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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-06-20

have thought it worth while to hunt after
rank, valued perhaps at two shillinos
or thersabouts, with such keenness and
uaoiusning mendicancy It was a fash
lon&pla meanness,and everybody practiced
IL. IL Is amusing to note IN the letters
and diaries of the last generation how tbe
getting of frank, or the fruitless pursuit.
or one was deemed quite important
enough 10 be recorded, and how frequent
~ the incident turns up. The parallel "a
this morbid passion in our own dav iU
perhaps the mania for orders for the NAV
I'll. Ialne has remarked, with some 90.
constituent, IN his recent letters tbat
.amusements OF this kind form q sp,oTI
lCrm IN the expenses of an English mid.
cle'elass family Snd that it is Thouoht .
necessary economy TO go to the theatre
only when Tree passes can be procured
Managers, actors, dramatic critics, news.
paper editors, whose pockets are supposed
70 De stuffed with orders, are imporiuned
fecklessly and shamei essly, in order that
Weltto- do people may be provided grS-
tultously with what they cOQld themselye
purchase for q few shilings whenever
they choose. During a discussion of the
SUBJECT Year or two since, it WAS ststed
thaG managers and actors frequently re.
celVe letters from persons who are entire
strangers to them, expressing desire to
witness their performances. and beocinp
for orders. Perhaps the Low EST dant5 of
meanness to which responsibility de-
sends, is in seeking medical attendance
at the hospitals, thus accusing the charity
OF these institutions and defraudlno the
poor, whose places they occupy. At a
recent Poor Law Conference, it was as
serted that cases were known in which
respectable household RS had discussed
themselves as servants, ia order to pro.
cure gratultOus advice and medicine and
even Without disguise, people in com.
portable circumstances not unfreouentlv
aValled themselves Of the hospitals rather
IMAM call In a doctor to attend them.
ms, however, Is not merely meanness.
0u5 an act of dishonesty, and it is pity
there is no means of furnishing it as il
deserves. Reasonable economy IS alwavs
respectable in small things as in GREAT
out The WEAKNESSES of which we have
been speaking are at the best but bastard
economies, and serve not unfrequentlv as
an excuse for extravaganza in other WAYS.
Wasteful people often have fits of petty
parsimony, and VIII squander a pound
WIFE great equanimity on the strength of
the supposed virtue and self denial which
has been exercised in some shabby trick
Tor saving slxpence.-8aturdag ReOieV.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-06-20
FORBIDDEN FRUIT.

STis not the perfect rose within our reach,
That tempts our eager and aspiring grasp !:
But one that blooms beyond, our hearts be-
seech,
To lacerate our fond, expectant clasp.
'Tis not the little bird that fills our glade
With music all too heavenly and divine;
But songs from some forbidden bower stray
ed,
We treasure e'er to covet and repine.
'Tis not the gem that glows on our own
breast,
In which we trace the most resplendant
powers;
In one that on another's brow is press'd,
We recognize rarer stone than ours.
And thus, we put aside the sweet, rare flow
ers,
So radiant in the reach of our poor hand !;
10 grasp and struggle all our mortal hours
For those'We never, never can command.
And so our brightest abIest hours are spent,
In nursing false, frail dreams that melt and
die; .efEaa
In spurning with blind doubts the blessings
= meant r.rF
To gladden. our lone pathway to the sky .
-Pr0vidence Herald.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-06-20
THE GOLDEN GATE.
BY ADELAIDE A. PROCTOR.

Dim shadows gather quickly round, and ur
the stair they climb;
The cloudy stair that upward leads to where
the closed portals shine,
Round which the kneeling spirits wait the
opening of the Golden Gate.
Ard some with eager longing go, still press
ing forward, hand in hand.
And some with weary step, and slow, look
back where their beloved stand
Yet up the misty stair they climb, led on.
ward by the Angel Time.
AS unseen hands roll back the doors, the
light that floods the very air
Is but the shadow from within Of the great
glory hidden there;
And morn and eve, and noon and late, the
shadows pass within the Gate.
AS one by one they enter in, and the stern
portals close once more,
The halo seems to linger round those kneel.
ing closest to the door;
The Joy that lightened from that place shines
still upon the watchers face.
The faint, low echo that we hear of far-Off
music seems to fill
The silent air with love and fear, and the
worlds clamors ali grow still,
Until the portals close again, and leave us
toiling on in pain.
Complain not that the way is long-what
road is weary that leads there?
But let the angel take thy hand, and lead
thee up the misty stair,
And then with beating heart await the open
ing of the Golden Gate.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-06-20
THE WEAKNESSES OF RESPECTA-
BILITY.

Everybody, it has been remarked, has
a pet virtue or pet vice, and it may al.
most more truly be said that everybody
has pet meanness. The meanneses Of
responsibility are Of all kinds and degrees
They vary, Of course, with different PEG.
pie. Some can never settle with a cab
man without a desperate struggle oVer
the odd sixpence, and ranking sense of
injury and ruin if the obdurate Jehu hap
pens to get the better of them others are
dismayed if they are unexpectedly caught
at church when the offertory bags are
sent round. With others again, the weak
point is perhaps stationary, or some other
cheap article for household use they can
never bring themselves to make bold
Investment of few, 3hillings worth at 8
time, but go on from hand to mouth with
petty purchases which may have an eco
nomical appearance in detail, although
they are pretty sure to prove more ex-
trsyag8nt in the long run than o larger
order. There are even rGm0rS that a raid
upon club paper is not absolutely IN
known. We wonder how many people
ever think Of buying few new pens.
There seems to be a Superstitious mott on
among large class that peas never wear
out; they must be handed down in fami
lies almost as if they were articles of great
cost and rarity, Blotting paper, too, is apt
to be cherished as an object of extrava.
CANT luxury, over which persons of mod.
crate means are bound to be very careful,
People Whs think nothing of going to
considerable expense for dinner or .
trip tc,the couhtrys will go on for months
painfully .ecenomizing with few wretch,
cd blackened leaves rather than spend
sixpencS on q fresh supply. The old
SYSTEM of ranking letters produced a
CHARACTERISTIC development Of meanness.
The shifts and centriVancss to which
people usedlto resort to procure a frank
thellahor,aRd sometimes even,as it would
appear, the expense, to which they put
themselves to, get at some one who had it
in his power to confer tho coveted favor
the intrigues, entreaties, supplications to
which they stopped, yare almost incrsdi-
bile. It is only fair, of course, to remem-
bsr that the rates of postage were cnor-
mously high as compared with the rates
of the present day, and also that eighteen.
pence or couple of shillings was then q
relatively larger SUM than now. Yet,
after making every allowance on this &C.
count, it il amazing that persons who
were not in pinchsd circumstances should
I @&&s4 @ONs A@8 haa89@@N go @#AN We N&8&h2i
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-06-20
FINUM RESPICE.

Life has charms for you and me,
Other than our senses sec
Charms of soul that cannot die,
Loves reserve, for you and I!
Throw the torturing doubts aside,
In the strength Of God abide
Cease your Sowing to the wind"
-hTnai letters soul and mind.
Work land make this life sublime
Press HIS grapes and drink HIS a0jne
AS within the tiny flower
Turks the secret of Gods power,
And the sweetest roses blow
From last winters beds of snow
SO to your dear life and mine
lin the fullnsss of HIS Iime,)
Light shall break from Ger the hills,
Glad reward to patient wills!
In the path of duty, find
Health of heart and peace of mind;
All unsought, some floWery prize
Waits disclosure from thine eyes
Some sweet land that Heaven expands
Meath the touch of human hands!
lone.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-06-20
SCENE AT AN AUCTION.

A writer in the Spirit Of the Times thus
sketches scene in an auction room, that h
witnessed few days since. The articles
offered he says, were damaged gocds"-and
that women dote on as they do on curly-beaa.
ed babies.
The first articles put up were q pair Of
blankets for which more than a dozen bids
were immediately offered. The puzzled arc
tlonesr, however, caught up the highest
which was dollar from female who scanned
determined TO nave them at any price, wnen.
ere he could say going" a male cried ont
dollar fifty" from the opposite side of the
room. '-O
Two dollars? ~ echoed the woman, elbow.
ing her way through the dense mass of fe.
males, who were separated from the males
by long counter, upon which the glib
tongued auctioneer walked to and fro with
his goods
1.-TWO fifty" nodded the man.
1hank ye, sir; going at two fifty" cried
the auctioneer.
"rhree !" screamed the woman.
"Gln the hfty ~ said the auctioneer, turn
ing to the woman, with half suppressed
smlle on his small, sober Visage.
nod from the woman.
"Three fifty I'm offered give me fours
Come, don't be afraid they're worth double
the money" }e@ss .'
eyes. and that's ALL"
"Sold ~ cried the dealer in hammers, al
most bursting with laughter, "to Captain
Smith--not John-for four dollars.''
smith !" cried the woman, ''what, my
"a glimpse OF him. "Why, you good for moth
ing man, you've been bidding against your
Own wife? ., you impudence but won't
have them in the house" i sn r
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-06-20
CONSIDERATION.

I have done at length with dreaming,
Henceforth, o thou soul Of mine,
Thou must take up sword and gauntlet
Waging warfare most divine. .s.
Lie is struggle. combat, victoryl
Wherefore have l slumhered on
With my forces all unmarshalled,
Had walked instead of crept
Oh. how many glorious record,
Had the angels of me kept,
Had done instead of doubted,
Had [ walked instead of crept
Yet, my soul, look not behind thee,
Thou hast work to do at last;
Let the brave toll of the present
OVerarch The crumbling past.
Build thy great acts high, and higher,
Build them on the conquered sod,
Where the weakness first fell bleeding.
And the first prayer was to God.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-06-20

CEMENT FOR AN AQUAR1UM.-I send
you receipt which I have used EIGHT
years in my own aquarium ia perfect
success. The cement has never been re-
moved, and the tank has never leaked a.
drop during the time: One part bv
measure, say gill, of litharge: one gill
Of plaster of Paris ; one gill of dry, white
sand one third of gill of finely pew.
dered resin. Sift, and keep corked
tight till required fer use, when it is to
be made into a putty by mixing with
boiled Ilnseed oil, with little patent
dryer added. Never use it after it has
been mixed with the oil after fifteen
hours The cement can be used in ma
rine as we'll as fresh water aquaria, as it
reslsts the action of salt water. But the
tank must have either an iron or stone
frame work; wooden one would warp
and cannot be made tight with any kind
of cement. Be sure your plaster Of Paris
is pure. Dentists always keep that
which is good. 1t is best to let the tank
stand Gay or two before the water is
put in. The best plants I have used are
the Water-cress and the Gala lily Cor.
Of Rura1 Ne0 Yorker.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-06-20

"A convention of all persons interested
in narrow guage railroads will be held
at St. L0Nis, June TO- A feature of the
meeting of special interest will be an ex-
curslon to Denver to inspsct the success.
ful working of the Denver and Rio
Grande railroad ssae~o
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-06-20

FREAKS OF BEEs-We had curious
circumstance occur last week. A strong
Italian colony was working in thirty two
surplus boxes, and had been left undis.
turbed (the queens wing clippeD to see
what it would accom- plish. 1t was past
the swarming season, and we had ceased
to look out for swarms, when an unusu&
disturbance was noticed about this hive.
We knew they would not go off, of course,
not with the queens wing cut, but went
out looking anxiously lest our wingless
queen should be lost in the grass To
our surprise the swarm arose and settlsd
on limb--a good bushel of bees we
doubt not. We waited, expecting them
to find out they had no queen, and 60
back to the hive, but as they remained
quiet we hived them In the largest hive
we had. When all was quiet again, we
were anxious to see how our wingles {
queen had flown to the top of an oak land
so opene the hive to see the state of the
premises They looked deserted indeed.
Boxes empty; and very few bees remain
ing. Combs were filed with brood, how.
ever, but we could not see queen cell,
though We found . number destr Dyed.
Near the center of the hive, however, we
came upon the old queen, almost alone
in her glory--her wings clipped--there
was no installing her. s 8aB Erg r0tl9s5
Now, in this case, the colony had reared
a yousg queen in spite of the old ones
presence, and kept the two apart until
they swarmed out, the yodng queen lead.
ing the host instead of the OLD one, that
the bees must have discovered was UNI
able to fy.og8h as5aH Ted aaZtnagSaI I'll
To us this proves two things:8 T. Bees
will depart from their usual way Of do
ing things to crafty the, swarming pro-
pensity, when the fever is upon them. q.
We must not think bees will not swarm
merely because the hive is large, with
plenty ofroom in boxes, and you would
rather they would not swarm. !" Eternal
vigilance sythe price of safety in any
hive, about swarming time at least.-Bee.
Keeper's Journal la6aT 80 a4asg adJ eli aa7
~aa AZ .v5iaaoosm lNuqtiau 9n9f33uTt
i -i1tng els o. a1nqqua g9f s9Tot9IsHf ,aiG3t
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-06-20

/ A good harness backing is made of four
ounces of hogs lard, sixteen ounces of meats
foot oil, four ounces of yellow wax, twenty
ounces of ivory black, sixteen ounces of
brown sugar, and ten ounces of water. Heat
the whole to boiling, and stir until It be-
comes cool enough to handle, then roll 1t In
to balls about two inches in diameter.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-06-20

The Engineers employed in taking
|seundiRgs for the proposed bridge across
the st. Lawrence, between Prescott and
Ogdensburgh, have completed their Ia
bors. The bridge will be 5000 feet long,
and the piers will have TO be sunk in 80
feet of water. Z sa.3-.aa 49,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-06-20

y The Galveston News thinks that there will
be great falling off the number of cattle driY
en- TO market this year, as compared with the
number last year, and the consequence will
be an advance in the market price of Texas
bee7es. The severity of the winter caused a
loss of probably one or two hundred thous-
and head and most of those who drove last
year were discouraged with the results, on
account Of the difficulties they hadto encoun,
Ter, end the low prices they received,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-06-20

The English Milk Journal describes case
where milk dealer, on second conviction
for diluting milk with waller, was not only
fined, bat required in accordance WITH the
provisions of special law, to pay the cost of
q conspicuous notice in a leading paper, giv~
ing in full an account of the transaction. -
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-06-20

Don't sHooT THE BIRDS. WE have for the
past ten days spent many, hours watching
robins, black birds and eat birds on our lawn
and among our trees. and NE are fully salts
fed that they have destroyed an average of
over one thousand worms and insects daily.
ana an e elm tree we noticed nest
cleaned cut the catefpillars. It lis true these
birds eat some of our cherries as they ripsn
but they pay four fold for them in assistinr
70 clear out our ground of injurious insects.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-06-20

The Belle Lee'scoal bill for 2 1 hours on
one trip was 81 $50 and on the next trip
Sl,O4s. Her coal bill on one trip from
New Orleans to Cairo and back was So
3D. $500 e fs.n 1890. 80 80 II. 4. -
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-06-20

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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-06-20

An association has been foraed. in st.
Louis for the purpose iron ship-build-
ing. Some of the best known merchants
and capitalists have taken SHARES IN the
venture. The capital stock is placed at
100000 with power to increase to $40,
600 900. at#r.a a-.. .,.5..E
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-08-17

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The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-08-17

ALL R1GHT.-How many of us use
the expression halfdozen times week
and have it stick in the throat at least
hall OF them. 1t is comming to be hypo-
critical appendage of business and SO
cial intercourse.
A sronger goes behind the counter
cuts, offa dimes worth of tobacco or
! cheese, with an excuse that he wants
Sample" and the grocery man says
"thats all right"
A customer returns pair of shoes to
the dry goods man, soiled and Injured al
ter "a half days wear, gruntiug "they are
too small, and the merchant says, that's
all right"
A church member puts his name
down for $50 toIay the preacher, and
when called on gives only SO, with the
remark that ',times are too hard" aud
the parson says, "that's all right"
A loafer makes regular practice Of
coming into printing Office aud beg
ging copy ofthe paper, Stating that he
'just wants to read it, and the edition
is short the editor groans with polite.
ness, that's all right"
IAN extravagant debtor tells patient
creditor every tilue he mects him that h,
intends to pay the account ''to morrow,
q certain," and the poor dun turns Of with
"that's all right"
~ And SO it goes. It's all wrong, and
we say its all right, and by our want OF
spirit and independence encourage lazi.
ness, imposition, stinginoss and every
other sin under the sun.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-08-17

BOYS, R1GHTs-BY A BoY-Tall
about the women and the darkics, a, d
the-the-all the rest of 'em; none OF
'em all are halfso badly used as boys
are. Ask any boy. l know lot, and
can give you all their names Ask 'em
all, They'll tell you, to be boy is to
bcsomebody without rightin this world
You are to take all the sass that's given
to you and give none back, cause you re
boy. You are to pay full fare in the
cars and omn:buses, cause you are a
boy, and not less and child and not a
man, Fat lady gets in after it's all
full anil looks about her; everybody
looks at you. Old gentlema says, "My
son." reprovingly, Conductor says,
"Come, now. you boy" Yon've paid
your sixpence. omatter-that is moth
ing, You've been on your legs, with bun
dies, all day. Who oare,?-you'rs
boy. Now horse has such load Civ
en- him as he can carry aud a man won't
! tnke any more than than he can walk
under. Ask boys what grown folks
think they can carry. There's no limit
to'it. Who doesn't know boy who
does mans work. and then does it we'll,
for tenth of what man would get f1l
it Who hasn't read an advertisement
for boy who writes good hand, UNDER
stands accounts, is willing to make him
self useful, boards with his parents, is
trustworthy, no objection to sitting up
all night, not anxious for meals at regu-
lar hours, no impudence about him; the
best recommendation REQUESTED and two
dollars a week wages! You look ba k
and wonder if you ever were that pretty
little fellow in petticoats that everybody
stuffed With candy; and you wonder if
you'll ever be man, and be liked by
the girls, and treated politely by the
other fellows, and paid for your work,
and allowed to do as you choose.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-08-17

gaS" All Persons indebted TO mo must pny
mp immediately as am compelled to close
my books. word to the wise is sufficient.
j. p. HARLEY.
oct la may q C 1y
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-08-17
Save. Yonr Money !!
j.. P. HARLEY'S :,

4 ND buy CHEAP Dry Goods, Boots,
~ Shoes, Hats, Caps, &c., of which he
has just received fresh supply. t'
FLOUR of all grades.
BACON, LARD,
SUGAR and COFFEE
of all grades.
Besides numerous other articles in my
Grocery Department all of which am sell
ing at Prices not to be excelled for CHEAP
NESS in the Town. Come and see for your
selves.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-08-17
A CANINE. MARTYR.-Ihe following
story; is from tho Nashville u MON:

q : " 4 ra H
When contumely is sought to be CIV
en- person the name of a dog is often
used, and yet this bru'e mcst frequent
ly of any other is mans best friend and
faithful protector Wednesday afternoon
as 5irs. G GsWoodruff was in her yard,
near the race track, she saw mad dog
making towards her, evidently desirous
of making an attack. Being some dis
stah6e fromsthe house-too far, in fact
ito reach the door before the mad dog
could seize fher--the affrighted lady
Thought of her own faithful dog, which
he called to her assistance! Hearing
the screams and call of her mistre:
the dog with an alacrity which seemed
to spring from a CONSCIOUSNESS of i'm
pending danger, bounded forward in
time to attack the mad dog just as tn,
infariated beast was about to seize Mrs
Woodruff. Now ensued a conflict between
the two dogs which lasted two or three
minutes, enabling Mrs. Woodruff to get
into her house and shut the, door. 1t
was doubtful which would prove the
mastery, when colored man came to
the scene Of conflict. No sooner had he
4 neared the dogs lha n the rabid one at
tackled the colo! ed man, VIII having pick
cd up fence rail defended himself as
Lest lie could 1t was with difficulty he
kept clear of the dog, which endeavored
to spring upon him, but was finally fell
ed to the ground and killed by the col
cred man. Mrs Woodrutf's faithf,l ami
NAL was badly bitten and considerably
worsted, though it saved the Lille of its
mistress. Yesterday this dog gave evi
=. dence Of hydrophobia, when it was fouud
necessary to kill the animal which had
saved a human being from horrid
fate.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-08-17

Simple salt and water cleans and
preserves mattin more effectually than
,py other method.