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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-07-18
THE BACK BETER.
BY KATE CLARK.

There's some one living in this town,
(May be you know her name,
And may be, should write it down,
Your own might prove the same),
Who, when you say Hes good" will Cry
Indeed you think that's true,
But" very confidentially,
"You wouldn't-if you knew"
One says, what pretty girl goes Dy?''
so, horrors you don't think
SO Since we're you and I,
I'll say, her parents drink
And she-Well, won't tell it out,
Though I've no doubt It's true.
You think she's nice and pretty-bUt
You wouldn't if you knew"
If one sings sWeetlY, Glow she fats -
If dressed in taste, what style -
Supremacy vulgar all her hats,
Her dresses simply ''vile."
And when good Deacon Busby failed,
ca noble man and true),
She said, when we his lot beWailed,
You wouldn't if you knewn
Ietthose admire and love who can
This malice breathing dame,
WhoSeems to think prosperous man
Must surely be to blame:
That beauty is mark of sin
That goodness must be crime:
She sees but thieves and rascHls in
The heroes of the time.
Sometimes she doesn't hesitate
To tell us what she knows,
And in nine cases out of eight
A lie is all she shows.
For virtues sake, hope to find
One good old doctrine true,
Some heat for such / should not mind,
Won WOuldn't-if you knew.
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From the River Falls Press.
REAPER TRIAL.

On Saturday last one Of the most in
teresting and satisfactory reaper trials
ever reported took place ON the farm
of j d. Putnam, Esq, three miles
northwest Of this village. Six self
binding haryesters took part in the
trial, namely: the Osborne, by Platt &
MunSon of Hudson the Mccormick,
by Jerome Jones, Hudson; the Adams
& French, Thos. e. Tubbs, River Falls,
the Marsh by Crossman & Pierce, Riv-
Ell Falls; the Beloit Irvine Binder, by
A. 7. Carroll of Prescott; and the Wood
by X. L. Lem, of RIVER Falls. It is
estimated by good judges that one
thousand men were present, and the
excitement ran cOrrespondingly high,
the champions and friends af each ma
chime pointing out and commenting
upon the particular merits of their IA
vorites-and the particular dement's
of all others. Some lemonade possess
ing the peculiar property of making
the imbiber Of glass see four or five
machines where but one passed may
have added All exceptional element to
this kind of entertainment. AS our
reporter did not partake we cannot
speak from experience upon this point.
From disinterested farmers we gath
er the pleasing information that every
machine did good work and that each
possessed good points Of it's own not
common to all. But the most satisfac-
tory part of the trial is that each ma
chine upon the ground was best. We
have had returns from all but one ma
chine with the same result, and we
have no doubt the sixth machine will
stand equally well in the eyes of the
agent. They are all good machines,
and save much time, labor and money,
and there is no harm in each thinking
q little better of his own favorite than
of anV other.
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To WASH FLANNELS.

A correspondent of the Boston Jour-
nal Of Chemistry says Il will give a
little Of my experience in washing fan
nels. [ was taught to wash fannels in
hot water, but it is a great mistake. In
Italy my fiannels always came home
from the wash soft and white. learn
ed that the italian women washed
them in cold water. Many time
have watched them kneeling in a box,
which had one end taken out, to keep
them out Of the mud. by the bank of q
stream, washing in the running water,
and drying on the bank or gravel with
out boiling; and [ never had washing
done better, and flannels never half 50
well. have tried it since, and find
the secret of nice soft fannels to be
the washing of them in cold or luke
warm water, and plenty of stretching
before hanging out. Many recipes say,
Don't rub soap on fannels; but you
can rub soap on to the advantage Of
the flannels, if you will rinse it out at
terWard and use no hot water about
them, forgetting to stretch the
threads in both directions before dry
ing. Flannels SO cared for will never
become stiff, shrunken or yellow.
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THE RIFLE.
DIR. CARVER SUCCEEDS.

Special Telegram to the InterOcean.
| New YORK, July 13.-Dr. Carver
succeeded in his unparalleled attempt
to-day to break $500 glass balls in 500
minutes with the rifle. He used six
Winchesters. When he stepped up to
the mark twenty barrels of glass balls
stood ready for him to shoot at. He
was not very sure he would hold out
to perform the feat, and regretted that
he had promised to try it. The first
thousand balls were broken in sixty
seven minutes, one in thirty being
missed. At this time his eyes began
to fail, and the shooting was finished
under the keenest torture. His Shout
der also began to pain him, as the re-
coil from the gun loaded with 40 grains
of powder and carrying 200 grains of
lead, was very great. A little past 8
o'clock, when he had shot 3,1OO, and
was eleven minutes ahead of time, he
retired to the hotel for half an hour,
to take bath and wash his eyes. He
finished the task with some minutes to
spare. He is in bed with infamed eyes
and a lame shoulder. He says he did
not see hundreds of the balls he shot
at.
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CYPPTTS.

LONDON, July 15.-The Daily Ne1os
says: ''It is intended that the island Of
Cyprus shall be permanently garrison
ed by q comparatively small body of
European troops, which is to be sup
plemented by a local militia, to be or
ganized by officers accompanying Gen
eral Sir Garnet Wolsley. The stay of
Indian troops on the island is to be on
ly temporary. General Wolsley is ex-
pected to arrive at Malta Wednesday
He starts thence for Cyprus on the
goth instant. with transports convey
ing TROOPS"
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TOTAL ECLIPSE OF TIE Sun.

A correspondent of the Detroit Free
Press thus describes the eclipse Of the
sun which is to occur on the goth of
this month:
"The cone of shadow which causes
the total part of the eclipse strikes hor-
izontally upon the earta's surface at a
point in Siberia at sunrise on July 20,
local date. 1t travels northeasterly to
about the 1s0th degree Of longitude
where the date is suddenly changed to
July 20, crosses Behring Straits in a
due east course, is in southeastern
Alaska at noon, local time follows the
summit of the Rocky Mountains over
the National Park to Central City, Col,
passes out of Colorado at the southeast
corner of the State, arrives at the Gulf
of Mexico between Galveston and New
Orleans, at 4 80 p. H., local time, and
leaves the earth at shutdown in the
Caribbean Sea.
eve may illustrate the sweep OF the
cone of shadow through space by sup
posing it to be huge knife, resting at
sunrise at a place in Siberia. Its point
would be SONS 5000 miles southwest
erly from the place Of contact. If we
suppose the knife to cut it's way
through the earth, the slice cut Off
would be from the northern portion of
the earth, and the severed surface
would be nearly plane. The cutting
would be done in little less than three
hours, and the earth having revolved
about one-eighth Of a revolution during
this interval, the severed surface would
be slightly warped.
eve have stated apparently that the
total eclipse would be upon the earth
from sunrise to sunset, but in reality
the cone Of shadow passes rapidly from
a place Of sunrise to place of sunset,
and is upon the earth but three hours.
The duration of totality at any place in
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-07-18
the exact central line of eclipse is about
three minutes, and the path Of totality
IS about 116 miles in width"
Now FOR CHEAP JET JEWELRY.
From the Los Angeles (Cal Express

While Professor Cunning stood
chatting in our sanctum the other day
he drew from his pocket a little
piece Of hard black substance,
which he presented for inspection,
and sked what we would call it. We
que ssed coal. No." he said; chat is
what the man who discovered it
thought it was, but he was mistaken.
He found it in thin ledge, cropping
out in canon, and he took this spec
linen out and sent it to me while I
was lecturing up country. He wanted
to know if it really was coal. 1t is jet
the very kind used for jeWelry- and
worth 100000 a ton. [ have return
ed from locating the ledge with the
dlscOverer and he is now working it, -
Continuing the subject, he expressed
the opinion that the mineral resources
OF California had hardly found q be-
ginning in development thus far.
Prospectors and miners have hitherto
confined their attention almost excIu-
sively to gold and silver, neglecting
the other valuable minerals, of which
theirs is vast store in our mountains.
The Professor made an examination Of
the oil regions Of Ventura county. af-
ter lecturing in Santa Barbara, and he
expresses an unqualified belief IN their
richness in petroleum.
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GIRLS IN THE GARDEN.

If theEe is any one thing more beat
tiful than another in a garden of flow
ers, says the Floral Dictionary, that
thing is beautiful girl, with a sun
bonnet on her head SO wide and capa-
cious that you have to get right sqaure
before her. and pretty near her, to see
the glowing cheeks that are sure to be
there if she is at all accustomed to
garden walks and work. Physically
there can be nothing better for daugh.
ters, and. indeed, for many wives
than to take sole charge Of small
flower garden. The benefits derived
from early rising, stirring the soil
snuffing the pure morning air, are
freshness and glow of cheek and
brightness of eye, cheerfulness of tenn
per, vigor of mind, and purity OF
heart. Consequently she must be
more cheerful and lovely as a daugh-
ter, more dignified and womanly as a
sister, and more attractive and conf
ding as a wife. If you have not the
dooryard ground, then get a dozen
pots and plant the seeds of flowers to
your taste. The care and attention re-
quired to rear and train the growing
plants occupies the mind, to the ex-
clusion, oftentimes, of senseless waste
of time. You listless. pale-faced frag-
lie thing of girl throw off your mock
delicacy, put on your gloves, if you
will, but work in the flower garden,
till your cheeks vie in color with the
blush of the rose you cultivate.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-07-18

The Government should regard it as
its first and paramount duty to devise
some effective means for protecting
the Republicans of the South in their
right to express their sentiments con-
corning the political affairs of the
States and of the country by pen, on
the rostrum, and through the ballot
box. If citizens are bullied on account
of their opinions and robbed of the
right to cast their votes in perfect
freedom, through fear of persecution
and violence, they are no longer free
men, but slaves, compelled to groan
and chafe under yoke imposed upon
them by the lawless and corrupt man.
ipulators of party machinery.
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4 Democratic House and an unroof~
ed Patent Office go well together "A
private business firm would have COM
menceG repairs within ten days of be-
ing burned out. The Patent Office
building lost half it's roof by the great
fire of September "a, 1877 AS late as
June, 1878, not one dollar had. been
given to replace it. The wise states
men OF Democracy have had their eyes
so close to investigating committees
that this unroofed building has not
been seen. Enough money has been
wasted on fruitless investigations to
have rebuilt the structure. This neg
lect to repair public building, while
starving men have been looking for
the work it would have afforded, may
be good Democratic policy, but it is
bad business management. IF it takes
Ia Democratic majority nine months to
conclude that a roof is needed on the
Patent Office, how long Will it take to
rebuild public confidence? Come gen
tlemen of the owl line, cipher this out
at your leisure.
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THE DUCK.

With many the duck is is not a IA
vorite, but it is nevertheless a source
of profit to those who keep them. The
Western Farmer says Of ducks:
Again must we call the attention OF
breeders to the profit in ducks, when
properly cared for, and when there are
facilities at hand tor breeding them
properly. Many a farmer has realized
far more from breeding ducks than he
would obtain from his chickens, for
they are very hardy, and lay remarka-
ably we'll during some parts of the sea-
son. AS soon as they commence to
lay, the eggs should be carefully gath
cred and ut1aWay; as soon as q hen
mot duck) wants to sit, set her with
duck eggs, and let her hatch and care
for the brood till they are able to take
care of themselves. 4 hen will care
for q brood Of ducklings far better, or
dinarily, than will an old duck. If the
ducks think they have laid enough
eggs, and show unmistakable signs Of
wanting to sit, put them in conve-
nient coop, put one Of your most Wig
orous young brakes with them, and
they will soon be willing to shell out
eggs again, which should be set under
hens as fast as convenient, SO as to
bring as many out at time as posi-
Die, thereby lessenng the cost of at
tending to them. \ shallow tub, kept
we'll filled with water, will afford
plenty OF bathing room for the duck
lngs until they are two or three
months old, and perhaps longer
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Look upon this picture: A Demo
cratic House of Representative in the
last hours of its session: postponements
of the adjournment from hour to hour
rccesses and intermisSions without
number. What is the cause of this de-
lay? The Last appropriation bill has
been agreed to after long conference;
the President and his Cabinet are pa
tiently awaiting the final adjournment
at the Capitol; the Senate concurs in
the propositions Of the House to post
pone and take recesses. But still the
sitting is prolonged to eighteen hours
in length. For this reason: The Dem
ocratic chairman Of this Democratic
Committee on Enrolled Bills is drunk
drunk on the floor Of the House.
His Democratic confreres and Demo
cratic clerks are drunk, with one ex-
ception. The ONE Republican member
of this committee, whose duty it is to
enroH bil'ss.or final passage and the
Presidents signature, is at Work-hard
at Work-at night fol- twelve cOnsecu-
tive hours: the meanwhile his Demo.
cratic chairman delivering maudlin
Greek recitations on the floor Of the
House. At Last the Republican mem
Der comes on to the floor with the
sundry civil bill under his arm, prop
erly engrossed, compared, and report.
ed. The House IS not slow to &C.
knowledge its appreciation of his
work by hearty applause, and the
Democratic Speaker g1asps his hand
heartily and thanks him for relieving
the attention of the House, after a
continued session of eighteen hours
Who is the lesser man of the two
this collegiate-educated representative
from Texas, or this self-educated col
| ored barber, once q slave? And yet
this Democratic House proposes to I'M
seat this "black" Republican Rainey)
and seat perhaps a white representa-
tive like unto this Democratic chair
man. Truly the Democracy repre-
SCENTS reform, but it is of a kind which
stinks in the nostrils.
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WISCONSIN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
In addition to the account OF the
Summer meeting of this society al
ready published, correspondent writes
us to say that the show Of fruit was
not rs good as last year owing to the
continued cold and wet weather after
the time set for the meeting. He says
Geo. J. Kellogg, GAINESVILLE, had the
largest xhibition-shoWing fifteen va
rieties Of Strawberries, so picked on
STEMS as to show the fruitfulness OF
the kinds and the season of ripening-
and although the fruit was immature,
four or five kinds gave specimens
measuring froaal four to five inches.
The ripest were Wilson the latest were
Kentucky. Of the new varieties Ores
cent Seeding was ahead-a very fine
Show indeed. Mi. Kellogg says he has
SO mtlch confidence in this new kind
he has set between one and two thous-
and plants Of Crescent to groW fol
market. This promises to exceed the
WILSON, in every respect and that will
be glory enough. From the facts
gathered at this meeting our CORES
pon&ent says, The Col. Cheney and
Kentucky set side and side are the
most prolific and best late berries ITO
plant for family or for market
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DRY FEED FOR YOUNG CHICKENS.

It is absolutely indispensable. that
the cooked mash given to any
young chickens should be mixed dry.
By this we mean to convey the sug-
gestion that the meal mixture should
be of q crHnabJy consistency, rather
| than that Of the sWashy, soggy kind OF
muck that nine out of ten careless or
inexperienced persons give to the
young broods in their infancy.
The complaints we continually re-
ceive about the loss of early Spring
chicks has induced us to write private
| ly to numerous correspondents directly
who have appealed to us to tell them
why it is that their little birds drop off
at twenty days old so frequently when
they ''feed them with plenty of soft
meal properly scalded," and give them
call they can eat four OF five times q
day
The cause Of a large share Of the
mortality among the young broods is
attributed to this very kind of feeding.
Wet, sloppy dough OF meal sours in
their crops before beginning to digest,
and they are destroyed by this means.
We again insist that their early food
must be dry-for the first three on four
weeks especially. Whenever they need
drink, if shallow pans Of milk OF fresh
water be left within their reach, they
Will avail themselves Of tile opportun-
ity to take all they need.
But for their meal food, there is no
good in the too common practice OF
drowning digestion, by offering young
birds threepuarters water to one
fourth grain, Give the natural solv-
ents, the gastric juices, a chance, and
don't dilute them till they are ''too
thin to act on the food. - Poultry
World.
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Women attain maturity of growth
at Rio Janeiro at an average age of
twelve years, and it is no unusual thing
to see ayoung man of twenty-one with
a mother of thirty-two.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-07-18

The longest daily mail and stage
line in the United States. 1860 miles,
from Fort Worth in Texas to Fort Yu-
ma on the Colorado river, was formal
ly inaugurated last month with pro-
cesslon of Concord stages drawn by
200 horses.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-07-18

If the unemployed laborers of the
cities and towns could be induced to
settle upon and cultivate the idle
lands which everywhere abound, the
country would be vastly improved, all
would be provided with bread and
meat, tramps would become extinct,
crime would diminish, and hard times
would be abolished.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-07-18

Count Andrassy left Berlin for Vi
emma Saturday, and Lord Beaconsfield
for London Sunday.
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Count Andrassy has visited the EN-
peror Francis Joseph at Sehunbron.
His reception was very gracious.
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The bark Liberia, which left New
York some ten days ago with emigrants
for Africa, has returned to repair dam
ages incurred by collision with the
Austrian bark Marie. The Liberia
had proceeded over three hundred
miles on her journey when, in the
midst of fog, she was struck near her
bow by the Marie, and "a large hole
opened just above her water line. The
passengers kept cool, but were greatly
disappointed when it was considered
necessary to return to New York and
repair damages. She will sail again
next Wednesday, and meanwhile all
the emigrants remain on board.
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THE Independent published at Black
River Fails, Wis, says: "The Indian
school, 7 miles north Of this village,
closed successful term on Friday. 1t
was under the management of Mr..
John St. Cyr and wife. There were 43
pupils in attendance, both boys and
girls, and all were greatly interested in
their studies, and acquired considera-
BILE proficiency. The studies compose
reading, spelling, arithmetic, writing,
and singing. It is hoped the school
may be continued, and that these Indi-
ans who have lately manifested de-
sire to adapt the ways of civilization,
may become good intelligent people,
capable Of conducting their own af-
fairs for their best interests"
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d. A - PREMIUM WATCH AND CHAIN--a
SAARH stem-w inder. Free Withevery order. Out
~W$SAt free. j. B. GAYLORD & Co.. Chicago, Ill
Feliciana sentinel., 1878-11-30

The youngest member O.
the next Ccngl ess will be Tal
lor, from the First District {
Tennessee. Although on ,
twenty-five years Of age, az
wholly without political expc
;Ience, Taylor has succeedc
in carrying, for the Democrat,
lc party, one cf the most re
liable Republican distr cts i"
the whole country. His nom.
nation was one Of those luck =
discoveries of a man exact ,
suited to the circumstance :
and the place. Robert Tay =
ior was one Of the principa
competitors for the Republi -
can nomination, but wa :
beaten oy Pettl5one. The
Democrats then conceived the
brilliant idea Of nominatin =
his brother for Congress The
young man proved to be JUS,
suited for his district, jovia
and frolicsome, and SO eAper;
with the fiddle that in a very
short time lie had completely
Won ever the rough noun
taineers of East Tennessee
Like Orpheus, he owes his
success largely to his musical
powers. His fiddle has drive,4
the Republicans out of auoth
er district in the South, but j.;
will not be difficult for the
blOoly>shirt press to chargs
AID prove this 10 be murder,
5u:.dozing and intimida--
tion.-Democrat.
Feliciana sentinel., 1878-11-30

(to be paid invariably in aGvance.)
Transient .1drcrtiscments wiW be inserted
at the rate Of Sl.5O per square cf ten lines
Jor the :fist insertion, 0nd ~ cents for eucL
subsequent insertion.
Personalities cao!ycA at transient ddrcy-
tisimg rates.
Tine abOrc scale Of ,Gfes n,ust be the basis
of al contracts miM adreri;siny agents.
Obituaries, tribntcs Of respect, resolutions
etc., charged as advertisements.
Feliciana sentinel., 1878-11-30
EGSA Happy, happy States. &,

TO- Happy, happy States. Col
orado, Delaware, Kentucky, West
Virginia and Wisconsin have no
pubic debt. California, Illinois,
Iowa, Kansas Michigan, Nebr as
ka. Nevada, New Jcrsy, Oregon
and Vermont have small! State
debts, aud have them secured by
sinking funds. gMassAchHsctts
State dcot at The beginning Of this
year was $33 ,2C0 900, Of which
100000 could be paid hy her
sinking fund. Pennsylvania las
debt of $23 100000 and sink
ing Curd Of So, 100000. New
York's debt is now al aid but
50, ,00O,0O0. which she owes for
her canal. All the southern States
are sunk up to their neck in dcot,
the ~ ob.cm to pay which Is now
the most ongro5Sing one they have
20 solve.
Feliciana sentinel., 1878-11-30
Ess= rnc number of tcIcgraphit

Es5= Tnc number of tcIcgraphic
messages sent for every one hun.
dred residents in the leading
countries Of the world, is given
as follows Unitci States seventy.
England sixty, Germany thirty
Francc twenty one, Italy sixteen =,
Russia four. It is question
whether lower rates in this country
would not induce a profitable in
c"cas of the business. The West
en- Union telegraph company states
ttai it would not, though says the
Railscny .Rge, the announcement
that the company has surplus Of
seventeen milIicU dollars, after
buying up opposition lines, which
it is tali: d Of Distributing among
the stockholders, woul seem to
ind cate jhat rates in the past bavc
been profitable.