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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-06-18

There are not many house keepers who
have any thorough knowledge about
meats; the condition in which it ought
to be bought, it's appearance when it is
unfit for use, and the most desira BILE cuts
to purchase. This sort of knowledge is
most essential, especially when there ex-
lists so little conscience on the part Of
the butchers. One fact should be re-
membered, and that is that in the pur-
chase III meats, as in everything else, the
best is the cheapest. Cheap joints al
ways include large bones and sinews;
such joints should be used for soup and
gravies. For roasting and boiling choose
the better cuts, such as legs of mutton
and veal, ribs, sirloin and round of
beef.
Ok beef, when good and young, has a
fine open grain and good red color; the
fat is firm and white. The grain of COW
beef is closer and the color darker When
the fat of beef is hard and skinny, and
the lean of a deep red, it is very inferior.
Old meat may be known by line of
horny texture running through the meat
of the ribs. The cuts known as chuck,
brisket and round, are the least desirable
Sirloin and middle ribs are best for
roasting.
In choosing mutton, look for frmness
and fneness of grain, good color and
firm, white fat. Lamb should be fresh.
The vein in the neck of lamb is blue
when the meat is fresh, but turns green
when kept too long. In buying hind
quarters. exami- e the kidney; there will
be slight smell if the meat is not as
fresh as it should be. Veal is generally
preferred when the meat is delicately
white, but it is better favored and more
juicy when the color is little deeper.
To test veal look at the loin; if the kid
ney, which will be found on the under
side of one end of the loin, is enveloped
in firm and white fat, the meat is GER
tainly recently killed and undoubtedly
good. The kidney always changes first,
and then the meat is fabby and spotted,
sd the suet soft.-NeaU York Tribune.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-06-18

long as possible. The number of people burned
or drowned is yariously placed at from fifty to
one hundred and fifty.
From all accounts of the disaster, it appears
that there was a total lack of the appliances and
the discipline which are supposed to. be avail
able on shipboard for the saving of human life
In such circumstances-no officer to take in
charge the business of. rescuing the terrified
passengers, no crew trained to lower, man, and
work the ife-boats.
The steamer Narragansett cost $4,000 in
1868. She was repaired last autumn at an ex-
pense of 100000, and was in excellent condition.
New boilers were put in about a year ago. Her
value to the company at the time of her loss
was not less than 100000. She was insured
against fire for 100000, and there was marine
insurance upon her for $4,000.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-06-18

A FARMER in Preston, Ct., who was
troubled with rats, purchased a cat with
a reputation as mouser, and rats were
soon among the things that we're. But
on going into the cellar, one day, he saw
rats sharing the monday meal of the
cat. The cat appeared to be charmed
by them. The farmer allowed the
strange friendship to exist for several
days, the rats coming regularly to par
take of meals with the cat. Finally the
farmer decided to put an end to the sin
gular friendship, and, taking gun,
went to the cellar. No sooner, however,
had he fired at and missed rat than the
cat jumped upon it and killed it. Now
the farmer wants to know why the cat
did not kill the rat before.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-06-18

Mr.. How1ER, a beplastered and pasted
up victim of mans inhumanity to man,
appeared in a San Francisco police court
demanding Justice. He was "a professor
of elocution,y into whose apartments,
while instructing a pupil, burst Nc
Pelter, who threw the pupil down stairs,
danced on Howler and hammered him
into hash with a. bed-slat. McPelter
then produced two witnesses from his
coat tail pocket-a slice of wooden par
tition and copy of Edgar A. Poe's
poems. The substance of his testimony
was that he had been doomed to hear
the poem of "The Raven" howled by
the plaintiff until his spirits sank, his
sleep forsook him, his memory failed
and reason began to totter on it's throne.
The clerk read three stanzas in sing
song tone and then the poem was turned
over to Howler. At the end of the first
verse there was general look of horror ;
at the second, groans and evidence of
sea-sickness at the third the Judge
grew faint, and the policeman clapped
his hand over the elocutionists mouth.
A flask of medicine" was handed to
the court, and when he recovered he
dismissed the prisoner and bound Howler
over to keep the piece-and keep it out
Of si0ht
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-06-18
Why QuackS Succeed.
Of sight.

Any explanation of the success of
quackery would be insufficient if it did
not include the fact expressed in the fol-
lowing lines:
You'll meier convince fool himself is so;
He hates realities, and hugs the cheat,
And still the only pleasures the deceit.
An invalid, whose disease had been
pronounced incurable, intrusted his case
to quack. It was his last resort. The
quack promised that if he would submit
to his treatment for six months he
would make well man of him but no
change must be looked for until the ex-
piration of that period. A friend, seeing
that the invalid was paying OUT money
and receiving no benefit, expostulated.
"For mercy's sake p exclaimed the
invalid, "destroy not the hopes which
that man holds out to me upon them [
live, without them I die"
The mans stimulant was the quack' s
assurances, half suspected though they
were. A medical writer tells this story
of a celebrated English quack:
He was once visited by an old ac-
quaintance from the country, who adj
dressed him as "Zam."
I'm glad to see incest got on SO
vinely, Zam,' said the rustic, but
how is't, man? Thee know'st thee never
had no more brains nor pumpkin. !"
Taking him to a window, the quack
babe him count the passers-by. "How
many have passed." asked the quack,
after few minutes
Monty, or mayhap hundred. :"
And how many wise men do you
suppose were among this number?"
Mayhap one"
"Well, all the rest are mine"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-06-18
Robert Burns Prose.

Tt is not generally known that Burns
prose works exceed in bulk lis poetry. It
iswhen we see the former collected in three
large volumes that we perceive that
the poet wrote so many and SO volumin-
GUS letters. The more OF Burns letters
that come to light the feebler will become
the prejudice now common against his
prose style. It is true that his letters
are pompous and affected, and echoes of
the fine language of the time, when he
writes with half sincerity and in what he
calls his "very best manner" But
when he is himself, burning words and
manly eloquence rise to his ips.-Loaa-
don Times,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-06-18
Practical.

Zabdiel Adams, a Congregational
clergyman, of Massachusetts,, in the last
century, was noted for sharp wit and
pithy sayings He was apt to say pun
gent things in the pulpit, if matters
went badly in the parish, and adjoining
parishes had learned to fear his sharp
tongue.
A neighboring clergyman noted for
his mildness and timidity, once proposed
an exchange of pulpits. Mr.. Adams ac-
cepted the proposal eagerly, for he was
itching to tell the people some plain
truths about their niggardliness In neg
lecting their meeting house. There were
broken panes in the pulpit window, a
ragged cushion on the disk, and a gen.
eral forlornness about the sanctuary.
Mr.. Adams had prepared stinging re-
Duke for parsimony, when his timid
neighbor, suspecting some such purpose,
rode yer on Saturday and exacted a
promise that he would say nothing I'M
kind to the people Mr.. Adams reluct-
antly consented, but a new idea occurred
to him. Taking little bag into the pull
pit, he waited till the congregation gath
cred. Then, looking round, as if feeling
draught, he examined the broken
panes, and opening his bag, took out
bundle of rags, stuffed them slowly into
the openings, and surveyed his work with
great satisfaction. There was sensation
below.
He then began the services. In the
middle of his sermon, growing very ami
mated, he closed the Bible, set it aside,
and lifting his hands impressively, sud
denly brought them down with great
force on the cushion. Feathers blew out
of the holes abundantly.
Looking round comically, he said:
"Bless me! how the feathers fly" and
resumed his sermon as if nothing had
gone amiss.
It is needless to say repairs were made
before another Sunday, though he had
kept the letter of his promise to the timid
pastor.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-06-18

A MEETING Of prominent citizens of
Camden, S, c., was held recently to or
ganize an anti dueling association, After
several speeches had been made officers
were elected, and resolutions denouncing
the barbarous code, and agreeing to
prosecute all persons who send, carry or
accept challenges, were adopted. The
movement thus inaugurated gives evil
,dence of change in public sentiment in
that section which is to be commended.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-06-18
The Wing Convention of 40.

The Des Moines Register has an ed
itorial giving "reminiscences Of the Wing
Convention at Harrisburg, Pa, forty
years ago-the one that nominated Gen.
Harrison. 1t gives the names of all the
delegates from each State, and many
other interesting facts. The Register
says that at that period in her political
history the whole number of delegates to
the National Convention was 1913, di-
vided as follows
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-06-18

and they were compelled to remain on
their perch all night. The danger was
that they would get asleep and fall off,
and to keep them awake their parents
and others built bonfres on the shore,
sang camp-meeting songs, and told
stories to them until morning.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-06-18

The bird-killing spider, monster
from Bahia, with a hairy body three
inches long and terrible claws, has re-
Gently been received in the geological
Gardens in London. He hides under
bit of bark, from which he energies to
kill his prey, mouse or a bird, or he
will eat dozen ship cockroaches in an
hour. Unwarned by the fate of their
comrades. the cockroaches walk up to
the great insect to stare at him, and are
caught up and devoured, one after the
other, as the followers of Ulysses by the
Cyclops. The animal has his uses, and
will at least serve to reduce the number
of the cockroaches by which the gardens
are infested.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-06-18
Ghe 8enosha Telegraph
KENOsHA, WIS, JUNE 18, 1880.

AMERICAN journalism IS rich in names.
For instance, there is the Fairplay (Col. }
Fyemo, the Dakota Blizzard, the Solid
Muzdoou, Of Ouray, Col, the Tomb
stone Epita2oh, Of Nevada, the Jimp1e-
cute, Of Texas, and the Bogoo, of
Missouri.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-06-18

GAVIN, a clothier at Lafayette, Ind,
sent telegram that, as delivered in
Cincinnati, read as follows: Ct will
employ Murray for six months and
longer, if his cutting is satisfactory. "
Murray was discharged at the end Of a
month, He sued for wages during six
months, claiming that, by the terms of
the offer, he was to be employed for that
period anyhow, and longer, if he proved
satisfactory Gavin held that the dis
patch, properly construed, meant that
Murray was to hold the place only as
long as his cutting was satisfactory.
His lawyer argued that a comma after
the word "months " was necessary to
support he claim. The Judge ruled
for the plaintiff
ES E&N
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-06-18

The new Minister to Belgium, James
l. Putnam, of Buffalo, is a graduate of
Yale, 80, and served as New York State
Senator from 1854 to 1855, and has the
reputation of being writer and speaker
of great eloquence and force
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-06-18

The water is diverted from the Merri-
mac river for the use of the mills at
Lowell, Mass, and at o'clock is turned
back again. Two little boys were fish
ing from rock in the rapids when the
water came laundering down. They
climbed to the highest point. where they
were just above the current. Efforts
were made to rescue them, but in vain,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-06-18

They were entitled to 254 votes. So
it required 1913 to nominate. On the
first ballot, Gen. Scott had sixteen,
Henry Clay ninety, and Gen. Harrison
148 votes. It will be noticed that the
great Northwest Of to-day was then a
mere shadow. Illinois had but three
votes in the convention and Missouri but
two There was then no Iowa, and no
Wisconsin to be represented, saying
nothing of the smallef hut still great
States now making loot division
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-06-18

Boston to Newport-not half way-the
fare is SLIGO. Once upon a time Mr..
Ward McAllister, a Harvard law student.
had occasion to go to Newport. Now,
strange as it may appear, this particular
law student had not superiority of
lucre, although it is a well-known fact
that law. students generally are very
flush. So Mr. McAllister bought a
ticket to New York, intending quietly
and unobtrusively to get off at Newport.
But here the mighty arm Of the railroad
company was stretched out and the Nc
Allister wasnot allowed to get off until
he had paid 6OTcents extra. This was
why he sued. The court has just decided
that a man must pay for riding on the
cars, but that he is not obliged to pay
for getting off where he pleases. So the
economical McAllister not only got his
ride to Newport for 81, but he has been
awarded 1915 and costs for doing SO. The
costs amount to $685. . = ~
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-06-18

A STRANGE story of second sight is
told at Salvisa, Ky. The Rev. Mr..
Vaughn, Judge Durham, and several
respectable Colonels vouch for it's truth.
It is to the effect that Mrs. Foster was
i'll and part of the time delirious. When
out of her head, one night, she said two
negroes were setting fire to certain
building; that she plainly saw them
pouring coal oil on some buildings, and
preparing to light it. No heed was paid
to her rawlings. A few minutes after
ward the watchers in the room heard an
alarm of fire. The flames had been dis
covered at the very time and place of
which Mrs Foster had spoken.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-06-18

A WRITER in Chambers Journal says :
"The bread par excellence, according
to the majority Of medical men, is
aerated bread" A patent for the MAX
ing of this was taken out about fifteen
years ago, but since then it has not en-
joyed, says the writer, nearly the popu-
larity and consumption that it really de-
serves. It has many decided advantages,
a great one being that the dough de-
mands no handling from perspiring and,
too often, unclean bakers. DIR. Corfe,
of the Middlesex Hospital, insists strong
ly on it's value Sin those cases of dys-
pepsia which SO often affect the brain
workers Of the great metropolis % 1t
keeps better, too, than other bread"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-06-18

The Boston and New York boats have
long lad war of cutting fares. From
Boston to New York is ST., while from
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-06-18

A BALLOON was recently sent up from
Lille, France, containing two occupants,
who had. several very marrow escapessbe-
fore they again alighted on terra frma.
A heavy wind was blowing at the time,
and, on the balloon reaching an altitude
of 1900 metres, the cold air scondensed
the gas and caused The balloon to descend
with fearful rapidity. Carried along by
the wind, it struck violently against a
tree, throwing out one of the occupants,
who only saved his life BY clingingg 70
theropes Of the balloon and Swinging
himself into the car again. The anchor
was thrown out, but the speed at which
the balloon was travelling broke, it off. as
soon as it caught in tree. 1.-The. balloon
then started off at a furious pace, i'm
PEELED by the gale, and, in crossing a
railway, narrowly escaped being cut in
two by the telegraph wires At last, af-
ter completing distance Of four and a
half miles in five minutes, the stump of
the anchor caught in the branches Of a
tree, the balloon came to sudden stop
and burst, the two aeronauts we're thrown
down with the car, Switch Fortunately
lodged in a tree. Some peasants soon
arrived and extricated the unfortunate
travellers, who were not injured by their
dangerous voyage.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-06-18

The Russian army comprises 9O8
Generals, 81, Ala officers, and 886,425
men. The reserves number 742, Ia
men, and the Cossack troops 1872 Off
GERS and 81 ,359 men, with 1O5,946 men
on furlough. It is shown by a. German
military writer that the revenue an
nually devoted to military purposes in
Russia would not, even if the army was
administered in the most economical
manner, suffice to maintain such large
forces.
DURING the years Of 1879 and 1880,
up to Feb. 10, over 5000, 900 acres of
land have been sold under the home
stead laws. Kansas leads off with 2,677,-
623 acres sold Dakota, 1, 699, 900 acres ];
Nebraska, 1868, 455, acres Minnesota,
1928, 1903 acres. All the Territories ex-
.cept Arizona and Utah show large gains.
The coming year will, doubtless, show
he largest growth in the fertile regions
of the great Northwest ever yet seen.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-06-18

A TRAMP bill passed BY the New York
Legislature provides that every tramp
upon conviction as such shall be pun
ished by Imprisonment, at hard labor in
the nearest penitentiary, for not more
than one year, and that all persons who
rove about from place to place begging,
and all Migrants living without labor or
visible means Of support, who stroll over
the country without lawful occupation,
shall be held to be tramps within the
meaning Of this act. ISL kR
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-06-18

Any explanation Of the success of
quackery would be insufficient if it did
not include the fact expressed in the fol-
lowing lines:
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-03-14

THE Inter Ocenn's Washington or
respondent says of the Schurz agree
ment with the Utes and the proposed
bill on the subject: The delegations
are not at all satisfied with the arrange
ment; they particularly object to the
location that has been selected for
them, which they say is the heart of
the mineral region Of Colorado.
Senator Teller expresses himself very
freely; he says: The terms. proposed in
Secy. Schurz' bill are SO liberal that
such legislation will be merely an in
ducement offered to other tribes to
massacre their agent and his employees,
ravish their wives and daughters, and
burn the buildings Of the agency; for
under the terms the secretary has sug-
gested the Utes will be better of than
they were before. The white citizens
OF Colorado and the government will
suffer all the disadvantages OF the
change. Teller thinks that Ouray Is n
smarter man than Scburz, for every
actual and possible advantage of this
new arrangement Is on the side Of the
Indians; instead Of being punished for
the crimes they have committed. the
Utes are to be rewarded, and IL this ar
arrangement is consummated by act OF
sonRress It will merely encourage such
&atbfeaks among the Indians as occur
red last fall.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-03-14

A. G. MESIcoL sails from New York
in the Apalco with a view TO obtain
additional data respecting the Nicara-
qua route for a canal. lie stated to a
New York Herald reporter that the
special object OF his visit this time Is 10
make. further observations OF the rain
fzil and Bow Of the stream through
which n route win pass. by the orig
nal surveys, 1t was shown that the
Nicaragua canal would have Cor its
greatest cutting 100 feet; he thinks this
may be reduced 10 40 feet, by making a
passage through the the valley, In which
1.-THE flow Of water is but 5000 feet per
second. He Is expected TO return in
ten or twelve weeks, and will then be
able 10 put the government In full pos
session Of all that Il necessary to know
about . canal project, Of any kind, in
Nicaragua.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-03-14

JupsB TBLoDoErr, Of Chicago, rem
dered . very Important decision on Fri
day. IN tie nature Of advice TO United
States commissioners, upon an election
point. At the recent municipal cleo
tiun at Eigin, H., about seventy voters
employed in the milk condensing works
were notified by their superintendent TO
vote the mo license" ticket. The
license nominee %thereupon applied TO
Commissioner Hayne to arrest the
superintendent. Mr.. Hayne being in
doubt referred the matter TO Judge
Blodgett, who advised him that the
United States supreme court, in u SIM
liar case, had held that the fifteenth
amendment, revised statutes, 5507,
contemplate protection in the right OF
suffrage only Of former slaves, and that
free, OF white, men do not come within
these legal safeguards. The writ for
arrest will therefore not issue.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-03-14

Nky 6FAaI SAs SGT AssAS~tsAtsa
'snLe darkest day II my life" sid
the general. Wal the day ! heard Of
Lineoln's assassination. did not know
Whist Il meant. Herr zas the neb~llioR
Pot down IN the BsId aud starting W in
the guttsEs; We had fOund IL As Wal,
now We had 10 eight il as assassination
Lincoln was killed on the evening OF
the 18th Of April Lee surrendered on
the 9th Of April. / was busy sending
out orders 10 stop recruiting, the pur-
chase Of supplies, and TO muster out the
army. Lincoln had promised TO 60 TO
the theAter. and wanted me To go with
him. While / was with the president,
a note came from Mrs. Grant saying
she must leave Washington that night.
She wanted TO so TO Burlington 10 see
our children. some incident Of n tTi-
ding nature had made her resolve to
leave that evening. ! was glad 10 have
IL 50, as / did not want TO go 10 the
theater. So / made my excuses 10 Lin
coin, aud at the proper hour We started
for the train. AS we were driving
along Pennsylvania avenue, a horse
man drove past rs on a gallop, aud
back again around our carriage, look
ing into il. Mrs. Grant said, There
Is the man who sat near US at lunch
to-day. with some other men, and tried
10 oyer-hear a conversation. He wal
80 rude that We left the dining o
Here he is now riding after u.s. |
thought IL was only curiosity, but learn
ed afterward that the horseman WAS
Booth. II seemed / was 10 have been
attacked, and Mrs Grants sudden re-
solve to leave derAnged the plan. A few
days after / received an anonymous let
ter from n man saying that lie had been
detailed TO kill me, that he rode ON my
train a. far rs Harve de Grace, and rs
my car was locked he failed TO get In.
He thanked God he had failed. ] re-
member the conductor locked our car,
but how true the letter was, l can not
say. l learned OF the assassination AS
was passing through Philadelphia. |
turned round, took n special train, and
came on TO Washington. II was the
gloomiest day Of my life.n