The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-06-29

trial No doubt most of them had richly
deserved their fate, but it was equally
evident that there was considerable room
for error. Over one hundred being thus
chosen, a firing party was told off,and the
column resumed its march, leaving them
behind In few minutes afterwards a
dropping fire in our rear commenced, and
continued for over a quarter of an hour.
It was the execution of these summarily
convicted wretches, and before we had
reached La Muette tie firing party had
rejoined US. IS
SWIMMING season for this
delightful recreation, and healthful as
delightful if not inordinately INDUCED
IN, is now fully opened and little adj
vice on the the subject might be read
with profit by our boys.
In Hearth and Home we find some good
remarks and directions in regard to
swimming, intended for boys to read, and
here they are:
"Every boy should learn to swim 1t
is both pleasant and healthful sport,
and in these days when so many travel
over sea and ocean, or are carried from
one place to another along our coasts, or
up and down the rivers, not few some
times suddenly find themselves in the wa
ter, when life depends upon reaching
bale of cotton, or a plank, Or something
else floating near.
Suppose the boy urdressed, his clothes
neatly laid away on the bank of the river
or pond, and he is just ready to go in.
Now standing where you are, jump in
where the water is foot or foot and
half deep 1t will seem cold at first, but
it is altogether better than to wade in for
Wading in drives the blood upward to the
head, which is liable to work ser1nusI in
jury. After you are wet all over, then
wade quietly in till you stand with the
water up to your waist, then giving
spring towards the shore, at the same
time striking out with your hands side
ways to your body and kicking with all
our might
The first time trying you will sink to
the bottom, and if your feet are not under
you, your head will go UNDER but you
must scramble up quickly and go back
and try again. The next time, perhaps !;
you will go several feet without touching
the bottom-your first success in learning
to swim. Keep repeating this, always
wading IN, and then striking out for the
shore
After you have learned so that you can
wade out a rod or so from the shore, and
can swim to it, you can try swimming
down stream, if you are in river, or
alongside the shore if you are in pond !;
but you should always remember that you
will get tired IN few minutes; and should
you lose your wind" as the boys say
when you are in deep water, you will be
In great danger of drowning.
The ETHICS OF DRESS InnprinIs. The
first instinct about new fashion is the
true one. Don't wait till yeur eve has
lost its accuracy and your judgment it's
edge Subject the thing at once to the
general rule, and bow to the decision.
I'd. What suits one person does net
suit another. Know myself
Sd. Dress should supplement good
points and correct bad ones. Thick and
thin, long and short, are not all to be
subj to the Procrustean STYLE
4th. Colors should be harmonious
should be becoming. Id est, many little
points or blotches of color sprinkled over
costume produce a disagreeably pied
and speckled effect, as of monstrous
robins egg, or a plum pudding. One
tint should prevail, relieved by contrast
ing tint. No amount of fashionable
preStage can make an unbecoming color
becoming. "Nile green" will turn some
people into oranges, though twenty EN-
presses ordain its adoption.
9th: Lines should be continuous,
graceiul and feminine It is better to
LOOK IKE woman Gf you happen to be
0ne) than like anything eise-even
fashiOn-plate
9th. Ornament must be subordinate.
Nature, with all profusion, never forgets
this fundamental law
7th. Above all thinga,be neat. Dainty
precision and freshness is essential to q
woman as flower
18th. Individuality is the rarest and
the cheapest thing in the world.
9th, and lastly. stylish" is of all
the words in the English language the
most deadly. It has slain its thousands.
A man in Illinois committed suicide bv
drowning, lately, in six inches of water. he
couldn't have done it alone, but his wife.
WIN That self-sacrifcing devotion and helm.
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