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THE RUSSIAN PEsTILENCE.
why 10 Causes Such Terrible Mortality
Among the Peasautry.

Among the Peasautry.
Russia is paying heavy price tor her
recent triumphs The epidemic which
is now ravaging her eastern province,
apart from its crippling effect upon her
commerce, must necessarily impair very
seriously her military resources, and, OF
all European nations, she is the least
able to bear such depletion. Instead OF
possessing, as is frequently stated by
those who ought TO know better, a
boundless supply of men, she can draw
from her sixty millions of European
population barely as many able -bedied
recruits as are furnished by the thirty
eight millions of France. Some years
ago out OF eighty thousand conscripts
sent up to Warsaw, fully forty thousand
were rejected for various physical de-
fects, not inclusive Of short stature and
this Is by no means an exceptional in
stance. 1t must be remembered, too,
that even this limited supply has been
fearfully reduced by the frequent and
unsparing drains OF the last eight years.
1t Is now generally admitted that the
late war must have cost Russia, one way
or another, nearly one hundred thousand
of her best troops and when to this
total is superadded the havoc wrought
by the pestilence OF 1871. and the famine
OF 1878, together with the thousands
now perishing along the basin of the
Volga, it will be seen that Russis's camp
threatens to become, ere long, as empty
as her treasury.
The cause of all this destruction is
palpabl. enough. SO long as any class
of men are habitually overworked and
under.fed, disease will always find them
an easy prey. Taking the Russian ruble
! as its normal value OF seventy>fve cents,
the ordinary rate of wages in the pro-
vinces is briefly as follows: Lsborers by
the day, twenty-five cents; by the
month, fifty cents per diem; by the
season, eleven cents; In harvest time,
half dollar. For this pittance the
agricultural population toll in all ex-
tremes of weather for twelve or fifteen
sometimes ~ much as sixteen-hours a
day, The inevitable effects of such a
life still further intensified by the alter
nation of the countless tasts OF the Greek
church, with the riot of gluttony and
drunkenness which invariably celebrates
the great holidays OF the year, are more
vividly painted by a few simple statistics
than by volumes of description. The
weakness of the Russian race in produc>
tive ages is such that whereas in Great
Britain the proportion of persons alive
between fifteen and sixteen is five hun.
dred and forty-eight in one thousand,
and ia Belgium five hundred aud sixty
FIVE, in Russia it is only two hundred ami
sixty>fve. Again, the average duration
Of human lite in Eng aud is forty years,
in Prussia thirty eight, and in France
thirty>six. In Russia, on the other
hand, even in the healthiest districts
/. e., the extreme north and west-it
varies from twenty-seven to twenty-five
years, while in the unwholesoms basin
of the Velgs it falls as low as twenty,
aud in the governments of Perm, Vistks
and Orenburg in the northeast, it is only
fifteen. Such facts point their own
moral.
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TO CURE MEATS.

SPIUED CoRNED BEEF.-To ten pounds
OF beef, take two cups of salt, two cups
molasses, two tesspoonstul saltpetre, one
tablespoon ground pepper, one table,
spoon cloves; rub well into the beef
turn every day and rub the mixture in
it will be ready tor use in ten days.
PIcKLED ToNGUE.-For one dozen
tongues make a strong brine, sufficient
to cover, add one teaspoontul pulverized
saltpetre and half pound sugar, keep a
weight on them 80 that they may be
covered with brine. Let them remain
two weeks, then hang up to dry or smoke
II you like.
CoRNED BEEF-Make brine as fol.
lows: To one hundred pounds beef take
four gallons water, six pounds salt, two
pounds sugar half pound soda, two
ounces saltpetre, and six red peppers let
come to boil, skim, and SET away to
cool. Pack meat in wooden vessel or
large stone jar, and when the brine is
cold, pour over it, aud put weight on
10 keep 1t under the brine. This is also
an excellent receipt for curing bee, to
dry.
10 SALT HAMS Take a barrel chick.
ory Is best), place in it layer OF meat,
then layer of salt, and 30 on, until bar
rel is full, and meat well covered with
salt. After five or six weeks, take out
meat, and 1t not salt enough, repack in
less amout OF salt than was at first used.
Ttke out again, and smoke over hickory
chips and chunks, eight or ten days, and
then hang up until used Some put
hams thus smoked and cured into paper
sacks; when this is done, watch closely
70 prevent mould. Others pack them
away in oats or in ashes, or rub them
with black pepper coarsely ground, put.
ting cayenne pepper on where the bone
Is exposed. All these are safeguards
against flies and mould.
BEEESrEAK FOR WINTER UsE.-Cut
The steaks large and the usual thickness;
have ready mixture made Of salt, sugar,
and finely powdered saltpetre, mixed in
the same proportion as for corning beef /;
sprinkle the bottom OF a large jar with
salt, lay in piece of steak, and sprinkle
over it spme OF the mixture, rs much or
little more than you would use to season
in soaking, then put In another slice,
sprinkle and 70 on until jar is filled,
with sprinkle of the mixture on top
over all, puta plate, with a weight on it,
and ret in a cool, airy place, where il
will not freeze. This needs no brine, As
1t makes brine OF its own. Twenty.
FIVE or thirty pounds may be kept per
ttctly sweet in this way. Take out Ia
use as wanted, and broil or fry as usual
TRYING LARD.-Cut the fat in small
pieces, put into kettle, and pour in
enough water to cover the bottom boi
gently until the "scrsps settle or until
the water has all evaporsted, stirring
often TO prevent burning. Take of
strsining into glass Jars, and set in /
cool place. The quality OF the lard i,
improved by sprinkling over and slowly
stirring in one tablespoon of soda tc
every five gallons Of lard. just before re,
moving from the FIRE. The Leaf shoult
he tried by itself for the incest cooking
That from tho smaller intestines anc
hsboy pieces, not fit for sailing, shoulc
b. I'll by themselves, and the lard se
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away where il will freeze, and by spring
The strong taste will be gone. A teacup
Of water prevents burning while trying.
To CURE AND DRY BEEF TONGUES -
For one dozen tongues make brine OF q
gallon and half OF water Tor enough 10
cover them wel), two pints good salt,
one OF molasses, or one pound brown SUI
gar, and four red pepper; bring to boil,
skim, and set to cool. Pack the tongues
in a large jar, and when the brine is en-
tiTely cold, pour it over them, and put
on weight, let remain ten or twelve
days, take of, drain, and hang them to
smoke about two days, then dry moder.
a,ely, and put away in -four sack in a
dry place. When wanted for use, boil
six or eight hours in pot filled with
water, adding more when necessary 70 as
TO keep them well covered all the time
until done; when done, take out and set
away to cool, but do not skim I'LL needed
Tor the table.
To SALT Pork Allow the meat to
stand until the animal heat Il entirely
out of IT; cut into strips crosswise, cover
the bottom of the barrel with salt, AMI
pack in the pork closely edgewise, with
rind next the barrel cover each layer
with salt, and proceed in like manner
until all has been put in. Make a
strong brine sufficient to cover the
pork (soit water ia best, and there is no
danger OF getting it tco salt), boil, skim,
and pour into barrel while boiling hot
Have board cut out round. little
smaller than the barrel, put over the
po' k and on it place weight heavy
enought to keep it always under the
brine, If, at any time, the brine froths
or looks red, It must be turned of,
scalded, and returned while hot. Never
put cold brine on old pork until you
wish to lose 1t. In sailing down new
supply of pork, boil down the old brine,
remove the scum, aud then pour it on as
directed above. t,... ...
The Osceola times., 1879-02-22
A Great Farmer Dead.
Rurtl Home.


Michael l.. Sulivsnt was not long
ago, known ~ "the great Illinois far
mer He first came into prominence a.
the proprietor Of Broadlands," in Yer.
million Co, Ill considered at that time
Que of the largest farms in the United
States Selling this tO Mr.. Alexander in
1867, Mr. Sullivant removed TO Ford
county and began improving an immense
tract Of land there, comprising a whole
township and more, and becoming wide.
ly known as the Sullivsnt farm. 1t mum
bered AZ 900 acres, and was about eight
miles square. Much of this vast estate
he d, voted to corn-rsising, his theory
being that corn could be grown with fair
profit at only fifteen cents bushel
Five years ago, it is stated, he owed but
$50, ,0o0 on his property, while he held
5000 600 in good paper At that time,
in order more rapidly to improve the
estate, Mr., Sullivsnt began loaning
money OF Hiram Sib.ey, in this city, to
whom he finally mortgsged all the land;
tor large interests contrasted i'll with
poor crops and small prices and stringent
times had their usual disastrous results.
Mr. Sibley came into possession Of the
Sulivant farm, aud Mr., Sullivaut made
an assignment o. his entire property t.
cover an Indebtedness of about 81 800,
/ 00J. For a short time hi. interest paw
ments ran up to $5 600 q month. One
winter it took 200 mules the entire sea
son TO haul his corn crop to market, and
even yet he could not meet demands
aga nst him. Lsst week he died, pss
senVer on an Ohio river steam boat, aged
and worse than penniless, another sac
illustration OF the poverty and want thai
may follow fortune and plenty. He wa,
called good peighbor, an honest man
and an able business manager.
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- 10 % ~ N,
Il the patient recovers ami be v'ty
very rapidly-the water wilt be gf.d
usliy absorbed
la eh,onic pleurisy the symphonic sr'
less marked and much less painful, but
the danger from it is really greater In
eithe n ease, all in physician il possible.
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For upwards OF thirty years Mrs. Winsiow :
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The value OF Time.

3. Asin fire the loss greatly depends upon
the time required for efficient aid to arrive,
SO the result of catarrh greatly depends upon
the speedy use OF efficient remedies. For
over a quarter Of century, DR.. Ssge's Ca
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The positive cures it has effected are pum-
bered by thousands Each year has wit
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the result of superior merit II the disease
has extended TO the throat or lungs, DIR.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery should
be used with the Cstarrh Remedy. These
tao medicines will speedily cure the most
stubborn ease OF catarrh See the Peoples
Common Sense Medical Adviser, a work Of
over 900 pages Price, also. Address the
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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-11-13
larket had not varied a penny.

WHEN French manufacturer makes
a pipe for smoking with, he puts head
on it. That is, the bowl represents the
head of some distinguished man. The
principal pipemaker in Paris has just
published some statistics about the sale
of his pipes that ought to show who are
the most popular people in that gay
city. The head of Theirs in clay stands
first on the list, with sale of $1,000 in
the year the head of Gambetta second,
with 43,2OO; and the head of Grevy
third, with 2S,8OO. Capoul comes fourth,
with 26,12O; and Cetywayo's head, or
what purports to be it, fifth, with 25,730,
as against 2O,18O for Judic's head.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-11-13

II we should die to-day, or tomorrow anr
children's children, to the twentieth generation
would boast that their ancestors belonged to
the old Republican party that saved the nation
ana wiped slavery from its escutcheon. Ben
Eli SAID In my presence that he was an ambas-
sador from the sovereign State OF Georgia tn
the Senate Of the United States SUPPOSE be
s sla 60 into Africa or India and get into
nttle dihcuity, do you think he would raise the
great nag or Georgia over his head and saw. 81
claim Protecuon?" Take the biggest shin that
sa'ls tne ocean, put on board of her the flags of
an the States that were lstely in rebellion, raise
10 her peak the stars and bars and
start her, with all her bunting fiyino on a
cruise around the world, and she wouldn't
get the salute OF one pop-gun But take
the smallest ship that floats, mark her q. s. A.
raise 10 ner peak the stars and stripes (the flag
OF This glorious Union) and start her arounS
sne world, and there is not q fort nor a shin-of-
war or any nation on Gods footstool that would
nos receive her with national salute. We
took your Governments when desnised and
raised it to this high position amone the na-
tons Of the earth; and vet we are 3oId tbot
we ought to die. tell you that the mission
OF the Republican party is not ended.
furthermore, that it has just begun. and. fur
thermore, thatit will never end until YOU and
|, Mr.. Chairman, can start from the Canada
border and travel to the Gulf of Mexico. max
ing black Republican speeches wherever we
gain residence, and do it exactly with the
same safety that rebel can travel through
ont the North, stopping wherever he has
mind to, and running for Judge in any CITY.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-11-13

The deep mines of Nevada are places
of frequent and fatal accidents and of
wonderful escapes. Patrick Holland, a
miner, was riding up through shaft, a
few days ago, with several companions.
The cage lurched unexpectedly, and he
was thrown over the edge. As this hap
pened 900 feet from the bottom, his
death was not for an instant doubted.
His comrades rode to the mouth of the
shaft, obtained box for his remains,
and started downward. When near the
point Of the accident they heard Hol-
land. cry: "Slow up-Tm here" They
found him standing on wall plate,
which is a jutting timber, with only
fourteen by sixteen inches of upper
surface. He had struck there through
good luck only, for the darkness was
complete.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-11-13

"Bill! Bill! come here quick, and
see Teddy's dad Joachim him." said
one Keokuk boy to another, in a sup
pressed tone of ecstasy, as he peeped
through crack in the wood-shed, and
saw Teddy's father dressing him down
with strip of Notwithstanding.
Gewhillikins! See him swing that
paddle, though" put in Bill, as he took
look, and then danced round with de-
light;
it?" added Gully, as he pushed Bill
away fer his turn to peek
Gosh!" remarked Bill, when it
came his time to make observations
"gettin' in bout forty to Their mint
hain't 'e?"
"Lemme see," demanded Gully
crowding Bill out again. ooh, cracky
that's so, an Ted hain't got no slidin
seat, ether"
Aw, thunder!" said Bill, in disgust
as he peeped in and saw Teddy dodge
and the father make false stroke, give
the knuckles Of his other hand an aw
full whack, then drop the paddle and &C
dancing into the house, the ole Cows
caught crab an quit on ther home
stretch-fun's over"
And they went off to build bonfire
in the hay-mow and throw stones a
an invalid cat.-Keokalk (Ioava) Cat
Cttu,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-11-13
A WRITER in enc of the society

A WRITER in enc of the society
papers of London has been down to
Mr.. Tennyson's country home, and
says, among other things, that the room
in which the poet writes is one which
has more of repose than is common in
brand-new house. He sits, well
fenced in by number of screens, at a
writing-table facing the window; clay
pipes in any number cumDer his pa
pers, and general disarray would gain
ground everywhere but for the flial
Offices of his eldest son, Hallam, who
makes him the most faithful and affec-
tionate of secretaries, copying his man
uscripts, writing his letters, acting as
librarian to his books, and knowing all
his poems by heart. The poets life is
contained in but small space. He
has never cared for travelling.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-11-13
A MURDER that for GOODNESS and d

A MURDER that for GOODNESS and de-
liberation is not often surpassed is re-
ported from Breitenbach, Germany. A
married couple having quarreled, the
wife left the house, and for several days
stayed away, sleeping at night in barns
or wherever she found it convenient.
Meanwhile the husband remained calmly
at home. This Indifference exasperated
the wife to pitch of diabolical hatred,
and about II o'clock one night she re
turned to the house, and, while her hus-
band lay asleep in an adjoining room,
went into the kitchen, started a fire,
filed the kettle with water and put it on
the stove, waited patiently until it
steamed, and then, taking it to her hus-
bands bedside, poured the contents
over him, scalding him so badly that he
lived only few hours.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-11-13

THERE is something strangely parallel
in the tragic fates of Donaldson and
Wise. These men were intimately asso-
ciated in former years. Donaldson went
upin Chicago, and Wise from its rival
city, ST. Louis. Each had with him one
companion. Neither Of the balloons
were ever found, and the exact fate OF
each is matter of conjecture, although
it is thought that both were engulfed in
Lake Michigan. Each of the compan-
ions were found some time after the oc
casion, each on the shores of Lake
Michigan, one with a copy Of Chicago
paper in his pocket, the other with a
st. Louis paper. Donaldson was never
found, and neither has anything been
heard of Wise. Up to the present time
the cases are wonderfully similar.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-11-13

IT has frequently been said that no
aorses could equal the best record OF a
man in six-day race. The fallacy of
this notion was demonstrated in the re-
cent San Francisco contest between
men and horses. A common looking
beast from livery stable, called Pima
fore, travelled $50 miles, beating the
best human performance, that of Wes-
ton, by nine miles. Pinafore is a geld
ing, years old, without pedigree. He
was not famed by the race. The two
other horses made SAB and 514 miles,
while the foremost man scored only
275