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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-05-13
How to Behave at a Party.

/ remember that when / was quite
young going to party was nearly as
much a trial to me as pleasure. Being
difident, dreaded entering the room,
and encountering the eyes of the people
already assembled there; and once fairly
in, / was overshadowed all the evening
by the dreadful necessity of, by -and-by,
retiring. Besides, I felt q sense of re-
Sponsibility which was very oppressive,
and was so afraid of not doing or saying
what was expected of me that / moved
and acted awkwardly, and no doubt
looked perfectly miserable.
Perhaps some Of you may have had
experiences similar to mine. Now let me
tell you that / have lived to laugh at my
foolish shyness, and to be very sorry fol-
boys and girls who suffer from the same
thing. When you are invited to a com
pany, the first thing in order is to reply
to the invitation. This is polite, whether
you accept or decline, and it is inper0-
the if you decline. Send your answer
as soon as possible, in some such simple
phrase as this: Z" Harold, or Florence,
thanks Mrs. for her kind invitation
fol. Thursday evening, and accepts it
with pleasure" or "declines it with real
regret, as the case may be. Arrived at
your friends house, you will be directed
to the proper place for the removal of
your wraps, and the arrangement of
your toilet, and then you. have only to
proceed to the parlor, where your hostess
will relieve you from embarrassment by
meeting you at once. She is, Of course,
the first person whom you are to greet.
Having spoken to her, you are at liberty
to fnd other friends. Do not think that
people are looking at you, or noticing
your dress or your looks They are do
ing nothing ofthe kind. Engage heartily
in whatever amusement is provided for
the. occasion, but do not put yourself
needlessly forward IF spoken to, reply
modestly but intelligently, even though
for the moment there may be a hush in
the room. If you really wish to enjoy
yourself, seek out somebody who seems
to be more of stranger than yourself,
and try to do something for his or her
pleasure. Forget that you are not ac-
quainted with everybody, and remember
that it is your duty to help your hostess
in making her party q success. Should
your greatest enemy be present, you
must, of course, be perfectly civil and
agreeable in your manner to him, for in
your friends house you are both under
a flag of truce.
When you say good night to your en-
tertainers, be sure to thank them for the
pleasure you have had Donot stay too
late, but avoid being the first to go; or
if you must leave early, do it as quietly
as possible, lest your withdrawal should
be the signal for others to leave, thus
breaking up the party too soon.-Har-
per''s Young People. b4 p
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-05-13
The Old Calling Homestead.

A Murfreesboro, Tenn, correspondent
of the Buffalo Courier, who has been
visiting the old Gatling homestead, in
that vicinity, writes: Entering the
Doctors light carriage, we crossed the
river and passed into the dense pine and
cypress forests with which two-thirds of
the section is covered. In q drive of five
miles we only passed one house, and the
road for nearly the entire distance pass
ing through virgin forests, the trees of
which, in many cases and sometimes for
long distances, met over our heads. The
country being flat and the road often
forming straight line for a mile or
more, the view through these narrow av-
enues, lined by dense forests, was very
striking and novel. As we approached
our destination we turned into q private
road and soon came in view of the
Gatling homestead, which, aside from
three or four hundred acres of clearing
Immediately around the dwelling, is
surrounded by heavy timbered forests,
extending many miles in either direc-
ton, broken only by an occasional small
plantation. The present dwelling is a
two-story frame building about 15x30,
with ones story rear extension, painted
white. 1t is surrounded by a beautiful,
well kept double yard, in which are
great number and variety of fine trees.
among them straight-growing juniper,
the maple, cedar, pine, and elm. In the
side yard is the original Calling mansion,
a log structure about 12x15, with mud
chimney, built, as all chimneys in the
South are, on the outside at the gable
end. This house, which is now used as
kitchen, was built about the beginning
of the present century, by Jordon Cat
ling, the father of Richard, the inventor.
and it was in this small structure that
the latter was born and raised.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-05-13
Broad Wagon Tires.

eve have often wondered" remarks
the Chicago Tribune, "wlly people per-
sist in the use of narrow wagon tires In
any section of country where the roadE
are of clay and mud. Common sense
should teach men that the narrower the
tire the deeper the wheel will sink down
in the mud. The prevailing width of
road-wagon tires is one and three-fourths
to two inches, when they should be at
least double that If the tire were four
inches wide, the wagon would not sink
one quarter as deep In soft roads, and
those terrible ruts seen In wet weather
would not exist. Broad tires have the
effect of smoothing and improving clay
roads. The surface of roads will stand
a certain amount of pressure, but the
narrow tire of a loaded wagon cuts
through it like knife whereas a broad
tire four to five inches wide would roll it
without sinking. We find the following
on this subject in the Dowagiac Mich
Republican: a s
"'The wide-tire wagon is coming into
general use In this vicinity. Those who
have purchased this style of wagon could
not be induced to go back to the old.
The philosophy of this is readily OBJ
served. The broad tire does not cut
through, either in mud or sand, thus
making the draught much lighter be-
side this the roads are not cut up, but,
to the contrary, the broad tire presses
down the Jumps and leaves smooth
track, thus lettering the roads, the adj
vantage of which is easily understood.
Many farmers and transfers are having
their wheels fixed over with broad
tire, which is done at a small cost, while
hardly new wagon is made here of the
old style. It is hoped that the broad
tire will be generally adopted, and that
none will purchase a wagon without
first considering the benefits arising
from using this style. The tire which
seems to meet with general favor is three
and half inches wide.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-05-13
xAt Home, Informally.o

The hours of the higher society are as
early as London hours can be. The ar
rivals begin about 9 o'clock, and the
house is usually empty again by mid
night. Tea is offered In the dressing
room, or the simplest of refreshments
always including that cheering brew
stand in one of the reception rooms dur
ing the evening. Full dress is exoep-
tional, though not inappropriate. Mem
bers of Parliament always the most
eminent of that Uonvocation) drop in in
morning suits. If the guests are going
elsewhere later in the evening, they are
in grand toilet. Otherwise the ladies
wear pretty home dress, and the gen.
tlemen frock coats if they prefer. In this
friendly atmosphere minds sit at ease,
and the general talk is finer, probably,
than anywhere else where English is
spoken. a
This phase of social life In London is
the highest reach Of the civilization of
ages. It has been eonipassed by men
and women of breeding and CULTURE, who
were tired the weary and unrewarding
round of fashionable pleasures. But in
an old and rich community, fed on ira
dition and bound in by precedent, to set
up higher social standard than that OF
rank or wealth was hard task, and pos
sible only to a few strong and capable
spirits.
| What had been done with difficulty in
| London, however, ought to be easily ac-
complished in our American cities; for
here there Is not only no recognized and
fixed circle which is conceded to be $50
ciety," not to know which Is to be known,
but the material of delighted social
life goes to waste ON every hand. Intel
ligent and well-bred Americans are an
interesting race, being clear-sighted, APP
preciative, and often original, with q
racy sense of ,humor, and keen eye for
character. They need only the social
habit to be socially successful.
But Americans are, and must remain,
nation of workers, and as rule, the
brightest are the busiest. These toilers
/ of the day will not trick themselves out
at night for inane routine of merely
fashionable receptions; therefore they
stay at home habitually, to their own
loss. and that of their fellows. But if a
few women of social credit and social
power would open their houses once q
week for a reception without cost, where
dress should be held of no consequence,
and to which it should be understood
that the gift of being agreeable was the
only passport, these perpetual absentees
might be reclaimed, and in time real
social life be evolved. ;.s,
Philosophy assures us that the sun
himself would give no more light than q
football were be without an atmosphere.
What is needed in all our cities is an at
mosphere iii which those luminous bodies
which are opaque and dull in the or
binary drawing groom, or refuse to keel
their motions in that sphere, shall bt
able to diffuse life-giying warmth an(
| 1iolt RO1O7s
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-05-13
Self Control.

In some people passion and emotion
are never checked, but allowed to burst
out In a blaze whenever they come
Others suppress them by main force,
and preserve a callous exterior when
there are raging fires within. Others
are never excited over anything. Some
govern themselves on some subjects,
but not on Others. Very much can be
done by culture to give the will control
over the felings. One of the very best
means of culture is the persistent with
drawing of the mind from the subject
which produces, the emotion, and con-
centrating it elsewhere. The man or
woman who persistently permits the
mind to dwell on disagreeable themes
only spites him or herself. Children, Of
course, have less self control, and SO par
ents and teachers must help them to
turn their attention from that which ex-
cites them to something else; but
adults, when they act like children,
ought to be ashamed of themselves. The
value of sef control as hygienic agent
is very great 1t prevents the great
waste Of vitality in feeling, emotion
and passion. It helps to give one a
mastery over pain and distress, rather
than it mastery over us.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-05-13
An American Sunday.

It is useless to try and maintain q
Puritan Sunday on the statute books,
because the State House is no longer
the servitor of the church member, but
of the vote. Sunday must stand or fall
upon its own merits. It will die out
from our civilization exactly IN proper
ton as Christianity does and this ma
ton would never consent to keep it as a
monument of the dead. We shall prob
ably have in the near future neither a
Puritan nor a Continental Sunday, but
an American one. The American one
viii undoubtedly follow the old maxim
that !" the Sabbath was made for man
and not man forthe Sabbath, Boston
Advertiser.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-05-13

of the bombs he was holding in his
hand. These bombs are of a spherical
or ellpsoidal form. In the first shape
they are covered all over with caps /; in
the other, the basis of the shell being
heavier than the other parts. the pro.
jectlle thrown In the air always falls on
the same end where the caps are and
the explosion takes place.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-05-13
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES.
on Presentina a Ranpled Rtnr

On Presenting a Bangled Ring.
This dainty thing
Thou caIl'st ring
Hath linked to it q spangls,
On which, in gold,
Thou may'st behold
My mongranlic tangls.
This pretty charm
Can never harm
Fair maiden. Yea, swear IL
While /, not bold,
Beg'st TO unfold
A hope shat thou may'st wear IL
Sweet maiden rare,
Heed'st thou my prayer
Nay, but moment finger?
Seel now place,
With knightiy grace,
The token on thy finger.
Initials Inine
On hand divine
List when the ring is tangled
For lol it tells
In Joyous knells
OF one true heart sntangled
n. c.. Dodge.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-05-13

believed, contained his share of the
spoil, safely upon his back. and they
both proceeded on toward their destins,-
ton. When nearing the latter they sud
denly paused at a corner, and the one
whispered to the other, IN nervous
voice, II say, Bill, which way will we
turn now ?'' "Doon the Drygate r
shouted the carter from his hiding place;
and no sooner were the words uttered
than both students dropped their loads
and bolted homeward, thoroughly believ-
ing that. one OF. the other of the Gorpses
had suddenly become resuscitated.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-05-13
r1rE AMATEUR TENOR.

They're parted in the middle
His locks Of auburn hue,
A bland smile on his visage,
And eyes Of wat'ry blue,
Who'd think so mild creature
Could ever cause alright,
And that, like birds Of evil,
He'd DO a "plague by night7"
get women brave will shudder,
And strong, firm men will quail,
When he is seelI approaching
In gloves and swallow-tail,
With scores of mildest ballads
Wrapped in a dainty roll,
at sight Of which an anguish
Sinks into every soul.
ne sings the Maid Of Athens"
And songs about the moon,
With improvised additions
Which are not in the tune.
He loves "the sentimental"
sings Abt and Claribel;
His high notes have q terror
Worse than an Indians yell.
Would that pneumonia's clutcheiI,
Or diphtheretic cough,
Would seize his vocal muscles,
And kindly shut him of.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-05-13
-AafEs. Checkers is the oldest gam

GAMES. Checkers is the oldest game
in history-1,000 years. - Exchange.
This is a mistake. Pharaoh existed at a
much earlier date. - Syracuse Stan
dard. Poker is still in order. Invented
by Tubal Cain. IL Neao York CONNER
ciaL Advertiser. Freeze-out holds the
age. It was played in Paradise. -
[ Globe. You're wrong, old man. Adam
played solitaire before EYES advent
Lynn Bee,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-05-13
The Orsini Bomb.

Alexander II. was killed by Orsini
bombs. These destructive shells are
very dangerous, not only on account of
the quantity of fragments they scatter
about on exploding, but also on account
of their special construction, which rem
ders them explosible at the least shock.
At the time Of Orsini's attempt against
the life of Napoleon III, one of the con
spirators had his arm blown off by one
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-05-13

a POLICE COURT is a very accommo-
dating place to transact business. If
you haven't the money to pay cash the
Judge generally gives you time.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-05-13
A Canadian Idea.

A President Of the United States
really has very cheap living. The
salary is supposed to be used, not for
the purpose of saving something from it,
but as fairly liberal fund for making
the social doings Of the White House re-
spectacle in the eyes of his own people
and in those of foreign representatives.
Porter house steaks are furnished at the
rate at which the whole animal is sold on
the hoof to the army Vegetables,
flowers, and hundred other articles of
family use are given to President of
the United States, so that he may devote
his salary to rather liberal purposes
Toronto IsLeordna.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-05-13

THE desire for ownership, for develop
ment, for power, is a good and useful
one; but, to make it a thoroughly
wholesome force in human life, it needs
to be blended with a sense Of depend
ence upon and trust in others.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-08-07

ALTHOUGH the daily telegraphic re- ports of the Presidents health are most encouraging, there Is growing feeling that the Chief Executive is in a very critical condition. It is one month since the dastardly attempt on Garfield's life was made, and after the first few days, when death seemed hourly immi- nent, life still held on, and fear gave place to hope, all expected, or, at least, hoped, that he would soon be able to perform his wonted duties. During the month that has passed the physicians have relaxed none of their care, and all that medical skill of the highest order and good nursing could do has been done to preserve his life and restore him to health. In spite of the daily reports of his improvement, he Is to-day a helpless invalid, and his tenure of life IS none too strong. There Is no certainty yet, though all patriotic citizens hope for the best that second President of the United States will not perish at the hands of an assassin
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-08-07

THE New York press is making it de- cidedly interesting for Senator Warner Miller. Unless he is thick-skinned he will wish he had left the abuse as well as the honors of the office to Conkling and Platt. The indiscriminate abuse of pub lie officials by a venal, partisan press is, next to the mania for shooting them, the most pernicious thing in American poli- ties. The low, degrading and menda- cious villifcation in which some mem bers of the press indulge to further per sOnal or political ends makes decent men blush and honorable journalists ashamed Of their profession. Bad as this prac- tice is today, it is not carried to the ex- tent it was in the early history of jour nalism before news, not opinions and diatribes, became the principal attrac- tion of q successful journal. This kind of thing is now largely left to the bats and the vampires Of journalism, a class who have no adequate idea of the re- responsibilities and privileges Of their po- sition, but shirk the former and abuse the latter.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-08-07
PIMA AGIkcY.
Tho New ABsnt Enfc-cing DEcipline Among the Indian Atating D-uiksl lness-Items Of h. terest Personal Mention.
PnA AeENc1, 4 T., August l.

PIMA AGENCY, Al T., August l.
 EDITOR CITIZEN: AIent Roswell C.. Wheeler, of Terre Haute, Indiana, as- stunned charge of the aget tcy July 1st. He has entered upon his dut les with the de- termination of breaking tp the wLiskey selling to Indians and thi famous liz win druuks Already two raids have been made upon the In hians since July l, by the Indian police lere. Ten days ago a number of Indian toliceIoen were G.t.-iled to tro over tO thd Sait River Res ervation, thirty miles dist bnt, for the pur- pose of arresting snmf Indians for drunkenness and diso1 ieriy conduct. They returned with r prisoners, who were sentenced to ten days hard labor by Agent Wheeler. TheiE time expired to-day, and when Agent Wheeler told them that he had no p4rsonal feeling against them, but arrested them for their own good, and that he feld very sorry for them, one of the prisoner stepped for ward and said, |" You sl lOuld not feel sorry for us, We did wrUn5 and deserved the punishment we hayd received. It will do us good. We fi3d we can work well, and We shall return to our fields with the determination of working them and will try to be good Indians" Clerk Huston, Chief of POlice Hopkins and Mir. Blair, accompanied by ten police man, made a raid on the Hlackwater vil- lage, this morning abDud daylight, and arrested If Indians, sOm4 for drunken ness and some for threats against the Indian police. They hbve been sen- fenced to hard labor Ind Indian police are brave mEe and under Captain May-i- chu are splendid pOlicemei.
 The new government building, two stories high, for the use bf agency em- ployes, Is nearly completed This IS prob ably the largest adobe building in the Territory, having If rooh hs. A large boarding school will be oIl lened here the 18th of September. Acf fommodations will be provided for 7J ndiaT The present agency Is now bEing lnged into boarding school builIing.
 Thc Gila is higher now u an 1t has been for years. The imnensu pCdy ai water which was in the Santa qruz valley is making its way down this river, causing the heavy rise.
 The Pimas are generally disposed to be quiet-except their penchaht for whisky and are now all busy wi Tn their crop Of melons. We have SuI Iday services here every Sunday, which are well at attended and good interest manifested by the Indians.
 The CITIzESsis a good paper and is a welcome visitor in this country.
 We have quite a settlene1t here now: Agent Wheeler Is shortly tOlbe joined by his wife and son. Clerk HuE EtOn, Dr. Pal mer, Farmer Hopkins, Reyl C. Fl. Cook, wife and five children, Tlacher Arm strong, wife, and Miss Fincll NIT. P. For back, wif> and three cliildlen, and NIT. Ring WadNn. at SacatOn, che mile dis tant, Captain W. H. H. Ha Iris and Ma i1rJ. D PittenhOuse at Swd detwater, five miles distant.
 We hope to keep the CTTt tZEN advised of all news of general interb rbst that may happen in this section.
 SE-CUR-wIE- EUlI NORT.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-08-07
THE CITIZEN. ENLARGED AND IMPROVED.

About a month and half ago this paper, as the public is well aware, bad the misfortune to have its office destroyed by fire. That misfortune made it neces- sary to purchase an entire new outfit of type and presses, which, owing to our far remove from commercial centers, is attended with much delay. During the interim the CITIZEN has continued to appear regularly. though in diminutive size, and has met as far as 1t was prs- sible with our limited facilities the de- mands of our readers for local newspaper. It is a matter of congratu- lation that during our misfortune We have suffered no material loss of patron age, but We have had many kind words and proffeTs of assistance which have assured us of the good standing of the CITIZEN, not alone in this community, but throughout the Territory. And we take this occasion to return our thanks not only for kind deeds, but for kind words, which have gone far to enable us to appear as We do in this number en- larged and improved, rather than injured by what appeared few weeks ago as an irreparable loss.
 It had been our purpose to enlarge the CITIZEN to meet the demands made upon its columns, and in replacing our ,ffs.o ,-. l.,-r l,r,s, ..,, ,,-;-l 4t,o ,-;,,,- o largely increasing our facilities in every department
 With this issue the CITIZEN appears in a new dress, with measure widened, and the size of the paper increased to eight columns on page, enabling us to more fully meet the wants of our adver- tising patrons and at the same time keep pace with the growth of our enterprising city and more fitly represent its increas- mg-commercial importance.
 In increasing the size of our paper to almo metropolitan proportions we have shown our faith in the future of Tucson, and we hope We have not over-estimated the hberality of its citizens and business men and trust that we may receive that support which we shall endeavor to merit by publishing a frst-class news paper devoted to the interests of the whole city and Territory.
 This number of the paper is not what we hoped to make our first issue in en- larged form. A large Amount of mater ial intended for the pap5r has been de- layed ,by the washouts o ihe lire of the Atchison, Topeka and Sal gita Fe railroad. The uncertainty us to u l time of its ar- rival made it appear Jest to enlarge at once with what material we have on hand and supply the deficiencies when the balance of our new material arrives. This issue must not be taken as a sam- pie of what the paper will be, for we hope in few days to make further i'm which will add to its attrac- tivanass