The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-12-07

A rural editor has lost faith in the lucl
of horseshoes. He picked one UP las
week and nailed it over his door, Tha
mernirg he received three duns and sever
F" stops" by mail and man called with {
revolver to ask who wrote that article
Professor H, Of Yale College, was
passing out of the recitation-rooms on his
crutches when an ambitious freshman
dropped slyly into his hat a piece OF
paper. on which he had written legibly
the word monkey" Tickled with his
Joke, he told his success to all his stu
dent friends. But speedy retribution
befell him. At his next recitation, the
bland professor addressed his division
thus, in the sweetest tones: Gentlemen,
as was passing out of the room yester
day, one of your number did me the very
high honor of leaving with me his card. "
The Marinette Eagle says: Hay will
be very scarce in this region before next
spring, unless, prompt measures are taken
to get in u supply soon. The most of the
stock in the farming districts around
Peshtigo was destroyed by fire on that
fatal Sunday night, but nearly all the hay
in the country was also destroyed at the
same time. The result OF efforts to pro.
cure hay In various parts of the state, by
parties residing here has shown that
owing to the dry season, this much need
Ell article is very scarce and the price
high everywhere"
contemporary complains that the most
discouraging feature OF American society at
the present time is abandonment Of the young
men to the fopperes and fOolishness of dress
and fashion. The standard of the American
youth, it thinks, is " fast deteriorating from
the standard of the man to that OF the popin
jay"
The loading of lumber on vessels anchored
out in the bay at Peshtigo, must be a pleas
ing task, especially wheL it is done from RATS
and during the rolling of heavy sea. The
garments of the laborers are incased in ice
and the waves frequently splash over them
Wages are Is cents to $l.0O per day.
The death of Alfred w Loring, the brillian
young journalist, at the hands of the Apac b
es, is fully confirmed. When the attack was
made he lost his presence of mind, anc
Indians were. The savages Instantly sur
rounded him and fired two shots through hi
breast causing instantaneous death.
Alexander Dumas, the elder, died with on
| ly one gold-piece in his pocket. His son is
millionaire, and his daughter is married t.
one OF the wealthiest landed proprietors II
France. The old man had the rest of hi
money in notes.
ETIQUETTE -The word etiquette mean
6 In due ORDER" although in its origina
French it signifies ticket or card. It ap
pears that it was once the custom in France
on occasions of ceremony or festivity, to dis
tribute among the guests tickets containing
an outline OF the proceedings and direction
for the conduct of the company. If every
thing was done properly, it was said to b.
according to the ticket of etiquette; hence
:" in due order"
WHAT WILD ANIMALS ARE WoRTH.-7aIad
anne Lakes circus and menagerie was sold a
auction the other day at Cincinnati. Th,
birds and animals sold (to showmen) as fol
lows: Camel, $2O5 baby camel, 1925 cam
ell, $405 camel, $500 elephant, So, 700 griz
zley bear and cage, 1925 nine birds, $165
three animals, cash, So; bird cage, 1925
Happy Family and cage, $135 four youn
lions and cage $3.50 three Mexican lions
ST, 100; cage, $3.50; lioness and four cubs
$500 lion, $500; two lions, $500 cage, sec
cage and two tigers, So, 300.
DISTILLED WATER-Distiled water, tn
purest state of ater, may be readily obtain
ed by fixing curved tin tube, three or fou
feet long, to the spout Of a teakettle. ant
conducting its free end into a jar placed in
basin of cold water, and enveloped with
wet towel. The softer the water is the bet
ter solvent it is of all soluble animal an
vegetable substances; thus, distilled waite
being free from all foreign ingredients,
necessarily the softest Of all water, and cor
sequently it is well adapted not only for d
lEting in febrile affections, but for pervadin
the minutest vessels and improving their 81
GREETING powers. Distilled water is mawkis
. to the taste; this is easily corrected by pour
ing it from one jug to another successivel
for ten or fifteen minutes, so as to involve /
a quantity of atmospheric air.
EXCELLENT INTEREST RULEs.-For findin
. the interest on any principal for any numbe
of days the answer in each case being /
! cents, separate the two right hand figures t
express it in dollars and cents.
Four Per Cent.-Multiply the principal
the number of days to run separate til
right hand figure from product, and divide b
nine.
d, Five sn per 151t ~ by the number
Six Per Cent.-Mutiply by number of day
separate right hand figure, and divide by ST.
, Eight Per Cent.-Multiply by number
days and divide by 45.
Nine Per Cent.-Multiply by number
days separate right hand figure, and divid
by4.
, Ten Per Cent.-Multiply by number
days, and divide by sc.
Twelve Per Cent.-Multiply by number
] days separate right hand figure, and divid
: 3.
Fifteen Per ent.-Multiply by number
days and by "a.
: Eighteen Per Cent.-Multiply by numb,
of days; separate right hand figure and diviC
by2.
,, Twenty Per Cent,-Multiply by number
days, and divide by Is.