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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-09-16
Solid Comfort.

"I don't see how I'd git along without
Mary, nohow," Mrs. Butcher observed,
pausing to wipe the perspiration from
her aged features and put another hdle
of soft soap into the steaming suds,
while her daughters voice at the piano
could be distinctly recognized, floating
out from the adjoining parlor &c don't
see how Id git along without that gal,
nohow. Al'ays on these days, when I
hev the tiringest work, she jest picks
out her incest pieces, like Sweet rest by
and by and Mothers growing, old
and sings 'em fur me afore she goes out
on the lawn to play croquet with the
other young folks. 'Taint every gal as
nd be so thoughtful, kin tell you.
Now, most on 'em I'D jest bang away
with Jordan is a hard road to travel
or 'Whoop 'em up, Eliza Jane but she
amt none o'that sort. She's pile o.
comfort to me-a pile O. comfort, !" and
Mrs. Butcher famed herself vigorously
with her soiled apron, preparatory to
running the clothes through the second
Water,-I'OEedO american, 0s - e- E
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Feeling Hurried.

Probably nothing tires one SO much
as feeling hurried. When in the early
morning the days affairs press on ones
attention beforehand, and there comes
the wonder how in the world everything
is to be accomplished, when every in.
terruption is received impatiently, and
the clock is watched in distress as its
moments fit past, then the mind tires
the body. We are wrong to drive our
selves with whip and spur in this way.
Each of us is promised strength for the
day, and we must not wear ourselves out
by crowding two days tasks into one.
If only we can keep cool and calm, not
allowing ourselves to be fustered, we
shall be less wearied when we have
reached the even-tide. The children
may be fractions, the servants trying,
the friend we love may fail to visit US,
the letter we expect may not arrive, but
If we can preserve our tranquility Of
SOUL and Of demeanor, we shall get
through everything creditably. ~
Especially is this good advice fol-
warm weather. Whofeel the heat most
Who is most exhausted and Frustrated
Ny 4Go severity why, 6uo person WIG
flies from fans to ice-water, bemoaning
herself, who changes her dress a half
dozen time day, who laments that il
is SO warm, and watches the thermome-
ter with despairing certainty that it neY-
er was so hot before who, in short, in
tensifes her own discomfort and adds to
that of others by constant thinking Of
it. Women who can stay indoors have
the advantage of men in warm weather.
1t is wise to air a house thoroughly in
the early morning, and to keep it, as far
as possible, close and darkened through
the middle of the day. Dispense with q
great fire in the kitchen range, and let
the cooking be moderate. Fruits, salads,
and simple, easily-cooked cereals are
the proper foods for summer. A gas
stove is an economy and a comfort.
Find the coolest place to sit, go quietly
about your work and make as little fuss
as may be about its being warm. Let
the children have frequent baths, and
do not cucumber them with heavy cloth
ing. Common sense and an easy mind
help one over most of life's rough places
with little friction, 1"7,' .a!
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That Little Hatchet.

"Come heah, George Washington,
you black ape," exclaimed Rev. Amini-
dab Bledsoe, OF the Austin Blue Light
Colored Tabernacle, to a Sunday-school
scholar who had just removed a big wad
of something or other from his mouth.
The boys trembling limbs carried him
into the immediate presence of the irate
sheperd. .-.i-E-= .
Yer was chewin' terbacker in de
house OBJ de Lawd."
81 owns right up, parson. was
chawin' terbacker, but won't do so no
NOAH" .......... .. -.......... ...
"George Washington, chawin' ter
hacker am bad enough, Lawd knows /;
but when yer has got SO shameless yer
don't chen try ter lie out OBJ it, hit am
time ter take yer III hand, SO you won't
grow up and disgrace de fodder of his
country. Lean ober dat knee, George"
And for about ten minutes people living
several blocks off imagined their neigh
bors were preparing tough beefsteak for
dinner with an ak.
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A Clever California Girl

A young man in theneighborhood had
taken up 100 acres. of land, built house
upon it, a barn, bored wells, dug
bitches, sown it in wheat and in ali
spent hundreds OF dollars upon it. It
happened to be dry season and the
crop failed. He became discouraged.
and offered his claim and improvements
at sacrifice. The young lady gave him
800 for his right, title and interest in
the land and everything on it. She let
it lie. She need do nothing more. She
sold the insufficient crop for hog feed.
The hogs rooted and scattered it. The
winter rains came, and with them came
the volunteer crop, which matured and
has just been cut, yielding twelve
bushels per acre on 100 acres. She will
clear at least 81, 500, besides having the
land and the improYenents.-Vi sagio
Delta.
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The Wound of RObespierre.

Almost all the historians of the French
Revolution have represented the famous
wound of Robespierre as self-inficted.
Most of them state that the bullet he
aimed at his own head broke the jaw
bone, and thus made it impossible for
him to speak. NJ. THEIRS, hewever,
makes lighter of the wound, and in his
account of the scene at the Hotel de
Vile, says: Robespierre drew pistol
upon himself, but the ball, striking be-
meath the under lip, only pierced the
cheek and inflicted severe, though not
dangerous wound" This version is now
in process of being altogether upset by
an account of the circumstances given in
the pages of La France. This journal
reproduces a deposition made by the
gendarme Media or Merida, afterward a
Colonel in the army and Baron of the
empire, and some other papers which
support the story contained in it. The
gendarme says:
81 knew the elder Robespierre he
was sitting in an -chair-this was in
the hall of the Hotel de Ville-having his
elbows on his knees and his head leaning
on his left hand. Imade rush at him,
and, presenting my sword to his heart,
said to him, Yield, traitor He raised
his head and answered, 1T is you who
are traitor, and I will have you shot.
At these words I took one of my pistols
in my left hand, and, stepping one pace
aside, fired at him. I intended to hit
him in the heart, but the ball struck his
chin and broke his left jaw" This story
is confirmed by an engraving of the
period, representing Media in the act of
discharging his pistol, and by the fact
that Media was shortly afterward pre-
scented to the Convention and warmly
complimented by the President upon
having committed this assault. The
other story is supposed to rest chiefly on
the authority of Barras, and it has proba-
bly, no such solid grounds to back it as
the tale of the gendarme, who is admitted
by NJ. Theirs to have been one of those
who first broke in upon the "conspira-
tors" at the Ho.el de Yille.-Lond0n
Globe.
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The consumer of cantelopes has OBJ
served that only about one melon in
five is of first-rate quality. That one
will have high, rich, musky flavor
most delicious to the palate. The 9TH
ers will vary in flavor. One will taste
like raw pumpkin, another like unboiled
sweet potato, and another, perhaps, like
hickory chip. What we want to
know is if it is not possible fer some
careful and ingenious horticulturist to
produce entire crops of melons which
have the tempting flavor? Is there nc
method of extirpating the melon with
the taste of chips and the melon that is
akin to pumpkin, and making the good
melon universal - Philadelphia Bull
Ietin.
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THE LITTLE KINGS AND QUEENS.

Aonarchs whose kingdom no man bounds,
No leagues uphold, no conquest spreads,
Whose thrones are any messy mouada,
Whose crowns are curls on sunny hoGdsI
The only sovereigns on the earth
Whose sway lie certain to endure;
No line Of Kings Of kinglisst birth
Is Of its reigning half SO sure.
No fortress built In all the land
So strong they cannot storm 1t freei
No palace made too rich, too grand,
For them to roam triumphantly.
No tyrant so hard-hearted known
Can their diplomacy resist;
They can usurp his very throne
He Abdicates when he ia kissed.
No hovel in the world 80 small,
So meanly built, 30 squalid, bare,
They viii not go within its wall,
And set their reign Of splendor there.
No beggar too forlorn and poor
To give them all they need to thrive
They frolc in his yard and door,
The happiest Kings and Queens alive
Oh, blessed little Kings and Queens,
The only sovereigns in the earth
Their sovereignty nor rests nor leans
On pomp of riches or Of birth,
Nor ends when cruel death lays low
In dust each little curly head.
AL other sovereigns crownless go,
And are forgotten, when they're dead.
But these hold changeless empire past,
Triumphant past, all earthly scenes
We worship, truest to the last,
The buried little Kings and Queens"
= RaTpsT's Magazine.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-09-16

are brought over enveloped in their rich
bituminous covering, and-honesco ref
erens- ground UP, bones, cases, COW
erings, bitumen and all. What for
Why, for paint. There seems to be no
burnt sienna like ground mummy. The
artists are willing to pay high prices for
this mummy paint. Our Academy walls
may be imned with the dust of the
PtOlemies. London Truth.
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Making Paint of Mummies,

A gentleman, passing through Long
Acre, peeped into a little shop and
started suddenly at the sight of several
dead bodies. They had been dead for
over 1000 years-they were mummies.
Where did they come from? From
Thebes. Are more coming? Yes
plenty. There appears to be regular
business going on in mummies between
Thebes and Long Acre. The mummies
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The Ambitious Lover.

II am very rich, my darling" she
said softly, punctuating her sentences
with soft, warm kisses. "Already
have 800, 900 worth of 4 per cents reg.
istered In my name, and when the leaves
are turning red In the golden October
days and the fields are laughing in the
rich abundance of bountiful harvest, ]
shall cut off the coupons. And when
papa dies he will leave me nearly $780,
600 more. Yes, my sweetheart, 1 am 8
very happy girl, and fair young head
nestled conhdingly on the shoulder OF
the strong imbed, hazel-eyed young
man to whom this avowal was made.
He looked tenderly down at the brown
treeses and the invisible net that bound
them to the fair forehead. Gently lift
ing the beautiful face to his, he pressed
passionate kiss on the full, red lips
that seemed only made for OSCILLATION.
Turning his head away, Herbert Ans
leigh appeared for a moment to be
wrapped in thought. Then, kissing Mir
lam with rich, warm, two-for-a-quarter
kiss, he said: EDO you love me,
Birdie ?"
She gave answer by placing her soft,
white arms around his neck, and throw
ing herself madly on his shirt front.
Do not hug so hard, darling, an
you love me, or my collar-stud will raise
carbuncle on the back of my ne OK, "
he said In low, mellow tones.
It is only the deep, passionate long
ing of my love, Herbert. It recks not
of carbuncles. But you are right. Too
much pressure on the cervical vertebra
will cause an exostosis. MY Professor
of Anatomy told me that"
"And we will be married in the fall.
my sweet?"
Yes, Herbert, in the rich, hazy, sens
uous days of Indian summer, when the
low note of the farmers boy seeking the
lost COW is heard as he sits ON the vine
embowered stile and blasphemes until
the freely leaves for cooler spot. You
must take all my money, Herbert it
must be yours to do as you will with it !;
to attain glorious fame that awaits you,
for 1 know that my loves name will some
day be known. through the length and
breadth of the land. Surely, you have
an ambition2" r.
Il have" said Herbert, kissing her
while she caught her breath. 14-
Sand you will not let any false pride
stand in the way of using my money
to attain the height you fain would
reach ?" +3 E
"No, darling, will not. You say
you have 300, 900 i'll per cents. It is
enough. Tomorrow I will act, and In
less than daymy name will beas familiar
throughout the world as that of En-
glands proud Queen"
3" Oh, Herbert, what will you do ?"
81 shall purchase Maud s.
Two minutes later human form fell
with dull thud on the front porch Of
the naughty pork packers residence.
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aWhen Shall We Three Meet Again , >

Early in the history of New England,
efforts were made to win the Indian to
Christianity. The Governor of Massa-
chusetts appointed ministers to carry
the gospel to the red men. That was
the time when the Opposite to the In
dams, John Elet, was a minister at
Roxbury. He became interested in the
welfare of the Indians, and devoted
himself to the work of preaching to and
teaching them. Some few of the In
dams became preachers, among the
most noted at later period being Sam
uel Occum, who visited England, COM
posed poetry and was called "the Indian
Whitetield." Several hymns, composed
by Indians, were used in the churches,
the best known being that beginning
When shall we three meet again ?"
1t is said to have been composed by
three Indians at the planting of a
memorial pine on leaving Dartmouth
College, where they had been receiving
Christian education. One stanza is
given:
When the dreams of life are fed,
When it's wasted lamps dead,
When in cold oblivion's shade
Beauty, health and strength are laid
/ Where immortal spirits reign,
There We three shall meet again.
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INTERESTING RECORD.
AbA1OOIhOa
History of an Extraordinary Case In

EKl8IOTT OF An EXEFdUEUITEtEFy Ca8e IN
Surgery.
Many Of our readers, says the Chicago Trib-
uae, viii desire to preserve history Of the
wound inflicted upon the President by Guiteau,
and its effects. Care has been taken to present
in the appended table, and in the chronological
additions following it, complete showing Of
the absolute facts in the case:
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-09-16
What Causes the Blood to Circulate

What Causes the Blood to Circulate
To what degree the heart is aided by
other forces is yet a matter Of investi-
cation. Probably there are several
forces assisting. The elasticity of tie
arteries increases their carrying capaci-
ty. They are firm, elastic tubes, which
expand under the pressure from each
INSTRUMENTATION, and then by their
own elasticity contract and help the on
ward flow of the blood. In the smaller
arteries the flow loses the intermittent
character it possesses in the larger
arteries, and becomes steady stream.
The elasticity of the arteries serves pre-
cisely the same purpose as the air cham
Der of any force pump, that of e4ualiz-s
ing the flow, and SO increasing the
amount delivered. The whole force is
derived from the heart; the arteries
cause the force to act continuously. u
The veins are lax tubes somewhat
larger than the arteries, and capable of
holding all the blood of the body. They
convey the same amount of blood rs the
latter, but more slowly. In the larger
veins, however, near the auricles, the
velocity may be 200 milimetres per
second. They are provided with valves
which efectually prevent the blood from
flowing backward toward the heart.
Any compression, produced by muscu-
lar contraction or other wise, will there
fore assist the forward flow of venous
blood. This is one explanation why ex-
ercise hastens the circulation. The
movement of the chest In breathing
probably aids the pulmonary circula-
ton, the blood, as well as the atmos-
phere, tending to fill the vacuum during
inspiration. Sz% s. s.
Physical capillary force Is not gener-
ally regarded as an active force in the.
circulation. But there is an admitted
force in the capillaries, resulting from
the attraction of the tissues for the
arterial blood, containing the required
oxygen and nutriment. "The vital con
dition of the tissue becomes factor in
the maintenance of the circulation. !" It
is this force, primarily, which .adapts
the amount Of blood to the varying
needs OF any organ the nervous system
regulates the supply by varying the
caliber of the vessels.
The force in the capillaries, or some
other force. carries the blood after
death, from the arteries, where the heart
leaves it, into the veins. Finding the
arteries empty after death gave rise to
the idea that they conveyed air; whence
the name. It was this belief which
Harvey overthrow In 620.-PopulaY
Science MO1at1iLU.
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INCIDENTS.

INCIDENTS.
July 2-9:20 a. m.-President shot in Balti-
more and Potomac depot Washington, ID. @.
July 7.-Hopeful of recovery.
July 23.-Relapse. rigor and chills.
July 24.-Operation- discovery of pus sack.
July 26.-Incision enlarged and removal OF
splinters of bone. etc.
July 3O.-Experimentiug with electric-induc-
ton balance for discovering location of the
bullet.
Aug. Extremely hopeful.
Aug. bad febrile symptoms.
Aug. Second operation. Discharge of pus
through lower incision in back.
Aug. 9.-The President wrote his name.
Aug. l0.-He g4gned an eXtradition paper.
Aug u.-He wrote q letter to his mother
Aug. 14.-Nausea, vomiting and physical
prostration.
Aug. 18.-Inhammation Of the right parotid
gland
Aug 19-Drainage-tub inserted nine inches
deeper in wound in back.
Aug. 21.-Vomited twice during the after
noon.
Aug. 22.-surgeons first acknowledge the
existence of septic@mia for ten days.
Aug. 24.-Suppuration of the parotid gland
incsio1 and discharge of pus consultation Of
doctors to which DR.. Agnew was hrrriedly
called. s~ g e-ss-
Aug. 25.-Another consultation, at which it
| moved. es.a -y~fse 41-sy T1
Aug. 26-The Presidents mind wandered
during the night. The parotid gland discharged
through the ear. e.l-
Aug. 27.-Pulse more frequent and patient
feebler. Discharge of pus from the parotid
gland through the ear.
Aug. 28.-The President ate some milk toast
Another incision was made above the swollen
gland, followed by discharge of heal thy-iook-
ing pus The wound rather less INDECENT
Aug. 29.-Another incision near the parotid
gland, followed by fair. discharge of healthy
looking pus in the evening. The parotid SWELL
ing perceptibly diminishing. e%ES
Aug. 30.-Another incision on the lower side
OF the face glandular swelling diminishing
more freely.
Aug. 9t.-Disoovery Of an openi 1g from the
gland into the mouth. Swelling diminishing !;
increased relish for food * -
Sept. 2.-The President appears better than
for some days. He has taken more nourish-
ment little change in the wound restless dur
ing the night. a#E ~A ss4g84s
Sept. 9.-Parotid swelling continues to dis
charge and diminish in SIZE Ate fair break.
fast Of milk-toast and some reed BIRDS. In the
evening he vomited. The surgeons determined
to remove the President from Washington. to
escape the malarial fever, which threatened
| death. Long Branch decided on as more con-
venient for the surgeons.
Sept. 4.--The President vomited about /
o'clock a. M, but slept well most of the night.
During the day no return of the irritability of
the stomach. Improvement Of the parotid
gland, and contour of the face restored. More
fatigue after dressing of the wound.
Sept. 5.-The hottest day and night of very
hot summer.
over the Pennsylvania railroad to Long Branch.
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Two minutes later human form fell
with dull thud on the front porch Of
the naughty packers residence.
1t was Herbert Ainsleigh. The old
man had fired him out. -Chicago zri6-
2Li1R
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r REQUENT AND THOROUGH 1IILAGb.-
Jethro Tull, the famous English agri-
culturist, who believed that manure was
not essential in growing crops, as finely
pulverized earth and moisture were suf-
ticient for the best growth of plants, was
somewhat mistaken but the following
account, given in an exchange, of the
results Of this system on crop of pota-
toes shows that he was not 80 far out OF
the way as many have supposed. The
writer said to his neighbor. the Doctor,
who had the same variety OF potatoes to
plant "Well, now, Doctor, my land Is
thin, and must make up in work what
it lacks in fertility, and shall cultivate
my potatoes once week, as long as the
vines stand up" He concluded his land
was new and strong, and two or three
workings would do. We had no potato
bugs then, but weeds and dry weather,
much the same as now. Ny potatoes
did not seem to check growth In the dry
weather, and I concluded my soil was
not so thin and impoverished as had
been supposed. But when I looked
across the fence at the doctors potatoes
and grape vines, felt sure that some
thing besides the soil had made my vines
and potatoes to flourish. They were far
better than the doctors, while his soil
was new and rich and mine was bleached
and worn. expected my excessive Gull
tivation must have the credit said
nothing to my friend until after the po-
tato crop was put in the barn, ready for
market. They brought me $3.50, after
leaving enough at home for winter
supply. My friend, the doctor, reported
a failure-not enough to pay for the dig
cling. He concluded the difference In
crops could not be in the soil, nor seed,
nor planting. There was only one way
to account for 1t. The regular weekly
cultiyating of my potatoes gave me
big crop Of extra smooth potatoes, while
the doctor and others who gave little at
tention to the crop made failure. Gull
tivate potatoes early and often.
FINE MANURE.-A Tennessee CORE
spondent asks if we can tell him where
to get machine for grinding up man
ure. He is moved to ask for such
machine because he accidentally expert
enced wonderful benefit from scattering
the fine litter made under his barn.
We are glad that our correspondent
has learned the value Of fine manure. and
records his testimony in its favor. There
are thousands of farmers who hold that
it makes no difference whether the man
ure is applied fine or coarse. They be-
ieye in manure, but have not so closely
observed its defects as to know how to
make the most Of it. Our English cou-
sins lay great stress On having The q dung
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love the old place. and would like to pur-
chase it for my own. Will you sell it u
me?''
"Zoe," he said, turning quickly and
throwing his arms about her, regardless
of her elaborate costume. time or occa-
sion, Il throw myself upon your mercy.
Upon my soul. love you and you only
Will You forgive me, and be my prom
ised wife once more, and then we Will
have Windmill Grange together -
Toe freed herself from his impatient
arms, and looked earnestly into his lace.
Something-couldi it be tears stood in
his eyes.
II do forgive you,'' she said
The mist in his eyes grew denser still.
until, with the soft tempered light, it cast
halo round Zoe's head.
"And now" she said, after pause,
which Russell had most eloquently filled,
though not with words. ..why don't you
tell me l have no spirit? Don't you
think
Il think" he interrupted, THAT you
are simply an angel. But what an oppor.
tunify you have lost for giving me leng-
thv and merited reproof."
She smiled, wisely knowing if she Of
tered reproof he would feel that in receiv-
ing it meekly he atoned in measure for
his conduct otherwise, his humility would
be next to everlasting. So. even in after
wears, she never reproached him though
it must be confessed, if he ever started out
upon a wild-goose chase. whatever the OBJ
ieci might be, Zoe would very demurely
advise him against purchasing another
Windmill Grange. The remark never
failed to bring him to terms.
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Notice.

~. II Cfookef a: moved to Hotel North, where he
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