The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-08-18

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| SOMEWHAT CooL.-A rich scene was wit
messed in the gentlemen's cabin of Jersey
City ferry boat the other morning. boy
about Is years old sat quietly smoking a
cigar, enjoying the weed with the air of a
veteran. He held large bundle across his
arm, one end resting on the floor. The cabin
was crowded. A gentleman who sat next 20
the urchin was apparently very much annoy
! ed by the careless manner in which the
upper end of the bundle was continuously
! thrust under his nose. He cal ed the atten.
ton of the boy to the fact two or three times
and at last, losing all patience exclaimed in
q loud tone !" What In thunder have you in
that internal bundle % S 5asa
| Coolly taking the cigar out OF his mouth
and holding it at an elevation which brought
the lighted extremity directly under and
within an inch of the bundle, he replied
with the utmost nonchalance, "Sky rockets!''
The curious. gentlemen gave one look at
the fellow, and sprlnging hastily from his
seat, shouted "We shall all be blown up !"
beat prccipitate retreat TO the deck
With sly wink, Young America turned to
the other passengers In the vicinity who
were up in a state of CONSERVATION, and oA-
served quietly: . Sky rocket sticks |; the old
cove got scare for nothing The laugh
that followed convinced the "old cove"
who was looking for the anticipated explo-
sion at a safe distance from the cabin door,
that he had been sold. n fe es.
ARAB ToILETs.-Arab good manners re-
quire that a man shall be decently dressed
and pious in every action OF his life He must
to begin with, be careful In all the additions
required by his religion he must have his
head shaved once q week, keep bis beard, not
cut, but carefully trimmed. and that to u
point !; he must keep, also his rilustaches
clipped to the level of his gnpperl lip,f except
ut tho corners. 50 that he may not soil ais
dress iii eating and he must not omitlto keep
his nails in good order, never biting them,
but pairing them carefully and even the
parings are not to be thrown carelessly away
but they must be- thrown into the fire, OF
buried in the earth, for the nails are, in fact,
sacred, according to The Arab superstition.
The people Of Gascony are particularly
sensitive as to telling the exact truth. A
gentleman from that locality last month told
q person named Scholl he was so tired
when he arrived in Paris that sleep seized
him while he was rubbing his nose, and his
hand was in the same place in the morning
t'As for that, replied Scholi, when I went
to the South was one night 80 sleepy, that
in leaping into bed fell fast asleep, and in
the morning found myself still supported
by my hands, and poised in the act of leaping,
into bed" Scholl, you have been reading the
Yankee papers. This is no more your own
than you are the author of your mothers
existence.
The following inscription is on the tomb
stone over the remains of one of the citizens
of Columbia, Tenn, inferred at the Green
wood Cemetery, who was killed last winter
on the pavement g He escaped the bullets
of the enemy to be assassinated by cow
ardly pup."q @
The shoe manufactory establishments in
Marlborough, Mass, occupy 243, SOB square
feet OF floor room, or over five and one-half
q nR0n and nnhf k@
203 horsepower. These figures do not include
the rooms occupied Inside Of the shops by
those who take out work to do at their
homes. -
San Francisco talks of a magnificent musical
jubilee, to be held in the pavilion, which it is
proposed to decorate with ], 900 Chinese Ian.
terms, while fountain in the center of the
building will throw stream of pure cologne,
to perfume the atmosphere, and an electric
lamp Will shed its rays upon the fountain
through colored glass.
A writer in speaking ofthe war maps pro-
duced In such abundance by the newspapers,
says: They are very easily made. A
pistol Is first charged with powder, then a
small bottle of ink is placed on this charge,
and fired against q piece of lockwood the
block is then handed to the artist, who chips
away all the surface not covered with ink
producing hrst-ciass newspaper war map"
From manuscripts recently discovered we
find that Robert Fulton really had ideas Of
floating batteries propelled by steam One
document, dated at New London, Jan. 8, i
1914, shows that certain models of vessels to
carry heavy guns supplied by them had been
examined and approved by special com.
mittee composed of United States naval off,
GERS.
An Englishman says that he arrived at
Chicago at night, and found the place so full
that he could not get lodging anywhere. He
lay down in a comfortable spot and slept
soundly on waking up he found he was In
the cellar. house had been built over him
in the night,-su is the fastness of life in
that quarter.