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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-04
Unframed Shrews.


"Look here" said man to his bust
ness partner, one day, "we have stood
your fault-fnding, when there is no cause
for it, about long enough. If you can
not live with your wife without quarrel
ing, why, then, quarrel with her and be
done with it !; but do not bring your
quarrel at home to the store with you,
and vent the spleen you gather there on
the unotfending clerks herel"
This mans remonstrance was we'll
founded. The partner had been a pros
porous young business man until he
married fair-faced, well-educated girl,
who turned out, in practical welded
life, an untame1 shrew. Then his fort
unes began to fall the patience of his
partner at length became exhausted the
firm was dissolved, and the young man
went into bankruptcy, and found the
reproaches from his shrew-wife's tongue.
for his mismanagementa and misfortunes.
much sharper than those from any of
his numerous creditors.
A curious scene occurred in the course
OF trial in court In this city. A man
had sued his wife for divorce on the
ground OF cruelty on her part-not
very common allegation in behalf of the
husband, in proceedings for divorce.
Unexpectedly there appeared upon the
stage, at this juncture, another man
who informed the complaining husband
that the woman had previously been
married to him and had never been di-
Vorced, so that prosecution for bigamy
would lie. The two men conversed to-
gether, aside, for few moments, when
the second husband, turning to the
court, said 81 have no doubt of the
truth of this mans story for he has re-
lated to me particulars of the woman's
prosecutions such as I do not believe ana
other a0O1o0ra alas e0er gatittg OF"
1t was remark which, while it illus
trated his keen appreciation of the evil
spirit OF this one woman, who had oc-
cupied to him the relation of wife, at the
same time testified his mistaken conf
dence in women in general, notwith-
standing his own bitter Individual ex-
perience.
And this general confidence was right
and well founded. The conclusion of
the most profound student of human
nature, on the subject of women, that
they are better and worse than we are.
is entirely sound. But, fortunately, the
crooked-tempered, thong considerable in
number, in comparison with the amiable
and good are but few. It is true, as
we said at the beginning, the career of
many husband has been blighted by
his having unwittingly married an un-
tanned shrew but in reference to far
greater number of men it may be truth
fully said His life has been expanded
and sweetened by the companionship
and devotion of an angel-wife. "-New
York TeCl0ey,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-04
Napoleonic Ideas of Discipline.

You should know that when was ut
Brlenne l was, like the other bows, a bit
of a SGaS-culOtte, and at Valence [
always took sides with the patriots, but
after l became Captain of artillery it
dawned upon me gradually that sans
cut0ttiSn1e was out of place in the army.
L had not, however, at that time arrived
at the conclusion that SdyaS-casJotfSsD2e
had no permanent roots in the French
character. That fact, for the first time,
came home to me when I was sent to
take the command of the army In Italy
in 1896. [ found, on arriving at Nice.
everything in disorder, the army defci-
ent, in numbers, without stores, without
clothing, and even without food. I in
troduced some order into chaos, and I
found that the more that I established
military discipline the better the soldiers
were pleased; and I said to myself:
These men are not a set of disorderly
ragamuffins; and | made note of that
fact in my own mind, and firm i'm
preston of that fact was the result of
my first campaign. By and by, after
Josephine joined me in the following
year (179O at Montebello, 1 established
about her. and in attendance upon her,
a body of ladies, after the fashion of my
own aides-de-camp, SO that no one could
have access to her except through lady
ln-waiting, and found that this arrange
ment procured her more respect from
the soldiers than they had for the wives
OF the other Generals; and I said to my
self, if state pomp is welcome here, why
should it not be welcome in France and
| took note Of the fact, and felt satisfied
that it would be acceptable in France,
but [ was also aware that the opportune
moment for its introduction had not
then arrived. -lnetternich.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-04
Care of Table Knives.

The chief cause of the destruction of
knives is their treatment, or rather want
of treatment, as soou as they are re-
moved after the different meals. In
stead of being attended to first, they are
left anywhere and everywhere, scattered
about, while the china and silver are
washed and dried, and then they come
in last, but not least, to be washed in
the greasy water, handles and all, and
then only half wiped; and so they lie
until tomorrow, if there are plenty of
others "to take to-" if not, they are
hurriedly cleaned just when the next
meal is going up. Now, the knives are
of the very first importance in "wash-
ing up" Better far leave cups and
plates and silver waiting their turn than
delicate steel. I like better than any
thing a pewter can to wash knives in,
the height of which should be the
length of large table knife. First,
they should bewi ped on knife rag, and
then wash them in warm water in this
can, and then not only quickly dried,
but taken singly and separately out
of the water, and well and thoroughly
dried.
I wonder servants do not like and
wish to get their knives out of the way
first, and if they would only use soap
and water, and dry thoroughly, can
assure them thai their knives would look
almost fit to come to the table without
any more cleaning, and if they would
only adopt this method daily the labor
at the knife board would be far less.
There ought to be japanned knife
box for the knives that have been washed
and not cleaned, and a japanned box or
tray with q handle and division for
those that have been cleaned, and well
busted after the cleaning,
As to the keeping of the handles of
table knives, I have one very simple
recipe which apply to all ivory articles,
and that is whitening. Take soft piece
of flannel, put it tightly on your finger,
dip it in whitening, moisten with water,
and with this rub the handle Of the
knife the way of the grain, as hard as
you can. Continue rubbing for some
time, and then polish with dry whiten-
ing. Clean ivory brushes, work boxes,
paper knives or any other article of
ivory in this way, and you will see the
immense improvement. Quite a skin
seems to come off the ivory as you rub,
and the ivory loses the yellowness of ne
glect in proportion to its degree. A
clean brush will remove all particles of
whitening from hooks and creyices.-
EIchdIlge.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-04
Good Reading.

The best preparation of the boy for a
virtuous life is to interest him in good
reading. [ remember that a few years
ago, when one of my boys was little
fellow, [ noticed that he was reading
what I thought was an Objectionable
novel. I said, 81 don't like this bust
ness of novel reading" and thought he
ought not to read the book any more.
But before / insisted on his giving it up
he said, ~ wish you would read one of
these books l have cen reading" [
took up the book and found it to be a
boys book about "The Coral Island.
It CHANGED to be Sunday morning, and I
did not go to hear any preacher that
morning or afternoon either, and was
not content until [ had read the book
through. Why, such books put into
boys hands are perfectly irresistible.
You can catch the drift of boys mind
and character by tumbling out before
him promiscuously lot of books better
perhaps than in any other way; and it IS
while boy is reading books in which
he is interested that he is shaping what
his life will be. know boy very well,
who is not far removed from my own
family, who has developed remarkable
fondness for the sciences, and all from
reading a popular series of books treat
ing on water, heat electricity, and other
matters Of that kind, each Of which is
worked up into stOry.-GOV. Porter,
of In0li0nn.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-04

With waiting and wishing our courses We paVeI
We wait for the port as we battle the waveI
'Iis waiting forever from cradle to grave.
Waiting for morn, 50 serene In its light;
Waiting for noon-day, so brilliantly brighti
Waiting at eve for repose in the night.
Waiting for zephyrs in spring-time that bloyI
Waiting for summer and flowers that EroWi
Waiting for winter and swift-falling snow.
Waiting is ever the bosom's refrain,
In moments of pleasure and moments Ok paint
Waiting though stricken again and again.
wsitiug in childhood for youths Joyous time;
I'M waiting" says Youth, "but I'LL certainly
climb
To the top Of the ladder on reaching my prime"
In manhood awaiting the time when he may
Find rest on calnler, happier day,
When age shsll relieve from the worrying fray,
Waiting when Fortune sheds brightly her srnfej
When choice are the pleasures the pathway begule,
zhere always is something ~ wait for the willis.
Waiting in poverty, anguish and grief;
Waiting for heaven to send us relief,
Telling the heart that the trial is brief.
aye, waiting for joys that will never appear
waiting Tor voices we never shall hear;
Waiting for moments that never are near.
Waiting when shining and worn in the strife,
with nentent throbbings the bosom is rife,
Waiting the dawn Of holer life.
A --Phttadelphid Pres.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-04
The Southern BLACKS.

How many million times before the
Rebellion was the North assured by the
shareholders that if the blacks were
emancipated they soon would dwindle
away, die out, and become extinct, as
they were mere children in intellect, and
could not take care of themselves? We
were told the same thing for the first
five years after the war, and until the
census of 1870 disproved the assertion
But even after that is was asserted that
the mortality among the blacks was
frightful, and that colored families had
ceased to be large. But now comes the
census of 1880 showing that the per
cent. of increase during the past decade
is greater than it was at any time be-
tween the abolition of the African slave
trade in 1903 and the abolition of slavery
during the Rebellion. What have the
ex-slave masters to say to this fact ?
How do they account for the rapid growth
Of a race sure to die out if made free
The census bulletins that have been is
sued give US the number of blacks in
all of the old slave States excepting
Texas. We now have the material for
determining approximately the extent
and rate of increase of the colored pop
ulation during the past ten years and
for making comparisons with preceding
years. The increase by States from 1870
to 1880 is shown by the following state
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-04

They are apt to give semi-masculine,
semi-scholastic, semi-clerical appearance
to female wearers which is not particu-
larly prepossessing. A stern look is IN
pleasant lii woman, and glasses genef-
ally give this look more or less to the
wearer. We are not fond of extremes,
and, although we are far from agreeing
with the prudish old adage that wom-
an should never look straight into the
face of man; we are not fond Of being
deliberately staredatb by specialized lady.
Most ladies noses are not very well fitted
by nature for carrying spectacles, con-
sequently when they use glasses they
are obliged to throw their heads slightly
back In a manner which appears at first
sight little superciliot1s. In most
cases, of coufse, this appearance is IN
avoidable; but we fancy we have known
instances in which women have gladly
availed themselves of the excuse of
spectacles for looking impudent. When
women dislike each other they have a
methodo of staring at one another through
their spectacles which conveys more
meaning than it would be possible for
language to express. Glasses rare
II increase the benignity of the
countenance, but women can
look through speetacles with disagree
able expression which is beyond the
power of the male sex. We have OBJ
served that many short-sighted ladies,
who never use glasses before men, make
unblushing use of the most uncomprom-
ising spectacles when they are, or mag
ine themselves to be, exclusively in the
company of their own sex. At any rate
they will often merely use ali eye-glass
or l1ince-nes in general society, but wear
regular spectacles among women. The
piTce-nez has become wonderfully fash
ionable of late years. If you place one
alongside of a pair Of spectacles on a
table, both appear equally harmless,
but upon the nose the difference of effect
is extraordinary. 1t is amusing to meet
a person whom one has been accustomed
to see in regular speetacles wearing a
pince-nez for the first time. You hardly
recognize your friend. The face looks
but half clothed, and it wears rollick-
ing expression, which is in strong con-
trast with the sobriety of its old specta-
cled day. In years gone by there were
times when instruments existed some
what similar in their construction to the
pince-nez. They were even more hide
GUS than the old speetacles, and were
called by the euphonie name of "gog-
gles." They stood much in the same re-
lation to spectacles that the ancient
blunderbuss did to the gun of the peri
od.-The Saturday Review.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-04
Visiting-Hired Girls.

Once on a time I went to spend the
afternoon with a neighbor friend. and my
visit turned out nothing but apologies,
with now and then something said be-
tween. She said she had put off baking
on account of some sewing she wanted
to finish, and thought she would bake in
the afternoon. She had to chase the
hens and scratch the barn to get some
eggs to bake cake, as the day before
she had sent all she had to market. And
then all her wood was outdoors In the
rain and snow, and was slow to burn;
consequently the cake got sad before it
was baked. Her knives and forks she
had laid aside in the morning; they then
had to be secured, and then as soon as it
got little dusk she thought of her lamp,
which had to take its share, etc. But,
farmer sisters, here let me say that if
ever I am found in such a fix, [ will
make the best of it, and let visitors eat
the same as do, and try to visit one
half the time any way. I think the bet
ter way is to do all necessary work in the
morning, and let sewing go until after
noon, as nine-tenths of the visiting peo-
pie would rather have their chat and par
take of cup of good, hot coffee, and
plain bread and butter, than to have
nick-nacks.
I always have thought that house
wives needed help just as much as the
men, and think SO yet. Let man get
in hurry and his first thought is, hire
man to help him out, and it is all right.
And how many are the times that his
worked-down wife is hurried and worried
and no help ever thought of for her; and
if she should speak of hiring a girl at
two dollars, or one and half week,
the man will say, ''This girl business
counts up like Sam Hill" All this time
he keeps his man week in and week ont.
costing him from five to six dollars a
week, and only works from sun to sun,
while girl works from sun until ten at
night. Gen1inlG BedOt.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-04

Two young men of Hawkinsville set
tied the ownership of a double-barrel
gun in novel way. The gun was won
in a raffie-the two Joung men being
jj0lnt owners in the chance that won it.
One of the men proposed that they
should go down to the river at shallow
place and wade into it, and the one that
waded the furthest or held out the long
est should take the gun. The water was
freezing cold, and the margin of the
stream was lined with ice, and the icicles
were pendant from every limb, from ev-
cry bush. Partly divesting themselves
of their clothing they entered the water
and waded out One of them went until
the water reached his armpits, but his
companion went little further, and was
allowed to come out and take the gun
Hqlgkinsuiue (Ga.) Dispatch
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-04
New York CITY.

New York has, according to the Unit
ed States census of 1880, 1,2O6, SIT in
habitants, of whom 500, 1852 are males
and 615, 815 females.
New York has floating population of
about 10000. This includes soiourners
at hotels, boarding and lodging houses.
and emigrants temporarily stopping in
town.
New York expended for amusements.
theaters, operas and shows about 81, O0O.-
900 last year, and in the drinking places
nearly $50, 900, 000-the latter expendit-
ure resulting in the arrest of 4S, 1911 per-
sons for intoxication.
New York's accession of population
by birth last year was about Sc, 900 it's
loss by death just 81, 1866.
In New York live 213, 467 families. oc-
cupying 81, 1875 dwelling houses.
New York weddings last year reached
the number of 10000.
New York supports 145, TAO males be-
tween the ages of 15 and 80 years, and
172, Ut females between the same ages.
About 80, 900 of the latter are domestics.
The New York police arrested last
year il,o5S persons, 81, f9S OF whom
were held, while %, 1899 were discharged.
Grimes of violence are on the increase.
In 1880 they numbered $3.50.
The New York city prisons opened
their doors last year to 80, 1915 persons of
Incorporate habits. The police stations
furnished lodgings to 120,0S4 men and
women who had nowhere else to sleep.
New York's organized charitable soci-
cites disbursed 81, 100000; and 141, 765
persons were committed by the Commits
sicners Of Public Charities and Correc-
ton to the almshouses, prisons, hospit-
ais, nurseries, schools and asylums.
New York's Sunday-school scholars of
all denominations number 1885, in
418 Sunday-schools.
New York's street Arabs, growing up
without instruction, and learning to be
criminals, form an army of over $1,000.
-NeaO York San.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-04
WaShingtOn's State Dinners.

A state dinner during Gen. Washing
toms administration was a solemn affair.
as the guests acted as if dining off
funeral bak'd meats" Mr.. Maclay,
one of the first two Senators from Penn
sylvania, gives us, through an entry in
his diary, glimpse of one of these for
mai dinners
THURSDAY, Aug. 81, 1889.
A little after o'clock / called on Mr..
Bassett, of Delaware State, and we went
to the Presidents for dinner.
The company were President and Mrs.
Washington, Vice President and Mrs.
Adams, the Governor (NIifiin) and his
wife, Mr.. Jay and wife, Mr.. Langdon
and wife, Mr.. Dalton and lady-per-
haps his wife-Basset, myself, Lee,
Lewis and the Presidents two Secreta-
ries.
The President and Mrs. Washington
sat opposite each other in the middle of
the table. The two Secretaries one at
each end.
1t was great dinner, and the best of
the kind [ ever was at. The room, how
ever, was disagreeably warm.
baked meats, CANNON, fowl, etc. This
was tie dinner. The middle of the Ia
bic was garnished in the usual tasty
way, with an array of small images.
artificial flowers, etc. The dessert was
fruit, apple-pies, buildings, etc.; then
ice-eream, jelly, etc; then watermelons,
muskmelons. apples, peaches and nuts.
It was the most solemn dinner [ was
ever at. Not health drunk, scarce a
word said until the cloth was taken
away.
Then the President, filling a glass of
wine with great formality, drank the
health of every individual around the
table.
Everybody initiated him, changed
glasses, and such a buzz of Health,
sir" Health, madam" "Thank you,
madam, l had never heard before.
The ladies sat a good while and the
bottles passed about, but there was a
dead silence, almost Mrs. Washington
at last withdrew with the ladies'.
/ expected the men would now begin,
but the same silence prevailed. The
President told of New England cler-
gyman who had lost his hat and wig in
passing river called the Bronx, and he
smiled and everybody else laughed.
He now and then said a sentence or
two on some common subject, and what
he said was not amiss. Mr.. Jay tried to
make laugh by mentioning the carica-
ture of the Duchess of Devonshire as
sisting in carrying Fox's election.
n 1 q
when the cloth was taken away, [ thought
for the purpose of picking nuts he ate
none, but played with the fork, striking
on the edge of the table.
We did not sit long after the ladies
retired. The President rose and went
up stairs to drink coffee. The company
followed. I took my hat and went
home.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-04
MISS SILVER GRAY RABBIT
we HoN. MABEL aABLR
MISS BEARsKIN.
Rrabnin Ladie. in madra..

A Brahmin lady in Madras is not
iealously shut within doors, as is her
sister in Bengal, Northwest provinces
and the Punjaub. She can take her
walks abroad, and the consorts of the
poorer Brahmins can busy themselves
the live-long day in carrying water, buy
ing the necessaries from the yayear and
walking forth to enjoy the freshness of
the morning and evening breeze. Bright
and early the women begin their house
hold duties, and, though the condition of
their souls and thoughts of hereafter
do not appear to trouble them much,
they often pray in secret, especially if
they are childless. When woman is
blessed with numerous offspring and has
plenty to eat, she thinks it would be in
gratitude on her part to trouble the
gods with requests and prayers, but
when in trouble she pours out her sup
plications before the affairs of her deity.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-04
A House Mistress.

Most young wives desire to have
home of their own; and, though the
mother is 10th to lose her darling, she
cannot deny her the privilege of follow
ing her mate, as the mother did before
her. Indeed, it is considered an unde-
sirable thing by most mothers to have
a house full of "old maids.' But it is
a TACT, In spite of this feeling. that many
mothers do not prepare their daughters
for happy marriages. They neglect to
teach them the commonest duties of
housekeeper, under a mistaken idea,
which they hold, of love and tenderness,
that they do not want their daughters to
have 30 hard life as they have. But if
they are not properly educated their life
will be even harder. Beside having O
knowledge of cookery, the young woman
needs to know how to fashion and make
garments for ordinary wear, for we rare
~ find an average family in our country
communities that is able to hire all the
necessary cutting, fitting and sewing.
without seriously clipping its resources
Tor other needs. One need not, In order
to be thrifty and economical, always be
her own dressmaker or her good mans
tailor; for there is often real economy
IN getting these heavy jobs off ones
hands, thus leaving the wife reader and
stronger for the many duties constantly
arising, which no one else can do SO well.
But the plain sewing can be most neatly
and savingly done at home, under the
careful, instructive eve of the house
mother" even though she can afford to
hire assistance.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-04

The total number Of blacks in these
States was 4, 242, DOB in 1870 and $685.
891 in $780, This shows during these
ten years the enormous increase of l.
401, 1888, or more than SO per cent. Add
ing Texas, and the colored population of
the South now exceeds 100000. In
the North the blacks number SEQ, ZOO.
The above fifteen States increased from
2,6S8, 1876 in 1910 to 3,369,93 in 1850,
and LOIS, $50 in 1860. This was at the
late Of 25 per cent during the former
decade and per cent. during the latter,
or an average of % per cent. for the last
twenty years of slavery. Comparing
this with the 80 per cent of the past de-
cAde the rate Of increase is shown to be