The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-06-08

grated pulp or the ordinary potato, the Wnltel
and more free from black specks the better
1t is used for sizing and other manufacturing
purposes, and with the aid of precipitation
and acid is converted into starch. In Europe
! 1t meets larger and increasing demand, IN
! its primitive state, as potato flour, and in
Lancashire alone 10000 tons are annually
sold, and as many more would be taken If put
into the market. When calcined it is used
largely for dressing and other purposes.
The South Norfolk Comm Sentinel tells a
romantic story of a young lady who some
months ago was employed as hat-trimmer
in mandatory of that city. One day being
more than usually disguised with the tedious
and prosaic occupation, on the impulse of the
moment she wrote her name and address upon
the lining of a hat she had just finished, and
patiently awaited the result, The hat with
hundreds OF others, was sent Off to the trade
and finally purchased by New Yorker, who
CHANGED to discover the name upon the lining.
Being of romantic turn of mind, he wrote
to the young lady, an intimacy followed, and
the upshot was the marriage Of the two last
week.
s. I'll. Barnham, Captain of the tug B. B.
Jones, which exploded at Port Huron, Mich,
last week, was sitting in the cabin at dinner
when the explosion took place, and, it is
said, must have been lifted right up into the
air with the deck, and dropped into the river.
He knows nothing of what occurred until he
found himself struggling in the stream. The
chair in which he sat was torn into fragments,
and his escape is one of those strange freaks
which boiler explosions so often present.
Excellent jelly or glue is now made out of
old boots. At recent meeting of the Lib
eral Club, Professor VanderWyde demon
strated the feasibility of such transmuta-
ton. The leather being treated with lime,
under increased atmosphere pressure, parts
with its tanning, and reVerts to the condition
of gelatine, when it may be either converted
into glue, or cast in a mold for edifice or or
namental purposes. Think Of boiled boots as
a light diet.
| A Warsaw reporter saw war among the
wives and widows of Warsaw, and remarks
! that "of all the wars we eyer saw, we never
saw war like the war we saw among the
wives and widows of Warsaw"
| < California papers tell of man who, hay
! ing lost considerable portion Of his nose in
fight, picked up the severed part and put
! it in his pocket, and subsequently, having
gone home and bandaged what was left, put
! on his best suit and started for a surgeon.
When the idoctor was ready to reunite the
separated parts, he called for the piece and
| the mutilated man to his horror, found that
| he had left it at home, and searching vainly
in all his pockets, SAID: II beg pardon, doc
tor; it is rough joke on me, but left my
nose at home in the other vest.
A young wife in New York gave birth, the
OCner uay1 W CWlnS, d 10y anu SlIl1 Uotu VI
whom were endowed with full sets of beau
tiful teeth. The Incident has excited great
deal of interest in the medical faculty; but
the mother has resolutelY refused to make q
show of her babies for the doctor. There
are other cases of similar kind on record,
but they are very rare.
A clergyman of Cairo, ILL.,. expressed
lately his contempt of nickles in his Sunday
collection, and positively forbade any of his
from contributing anVthiO
under the denomination of five cents. 'Save
YOUR CENTS" said the good man, "until you
have five before you put your hands in this
box. The Widows mite business is played
out here"
A wager was laid on the Yankee regularity
to answer one question by asking another
To decide the bet, Down-Easter was in
terrogated. 81 want YOU" said the better,
to give me STRAIGHTFORWARD answer. to a
plain question: II kin do it, mister said
the Yankee. ''Then why is it New Engl and
ers always answer q question by asking one
in return ?" "Do they - was Jonathan S
reply.
There is very simple process by which
muslins used for ladies' and chidren's dress
es can be prevented from catching fire. Dis
solve a small piece of alum in the water in
which muslins are rinsed. When dry, if q
| light be put to them, they will shoulder
slowly away, but not break out into blaze.
| And this so far from being in furious to mus
| lin, improves it greatly.
Capt. Spooner was the commander of the
schooner Mary Ann, and Mr.. Com stock was
his mate. One day Mr.. Comstock walked aft
and said:
Captain Spooner, you are getting a leetle
too close to them are flats. Hadn't you
better go about % .,.
To which Capt. Spooner replied:
"Mr. Comstock, do you go forward and
attend to your part of the schooner; pll
attend to NINE" a.a. .55.E @
m Mr.. Comstock did go forward
aBoys," said he, ''see that are mud hooks
all clear for lettin' go.''
SAY, ay, sir, all clear"
| "Let got aag $50
| Down went the anchor, out ratified the
chain, and like flash the Mary Ann came
! hitting into the wind, and was brought up all
Standing. Mr.. Comstock walked aft, and
Owing the nautical salute, "Captain Spoon
er," said he, my part of the schooner is at
anchor" 5 Ed aaa
A CURIOUS PLANT.-A plant in Ceylon has
a singular provision for the distribution of
Its seeds. These are contained in circular
head, which is composed of spine-like
divisions that radiate in all directions,
making diameter Of eight or fnine inches.
I When the seeds are ripe for distribution
! spines are blown away by the wind and roll
!, swiftly FoYer the level shore for miles
dropping seeds as they go. If they come tc
water they float easily, and their spinei
serve as sails, so that they can cross estua-
ries. A plant valuable for taking root in tn,
sand and protecting the shore from erosion
! is thus widely distributed, as it could no
) be in any other way in barren, brides
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