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Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1878-05-06

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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-04-18
An Extraor binary Accident.

One of the most singular accidents
which it has fallen to our lot to record
occurred yesterday afternoon to Mrs.
George Sweeley, who resides OF the cor
ner of Perry street and Central avenue.
Mrs. s., it appears, went out to her hen
house to collect eggs, and in order to
reach one nest on sort of loft was
obliged to use q gtep-ladder. She
mounted the ladder, which was set
against the side of the house, and while
in the act Of reaching out slipped and
fell. AS she slipped she endea7ored to
catch hold of beam just above the lad
der, but her hand slipped off that, and
her heavy plain gold Wedding ring on the
third finger of her left hand caught on p
projecting nail. By the fall her whole
weight was thrown on that one finger.
and, the nail being firm, the flesh of the
finger was stripped from the bone by
the ring up to the first joint, when that
joint, with the stripped flesh, was cut off
as clean as though anputated by a sur.
geon, and shefell to the ground. Strange
to say, not drop of blood flowed
from the severed member. Mrs. Sweeley
fastened into the house in fainting
condition, and Drs. W. FL. Murray and
r. H. Starkweather, being sent for, am
putated what was left of the finger
close to the hand. The ring was subs
quently found still hanging on the nail
with the severed finger beneath it.-Al-
b0fay Journal.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-04-18
Tree.Planting and Tree. Growth.

The correspondents OF the MICHIGAN
Farmer have been discussing the sub
ject OF tree-planting and ree-growth.
The editor holds that several points
have been established by this discus
sion, and summarizes them in this way !:
]. That nursery-grown trees are pref
cradle to forest trees.
2. That the best time to plant shade
or street trees is as soon as the frost is
out of the ground and before the buds
start, or as soon as the earth is dry
enough to work,
8. The elm is the best street tree, and
next is the maple. There is but one
negative voice against the elm.
4. Mulching newly-set trees is always
advisable, before hot weather sets in.
Nothing better than chips, and saw-dust
is good. Extend the mulch somewhat
beyond the roots.
5. The main point In transplanting is
to secure mass of fine fbrous roots.
which are the immediate feeders Of the
trees.
6. IF forest trees are selected. get
them from an opening, from an exposed
place, or from the edge of the woods.
There will be larger mass of roots. and
they will be more accustomed to the
light, and will stand exposure better.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-04-18
The SimeMs Of War.

The British revenues for the year end
ing March 81 show a surplus of over
$500, 600 sterling, instead of the deGcit
which was expected. The London
Times of yesterday explains this as the
result of certain special and temporary
causes, but the fact itself, like the re-
signation of Lord Derby, will doubtless
surprise" official circles in st. Peters
burg and strengthen the position of
Lord Beaconsfeld at home. IF one OF
these facts goes to show the Russians
that England will not patiently submit
to the virtual establishment of Russian
protecsorate over the dismembered
Turkish empire, the other will tend to
sharpen their perception of the enor-
nous financial disadvantage at which
Great Britain holds them at this import
ant crisis in the history of both nations. x
y When the financial strength of
England is fully called out to support
such q war as war with Russia for the
control of the Eastern question must
inevitably be, Russia, even though un-
exhausted bysuoh sore struggle as she
has just been waglng, may well hesitate
to grapple with sinews SO tremendous.
A paper has just been laid before the
Statistical Society in England by Mr..
Gifen, in which the subjects of the
wealth of England and of the recent
accommodations of capital in the United
Kingdom are considered carefully and
at length, and with results which have
startled even those Engishmen who had
thought themselves most familiar with
the financial history and condition of
their country. Mr.. Giffen finds, for ex-
ample, in regard to the growth of capital
in Great Britain, that in the ten years
between 1866 and 1876 capital of the
country was increased by the enormous
sum of 92, 400, 900, 900, or about So, OOO,-
600, 900. In 1866 the capital of the
empire was &c, 100, 900, 900. In 1876 it
was 98, 100000, 1000. In other words,
England has been adding to her capital
lied wealth or her national estate at the
tremendous rare of 9240, DOC, 900 year.
And whereas the gross assessed income
of Great Britain at the beginning of the
century, when she was carrying on her
great wars with Napoleon T., was but
ELS, 900, 900, and in 1856, at the time
of the Crimean war, was but G30S, OOO.-
600, it had risen in 1866 to 9396, 900, 900,
and in 1875 rose to 9571, 200, 900. These
figures, as Mr.. Clifton says, are"bewil-
dering" in their amounts, and nothing
in the way Of political economy can
be more important than . thorough
investigation of the causes which have
led to suoh colossal results. -Nee0 York
| World
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-04-18

Who are you, your own self p
shouted Frank, the boldest boy In the
party" and what-r-ye doing in this
sugar bush this time of night2"
No answer came.
Let's smoke him o0t r said Frank,
grabbing a blazing stick from the fire
and starting for the brush, using it as a
torch. He hadn't gone many yards be-
fore a great white owl few from its perch
in tree, calling Who-who-o-o To-
whit-to- WHO'D !"
And then we all laughed at our scare,
and turned to the sugar just as 8 dread
full smoke and smell began to come out
of the kettle. Whilewe had been owl
ing it /" the sugar had burned
We had Just got the kettle swung off
from the fire when another voice sound
ed close behind us, and this tune it WASH t
an owl, but father hiInself, who had seen
the light of the fire, and came down to
find ont what it all meant.
$50, So" be said, very industrious
boys, I see like to work nights Well,
we can't have anything wasted. You can
just go at that beautiful sugar you have
made and eat it up" And he was man
that meant business, and no fooling,
when he spoke.
Well, we tried it on snow, and tried it
warm, but couldn't tell which way it
tasted the worst. Burnt sugar is about
the bitterest stuff I ever got hold of, and
q few mouthfuls of it was enough to set
us all to begging. Father let up on the
eating, but made us scrape and wash the
kettle and dishes, and bank up the fire
again. And then he put me ahead, and
made Will take hold of my coat-tail an
the next boy hold of Wills, and SO on
to the end, and marched us all single file
through the woods up to the house, gig
Cling, but rather sheepish procession.
Mother said she didn't think we were
a very happy-looking set of boys who
had been off for such sweet time; and
well, we didn't do any more sly sugar
ing off after that. There didn't seem to
be much fun in it, you know.-Golde,s
R4Le.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-04-18
Honest and Dishonest Profanity.

Some one in the crowd took occasion
to mildly rebuke old Ben Wade for his
profanity. He turned on his self-con-
gtituted moral instructor and asked:
"Don't you swear sometimes {"
"No, sir.
"Don't you say darn it, or con-
denim it, sometimes, in your heat Of pas
sion ?"
eyes, I may say that sometimes. But
that amt swearing"
"Yes it is," said Ben. "It is the
meanest kind Of swearing. It's mean
because it is oowardly and dishonest. I
have studied this subject good deal,
and my observation goes to slow that a
man who who will say darn it when
he means damn it is not fit to be
trusted. Give me the man whose oaths
come yelling up from the bottom Of his
soul, full, round and distinct-who says
what he thinks and don't try to beat the
devil round the stump-th that man is an
honest man every time. But the base
towards who try to deceive their Maker
by their darn it's and their 'durn its -
hell is full of such fellows"
1t unjust be bornein mind that he illus
trated his point as he went along with
''fuli, round and distinct" oaths, which
"came yelling up from the bottom Of
his soul. "--Detroit NeaoS.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-04-18
Wells and Sherman.

The New York Herald prints an acri-
monious interview between j. Madison
Wells and Secretary Sherman:
" Did we not give you the moral SYM
pathy support OF the letter which Gen.
Garfield, Stanley Matthews and Gen.
White united with me in writing your"
asked Sherman.
/" Oh. hang your letter writing; there
were have q dozen better things you
could have done for us, and as for your
moral sympathy, If it was deep enough
to reach to he'll and back it would not
have taken Gen. Anderson and me out
of jail, " was thelangry response.
But what else could we have done
the matter9" queried Sherman.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-04-18

"Oh, if the President had said but
the word to Nichols it would have saved
us all Che misery of staying in prison.
A inesfrom Hayes would have done the
business. AS for writing letters, you
might have written 200 of them and
they would not have been worth any
more than so much waste paper"
The interview continued In this vein
for quite while, and was conducted at
times IN SO loud key that the voices
penetrated to the adjoining chambers,
the language of Wells being, as one
listener described it, freely interspersed
with "cuss words. - Washington Let
fee.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-04-18
Erhys Fast

Henry FL. Erb, of Lancaster, Pa. re-
gently closed up his store and his house
and Withdrew with his family from all
intercourse with the world. The neigh.
bors became suspicious that something
was wrong, as Erb's children could be
heard crying bitterly, and Erb himself
was not known to buy any food. Two
officers effected an entrance into the
premises by crawling through back
window. The house was found to be ia
a most Wretched condition. All the fur
niture had been sold, there was no fire.
and the three girls and two boys were
crying with hunger and shivering in
rags, while the mother crouched In q
corner. Erb explained that spirit had
appeared to him and directed him and
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-04-18
A Girl Worth Narrying.

It is related by the veracious nevspa-
per correspondent that on the evening
Of the wedding Lord Rosebery received
package from the bride-elect. It con-
tanned small gold box, and in sepa-
rate envelope a pretty gold key. No
letter accompanied the gift, nor instruc-
lions of any kind. Ny Lord, however.
did not hesitate as to the use Of the kew.
He opened the box. It contained the
last check which Hannah de Rothgchild
would ever sign as spinster. Beauti-
fully written In her own fair hand, it was
drawn IN favor of Lord Rosebery-
ST. 900, 900, payable to his order. Han
nah is girl worth living for.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-04-18

his family to fast for five days, at the
end of which period most wonderful
event would occur in his house, at which
the whole world would be present. He
ordered his children not to accept the
food offered them. and the mother. who
seemed to be entirely under the ihtlu-
ence of her husband, also refusedo eat
anything. The children were cl6taed
and made to take nourishment, aJsI.fAe.
woman was at length reused from her
apathy by some very vigorous talk.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-04-18
THE LITTLE FOLKS.
nhe News Carrier.

Tbe News- Carrier.
How do YOU known" "Who told you 30 2
These words you often hear
And then 1t often happens, too,
This answer meets your ear:
"a little bird has told the tale,
And far it spreads DER hill and dale.'
Now let us see il this can be.
How can the birds find out 30 well,
And give the news to all?
Or, il they know, why need they tell?
And which among the feathered tribe
Must we to keep our secrets bride?
The busy crown As all we'll know,
He sometimes breaks the laws;
We shall regret 1t, when he does,
For he viii give us cause.
Though slyest OF the feathered tribe,
The crow would scorn to need BRIDE
Not robin red; he holds his head
With such an honest air,
And whistles bravely at his work,
But has no time to spare.
/" mind my own concerns" says he;
They're most important, all may see;
Nor birdie blue, so leal and true;
He never heeds the weather,
But In the latest winter days
His fellows dook together;
And then indeed glad news they bring
OF early buds and blossomtng.
Might net each one beneath the sun
OF all the race reply,
If questioned who should wear the cap,
o Oh no is is not 1 2"
For there are none who, every day,
Are busier at work than they.
They chatter, too, az others do
But what it is about
The wisest sage in all the earth
Might puzzle to make out.
But Pm as sure az I can be
They never talk of you or me.
We hear " They say" oh, every day
Are they the birds, wonder,
That have such power with words to part
The dearest friends asunder?
Or must we search the wide world through
To bring the culprits full in view?
The birds we see, though wild and free,
Have something else to do;
And, reader, don't you think the same
Might well be said Of you?
1t really seems to be shame
That they should always bear the blanc.
-CathaT6re S. Boyd, tr st. Nicholas.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-10-06
Louis Napoleon.

Louis Napoleon was an attractive child
He was mild and Intelligent but more
like girl than boy. He is wear old
er than am; when We quarreled he used
to bite, not strike. He used 10 say to me:
"Je ne t az jamais 5attue" Non" I an
swered, 'mais tn mas mordue.n He was
shy, and has continued to be so. He
hates new faces: in old times he could
not bear to part with a servant, and I
know ne has kept Ministers whom he dis
liked and disapproved only because he
did not like the emba7ras of sending them
away. His great pleasures are riding,
walking, and, above all, fine scenery. [
remember walking with him and Prince
Napoleon one fine evening ON Lansdowne
Hill, near Bath. The view was enchant-
ing: he sat down to admire. Look, +" he
said, ''at Napoleon; he does not care
larthlng for all this. could sit here for
hours He employed me some DAYS ago
to make enquiries for him in Germany in
connection with his book. Mocquard
wrote me letter OF thanks. Louis Ma
poleon added to it, in his own hand. these
words: "Csc:: me rapelle les bontes qu'aoait
Nadanue COrnu pour le 0risonnier de Ham.
Les eatremes sc toucdent, car les Iuileries
c est encore une prison" When the Duke
OF Reichstadt aud his own brother lived.
he used to rejoice that there were two
lives between him and power. What he
would have liked better than empire
would have been to be rio country gen
lleman in fine country with nothing to
do but enjoy himself.-Mme Cornu SEN
SOr's Con0ersdtaons
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-10-06
Didn't Buy the Mule.

tr,u nd on Ninth Street, in from of the
Bazaar, he was showing the man the bay
mule that be was working in team with
the old gray.
''You warrant him sound, and perfect
ly kind and genrle?" the man said.
Precisely" said the farmer John.
"My wife and children drive him, and
he is a perfect pet. Comes into the house
like dog"
s'Easy to shoe?" asked the man.
SWELL guess SO. Fact is, never had
him shod. | don't believe in it: he works
better without it, said farmer John.
Chow does he act when you put the
crupper on?" asked the man.
Farmer John hesitated. swell, pref
ty good, guess" he said; "fact is never
put it on"
elbow does it get on?" asked the man !;
swho does put it on2"
swell, I kind ofdon't know" said farm
er John; "fact is, he had the harness on
when got him, an it fit him so we'll. an
he seemed to be so kind o. contented IN
it, like, that sort Of never took it off'n
him.
'sAnd how long have you had him9''
asked the man.
Farmer John chewed a straw very med
itatively.
"Well," he said, s'not to exceed more'n
two years. mebbe."
And the man backed a little further
away, and said he would 'ssort of look
round little further before he bought,
like" And farmer John never saw him,
again, not even unto this day.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-10-06

AT stekesley, Yorkshire, England, lives
ma VINO once assisted in singing the
whole ct the 10th Psalm, and this is
how it is said to have happened. The
parson of church had an invitation to
attend marriage breakfast, and so made
his sermon very short in order that he
might be punctuaI. The clerk. however.
objected to this way of passing the Sun
day, and when the time for singing came
gave out the 10th Psalm. The clergy
man did not at first notice what was 90
ing on and when he did the musicians
were fairly at work and could not be
stopped. The air was never lost. The
hddlers wore out their bows and strings
the flute player blew out his front teeth.
the clarinet never recovered its tone. and
the singers all suffered more or less. but
they kept it up to the bitter end and fin
ishe6 at three o'clock in the afternoon.
after four hours hard work. Many OF
the congregation went home to dinner.
and returned in the afternoon 10 the
finish, but the parson won much respect
by sticking to his pulpit to the last. and
at the conclusion of the dismal perform
ance he dismissed the congregation with
out word.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-10-06
On a Sheet of Blank PAPER.

virgin page, untouched unstained,
Without line, without blot.
dhou cream-laid blank-faced mystery
~ untold thoughts, of unsung songs;
Who can foresee thy end, thy lot,
Who tell thy future history?
Perchance thou art reserved to bear
The record of lofty mind,
Whose echo shall defy Times wave;
Or in the rubbish basket near
Some cruel hand may bid thee find
Oblivion, and wicker grave
Or shall, upon thy vacant face,
Some poet write a stirring ode,
some Wonderous lay, some graceful sonnet2
Or shall Miss Jones fingers trace
Some lines to Madame a la Mode
About the color of her bonnet?
Thou mayst some Doctors mandate bear
For horrid drugs or an emetic:
Or serve to write an 0 U;
Some love-sick swain to Dulcinea,
In hating doggerel most pathetic,
May send thee as a billet-dour.
Or on thee, haply, shall be wrought
Some picture, to for aye remain,
a masterpiece of tint and lme?
Or shall the baser pen and thought
OF Thomas, or of Sarah Jane.
Degrade the to a valentine?
0 empty blank! that only Graves
a touch, word, in paint or rhyme;
Thou silent monument of shame
On towards, idlers, fashions slaves,
On brains that have no thoughts sublime
On hands that cannot give the fame.
What i'll destroyed, what good abusedl
So ready thou to cheer or pain,
80 prompt for blessing or for curse
And here, half conscious, as | unused,
took the paper up again,
And scrubbed off this idle verse!
=LhnnahexIs IoatxanI
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-10-06

they could bear. For they hardly dared hone
that they were safe above it.
From this position they were aroused nv
the Oldest boy shouting
Oh father, the sky is on fire, toom
ward looked up and saw broad flash of
lightning dart out of dark cloud that was
rising rapidly in the west.
Thank Godr' he cried ssthe rain is com
ing at last" n-
Soon the heavens were overcast. Tbs liobt-
ming darted back and forth, heavy thunder
Overhead, the increasing wind famed the
flames below till they ragged with redoubled
Jury as II seem q to realize that their mower
would soon be gone Then came the blessed
ram; hot In gentle showers, but in heavy tor
rents, That poured necessarily on the Kissing
steaming forests, till they lay drenched be,
meath it.
John Ward drew his family close under the
rocks to keep them dry, but caught in his hat
the cool drops to quench their thirst. AS the
night wore on and the violence OF the storm
passed oy, they all found some rest save the
father, who incurred for his mother as he
Kept watch over the poor little homeless flock.
;, The next day dawned clear and beautiful.
The air washed pure from binding smoke. and
as soon as they had risen and thanked God
for their escape, they started to make their
way back to the settlements
1t was tedious, difficult Journey
"hen almost back to the site of their old
nome tney heard voices approaching. Ward
shouted and was answered by loud cheer,
In few moments, dozen of his old compan
ions gathered round, congratulating him on
1helr escape, and anxious to hear their story.
they had just started in search of them: but
as they saw the wide sweep the fire had taken
their fears for their safety were greater than
| their hopes.
John Ward and his wife now found that the
KIND acts done for these neighbors in the mast
were returning, latter many DAYS" like
bread cast upon the waters" The men lifted
the children in their arms, and all proceeded
10 the homes that had escaped the fire. Here
each wed with the other in making them
welcome. Money and clothiug had been sent
from larger towns to those whom the fire had
made destitute. Mrs. Ward found her baby
and Mrs. Stacey safe and WELL the latter full
OF JOY, as she had just received the clad It'd.
lngs OF her husbands safety
Inc burned houses were soon rebuilt, and
out Tor the dear old mother, whom he had
been so cruelty forced to leave to the flames,
John Ward could, after all, hardy have been
called sufferer from the loss that had be-
fallen him W.
This is not fancy sketch The actual facts
OF the terrible disaster have family pictured.
are more narrowing than l could bear to de-
scribe. Language cannot adequately depict
the awful scenes that were witnessed in that
terrible fire OF 1875 in Northern Pennsylvania,
That destroyed whole villages, and brought
great losses and suffering to scores of families
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-10-06
Sunshine.
BY E. B. ROBINSON.

What makes the birds so merry
what makes SO ripe the cherry?
1t is the sun that comes along
10 mellow fruit and mellow song;
This makes the birds SO merry,
This mnkes so ripe the cherry.
What warns the blood that rushes
10 bring the tint that bushes?
1t is the sun imparting heat
10 rosy lips to make them sweet.
This warns the blood that rushes
10 bring the tint that bushes.
Why are the flowers growing,
With odors overffowing?
Because the sun each blossom loves
More than the honey-bee that roves.
For this the flowers are growing,
With odors OVERLOOKING.