The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-01-09
sHAVINGS.

Something to boot; An impertlnent dun.
How to pvt horse con his mettle: :" Shoe
him.
A civil guest VIII no moro talk all than eat
all the feast.-Her6ert.
An unsuccessful attempt Is said to be On
foot in Maryland to produce corner on
oysters" In fish, now. there might be some
chance for an angle.
There is said to be a circus-ri6er in Mon
treal who is an Italian princess. Her faith er
drove her out for marrying his gardener.
Happy are families when the government
of parents il the reign oil affection, and the
Scotchman asked an lrishman why
farthings were coined In England, and Pats
answer was, ITO give scotchmen an oppor-
tunity to subscribe for charitable institu-
tons"
In early times In California, military titles
as handles to the name were very common.
John Phoenix tells the story that he was one
day leaving San Francisco by the steamer.
Everybody else was taking leave OF tsiends,
but he did not know soul in the crowd i.
Ashamed Of his loneliness, as the boat Sheer
ed off he called ou' in n loud voice, ''Good-
bye, Colonel ~ and. to his great delight,
everyone on the wharf took off his hat and
shouted Colonel, goOd-byew
A professor in certain colIege'had taken
N a Iti IN n y
ercise them in practical surveying. The
next morning they were to be examined on
the same. The first man was called up.
Said the professor, How would you 20 to
work to survey a lot of land - (Dorp think
ing, but no answer) If man should come
to you to get you TO survey lot of land,
what would yousdo Y' # think" said the
student, thoughtfuly, 'I should tell him he
bad better get somebody else r.
DR.. Tyndall treats us TO long account Ct
religious men who have opposed science and
been defeated. 1 may say justly defeated,
as setting themselves against one way In
which God makes known his will. But
could give for longer I'st OF men who have
set themselves to oppose Providence and
prayer, only to fnd that. as Beza said,
Goods Word is an anvil which has worn out
many hammer."-Dr. McCosh, In the Inde
pendent.
A landlord in Paris, who was particular
about not having children to muss up his
rooms, asked a proposing tenant If he had
any. With solemn taco he replied Yes,
six, all In the cemetery" He goG the rooms
folks, and in due time. to the horror of the
landlord, the six youngsters appeared .
They hsd been In the cemetery, sure enough,
at the time stated, but they had been sent
there to play.
Corners are not confined to Wall street
New York, or to State street, Boston. Mel.
Their are they made wholly by dealers In
stocks and bonds. The Zulus Of South
Africa do not Feed . missionary to teach
then. to be shrewd. Though strong and
obust people, they have decided weakness
TOR womsnkind. They have as many wives
as they have means to purchase, and, unlike
many in civilized countries, they buy not
with gold, or houses, or estates, but with
cows. Twenty, thirty, 6fty, or hundred
cows are given for a wife. according as the
girl is young and beautiful, or otherwise.
One bold Zulu operator with large capital
once bought up all the young and desirable
girls in the market of the whole region, and
compelled all who wanted to buy to pay
most exorbitant prices for wives. OF course
there was much distress, and this disastrous
state of things attracted the attention OF
their Government, and the recurrence OF II
was prevented by q law, which fixes the legal
price OF wife to be only ten cows. No man
can collect more than this by law. he may
receive fifty if he will, but he can force nc
man to pay more than ten.-Sdn FraNciseG
Ne.us Letter.