The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-05-29

tractable animals given to biting, tear
ing, and kicking are rendered inof-
fensive, and submit peaceably to be
groomed and harnessed. To obtain
this result weak current of electricity
is passed into the mouth of the horse
each time it becomes FESTIVE. The will
of the animal seems almost annihilated.
The current is produced by small in
i duction machine of the Clark system,
/ the wires sof which communicate with
the bit of the bride. The employment
of electricity is said to produce a sort Of
uneasiness OF, torpor rather than pain,
and is much less barbarous than many
tanning methods hitherto adopted: =, ~ &
/ THERE are attempts to- limit the
opium traffic, in California. The Grass
Valley Trustees have passed an ordi-
nance imposing a license of $50 per
quarter upon opium sellers, drug stores
exempted. The Sacramento Bee thinks
this is wrong, and that opium dens
ought to be prohibited, not licensed.
On this subject the San Francisco State
says: @There is great danger that the
use Of this deadly drug may be added
to the list of our body and soul destroy
ing vices. The intensity of life here,
it's excitement, strain, and .disappoint-
ment, the. large proportion of our peo-
pie who are separated from home in
fuences, and the practical materialism
which is becoming the prevailing re-
Hgion, render this community in
which the habit could easily be intro
duced." s5
In conformity with the engagement
entered into by France and Germany
in 1871 to keep up the tombs of soldiers
buried lin their respective territories,
the French Government has taken ac-'
ton in /, 438 communes, situated in IS
departments, and containing the re-
mains Of 1896 victims of the war; ST.
$50 French and 81 1916 German soldiers
have separate sepulture, while 27,661
bodies, whose nationality could not be
positively distinguished, have common
graves. municipalities and private
committees have erected $40 monu-
ments, families SO, and Germany &c.
The French Government has construct
ed Is large ossuaries, with imposing
ornaments, at an expense of.7S2, 477.
francs. e. The total outlay has been
2,287 1896 francs, and there will be an
annual vote for the conservation of the
graves and memorials. ~.
Mr.. WHrrELAw REID, editor of the
New York Tribune, takes pardonable
pride in his enterprise for settling New
York street-boys on Western farms. A
large number of boys who were with
out work and without friends have been
comfortably provided for in Kansas.
The Tribune says: In New York there
was neither room nor work for them;
in Kansas every one of them was offered
work and home within thirty-six
hours. In New York they were starv-
ing; there they all report that they
"have plenty to eat," ''have a good,
comfortable home," "no going hungry
in Kansas" In the slums of New York
they could find no recreation that was
not vicious; gin-shops, the lowest of
gambling-hells, the vilest of variety
shows and dance-houses, were slowly
and certainly preparing them and their
fellows for jail or the gallows. In their
quiet farm-hopes they have dogs, rab-
bits, horses to interest them; they
shave lots of fun catching fish," they
ego to Sunday and singing-schools and
socials," and nobody who has not lived
in a lonely farming neighborhood
knows the innocent excitement and fun
that can be got out of these schools and
socials.
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