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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-05-06
Owls as Pets.

When the boys in Europe wish to rob
an OWLS nest OF the young, and cannot
reach down the hollow tree, they tie a
worsted stocking to stick, and poke it
down. The birds turn on their backs
and grasp the stocking with their claws,
and are easily drawn up, as they possess
the faculty of holding on in high de-
gree, as my torn clothes and lacerated
hands could frequently testify. Owls
are easily tanned, and sometimes make
interesting pets, although there are
more differences sin individual tempers
than most people would imagine. [
have living at this time three snowy
owls, captured this winter. One was
wounded with a rifle ball one was
trapped; the other attacked a hen in
midday, but was in turn knocked over
by gallant gamecock; the farmer saw
the circumstance, ran and threw his
coat over the owl and secured him. All
my birds are very tame, and will sub
NIT to be coaxed on the head, and will
take food from the hand at any time of
the day or night. [ think I may say the
snowy owl is an exception among rapa-
cious birds in the quality of it's flesh, as
it is really tender and well tasted. [
have known it eaten on several occasions
and pronounced excellent One was
served up incognito at public dinner,
and was greatly relished.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-05-06
A New Puzzle with Words.

Students at the Institute of Technol-
.ogy. have designed a, rival to the Gem
puzzle, which is beginning to excite
considerable interest about town. Given
two words OF an equal number of letters,
the problem is to change one to the
other by altering one letter at time of
the first so as to make a legitimate En-
glish word, continuing the alterations
until the desired result is attained. The
conditions are that only one letter shall
be altered to form each new word, and
that none but words which can be found
in English dictionaries shall be used
Here are some examples Of the changes
East to West-East, vast, vest, West.
Boot to Shoe-Boot, SCOT, shot, Shoe.
Dog to Cat-Dog, dig, fig, fit, fat,
Cat
Milk to Hash-Milk, mile, male, mate,
hate, hath, Hash
Road to Railroad, rood, root, coot,
coat, coal, coil, toll, tail, Rail.
Soup. to Fish-Soup, soul, soil, foil,
fowl, fool, foot, coot, cost, cast, fast,
fist, Fish.
The game is becoming quite popular
in railroad offices as we'll as in family
circles and at firesides, and seems to
furnish instruction with amusement. -
Boston, Traveller.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-05-06
A Test of Life or Death.

According to the London Medical
Press, those timid beings who are
haunted by apprehensions of being bur
led alive, and who make testamentary
provisions against such contingency,
may now take courage, for science has
supplied an infallible means of deter
mining whether or not the vital spark
has quilted the mortal frame. Electrici-
ty enables lis to distinguish with abso-
lutte certainty between life and death,
for, two OF three hours after the stop
page Of the heart, the whole of the mus
cles Of the body have completely lost
their electric excitability When stimu-
lated by electricity they no longer con-
tract. If, then, when Faradism, as the
treatment with induced currents of cleo
tricity for remedial purposes is called, is
applied to the muscles of the limbs and
trunk, say five or six hours after sup
posed death, there would be no contract
able response, it may be certified with
certainty that death has occurred, for
no faint, nor trance, nor coma, however
deep, can prevent the cantractility.
Here there is no possibility of mistake,
as there certainly was when the old tests
were employed.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-05-06
A Necktie Difficulty.

A matter of neckties has caused an i'm
mense amount of trouble in Philadel-
phia church. It seems that the parish
toner's of the Rev. Mr.. Tucker, of the
Reformed Episcopal Church of the Re
deemer, desired to hold what is known
as necktie party. The chief feature of
this form Of entertainment is that each
lady who attends wears a calico apron
from which neckt1e has been previous
ly made. These necLties are placed in
sealed envelopes and sold to young men,
and the individual purchasing becomes
the attendant for the evening Of that
young lady who wears the apron which
matches his tie. The pastor objected to
this feature Of the entertainment, and
serious trouble ensued. Strenuous
efforts to GUST the pastor were made, and,
failing in these, portion of the congre-
cation seeded. AT last accounts the
clergyman, who declares the affair to be
contest between worldliness and god
illness, was holding the fort.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-05-06

Arecent letter from Denver, COL, says:
There is nowina course of construction,
and in architects hands, over2, 000private
building and 700 stores. We have under
construction the Tabor block, $500, 000:
opera house, 5000, 900; county court house
$3.50, 900; Union depot, $500, 600; hospi-
tai, SIS, 900; iron rolling mills, 800, 900;
smelling works, $4,000 water works
(Holly system), $500, 900; steam heating
works, 100000; U. S. postoffce and GUS
tom house, $500, 1000. There will be built
an u. S. mint at a cost Of 81 900, 900, and
the state capitol will cost nearly So, 00O,-
600. You can see here blocks and blocks
Of new structures, and then there is not
sufficient houses for the increased pop
ulation, and many have to camp out.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-05-06
BITS OF INFORMATION.

In the manufacture OF tobacco mo-
lasses, icorice, paste, q decoctlon Of
figs, and glycerine are used to lmpart a
sweet taste. Common salt and other
salts are used for havoring, and nitrate
of potash or soda is added to increase its
combustibility. Anise and other aro-
matics are added for their flavor, and
smoking tobacco has it's odor, if not it's
taste, improved by the introduction of
cascarilla bark Cabbage and other
leaves are often used to adulterate chew
ing tobacco.
In cold weather, horses which have
been driven rapidly, or have become
heated from exertion, throw off great
quantities of steam or vapor. The reason
of this is that the heat thrown off
from the body on coming in contact with
the colder air is condensed in the form
of vapor. The principle is the same as
that which causes the windows of close
room to become covered with ice on a
cold day in winter. The warm air of the
room becomes condensed on the cold
glass, and it is CONCEALED in the form of
ice.
PREVIOUS to the time of Queen Eliza
beth stairs we're all constructed on
circular plan, and were called turret or
corkscrew stairs. During the sixteenth
and seventeenth centuries staircases with
wide, straight flights were first intro
duced, aud were made the leading feat
ures ia mansions of the Elizabethan
style. They had usually massive oak
balusters with carved panels and pen
dants. Staircases Of this description are
still in common use, but are lighter in
style, light cast-iron being used instead
OF oak balustrades.
The geographical center Of the United
States is at 95 deg. 471 min. west longi-
tude, which is about the vicinity Of
Omaha. The center Of population, con
sidering the United States plane sur
face, itself without weight, but capable
Of sustaining weight, and leveled with it's
inhabitants, in number and position
such as they are found, and each indi-
vidual being assumed to be of equal
weight, and consequently to exert press
ure on the pivotal point, directly pro-
portioned to his distance therefrom,
both north and south and east and west,
is at a point forty-eight miles east and q
tritie north of Cincinnati.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-05-06
Mercantile Risks

The risks Of mercantile life are limited
at in a notice of John Shillito, the late
Cincinnati merchant, published III the
New York Times. It may be that farm
ers' lads will ponder on the facts sug-
gested, and conclude to stick by the old
farm: ru 4n
The late Cincinnati merchant, John
Shillito, had been the leading retail dry
goods dealer there for more than forty
years, and in all that time, it is said, had
never failed, suspended, compromised or
asked to compromise with his creditors.
He always paid dollar for~dollar, always
did business on strict business princi-
pies. and was almost the only merchant
in that city who bad so long weathered
the financial storms and stress of very-
trying period.
Merely to reason about it; it would
not seem remarkable that merchant
should, for forty years, carry on bust
ness with uniform success. But facts
and statistics show that such instances
are extremely rare in any part of this
country,
Few business men in the United
States go on, it is said, for fifteen or
even twelve years without failure or sus-
pension these, on an average, get into
serious pecuniary embarrassments every
ten years, most Of them being hopelessly
crippled thereby. One might easily
count. we suspect, all the merchants,
even in this great city, who hold to-
gether forty years, half that time being
sufficient here to give q. firm the reputa-
ton of age and extended credit. M
MI. Shillito attributed his unusual pros
perity to dealing in cash wherever it was
practicable, and to giving personal over
SIGHT and attention to his affairs. Un-
less out of town, he spent a certain num-
Der of hours every day at his establish
ment. M
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-05-06
In Powder Form.

Vegetine put up in this form comes within
the reach of all. By making the medicine
yourself you can, from a SOC. package con-
tanning the banks, roots and herbs, make two
BOTTLES of the liquid Vegetine. Thousands
will gladly avail themselves O. this oppor-
tunity, who have the conveniences to make
the medicine. Full directions in every pack
age.
Vegetine in powder form is sold by all
drug lists and general sores. If you cannot
Duy it OF Them enclose fifty cents in postage
stamps for one package, or one dollar for two
packages, and will send it by return mail.
II. K. Stevens, Boston, Mass.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-05-06
CT Never Take Medicine.o

During the short administration Of
President Taylor, young man visited
Washington to sell cholera medicine.
Thinking it would aid him in his bust
ness, he called at the White House while
a public reception was being held, to
present the President with bottle of
the medicine.
He had rehearsed a little speech with
which to preface the presentation. But
when he found himself face to face for
the first time with live President his
nerves were too much disturbed for him
to speak it. He, therefore, mumbled a
few words, more amusing than elegant,
about the medicine being :" a dead shot, J"
and pulled out the bottle, only to hear
the President say, in tone loud enough
to be heard through the room:
80 [ thank you; but l never take med
icine, cholera or no cholera.s
The young, man almost tainted from
modification. Butin less than ten days
Gen. Taylor died of cholera, caused by
his own indiscretion in eating.
On very warm Fourth of July the
cornerstone of the Washington monu-
ment was laid. President Taylor partic-
ipated in the ceremony, and drank freely
of ice water. s
On his return to the White House he
complained Of feeling hungry, and ate
freely of cherries, washing them down
with iced milk.
At dinner, against the remonstrance of
a physician, who was present, he again
partook heartily of cherries. In an hours
time he was attacked by cholera-morbus
and died within four days.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-05-06
n. ~ n ! .
European Expenditure.

The total increase of expenditure
caused by war, or the apprehension Of
war, has, if we take the average interest
at per cent, been 9131, 100000 a
year, or considerably more. than the
whole taxation of either of the richest
countries in Europe-France and Great
Britain. The amount at 4 per cent. rep
resents a capital Of 93, 200, 900, 900,
which, SO long as the expenditure con-
tinues, and much of it is perpetual, is
loss to the industrial work of Europe,
and consequently to the progress of civ
ilization, and to the material well-being
of the people. -IHe Economist.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-05-06
A Coward.

A Virginia man who was "branded as
a coward by the man with whom he re-
fused to fight a duel thrashed three foot
pads who came at him with knives, and
the same day stopped team from run
ming away with two little children; and
now the fellow who did the branding
thinks of moving to some town where
the people will quit nagging at him.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-05-06
Coffee.

The successful growing of the coffee
plant in South Florida seems to be now
established beyond question, and the
Commission of Agriculture has awarded
the premium offered some time since for
the first pound of coffee grown in the
open air, The Agricultural Bureau fur
nishes plants already started to those
who wish to give it q trial.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-05-06

Dr. G. E. SHOEMAKER, the well-known aural
surgeon of Reading, Pa, offers to send by mail,
free of charge, valuable little book on deafness
and diseases of the ESPECIALLY on running
ear and catarrh, and their proper treatment
giving references and testimonials that will
satisfy the most skeptical. Address as above.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-05-06
The Worst Old Pelicans in the Deck

One Of the most remarkable things
noticeable in social life is the unanimity
with which people shake their relatives.
Recently a gentleman arrived in Carson
with letter of introduction to one Of
our leading citizens from the citizens
uncle. After the Carsonite read the let
ter, he remarked:
" Glad to see you, sir. Glad to see
anybody who knows my uncle in Cleve-
land. How are all the folks
splendid. / spent six weeks there
last fall, and [ don't think / ever met
such fine family Of genial, hospitable
and cultivated people
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-05-06
Household Need.

A book on the Liver, it's diseases and their
treatment, sent Free Including treatises upon
Liver Complaints, Torpid Liver, Jaundice, Bill
iousness, Headache, Constipation, Dyspepsia,
Malaria, etc. Address DR.. Sanford, 1862 Broad
way, New York city. N. Y.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-05-06

A CARDIFF all who suffering from the
and indiscreG of youth weakness early de-
cay. loss of manhood etc. will send Recipe that will
cure you, FREE OF CHARGE. This great edy
discovered by missionary in South Am RIGA. Send
selfaddressed envelope to the REV. JOSEPH T. INlAN
GErtina AZe1nE ark0 !
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-05-06
A Man Eating a Mad Dog.

Never was the ancient adage, "there
is no accounting for tastes" more
quantity illustrated than by surprising
in Bohemia One Peschka, an inn
keeper of that town, was bitten some
weeks ago by his own house dog. I'm
willing to STAY the animal on bare sus-
picion of it's sanity, he consigned it to
the town gravedigger, enjoining the
functionary to take care of it until fur
Their orders respecting it's ultimate fate
should be impartc d to him. A few days
later, however, Peschka was attacked by
hydrophobia, of which horrible malady
he died in excruciating agony. The
sanitary authorities of Neustadt forth
with applied to the gravedigger for the
mad dog committed to his custody, in
tending to have it destroyed. Their as
constituent may be more readily i'm
agined than described when the sexton,
in answer to their requisition, calmly
observed
'The mad dog? I have eaten him 7"
'$You have eaten the mad dog % in
credulously exclaimed horror-stricken
sanitary official. ~
"Better. that than he should eat me !"
rejoined the philosophical gravedigger.
It would appear not only that this man
of strange appetites had swallowed and
digested the rabid animal, but that; it
had agreed with him, for, as the story
runs, he is still in the enjoyment of ero-
bust health, and pursues his professional
avocation with undated vigor.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-05-06

The remains Of the late Gen. Jefer-
son @. Davis are to be finally inferred
in Grown Hill, Indianapolis, near the
grave of Senator Morton, and his widow
to erect suitable monument
over them.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-05-06

THE enormous sale of DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup
has had the effect of bringing out numerous
similar remedies; but the people are not 50 east
" induced to make trial of the new ar
ticle, when they value the old and reliable one
DIR. Bulls Cough Syrup.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-05-06
How to Get Sick.

Expose yourself day and night, eat
too much without exercise; work too
hard without rest; doctor all the time ;
take all the vile nostrums advertised !;
and then you will want to know
How to Get Well,
which is answered in three words
Take Hop Bittersl See other column.
-EGpress.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-05-06
Vegetine.
One Package in Powder Form
Cured Scrofula.
HOW TO REDUCE YOUR DOCTORS BILLS

&c BREMEN ST., East Boston, Mass..(
Sept. &c. 1879.
Mr.. q. r. STEvENs-Dear Sir: MY little dauph.
tor Stella has been afflicted long time with Scrof
ula, suffering everything. I employed different
physicians in East Boston, but they helped her
none. bought some of your POWDER FORK VEGE-
TINE and my wife stepped it and gave it TO the child
according to the directions, and we were surprised
In fortn1ghts time to see how the child had gained
in flesh and strength. She is now gaining every
day, and can cheerfully recommend your remedy
70 be the best we have ever tried.
Respectfully yours, ]. tt, WEBB.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-05-06

0GG week in your own town. Terms and SIS Outfit
VVU free Address H. HALLETT & Co., Portland, Me.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-05-06
vege!ine is Sold by oil Druggists.
What Everybody Wants
Who Has Not Heard and RGadOf II.
NOTE THE FOLLOWING

PHARIsBURG, Ohio, May 10.
MEssRs. j. N. HARRIS & Co.-Genitenaen: Permit
me to say that for several weeks suffered with
that several other preparations each of which gave
fair trial. which ayaed nothing. For the succeeding
six days used no medicine By that time was thought
more severe than ever then commenced using ALIENS
LUNG BALSAN, which has effectually cured me- con-
seientously believe it be excellent medicine and
can assure you that will afford the highest possible
to me. Yours truly, NEWTON MURPHY.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-05-06

The vOItaic Belt Co., Marshall, Mich,
Will send their Electro-Voltaic Belts to the af-
fiicted upon thirty days trial. See their adver-
tisement in this paper, headed, "On Thirty
DAYS Trial"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-05-06

NOR Price List of best INVALID CHAIRS, ad.
A. dress with green stamp, VIM CO. Springfield vt.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-05-06

LYONS Heel Stiffeners keep boots and shoes
straight. Sold by shoe and hardware dealers.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-05-06

WANTED Agents for the Age the Russian Fire
W hN ~ Proof Lamp Chimney Big profits j. WORTH CO.
Box 1882 ST. Louis No. W.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-05-06
Too MANY Titles.

In Europe 719 Princes and Processes
have claim, more or less remote, to a
crown, and each of them has appended,
in common with Kings and Emperors,
bObtail of titles to his or her name.
The one with the greatest number of
titles is the Emperor Of Austria, Francis
Joseph. In addition to his title Of En-
peror, he is nine times King, once Arch
duke, twice Grand Duke, eighteen times
Duke, four times Margrave, five times
Count Prince, twice Prince, and many
times Count and Lord.
The King of Portugal has eighteen
first names, his eldest son twenty, and
his youngest twenty-nine.
cording to Spanish story, got lost in
the woods while hunting. Coming late
at night upon little country inn, he
knocked and demanded shelter.
The landlord put his head out of the
window and asked who was there.
. His Majesty replied by giving all his
names and titles. EXCUSE me, sir"
said the landlord; "I haven't room in
my house for so many people," and he
shut the window and left the King out
In the cold.
The title of King of Jerusalemis borne
by the Emperor of Austria, the ex-King
Of Naples, and the Prince de Lusignan.
A similar conflict exists between King
Oscar of Sweden and King Christian of
Denmark, each claiming to be King of
the Cloths.
Oscar also calls himself King of the
Wends, and Christian King Of the Van
dals.
The Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-
Strelitz is General of cavalry in the
Russian army, a Colonel of infantry in
the Hungarian army, and a Doctor Of
Laws in Oxford University.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-05-06
$:;;;';; ; VASELIN, ~;
Exposition. @@kW @3 &M0& a. ExDosIton

This wonderful substance is acknowledged by physi-
clans throughout the world to be the best remedy dis
covered for the cure of Wounds, Burns, Rheuma.
ttsm, Skin Diseases, Piles Catarrh, Chill.
blains &C. In order that every may try IT, it Is
put up in 10 and % cent bottles for household use
Obtain it from druggist you will find it superior
to anything have used
National Republican., 1880-08-05
Train and Tnnnor-

One of the lions of Madison square during
the warm weather is George Francis Train
who is usually surrounded by crowd, to
whom he holds forth upon the virtues of water
the brutality of the present mode of living
and the value of Dr. Tanners experiment 10
the science of living 1t is many years since
Mr.. Train tasted animal food, and he asserts
that If he should touch ii now it would make
him deadly sick. His complexion is us fine
as that of an infant he eats only one meal per
day, aud that composed Of the simplest food;
but he takes his Turkish bath with regularity,
and sits in the open air the largest part of the
time. The other day he told number of
men who had gathered round him that they
were not oven whited sepulchres, for their
blotched and bloated faces told the story of
the ghastly contents of their stomachs. II in
teriorly they made decent graveyard" +"
they would find "stones set up sacred to the
memory of that poor old OK, or that bleating
calf, or that tender, harmless lamb, or that
monstrous grunting hog" But neither Train
nor Tanner can ever cure New Workers OF
their love for 'porter.house' steak.
National Republican., 1880-08-05

TWO communicating front rooms, southern ex
Il posure; furnished or uniurnshed; with board
moderate. No llOl ST n W, cor Eleventh. ju3(