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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-04-03
TIME KEEPING FLOWERS.

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The flowers Of certain plants arc SC
sensitive to the effect of light and heat
that they open and close at exactly the
came time each day, marking the suns
altitude and inclination. This fact was
made by Linn@us, the great botinist, the
basis of many experiments and observa.
tions, resulting iii the ARA ngement called
his 'foral clock" It consisted of three
divisions, containing flowers that open
and close earlier, according to the state OF
the atmosphere. This was the "metsoro-
logical division" and indicated the state
of the weather. A tropical division" az
it was called, contained flowers that mark
sunrise and sunset; and Theological di-
vision" consisting Of flowers that opened
and closed at fixed and invariable hours.
It is curious fact that there are twen-
ty-four varieties of plants whose blossoms
open successfully at the different hours of
the day and night. Looking over his list
we find that the day lily opens at Ave
o'clock A. NJ, and evening primrose at
five P. NJ. Midnight belongs to the, "cactus
grandidorous." or night blooming cereus,
whose magnificent flower expands and
ditfuses subtle perfume soon after sun.
set, gradually unfolds, and then closes
before day dawn. when its strange mis-
sion is ended. The African marigold
opens at seven O'Clock in the evening,
AND closes at four if the weather be fair.
If it does not open rain is certain the
next day. 1t is said the flo 1ers of the
wator-lily close and sink into the water
precisely at sunset, rise again to che sur
face and expand with sunrise. m.
Pliny describes the lotus of the Euphrates
which follows the same order; and the
reverence which was paid by the Egypt
ians to the lotus is supposed by some to
be from his associations with the sacred
sun. Flowers and fruit of the lotus are
engraven on the Eastern tombs and mon.
uments, and adorn the heads of their
sculptured deitles. Besides the "foral
clock" there is the floral calender, in
which zach month is marked by its own
loyal flower. 2 wau
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-04-03

The Graphic, the illustrated daily, Just
started in New York, regularly brings its
pictorial epitome of events in Gotham.
The process OF illustration is q secret
jealousy guarded by the proprietors and
is yet upon its trial. The rough theory,
however is we'll understood, and may be
of interest to our readers. Upon sheet
Of paper is spread layer of the oily
transfer ink used by the photographers
and over that thin layer of G photo
graphic preparation which the action of
light readily decomposes. The subject
for illustration is then photographed, and
the negative placed over the prepared
sheet. The action of the light, passing
through the unobstructed part of the neg,
alive, decomposes the surface Of the sheet,
and leaves the image in a sort Of bas-re-
lief. The other portions are then remov-
ed, and the sheet laid over one of the por.
GUS stones used by the photographers, and
subjected to pressure. The oleaginous in k
sinks into the stone and makes, in oil as it
were, the outlines Of the desired picture.
The stone is now sponged with water land
is ready for printing. The ink-roller of
the press passes over it, leaving no trace
whatever on the clean portions of the sur
face, but coating every place where the
olesginous transfer ink has touched, and
printing the picture upon the sheet of pa.
per that follows.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-04-03
SPRING WATER IN THE VICINITY
OF CEMETARIES


| The AnnGIes de la Societe de Grand con
tain very interesting analysis by Lefort
OF the water of st. Didier, which illus
trates the influence of cemeteries on the
spring water around them. The water
had sweetish taste and produced no de-
sire for vomiting, but left disagreeable
fetid taste on the tongue. A gray, thick
sediment remained after evaporation,
which turned, by continued heating, to q
dark brown, emitting an empyrsumatic
SMELL Ono part of this residue was treat,
ed with diluted muriatic acid, producing
carbonic acid and strong smell OF glue;
another part was treated with hydrate of
lime and showed considerable amount of
ammonical salt. The presence Of organic
substances in this water shows that, even
at distance of 500 feet, water may be
tainted by cemetery. No cemetery
should be laid out unless it is clearly
shown that no filtration of water from the
burial ground can take place into that
used for human consumption. 1t is also
a necessary sanitary measure to draw off
all the water in the vicinity of established
cemetaries Or other places used for the in.
torment of animal bodies, and it is matter
Of hygienics Importance to analyze from
time to time the water used in the neigh
borhood for drinking, so that any sub
stances dissolved therein, which may be
deleterious to health, may be clearly dis
covered. This is especially necessary in
localities with but limited supply of
water. aa TEe IRIS. 84T
Thu INDICATED Towel. The Pa
tent Office has recently issued papers to
California lady, the invention consist.
ing in rather novel method of applying
medicine externally, for the benefit of a
certain class of patients, by means of q
specially adapted towel. This towel is
used in drying the person after bathing
aud, 1t is claimed, is nedicated with such
substances, and by such process, that it
will arrest cutaneous diseases, paralysis,
and local affections. while it impsrts at
the same time hoalthful action and glow
to the skin and frees it from bad humors.
A towel prepared in the manner specified
In this patent will, 1t is said, retain its
medical virtues effectively during two
months use, when the process of medical
tion has to be repeated. #
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-04-03
LIES MYSTERY.

Oh love, so fair and sweet, yet dead!
And can 1t be the words are said
That bind thee to earth's narrow bed
And though above the clay weep,
Can ne'er waken thee from sleep "a
That seems SO peaceful, yet so deep p?
sf.t All love, 1t seems but yesterday staf4
We rambled down the old pathway,
q And summer DER tho landscape lay
Lowe knew not then the storm was near,
Our hearts were troubled with no fear
Nor dreaded autumn, cold and sereI ~
Your eyes are closed. my love, and yet
I strive to stife vain regret, U8.
For earth and heaven in thee are met.
But can this be last good.by,
~ And will our love forever die .s-tf
Is. In that pure land for which sigh
r land can 1t be that love forgets, ay,f
When death seal of silence sets
lion pallid lips, and LIES regrets !! @ +. %
in.3 Shall not The purer things we knew al
Live on, grow granGer and more true,
In this life which has come to you
Dear love, the mystery I would see,
Ioi The longed for, is reality
d} To you, bnt not yet, dearto me. i>Ec
00, Content [ am to walt till when ~
My hand shall clasp your hand again..
And then, oh, my dear darling, then
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-04-03
FRENCH WOMEN.

Dir. Conway, in one of his letters, says:
Il know not how it iss but there seems
to be rarely medium with French wo-
men between the flirt and the saint. If
the average French lady of the upper
class is not Sister of Charity. probably
she is one of the large class which, with
out departing perhaps from the technical
innocence, which is all society cares for,
has given an evil sense to the phrase,
women of the world" Morally the
French people seem TO mo quite different
from all other people. They are esserti
ally irrsligious. Of piety the women have
a great deal;but such thing as we should
call in America or England an "evangeli-
cal" French man or French woman, would
be to me as inconceivable as black rose.
I have just heard that this season there
have been no fewer than ninety-fve thou.
sand pilgrims to the sacred healing foun-
tain at Lourdes, said to have been called
out of the rock by an separation of the
Virgin Mary. Of all these pilgrims, prob.
ably ten per cent. have bit of FeneIon,
or soupcon of Madame Guion, in them;
but the great mass of them make their
pilgrimage frolic. Every evening they
pass singing amorous songs, playing ecarte
and drinking wine. ANY element which
could, under the most favorable cirtum.
stances, be evolved into grave, Puritan
moralism, is utterly lacking in them.
French morality consists of quick sense
|of personal honor, and a fine sense of the
claims OF other people. 1t seems to 60 no
father, as AN ethical principle. This
makes them hardly fit to be .deacons or
deaconesses; but it has much to do with
making them the most delightful, kindly
and witty people in the world.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-04-03
THE VERDICT.
BIZ ONE OF TIE JURY.

When the winter nights are growing long,
And rou9hs and rakeS the bar-rooms thron0.
And drink their teddy hot and strong,
Look out for wrath and riot.
Ned Parker kept whisky stall,
SNeath wonder elm 50 straight and tall, Is 4
Near which MissourPs waters brawl,
In mouthy. mad disquiet.
The winter night was drear and wild,
Ned's IRE with hick'ry wood was piled, 4
And men came 81 and warmed and "smiled,"
And warmed and "smiled" again.
And city councilmen were there, le"3'a ot
And pious, cody men Of prayer; ort s.d.
The ruined nabob's cenJless heir,
And men OF wealth and brain.1 ID f.EtsH
All mingled in one social crowd, a.i' 'a q.
And all grew mellow, rich and proud, }sEvE
And noisy discord grew m ore loud
AS drinkers drunken grew. q. 90 ".r @'
With toRsts and tale, and mirthful lay s....g
As eagles fy upon their prey,
Or comets on their aery way, aA4 t'H y
The Joyous moments flew. a4 -...t. sFs.
Atlength in came young Charley Cline,
stage driver on the Fulton line, as'H @es
And several others Of that kind,
All ON jolly spree. U Hga
They called for drinks, e nd all, save Cline,
Tipped of their goblets full OF Wine,
Then turned the prattling crowd to Join,
But ne'er taste took he.
FlbH el ttfts $3.50 eA4 .f 500 ...H rsHs "a" 1910
He feIgned look OF deep amaze,
And on the goblet fixed his gaze,
"'TiB blood, be cried, ana threw the glass
Full into Parker's face.
s'You lie I" yelled Parker, drawing steel,
Cline for his pistol then did feel, -'ra.
And bowels clash and navy's peal
=. Disturbed that Deacefal place. Hi 9aA,
From three roNnd holes In Parker'g side
Gushed forth the warm and crimson tide,
y. Cline's vital current flowed. l.. 4s,r..
And still they slashed and banged away
Till all took sides and joined the fray, H
Then wreck and ruin held the sway
And fiery passion glowed.
In that hot fight 50 fierce and dread
Some stood By Charley, some by Ned,
And with them fought, and with them bled
And babe the world ''GoOd Night ~
l. y tN* y a
DEFENDERS sun rose Geld and clear,
And, ALining in that bar-room drear. @. ,H.
Disclosed stack Of corpses there - ..
At least four feet in height. s''
And long ere noon it came to pass
That twelve grave msn sat ON that MASS
Which once was flesh, but now was grass,
And this their verdict was
s'Naugkt can the naked truth conceal,
For all the symptoms here reveal
That blood and wine, and lead and steel,
Caused this to happen thus" e5rt %
~n.get H1iaw 5a's st. Louis Rspa6IicGn.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-04-03
REGIMEN FOR SPRING.

4 aM =
The amount of work done in the human
body during the winter, in the mere
maintenance of our normal 1909 Of heat,
would Of itself be sufficient to overload
the system with tissue waste by the re-
turn of spring. But when to this is ad.
ded the special nerve waste caused bv
the wear and tear of the brain anG nery-
Gus system, in the wh;rl of excitement
and mental activity of city winter.
there should De no wonder that March is
accredited with bringing "humors" and
giving rise to "pains." Increased pro-
duction and reduced excretion of waste,
or refuse matter, OF the ashes of the hui
man furnace, are the r sal causes, and not a
any occult influence of the season. Know.
Ing this We are the better able to under
stand why roots and salads. green food"
and little meat, are now crsved by the
natural appetite; and to recognize the
wise hygienic principle in the observ-
ance of Lent, with its meager diet and
abstinence from worldly CAVITY and ex.
element. What we need, physically, in
this milder weather, is to strain down !"
to favor the "moulting of the tissues" as
Chambers says and, mentally, to get rid
OF brain fag and worry--fcr only by rest
can the nervous system be restored.
Abundance of exercise, free bathing.
spare diet, should be the rules for the
coming month or two. To use the fur
mace illustration again, the amount and
quality of fuel should be reduced and the
fiues and pipes be cleansed. Exercise
and bathing. by favoring excretion and
elimination, will do the latter, and rid
the system of much perilous stuff ACCOUNT.
lated during the suspension of out door
exercise. AS to the fuel, fish, with it's
food for the brain and nerves, but scanter
supply for adipose and muscle, should en-
ter largely into the spring dietary. Fruits
also, of which, thanks to modern methods
there is abundant supply even now. and
vegetables, COO, favor the wasting" pro-
cess. The class of agents of which we
wrote in our last-tea, coffee, tobacco and
alcohoL-which retard tissue change
should be used used either mere sparing.
ly or not at all ; and thus the usual "bil-
ious" and other complications Of spring
may be largely avoided. m4a
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-04-03

TIL lie death in that city of the oldest
robin on record is announced by Troy
newspaper He was taken from the nest
in June, 1857, and so was nearly sixteen
years old. For ten years he sang cease-
lessly from morning until evening. Then
his pipe began to show signs CT being pu1
out. For four years he has had no feath
ers on his head or neck, and for one year
he has been totally blind, not being able
to find his perch, and remaining, poor
bird, ANONYMOUSLY on the bottom of his
cage. He has always resided in the same
Gage in which he was first confined.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-04-03

ID.
r.a nE 'IT7--faafff hn. ...rl....
Life Is like sta tely temple
That is founded Ia the ssa, 5'. '' '"'
Whose uprising, fair proportions, g.
Penetrate immensely
Love the architect who builds 1t, Nta
Building It eternallY. afIe1f7s r-...t 30
To me, standing In the Present,
e As one waits beside graVe,s asirV
Up the aisles and to the altar
Rolls the Past Its solemn wave, 'D~
With q murmur as of mourning. "a, sr.-
URdulating in the nave.
.H} HEf3 e.. H.MaH ttLW as3atf& #9HLH
Pallid phantoms glide around me ~
In the wrecks OF hope and home
Voices moan among the waters a4t~a
Faces vanish In the foam era earaa,,
But peace, divine, unfaillng,
Writes its promise In the dVme. 3
Cold the waters where my feet are,
But N heart Is strung anew, er
Tuned to Hopes profound vibration,
PulsIng all the ether through.
For the seeking souls that ripen 9#
In a patience strong and true. .,u
Hark the all-inspiring Angei .-...
OF tho Future leads the choir 3a&
All the shadows OF the temple
Are illumed with living FIRE,
Aud the bells above are waking
Chimes of infinite desire. g F
For the strongest or the weakest
There is no eternal fall r.4 #l@l
Many graves and many mouruers,
But ct last,-the lifted pail
For the highest and the lowest
Blessed life containeth all.
o thou fair unfinished temple / aaj
In unfathomed sea begun,
Love, thy builder, shapes and lifts thee
In the glory of the sun 0
And the builder and the builded
To the pure In heart-are one. .n
gEu uea as.g -Rarper's Magazine
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-04-03

This is Indeed turning the tables with
"a vengeance. None but steady and
square whisky-drinkers are allowed to
live In Phoebe, Cal. Habitusl waterdrin-
kers are ordered to leave by Vigilance
Committee. hnf &c goa
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-04-03

Commodore Vanderbilt gave half
million dollars, few days ago, for
the endowment of a Southern univer-
sity for the Methodist Episcopal
Church, and now follows this liberal
charity with half a million dollars for
the erection of a female seminary on
Staten Island, to be managed on the
plan of the seminary at New Bethle-
hem, in Pennsylvania.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-04-03

TEACH CHILDREN TO THINK.-Now if
you would know what the effects of think
ing are, compare Athens with China.
Here are three hundred millions of peo-
ple-more than one third of the human
raee-whose history goes far back into
remote antiquity. and who commenced
with no small share of the arts and scien-
cas, but who have added cot single par.
ticle to knowledge nor taken one step to
Improvement; whose only policy is to prec
vent innovation, aud whose only power is
to perpetuate succession. Here is another
people whose population does not exceed
one-tenth that of Ohio whose place can
scarcely be found on the map, who COM
menced barbarians, yet who have given
to the world new sciences and new arts,
and whose mighty men infused into lam
guage aa. 4A.s ... n...,
Thoughts that breathe and words that burn,
who raconqnered their conquersrs by the
spirit of eloquence,and whose renown has
filed the earth. ID
What mskes this difference? The one
learned to repeat, the other to thSnb.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-04-03

DIR CARR, of California, affirms that
every dollar of gold that has been dug in
that state has cost from one to one and a
half dollars. Fifty thousand people, he
estimates, ere engaged IN mining in that
state. The gold product of the state 1879
was $20,ooo,Oo0. Now, if you reckon
labor at SO so day, DR. Carr calculates
the miners wages would come to $37 500,
600. His deduction is, that the difference
between this sum and the actual gold
produce represents the loss TO the com
mnnity that results from gold mining.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-04-03

Robert McMullen, formerly resident
of Mineral Point, but lately engaged as
agent in buying grain at Belmont, is re-
ported to have attempted to get away
with several thousand dollars of other
peoples money. He was pursued by one
of the parties robbed, was overtaken and
compelled to disgorge. aasa
An institution to be styled the Wis
consin Savings Bank of the City of James
vile, to be under, the direction of Ed
ward Mickey, Esq, as president, and
Maj. +. +. Stevens, as cashier, it Is ex-
pected will be open and ready for bust.
ness about the middle of April
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-04-03
LOVE AND LIFE.

Bx MRs. z. b. BUDDINGToN.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-03-17

FIRE.--About II o'clock Saturday
night there was a general alarm Of fire,
and the gale blowing at the time filled
everybody with apprehension lest our
city might be visited with Chicago's ex.
perience In October 1871. In q few min.
utes after the bells tapped, the streets
we're fairly alive with persons running
towards North Wheeling. it having been
quickly ascertained that the City Win
dow Glass house was the property threat
ened with destruction, The engines were
out promptly and soon had tho fire uE-
der control. 1t was with some Difficult
ty, we understand, that the Fire De-
partment could be prevailed on
not 10 deluge the establishment, but
al the earnest solicitations Of the owners,
who represented that more injury would
DO done by destroying their furnace, pots
and glass in process of manufacture, by
throwing water on the flames, than If the
building was entirely burned, they desilt'
ed after the fire had been so far extin'
guiAhed that lesS effective appliances
could manage 1t. We heard no estimate
Of the loOs, but 1t could not have been &C..
rious, and We presume was fnllY covered
by insurance.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-03-17

CLOSED UP.-We hear that Father Hud,
son, as he is familiarity called by every
one in this region, preached in Bridge.
port, yesterday, the closing sermon OF a
ffty.two years campaign in tho itineranCy
of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Dur
Ing the past three years, Father H. has
been stationed in Bridgeport, and has
preached with great acceptability, and
with a degree of power very rarely ex-
hibited by ministers Of his advanced years.
We hear that he will ask to be placed on
the superannusted listat the next session
of the Pittsburgh Conference, to be held
at Salem, o., this week, and will then
retire to his farm near Wellsburg. He
will take into his retirement the high re.
gard aud warm affection Of thousands
who have sat under his minlsIrations in
West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Ohio.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-03-17

TIE UNIVERSAL VERDICT about the
Eureka Organ is, that they are the most
desirable instruments in the market, for
they have the sweetest tune, a quick re-
Spouse to the touch, great power, easy
action, very handsome cases, perfect bel
lows requiring one.half the usual effort to
blow other kinds, and Cheapness. Every
purchaser who has had Eureka Organ
in use, is missionary in the effort to sell
them, and the result Is seen in the great
number sold at shcib's Music Store, Mon
roe st., above Market.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-03-17

NEW FALL AND WINTER GooDs.-C
Hess, corner Of Main and Quincy Streets
has Just received the most complete and
choice line Of Foreign and Domestic Gas.
simcres, Scotch Cheviots, English apd
French Diagonals, Cloths OF all shades.
VestiDgs, Gentlcmen's Furnishing Goods
&C., that can be found in tho city. Also
a large stock OF German and Fancy
Wooden Knitted Jackets. he does all
work in the best style and guarantees fits.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-03-17

WHEELING TO BE REPRESENTATIVE
arc gratitcd to hear that our city is 10 be
represented at the great Exposition to be
held the present year at Vienna. The
superior Machine Company has forward
ed one Of It's tirst.class reaping and NOW.
Ing machines to be placed on exhibition,
and 1t would not surprise us IL II should
achieve as great victory at Vienna as 1t
did last year in Cincinnsti-receive the
grand medal. Several Of these machines
were shipped to Austria last year, and
have doubtless made a good name for
themselves there, rs they have here,
wherever they have been introduced.
Our esteemed iellow.citizen, ex.Mayor A..
J. Sweeney, will leave for Vienna, we
learn. shout the 1st Of May. He goes as
a member Of the Committee appointed by
the Centennial Commissioners TO visit
the Exposition.