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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18
Strange Forms of Fungi.

A gentleman who recently had oc-
casion to explore the chambers, drifts
and caverns of the old deserted Ophir
and Mexican mines says fungi of every
imaginable kind have taken possession
OF the old levels. In these old mines,
undisturbed for years, is found a fungus
world in which are to be seen counter
feits Of almost everything seen in our
daylight world. Owing to the warmth
of old levels and to the presence in them
of certain amount of moisture the tim
bers have been made to grow some
curious crops. Some of the fungi in the
old chambers are several feet in height,
and being snow white, resemble sheeted
ghosts. In places are what at little
distance appear to be white owls, and
long beard, all as white as though carved
in the purest marble. The rank fungus
growth has almost closed some of the
drifts. The fungi are of almost every
imaginable variety of growth. Some
kinds hang down from the timber like
great punches of snow-white hair and
others are great pulpy masses. The last
generally rise from the rock forming the
floor Of the drifts and seem to have
grown from something dropped or spilled
on the ground at the time work was in
progress in these mines years ago
These growths have in several places
raised from the ground rocks weighing
from ten to fifty and even one hundred
pounds. Some of the rocks have thus
far been lifted over three feet from the
ground. In the higher levels, where the
air is comparatively dry, the fungi are
less massive in structure than below, and
are much frmer in texture. Some re-
semble rams horns, as they grow in a
spiral or twisted shape, while others,
four or five feet in length and about the
thickness of broom-handle, hang from
the cap timbers like so many snakes
suspended by the tails. One kind, after
sending out a stem of the thickness of
apencil, to the length of foot or two,
appears to blossom at least produces at
the end dubious mass that has some
resemblance to flower. In all the in
finite variety of these underground fungi
it is somewhat strange that not one was
seen at all like those growing upon the
surface in the light of day. Nothing in
the nature of toadstools or mushrooms
was found.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18
DevOtees Enjoying Exquisite Pain.

In one of the bazaars, says a letter
from India, we saw some fakirs and dew
otees. One of these remarkable fellows
had vowed to lie upon a bed of upright
nails for twenty-six years, and of these
he had accomplished sixteen when we
saw him. His body was attenuated and
full of sores resembling leprous spots.
We asked him for one of the nails which
pierced his miserable body. He took
one from the foot of the bed, refusing in
every instance to part with any of those
which gave him the most exquisite pain.
Another miserable devotee was holding
a flower pot at arms length. Judge of
my surprise when he told me he had
held it there for five years. Another
stood with arm uplifted, and no power to
lower it or move muscle, the member
being dried, stiff, and dead, while the
long finger-nails, like birds claws, pen
etrated the flesh on his wrist. All of
these fellows looked mouldy and sad.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18

new play, has taken New York by
storm. This fantastic comedy
called so by the author, "and that set
ties it lis really the first marked sue
cess In New York this season, and the
people are reserving their seats month
ahead. Such is the novelty of success i!
One OF the most notable and steady
successes of the present season is Gus
Williams. Whenever he gives his
" German Senator" it is, like a political
convention, crowded with anxious ones.
Chairs are never allowed in the aisles
Of McVicker's Theater, Chicago. Over
crowding place of amusement is an
imposition on its regular patrons.
"One Hundred Wives is in full tide
of success at Booths Theater, New York.
"Hazel Kirke" has entered upon its
second year at the Madison Square The
ate, New York, and crowded audiences
arerfound whenever the charming drama
is presented,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18
Sutherland Saved hH America.

DR.. st. John Rosa, of New York, sends
the following letter to the London Spec
tdtor: Gin your suggestive article upon
American Prosperity you state that
there is legend current, which we
have never been able to trace fully, that
America once interviewed in the most de-
cided way to save Switzerland from an
invasion. If you will allow, I think I
can assist you to fully trace out this bit
of history. You probably refer to the
Intervention of our Minister, Mr.. Theo-
dore S. Fay, in the matter of the dispute
between Prussia and Switzerland in re-
gard to Neuchatel. Mr.. Fay did inter-
fere most decidedly in this question,
and his entreaties, made personally to
the Prussian King, the brother of the
present Emperor, probably stopped the
German soldiers just as they were about
to cross the frontier. Mr.. Fay sought
and obtained an interview with King
Frederick William, which was untram-
meled by the presence of any kind of
official. The long residence of our Min
lister at the Prussian Court had given
him great opportunities of knowing the
estimable private character of the mon
arch, and, when he was closeted with
him, he appealed to him simply as to a
Christian man vested with great power,
aud that appeal was regarded. How far
Mr.. Fay may have been instructed by
President Buchanan's administration to
undertake this mission / cannot say, but
I do know that the kindly hearted in
tervention was cordially approved by
our State Department.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18
The Square Man.

The square man mezzures the same
each way, and haint got no winny edges
nor shaky lumber in him. He is free
from knots and sap, and won't warp.
He is klear stuff, and don't care what
WI work him up into, he won't swell and
he won't shrink. He IL amongst men
what good xii dried boards are among
carpenters, he won't season krack. 1t
don't make any difference which side NV
him yu cum up to, he is the same big
ness each way, and the only way tew
get at him, emmy how, IL to face him.
He knows he il square, and never
spends emmy time trieing to prove it.
The square man is one of the best
shaped men the world has ever produced.
He IL one of them kind ov chunks that
kant alter few fit spot, but you must
alter the spot to fit him.-Jo8h Billings.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18
Breathe ThrOugh the Nose.

In cold weather the roundabout course
of the air through the narrow nostrils
warns it somewhat before it strikes the
larynx (the vocal box), whose SURPRISING
delicacy of construction renders it ecul-
iarlyss liable to harm. Many a case of
infamed tonsils, larynx. or lungs, is due
to breathing through the mouth and not
through the nose.
The best medical authorities now as
sure us that the serious harm which SO
often results from nasal catarrh is
caused, not by any "dropping of dis
eased mucus from the head, but by the
simple fact that, the nasal passages be-
ing swollen and partially. closed, the
person breathes only through themouth.
Wherever the air is loaded with infec-
tion-in sick-rooms; in the open air,
during the prevalence of epidemics in
malarial districts, especially at night,
when the system is especially liable to
be infected In the cars and all crowded
gatherings, for we never know when
there are infected parties present-the
rule should be observed, to breathe
through the nose. Persons who do are
less likely to take disease. The morbid
particles are quite likely to lodge on the
moist sides of the nasal passages, and
thence to be washed out.
When the air is loaded with dust
when sweeping rooms, beating carpets,
sitting ashes, shoveling coal, facing
clouds of dust in the streets, filing iron
and other metals as business, and
working in various kinds of mills-it is
exceedingly important that the rule be
observed.
One should train himself to sleep with
closed mouth. For this purpose, he
should avoid lying on his back, in which
posture the mouth is much more likely
to open than in any other position of the
body. The danger is increased by the
mouth becoming dry, and thus less
able to arrest the particles of dust or
any floating n1iasms. - Youths Conpara-
ion,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18
SPOON. s. D.

Fudge was late the other evening COM
ing home He opened the door with
marvellous delicacy, and chuckled as he
took off his shoes and walked noiselessly
up stairs. His wife met him at the top
of the stairs. Archibald, where have
you been?' she said, holding up can
die that he might see the fixed express
sion of her face. Archibald trembled;
and then an idea struck him. "My
love, I did not intend to tell you until to-
morrow, as it distressed me to think OF
disturbing you. You know the mining
stock that you advised me to buy?"
Eyes" "Well, it has doubled in value,
and ! thought perhaps you might like to
buy new dress with the profit" My
love, you will catch your death of cold
standing on the stairs Come up at once
and tell me all about it" Nobody but
Fudge knows that the entry on the
"profit and loss" side of SOON. S.
d." means Mining Stock Dress. p
Philadelphia SIN.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18
BITS OF INFORMATION.

ONE cubic foot of water measures
II gallons.
WOOD will furnish, when properly
burned, 16 per cent. of coal.
SENATORS and Representatives each
receive an annual compensation Of
$1,000.
KNIVES were the earliest branch of
cutlery, and were first manufactured in
England in 1868.
PLINY tells US D@dalus invented the
saw. The earliest saw-mill of which we
have record was built in Madeira In
1920.
In England and in the United States
there are 43, 564 square feet to the acre.
In Germany there are about 28,316
square feet to the acre.
The first historical appearance Of gyp-
sizes was found $50 years ago, or there
abouts, in the City of Luneburg, on the
Elbe. They came from Egypt.
BLACK is not the only color worn in
mourning. In China and Siam white is
worn, and white was also the color Of
mourning among the ancient Romans.
THE greatest number of vessels of war
at any time in the service of Congress,
during the Revolutionary war, was
twenty-five. Our little navy captured
over 800 vessels during 1776-'77.
THE Gregorian calendar was adopted
by Germany in 100, and by English
law in 1852, when the Julian calendar
gave place to the new style, by dropping
eleven days from the month of Septem-
Der, that year.
AFTER the restoration of Charles H.,
of England, that King had the mean
ness to order the bodies of Cromwell,
Bradshaw and Ireton to be dragged out
of their tombs, and hanged upon the
gallows at Tyburn.
THE first income tax was passed by
Congress July 1, 1862, and took effect in
the year 1863. It taxed all incomes over
5000 and under $4,000, at the rate OF
3 per cent, and On all over $4,000 it
levied tax of per cent. By an act of
March 3, 1866, the income-tax law was
amended so as to increase the 3-per- cent.
tax to 5 per cent, and the 5-per-cent.
tax on incomes over $40, 900 was changed
to a 1O-per-cent. tax upon the excess
over $4,000 income, the exemption of
$500 remaining the same. The act was
further amended March 2, 1867, SO as to
increase the exemption, then standing
at 5000, UP to 81, 900. At the same time,
all discrimination as to the taxing of
large incomes higher rate was abol-
ished, and the tax fixed at 5 per cent.
on all incomes over 81 900. The act also
contained limitation or proviso that
the taxes on incomes should be levied
and collected until, and including, the
year 1870, and no longer. The tax was
renewed for one year by act of July IA,
1870, the rate at the same time being re-
duced to % per cent, and the exemption
increased to $4,000 The bill repeating
all income tax passed the Senate Jan.
26. 1871. and the House March 8.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18
The Distress of a Son.

A dog rushed out of yard ON Gal
weston avenue and bit an elderly lady.
She was taken home in hack, and in
about ten minutes her son, big, stout
six-footer, put in an appearance and
wanted to see the owner of the dog, who
expected that killing would be the least
that would happen to him.
"Your brute of dog has bit my poor,
aged mother, who is weak and feeble.
She is 80 years old, and the sons eyes
filed with tears.
81 am very sorry" said the owner of
the dog, feeling very uncomfortable.
eff you are sorry, how do you sup
pose I feel 2" and he buried his face ID
his hands. eff she dies, who have I
got left in this cold, cold world to saw
and split that cord of oak frewood I
bought yesterday-and oak is SO hard to
split with dull ak, and the strong
man shook all over with suppressed emo
ton Galveston Ne1Us,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18

TO despair Of ever seeing her, she trotted
into the house with the explanation
"Good gracious what you frightened
about? I've only been to the bank to
get the money for my check.
Another little girl being lost in Broad
way was found by a gentleman who took
her into toy store, bought her some
toys, and asked the proprietor to keep
her there awhile, at least until ne could
hand her over to some policeman.
He himself had no time to wait, as he
was obliged to catch train, and thinking
of his own little ones at home he was
anxious for the child's safety. The little
girl was well contented, and after while
her mother, accompanied by policeman,
and in tears, was seen to pass the win
dow. "That's my mamma" said the
child. The proprietor of the store ran
after the lady, and Miss Kitty was taken
home in safety.
Shortly after this Kitty saw little
girl in the street crying. She stopped
and asked her, "What's the matter?"
g Oh, I'm lost I'm lost sobbed the
child. "Oh, no matter" said Kitty,
airily; you'll get taken to store, and
have toys. Don't you cry. Your NAM
ma will do crying enough for boff. -
Nea0 York Ledger.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18

I heard the cunningest little story of a
little girl the other day. It is perfectly
true, and exactly what Dolly Dimple
might have done. The little girl wanted
great many things, amongst others o
new doll She had broken hers soon af-
ter Christmas, and to teach her to be
careful her mother had said 81 will not
buy YOU a new one until your birthday. :"
But the birthday was very far off, and
sissy thought she knew better way.
She had been with her auntie to the
bank, and one day she put on her little
hat opened the street door, and slipped
softly out, with little slip of paper in
her hand on which she had scrubbed
three or four queer little marks with a
lead pencil. There were two banks near
by, and to one she went as fast as her
little feet could carry her. An old man
was sweeping off the steps.
s'Is this my auntie's bank? 2" asked
little sissy.
cts no place for children" said the
old man; ego home"
She trotted away, and asked an old
apple woman on the corner where the
pointed one out, and sissy made her way
in. went up to the cashiers desk, and
poked up toward his window the bit Of
scribbled paper.
"What's this?" asked the cashier.
peepiuGout.
"My check, +" said sissy.
"Oh!" said the cashier. "Who are
you?"
I'm Sissy" the little girl replied.
81 must have some money, and I've
come to get it out of the bank. That's
my check"
The cashier was very good-natured
man, and he took some money from his
pocket and gave it to the child, who took
it and went at once to toy store, where
she invested her money in q doll and
just as her terrified relatives had begun
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18
MOTHERS soYs.

Yes, I know there are stains on my carpet,
The traces Of small muddy boots;
And see your fair tapestry glowing,
All spotless with blossoms and fruits
And know that my walls are disfgllred
With prints Of sm all fingers and hands;
And that your own household most truly
All fresh in its purity stands.
And know that my parlor is Uttered
" it'll many old treasures and toys;
While your own is IN daIntiest order,
Unframed By the presence OF boys
And ] know that my room IS invaded
Quite boldly all hours Of the day;
While you sit in your own unmolestsd
And cream the soft quiet away
Yes, know there are four little bedsides
Where must stand watchful each night;
While you go out in your carriage,
And fash In your dresses so bright
Now, think I'm a neat little woman;
like my house orderly, too;
And I'm fond Of all dainty belongings;
Yet would not change places with you'll
No keep your fair nome with its order
Its freedom from bother and noise
And keep your own faneiful leisure;
1 But give me my four splendid boysl
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18
Dramatic Notes.

The most notable season of opera in
Chicago, judged from purely-musical
and artistic standpoint, will be that Civ
en- by De Beauplan's French Opera
Company, which opens at McVicker's
Theater on the 21st of March. An opera
company which can please the musical
city of New Orleans for four months,
with the standard works of the great
masters, must possess merit worthy
attention.
1t is the intention of NJ. De Beauplan
to make French opera an Institution in
this country, and for this purpose he
has selected New Orleans, Chicago,
New York and Boston as the most critl-
cal cities to test the merits of his COM
pany. New Orleans has Endorsed the
enterprise after a long season, and Chi
cago will be appealed to next to pass
Judgment on its merits.
''Fresh, the American" Raymond's
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18

A COLUMBUS merchant suspected the
boy of stealing, and set small mink
trap in the money-drawer to catch him.
In about thirty minutes he forgot all
about it, ran to the drawer In great
haste, thrust in his hand, and walled,
and walled, and walled, to the intense
delight Of the boy. Moral: Virtue is
its own reward,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18
OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
sPELlrNa IN THE NuRxERY.

"G-u-n,n said Grace 10 Willie;
What does that spell % 6 don't know, .
He is three and she is seven.
g Rooster! Boy Stick % Each time
Oracle shook her curly head.
faint conumdrums | am giving
But lesson word instead.
When little boy shoots
AT a rabbit, what goes off ~
Oracle said. her face in study,
As she quelIed little cough,
Thinking he would surely guess it,
g You're 50 stupid I'm quite hoarse
Talking to you g What goes off Z
Why, the rabbit does, of course"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18

AT Stuttgart, a student in love with a
very pretty girl had repeatedly written
to her parents for their consent to mar
riage. Receiving no reply, he poisoned
himself at the girls lodgings. The next
day came letter with the parents con-
sent At the funeral the girl swallowed
poison, and fell lifeless into the arms of
che of the choristers singing at the
grave.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18
He Took the Pot.

A well-known citizen of Genoa was
convivializing with two professional
sporting gentlemen at Winston's bar.
when one of the latter proposed game
of cards, which was accepted by the
two others. The party was soon in a So
limit game of poker. For while the
Genoese played in excellent luck, when
the proposition was made to play with
out limit, which was also unanimously
agreed upon. The two sporting men
had entered into contract to fleece the
countryman, and they dealt him four
jacks, the deRler took four queens an9
the third received four aces. The man
from Genoa, believing that the game
was on the square, Clipped 500; the
"ace man "saw him" and "raised !"
another 800; the dealer "saw" that
and "raised" it $3.50. At this iuncture
of the game the Genoese, whose credit is
A 1, sent down to the office of the hotel
for $500, which was at once brought to
him. At length "show" of cards was
called for, and, as the sports did not
want to impress their victim with the
idea that they were playing him falsely,
only the man with the queens produced
his hand. No sooner was this done than
the victim, presumably knowing what
he was about, whipped out revolver
and struck the dealer over the head with
it, knocking him senseless. Then he
went after the man who held the four
aces, and in tones of thunder inquired :
"What have you got? Show up! r
"O-h, oh, replied he, "I amt got
nothing; was only blufing that's all. !"
With that the countryman picked up
all the money on the table and walked
off with it.-Carson City Appeal.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18

"DowNY" way of putting it-Men are
geese, women are ducks, and birds of
feather flock together.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-18
USEFUL HINTS.

KEROSENE lamps which are trimmed
daily rarely explode.
WOODEN hose should be soaked all
night and washed in hot suds with beef's
gall, tablespoonful to half a pail of
water. Iron on the wrong side.
MIRRORS should never be hung where
the sun shines directly upon them. They
soon look misty, grow rough and granu-
lated, and no longer give back correct
picture. The amalgam, or union of tin
foil with mercury, which is spread on
glass to form looking-glass, is easily
ruined, by the direct, continued exposure
to the solar rays.
By saving all the seams and hens and
coarse pieces of cloth that are not suita-
BILE for rag carpet, when one is making
one, and braiding and sewing together,
a nice rug can be made. The rags are
prepared the same as for carpet and
knit on wooden needles about as large
as lead pencil, eight or ten inches long;
knit square center, and knit stripes of
various colors, and sew around it until
it is as large as you wish.
FEATHER pillows can be cleaned and
purified without removing the feathers,
by taking the pillows, laying them in
bathtub, scrubbing them with a scrub
bing- brush dipped in solution of two
tablespoonful of ammonia to half a
pail of warm water and rinse them thor
oughly. Lay them out on the grass to
dry, turning them frequently, and at
the last pin them to the line for num-
Der Of days, and, when quite dry, beat
them with rod This is to disentangle
and tighten the feathers.
THE fine polish given stoves by those
skilled in the art is produced as follows:
Have thin mixture of black varnish
and turpentine apply this with paint
or varnish brush to portion of the
stove, then with cloth dust this over
with pulverized British luster or stove
polish then rub with dry brush. The
stove must be perfectly cold. The stove
dealers buy the pulverized stove polish,
which is carburet OF iron, in twenty-fv
pound packages. The process conduct
ed in this manner is quite brief, but
gives beautiful results.
In order to preserve the hands soft
and white, they should always be washed
in warm water, with fine soap, and care
fully dried with a moderately
towel, being well rubbed every time to
insure brisk circulation, than which
nothing can be more effectual in pro-
noting transparent and soft surface.
If engaged in any accidental pursuit
which may hurt the color of the hands,
or if they have been exposed to the sun,
little lemon juice will restore their
whiteness for the time, and lemon soap
is proper to wash them with. Almond
paste is of essential service in preserving
the delicacy of the hands. The follow
ing is a serviceable pomade for rubbing
the hands on retiring to rest Take two
ounces of sweet almonds; beat with
three drachms of white wax and three
drachms of spermaceti put up carefully
in rose-water. Gloves should be always
worn ON exposure to the atmosphere.