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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-06-05
GOOD ADVICE.

Never throw stone at any one I'M
til you have looked to see whether
there is window behind, or you may
have to pay rather dearly for your
revenge. Never leave your hat in the
passage, unless it is a bad one. New,
er be executor to a will, as it is all
liability, great trouble, and no profit.
Never quarrel with your wife, as you
will only have to make it up, and pay
for the reconciliation. Never men
ton you have received a legacy, or
some impertinent fellow will be ask
ing you to stand a dinner. Never
pay to see balloon go up, as you see
it much better by remaining outside.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-06-05
KILLING RATS IN FIELDS.

An exchange says: The ubiquitous
rat is said to be just now specially
troublesome in Germany. In several
Of the provinces whole fields of grain
and clover have been devastated by
them; and it isn't safe to try to cut
them off with arsenic or phosphorus,
because these pleasant articles are
equally fatal to the nares and other
game. But the ingenuity of despair
has proved equal to the occasion. The
husbandmen now mix plaster dust,
aniseed oil, and dry wheat, and place
it, with plenty Of water, in the fields.
The animals devour the mixture, are
soon very thirsty, and when they
have taken good drink, the plaster
sets-not to put too fine point upon il
-solidifies inside the creatures, and
so they expire. The plaster used
is calcined plaster, such as is employ.
ed for hard finish.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-06-05
SHAVINGS.

Cloth for a baker-Dough-skin.
High words-Those spoken in balloon.
western settler-The sun at evening.
A new name for tight boots.-A corn crib,
Young men had better be fast asleep than
"last" awake.
A Danbury man says the only safe way to
put mp a stove is at auction.
A drunken Toledo man wrote on the wall
of his cell jug not that ye be not jagged
Hardup, says the report of debut, ALWAYS
remind HIM of his record at the bank, be-
cause it is generally an ''overdrawn'' &C.
count.
Always shut your bedroom door before
reti ing. You may have to get up In the
night. and closing your door with your nose
- one OF the lost arts.
A youth who wears the latest style o.
sleeve studs can't be expected to bring up
scuttle of coal while his mother Is around
A shrewd old gentleman once said to his
daughter, BE sure, my dear you never
marry poor man but remember that the
poorest man in the world is the one that ha,
money and nothing else"
Some men ale called sagacious, merely o.
account Of their avarce whereas, q chic
can clench its fist the moment it is born
SheDstOne.
1t is not enough that we swallow truth
we must iced upon it, as insects do on tn,
eat, till the whole heart be colored by Ii,
qualities. and show its food in every fibre -
Colerldge.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-06-05
THE HEALTHFULNESS OF
LEMONS.

When people feel the need of an
acid, if they would let vinegar alone,
and use lemons or apples, they would
feel just as well satisfied and receive
no injury. A suggestion may not
come amiss as to good plan, when
lemons are cheap in the market. A
person should then purchase several
dozen at once, and prepare them for
use in the warm, weak days of the
Spring and Summer, when acids, es-
|pecially citric and malic, or the acid
of lemons are so grateful and useful.
Press your hand on the lemon and
roll it back and forth briskly on the
table to make it squeeze more easily ;
then press the juice into a bowl or
tumbler-never into tin; strain out
all the seeds, as they give bad
taste. Remove all the pulp from the
peels, and boil in water-a pint for a
dozen pulps, to extract the acid. A
few minutes boiling is enough; then
strain the water with the juice of the
lemons; put a pound Of white sugar
to pint of the juice; boil ten min
utes, bottle it, and your lemonade is
ready. Put a tablespoonful or two
of this lemon syrup in a glass of wa
ter and have a cooling, healthful
drink.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-06-05
HABITS OF THE OPOSSUM.

This animal is widely distributed
in the United States. It dwells in
hollow logs, stumps, and in holes at
the roots Of trees, does not burrow,
but takes possession Of holes that it
first finds ready made. Into these it
will carry leaves-using its tail for
the purpose-and provide itself with
a comfortable bed when bad weather
threatens. 1t does not hibernate, but
hunts is food for all seasons, is slow
of foot, and not very wild. 1t will
eat bacon, dry beef, carrion, amy kind
of fowl, rabbits, any sort Of small
game, almost all the insects and fruits
Of variety, being especially fond
musk melons and is eaten in turn by
many people, the flesh beng consid
cred delicious. This has flavor, re-
semblipg that of the flesh of the young
hog, but Is sWeeter and less gross
Negroes and others are exceedingly
f nd Of it; dogs however, hold very
different opinion, and will sooner starve
than consume it. The animal is ha
bitually incautious, and when attacked
seems to possess little power of resis
lance literally suffering itself to bt
eaten alive by the turkey-buzzards
while it lies on it's side and protests
against the proceeding by success
ion Of grunts. Exceedingly tenacious
of life, it will survive a vigorous
crunching by the dogs, when it SEEM
as though every bone in It's body haC
been cracked. Although sometime
found concealed under the floors o
houses and outbuildings, it refuses t.
be domesticated, and is believed t
dwell but a short time in any on
place
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-06-05

Infdelity and denial can make no
permanent Roadway against faith,
unless faith stoop to handy words
with them. That is precisely what
they would like, and what would
give them an Importance and an in
auence which they can win in no
other way. Why should an impreg-
nable fortress exchange shots with a
passing schooner Silence would
be a better defense than a salvo, and
deprive the schooner of the privilege
of being reported in the newspapers.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-06-05

A farmer writes US that he has
heard chat the first calf of heiter
seldom lives to be more than three or
four years old. Is this so? | would
like very much to know. / have had
ole or two die that were about that
age. Shey were calves Of young heit-
ers." In reply, we may say that we
have had first calves reach the age Of
twenty years, and know both bulls
and COWS, now, that were first calves
that are ten to fifteen years of age.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-06-05
CHARACTERISTIC PENMAN-
SHIP.


distinguished men says: "Senator
Summers writing is characteristic ally
large and distinct; short sentences,
carefully pointed, good ink and excel.
lent NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. after the
Parliamentary fashion. He is pro-
digious worker, and I fear, even his
prostration cannot keep his hand from
pen and pencil.
Caleb Gushing writes very rapidly,
and it requires one familiar with his
manuscript to interpret it. Of all
men, however, none was harder to
understand than Thaddeus Stevens.
1 have some notes of his which would
puzzle an expert. John Lothrop Mot
ley, the historian is singularly precise.
Thackeray seemed torejoice in small
feminine characters, and took great
delight in his letters to his friends to
decorate the border with all manner
of curious caricatures. " ..'
Robert t. Conrad, the poet, was a
most delicate and dil1ettomte writer.
Some of his poems were not less mod
els OF literary beauty than of mechan.
ical taste. William 3. Reed, so well
known in politics and in literature,
writes hand very much like the ven
cradle Henry G. Carey-fair to look
upon, but sometimes hard to unravel.
Stephen A. Douglass dashed off his
letters without much regard to ap-
pearance. He seemed to be always
under high pressure and what he
wrote was written with intense feel
ing. John G. Fremont signs h name
boldly,a little after the Dickens style
William FL. Sewar was excessively
particular in the preparation of his
speeches, and composed with deliber.
alton. / heard an d stenographer
say that after he had taken down Mr.
Seward, literally, in one Of his great
est efforts, and presented him the full
report, the statesman recast the whole
discourse, and sent it to the printers
in his own hand. Senator Morton
writes. in bold, round characters.
Thurlow Weeds is Significantly
editorial-anybody who sees it can
tell that he has reeled off multitude
nous leaders. McMichael, of the
North American writes nervously, in
straight lines, frequently hard to solve.
Boxer, the poet, prides himself upon
his cool and dainty chirography.
Rufus Choate was dreadful Attic
ton to printers when they got hold of
his legal papers, and the man who
most resembled him in his time, Geo.
W. Barton, of Pa, was almost as
prolific in his oratory as in his hand
writing, and it was far easier to enjoy
his magnificent rhetoric than his
written sentences. Filmore's style
was methodioal and slow; Pierce
quick, bold and legible Lincoln's
small, careful and rather labored.
Grants unpretending and easily read.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-06-05
THE WONDERS OF THE
GRAVE.

The tomb Of Edward the First who
died in 1907, was opened Jan. 2, 177O,
after 463 years had elapsed. His
body was almost perfect. Canute
(the Dance who crossed over to Eng
land in 1017,was found in 1910 by the
workmen who repaired Winchester
Cathedral, where his body had repos
ed nearly 75o years, perfectly fresh
In 1859, three Roman soldiers, fully
equipped with warlike implements.
were dug out Of bed of peat in Ire
and, where they had lain probably
1900 years. Their bodies were per-
fectly fresh and plump. t8b
In the reign of James II. of Eng
land, after the fall Of the church at
Ashley, in Warwickshire, there was
taken up the corpse of Thomas Gray,
Marquis of Dorset, who was buried
there the 10th of October, 1880, in
the twenty.second year Of Henry
VIII; and although it had lain there
seventy-eight years, the eyes, hair, flesh
nails, and joints remained as though
it had been but newly buried. 1av
Robert Braybrook, who was conse-
Grated Bishop of London in 1881, and
who died in 14O4 aud was buried in
St. Paups, was taken out of his tomb
after the gre t fire in 1866, during the
repairs of the cathedral, and although
he had lain there no less than 262
years, his body was found firm as to
skin. hair, joints and nails.
Pietro Rodriguez, a Portuguese
jeweler, while pursuing his occupation
in the City of Mexico, was, in 1895,
accused before the tribunal of them
QUESTION, and, after suffering variety
of tortures,was condemned to be bur-
led alive in a vault in the Convent de
st. Domingo, in that city. He was
then SO years old. The Convent de
st. Domingo was lately demolished III
search Of treasure supposed to be
concealed there, and the body Of Ro-
driguez taken out of the vault exact
ly as when placed there 27O years be-
fore. His daughter p years of age,
was lying under her fathers feet, and
as perfectly preserved as himself The
evidences of torture on the body Of
the jeweler are fearfully apparent.
Marks Of the cord and OF the burning
iron are deeply recorded on various
parts Of his body. His hair and
beard are frm,his skin natural in hue
and texture, without the least trace
of decomposition in any part.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-06-05

A bandsaw 55 teet loag and 515 inches
IN width is in successful operation in
Philadelph It's speed is $500 fee,
per minute. 1t is said that the blad,
VIII follow the curvature of the grain OF
he lumber, thus combining economy with
Increased value in the product, especially
when it is to be used in 4hip-building
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-06-05

The War Department has finally
adop'ed the Springfield breech. loading
system for the manufacture of small arms
tor the army. Sons interesting recon-
mendAtions were submitted by the Elk.
aiming Board in favor of magazine
s'm,snnd of an arm capable of being man.
Ipulsted with one hand.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-06-05
- CURES DISEASES GTE
THROAT, LUNGS. LIVER & BLOOD

In the wonderful medicine to which the affiict
ed are above pointed for relief, the discoverer
believes he has combined in harmony more Of
Natures mo IGN curative properties,
which God b.. - the vegetable king
dom for healing l.. we're ever before
combined in one mc" violence OF this
fact is found in the great warn of most obsti-
nate diseases whichit has been found to conquer.
Iu the cure of Bronchitis, severe
Coughs, and the early stages of COnsUmp-
ton. it has astonished the medical faculty, and
eminent physicians pronounce it the greatest
medical discovery Of the age. While it cures the
severest Coughs, it strengthens the system and
So The poSd BY its great and
Hum Org FROM the worst ScrOfula to COM
mon BlOtchs Pimple or Eruption.
Mercurial disease, Mineral Poisons, and their
effects are eradicated, and vigorous health and
sound constitution established Erysipelass
Salt Shcum Fever Sores, Scaly or
Rough Skin, in short all the numerous
diseases caused by bad blood, are conquered by
this powerful, purifying and inVigorating medi-
cine
If you feel dulladrowsy, debilitated have sal
low color of skin, or yellowish brown spots on
bad taste in mouth internal heat, chills alter
mated with hot fiushes, low spirits, and gloomy
forebodings, irregular appetite, and tongue coat
ed; you are suffering from Torpid liver or
COn2plainto only part of these symptoms
are experienced. Az q remedy for all such cases
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery has no
equal ash effects perfect cures leaving the liver
strengthened and healthy. sFor the cure of EAa-
bftual Constipation of the Bowels it is
never failing remedy. and those who have used
1t for this purpose are 1920 LIN in Its praise: s,
cine hat will cquali for the cure ~ all thu dis
eases or which t is recommended.
Sold by druggists at 81 per bottle. Prepared
by r. v. Pierce, NJ. D., Sole Proprietor. at his
Chemical Laboratory, 1873 seneca Street, Buffalo,
NY.
Send your address for a pamphlet.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-06-05

The wife of Elias Knapp. in the town
Of Polk, Washington county, fell from al
apple tree, on the 18th. inst, and wss
Y, ry severely, though not fatally iniur
ed.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-06-05

IA Syracuse paper has received a poem
on he loss Of the Atlantic, but is afraid
TIC publish it, lest it might kill some of
the survivors.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-10-21
A FATAL MISTAKE.


HENDERsoNULLE, Sumner County,
Oct. Is, 1873.-Capt. James Duncan, of
Wilson county, well and favorsbly known
in Davidson, Sumner, and adjoining coun-
ties, for his many good qualities of head
and heart, came to an untimely death un-
der peculiar and deplorAble circumstances.
Capt. Duncan came to Saundersville, our
neighboring village, on the morning of the
10th inst, for the purpose of attending q
Methodist protracted meeting which has
been going on at that place for about two
weeks, and before the morning service
opened, about 1890, while on his way to
church, he called at the store of Mr.. Starke
for drschm bottle of quinine, which he
desired as a remedy for cbills, expecting an
attack of chills that morning, and 10 guard
against the same. Mr.. Starke measured q
large dose from the bottle and gave to Capt.
James Duncan, which was taken dry from
the palm of the hand. The narcotic effect
soon produced, too truly told that most
terrible and fatal mistake had been made.
Instead of ouinine, the sulphate Of morphia
had been administered; and now newly
made grave is sad admonition to pseudo
druggists, in regar1 to handling poisonous
drugs. Capt. Duncan died the following
night, ct 1890, and leaves family and
many friends to mourn his untimeIy de-
mise.
Whilst we lament the death of our friend,
let Us not forget to sympathizs with an
other, who is made an unwilling and inno-
cent instrument in the hands of an inscru.
tible Providence in executing His immuta-
be DEGREES. LoGCHINK.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-10-21
TENNESSEE NEWS.

The Knoxville Press and Herald of the
18th says: Forty families from the vicinity
of SneedviIle, Hancock county, are about to
make a start for Texas, and have procured
their tickle, for the Lone Star State.
On the authority of Baltimore exchange
the Knoxville Press and Herald of the 18th
states that $500 has been raised in Bslti-
more for the relief of the family of DR.. w.
Munsey, and sent to Mrs. Munsey at Greene
vile, Tennessee.
The Knoxville Chronicle Of the 18th
gives this item: Two men, Martin Adkins
aud William Rswlston, while digging well
recently at Wallace's Cross Roads, Ander-
son county, were blown up by gunpowder
explosion and painfully injured.
The Memphis Ledger of the 18th says:
The body of shoemaker named George
Armstrong, was found in his shop, st 81
Jefferson street, yesterday afternoon, much
decomposed. A coroner's jury rendered a
verdict that the deceased died from yellow
fever.
The Knoxville Chronicle has the follow
fng note about the Deaf and Dumb Asylum
In that city: Work on the addition to the
Deaf aud Dumb Asylum is now progress
ing with all the rapieity compa ible with
gooO NOThLuausDlP, anu nhSA SVhiPlCOSo
will add greatly to the appearance of the
building. The addition viii be three stories
high, exclusive of the basement, which IS
eight feet, and will be surrounded by a
tox twelve feet high, which, together
with the roof, will be of slate.
a few days ago we mentioned the arrest
in Memphis Of Garrett Jones. The Appeal
of the 10Th inst. says Of him: Deputy
sher Fl Murphy found land warrant, issued
by President Jsmes Buchanan, In 1860, on
the Terson of Garrett Jones, who shot biz
sweethear, some days ago. The warrant ID
in favor OF Martha A. Mathews, mo -ber
and heir Of Edward,C. Davis, then late pri-
vate of company B., second regiment Mis-
sissippi volunteers. The number Of the
warrant is 50 1878. 1t Is thought Jones burn
ed the residence of Mrs. Mathews several
years ago.
The following is from the Gsllatin Er.
dminer of The 18th: Mrs. Polly Tally, wife
Of James Tally, who lives beyond the RocH
House, died from the effects of milk sick
ness last Tuesday. Other members Of the
family were also attacked but recovered
This is the first case we have heard of slncS
the death Of Oscar Stanley in 1859 from
the same cause and in the same neighoor
/ hood. Medical science Is yet IN the darE
in regard TO the cause of milk sickness
What vegetable the COW eats TO cause 1t Il
unknown. = 40 ID
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-10-21
GENERAL MARKETS.

We are indebted to McAlister & WheIess,
Commission merchants, corner Broad and
College streets, for the following cotton
quotations In New York and Liverpool
during the day:
LIVERPOOL, Oct. 20, 12:30.-Cotton
q shade irmer. Middling uplands 95694d;
middting Orleans 9s693d. Sales to-day
14,OO0 bales, of which 1000 bales are for
export and speculation.
LIVERPOOL, Oct. 20, 5:00-Cotton
unchanged. Middling uplands 9k094d;
middling Orleans 9sn93d. Sales to-day
14,0OO bales, of which 1900 bales are for
export and speculation. Sales Of American
1900 bales.
NEW YORK, Oct. 20, 1O:20.-Cotton-
Market weak; lower to sell. Ordinary 1889;
good ordinary 15sc; strict good ordinary
l5sc; low middIing 1870; middling 1870;
Alabama lie; Orleans 17sc.
NEW YORK, Oct. 20, 10:20.-Cotton--
Futures weak and nominal. October de-
livery 1616165c; November 16s616 7-16c;
December 16 7-l6016ac.
NEW YORK, Oct. 20, 10:55.-Cotton-
Futures weak. October delivery 16t ole b
16c; November Is 5-166165c; December
1890; January 16 7-166163c; February 16a
0l6 9-l6c; March 165c; April 16a6l65c.
Sales 2,10O bales.
NEW YORK, Oct. 20, 12:10.-Cotton-
Market weak. Ordinary 1880; good ordi-
nary lose; strics good ordinary 15sc; low
middling 1890; middling 1870; Alabama
lie; Orleans 17sc. Sales for exports lit
bales; for consumption SO bales; for specu
lation 81 bales; last evening for exports 246
bales; for consumption 225 bales.
NEW YORK, Oct. 20, 12:20.-Cotton-
Futures weak. October delivery 16 3-166
1916; November 164016 5-16c; December
16 5-16616sc; January 16 7.l6c. Sales g.
800 bales.
NEW YORK, Oct. 20, 2:OO.-Cotton--
Market weak and lower to sell. Ordinary
1890; good ordinary 15sc; strict good ordi-
nary 1870; low middling 1890; middling
16{c; Alabama 17c; Orleans 17sc. Sales on
spot estimated at / 900 bales.
NEW YORK, Oct. 20, 3:15.-Cotton-
Market dull and nominal. Ordinary 13t.c;
good ordinary 153c; strict good ordiuary
154c; low middling 161c; middling 1870;
Alabama 1870; Orleans l7ac. Sales for ex-
ports 311 bales; for consumption $50 bales;
for speculation 81 bales.
NEW YORK, Oct. 20, 3:20.-COston--
Futures fairly steady. October delivery 165
ole 3-16e; November 16 3-16016 7-16e;
December 163016 slice; January 1870
16 7-l6c; February IS 7-166 !6tc; March
is 8 16616sc; April 1890. Sales 1880
bales.
NEW YORK, Oct. 20.-Net receipts
37,61S bales; exports to Great Britain 1852
bales; to the continent $3.50 bales; stock
Isl ops bales.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-10-21
PROPOSED LIQUOR Law.


An AUW6AA ~ AAko ~ A1Aa@ee1A0s
To the Union and American:
SALTII.Lo, Tenn, Oct IL : Our Legis-
lature soon meets again, and there Is ore
subjsc. of crying importance which should
receive its aitention--l mean The enactment
OF a law which shall make the seller of
strong LIQUORS responsible for any damage
done bv those intaxicsted with his poison
ous stnffs II wecannet abolish the traffic,
lei ne make those who profit by 1t pay for
the consequences. such is the law In New
York. Ohio. and olher States. Wecertainly
need some improvement In this direction,
and let this enactment supplement the
school sYstem " here is The advantage of
educating children, il these rum holes re-
main open to ensnare them on the very
threshold of life? Sad experience tells us
that no power of intellect or polish of edu
cation will suffice to resist the demon
drinK. So long as spaternaln government
ct Washington depends for revenue on the
whisky that demoralizes It's children-and
so long IS the lowest Stun can Haunt the
United States license to retail the stuff
perhaps the traffic cannot be altogether
stopped. Blu. surely It is within the scope
Of State power to levy the damages that en-
SUE vi buOco WIZ aiO ACcPO4oiDAc iOA bAiCAus
Let us then have the law. Orphans and
widows, anxious and lonesome wives,
lonely, but sorroT -clouded daughters, intelli-
gent and promising boys, even nursing
b8bes, as well as Christianity, morality,
material prosperity, common sense, indo-
lence, and negligence in public Office, and
the multiplied costs ring from criminal
prosecutions for the fighting, shooting, cut
ting, and clubbing that result from ardent
spiriss-all call for it. Nor do see that any
injustice world be done. In all other avos
cations men are held responsible for their
acts. Let us have law, binding the liquor
seller under un oaeted security, for the
good behavior Of bis patrons. The dealers
who gave this bond would be more careful,
and not goad men to desperate deeds for
the sake of few dimes. It would make
them bear some share in the work of pre-.
venting drunkenness and crime q work fol
which we have to hire police in consequence
Of their traffic. Afflicted society should moi
bear all thu burthen. Besides, the require.
ment of such bond will close up many .
loathsome doggery in the city, village, and
country. The police Of city can worA
more effectively against the results Of drink
than we can in the country and uncorporat-
ed villages; and yet its results are always
worse in the city. Let Us have the law
This subject deserves more serious thought
than any other short Of the salvation of the
world. ao l7 j. NJ. ALEXANDER.