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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-12-02
.Jinn,y,s Story.

My little boy Jimmy is years old,
and went to school for the first time last
summer. The school house is close to
the woods, and at noon the children
have nice time playing among the
trees. One afternoon Jimmy came run
ming into my room, where I sat tending
the baby. go, mother +" said he, 81
got to school just in time this morning."
"Well,' - said l, that is right; I like
to have my little boy always get to
school in time"
cob! said he, ST did not mean that.
I meant that I got to school just in time
to see that poor little squirrel"
What little squirrel ?" I asked.
81 will tell you. You know there is
a cistern near the school, where we get
water, and there is chain-pump in the
cistern. Well, little squirrel had run
into the nose of the pump, and, when
Arthur Mason came along, the squirrel
was frightened, and ran further in and
the first thing Arthur heard was splash
the poor little thing had fallen into
the cistern.
''Soon there was crowd of children
around the pump. In short time we
heard the chain rattle; the squirrel was
climbing up to the spout again. Up,
up, he came, and looked out through
the spout, but he saw so many little girls
and boys that he turned back. and down
he went again to the bottom of the cist-
ern. I think he felt very bad, don't you,
mother?"
"Yes, I think he did, but how did you
get him out, or did he die in the water?"
''No, he did not die. Pretty soon
the teacher came up and told all the
children to step back SO that the SOUR
rel could not see them if he came out.
Then she took piece of cake and laid
it in the spout"
In few minutes we heard the chain
moving. We all kept still, and by and
by out poked poor little wet nose and
two bright eyes. Then the teacher gave
a good smart rap on the back of the
pump and out ran the squirrel.
He was SO tired and wet and cold
that he could hardly walk. He went
slowly across the yard and climbed up
on the fence, and was sitting In the sun
when the bell rang. I was very Glad
that he got out of the cistern, and I hope
he is now up in the tree with the rest of
the squirrels, don't you?'
Yes, Jimmy" said I, ST hope he is;
and if you ever see any little animals
that have in any way got hurt don't
make them feel any worse than they do.
but try to help them all you can, for
God likes us to be kind to all the Great
ures He has made"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-12-02
Divorces in Different Countries.

AUsTRALIANS-Divor have never
been sanctioned in Australia.
JEws-In olden times the Jews had a.
discretionary power of divorcing their
wives.
JAvANs-If wife be dissatisfied she
can obtain divorce by paying a certain
sum.
THIBETANs- are seldom al
lowed, unless with the consent of both
parties-neither of whom can afterwards
remarry.
MooRs-If a wife does not become the
mother of boy, she may be divorced
with the consent of the tribe, and she
can marry again.
ABBYssINIANs-No form of marriage
is necessary. The connection may be
dissolved and renewed as often as the
parties think proper.
SIBERIANs-f a man be dissatisfied
with the most trifing set of his wife, he
tears the cap or veil from her head and
this constitutes divorce.
SOUTH SEA IsLANDs-The connection
hardly deserves the name Of marriage,
as it is dissolved whenever the husband
desires change.
CoREAN-The husband can divorce
his wife at pleasure and leave her the
charge of maintaining their children.
If she prove unfaithful he can put her
to death.
SIAMEsE-The first wife may be di-
vorced, but not sold as the others may
be. She then may claim the first, third,
and fifth child, and the alternate child
rem are yielded to the husband.
ARCTIC REGIoNs-When man de-
sire8 divorce, he leaves the house in
anger and does not return Tor several
days. The wife understands the hint,
packs her cloths and leaves.
COCHIN CHINEsE-If the parties choose
to separate, they break pair of chop
sticks or copper coin in the presence Of
witnesses, by which action the union Is
dissolved. The husband must restore
to the wife the property belonging to
her prior to her marriage.
AMERICAN INDIANs-Among some
tribes the pieces of stick given TO thG
witnesses of the marriage are burnt as 3
sign of divorce. Usually new connect
ions are formed without the old ones
being dissolved. A man never divorces
his wife if she has borne him sons.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-12-02
BITS OF INFORMATION.

/. THE tile of Gear was first applied to
Ivan Ill, 1882.
THE elephant was put upon the coins
of Caesar because that animal was called
Coezar in Mauritauria.
THE first college established IN Amer
lea was the Harvard College, IN 1888.
It received its name from the foGuder,
John Harvsrd.
THE term Quaker was first applied to
the sect IN derision. When George Fox,
tie founder, was brought before the
magistrate he told him to quake before
the word of the Lord.
ARMoR1AL bearings became hereditary
in families at the close OF the twelfth
century. They took their rise from the
knights painting their banners with dif-
ferent figures, and were employed by the
Crusaders to distinguish noblemen IN
battle.
THE finest emeralds come from South
America, principally Peru. The largest
and most perfect emerald in theworidis
said to be owned by Annie Louise Cary
1t weighs twenty-three carats, is set IN a
Roman gold band, studded with dia-
monds, and is valued at $4,000.
TRx Vice Presidents Of the United
States were as follows John Adams.
Thomas jefferson, Aaron Burr, George
Clinton, Elbridge Gerry, Daniel d.
Tomplins, John Caldwell Calhoun, Mar
lStin Van Buren,, Richard Mentor john
son, John Tyler, George Miffiis Dallas
Willard Fillmore, William Rufus King,
John Cabell Breckenridge, HaINibaL
Hamlin, Andrew johnson, Schuyler Col
fax, Henry Wilson, William A. Wheeler
and Chester A. Arthur.
TIE origin of the expression of "Hob-
sons choice" is as follows: Tobias
Hobson was the first man in England
who let out hackney horses. When
man came for a horse he was led into the
stable, where there was great choice,
but he obliged him to take the hor e.
which stood next to the stable door, soa
that every customer was alike welB
served, according to his chance. Hence
it became proverb, when what ought
to be your election was forced upon you,
to say, Hobson's choice"
PATTON says that "although the term
/ UAdo5 1lCNiuC4lb1J OCCuIS III Bblil6 1lOAA
the era of Job downward, there is no
indication that brass, as known in mod
ern times, was in use previous to the
period of the Roman empire" In Nc
Clintock and Strong's Encyclopedias" We
find the following: "Brass occurs In
the authorized version of The Old Eesta-
ment, but doubtless inaccurateIy, as
brass is q Fictitious metal, and the Rs-
brews were not acquainted with the CON-.
pound of copper and zinc known by that
name. In most places OF the Old Tesla
ment the correct translation would be
copper, although it may sometimes pos
sibly mean bronze, compound Of cop
per and tin, as in the Chaldee form used
by Daniel. Indeed, q simple metal was
obviously intended, rs we see from Deut-
viii, g., Out of whose hills thou may
est dig brass ; and Job. xviii, 2, Brass
is molten out of the stone : and Deut.
xxxiii., %, Thy shoes shall be iron and
brass, which seems to be promise that
Asher should have district rich In
mines, which we know to have been the
case, since. Etlsebius speaks of the
Christians being condemned to work in
them. Some such alloy as bronze is
probably also the metal denoted in tAe
| New Testament"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-12-02
The DISCHARGED Convict.

In places where they have conyicts
who serve out their sentences it really is
a puzzle to know what to do with them.
In the crude theory of the law they have
"paid the penalty" of their crime, and
have atoned to society for the injury
done. In the quite as crude theory of
the philanthropist they have reformed,
wholly or partially, and have parted with
the moral twist that made them Grimm
ais. Under either theory society ought
to start fresh with them; but society
does nothing Of the kind. Nor is society
much to be blamed. The fact that a
man has been found so dangerous to the
welfare of the community as to require
enforced seclusion is not an encouraging
one to those who are seeking honest,
faithful service. Philanthropy some
times says, "give the poor fellow a
chance" though self-interest says,
"better not risk it. And philanthropy
has so often been i'll repaid for giving
chances that self-interest is less inclined
than ever to risk it.
Yet something must be done with the
released prisoner. He must live, and
if he is not permitted to earn his living,
society must support him. There are
cases, no doubt-many of them, we fear
where the discharged convict, hon.
estly intending to lead better life, has
been prevented by the distrust of society
and the consequent liability to earn an
honest living.
A convict was released from Sing Sing
after serving a sentence OF fourteen
years. He left prison with S. in his
pocket, and when he reached New York
he had 81 left. He sought work at
various quarters, but everywhere the
story of his fourteen years imprison-
ment was against him. Nobody wanted
to employ discharged convict SO long
as other help could be procured. Fin
ally he went to the Office of the New
York Prison Association and asked for
relief. The agent knew him, and knew
that he was discharged convict, one of
the class for the relief of which the
association was organized. He had neg
lected, however, one of the preliminaries
He had not, while in prison, enrolled his
name as one of those who wished to be
helped at the expiration of his term.
He thought then that he would need no
help, being abled-bodied and having
good trade. He told the agent this and
told him also that he was starving. He
begged not to be sent away and that he
might be helped to the opportunity to
earn an honest living. But the agent
was powerless. The rule of the associa-
ton was infexible and so he was sent
away. The next day he forged check
and was arrested while trying to pass it.
He was promptly tried and convicted
and is now back in Sing Sing under
sentence for four years and six months.
It may be that there is no feasible
method of dealing with such cases but
unless it is absolutely certain, no effort
should be spared in devising one. The
present method is very costly to society
and quite as unsatisfactory from the
humane as from the pecuniary point of
view.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-12-02

farmer furrowed his swarded field,
And faltered sos for the day;
he felt from ehe north frost-wind blow,
And tho path Of the sun was gray,
And soe wheat-bird's whistle he heard from the
bough,
and he knew that the weevil oft followed the plow
He bent his lowly form to the task,
Believing his labor prayer;
30 he plodded the pace OF cheerful man,
Preparing his ground with care;
Whstled and ploddcd, then cast amain
FoE the harvest hour the seeding grain.
A farnne- sat in his cottage acor,
Seel3ing a nooa-tfde nap,
And the whitcBe1 Wheat across the yay
Waved os ere meadows lap;
With heavy heads in siumbering haze
1oe stalks bent down in the August dayz
Az the farmer dozed, he dreamed and smiled,
For bis acres waved on his eye;
And then the clinS Of the reapers he heard,
And his stacks and his mows sweIed high;
And over his cheek soft tear crept,
For the Joy he felt as he nodded and slept.
De woke, in the haze Of the hot afteFnooH,
In health was he bent to the snath,
And over the field the gayels stretched
In many winding path;
The vision he sss had hghtened his task,
And no learned Tat to pray we in labor should ash
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-12-02
What an English Viper Did.

A party of gentlemen were shooting
in the neighborhood Of Blackwood, near
Gellgroes, when valuable setter bitch
was bitten by a viper. The poor animal
almost Immediately showed symptoms
of the venemous bite of the viper in
fainting, sickness and occasional vomit-
ing. On the following day the keeper
visited the same spot, and discovered
the reptile basking on heap of stones,
and number of young vipers around
her. When he approached her, he could
plainly see the mother opening her
mouth and the young vipers crawling in.
When killed. eleven young ones made
their appearance, alive and active, and
of the same color as mackerel The
length of the viper was two feet six
inches, and the young vipers six inches
each. London Times.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-12-02
How doth the little busy bee
Improve each shining hourl
About Getting Up i'm the Morning

ABOUT GeCtAMK up IN the MOrn1nEs
There are two things that all the boys
and girls are fully agreed upon. One ia
that bedtime always comes too soon, and
the other, that Bridget rings the rising
bell shamef1lly early. Getting up in the
morning is great trial to many Of us.
We feel so rested and comfortable, and
yet SO uncommonly sleepy. It seems as
though our eyes would never come real
~ wide open. and as for dressing, it is
labor that is appalling. Oh for a good
fairy to touch us with her wand, and set
us, bright and resolute, right out into
the middle Of the morning.
The way to get up in the morning ia
just to do 1t promptly. The moment
you are called decide at once to rise.
Do not wait until mothers gentle voice
is tired, and Sister Lucy has determined
that she will not call you again, and
father comes to the foot of the stair and
calls, very seriously, William !" "Ebe-
nezer !" Rebecca T. and you feel that
you must rise in hurry. Do not put
off getting up until you can hardly take
time to match buttons and hooks, and
you cannot find which strings belong to
: each other, and suspenders snap, and
buttons fly off boots, and things are
generally crooked.
When first you rise, let your thoughts
go to God in thankfulness that you are
alive and well, and ready to begin an
other day. Then wash from head to
foot, with sponge and cold water, and
dry yourself with q rough crash towel,
or take rub with stiff fesh-brush. You
will feel quite warm and glowing after
this exercise, which is the better for
being rapidly performed. Dress SO
neatly and entirely, to the last touch of
shoe polish and the last flourish of the
hair-brush, that you need think no more
about your dress all day. Be sure to
attend to your teeth. They are good
servants, and have so much work to do
that they deserve to be carefully looked
after, not with irritating powders, but
with clean brush, pure water, and
occasionally dash of white CASTLE soap.
-Haper'8 Young People.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-12-02
R0sa and the Res:

Rosa once found in the grass bee
that some one had trodden on and hurt.
Not thinking that bees could sting, she
took it very gently in her hand and bore
it to her little chamber, where OH the
window sill stood vase of flowers.
Rosa placed the bee on sprig of
honeysuckle and left it. When she
came back the bee seemed much better,
Rosa got drop Of honey from the stores
foom; and placed it oh & leaf beside the
bee. The bee slipped of the honey.
"You dear little bee, you shall have a
name" said Rosa, "you shall be called
Buz-fuz."
Whether the bee understood what she
said, cannot say; but, strange to re.
late, he made his way on to her bare
arm and walked up and down as if he
liked it. Rosa kept very still, and al
last she let hin crawl back On to The
honeysi1ckle. He could not yet hy.
Rosa and Buz-fuz slept in the same
room that night, and when Rosa woke in
the morning whom should she see,
crawling up the side of her pillow, but
Buz-fnz. She kept quite still just to
see what he would do. He Lit on het
forehead and etaw1ed about Oh hsr face,
DIS if to say, "Good morning to you, :"
and then he few off to his vase.
Seeing that he was now strong and
well, Rosa opened the window, and by.
and-by, as the day grew warm, Buzz f1z
few off and Rosa thought she would
never see him again.
But the next day the weather was very
pleasant, Rosa went into the afbot
whefe the w6odbine grew, and as she
stood there holding her straw hat in one
hand and bunch of flowers in the 9TH
er, who should come buzzing up but her
friend Buz-fuz. She knew it was he.
But first he lighted on nosegay she
held, then he crawled up her arm, and
then few round and round her head as
If to salute her.
Rosa was much pleased. "f see that
even bees can be grateful" thought she,
and she there and then made up hef
mind that kindness was generally the
best rule, even toward insects. She can
now repeat by heart the poem, begin.
ming:
How doth the little busy bee
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-12-02
Where Pearls are Found.

They are found from Texas to Ohio
st. Clair County, ILL.,, and Rutherford
County, Tenn. are good places for them,
but the largest ever found on the con-
tinent was near Salem, N. J., number
of years ago. 1t was about an inch across
and it sold in Paris for 81, 900. Most Of
them are very araall and sell in lots for
small sums, but one large one pays for
the time Along the Ohio river all the
boatmen and fishermen are in the bust
ness, especially boys They wade along
the flats and scoop up the unios with
their hands, while others have regular
arrangements for hauling them up by
the quantity. The best are perfectly
round and white, with rich orient. The
next shape is the pear. Some are per-
feet all but one side, and this can be con-
cealed in the setting.
Small pearls for use in onyx need not
be perfect, as they are half hi lden in the
setting, SO the imperfect ones have q
value as well. The best pearls the
round ones, are those found in the man
tie of the animal. You see, the pearl,
either in fresh or salt water, is merely
the result of the animals attempt to pro-
tect itself
The great naturalist Linn@us thought
he had discovered plan to cause pearls
to grow, which was to initiate the par
| asites already mentioned. The pearl
mussels were taken from the water and
the shells bored, then placed back and
left for four or five years The Swedish
government paid him 81, 800 for the idea,
but it did not prove "a success. The
| Chinese have done well with the pearl
oyster. They sprinkle sand over the
beds when the oysters or mussels are
open, and also put little images in the
shells that soon become coated with a
pearly luster. These can be seen at the
Central Park Museum. In Japan a
similar plan is adopted with the unio-
hyria.
1t would be hard to deceive o dealer,
but spurious pearls are made so skill
fully that it is extremely difficult to tell
them. For years bogus pearl manu-
factory was carried on at Murano, lit
tie town near Venice. The forms were
made of glass, while the iridescenee or
orient was produced by quicksilver but
they were chiefly used as beads for the
peasantry. Finally, the French took up
the business, and noticing the richness
of fishes scales, they used them to pro-
duce the luster, and with great success.
The dace and the roach were the fishes
used. In Italy the smelt is taken from
the Tiber, and its scales yield an ex-
tremly rich secretion or mucus that can
be used for the purpose but to the eye
accustomed to the real pearl these imi-
tations are so much dross, and [ can
hardly better express the difference than
to say that the spurious ones seem dead
and devoid of the blush and sparkle that
is the beauty of the real pearl The
latter needs no artistic adornmelt to set
it Off Held in the hand and subjected
to the closet scrutiny it appears the
best.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-12-02
OUR LITTLE FOLKS.
what the winds hid:
North Wind and east Wind; hand in hand;

what the winds hid:
North wind AID east Wind; hand III hard:
Held high carnival In the laid;
Astonishing folks
With practical jokes.
Gave friendly tweak
To the flying curis
OF rosy girls: -,
ri And tapped the cheek
OF nice old lady, who doubted whether
She could keep together
In such contrary minded weather:
Turned WRONG side out her old umbrella.
And left her surprised at what befen her:
Then lifted Miss Nancy's bonnet,
Carried it of and tramped upon IL.
Just as Harry came down the street.
Firmly resolved to keep his feet;
"old wind, well try
Which will be the stronger, you or In
He braced his shoulders
Like two little powders
And right in the teeth Of the wind went he;
And Harry wot1ld say,
Il is best TO take some things that wsS.
Cure and steadfast-ths way, you kuo74.
The green grass pushes through April snow,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-12-02
HOUSEHOLD HELPS.
From the Detroit Free Press household
REMOVAL OF STAINS AND SPOTS.

REMOVAL OF STAINS AND SPOTS.
STEARINE. all cases strong, pure
alcohol.
Gum, SUGAR, JELLY, To-Simple
Fashing with water at hand heat.
MATTER ADHERNa MECHANICALLY
Beating, brushing and currents of water
either upon the upper or under side.
LIME AND A1KALIEs. White goods,
simple washing. Colored cottons,
woolens and silks are moistened, and
very dilute citric acids applied with the
finger end.
ALIzARINE INKs.-White goods, tar
taric acid, the more concentrated the
older the spots. On colored cottons and
woolens, and on silks, dilute tartaric
acid Is applied cautiously.
ScoBoHEG. White goods, rub well
with linen rags dipped in chlorine water;
colored cottons, redye if possible, or in
woolens, raise fresh surface silks, no
remedy.
On CoLoRs, VAREIsH AND RESINS. -
On white or colored linens, cottons or
woolens, use rectiied oil of turpentine.
alcohol, I've, and then soap; on silks, use
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-12-02

Presently guest at the other end of the
table .bawled ont at the top of his voice:
Waiter fetch the vinegar crtietp' Then
the demure-looking little man turned to
her and said: "Dovey, somebody wants
you. -BfooElu3i EdGle.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-12-02

Con yes" said Mrs. Brown, as she
surveyed with evident pleasure the little
parlor sideboard, covered with old china
and decorated with bighly-colored tiles !;
Mr.. B. remarked last night that / was
becoming quite an atheist. and the old
lady's countenance fairly beamed with
delight as her eyes rested on Decent
Japanese teapot. -Nea0ark Call