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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-10-15
A Curious Chicken.

P. A. Cashion, of this county, had a
chicken Matched about eighteen months
ago, that was gray on one side, run
ming from the comb back to the tail, on
the opposite side deep black. 1t had
very heavy comb and large waffle on
the black side, small one on the gray
a heavy spur on the left leg, and light
one on the right. It laid a dozen OF
more eggs, sat on them, and Matched and
raised brood of chickens, as any good
hen would. After the chicks were
weaned, it went into the rooster bust
crowed regularly, fought the
other roosters, got a number of wives,
and proceeded to assist them in their
domestic affairs, asa goodrooster should.
BY and by-that is week or two ago
it laid down and died with the cholera.
A post norton examination disclosed
the fact that on the gray side it was a
perfectly developed hen, and on the
black side perfectly developed male.
These facts are vouched for by some of
the best citizens of our county, and
there can be no mistake about it.
Dresden (T6y191. Dem.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-10-15
Mississippi River Scenes.

When the rains have swollen its tribu-
tary rivers to more than their ordinary
volume, the Mississippi is grand, terri
BILE, treacherous. Always subtle and
serpent like in its mode of stealing
upon is prey, it swallows up acres at
one fel swoop on one side; sweeping
them away from their frail hold on the
main land, while, on the other, it covers
plantations with slime and broken tree
trunks. and boughs, forcing the fright
ened inhabitants into the second story
of their cabins, and driving the cattle
and swine upon high knobs to starve, or
perhaps finally to drown. It pierces
the puny levees which have cost the
States bordering upon it such immense
sums, and goes bubbling and roaring
through the cfevasse, distracting the
planters, and sending dismay to mill
ions of people in g. single night. It
promises fall on one day; on another
it rises so suddenly that the adventur-
GUS woodsmen along the border have
scarcely time to flee. It makes lake
OF the fertile country between the two
great rivers it carries off hundreds of
wood-piles, which lonely and patient
labor has heaped, in the hope that a
passing steamer will buy them up, and
thus reward seasons work. Out of
each small town on its western bank, set
too carelessly by the waters edge, it
makes pigmy Venice, or floats it off
altogether. AS the huge steamer
glided along, on the mighty current, we
could see families perched in the Sec
ond stories of their houses, gazing
grimly out upon the approaching ruin.
At one point man was sculling from
house to barnyard with food for his
stock. The log barn was dreary pile
in the midst of the food. The swine
and COWS stood shivering on pine
knoll, disconsolately burrowing and
browsing. Hailed by some fustered
paterfanilias or plantation master
bound to the nearest town for supplies,
we took him to his destination. AS we
passed below the Arkansas and. White
rivers, the gigantic volume of water had
SO far overrun It's natural boundaries,
that we seemed at sea, instead of upon
an inland river. The cotton woods and
expresses stood up amid the water will
derness like ghosts. Gazing into the
long avenues of somber forests, we
could see only the same level, all-envel-
oping food. In the open country the
cabins seemed ready to sail away,
though their masters were usually smok-
ing with much equanimity, and await
ing "fall. -E'dt00rd King, in "DoaO1a
the Mississippi" IN Scrj6raer'S for o.
tO6er. .r.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-10-15
Hints to the Marines.

It must not be thought that marines
know nothing of wine because they are
willing to accept "any port in storm. !"
There is no hair to be found OH the
mast head. The mast is one of the bare
polls which the ship scuds under in a
storm.
The blight of rope you may find, to
your sorrow, has q smart taste, If you
take it that it means a mouthful.
Don't ask the first mate why he has
the sails "set" and the rigging 'stand-
ing"
It would ALSO be impudent to inquire
the time of day by the larboard watch.
The boatswain's pipe will not be
loaned to you to smoke.
1t is not necessary that you learn the
art of self defense in order to "box the
compass.
It may be right to infer, when the
wind has changed "two pints to the
east ard, J" that it is in a new q uarter.
Don't imagine that you can steer
boat because you have been tiller of
the soil.
You need not be afraid of getting shot
because it is s'blowing great guns.
The cook does not kindle his fire with
chips from the ships log.
The best way to learn what sea life is,
is to go to sea yourself /; be son of the
E..
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-10-15
More Gold Discoveries.

Still another Eldorado has been found.
This time it is on the Snake river, in a
sloping gulch on the side of Hahn s
Peak, Colorado-a mountain IL, 900 feet
high. The slopes, as well as the bed,
of the gulch are rich in gold, and good
"color" has been obtained in the tim
Der, high up on the mountain. Several
quartz veins, both gold and silver, have
been located in the vicinity, and party
of prospeotors from Montana, who ar
rived some time in the summer, claim
to have found very rich placer diggings
within mile or two of the mountain,
and are preparing to work them on a
big scale next year. About $50 men
spent the past season at the mines.
Although operations commenced late,
and most of the above number spent
their time in prospecting, the crop OF
gold already harvested may safely be
put down at $4,000 or $4,000. Two
men, named Brown and Slater, sluiced
out, in five weeks, nearly 81, 900. A new
company, called Hahn's Park Gold and
Silver Mining Company, propose to in
troduce Chinese miners next season.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-10-15
The Mouse and the Bumble-Bee.

There was once a humble bee who
used to go every day to gather honey,
and as he was most of the time away
from home, he could not keep his house
neat and tidy. So he got motherly-
looking old mouse to keep house for
him. The next day, after the mouse
had finished her morning s work, and was
out of doors to get breath of fresh air,
muddsuber came along. He said,
"Good morning, Mrs. Mouse What
are you doing here ?"
She answered, 81 am keeping house
for Mr.. Bundle bee."
"Can come and live with you o.
said the muddauber.
ooh, no p she replied, "We cannot
have any one who daubs mud around
the house. So he went away.
Then came a rat. CHOW are you,
Mrs. Mouse q said he, 81 would like
to live with you"
Ono, Mr.. Rat, you cannot" said the
mouse, "for you will eat our cheese
and gnaw our table-cloths." So the rat
went away.
He had just gone, when large grey
hen came along. She also asked the
mouse if she might live with her.
Then the mouse said, "What can you
do, old hen ?"
The Men said she could lay fresh
egg every day. So the mouse told her
she might stay. The hen soon found
some straw and laid an egg. The mouse
went to a neighbours house and got some
cheese. Just then the bumble-bee came
home with some honey. So they had q
fresh egg, some cheese and honey for
dinner and they were all well pleased
st. Nicholas
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-10-15
Household Hints.

GOOD CAKE.-Two cups of sugar, one
half cup butter, two eggs, one cup OF
raisins chopped, one-half cup of milk,
one half teaspoonful soda, one tea
spoonful cassia and Glove, and one nut
meg.
A DISH FOR BREAKFAST. Take a
sleeps brains and scald SO as to set
them when cold, divide each lobe like
a kidney, egg and breadcrumb, and fry
a nice light brown, with little rows Of
bacon as an accompaniment.
Z CocoANUT Pie DELICIOUS. -One half
a cup Of butter, one cup Of powdered
white sugar. four we'll beaten eggs !;
beat whites and yelks together; one
cup Of grated cocoanut, one quart of
sweet milk; mix butter and sugar to-
gether, then add eggs and cocoanut, and
lastly the milk. Bake in lower crust.
Eat when cold. This quantity makes
two pies. gu.i
How TO MAKE CAKE. not leave
the oven door open, or change the cake
from one oven to another, except in ex-
IRENE cases. IF it hardens too fast on
the top, cover with paper. It should
rise to full height before the crust forms.
Except for gingerbread, use none but
white sugar. Always sift the -four.
Be accurate in your weights and meas
ures. #aal 81
ENGLISH BREAKFAST ROLLS. a
quarter of pound of butter into a
pound of flour then add a tablespoon
full of good yeast, and break in one egg.
Mix with little warm milk poured into
the middle of the flour stir all well to-
gether and set it by the fire to rise !;
then make it into little dough, and again
set by the fire. Make up the rolls, lay
them on tin, and set them in front Of
the fire before you put them into the
oven and brush them over with egg.
To CLEAN WINDow-G1Ass. IN early
all the paper now made Is composed
largely of straw, and when it is used to
brighten the glass in windows, it pro-
duces a multitude of scratches which,
though not visible to the naked eye,
cloud the glass. Nice tissue paper Or
o piece of chamois skin are better to
polish the windows with after cleaning
them. The channels skin should be laid
away in drawer, where it will not get
dusty.
RHUBARB VINEGAR. off the
first water from rhubarb when it has
stewed five minutes evaporate it to the
requisite degree Of sourness, and use it
instead of vinegar for the table and for
cooking. It is an agreeable acid, and
in many cases it can be used instead of
lemon. It is a natural acid, and
therefore much more wholesome than
vinegar formed by the decay Of sweets
or by any other chemical process. It
may be evaporated (by gentle heat) to
an intense degree of sourness, and kept
in cans or in bottles for future use, and
reduced with water when wanted.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-10-15
An Old Church.

A famous old church of London is in
danger of being destroyed. The Eccle-
siastical Commission desires to remove
All Hollows, Bread street, to which on
Dec. %, 1903, John Milton was carried
from the tavern of the Spread Eagle to
be baptized. A tablet records the fact.
This building around which many his
torical associations are gathered, was
erected in 1865, destroyed by the fire
of 1866, aud rebuilt by Sir Christopher
Wren. Fortunately the church register
was saved from the great fire, and the
original record of Millions baptism is
still to be seen. Among the old monu-
ments the church contains is one to the
memory of former rector, the Rev.
Lawrence Saunders, who in 1866 was
burned to death for persisting in the
reformed faith. The resident parish
oners now number only fifty, the aver
age congregation is nine persons and a
sermon once preached every Thursday,
for the support of which a legacy was
left the church in 1929, was given UP
some time ago because no one came to
listen. This last is even worse than
Dean Swift's " dearly beloved Roger. y
When the removal is effected the
records, monuments, etc., will be sent
to the Church of ST. Mary-le Bow.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-10-15
Some Facts About Leather.

The President of the Boston Com
mon Council, in recent lecture upon
leather, said that, during the year 1870,
there were in the United States 1927
tanneries and 1852 currying establish
ments, employing 80, 81 men and using
1885, $40 cords of bark
A capital of $55, 024, 800 was invested
in the business, and the aggregate sum
of $12,088, $50 was paid as wages to
workmen. While the value Of the iron
business in the United States in 1870
was less than $1O0,OOO 900, of the cot
ton trade less than $178, 900, 900, of
wooden goods less than $208, 900, 600,
the value of the leather business ex-
ceeded 1886, 100000.
The tanning business in Massa-
chusetts was only surpassed by New
York and Pennsylvania. In the cur
rying business Massachusetts, was vast
~ ahead of all other States, employing
more than one third of the men, and
engaging more than one-fourth of the
capital in the business in the country.
Of 1876 currying establishments in
Massachusetts,, 40 were in Salem and
1874 were in Peabody. In 1873 New
York and Boston received 3,444,7 IT'S
hides, including 147, BAT from domestic
ports, principally from those of Texas.
In 1873 Salem received 1927 cords of
bark, and Peabody 14,677 cords, re-
curing 1850 cars, or train II miles in
length, for transportation.
In currying hides they are handled
no less than 81 times before the leather
is ready for the market.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-10-15
State Dinners at the White House.

The Washington correspondent OF the
Cincinnati Gazette says, in writing of
state dinners at the White House: " A
gentleman bearing the fortunate name
Of Luckey has the delicate task of ar
ranging the guests, so that they may
not do injustice to the occasion by feel
ing themselves improperly placed atthe
table. After the acceptances from the
invited guests have been received (and
you know Presidents invitation must
always be accepted unless death bed
prevents, vide Mrs. Dahlgren on Ell
quette), Mr.. Luckey consults the
g Blue Book " as to the rank and title
of each one, and, after a satisfactory in
vestigation, draws q diagram of the Ia
BILE, with the places each guest is to oc-
cupy at the forthcoming feast. Then a
bill of fare, with the happy individually
name attached, is placed at each respec-
tive place, and an envelope containing
two cards, one witha lady's name, and
the other with that of the gentleman
who is to escort her to and from the ia
BILE, is handed the proper gentleman on
his arrival. The President is expected
to give them from time to time, until
every Senator, Congressman and for
eign official has been duly honored.
These dinners average about $500
apiece, and are quite long, ceremoni-
Gus, and not particularly agreeable af-
fairs, but then the honor of being in
vited puts all discomforts at discount.
The table is loaded with flowers, and
exquisite bouquets decorate every plate.
All the silver at command is wisely set
for show.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-10-15
How T would love to have him for a

How would love to have him for
pet |" she said to herself.
After shifting short time, the rabbit
seemed to come to the conclusion that
he was mistaken after all, and that he
didn't really smell anything so very
good. He seemed disappointed, how
ever, for he lifted up one of his little
fore paws and rubbed it across his eyes.
But perhaps he wasn't SO very sorry,
but only felt like taking a nap, for he
stretched himself out as far as he could,
and then drew himself up in bunch,
as if he were going to sleep.
| 81 wish Wouldn'tdo that, thought
Kate, anxiously. ct don't want to
shoot him in his Sleep"
But Bunny wasn't asleep. He was
thinking. He was trying to make up
his mind about something. There was
no way of finding out what it was that
he was trying to make up his mind
about. He might have been wondering
why some plants didn't grow with their
roots uppermost, so that he could get
at them without rubbing his little nose
in the dirt or why trees were not good
to eat right through trunk and all. Or
he might have been trying to determine
whether it would be better for him to
go over to 'Liiah Ford's garden and try
to get bite at some cabbage leaves, or
to run down to the field just outside Of
the woods, where he would very likely
meet certain little girl rabbit that he
knew very well.
| But whatever it was, he had no
sooner made up his mind about it than
he gave one big hop and was out of
sight in a minute.
"There p cried Kate, she's gone p
CT reckon he thought he'd guy
you bout chance enough, Miss Kate, :"
said voice behind her, and, turning
hurriedly, she saw Uncle Braddock. :,
"Why, how did you come here ?" she
exclaimed. CT didn't hear you
"Reckon not, Miss Kate" said the
old man. "You don't s'pose I was
agoin' to brighten away yer game. I
seed you a-stoopin' down amin at
somethin', and I jist creeped along, a
little time, to see what it was. Why,
what Odd come over you Miss Kate, to
let that old har' 6 ? 1t was the puttiest
shot ever did see."
Oh, [ couldn't fire at the dear little
thing while it was eating SO prettily,"
said Kate, letting down the hammer Of
the gun as easily as she could "and
then he cut up such funny little capers
that I came near laughing right out. [
couldn't shoot him while he was so
happy, and I'm glad l didn't do it at
all. "
"Al right, Miss Kate" said Uncle
Braddock, as he started off on his
way through the woods that may be
a very pious way to go a-hunting, but
it won't bring you in much meat.
When Harry came back from hunting
for the ee-tree, which he didn't find,
he saw Kate walking slowly down the
path toward the village, the gun under
her arm, with the muzzle carefully
pointed toward the ground. From
What Night Have Been E'12oected,"
6y Frank e. Stockton, In st. Nicholas.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-10-15

THE Chicago Ledger is growing to
be one of the most popular family news
papers in the country. Its cheapness
places it within the reach of all, and it's
circulation is said to be increasing at
an enormous rate. By the way, the
company that publishes the Ledger
must be engaged in the manufacture of
sewing machines, as they are offering
thousands of these useful articles as
premiums to getters-up of clubs. The
Ledger is beyond question cheap
paper. 1t contains forty eight columns
of choice reading matter, including
stories, anecdotes, sketches of travel,
poetry, etc. etc., and is furnished at
the extremely low rate of $3.50 per an
mum. The publishers are offering the
most Hharol olr1h ro+aa noto.oit Too,n.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-10-15

WICKED INGENUITY. of the sub
tie methods of catching fish, employed
for years by poachers in England, is to
I'LL large stone bottle with quicklime,
then to pour in water enough to nearly
ill the jar, and cork it up, securing the
cork to the neck Of the bottle by copper
wire. The bottle is thrown into the
water, and the pressure, caused by the
working of the lime, explodes the bottle
and stuns the fish. which then float
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-10-15
KENOsHA, WISCONSIN.
THE YOUNG FOLKS.
The schooImaster's Sleep.

The SchOOlmaster's Sleep.
The schoolmaster was weary,
Was weary, old and gray;
And heaviness came DER him
Upon that summer day
A heaviness of spirit,
And nameless sense of pain, 4
He struggled hard to Danish,
But struggled all III vain.
The drowsy school-room murmur
He heard, and, in his trance,
He knew his school were watching
His face with stealthy glance
He knew, and, for moment,
He reused himself again,
To battle off the stupor
That crushed his weary brain.
In vain; for, with the effort,
His head dropped on his breast,
His breath came faint and fainter,
And soon he sank to rest.
And then arose an uproar
And boundless was the glee
Among those little scholars,
The scho0lmaster TO see.
The Ounce tries all his antics,
His vacant stare and grin,
To gain one shout of laughter,
And multiply the din.
See, how he points his finger
At the masters face so white,
And rolls his eyes and chatters,
With ludicrous alright!
And all the little urchins
And maidens shout with joy;
And, with the tears of laughter,
Cry, "What funny boy!"
An hour now was passing,
And still the master slept
And greater grew the tumult
These little scholars kept
Until a little maiden,
VINO watched the haggard face,
With grave concern and wonder,
Stole softly from her place
Stole softly to the master,
And gently touched his head,
And started back in terror
The SchO0lmGSteT aUaS decd
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-10-15
A SAN FRANCISCO Judge has put into

A SAN FRANCISCO Judge mas put InCO
practice an old English ruling that
misrepresentation before marriage is
good ground for divorce. One Mandler
Yretski complained that his wife Eddel
had practiced fraud upon him by false
ly representing before marriage that
she was sound and healthy woman,
when in fact she was subject to insanity
wherenpon the Judge granted his petit
ton Of divorce.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-10-15
CHARGE OF THE GRASSHOPPER
BRIGADE.

Half league, half league,
Half league Oh ward,
Right from the west they came,
More than six hundred
Out from forest and glade:
FECharge for the corn !" they said.
Then for the fields they made
More than six hundred.
Fields to the right of them,
Fields to the left of them,
Fields in front of them
Pillaged and plundered
Naught could their numbers tel
Down on the crops they fell,
> Nor left stock or shell
More than six hundred. 20
Flashed all their red legs bare,
Flashed as they turned in air,
q iRobbing the farmers there +ss.
Charging an orchard, while
All the world wondered
Plunged in the smudge and smoke,
Right through the corn they broke
Hopper and locust:
Peeled they the stalks all bare,
Shattered and sundered;
Then they went onward-but
More than six hundred
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-10-15

You can buy out California this year
if you happen to have the trifing sum
of 9enn nn0 0nn about Won That's the
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-10-29
A Wonderful Telegraph Invention.

An official in the Baravian telegraph
Office has invented wonderful appara-
tus, by which not alone autographs, but
signs and even portraits, can be sent
along the wires. The inventor is Herr
Hencksr, OF Munich. and his Electro
magnetic Copying apparatus" As he
calls II. has already been secured by .
Frankfort banking firm. This appara-
tus, without the aid Of q tslsgraphist,
eau transmit writing in different Ian
guages. signatures, portraits, plans. etc..
TO any distance with perfect ectresemblance
TO the original in all points. Among
other exploits Of this wonderful inven-
ton. it telsgraphsd the opening speech
OF the Singers Festival, which took
place lately. as printed, surrounded by
garlands Of oak and laurel; also bills OF
exchange, government dispatches in ci-
phsr. messages in Greek and Hebrew
letters, an arrest warrant with portrait
OF the person wanted. and a map as used
by generals in time OF war. with the in
tended movement OF ths troops marked
out upon il. An impression OF the OBJ
ject, writing, drawing. etc, is taken in
prepared ink on q sort OF silver paper.
which IL rolled on revolving cylinder
and forwarded to its destination without
further visible aid.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-10-29
INDIAN sUMMKR.
IT cAruARIxE n. sRxxxE.


Behold the benedietion
OF the long. sweet solemn vsarl
A golden mist noats ssftly
Though the subtle atmosphere.
The distant hill< are yelling -
Their forms In purp,s hAxst ts
And the quiet woods ere donning
1hsir garnitnrs Of psaise. -
Ths eaks are clothed In russet,
Slashsd with a-esflet thr-Ad; Z
And the vivid gold Of the cAssia.ts 3.
0leams 'galnst the sumsehs red.
The bright nres of the dogwosd
Have been kindlsd far aad near,
And fiash In hues Of contrast
To the slm-lights pale and ssre.
Tss ffssts sf early Antumn. lf.
Have touched With erfmssn glow
The golden leaves OF the maplss.
Thai by the river grow.
The deep and noble river.
Winding ii- peaceful way.
'Twixt hanks. whose emerald verdurs
IL wiihsring with decay.
The ferns and brakes are rob,nx
Themselves In sombrs brown.
Where the cardinal hower discloees
lie barring scarlet crown.
while around the ragged cedar,
me hemloek and the pine.
The bitter sweets red berries
In graceful festoons twins.
The golden rod 10 waving.
II. plumcs beside the stream.
Whose slugyish waves fsw onward
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-10-29

MARY HovIrr tells the people OF Tyrol
that they are very foolish to believe that
the Pope Of Rome is kept in chains. and
that the stories Of i'll treatment arc only
told them to reach their purses.