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New-York tribune., 1879-04-16
THERE ARE LOTS OF THEM ELSEWHERE. TOO
Prom The 81 Paul Pt0n,,r ITegs Ind

Ii may be that General Bragg will succeed
IN cOnyincing the HOuse that the Southern Claims Com
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-05-01
Comets.

What comets may really in structure
and character be, remains almost as diff
fcult confidently to state as it was two
centuries ago. That they are not solid
masses every one is agreed. 1t seems
probable that even the nucleus, when
brightest and apparently most con-
densed. is, if single body, quantity
Of glowing gas, not solid or even a
liquid substance. It is remarkable that
not only the tail, SO called, but even the
nucleus itself, is, as a rule, SO thin that a
bright star can be seen through it
scarcely dimmed. What the tail may be
is even more perplexing than the ques-
ton of what the head and nucleus of
the comet may consist. The tails have
sometimes extended over more than a
quarter of the heavens; that is to say,
have reached from the zenith to the no.
rizon, and from their ascertained dis
lance have been calculated to occupy a
length of not less than 100000 miles,
or very nearly the distance of the earth
from the sun; SO that when the head of
the comet was passing the sun in his
immediate neighborhood, the extreme
end Of the tail might be almost in the
immediate vicinity of our planet
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-05-01

wool, very soft, warm and thick, and of
a fallow-brown color. The giant was
well protected against the cold.
@The whole appearance Of the animal
was fearfully strange and wild. It had not
the shape Of our present elephants. AS
compared with the Indian elephant,
its head was rough, the brain
case low and narrow; but the trunk and
mouth were much larger. The teeth
were very powerful. Our elephant is an
awkward animal; but, compared with
this mammoth, it is an Arabian steed to
coarse, ugly dray-horse. VA19oI
"The bad smell of the body warned us
to save what we could, and the swelling
food, too, babe us hasten. But I had
the stomach separated, and brought on
one side. It was well filed, and the
contents instructive and well preserved.
The principal we're young shoots Of the
fir and pine; a quantity of young fir
cones, in chewed state, were also mixed
with the cones."- &C. Il. Stephens, IN,
Youths Companion.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-05-01
Stayed by His own Device,

Household departments are very
good adjuncts to newspaper in their
way, when edited by woman, but the
male journalist who dabbles with the
heaven-inspired mysteries of cooking
runs frightful risk. The editor of the
Weekly Petalatma Peavane started a
column of that kind recently, and, a
few days afterward, ferce-looking fe-
male came into the office carefully con
cealing some object behind her apron.
Are you the man that published that
new and improved way to make currant
cake"
He said he was. ..'.f i*
"You said to mix washing soda with
the -four, and stir in little corn meal
and sweet oil to give it consistency?
"And to add fifteen eggs and some
molasses, and two ounces gum arabic,
and set in cool place to bake?"
II think that was it," I .....1.
well, take that, then!" and the in
dignant housewife knocked him down
with weapon that felt like sand club,
but which he felt in his heart must have
been half-baked hunk of cake, con-
structed on the Pe0Uj11e pattern Sam
Francisco NeUS Letter. ---
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-05-01
A Bird That Turns Summersaults.

There's pretty little bird that lives
in China, and is called the Fork Tailed
Parus. He is about as big as robin,
and he has red beak, orange colored
throat, green back, yellow legs, black
tail, and red-and-yellow wings. Nearly
all the colors are in his dress, you see,
and he is gay fellow. ....-t.. ...f
But this bird has trick known byno
other birds that ever T heard of. He
turns summersaults! Not only does he
do this in his free life on the trees, but
also after he is caught and put into a
cage. He just throws his head far back,
and over he goes, touching the bars of
the cage, and alighting upon his feet on
the floor or on perch. He will do it
over and over number of times with
out stopping, as though he thought it
great fun.
All his family have the same trick,
and they are called Tumblers. The
people of China are fond of keeping
them in cages and seeing them tumble.
Travellers often have tried to bring them
to our country, but a sea voyage is not
good for them, and they are almost sure
to die on the way.-"Jack-i1a-the-P ul-
pit" IN st. Nicholas for Mdu.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-05-01
How to Make Cologne Water.

With no trouble at all, any one can
make in her own storeroom better
article of cologne than that which is
usually bought, by thoroughly dissolv-
ing fluid drachm of the oils of berga-
mot, orange and rosemary, each with
half a drachm of neroi and pint of
rectifed spirits. AS good as can be
made out of Cologne itself, however, is
also prepared simply by mixing with
one pint of rectified spirits two fluid
drachms each of the oils of bergamot
and lemon, one of the oil of orange,
and half as much of that of rosemary,
together with three-quarters of drachm
of neroi and four drops each of the
essence of ambergris and musk. a.
If this is subsequently distilled it
makes what may be called perfect CO.
logne, but it becomes exceedingly fine
by being kept tightly stoppered for two
or three months to ripen and mellow
before use. The Chemist. ,.......,......,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-05-01
An Humble Hero.

), There died in Cincinnati, few days
ago, man who richly deserves the
honors of martyrdom. His name was
Peter Rapp. He drove street car, was
young-only 26-and the sole support
OF an aged and infrm father and mother.
The parents were unable to do anything.
He provided them with shelter, cloth
ing, food and fuel. His wages were so
small that, after paying the bills of the
household he had nothing left for him.
self. He could not buy either an over
coat or undergarments to protect him
from rough weather. In order to go
out with his car at 81 every morning, he
was obliged to walk four and half
miles. The rules of the company for
bidding the employees to ride without
paying fare, when not on duty, forced
him to walk back every night. Thus,
in addition to his fifteen hours of hard
work, he had daily walk of nine miles.
For two months he never spent single
cent of his earnings. All went home
to his mother. Continued toll, expos
ure and privation broke down his health.
He was attacked by quick consumption
and died, literally that his father and
mother might live. f'-3"jtff Il.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-05-01
A SchOOl-ROOm Experiment.

A Massachusetts teacher writes to the
National Journal of Education de-
scribing an experiment in the school
room which seems to be successful.
Instead of facing his pupils he has his
desk behind them, and thus overlooks
them to good advantage. The naughty
little ones, not knowing when his eye is
on them, dare not whisper and play.
"They have,", he says, $50 frequently
come to grief in attempting to calculate
chances, that they have concluded to
make virtue of necessity, and give up
play in the school-1oom as improbable,
costing more than it comes to-" Another
decided advantage of this system is that
it completely isolates classes reciting
from the rest of the school; the recita-
ton benches being in front of the
teachers desk, between him and the
school, and the backs of the pupils
toward each other, communication by
look or sign is out of the question. The
only special rule made is that children
shall not look around.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-05-01
The Army Worm i'm Illinois.

Prof. Thomas, State Entomologist of
Illinois, states that there are indications
that the army worm will make it's ap-
pearance in Illinois this season. He
has observed the night-fying moth, of
which the army worm is the larAe, in
several different localities, especially in
Southern Illinois. This moth is now
depositing it's eggs in the meadow fields
in large quantities, and the weather is
very favorable for this operation in
nearly all the State. The eggs are de-
posted upon grass, notably on timothy,
and on grain, notably winter wheat,
and they begin to hatch out early in
May. It destroys oats, grass, wheat and
corn in it's very earliest stage of growth
The worm travels in large bodies, liter
ally in armies, and it's destruction is
complete. The only method Of pro-
tecting fields is by blowing deep fur
row around so that as the army ap-
proaches it will fall into it. The steep
side of the furrow must be next the
grain to be protected, so that the worm
cannot crawl up it. When the worm
falls into the trench or furrow, straw is
to be placed therein and set on fire,
which, of course, destroys the pests.
When they are found moving along or
across road or level field, roller may
be run upon them SO as to destroy
them. Prof. Thomas considers that the
indications of the appearance of these.
pests are such that the farmers should
be alert to discover the first appearance,
and to report the fact, and then should
take the earliest and most vigorous
measures to prevent the invasion from
becoming successful. H9 ii .af ..-|
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-05-01
Strange Elopement.

The daughter of Mayor Jones, of To-
ledo, Ohio, eloped in singular and
sad manner. Mr.. Jones has repeatedly
been chosen Chief Magistrate of his
city, and is man of wealth and high
responsibility. The daughter, now 20
years old, graduated at the head of her
class in the Toledo High School at Is,
and was regarded as one OF the most &C
compished girls in Ohio. She was q
pious Roman Catholic, until converted
by former schoolmate to belief in the
doctrine of perfectionism, as taught by
a sect of Communistic Free Methodists.
She was SO influenced by this new
faith that she discarded the lover to
whom she was engaged, intending to
wait until she could choose husband
spiritually suited to her. At length she
became insane, and was kept awhile in
an asylum, where the friend who had
won her to perfectionism was also con-
fined. Both were subsequently re-
leased, apparently cured: Lately Miss
Jones was visited by Sheridan Waite,
of Fort Edward, N. Y, who brought a
letter of introduction from her friend,
in which he was described as the man
above all others for her to marry. AL
thong h Waite was an ugly young fell
low, Miss Jones unhesitatingly accepted
him, religious mania at once repossess-
ing her. His conduct then and after.
ward indicates that he was equally
crazy. They eloped together, and
travelled from place to place until, in
Jonesville, Mich, they found a clergy
man willing to marry them. A physi-
clan saw them, recognized the bride,
and was convinced of the insanity of
the pair. He telegraphed to Mayor
Jones, who has regained his daughter.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-05-01
An Arizona Venus.

Miss Carrie Burne, in company with
her father, passed through Ell Moro
yesterday or wild mustang, en- route
for Kansas from Tucson, Ariz., some
700 miles away, and having yet 600
more to make before their journey is
ended. Miss Carrie has rather pretty
face and impressive form-not such
one as the young man of to-day with
blonde mustache and. hair parted in the
middle would select to whisper sweet
sentiments over the garden gate to
but girl for an Indian fight or char"
hunt you could rely on every time. She
sported nary diamond nor coral neck
lace, but was muscled like an Amazon,
and had fist like Morrissey. She
was a girl of nerve, too, we reckon, for
on her saddle hung Ballard rife and a
brace of Colts revolvers. She informed
the writer that she had seen much of
life in the past twelve months, and but
little of newspapers, and was anxious to
know what was going on in the world
Trinidad (Cog) Neavs.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-05-01
Buf0rd and Johnson.

One good word is spoken for Buford,
the Kentucky assassin. When express
ident Andrew Johnson went to Licking
ton, in 1861, he found the famous raid
er, John Morgan, there and the town
swarming with Southern sympatlizers.
johnson was put forward by few
Unionists to make a speech, but the
crowd jostled and pushed him and swore
that he should not open his lips. Bu-
ford showed his way to the front of the
stand, and, brandishing revolver, de-
clared that he would kill the first man
who dared to interrupt the champion of
Northern rights. And Johnson poured
out Union eloquence for an hour.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-05-01
Sister Sarah's Garden Talks.

If any of my sisters have their gardens start
ed, I congratulate them. There are always
hindrances to be overcome in commencing any
good work; and, in a lady's first attempt at
gardening, one is sometimes found in s'lord
of creation" who knows to certainty that
{" that garden of yours 3" will prove to be fail
lre. Not that he means to be unkind but sim
ply because he lacks faith. When your table
is once garnished with vegetables and made
beautiful with flowers from your own garden,
he will be delighted and his sympathy fully
ENLISTED. Perhaps you can also lead him to
discover that he has some latent muscle that
can be developed with wheelbarrow and hoe
quite as successfully as with health lift or
dumb-bels. If you can do this, it will not be
quite 90 laughable to hear the good man COM
placently telling the neighbors about that fine
garden of "ours."} r" '5-%
Hoeing must begin as soon as the plants are
well up. Have sharp hoe and cut the weeds
between and as near the rows as you can with
out disturbing the plants then, with the hand,
take the remaining weeds from the rows.
Try to do hoeing in the morning before the
sun gets hot It will be more comfortable for
you, and the weeds will be quite dead before
they can get any help from the shadows and
dew.
Your garden will not be complete without
some early potatoes, and some early and late
sweet corn Plant eucun1bers in hills-six
inches high and twelve inches wide-in rich
soil. Have the hills six feet apart each way.
You can plant early turnips between; they will
mature before the vines run much. Jg@ ttg
Beans must not be planted while there is any
danger of frost. Plant two or three inches
apart, in drills two and half feet apart, in
light, rich soil. .~
You should have small seed bed in which
to SOW cabbage, eaulifower and celery-for
TRANSFORMING by-and- by. They can be sowed
in drills six inches apart. Last year raised
tomatoes from seed sown in open ground, but
it is safest to buy few early plants. IN
have beautiful plants from seeds sewn in q
shallow box about six weeks ago. have kept
them in the kitchen window and they have been
almost no trouble -,,.t.. -...
80 SISTER SARAH
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-05-01
Flowers.
SISTER SARAH.

Among all the hardy plants cultivated none
can surpass in beauty the Yucca, or @Adam's
needle" as it is sometimes called. There are
several varieties, but the one known as Fila
m,entosa is the hardest of all, enduring our
most rigorous winters with impunity. 1t is an
evergreen, with sharp pointed leaves, and from
the sides are thrown off thread-like filaments
About midsummer it sends up a stout flower
stem five or six feet high, bearing an immense
cluster of bell-shaped flowers of creamy white
color.
The Yucca may be used with fine effect as
the center of flower bed, and materially aids
in relieving the monotony of the soft-wooded
plants, such as Coleus.
.Yuccas delight in deep rich soil, and may
easily be increased by dividing the thick, feshy
root. They may also be grown from seed, but
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-05-01
SWEET REVENGE.

On! I'm hungry and I'm thirsty
For Kiss
FROM those dewy lips half-partedl
TN! I'm we'll nigh broken hearted
For kiss!
IL is hard that should tamish
DUST for one
from that tender mouth so winning
whence covet cen to SHINING.
Yet have none.
Meier knew Tantalus of trial
Like to this;
YET now quickly you could send it
Flying to the winds. and end it -
All in bliss. zE
why that roguish smile that ripples-
Darling, say?
You but wished the gift to sweete,
BY delays. You'll be half-eaten,
just to pay
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-05-01
THE vOYAGER.
BY r. w. GLIDER.

&C Friend, why goest thou forth
When the wind blows from the north
And the ice-hills crush together?''
81 The work that me doth call
Heeds not the ice hills fall, %# 4
Nor wind, nor weather"
But. friend, the night is black.
Behold the driving wrack
And wild seas underi -
BYy straight and narrow bark
Fears not the threat'ning dark,
Nor storm, nor thunder
III.
at But oh, thy children dear! %
Thy wife-she is not here
Let me go bring Eerl"
No-no-it is too latei ., a'grtst
Hush-hushl may not wait,
Nor weep, nor linger."
~. g. .i-a..A .
Ga Hark! Who is it that knocks
With slow and dreadful shocks,
The very walls to severn" .t..,
-....o4. ID. HgH III
&c IL is my masters call.
Lgo. whate'er befall; .a.
Farewell forever
-iScrSbner for May. ...s -ts tg
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-05-01
HOME INTERESTS.
NV Ramble.

walked in the wood one fair spring day.
Gathering the first sweet flowers of May.
The birds were singing among the tees:
The air was filed with balmy breeze.
Igathered daisies and buttercups bright.
That grew in the shade and pleasant sunlight.
The brook ran leaping about with song:
On through the meadows it flowed along.
AS toward my home wendell my way,
At the close of that fair summer day.
The sun was setting behind the hill;
The flowers were asleep, the birds were still.
49, 81 q H. 81 s4 IDA MAY.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-05-01

The Mississippi papers state that a
fatal disease has broken out in the coun-
ties bordering the Alabama line, which
is pronounced by the physicians as the
"black measles, and by the negroes as
the "black plague" It is represented
to be very contagious and usually fatal,
not single case having thus far re-
covered.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-05-01
To Clean Wall Paper.

Mix wheat -four and water to the consistency
of dough, rubbing the paper until the smoke
and dust are removed When the, dough be-
comes soiled, cut the soiled portion off and
proceed with clean piece HATTIE.
PIrTsFIELD Mass. -
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-05-01

require growing several years before they are
strong enough to bloom. Mr. RENNIE
HINsDALE, DIpage county, Ill
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-05-01

AN overworked man is like a pillow
which turns up great deal more than
it can turn over.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-05-01

says Beckendorff, "was thrust out of the
water; and we beheld colossal ele-
plants head, armed with mighty tusks,
with its long trunk moving in the water
in an unearthly manner, as though
seeking for something lost therein.
Breathless with establishment, beheld
the monster, hardly twelve feet from
me, with his half-open eyes yet showing
the whites" "a 49, .h
The body was secured with rope.
70 take permanent possession of it was
impossible; but Beckendorff, notebook
in hand, made rapid examination
of it; and this is one of the best
descriptions extant of the mammoth, a
description agreeing well with all pre-
yious and subsequent information as to
the appearance of the animal. 4
Picture to yourself" he says in his
narrative, an elephant with "a body
covered with thick fur, about thirteen
feet in height and fifteen in length, with
tusks eight feet long and curving out
ward at their ends, stout trunk of six
feet in length, colossal limbs of foot
and half in thickness, and tail naked
up to the end, which was covered with
thick, fluffy hair.
"The animal was fat and well-grown
death had overtaken him in the fullness
of his powers. His large, parchment
like, naked ears lay turned up over the
shoulders and head.
about the shoulders and back he had
stiff hair about foot in length, like a
name. The long, outer hair was deep
brown, and coarsely rooted. Under the
outer hair there appeared everywhere a
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-03
CALL FOR a STATE CONVENTION,
nooMs HrATH CENTRAL COMMITTEE
Democratic U ussrvntivu eurty =,
New Orleans Sept. I. 1879,

Democratic U ussrvntivu earty
New Orleans Sept. I. 1879,
AtameettnR OF the STATE Central Committee
OF the Democratic Conservative party. he'd III
New Orleans On tho twenty 18TH OF August 1850
ths following resolutions were adopted:
Resaiped. That tho first Monday Of October
1HTn be fixed as the time when d Convention the
Democratic. Conservative party ahnlt ha held
prac,ard, That Ia tho .eyehtof a. epidemic in
committees. with the advice of the Executive
goIRHsttee, ~ hereby authorized 10 post ponc
the assemhlnge Of the Genvantlon to such q
date an IN their opinion may be deemed best,
Rescued, That the city OF Baton Rouge br
selected as the place Tor the holding oi said
Rescued. That the appointment Of repreeen-
tatfon in sald Convention shall be the came IA
baton Rouge on the, iltet. Monday. Ia August,
1878. Tor the nomination OF h candi late tor State
Mreaaurar: provided, that anv parish Of the
State or ward OF the cite OF New Orleans, hav-
tnR cast larger vote for the candidate for State
Treasurer In 1873. shall have the advantage OF
HaId vote III said appointment.
ReSolted That one delegate for every two
hundred voters and one FOR every fraction over
one hundred be fixed AZ the basis oil represent
Resuleed that III the election for delegates ia
said Convention, 1t In recommended that nc
more than one person she'll BE- elected to east
each vote.
In accordance with tho above resolutions. O
Convention OF the Democratic Conservative
party Ia hereby called to meet at Baton Rouge
on MONDAY. the sixth day of October. 1876. MT
lam.
In accordance with the fourth resolution. the
several parishes OF the State aud wards or New
Orleans shall DO entitled to the following repre-
+ unn Ian IN syit.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-03
Gasoline for Gas Machines.

Distilled expressly for the /. o. n. CO., AMI
with peculiar regard for the changes oil tom
peraturs 80 common In this cllmutes
Une1ualed for generating gas, or for carbn-
rettDE coal gas.
.Pronriators. patentees and owners Of GAL
MACHINES cannot overeafitnate the fmpurf-
gravity and quality as success depends 10
much on these conditions.
III you want your aas Machines to work WE'LL
AT d give brilliant light. bny your Gasoline UE
the Insurance Oil Tank Company.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-03
PLAN.ET OIL.

This excellent and cheap brand OF CARBON
OIL has been sold BY the proprietors for ten
years past and NO ACCIDENT HAS Evgf. HAP
PEHED from ITH USE
rho Planet OIL IL regular and uniform In
quality never under the United States aiRfad~
ard Of refined petroleum, aud II costs bur n
trj1s over common cOal oil.
Planet OIL Is especially recommended 10 COM
sur,ers 9ho do not with To pny the price VI IN
auranes OIL, Us the best cheap oil In Eha
market.
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.Puroline Fluid,
For Metallic Gas Lamps and Portable
Gas Burners.

This celebrated Fluid. prepared by q prooese
known only TO the proprteturs Ia the best and
most renbe of all the products OF pstrolhntyt
for. use In metallic and portable GAS LAMf3
and LANTERNS.
Ii burns clear and bright, giving light euuai
to the best coal gas is FREQ from smoke or
ofrensive odor. and does not char the wick Or
WI m the burner.
No olher Fluid or OIL should be used III port
able gas lamps or lanterns.