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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-12-03
The English Lakes.

The beautiful scenery of Great Britain
has been SO largely evolved out Of the
inner consciousness of poets that it
would be an interesting experiment to
take an imaginative American on tour
of the English lakes under an impress
sion that he was travelling in Wales.
The American who has seen the best
mountain and lake scenery of his own
country might pronounce the Welsh
scenery more grand than that of the
English lakes; that is, supposing he
could see the two as so much combina-
ton of land and water; but that he
cannot do. He must see these English
lakes as exalted and spiritualized in
poetic mirage. Never again can one
look upon mere Rydal Water; he must
see therein the reflected vault Of Words
worth's pure reason. Nevermore will
Lodore dash down its food and foam
save with the rhythm of Southey. East
winds will not bite SO keen as we pass
through the woodland where Felicia He
mans found repose, and the pelting
storm OF q week will have to let some
sunshine through when one is wander
ing after the zigzag track of CHEEKY
Christopher North.
The scenery is all picturesque, and
sometimes sublime. But its chief
charm Of decoration is that which the
poets have given it. One finds not here
the quaint white turrets lanced from the
riverside hills of France, or the grace
full chalets which give an air of culture
to the italian lakes. Art has done moth
ing for the English lakes, and, I am
sorry to say, religion has done rather
worse, in surrounding come Of them
with remarkably ugly churches-the
ugliest. perhaps, being that at Amble-
side, Of which Harriet Martineau wrote,
"There have been various reductions OF
the beauty of the valley within twenty
years or SO but this is the worst, be-
cause the most conspicuous. The
weather is rarely beautiful, and seeing
the lakes sometimes means glimpsing
lunettes between the points of an UNI
brella. Here are no peasants dancing
in gay dresses, nor merry fairs surviving
from that mythical realm, "merrie old
England" The traveller finds here
beautiful nature unadorned but not in
animate; through reverent genius q
subtle life-giving breath has gone abroad,
and invested hill, dale and lake with
mystical groves and grots and fountains,
beside which even the enchanted valley
of Tristan is somewhat theatrical. III
D. Conway, in Harper's Magazine.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-12-03
The Ruling Passion.


It was in 1sta--a weekday appoint
ment for a Methodist meeting at An
thongs Greek, Greenbrier county, Va.
Brother j was to preach. The
larger game, bear, wolf, and even pan
Their, were not uncommon Whereabouts,
and deer were abundant. The preacher
had some pulpit ability, and at times
was impassioned and eloquent. Though
not young, he was unmarried, peculiar,
and seldom smiled. The congregation
were mainly ride hunters and their
rustic families and the trusty rife, the
faithful dog, the picturesque hunting
shirt, with brain tanned" moccasin,
and belt, and cleaning knife, were as
sure to put In their appearance at week
day meeting as the hunter himself.
The place of worship was at Father
Perkins double cabin, which had been
built with as much reference to wor- hip
as to the comfort Of his own family.
This Dotable man 6f four-score was
quite distinguished for piety and his
gifts both in prayer and as class-leader,
but not more so than he had been for
bis superiority as a hunter. With him
the ardor of the passion for the chase
was undated, though he was entirely
disabled by the infirmities of age. The
writer has, ct the same sitting, been en-
traDced at variations OF the hazards of
his hunters life, and edited by his deep,
undoubted, child-like piety.
It was grand occasion for Brother
j. With a crowded house, and
Father p. in the amen corner, and
nothing to divert attention, unless it
were the large number of rifles and
guns, which, as usual, were placed con-
veniently near against the fence of the
yard, AMI outside the wall of the house
itself. The opening service gave great
promise of .'good meeting" Both
Brother j and Father Perkins were
quite demonstrative in their devotions.
The congregation became deeply inter-
ested. The preacher warmed with his
subject, argument eliminated into
poetic imagery, and the pathos and
power Of unstudied eloquence melted
and overwhelmed the rude audience.
But between the eloquent strains of
the impassioned preacher the trained
ears of the congregation detected the
peculiar yelp Of o well known old hound.
The sagacious brute was understood and
believed, and the congregation was
electrified. This manifestation of in
tense interest invaded the rude pulpit,
and reused Brother j. to still higher
strains, which were presently inter
rupted by the thunder OF the approach
of herd Of deer closely pursued by the
| feet and faithful dogs simultaneously
with the climax Of the last burst Of elo-
quence the entire congregation, pell-
nell, broke for the door.
AS the earnest preacher dropped his
hands TO the rude desk, with comical
tone OF sadness and disappointment on
his lips, and holy horror depicted on his
face, with bitterness Of soul he ex-
claimed:
"It is no use It is no use r.
To which the piping voice of the in
firm and rheumatic old hunter and
class-leader responded, with great
earnestness:
eyes, it is, Brother j; they'll
catch EN-, certain setyc. >" Editor IS
DroDer, " in Hurpes's Magazine.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-12-03
MeerscIlaun.

The word meerschaum In the German
means sea-foam, and the material was so
aarned because Of its lghtness and
whitish appearance. 1t is mineral Of
soft, earthly texture, somewhat resem-
bling chalk. It is found in Greece and
Turkey, as well as in Spain, occurring
in the form of veins and otherwise. In
Turkey it is used extensively as fuller's
earth. The custom is to roughly shape
it into blocks or rude forms of pipes for
expectation. Pesth and Vienna are IA
aous cities for the manufacture of meer-
schaam pipes, and at Geneva quite a
number of the elegant smokers are to be
seen. The manufacture of the spurious
article is extensive, Paris leading IN the
newer limitations. To produce the vel
low and brown colors, SO much admired
in the real meerschaum pipe, and which
come only after they are smoked some
time, the blocks are long keptin a MKT
ure Of wax and fatty matter. These
are IN part absorbed, and, afterward, be-
ing acted on by the heat from the to-
bacco, the meerschaum assumes various
shades of colors. What are known as
artificial meerschaums-made from the
parings Of the genuine material, reduced
to fine powder, boiled in water, and
nodded into blocks-ca cannot easily be
distinguished from the real, bat they
are generally heavier and more free
from blemiShes.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-12-03
A Big Sexton.

The decease of the late sexton Of
Grace Church brings to mind the long
time sexton of old Trinity, David Ly-
ons, who died some twenty years ago,
and who, like Browne, was quite large
in bodily diameter, and very well known
in his day. In decorating the church
one Christmas he caused a canopy sup
ported by four wreath-twined posts to
be erected over the lecturn, giving it
very much the appearance Of a parrot
cage. AS finishing touch to this work
of art he proposed an inscription in Ger
man text for its front. He thought it
best, however, to consult one of the
clergy before adding this final embellish-
ment; and it was well that he did, as
the sequel will show. To the question,
What do you propose for the inscrip-
ton ?" he replied that, inasmuch as the
lecturn held the sacred scriptures, be
thought, "The Bible; the biggest book
in the world" would be eminently APP
propriate.
'fThere will be no objection to that, y
the witty clergyman responded, Il you
will put underneath it, Trinity Church
the biggest church, and David Lyons,
the biggest sexton. "-'' Editors
Drawer, IN HagIoer's Magazine.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-12-03
An Astonished FlunkeY.

Lord Redesdale, somewhat shabbily
dressed, as is his wont, recently went to
see the foreign minister. Knocking at
the door, he was received by the foot
man, who, without knowing who Lord
Redesdale was, informed him CURLY that
Lord Granville was not home. !" But
look ere" continued the turnkey, "just
run and get me pint of arr and arf,
will yous? producing jug. Certain
ly," replied Lord Redesdale, and, taking
the jug, away he toddled for the beer.
Bringing it back, he handed it to the
footman, who first of all took a regular
Guencher, and then Lord Redesdale.
politely declining the offer of drink.
quietly remarked: "Oh, by the by.
when your master comes in tell him that
the Earl Redesdale called to see him!''
You may imagine how the footman felt
at that sublime moment, and how Lord
Granville conveyed his displeasure to
him when, after hearing the anecdote
told amid roars of laughter In every club
lie went into, he arrived home and had
an opportunity of hearing the funkey's
explanation.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-12-03
Origin Of the Merino Sheen.

AS the ancient Greeks had no cotton
nor silk, and very little linen, and as
sleeps wool was the principle texture
from which their clothes were made,
they took peculiar care to cultivate with
especial care such breeds of sheep as
produced very fine wool Such breeds
were those of the Greek city of Tarentum,
situated on the Tarentine Gulf. In or
der to improve the fine quality of the
wool still more, the sheep were covered
with clothes in cold weather, as it was
found by experience that exposure to
cold made the wool coarser. Thus cloth
ing these sheep from generation to gen
GRAFTON resulted in very delicate breed
with exceedingly fine wool, according to
the law established by Darwin in regard
to selection and adoption to exterior con
ditions.
This product Of Greek industry was
transmitted by them to the Romans,
whose great agricultural author, Colun-
ella, states that his uncle in Spain crossed
the fine Tarentine sheep with rams i'm
ported from Africa, and obtained O
stronger breed, combining the whiteness
of fleece of the father with the fneness
Of the fleece Of the mother, and having
obtained such results the race was per-
petuated. The absence of other fine
textures made these Spanish sheep SO
valuable that in the beginning Of our era
they were sold in Rome for 81, 900 in gold
head, an enormous price for those times,
when money had much more value than
now.
When the barbarians invaded Italy
these sheep were all exterminated, while
the greater portion Of the Roman pos
sessions were laid waste. But in the less
accessible mountains of Spain the Moors
preserved the breed, and it is to them
that modern Spain owes the merino
sheep, which are the direct descendants
of this cross breed of the Greek and At
rican ancestors referred to. It is val
liable inheritance, too, which that coun-
try owes to the combined Greek, Roman,
and Moorish civilization, and of which
our California wool growers also earn the
advantages, by the prosperity Of this
breed Of sheep, which was there few
vnarq o0O
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-12-03
Wearing a Mask.

What a goodthing it would be if women
would only speak their minds. There is
nothing that honest men desire more than
to understand that mysterious race that
is so like them, and yet SO unlike, who
share their homes but not their thoughts,
who are SO shrewd, SO practical and so
irrational. The poor men yearn the
break down the invisible barrier and see
into the real life of those they love so
well: but the loved ones smile and chat
ter and say pretty things, and ingenious
things and things they have borrowed
from men and improved in the borrowing,
but never one word of the real thoughts
that are working in their busy brains.
So the men fatter and lie because they
think the women like it, and the women
accept it all because they think it is mans
nature; and the men think women
ennpty-headed angels, and the women
think men are fine intelligent brutes; and
the two classes go on loving and despis-
ing one another accordingly, and all for
the want of little truthfulness in con-
vprsation
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-12-03
About Rattlesnakes.

An English scientific journal, not long
since, gave an account of an attempt
made by DR.. Arthur Stradling, surgeon
on board British man-of-war, to test
the bite of a rattlesnake on his own per-
son, with the antidotes. DR.. Stradling
shut himself up in his cabin after mid
night with igatures, ammonia, nitric
acid, brandy and the serpent, Crotatus
ho79'So1ns.
The snake was a small one, with but
two rattles, but lively, and not at all in
clined to lend himself to the cause of
science. When the doctor introduced
his gloved hand into the box, proposing
to be bitten on the feshless part of the
wrist, the snake sprang out at the other
arm, and inflicted two punctures, leav-
ing the fang in one.
DIR. Stradling shut the snake up.
pulled out the fang with forceps, and
sat down to write out his sensations
and to apply his remedies. He had no
sensations, and applied no remedies.
About four hours later he suddenly
perceived lump Using on his arm, and
turned to the table to get the nitric acid,
when he became dizzy and fell on his
cot insensible.
There he was found an hour or two
later, paralyzed In the lower extremities.
ais breath scarcely perceptible. bis ewes
fixed and CLASSY. Frightful commissions
followed, and it was only after the most
vigorous treatment with brandy. sui
phuric acid and ammonia for two DAYS
that he rallied. "He was as weak !"
says his attendant physician, 'sas a
baby, and mere lay figure for the ex-
hlbltion of beef tea, arrow-root and mis-
placed sympathy" No good could pos
sibly result from SO fool-hardy an ex-
pertinent.
DIR. S. Weir Mitchell, the eminent
American especialist In nerve diseases.
made the poison of the rattlesnake and
its remedy the subject of years of study
and experiment. lis monograph on the
subject was published by the Smith
sonian Institute.
The result of his researches was that
no known specific against the bite of
this serpent is so certain as whisky,
swallowed until the patient becomes
drunk.
The hunters and trappers of the lower
Alleghanles reached this conclusion long
ago without any scientific research. We
have heard among them Of innumerable
instances of bites, but Of none which
proved fatal when whisky was taken in
time and in sufficient quantity, though
in cases where the snake was old. and
its fangs full of venom, the health of the
victim was injured for life.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-12-03
Blue Monday.

A recognized institution in England Is
" blue Monday, the direct fruit of the
beer drinking which is there tolerated
and allowed. The working Englishmanll
Is welded to his beer. 6e feels that 1t
Is the great comfort, and one of the very
few en.oyments OF his life And not
only Is me chocolate room OF any like
continuance Slow" but there is about
it an implication that he is taken III
hand and managed by his betters, like 3
child, which he not annaturalty resents.
Rightly or wrongly, lac fesls more
ashamed at being treated IN this way
than he does of being drunk once Il
week-once, however, being here word
of wide Specification. Fer in these eases
"the same drunk" often extends frona
Saturday night to Monday, and not IN
frequently into Tuesday. Many first
class artisans, knowing their o1n pro
pensity, absolutely refuse to work fol
any man more than four days week
The socisI effect of this habit on tho
community may be imagined.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-12-03
a Fair Chance.

Equality, too-whateyer equality may
n may not be just or possible; this, at
least. is just, and, I hope. possible
that every man, every child, OF every
rank, should have an equal chance Ct
education an equal chance Of develop
ing all that is il him BY nature; an
equal chance OF acquiring a fair knowl-
4dge of those facts Of the universe which,
specially concern him, and Of having his
reason trained to Judge Of them. Isay.
whateyer equal rights men may or may
not have, they have this right. Let ev-
Try boy, every girl. have an equal and
sound education. IL / had my way, ]
would give the same education to the
child Of the collier and to the child OF
the peer. I would sse that they were
taught the same things and BY the same
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-12-03
Where the Smash Was.

Reporter-ssI wish to ascertain some
of the the particulars about the recent
accident on your road"
Superintendent" What road?"
Rep.-"Why, your road?"
Supt.-HI own no road. y
Rep.-''Are you not the Superinten-
dent of the Go-to-Blazes-S mash-and-
Crash Railroads."
supt.-''II, am. Why didn't you ask
that before?"
Rep.-"Well, now, about this acct
dent"
Supt. What accident?"
Rep.-"Why, the recent accident.
Supt-"There has been no recent &C.
cident."
Rep.-"Why, didn't train run of
the track yesterday, smash half dozen
cars to kindling wood and kill five or six
people?"
Supt. Where?''
Rep.-'sAt Gimlet Falls Station.
Supt Where is Gimlet Falls?"
Rep.-"Where? Don't you know"
Supt.-"I am not called upon to
know. Prove to me whee Gimlet Falls
u.s."
Rep.-"Well, this is cheek"
Supt.-"No, it amt; it's business. ~
NeaU York Graphic.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-12-03
Biscuit for Horses.

A singular experiment is at present
under trial In the French army, The
Minister of War, anxious to reduce the
bulk of provisions to be carried during
campaign, has ordered that new kind
Of biscuit should be used as food for the
horses. On the conclusion OF the pres
emit maneuvers, the experiment will be
rigidly tested. Two squadrons of cav
airy and a battery of artillery will at
once be put under the new system.
The circular of the Minister directs all
the details, and orders that commits
sion composed Of four officers and q
veterinary surgeon should see that the
instructions are completely carried out,
and report on their progress and re-
suits. The selected horses are to be
weighed and measured across the shoul-
ders before the experiment commences.
and two other squadrons of cavalry and
battery of artillery are to be selected,
composed as nearly as can be Of animals
Of the same weight and size. The latter
are to be placed under the war allowance
of fodder, and both at once subjected to
the estimated average antiques of a cam
palgn. During twelve days the expert
ments will be followed out, while the
officers charged with its conduct will
constantly report on its results. The
horses are to be supplied with the new
food on the first day of the campaign,
without any transition or preparation
for the change. The biscuits are to be
broken up, but not to be moissened. and
the horses are to be watered before each
meal. - London NeaUs.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-12-03

THE tale that Gambetta, when child
voluntarily put out his right eye in order
to be removed from seminary which
he aShorred, is pronounced an absurd
fiction. The real facts are, that one day,
when only eight years old, while looking
at cutler boring holes in the handle of
a knife with drill fastened to an old
broken foil by piece of catgut, this
rude machine gave way by reason of too
great tension, and the broken foil struck
the right eye of the child with greae
force, perforating the cornea. This ter
rible accident causing him to be one diff,
ferent from his kind, he was petted,
pampered and spoiled by his parents,
his every within and fancy INDUCED, and
every caprice of his ardent and violent
character allowed free play.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-12-03
The Charity Of RxtraYagance.

Whenever the laboring men are out
Of employment they begin to hate the
rich. They feel that the dwellers IL
palaces, the riders ii carriages, the
wearers Of broadcloth, silk and velvet.
have IN some way been robbing them.
As a matter of fact the palace-builders
are the friends of labor. The best form
OF charity is extravaganza. When you
give a man money, when you toss him
coin, although you get nothing, the
man loses his manhood. To help others
to help themselves is the only real char.
ity. Whenever see splendid home,
a palace, magnificent pile, I think Of
the thousands who were fed, Of the
women and children clothed, of the fire
sides made happy.
A rich man. living up to his privil
eyes, having the best House, the bes,
furniture, the best horses, the finest
grounds, the most beautiful flowers. the
best clothes, the best food, the best
pictures, and ali the books that he can
afford, is q perpetual blessing. The
prodigality of the rich is the providence
Of the poor. The extravagance of wealth
makes it possible for the poor to save.
The rich man who lives according to
his means, who is extravagant in the
best and highest sense, is not the enemy
of labor. The n1iser who lives in 8
howell, wears rags and boards his gold,
is a perpetual curse. He is like one
who dams river at its source.
The moment hard times come the CRY
of economy is raised. The press, the
platform and the pulpit unite In recon.
mending economy to the rich. In con
sequence of this cry, the man Of wealth
discharges servants, sells his horses, al
lows his carriage to become hen-roost
and, after taking employment and food
from as many as he can, congratulates
himself that he has done his part toward
restoring prosperity to the country.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-12-03
USEFUL HINTS.

IF the collar or cuff be too stiff to but
ton easily, press the finger little
dampened with water to the button-hole,
and you viii have no further trouble.
To RESTORE color when acid has been
dropped on any article Of clothing, APP
ply liquid ammonia to kill the acid
then apply chlcroforfn 10 restore the
color.
CARPETS should be thoroughly beaten
on the wrong side first and then on the
right, efter which spots may be removed
By tie use of ox-gall or ammonia and
water.
To KEEP seeds from the depredations
OF mice, mix some pieces of camphor
with them. Camphor placed in trunks
or drawers viii prevent mice from doing
them injury.
To CLEAN gold: Powder some whit
ing, and make it into moist paste with
some sal volatile. Cover over the gold
ornaments and surface with soft brush,
let it dry, and then brush it off with
moderately brush.
To JOIN aiabaster: Ornaments of ala
baster or plaster may be joined together
by means of little white of an egg,
thickened with fnely-powdered quick
lime, or by a mixture of newly-baked
and fnely-uowdered plaster of Paris,
mixed up with the least possible guam
tity OF water.
To REPAIR damaged mirror: Pour
upon sheet of tin foil about three
drachms of quicksilver to the square
foot of foil. Rub smarrly with piece
of buckskin until the foil becomes brill
liant. Lay the glass upon fiat table,
face downward; place the foil upon
the damaged portion of the glass /;
lay sheet OF paper over the foil, and
place upon it block of wood or piece
Of marble with perfectly fiat surface !;
put upon it sufficient weight to press it
down tight; let it remain in this posi-
ton few hours. The foil will adhere
to the glass.
II is said that pencil drawings may
be rendered inetfaceable by this simple
process Slightly warm a sheet OF or
linary drawing paper, then place it
carefully on the surface of solution OF
white resin in alcohol, leaving it there
long enough to become thoroughly
moistened. Afterward dry it in cur
rent Of air. Paper prepared in this
way has very smooth surface. In Or
der to fix the drawing the paper is to be
warmed for few minutes. This method
may prove useful for the preservation Of
plans or other designs, when the want
Of time, or any other cause, will not al
low of the draughtsman reproducing
them in ink, A simpler plan than the
above, however, is to brush over the
back of the paper containing the char
ooal or pencil sketch weak solution OF
while shellac in alcohol.