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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-03-27
Stephen Girard,S Tactics.

A man who had just set up in the
hardware business, and who had been a
clerk where Girard had traded, applied
to him for a share Of his patronage.
Girard bought Of him, and when he
brought in the bill found fault and
marked down the prices. q A8H
: " Cask of nails" said he, (which /
was offered for so-and-so, you have
charged so-and-so, and you must take it
off" - t6
Il cannot do it." said the merchant.
You must do it, said Girard
u cannot, and will not" said the
young merchant. 4aI.
Girard bolted out Of the door, appa-
rently IN rage, and soon after sent a
check for the whole bill. The young
man began to relent and say to him
self: Perhaps he aoas offered them at
that price. But it is all over now; /
am sorry I did not reduce the bill and
get it out of him on something else.
His trade would have been worth a good
deal to me-" By-and-by Girard came
again, and gave him another Job. The
young man was very courteous, and
said 04s
i was almost sorry / did not reduce
your former bill. ha6 ea
Reduce a bilj!n said Girard; 6 had
you done it, I would never trade with
you again. | meant to see if you had
cheated me"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-03-27

Now THAT the President of the
French republic is q civilian, the black
dress coat reigns supreme. The height
Of courtesy and delicacy consists in
avoiding military uniform. There is,
too, great and grave question as to
whether the white cravat ought not to
give way to the black crayat. The old
men prefer the latter and the young
men the former. There are, therefore,
two camps. In many of the crack
clubs, however, the black crayat has
been adopted exclusively for dinners.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-03-27
WHILE Rowell, Ennis, and Hartman

WHILE Rowell, Ennis, and Hartman
were making a race for the belt and the
gate-money, Congressman Whiteaker, of
Oregon, was racing for Washington.
Every Democratic vote was con-
sidered necessary for the organization of
the House, and when the extra session
was called Mr.. Whiteaker started from
Oregon. After various delays he
reached San Francisco, but the train
he required to reach Washington on
time had been gona twenty-four hours.
He hired a special train, started in pur-
suit of the one he had missed, and made
the run of 1923 miles to Omaha in
sixty-four hours, the usual time being
101 hours. At Chicago the schedule
train was overtaken, and he reached
Washington the day before the
meeting of Congress, having made his
journey across the continent in three
hours less than five days, which is said to
be the quickest time on record. In 1852
Mr.. Whitaker crossed the plains in an
OK team, and was five months in do
ing it.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-03-27

SUPPOSE you found burglar in
your house at night, what would you
do?" asked reporter of II. W. Beecher
the other day. Shoot him as quick as
lightningl" exclaimed FL. w. B., almost
fercely. Any man who, from motives
of personal safety, allows a burglar to
walk through his house with impunity
not only acts in a cowardly manner, but
violates one Of the most sacred duties
he owes to the community"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-03-27
The Law in the Case of 'EOId IRON
SideS.'S

For some years about 1912 our British
brethren made several vain attempts to
capture cold Ironsides," our famous
frigate Constitution. Now they have
RECENTLY been at it again with the like
result. The ole vessel concerning the
identity of which, however, there may
be properly as much doubt as that of
the boys jack-knife, which had had new
blades and new handles being in use as
a school ship, ran ashore off Dorset, and
some British citizens helped her off.
Subsequently they applied to Sir R.
Phillimore to arrest her for those salvage
services, but he held that, it being a war
frigate Of the United States navy, and
having on board q cargo for national
purposes, it was not amenable to the
civil Jurisdiction of that country. He
had previously doubted the same point,
and Lord Stowell had declined to pro-
nounce an opinion. The doctrine was
laid down by Chief Justice Marshall.
Justice Blackburn found a very sensi-
BILE reason for the same ruling, namely,
otherwise wars might be brought on
between two countries" If the court
had held the other way Oliver Wendell
Holmes would have been inspired with
a new ode, like the old one which he
pronounced against the proposition
many years ago to break up the old
ship. Think of "Old Ironsides being
imprisoned for debt!-ALb011y LGsU
.T07I9,11nJ
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-03-27
THE LITTLE FOLKS.

The Old Man Picking Bis Geese.
My darling stood at the window
Watching the quiet fall
Of the snow. which spread DER the tired old earth
Its soft white pail:
And as the flakes Whirled downward
As if they never would cease,
I heard her murmur softly;
"The old mans picking his geesei
"Who aoaS the old man. mammal? she said
With her face against the pane;
"Will he pick them all to-day, doy you think,
and never again?
Tell me story about him. please
It needn't be true, you know,
Ill pretendit's true-if like it
Whenever see it snow"
and his geese, when they at play,
90 flying about in long white locks
That's the Milky Way
He has ever so many gray geese, beside,
But of them he isn't proud;
You often see them on summer days
They pass in great gray cloud
But aohg does he pick his geese, mammal"
Because the flowers all said
That they wouldn't sleep in winter
Without feather-bed!
They have very little voices, indeed;
But, somehow, up in the sky
The man in the moon has to stop his ears
When he hears the flowers cry!n
But did he come down too soon, mamma
To inquire the way to Norwich?n
Yes, he left his dinner half-cooked-you know
1t was plum porridge
He'd invited a friend to dine with him,
colored man from the South
Named Night: and the porridge was so cold
That 1T burned the poor MANS mouth
But s0hGt did he want in Norwich, mammal"
9 He had heard of little girl
Who cried one day just because her hair
Would never curl.
He wished to make shadow
That ev yone could see,
And he saio: Such cross little girl as this is ''
20, mamma! will you stop for a thousand
kisses?
1t was me! 1t was mel"
Margaret Ta1adegrJt, IN April Vide Aaooke.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-03-27

,T length the financial results Of the
! Paris Exposition have been ascer-
led by the accountants. Without
nginto small figures, the report shows
aggregate expenditure Of 5O,OOO,OOO
los, and receipts to the amount Of
100000. The net loss ofabout$4, 000,
+, is not greater than was expected, but
hardly be considered so satisfactory
o encourage other enterprises Of the
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-03-27

Mr.. E. G. STEDMAN recently received
letter from a rich lady, asking him to
write for her a commemorative poem on
the occasion Of her silver wedding, and
informing him that if it suited she
would not mind paying him $40 for it.
Mr.. Stedman replied that he could not
think Of taking advantage Of her iber-
ality, but recommended her to COM
municate with Tennyson or Browning,
who made a speciality of treating silver
weddings in epic form, and were in the
habit Of composing such poems at the
rate Of $40 per dozen.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-03-27
Cnttine the Chinaman,s Cne.

We notice that an agitation is taking
place regarding the ordinance having
reference to cutting off the cues. of the
Chinese. Suits are being brought
against the Sheriff for enforcing the
ordinance. We have never been in fa-
vor of the passage of any ordinance
merely for the sake of harassing a peo-
pie, without proving of any advantage
to the public; but when a native or
naturalized citizen is imprisoned the
authorities crop his hair, and there can
be no good reason why a Chinese should
be an exception. Furthermore, the cue
of a Chinaman may be used to escape
from prison, for it is capable of being
formed into rope Again, the cue
could be used to strangle a person,
hence suicides or even murder could be
committed by its .use.--Sa1a Francisco
Call.
IT is cl"imed that Mexican artisan
has discovered substance which CON
tains ten times more explosive power
than dynamite.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-03-27

THE AntiTreating League, of Balti-
more, is doing an active business in the
way Of procuring signatures to an anti
treating pledge, which forbids drinking.
at others expense or inviting another
to drink at your expense. Premiums
are offered to those who secure the best
list of signers to this pledge. There
Is no information to indicate what de-
gree Of success is attained by temper
ance movement Of this kind, but it is
reasonable to suppose that if it is con
Quoted in the right way it must have
some influence. Most of the drinking
in this country is done under the treat
ing system, and one in party of three
or four is much more likely to get more
than is good for him than if he were
alone. Every one in party has queer
idea that. he under obligations to set
'em up, and each gets three or four
drinks on this cooperative plan where
he would otherwise have but one, and
where one is as much, ii not more, than
is likely to be good for MIN. If nobody
ever treated drinking woula be reduced
one-half.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-03-27

A STORY comes from Milan of high
ly conscientious barber who fed from
temptation. He had been called to
shave an eminent capitalist in his own
house. After scraping the millionaire's
chin for while, the barber suddenly
threw down his razor and ran out of the
room. Being pursued, and an explana-
ton demanded, he said: "The sight
Of the gold was too much for me- If I
had not run away / should have cut the
rich mans throat ana robbed him. The
gentleman who escaped this sad fate
was SO grateful that he presented to the
barber the sum of 100 francs.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-03-27

The report Of the log product Of the
st winter, in Michigan, now completed,
}ws total Of 2,7O4,267 900 feet, val
4, in the boom limits, at $3.50 per
90 feet. The cost of cutting the logs
5 been largely reduced from that Of
.vious years. Wages have ranged,
service in the woods, from $15 to $50
month and board. The season has
IN one of the most successful on
ord.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-03-27

R. JACOB S. WEST has published in
Boerne (Tex.) Register all ably
ten letter on the subject of yellow
II. In this letter the doctor makes
ement8 Of rather ON alarming nature,
ause of their showing that the yell
fever germ finds favorite and
1rable means of transmission in the
ee imported into our country.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-03-27

Vi now comes the adulteration Of
9rs. Those of a peculiar green tint
, in Europe, been considered the
st, and dealers, knowing that, have
eeded in imparting it by i'm
sing the oysters in a solution of salt
upper. At Bordeaux a large guam
thus prepared were lately seized by
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-03-27
Fish as Brain Food

Since during the acts of sensation
and lntelection phosphorus is con-
sumed IN the brain and nervous system,
there arises necessity to restore the
portions so consumed, or, as the popu-
lar expression is, use brain food. Now.
as every one knows, it is the property
Of phosphorus to shine in the dark:
and as fish In certain state of putre-
faetiye decay often emit light, or be-
come phosphorescent, it has been
thought that this is due to the abund-
ance of phosphorus their flesh contains.
and hence that they are eminentlv suit~
able for the nourishment of the nervous
system, and are an invariable brain
food. Under that idea many persons
resort to q diet of fish, and persuade
themselves that they derive advantage
from it in increased vividness of
thought, signal improvement in the
reasoning powers. But the flesh of
fish contains no excess of phosphorus,
nor does its shining depend on that
element. Decaying willow wood shines
even more brilliantly than decaying fish;
it may sometimes be discerned afar off
at night. The shining in the two cases
is due to the same cause.-The oxidation
of carbon, not Of phosphorus, in or
ganic substances containing, perhaps,
not perceptible trace of the latter ele-
ment. Yet surely no one found him
self rising to poetical fervor by tasting
decaying willow wood, though it ought,
on these principles, to be a better
brain food than a much larger
quantity of fsh.-Dr. j. W. Draper,
IN Hn1neT'S Mnnnzi41R for. A11n,iL
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-03-27
How California Farmers Sow Grain.

The farmers around Woodbridge
have given up drilling in their grain.
Some SOW broadcast, in the time-hon-
ored way. Others, and among them
not few of the most progressive farm
ers, rig a seed-sower behind their plows
in such a way that, although they pillow
from eight to ten inches dep, yet the
grains of wheat fall just in. time to be
caught by about two inches in depth of
the lap Of the burrows. The writer saw
some large fields near Woodbridge
which had boon treated in this way,
and it was the prettiest sight magma
bic. The long rows extended in straight
lines across the fields, evenly and i'll
fine state Of growth. In ordinary sea-
sons it is not considered necessary to
harrow after sowing in this way if it Is
on summer fallowed land. San Fran
risen R7fIIpti71
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-03-27

AT Charlottesville, Va, widely known
as the home of Thomas Jefferson, the
seventy-ffth birthday of James Alex
ander has just been celebrated. Jeffer-
son chose him for his printer, and, not
withstanding the disparity in their
station, a close intimacy existed between
them. After the death of Jefferson.
Alexander started newspaper called
after his patron, which survives to this
day. Alexander continues to flourish
and sets type as readily now as away
back in 1917, when he entered upon the
work
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-03-27

The Sacramento Union alleges that
ne officers of the National Guard Of
ifornia undertook to engineer the
yator in hotel in that city one
,ht recently after returning fGom a
lquet, and that, through their inexpe-
nee it stuck fast midway between two
1rs. They could not get it up or
gn, and were compelled to sleep ip it
til the hotel employees came to their
cue in the morning.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-03-27

THE financial troubles Of England
nd Germany will cause a large increase
{ immigrants to this country the ensu-
ng year. The year 1878 shows an in
rease over 1877 of22,7O4. If these i'm
migrants, who have the means, could be
persuaded not to stop in cities, but
strike out into the undeyeloped West
and build for themselves homes, they
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-03-27

1Nas are not pleasant in Russia.
g is the fear Of the plague, at least,
: the plague itself; and, singularly
gh, rumors of the presence of the
Ience are attributed to political
.mers and to the designs of the Nj
Is. The boldness Of the revolution
3lasses is stated to be almost in
IDLE.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-03-27

would benefit themselves as well as the
places where they located. There are
thousands of children growing up to
crime and life Of misery in every city
who only lack healtbful associations and
the means within reach of honest labor
to adopt lives Of usefulness.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-03-27

A ooLoRED preacher in Kentucky
led on tobacco. dealer for SUBJ
Upton in aid Of the church over
lich he presided, and when the dealer
ID he ought to go to work ard earn
mething for the church instead Of
,gging, offered to work if the dealer
ould employ him. The dealer agreed
10 negro preacher laid aside his clerical
)at and labored assiduously in the fac
5ry all day, and at sunset received q
50 check in payment.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-03-27

CONCERN in Wisconsin is doing a
e business in manufacturing paper
KS for building purposes, and paper
.ins are also being made. These
II napkins are now increasing in
ind, and a single firm in Boston has
100000 of them since they we're
1duced about q year ago.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-03-27

CURIOUS incident of the terrible
d in Hungary is the escape from
gedin, where houses were falling in
~ direction and strong men were
sbing by the hundreds, of six blind
gars, and the safe arrival of the
tless refugees at Temesvar, further
u the river.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-03-27

LAWYER in Atlanta has proposed a
severe Anti-Tramp law, to be sub
d to the Georgia Legislature. 1t
IS it the duty of all male citizens,
il as of State, county and municipal
RS, to arrest such offenders sum-
y, and take them before a Justice
e Peace or other judicial officer for
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-03-27

MEXICAN meat, dressed and on the
(, is to be extensively imported into
land, a company for that purpose
ing been organized. Its operations
be conducted at the Dutch port of
shing.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-03-27
rf 8e0osha telegraph.
gOsHA, WIS, MARCH 27, 1879.

NDBEw JOHNSON, JR., son Of the
President johnson, died near Union
lot, Tenn, few days ago, and was
led beside his father in Greenyile.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-03-27
COincident Deaths of PIaymates.

We are informed by gentleman of
the following peculiar circumstance
which has taken place on Munjoy hill,
in this city, within the week just passed:
"Three boys, living as above, ranging in
age from 2 to years, have been bosom
friends and companions, playing in
party by themselves, and each striving
to please the others in every way. Dur
ing the fore part of last week one of
their number died suddenly with Group,
and his death, as may be imagined, was
sadly felt by the remaining two. At
the funeral they both, with their
parents, occupied prominent places
among the circle of mourners, showing
every symptom of deep grief at the loss
of their playmate. AL at once they be-
gan to cry violently, and, on being
questioned, gave the somewhat ludi-
crous answer, saying they wanted
casket, same as - has got A few
days after their friends burial, one of
the two boys sickened and died with the
same terrible disease, and at the present
time the last of the three friends lies
dangerously i'll from the same cause
Portland (Me0 Press
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-03-27

this race he finished third, with 469t
miles to his credit. On the Friday of
that week he ran fifty miles without a
break. This is probably the only in
stance where such distance Of ground
has been covered without rest.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-03-27
The Dukes Stratagem.

There was once German Duke who
disguised himself, and during the night
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-03-27

The man who has a fellow feeling
The blind man.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-04-30
Let the Mud Dry First.

Here is capital lesson that may
well be impressed upon the MEM
ory of both young and old: Mr..
Spurgeon, in walking little way
out of London to preach, chanced
to get his pantaloons quite muddy.
A good deacon met him at the door
and desired to get brush and take
off some of the mud. "Oh, no."
said Mr.. S., "don't you see it is
wet, and if you try to brush it now,
you will rub the stain into the cloth !
Let it dry, when it will come of
easy enough and leave no mark" ."
SO, when men speak evil of us
falsely-throw mud at us-don't
be in a hurry about brushing it
off. Too great eagerness to rub 1t
off, is apt to rub it in. Let it dry,
by and by, if need be, a little effort
will remove it. Don't foster scan
dal about yourself or others, OF
in a church, by haste to do some
thing. Let it alone; let it dry; il
will be more easily eradicated than
you can think in the first heat oI
excitement. Time has wonder
ful power in such matters. Very
many things in this world will be
easily got over by judiciously 'let-
ting them dry."-American Agri-
culturist.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-04-30

During the war Moody spent a
deal of the time with the army in
the work Of the "Christian Com
mission" One day riding by fine
plantation mansion in Tennessee,
and seeing an old darkey standing
by the gate, he halted and in his
blunt way asked, as your master
christian 2" "No," replied the
old man she's Babtiss."
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-04-30
The Man Who Makes aNcwspapcr.


Howard Owen, of the Kennebec,
Maine, Journal, has lecture on
"The Man who Makes a Newspa-
per-" and in it he comes across
some first rate ideas. Most people
imagine that a newspaper is a hugh
fail with which certain individuals
are to be lashed. The person on
whom the fail is to be used is very
multitudinous. He may be poor
actor, tiresome lecturer, a dull
speaker, an unmusical singer, a
troublesome neighbor, in fact any
one who happens to offend the man
who comes mp to get the paper to
"go for him." Mr.. Owen gives the
following letter as genuine: "Here,
Mr.. Editor, please insert this item
and oblige q subscriber: "The
rantankerous old curmudgeon,
whose pestilential influence pois-
ons the air of Broad street, has OF
late been engaged in questionable
transactions for the purpose of add
ing to his ill-gotten gains. Muir
der is in the heart of'this pestiferous
old cuss, but the miserable old blath-
erskite lacks the courage to exc
cute it., Put this in as editorial
and don't let any one know who
wrote it."
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-04-30

or course no woman ever did
such a thing, but supposing now,
for the sake Of an argument, as it
were, that a woman was to go to
church for the purpose of showing
off her new sacque, would it be
sac-religious, so to speaki-Bos-
ton Traveller.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-04-30

A new clerk in drug store was
discharged the other day because
he didn't know how to look wise,
roll his eyes, and say seventy-iive
without turning red in the face, as
he handed little powder that had
cost the concern about two cents
and fraction. Emotion and busi-
ness don't jingle.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-04-30

At Yale, long ago, was a student
named Dutton, who was bald. One
day, at recitation, another student
burst out laughing. The tutor
asked what was the matter. The
student made an effort to be quiet,
but soon there was another explo-
sion. The tutor insisted on know
ing the cause. The student said /:
GA fly kept trying to light on Dut-
toms head, and he slid off every
time."-Journal of Education.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-04-30

In Germany railroads are not al
lowed to be built with curves OF less
than 500 feet radius, or with grades
of more 1872 feet per mile. Under
such restrictions many of our
mountain roads, with curves as
small as 100 feet radius and grades
Of 80 feet upward, would not now
exist.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-04-30

Truth, pure, mighty.strong arm
ed beautiful truth, how we do love
It'll This paragraph was not writ
ten with the object of creating
laughter, but to give general tone
and stability TO this column.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-04-30

In the middle of fly time, when
both hands we're engaged, we have
sometimes thought, as a persist
ent fly playfully fondled our nose,
that it was a great mistake when
our primeval ancestor discarded
his caudal nppendage.-Transcript
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-04-30

There are some things that are
as we'll kept dark. 1t isn't policy
to throw light upon such subject
as an open barrel Of gunpowder,
for instance.--Yonkers Gazette.