
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Are you disturbed ct night and broken OF
your rest by sick child suffering and cry
ing with pain of cutting teethf If so, send
at once and get bottle of Mrs. WINsLow's
SOOTHING SYRUP FOR CHILDREN TEErHING.
Its value is incslculable. 1t will relieve the
poor little sufferer Immediately. Depend
upon it, mothers, there is no mistake about
it, 1t cures dysentery and diarrhOea,
regulates the stomach and bowels, cures
wind collie, softens the gums, reduces in
hammation, and gives tone and energy to the
whole system, Mrs. MISSIONS SoorRIs.
SYRUP FOR CHILDREN TEETHING is pleasant
to the taste, and is the prescription of one OF
the oldest and best female nurses and ply
sicians in the United States, and is for sal.
by all druggists thorough the world. Price
25 cents a bottle