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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-17
Poultry in France.


No nation devotes the attention to
poultry that prevails in France, and
while in other farming sections fowls
receive but little care, here they are
treated as an important branch of farm
economy and made to contribute large
ly to the profits of the farmer. A French
journal makes statement that France
keeps about 100000 hens, producing
100000, 900 eggs. 1t is estimated that
the annual meat value OF fowls killed
is $50, 100000, and the value of the eggs
equals $36,6O0,o00. England alone re-
ceives over 100000 eggs annually
from France.
It is an accepted fact i'll France that
the ovary of the hen is not renewed,
that is that the hen can lay SO many
eggs during her life and no more. A
longer or shorter period may elapse be-
fore the hen will lay these eggs, &C
cording to the treatment she receives.
If she is badly fed and poorly housed,
four or FIVE years are required; if, on
the other hand, she is highly fed and
kept warga, her eggs will be developed
more rapidly and in quicker success
sion. The hen, for egg producing must
be treated as machine.
Fine eggs, collected daily and sent
| to market while undoubtedly fresh,
command a high price. especially in
| Autumn and Winter, in France and
| England as well as in America, yet
how few, comparatively speaking, can
be obtained from the generality OF
English and American farms. New
laid eggs, especially Of the brown va
rieties, sell In Londen market at fifty
cents per dozen, and great difficulty is
experienced in obtainlng a sufficient
supply.
In France, where scarcely a meal is
complete without chicken in some
form, poultry feeding is great bust
ness, and magnificent poultry they get
The secret of the excellence of the fine
poultry expose for sale in the Pari!
market, is that they are fed from the
day they are Matched, and not allowed
to hunt for living as on most of ou
farms. The consequences at three o.
four months old q good chicken i
ready for the table, at six or seven i
has become fne, heavy fowl and Fl
! for poultry show. At the poultr,
shows in France, dressed fowl form
prominent part of the exhibition, ant
greater attention to this class, certain
ly ia the Winter, would add much t,
| the value and interest Of our shows il
i this country We must learn to com
i bine practical utility with the breed
4 ing for fiae and often artificial points
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-17
.ANew Oounterfeit Bank Note.

F.W. Helmick received the follow
ing notification from Washington OF
the existence ola new counterfeit Ma
tionaI Bank note:
U..SsTREAsURY DEPARTMENT.,
SECRET SERyICE DIVISION, i
OFFIoR OF CHIEF, wv ashington, DC
December "a, 1879
To F,lW~. Helmick, Cincinnati, Ohio:
IA new counterfeit five-dollar note ON
the First>N ational Bank Of Hanover,
Penn, hiss made it's appearance. The
paper s Thin and teolor dark. Bank
number zs7, date February 20, 1854,
and beaning signature of F. E. SPINNER
and L. FL. Chittenden. It is printed
from. sanep plate as the First National
Bank, Of tAamaqua, Penn, which made
its ,appeaa ance about September 40
1877.
lIt..wohAt be we'll toadvise merchants
IN your va1sinity to give publicity 10
these facts. and to suggest to the pub
Gc that.all, suspicious notes on these
banks of 4ae denomination Of SIS be us
Eased.
lHelmiekss new metaod of detecting
counterfeit National Bank notes, wiz
be- found tdsoe the bestin existence. 1t
contains photographs ,of counterfeit
bills, also of4genuine Dias, SO that any
pegsoHWEill be able to detect the differ
enea,at sight, The price of the work
including illustrations lis only $1.G
and will be sent postpaid by mail, by
enclosing - 90 to f. wv. Helmick,
Publisher 504W est Fourth Street, Gin.
cinnati; @.
| N44B.--Haaglick's Counkarfeit Silver
Coin4Detector, used by over 5000 bank
ers. Price 92FO; sent by mail upon
recasRt OF. prizes.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-17
IaetzYour Neighbors Alone.

No people are such thorough nuisan-
eoes as those who are perpetually med
tttling with the business of their neigh
ibors- who are always on the alert for
anything -s&.spicious-always ready to
Ihdlieye the worst Of everybody. What
lis it totyou if your neighbor does bring
home thrown paper package and q
covered basket. You will live lust as
long II youfRever know what they con-
tain. 1t is none Of your business.
And if your Eighty neighbor, Mrs.
Ilghtfoot, INDUCES herself in new
:bonnet, while her devoted husband
wears patched boots, you need not fret
about: it-hei is the only sufferer, not
|you. No need of making hue and a
Fc1Yzover her supposed extravaganza.
The money did not come out of your
pocket, andtconsequently it is none of
lydlr business. What if the minister
,dassacall on Ann Smith twice week ?
Why exercise your brain about it?
lsSslnnose she has an awful temper and
powders her face, as you say she does
ii-laT temper will not trouble you.
Mind your own concerns. What diff
'fersiee does it make to you il bold
I,elhfalisI "cuts out modest Mary? You
lneedLn not torture Mary by long stories
.of swkgt. you have heard concerning the
matter II thought would tell you
my dear I speak for your good
Somthedy shoLl1 put you on your
sgua1tl against that treacherous girl.
AS snatnral consequence, modest Ma
lry, lhersyomanly pride aroused, shrinks
Into the background, leaving the field
Ieoperl t0sher victorious rival. So yor
|sorlsslasgood girls heart because yo1
will met .mind your own business
What. ifxthey have three dozen pairs
|aaf stockings at SqGzire Hills. Haven
Che gotta right to? AS long as yos
lleao1it idiot he washing it need not troub
he yeiaatsall. Whist right have you tx
watch. tkair clothes-line? Employ you
time better. It May be perfectly tru
that nlasEing Mrs. Gray signals t.
Woslng Dr. Wilde fran her back win
ldovs. Bat who gave you the priv
Regesof watching d lady in her OWL
house, where, if in any place, her pri
vaey should be sacred? Her disgrace
nothing toSyou; it isfnone of your bus
iness. live had our way, meddler
sho2lld be; M1nished lRze any other of
fesaf esrs against the rights of others.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-17
THE BONDAGEOF CUSTOM.

A young man accustomed to drink
ing more or less was approached by a
temperance friend recently, and asked
why he persisted in nursing such a
fearful habit. His reply was: II do not
exactly know; I hate liquor and it
gives me terrible headaches; but / &C
in with others and take drink, now
and then, because I suppose it is the
thing to do ....
Taking this paragraph for text, tire
Chicogo Journal comments thus: The
last clause Of the above reply possesses
more than ordinary significance, be-
cause it reveals SO clearly the almost
hopeless and crushing bondage of Gus
tom. Il suppose it is the thing to do
constitutes the real and only reason
for the commission of one-half of the
social crime in the land. Men drink
and swear and lie and cheat and gam
BILE, indulge in all personal vices, form
all kinds Of bad habits, frequent all
bad places, associate with bad charac-
ters, just because others do, or just be.
cause they suppose it is "the thing to
do" Women, in like manner, ruin
their health and happiness. by expen-
sfve aud false modes of dress, indulge
los all kinds Of personal folly and sin,
keep up habits Of social and domestic
extravaganza in living which, in many
cases, bankrupt their husbands and
render their homes the abodes of fash
ionable misery and Wretchedness, SIM
ply because they are educated to be-
lieve or suppose that all this consti-
tutes "just the thing to do"
There seems to be in human nature
an instructive dread Of singularity in
appearance or in action. The MAORI
ty of people seem to feel that they must
do as others do and go with the multi
tude, or else they are not living at all,
in any true sense of the word. And
thus the innate gregariousness Of the
human race not only resembles and
keeps pace with that of animals and
birds, but shows itself in these mani
fold forms Of social and personal vice.
There is no manner of doubt but
this widespread and fearfully-desola-
ting curse of intemperance is very
largely made up and supported by this
unacknowledged bondage of custom.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-17

One young man drinks because he sees
others do it, and so the evil perpet-
yates itself until the clamps Of invet-
crate habit turn the bondage into
downright Imprisonment, and abject
degradation of will and purpose. One
young woman subjects herself to all
kinds of personal torture in her habits
of dress and INDUCES in acts of folly
and looks of shame, and makes herself
appear perfectly silly or frightful, or
both, because she is so deeply under
the bondage of custom that she dareS
not, or cannot, shake it off. And SO
the masses follow on in the train of a
few skillful and powerful leaders, just
as fiocks of sheep all go over fence
because their leader goes first and so
establishes the custom.
The only way to overcome this bond
age Of custom successfully is to ighta
bad custom with an opposing good one.
And in this particular the leaders Of
the red and white ribbon movement
now going on in SO many cities and
towns, display shrewd sagacitY and
wise generalship. They are seeking to,
destroy the desolating bondage of the
drinking custom by the inspiring and
beneftting bondage Of the total absti-
nence custom. And their signal and
cheering success demonstrates the
truth of our philosophy. The larger
the crowd of those who wear the rib
bon, the more potent the argument be-
comes, and the stronger is the influence
exerted. And it looks now as though
by calling to their aid little sound
wisdom these latter-day temperance
reformers were destined to accomplish
a work which all prohibition legislation
and fines and Imprisonment have hith-
erto failed to do. Discardlng all harsh
remedies and relying upon moral sua--
sion alone, through the action Of this,
innate social law Of human natures.
they give promise Of solving at. last
the great moral problem of the age.
The bondage of a bad custom is being.
: overturned by the healthy and life
: giving bondage of another good Gus
tom. The red ribbon is simply an out
ward badge of an inward movement
away from life of indulgence and to-
wards life of abstinence. This same
principle might be effectively applied
in many other directions. :
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-17
Feeding Sheen.

Shelter for sheep in Winter is a de-
cided saving in the amount of proven
der consumed, as they require less
food to satisfy the demands of nature
than when exposed to the wear and
tear OF the elements. In feeding sheen
good hay is ~ standard article, and
when fed at the rate Of three pounds
per head. daily, every alternate week.
md during the Intervening weeks re-
daeed one-half in quantity and the de-
--cleney supplied with one and half
pounds of green food per head. Ex-
perlments prove that with this course
OF dlet, sheep can be kept in health
1ul and productive condition during
the Winter and Spring. In the change
OF diet, the feeding of such green food
as potatoes, apples. turnips, ruta-bagas,
etc, assists digestion, prevents the
stretches" disease common to
sheep. It also promotes the growth Of
wool and imparts to it elasticity and
softness.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-17
Washing Flannelg.

saw Cara B. KS inquiry an the
Western Rural for receipt to wash
hannels, and send her the following,
taken from the American Agricultu-
rist, and used by mother twelve years
Dissolve hagd SOAP necessary to wash
fannels in soft water and heat scalding
hot, but not boiling. Pour it over the
fiannels and let them set till cool
enough to rub out with the hands.
Take them through second suds if
necessary. DO not add quite as much
soap as in the first. Rinse them through
soft water as hot as the hands will
bear; hang up and dry without freez-
ing. Blankets are washed in the same
way.
For colored fannels put one piece at
a time into the tub, wash quickly,
rinse in hot water, and dry same as the
others. If Clara will follow these
directions she can wear her fannels
more than one season, as ours wear
till they are threadbare without shrink
ing. s MATTE J. R.
Ash Grove, III.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-17

A MICHIGAN farmers wife who has
had AplendiE success manages her
poultry i'm tils5 way:-"a ely henhouse is
in a sheltered location, e2aving q south
ern exposure The roosting and lay
ing roaEls are warm, aRd kept clean
and Meal ventilated. [ aseep dry soil,
sand and ashes scattered over the floor,
renewing it from time toFtime. Wary
the food. Gem, when fed by itself,
fattens the hen, but does not produce
the more profitable esg-laying. I
think it well to;give feed of corn at
night. laften make a mIsh for my
hens of Goafsearound InElian meal,
well seas0ned,with red pepper, and feed
it to them not. Sometimes, ainstead of
red pepper, I season with harseradish,
mustard or ginger. Wild biaals get ac-
,cess to many highly spiced bouds and
berries, the lack of which is supplied
tto our domestic tfewls by tEe use of
condiments. / save all potato, turnip
.and apple pagfngs TO boil for ny hens;
and when ] Cam, I'boil them ina.he wa
ter in which meet has bean boil
led, and, if possible, iced them & little
raw meat twice a week. [ occaaE onal-
lily put a spoonful of sulphur in their
feed to keep them Gear of vesHnin.
My hens lay all Winter, and average
ovef@ne hundred eggs per year. Taey-
ear keep hens over three years old
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-17
From the wisconsin.
LIFE IN DEATH.
JULIA CLARK.

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Haste on TO give anotlaer yeardts1oyous birth. ,
- 'o'. - 141o'''' ~ sA'sA,
ana Waiis 10 iassaiFuis2 alrgessaa ough the ieaa1
le 'ss trees,
where dreamy wliispsrs chase Tho dismal SONG
a way, !,
And spirit-eclloes .hagertnn saie answering
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-17
Lake Superior Copper Product.

The Mining Gazette, of Houghton,
Mich, in it's annual review of the cop
per business of Lake Superior, for the
year ending December 81, 1877, shows
the following production of the work
ing copper mines: Calumet & HecIa,
yielded 14,170 tons, and $50 pounds:
the Osceola, ], 807 tons and ITO pounds:
the Franklin, 1896 tons and 1862 pounds:
the Quincy, 1862 tons, $50 pounds; the
Atlantic, about 1,40O tons the Central.
!, 450 tons; the Allouez. about 846-tons:
the Phoenix, GIL tons, 385 pounds; the
PeWabic, 419 tons, 100 pounds. All
other sources, including Ontonagon
county, about 500 tons. Tho COPPER
mines here start off with an excellent
prospect before them for the coming
year, which will be good news to the
Of Chicago, who have a
large trade in this region.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-17
Anothar Temperanee lecture Out Of Real
Life.


Inis. 'racuse, n. X, ON lFrida7 last,
taaare,Ejood before the sb2ar of jE3tice a
man aEho pleaded quality upon Gye in
ddatK ezts for Forgery, and received
taas sentence Of the eouttt, whiot, con-
sigaedhim for fifteen years to Auburn
Prison. He was Raan 40 >yeaas of
age ofEao st respectable family sasld of
e1a4llezt preparatory education. He
had beeEasdmitted to theA,ar. and had
farg arofsssioul prospects when the
War of tzp Rebellion begasl. He en-
tered theagrvice as q Lieutenant, san
left withtkke rank of Miajor. He sgr as
appoiated Provost Marshal of the
Onon&agaaand CORTLAND Wkx,iets, and
flled;thasluties of that rahponsihe
position faithfully and well. Ten
years ago he was elected Treasurer csr
|Onondaga coanty, and refined ;at the
end Of his sterm without AIRY stain,
upon his official reputation. During
that time hoHsyer, he became aaamod4
erately addicted to the use of irhaxical
ting liquors. aEd his career sinos has
been steadily downward. He stood
the other day before the court utterly
broken, physlcallyanentalIy and neral
ly. For himself, The said. when asked
Gwhy sentence should not be pronounced,
he little cared. The life inside the
prison were better for him than the
life he had led outside; but for the
sake of his family, he would prefer a
light sentence There were no miti-
gating circumstances waach could in
duoe the Judge to listen to his prayer,
and The terrible sentence was pro-
nounood which, at his age probably
condemns him to life of Imprisonment.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-17
Sheep VS.. Dogs.

ToslaW the injury iniicted uEosa
farmers who raise sheep. by the dog
nuisance, take the facts as presented
by the single county of Franklin, In
diana. Fsaom official and sworn state
menta, there were $40 sheep killed by
dogs, valued, by sworn appraisers, at
$2,064g5, for which there is no return,
and not only no return, but worse
than rothings for in addition to the
loss of sheep, there were 1900 dogs in
the county to feed, making no retRrns,
each one eating as much as q pig or a
sheep, and many of them owned and
kept by families that are partly kept
by the county. The people are taxed
to support the dogs, which, in turn kill
their sheep, robbing them and the
county Of their earnings and wealth.
If there was sheep raised to each dog
in the county, and added to the num-
Der Of sheep killed, it would add 2,6<O
to the sheep, which, at the appraised
value, would add to the wealth Of the
farmers and to the tax duplicate
1897 each year. These are facts that
should clam the serious consideration
of the people and their representatives
in our legislature.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-17

dc Portable & Stationary Steam Engines and
Boilers, Skating and Pullies, Hand and Power
lire Renders, Tire Drills, snd;allG9ther kinds of
Machinery. Also Kenaala tHGliOn Thimble
Sketns, flyers, Bolster ana React Plates, Ket-
tiles, Sleigh Shoes and Post Mans. Repairing
done promptly.
Kenosha, Wis, april 2oth, 1874
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-17

Mr.. Darwin must look to his laurels.
A Japan correspondent says that he
saw wrought in inlaid wood on a door
in the great temple of Ligmoto, scene
showing first a monkey, then an ape,
then gorilla, and so on up by gradu al
development until the final one Of the
series was a perfect man surrounded
by elephants and curious birds. The
door was several hundred years old.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-17

TT ANDRE, Manufacturer, WhalesaIe and
AL. Retail dealer in Cigars, Plug. Ca5 Chewing
and Smoking tobacco, snuff, Pipessasfe His ca
.garS are all made from best qualiteS63 domestic
and hnRErted tobacco and sold to the trade ali
lowest lfash rates. Also, constantly on hand
some fine Meerschaum Pipes, Orders promptly
filled. 4Arectly opposite his old stand. mo. 37x
Main StLSot. KenoSha. Wis.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-17

4T livery STABLE.-Ben. Jeagett Is prepared to
I'LL furnish the best Horses aand Carriages, for
business or pleasure oa the shortest notice.
SHearse at all times ready tei attend funerals.
SStahe on Market square, Eeal the Post Office,
aKenoSha Wisconsin.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-17

MARBLE WORKS.
M -E UGGINS & wv .ASIIBURN
KenOsha and Raciae, Wis MOAnmentai and
GraveStone work executed in the. highest style of
the.art.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-17

VAHNEN BROTHERS, No. Is AIain ST., Keno
~ sha, Merchant Taors. We keep constantly
on hand well selected stock 80f cloths, Gents
Furnishing Goods, Ready Made Clothing. Hats
and Caps of the latest styles. sWork dome and
goods sold as cheap at AMY ather establishment
in the city.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-17

DGSEN & BEDESSEN, Manufacturers and
Beds, Mattresses, Upholstered Goods, Chamber
. and Parlor Sets, Ready made Collins always on
B. hand Shop on Main near Wisconsin street.
KenoSha, Wis.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-11-06
TokVN p0llAR,

To THE EDITOR:-Why is II that
the new silver dollar passes for Q dol
lar equally with the greenback, II, as
you stated the other day, 1t Is worth
only 82 centse Grant that the silver
In the new dollar is worth In the bull
lion market only eighty-two cents,
gold; then does not the Fiat" Of the
government make It worth q full dol
lar? FIAT LUX.
The new silver dollar IL now worth
62(183 cents In the bullion market.
The American silver dollar passes for
one hundred cents, or on par with
greenbacks and gold, because, in one
sense It Is redeemable In gold. Green
backs are legal tender for everything
except customs dues, which are pay
able In gold. But the new silver dol
lar Is also made receivable for Gus
toms dues, and is In demand among
importers for that purpose. This
gfvts It gold value. But let silver
be coined In excess of the demand
and what would become Of the Acti-
tious value with which the govern
ment has stamped It? Clearly all Inn
port duties would be paid in silver,
because that would be the cheaper
money. Government would receive
no gold with which to pay interest on
its bonds, and would soon strike q a.
nancial snag. Resuming specie pay.
ments will help stay the home valua-
ton Of silver dollars, provided the
government does not coin too many
Of them. Any excess Of silver coin
age beyond the ability Of the govern
ment to redeem In gold on demand
will certainly result In a depreciation
like that which has befallen the Mex
ican and trade dollars, only greater in
degree, as there Is less silver in the
American dollar. The American sill
yer dollar Is to-day, practically a to-
ken coin dependent for its value, not
upon it's own full instrinsic value, or
the fiat of the government, but upon
the redemption feature with which
the government has clothed it,
Hasckeye. 8U
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-11-06
80.

can demonstrate It even to your salts
faction-the truth isan important one
1t concerns every element of the fu
ture social life in CALIFORNIA;; 1t lies al
the basis of your industries; It Il
bound to subvert that demagogism by
which your politics, as you call It
have been degraded to q level scarce.
| ly higher than incendiarism, piIlage
and murder.0
"You may drive us out of Califor.
mia, but we shall influence your social
affairs all the seme. The goods that
we manufacture in San Francisco will
be fabricated in Canton; and, no mat
ter how high you may raise your tar
iff, you will walk In Canton shoes,
wear Canton shirts, smoke Canton ci-
gars and shoot each other with Cam
ton revOlvers and gunpOwder, for we
can make all of them cheaper than
you can.
'If you have debauched us with
opium, we have got even with you by
acquiring your mechanical arts"
II believe that have said enough
to show why the Chinese should not
go. It is only necessary to advert to
the enormous interest which they
have built up in this country to make
1t clear that they cannot go; and /
may add that If it becomes necessary
for them to appeal to all Christendom
and even to arms, against your inius-
tice, they are prepared to do SO. They
did not seek Western intercourse;
they did not ask for the Burlingame
treaty; but now that both have been
thrust upon them they are determin-
ed that both shall be respected. They
will not be driven forth. 1t must
sound strangely to hear a Chinaman
speak of resorting to arms to obtain
the observance of a treaty. It is
strange, but it is the method of your
boasted Western civilization; you
have taught it to US and we shall em-
plOy it."