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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-02-18
A Talk With a Mexican Revolution.

Mexico is a troublesome little State,
with natural taste for snOrting and rev.
olutions that is equaled by nothing under
heaven save stern-wheel steamboat.
Good old General La Grange late Super
intendent of the San Francisco Mine,
came home from California through
Mexico, and at one state Of his journey
he met a revolution and had a talk with
it. It was, to be sure, only little one,
but it seemed to know pretty well what
it was about, and conducted itself very
much as if it were grown up and knew
how things ought to be done. General
La Grange met it at the town of Magda-
lena. It had come in from the COUNTRY
on horseback to the number of couple
of hundred, ard had seized the town.
When the stage coach that the General
was travelling in arrived, the revolution
''was holding the priest and several lead
ing citizens under arrest until loan or
contribution of $4,000 should be fur
nished," and the duty in the premises of
all good patriots had been made so en-
tirely clear that ''the Inhabitants were
raising of silver dollars with which to
make the loan" without SO much as
murmur However, it was all purely
Mexican affair, and our travelling fellow
citizens were none the worse for ventur-
ing into such close association with one
Of the peculiar institutions of the coun-
try. The sub-commander Of the revolu-
ton, "the promising young robber, the
Lieutenant Of the band, as the author
of the "Bad Ballads" would style him,
at first was disposed to exhibit his au-
thority little, and ordered ''that the
mail stage, in which we were passengers,
should not leave the town without his
permission. But when he came to
true understanding Of the situation
when hefound that he was dealing with q
party composed Of American citizens
who had private business with General
Pesquiera" = his acts and manners
changed and he became afable to de-
gree. ''He expressed regret at having
detained the party at all, = and also ''his
desire to show every courtesy to persons
coming to Sonora on business enter
prises;" while as practical exhibition OF
his affection and esteem as he gave the
travellers ga letter to use in case Of meet
ing with any of his followers whose
views as to the sanctity of American
citizenship he thus tacitly admitted to
be somewhat less liberal than his own.
And so, armed with this letter, General
La Grange and his friends parted COM
pany with the revolution and drove on to
Hermosillo and safety. 1t was an odd
sort Of an experience, but it was highly
instructive, leaving upon the minds Of
the travellers very exact knowledge of
what revolution in Mexico really
means, and about how much little ones
cost. -PhiLadeLphia Times.
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cheap patterns. Sometimes we can come
across bargains and buy carpets of ex-
eellent quality at low price, but un-
less we are experienced shoppers it is
never well to trust to our own Judgment
IN such matters, and it rarely happens
that We can purchase such articles be-
low their real market value. except at
auctions, and even then we are very
likely to be taken in. It is far better
way to go to the carpet-rooms Of some
well=known dealer, and then make our
selections according to the depth of the
purse. The most durable carpets are
closely woven and thick, yet soft and
pliable; and in real English brussels the
colors can be distinguished on the wrong
side, but in the tapestry" there is
nothing but hemp. The beauty of a
carpet is quite as important as its dura-
bility, and it should be of kind that
will not tire the eyes. Most of us pur-
chase a carpet hoping that it will last
several years, and desiring it to be APP
propriate Tor all seasons. Now. the gor-
geous designs that fill the carpet-rooms
and adorn the floors Of the elegant
houses may be very beautiful, but, I'M
less We can change them frequently, one
soon tires of such styles.-E cchGl10e.
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Novel and Interesting News.

The Boston Globe has made happy
deal. In an extraordinary special edi-
ton dated Jan. l, "1981, it presents
the news of 100 years from now, in a
highly interesting and elating manner.
The Photograph in Divorce Suits
Sunday School Excursion in Air Cars
Terrible Accidents in Mid Air-Inven-
ton of Burglar Bouncer, are respec-
lively treated from the standpoint of the
advanced journalism of that day.
News by the Talkogram and Pho
tophone from all parts of the
world is fully presented. To show
the progress Of those times, it is only
necessary TO state that Hiram Grants
bay mare Broad S. trots mile in 1.3711 !. :"
Every one should secure from his news
dealer or from Messrs. A. Vogeler & Co.,
OF Baltimore, Md, by whom this edi-
ton dserclusiuety controlled and osoned,
a copy of the Boston Globe for 1881. !"
Mailed on receipt of price-FIvE CENTS.
To read it is to have grace and fexibility
impaired to the intellect, and strong
desire to live on-as the poet would ex-
press it.
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Good Old Times.

There were no tax collectors; no Lon
don cries; no Christmas bills; no law
yers to set men by the ears; to telegram
to shorten your holidays; no newspapers
to chronicle your shortcomings; no gun
powder barges to blow you up in your
sleep; no steam launches to run you
down when you sailed in your shallop by
the reed margined river; no cynics to
sheer at Christmas customs or question
the reality OF Christmas ghosts. In short
it was the good old days. Limited
liability" was not yet created to fasten
the intellect of finance and empty the
pockets of fools. Turks and Egyptians
were not borrowing in English markets,
though there were occasionally objects
of Christian attentions, which they have
since returned without interest.
The stage Irishman and the typical
North countryman had not yet shown
virtue her own bright image and shamed
vice into a corner. Mr.. William Shak-
speare had not flung broadcast ten
thousand apples of discord to afiict a
school of acting that struts and mouths
and calls child a 'cheyld." The short
hand writer was waiting to be born with
the press, and Lord Coleridge and the
lord chief justice had not fired every
other counsel and Judge in the land with
the desire to address law courts for four
teen days at stretch. There were no
perambulators, no Partisan modistes, no
necessity for cooperative stores, no COM
mission agents, no middlemen, no cleri-
81
no game laws, no ticket-of-leave, traders
on charity, no Irish patriots, no deposit
banks, no societies for clothing the Hot
tentots, As [ said before, it was the
good old days.
The zodiac was the perfect order. Not
a Christian man had heard of the vaga-
ries of the Gulf Stream. May day
brought its flowers and its festivals to
the moment by the record of strictest
sun dial. At Easter there were gam
mons of bacon all over the land, and
Easter huts even in the warren of Stai-
ness forest. The red men roamed OF
will in the undreamed forests of the New
World. The dusky Indian had no mas
ter but his own untamed will. The
wild bear and the wolf challenged the
hunters power in English woods. The
eagle sat In solemn state on the white
cliffs of Dover. There were omens.
The owl shrieked, the night crow crowed,
the raven clapped his wings, death bells
were heard at sea; your grandfather,
clad in armor as he lived, walked out OF
his picture frame, and once in a while
some weird and witched tree would spout
fire from its shrunken boughs. Night
was night, and day was day. You rose
with the lark, you rested when the sun
went down on lands not yet weighed and
mapped and colonized. Knives and
forks were unknown implements, an6
when prince struck his wife he struck
her with his mailed hand, and none
could say him nay.-International An.
! 957foI
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Selecting Carpets.

French moquette and English brus-
sells are the best carpets to wear and
give the greatest satisfaction. Aubus-
son, Administer and Turkey are equally
good. but their price is of course high.
Tapestry brussels is not as desirable as
a good three-ply or an ingram. because
when the gay figures wear off there is
nothing left but hemp, which is far
worse than an Atwood ingram Of good
quality. A poor, slimpsy" carpet is
not worth the making and putting down,
except in rooms that are only kept for
visitors and used on rare occasions and
even then handsome Chinese mating
is to be preferred. And in choosing the
mating the best quality is the cheapest
in the end, for one that costs 60 to IS
cents per yard is far more desirable than
one that can be had for 50 or 40 cents
OF course the expense at first IS higher
but then we must consider the expense
of making and putting down, and bear
in mind that after two years wear the
more expensive carpeting is often of
more value than the cheaper one when
first laid upon the floor. Again, in
purchasing a drHgget or foor-eloth,
three yards square, you may have to
pay from SIC to 918 for the handsome
quality, while hempen one, stamped
with quite rs pretty a pattern, can be
had for from 81 TO 50. Now, do not
take the cheap one For year it may
look well, but by the next autumn it is
worn and shabby, while the expensive
one is as good rs the day it was laid
down, and ii viii outlast three Of the
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-02-18
Conservative Women.

It is curious fact that much az paast
women appear to like novelty and change
there is beneath that liking a strong
tendency toward conservatism. In all
matters of dress and ornament, and in
many of their surroundings, they not
only tolerate but encourage transforma-
tons; but how few housekeepers who
are more than 40 or 45 years old are
favorably disposed toward improvement
in household utensils. They often have
an actual prejudice against them. They
refuse to be helped by washing ma
chimes and carpet-sweepers. They re-
luctantly accept the wringer. The or
binary housekeeper would as soon think
OF adding a new word to her vocabulary
as a new dish to her bill of fare. These
are the women who prefer to do their
own work rather than tell any one else
how to do it, or to be interrupted In the
pursuance Of their usual plan of work.
If it is true that woman has natural
bias toward conservatism, it is a mistake
for her to cultivate it. Conservatism
does not need to be cultivated. One of
the bad results from it is that she de-
prives herself of much help which she
might otherwise have. 1t prevents that
intelligent and sympathetic observation
of other peoples work which would be
of benefit to her In her own. OF course.
it is Just as bad to be extremely radical
as to cling too closely to the old ways of
thinking and doing. IndeeS, it may
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-02-18
Too Demonstrative.

A wife makes a great mistake when
she is too lavish in her endearments. A
little reticence in the conduct of his
wife is to mans love like salt in his
soup and lemon in.his cheese. cakes and
the self-respecting dignity of a woman,
which is neither cold nor hard, nor yet
aggressive, but is only self-respecting
and dignifed, ranks in his mind higher
than the servile fondness of a spaniel.
Husbands love to be loved, but they
hate to be bored and very caressing,
very demonstrative, perpetually admin
istrative, and profoundly abject wife
clogs by excess, chills by the mere force
of repetition, and repels by the very
strain of monotony.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-02-18
COlOring CauarieS.

At a bird show in Berlin, Germany,
green canaries were exhibited. Others
were red, light brown and gray. The
variations Of col0r had been caused by
the daily use Of cayenne pepper in the
food. The pepper was at first given in
small quantities, and the birds appeared
to like it, but the feathers soon fell, Civ
ing them moulting appearance. In
short time new feathers of divers colors
sprouted. The variations were ascribed
to the different qualities of the pepper
and TO the nmantitv given
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why women Need Faith.

The strength of women lies in their
heart. It shows itself in their strong
love end instructive perception Of right
and wrong. Intellectual courage is rare
ly one Of their virtues. AS rule, they
are inclined to be restless and excitable,
allowing their judgments and actions to
be swayed by quick emotion of all kinds,
but, above all, it is in their hopefulness
and their endurance that they find their
chief power. Who is the last person to
give up hope in the case of a member Of
the family who has apparently gone
altogether to the bad? What mother or
sister with deep and ardent love for such
will ever cease to cherish hope Or endure
suffering on their account? The pa
tience of women is proverbial, and their
whole lives are bound up in their affec-
tons. Few people viii deny that love
in one form or another makes up the
beauty of life to woman. It enters into
all she does. Any work outside her i'm
mediate circle is undertaken most often
from pure desire to help some one else
to know something Of the mysterious
happiness of love. -Mrs. Salisbury, Ia
the Nineteenth Century.
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often seem to be worse. But any ten
dency which makes one unwilling to
better her condition, and which induces
her to settle down upon her own meth
DDS as the only ones worth knowing
anything about, is not tendency to be
developed and strengthened; it may not
infrequently be the cause of the lack of
charity which sometimes characterizes
the judgments passed upon others Of
their sex by some excellent women.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-02-18

Was there ever a better example of
the witty and concise form of expression
common to the real Western American
tlIan the answer of the grim man of the
Sierras, who, when asked about the
character Of neighbor, sententiously
replied, "Mister, don't know vely
much about him, but my impression is
that he'd make frst-class stranger II
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-02-18
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES.
Charities Sister,

Charles Sister,
"You've seen her, you say n
s1Merry and fair is she
As gunniest DAY in May;
Eyes blue and roguish,
Yet earnest and tender;
Cheeks rosy, lips smiling
Once seen; She's remembered
And, wifeF-she kissed me-
"Kissed you, indeed how queeri
Why, Charlie is twenty,
And she's pretty, oh, dearl
And kissed you'll 1 think
"There, darling, don't pouti
Yes, Charlie is twenty,
From college just out,
But sbs's only three"
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parisian uomen,s IruderelotI,es.

No Paris woman who is anybody ever
wears any other than silk underclothes !;
and the most fashionable color for that,
as well as many other articles of dress,
including the corset, is red. A cele-
brated modiste says: cit would be
quite impossible to produce the same
effect on an English or American figure,
for the reason that so much and bun
Cling Undertaking is worn. A French
woman has everything to fit her figure
exactly, thin and fine in material, and
regards fold or wrinkle as a device of
the arch enemy to iniure her appear
ance,
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The iirnNfh of NTaSnnrr.

The following table, prepared by Sir
Knight Stephen Berry, Of Portland, Me-,
shows the growth Of Masonry. With
the exception of an unimportant per-
centage column, it was as follows:
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THE OUTCAsT.

Jostle him out from tho warmth and light
Only a vsgrant, feeble and gray,
Let him reel on through the stormy night
What though his home be far away?
With muttered curse on the wind and rain
BE cropt along through the muddy lane.
Lonely the pathway, and dark and cold;
Shelter he sought meath ruined WaHi
Over his senses a numbness stole,
Round him Sleep threw her mystic pail
Then an angel came with plying tears,
And lifted the veil of by-gone years.
Giayly he sports by ripping brook;
Soft is the breath Of the summer air;
Flowers adorn each NOISY nook,
Sunshine and happiness everywhere.
He is Willie now, just four years old,
With bis rose-bud lips and eurls Of gold.
Hark to the roll of the war-like dfurnl
Sec the brave soldiers go marching by!
Home from the battle young WI has come,
Courage and joy in his sparkling eye.
and his pulses thrill with hope and pride,
For he soon viii greet his promised bride.
Now in the flreside's Pickering glow
Calmly he's taking his evenings rest;
Fondly he kisses his infants brow,
Sleeping secure on its mothers breast.
(And the dreamer stirred and family smiled:
BE is Etlslam now, with his wife and child.
The curtain dropped-the morning broke
Faint was the flush in the eastern sky;
Moaning and wretched the sleeper woke.
Brushing tear from his hloodshot eye.
To his squaid home behind the hill,
= L. \
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-02-18
Lack of Knowledge.

A pretty woman generally knows she
is pretty, and counts upon the effect her
beauty produces upon the other sex.
Isn't it strange that she never knows
when she is the other thing? We can
all put up with good deal Of simpering
nonsense from pretty girl, but home
" damsel must deport herself with
straight-laced decorum or she makes
herself ridiculous. Perhaps it is unfair,
but the world will have it so, and it
stands an inexorable law.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-02-18
Living in STYLE.


Fashionable living brings many trials
upon its victims; and the mistress Of a
well-kept house finds her fatigue greater
than her enjoyment. Take one item
alone. Have any of our readers tried to
estimate the work to be done i'll simply
washing the dishes after well-served-
not stylish-dinner? I once had the
curiosity to count the dishes used for a
party of six people as the servant girl
washed them. There were 116 different
articles to be handled over, each three
times-washing, rinsing and wiping.
"What an elaborate dinnerW Not at
all. Count the soup-plates and spoons,
the meat-plates, knives and forks; a sep
arate saucer and spoon for succotash,
tomatoes and sauce; meat-platters and
caryers; vegetable dishes, cofee-cups,
saucers and spoons, etc. To look on the
table, there do not seem SO many articles;
but wash and wipe them yourself, and
count as you proceed, and after that you
necessary to keep the dining-room in
order. But the toll of providing for the
house and table is but trifing compared
with that which is extracted by fashion
in dress, amusements, and the prescribed
amount of "calls' interchanged. Even
if the cares of a household are sometimes
severe and overtax the strength, yet
there is a chance for the full and health
full exercise of the whole body, and
good amount of it in the open air. But
what benefit can be extracted from the
selecting and making of an elaborate
dress of the day? Is it any wonder
that the fashionable woman is always
tired?
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-02-18
The Wolncn OF Montenegro.

The Montenegrin woman takes an
equal share of labor with the men at
ield-work, and she does all the carrying.
In travel here one engages a horse, to
ride and woman for the baggage.
Only those who have neither wife, moth
er, daughter MOI dependent female rela-
ton shoulder burdens as a common
thing. Transport by animals, also, is
department of female occupation. Com
ing from Cettinie here, one meets pack
droves, with a gang of women follow
ing. Tremendous weights they carry,
slung by straps that cross the upper
chest, and as they go they knit or spin.
These dwellers by the frontier are much
better-looking than the unmixed races of,
the interior, but not less hardy, strong
and independent. They have no shame
or hesitation in begging, and universal
mendicancy on the part of women and
girls must, imagine, have it's influence
on morality. In leaving Montenegro,
the traveller carries with him a deep re-
gard and admiration for the gallantry,
the manliness and the shrewd intell-
gence of this strange people. He is
constrained to wish them well, and to
hope that they will acquire means to live
at peace hereafter. London Standard.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Feb. 9, 1881.

H. Bisbee, Jr., NJ. c.:
We think Patterson was killed by Savage at
Madison yesterday upon the hearing in your
case. Eagan is hiding, and in danger. Jen-
kins is safe. Two companies are with Gov.
Bloxham at Madison Great excitement.
Trouble feared. Will advise you further.
W; W. Hicks,
A. A. KNIGHT,
T
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THE BULLDOzERS.
A New Crusade Inaugurated Against
Republicans i'm the South.

a NO" NAusdu6 AHdttS uFdIeu A dIIEbt
Republicans i'm the South.
Washington Telegram to the Chicago Tribune.l
The following dispatches have been
received In this city by Hon. Horatio
Bisbee, Jr.i
MADISON, Fla, Feb. 8, 1881.
To the Hon. r. Bisbee, jr.; 512 Eighth street. i.
W, Washington. d. c.:
Savage was attacked in cur presence in the
room taking testimony. The assailant was
killed. The Sheriff came, locked the room,
and returned with a. posse of militia. Guns
were pointed at Eagan's head with threats to
Kill him. The Sheriff protected bin, but he is
in danger. Many of the witnesses are de-
moralized and have go@ home. L think 1
must return and take evidence in Jacksonville.
Answer. Fl. JENKINS. Jr.
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filled with frost. The latter are quite
wet when thawed at night. Nor have we
been able to prevent their getting into
this state; the greatest care has been
taken to protect them from the snow /;
the mems clothes brushed before COM
ing into the tent. and the tent and the
fioorcloth repeatedly brushed. 1t is
chiefly caused by the condensation of
vapor from our warm meals, and our
breath, which falls in minute frozen
particles. We have holes cut in the top
of the tent to permit the escape of va
por, but the temperature inside is always
low enough to condense it before 1t can
ascend so high. The quantity Of moist
ure from ones breath is surprising; the
very small aperture we usually leave at
the mouth OF our bags to breathe
through is coated with ice by the
morning. Some of the men wear a loose
overall duck dress but even the inside
of this is covered with frost after hard
days work in low temperatures and re-
quires to be well brushed off.
AS is usual for the first few days of
a journey, the men suffer much from
thirst. Beside a pint Of chocolate at
breakfast and half pint of tea at sup
per, they have their water-bottles, which
bold two-thirds of pint, filed three
times day; but several of these have
burst already, in consequence of the
water freezing within them, although
carried inside their outer garments"
Dr. Switzerland says: Chow water
could be kept from freezing in the tents
when the temperature was 81 deg. below
freezing point is best known to those
who made the attempt. A tin flask,
half full, which the person who had the
cooking for the day took into his blanket
bag, and a gutta-percha flask holding
two pints, which l took into my own
blanket-bag, and kept on the outside of
my vest within two folds of wooden
cloth, became frozen quite hard, and it
was not without considerable difficulty
that we got the ice thawed out after
ward. = took the one that be-
longed to my tent into my armpit for