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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-07-01

II any of our Granger friends visit St. Paul
and desire to buy secondhand furniture We
would recommend them by all means to call
upon Samuel Potter, at one or both of his
two stores, viz, 81 Jackson st or 206 East
Seventh Street. They will find everything in
the household line from a pair Of tongs to q
complete suit Of bedroom furniture. Many
cheap. In these hard times people should
| study economy and there is no better place to
nut It in execution then in w. Potter's stores.
He is ready to buy sell or trade. His special :
| ity is fitting out newly married couples whose
needs are bigger than their purses
| Those of our readers who have horses o,
cattle that need doctoring, cannot do better
than address DR.. C. c. Berkman, Veterinary
Surgeon, st. Paul. DR.. Berkman has the ad-
vantage Of long experience. When they sim
NV want the drugs and not specific advice they
viii find Dr. B. s medicines It the nearest drus
store. Moves Bros 4 Cutler are the whole.
sale agents for his drugs, and they can Dc found
at every drug store and country store IN thu
State
First, there is ssBerkman's Condition Pow
der" for horses and cattle,-scarranfec to b
the best ponder in sse. Then there l. "Dr
Berkman's Iniammatory and Lightning Lini
ment,- for rheumatism, strains, and wounds
of man or beast. Every bottle Of this Is ala
warranted to be the best In use. He also sell
ssRerkman's Terrnr 10 Pain sure cure 70
the various forms Of colo, and for inflammation
Of the stomach and bowels. Where horses n
kept It Is invaluable
. BE also sells .sBerkmanss Cough Balsam,
and ssMinnehAha Bitters-" They are wsnante
! to give satisfaction in every case NO well
conducted family should be without them Re
member, that erey bottle Is casveseed
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-09-09
Making Up the Complexion.

A very curious industry in Paris, and
one that is more extensive than might
be supposed from its nature, is that of
paints pencils and powders for making
up the complexion. Most of the great
performers, such as Guerlain, Pirer,
etc., have back room to their shops,
especially devoted to this mysterious
commerce. The ordinary method of
daubing the face, first with white paint,
and then with rouge, finds no favor with
the consummate artists who teach the
use of these identifying compounds.
For whitening the skin, preparation is
shown that is composed of insoluble
powder in liquid the bottle must first
be well shaken, and avery small quantity of
its contents must then be taken Oh fine
old linen rag or bit Of cotton and rubbed
round and round till the preparation has
penetrated the skin thoroughly. This
wash makes the complexion beautifully
white, without trace of the fouriness
of powder or ordinary paint. 1t is very
costly, being sold at $12 for a small bot
tleful. Next comes the rouge, which is
also very costly, being valued at $18 for
a box of the best quality. From this SUI
perfine article the grades descend
through different prices till we reach the
coarse 60-cent rouge, which no well-bred
beauty would condescend to use. Diff
ferent shades of rouge are sold for differ
ent occasions there is shade Tor day
light, one for the theater, one for the
ballroom, one for the race-course, etc.
Then we have scarlet liquid used for
coloring the lips, and black powder for
blackening the edges of the eyelid; this
last requires some dexterity in its use,
as it must be put on a powder and then
deicately washed in with fine linen
rag and lukewarn water. Black and
brown pencils are used for marking the
arch Of the eye heavy, and pencil of
delicatest blue comes for tracing the
veins on the white surface of the painted
skin. To and in this last browning touch
of the whole artistic performance, a
chart hos been prepared which gives
with medical accuracy the position of
every vein In the human face, neck and
chest. The negative quality of harm
lessness is claimed for most of these pig
ments, yet deaths from too free use of
them are not uncommon. M. Obin, of
the Grand Opera, was killed by the
white paint wherewith he whitened his
head when he played William Tell, and
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-09-09
Lay On, Macduf.

Go on, Messrs Turks; proceed,
Messrs. .Sclavonians. Make war against
each other, and cut each others throats
with all the ferocity of which your half
savage natures are capable. Involve all
the great powers of Europe in bloody
war. Then shall the Western Granger
get dollar and fifty cents bushel for
his wheat; then shall the columns of the
American newspaper be burdened with
cable dispatches and its sales be enorm-
Gus; then shall numberless nickels flow
into the exchequer Of the trumpet
tonged newsboy; then shall the oleagin-
GUS immigrant flock to our shores with
his wife, and his children, and all his re-
lations and his wife's relations, and all
his goods and chattels; yea, then shall
it be flush with Brother Jonathan for a
brief period. Go on with your Euro
pean war, gentlemen. Go it Turk hit
'em, Sclave - Chicago Times.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-09-09
HORRIBLE CRIME.
A Boy Murders His Sleeping Father and
Burns the House.

A Boy Murders His Sleeping Father and
Burns the House.
The Wilmington On. CO. Star of re-
cent date says A correspondent at
Fair Bluff, Columbus county, enables
us this morning to lay before our read
erS additional information concerning
the terrible events which occurred at the
house of Mr.. Eli Coleman, four miles
from Fair Bluff, on Friday night last.
Mr.. Coleman was widower, living alone
with his two children, boy II, and a
girl little more than IA years old. It
will be remembered that on the night in
question the neighborhood was aroused
by an alarm OF fire proceeding from Cole
mans house, and, on arriving at the
scene of the confagration, it was found
that the boy and his sister had escaped
and saved most of the property from the
flames, but that their father had been
burned with the building. Under such
circumstances, suspicion naturally rested
upon the children, and on Monday they
were privately and separately examined,
when the boy confessed that he shot and
killed his father while the latter was ly
ing on his bed asleep, after which he got
most of the property out of the house
and then fired it. He then requested his
interrogation to go and see his sister, who
would tell all about it. This was done.
The girl stated that her father, Eli Cole
man, was absent from home on that day,
but came home about 10 clock at
night, when she and her brother got up
and fixed him something to eat, and then
went and lay down again, her father GO
ing to bed directly afterward. Some
time about midnight or little after, her
brother walked her up, and there was
light In the house and he had gun in
his hand, and told her that he was going
to kill their father. She begged him
not to do it, but he said he would, and
he carried out his threat by walking up
near the bed where their father was "
ing, and shooting the load through his
head, killing him instantly, The girl
says she was standing in the door when
her brother shot her father, and she
never saw him move after the gun was
fired. They then carried nearly all of
their things out of the house, and the
boy fired it In two places and she in one.
They remained in the house until the
top commenced falling in before they
made any outcry. about the fire or any
thing else. After the children had been
arrested the girl told our informant the
same tale, and on examination before a
Justice of the Peace she again repeated
it. They were both committed to jail.
These are the facts as reported to our
correspondent, but he gives no hint as
to the motive which prompted the COM
mission of the fearful deed.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-09-09
An Item for the Boys.


The amusement of flying kites does
not prevail quite as extensively at the
present time as in former years. The
amusement is very ancient one. In
Central Asia it is as popular as in
America or Europe, but is made to
yield double qualification. It delights
the ear by an emission of soft, melodi-
GUS murmurings at the same time that it
pleases the eye with it's graceful, bird
like motions. Each kite is so construct
ed as to produce the effect of an Eolian
harp, and thus the fight and song OF
winged warblers are both initiated in the
ingenious plaything. A traveller gives
the following description of these must
cal kites: "Each kite is a square
formed upon two diagonals of light
wood, whose extremities are connected
by tight string, forming the sides of
the square. Over the whole paper is
pasted. A loose string upon the upright
diagonal receives the string by which the
kite is to be held, and tail is fastened to
its lowest extremity. The transverse di-
agonal or cross-stick is then bent back
like strong bow and fastened by thread
of catgut. OF course, every breeze that
passes the kite vibrates this tight cord,
and the vibrations are communicated to
the highly sonorous frame of the kite,
and, as numbers of these kites are left
floating in the air all night, the effect is
that of aerial music, monotonous, but full
of melancholy interest We suggest to
some of the experimentative youths of
Utica that they equip their kites with an
Holian attachment and test the effect on
a quiet evening. The wild hayward
music of Holus is far more enchanting
than any that can be drawn from instru-
ments played upon by human hands.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-09-09

by other capitalists, and unwittingly
guided their investments. He
spent large sums in public improvements,
and increased the capital stock of the
Bank of California to 5000, 900 in order
to allow him to continue to satisfy his
ever-increasing and over-ardent desire
for speculation. His aims were unnatu-
raj as his energy and ambition were I'M
tagging. Socially he was no less re-
markable. Though his mental energies
seemed strained to the utmost during the
regular banking hours OF the day, at the
Immediate close of business he appeared
as an entirely different character. Then
he was "hail fellow well met" with
everyone, and his iberality in any other
country than California would have APP
peared a mania. He built a palatial resi-
dence for his own use In a beautiful val
lev twenty-five miles south of San Fran
cisco. There he entertained a constant
stream Of guests. The gardens were IL
Illuminated nightlT with variegated col
ored lamps, and the residence was an
Oriental palace in its su1nptuousness.
The cost of maintaining this prodigal
home was $4,000 year. There is
limit to everything human. An excess
of enjoyment is certain to befollowed by
its proportionate depression Of spirits,
if not of actual suffering; and SO, too,
the persistent mania for speculation,
however great the means at command,
and however apparently successful for
the time being, must inevitably result,
sooner or later, In disaster and ruin. In
no case has this principle been better IL
Illustrated than in the story of Ralston.
His vanity had been increasing with sue
cess till death itself was preferable to life
with the certain reverse which at last
overlook him.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-09-09
THE LITTLE FOLKS.
The smack at school.

district school not far away
From HRmpten's Hills, one spring day
Was humming, with it's wonted noise
OF three-score handsome girls and boys
Some now upon their task intent,
But more on furtive mischief bent,
The while, the masters downward look
Was fastened on scopy-book,
When suddenly, behind his back,
Rose sharp and clear 'rousing smack"
Az 'twere a battery of bliss
Let on in one tremendous kiss
g What's that? 2" the startled master cries.
6 That thir, y little imp replies,
s'Wath William Willuth, If you please,
I thaw him kith Thu-thana Peathe,'
With frown to make statue thrill.
The master thunder'd s hither WILL"
Like wretch o'ertaken in his track
With stolen chattels on his back,
Will hung mis- head with fear and shame
And to the awful presence came,
A great green, baseful simpleton,
The butt of all good-natured fun,
The smile suppressed and birch appraised
The threatner falter'd-s' I'm amazed,
That you, my biggest pupil, should
BE guilty of an act SO rude
Before the whole set school to boot,
What evil genius put you to it?"
g 'Twas she, herself, sir )" sobbed the lad,
II didn't mean to be so bad,
But when Sueannah shook her cuHls
And whispered was 'fraid of girls.
And dursent kiss baby's DOLL
couldn't stand it, sir, at all,
But up and kissed her on the spot,
knew, (boo-hool I ought to no4,
But somehow from her look, (boo-hoo)
/ thought she kind o. wished me to-"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-09-09
The State Debt of Iowa.

Iowa seems to be sort of paradise for
the taxpayer, and the tax ground prop
erty owners of this and other States Will
read enviously of the simple ways of the
people up there, people who have not
yet learned the inefable blessings of big
public debt. It fact they just seem to
keep few State bonds outstanding
against their Commonwealth to show peo-
pie that they know how to get that sort
of a thing up, and are not of mind to
do more of it. Iowa claims the smallest
debt of any State in the Union except
Oregon, which owes only $218, 900, and
may owe great deal more when it has
had more time to issue bonds. Iowa owes
$500, 900, and has 1925, 900 now in its
treasury. The amount of the State valua-
ton is $400, 442, 40, making the amount
of wealth per capita about $308. The
State tax is 1888, 1913, or 20 cents on the
500. This revenue exceeds the expen-
ditures every year by about $3.50, 900,
and this surplus is appropriated every
two years to the State University, Agri-
cultural College, Reform School, Insane
Asylum, Blind Asylum, Penitentiary,
and the new Capitol. Louis Repub-
Hcu91.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-09-09
The Home Doctor.

CURE FOR hHEUMATISM.-IWO ounces
of black cohosh put into one pint of
good liquor. Dose, one teaspoonful
three times day.
FoR nervous deafness Glove of garlic
wrapped in cotton, or few drops of the
garlic juice introduced into the ear, will
often prove very efficacious.
RUBBING warts, night and morning,
with moistened piece of muriate of
ammonia, is said to cause their disap-
pearance without pain or scar.
A SUPERIOR IMMINENT. Oliver
Holden, of Chicago, informs the Western
Rural that one of the very best lini-
ments ever made for man or beast is
composed of equal parts of laudanum,
alcohol and oil of NORWOOD. He says
it's effect is almost magical.
To CURE FELoN. soon as the
parts begin to swell, wrap the parts
affected with cloth thoroughly saturat-
ed with tincture of lobelia, and the
felon is dead. An old physician says he
has known it to cure in scores of cases,
and it never fails, if applied in season.
Group can be cured in one minute, and
the remedy is simply alum and sugar.
The way to accomplish the deed is to
take knife or CRATER and shave off, in
small PARTICLES, about teasponful of
alum then mix with about twice its
quantity of sugar to make it palatable,
and administer as quickly as possible.
Almost instantaneous relief will follow.
TO PREVENT chills and fever, avoid ex-
posture to the damp air of the early
morning and the early evening, except
when exercising, and then do not remain
in the open air to cool off. Avoid great
fatigue sleep eight hours out of twenty
four. Be sure that the water used for
drinking and cooking is perfectly pure.
Wear flannel under clothing at all sea-
sons. Keep the feet dry and warm.
NITRIC ACID IN WHooPING CoUGH. "A
foreign medical journal contains an ac-
count of the successful treatment of un-
complicated whooping cough with diluted
nitric acid, In doses of from 5 to Is min
inns, according to age, with simple sirup,
given every three or four hours the
effect being to alleviate the cough and
spasm, and apparently cutting short the
disease. The operation of this remedy
is believed to be that of tonic sedative
and antiseptic, it's refrigerating proper
ties being also of some account. An
aperient combined with an Alternative is
given in all cases where required by the
state of the digestive organs.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-09-09

The spirit of rebellion is on the in
crease in the Turkish European prov
inces. Northern Bosnia is now In full
sympathy with the movement, and Servia
has taken sides with the insurgents, and
is at the same time endeavering to incite
the Bulgarians against the common
enemy. Albania and Croatia are in open
revolt, and Montenegro is liable at any
hour to be drawn into the tide of war.
Evidently the Sick Man of the East +"
is growing sicker every day.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-09-09
WISCONSIN NEWS.
Oshkosh has 1866 children of school

OSHKOSH has 1856 children of school
age.
PRETTY-wAITER girl saloons have been
suppressed in Milwaukee.
The yield Of hops in Jefferson county
proves to be larger than usual
A MADISON prairie chicken hunter
slaughtered 800 chickens in one day.
JOHN d. PIERCE, a pioneer settler and
wealthy citizen of Appleton, died last
week.
The saw-mill and hub and spoke fac
tory of III. S. Dixon, at New London,
was burned last week. Loss, $4,000
TAYLOR county is to have Court
House to cost $15, 900. They are having
lively time over the location at Med
ford, the county seat.
PosTMAsTERs have recently been APP
pointed in this State as follows: Caledo-
MIA, Racine county, Charles K. Stearns.
Moose Eau, Barron county, w. Finn.
JOHN KuHLFELDT, Milwaukee saloon
keeper, committed suicide last week,
while laboring under the horrors of
delirium Sremens, by. cutting his throat
with a razor.
THE assessment returns of Milwaukee
city and county show a real estate valu-
alton of $43, $40, O97, and personal prop
erty to the amount of $16, 473, O34 !;
total, $6O,O19,O34.
/. N. MORTON, well-known druggist
of Milwaukee, has sued out an attach
ment against the Bethesda Mineral
Springs real estate at Waukesha, to sat-
isfy claim of SAG, 296. so, and garnisheed
the tenant to pay $4,000 every quarter
until the claim is satisfied.
THE GAINESVILLE Gazette tells of an un-
dertaker in it's county who would not
hire out his hearse to a family, though
the only one in town, because the coffin
for the dead had been purchased from
a neighboring rival. The body was car
ried to the grave in common wagon.
The safe of J. E. Rhodes meat market
at Madison was broken open and robbed
of $500 one night last week. A private
watchman was attracted to the spot by
the noise of the explosion, and watched
the building for some time, but let the
thieves work on and depart unmolested.
TIE Methodists of Oshkosh have
finally closed the bargain with the Pres
byterian Society for the sale of the old
Methodist Church and parsonage, corner
of Church and Division streets. The
consideration, it is understood, was
Sd, 500 and the Presbyterian property on
Jefferson avenue.
WILLIAM NORTH, aged 81, son of
Henry North, a very much respected and
well-to-do farmer living five miles north
Of La Crosse, attempted suicide last
Sunday while the rest of the family were
at dinner. The would-be suicide sue
ceeded in planting dose of buckshot
into the lower part of his head. Though
still alive, he is thought to be fatally in
jured. Ill-success in life is the cause.
The residence of Rev. Mr.. Bremen. a
German clergyman in Oshkosh, was
shockingly tarred, few evenings since,
by some secret enemy. A public meet
ing was held in Nef's Hall, presided
over by the Mayor, in which strong res
olutions in denunciation of the outrage
were passed, and determination ex-
pressed to hunt out and punish the per-
petrators. The Northwestern says the
crowd at the meeting was at such pitch
of Indignation that it would have taken
little to stir up mob.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-09-09

IowANs feel proud Of the fact that the
little mare Lula, now champion of the
American trotting arena, is a native of
the Hawkeye State. She was foaled near
Muscatine, and was formerly owned by
a man named Perry, who sold her to Mr..
De Forrest, her present owner.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-09-09

The Captain Of vessel off the Mas
esachusetts coast the other day espied at
a long distance what he was willing to
swear was a vegitable sea-serpent, and
gave chase. On coming up with it the
monster proved to be of the species
sugar hogshead The old salt vows it
is the last sea-serpent he will ever give
chase to.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-09-09

A SAN FRANCISCO book-keeper named
Chauncey Watson, working on a s., 500
salary, kept a stallion worth $1,000, a
saddle. horse worth $500, and trappings
worth $4,000. Strange to say, his de-
falcation amounted to only $4,000.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-09-09
IOTAS.

GARIBALDI IS Ill.
GEN. GRANT is So.
A BoUNTIFUL harvest.
TILDEN is recovering.
SECRETARY New is "A.
STURGEON has the govt.
WAR in South America.
MoRToN's health is better.
GLADSTONE is fine singer.
TAXES in Spain are enormous.
CUBAN insurgents still hold out.
FLORIDA alligators chew tobacco.
NITRIC acid cures whooping- cough.
The locust has invaded Switzerland.
Don CARLOS is getting discouraged.
The Turkish rebellion is spreading.
THERE are 10000 clerks in Chicago.
CHICAGO is going to have dog show.
EXCELLENT tea is grown in Louisiana.
WHAT has become of the Keely mo-
tor?
CANADA apprehends another Fenian
raid.
ASPARAGUS and celery cu1e rheuma-
tism.
THEY sell tramps at auction in Mis-
souri,.
IT takes !, ZOO men to cover Barnum's
show.
Mrs. LINCOLN is believer in Spiritu-
alism.
The whipping-post is advocated in
Texas.
AN Iowa man hiccougned himself to
death.
RA14sroN had weakness for fast
horses.
New ENGLAND is cursed with 10000
tramps.
PITTSBURGH is paving her streets with
rubber.
A CALIFORNIA scorpion has committed
suicide.
THERE is hope of Robert Dale Ovens
recovery.
JOSEPH Eco1EsToNE JOHNSTON is his
full name.
A. T. STEWART was educated for the
ministry.
KAISER WILLIAM will shortly visit Vic
tor Emanuel.
RA1sroN lived in palace that cost
81, 100000
DELAWARE peaches are being shipped
to England.
IT is about time old Bender was being
arrested again.
TEXAS will turn out $780, head of
beeves this year.
BANGOR, Me-, has dog whose princi-
pal diet is fruit.
THAT swim across the English Channel
was Webb feat.
EDWIN BOOTH has nearly recovered
from his injuries
JOCKEYS give their horses whisky to
make them run fast.
Wl.TERrowN, N. Y, has a steer that
weighs 4,617 pounds.
AN Eastern (Pa.) woman carried fly
In her ear for ten months.
O'BA1DwIN, the giant prize-fghter, is
dying with consumption.
SMOKERS will mourn the strike of /, 900
cigarmakers at Key West.
The Louisiana census makes the popu-
lation of New Orleans 205,OOO.
THE meetings of the Salt Lake City
Council are opened with prayer.
MR.. Gun LOCK and Miss Hop Joy
were recently married in Oregon.
MoV1cKER's New Chicago Theater is
the handsomest theater in the West.
BARNUM's monkeys are getting civil
lied. They nearly all Chew tobacco.
Two CHILDREN in Cedar Rapids were
nearly killed by chewing green card
board.
DEPOSITS of silver of extraordinary
richness at Rifle River, Mich, are re-
ported.
THURLow WEED has had so many mar
row escapes from death that he has made
his will.
The damage done by insects in the
United States amounts to $500, 600, 600
annually.
OREGON has town named Pay Up,
and they are talking of calling it See
| you-t tomorrow.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-09-09

Mile. Mass, the celebrated actress, fell a
victim to the poisonous effects of the
hair-dye wherewith she restored the
raven hue OF her profuse tresses. Paris
Letter.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-09-09

THE reason Capt. Webb was success
full in his recent great feat of swimming
across the English channel, says the Chi
cago Times, is because he was Webb
footed
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-09-09

By new French apparatus plates of
glass may be safely and rapidly pierced
by means of the electric spark.