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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-02-11

halo Of the moon. The garden Of the
Bolton mansion was bathed In graylsh
mist, which fickered among the tall
trees, and cast weird shadows on the
old castle.
Arthur Bolton was slowly strolling
through the deep paths leading IN and
out among the shrubbery The fire of
his cigar burnt fercely as he pulled
nervously away at it. How often he had
ralked here with buoyant steps and
light heart, looking toward the future,
when Lucy Grey was to have become his
Wifel
s'How cruel!'' he murmured ''Cruel
cruel Oh, how shall [ bear it-how
shall [ endure? Would to heaven that
here and now I could lay down the bur
den of my life and sink into obliyionl
Lucy, who was my life and love-who is,
and ever shall be, my love-is not
false-but the noteP'
Hour after hour passed away, and still
he staid. It was about midnight that he
stopped opposite the old tower.
''Harkl" he exclaimed, springing for
ward and assuming a listening attitude.
'Arthur Arthur! Save me-"
Like lightning his blue eyes sent a
CLEAN up to the window above. A white
object futtered moment, and then fell
at his feet. Picking it up, he read in
family penciled characters the follow
ing:
ITO the person finding this handker-
chief For the love of all you hold dear
in this world or the next, take this to
Dr. Grey of Hazelton, and tell him that
am confined prisoner, by Sir James
Bolton, in the big room of the old tower,
and that he swears shall not receive my
freedom until become his wife. 5"
Without reading further, Arthur Boz
ton sprang like blood hound toward the
house. He knew it all now. Sir Jane.
was suddenly awakened that night by q
terrible crash, and hurriedly throwing
on his clothes, he rushed toward the big
room in the old tower.
Crash! With a wild shrek, he sprang
forward Crash, crash! And down flew
the door, rotten with age, and Sir James
arrived just in time to glare through the
open space on Arthur and Lucy, fondly
clasped in each others arms, while the
young mans hot kisses were raining over
the brow, cheek and neck of her who
was his life and love.
"Fiends!" screamed Sir James, while
the blood rushed in torrents to his
head
With one wild bound the old man at
tempted to reach the pair, but, falling
short he tottered, fell, and remained as
one dead
Tenderly he was laid on the bed. AL
ready Arthur and Lucy had forgiven him,
and for many week, hung over his pill
low; and when he became convalescent,
none were happier than they. But the
punishment came. Sir James sight had
gone in his illness, and henceforth, all
chat made life worth the living to him,
was to sit between Arthur and Lucy, who
had become man and wife, with hand
of each clasped tightly in his own, and
hear them declare their forgiveness and
love
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-02-11
Infting IT Short.


Once, during the days of my early
struggles III the profession, said Edwin
Booth, "and while we were barn-storm-
ing down in Virginia, an odd thing hap
pened, which illustrates the shifts to
which poor player was then put in
order to get along. We were playing
showing they called it then-one
night at little place called Lees Land
lAg, and the tobacco warehouse we had
lmprovised into theater was crowded
by the planters for miles around. We
mad arranged to take the weekly steamer
that we expected would touch there late
that night, and between the acts. were az
busy packing up. The play was the
Merchant OF Venice, and we were just
going on for the court scene, where the
Jew insists on his pound of flesh, when
we heard whistle blow, and the man
ager came running in to say that the
steamer had arrived ahead of time and
would leave again In ten minutes.
Gas that was our only chance of get
ting down to the Chesapeake for week,
we were naturally in a terrible guam
Diary. If we stop right here and ex-
plain, said the manager, the audience
viii think they are being cheated, and
go in for a free fight. The only thing
we can do is for you fellows to get up
some sort of a natural-like, impromptu
ending for the piece, and ring down the
drop. Go right ahead, ladies and gem
tlemen, and take your cue from Ned,
here, and he hurried away to get the
luggage ON board.
" If it had been IN any other quarter
of thecountry Wouldn't have had the as
surance to do as he said, but the ignor-
ance of the clay eaters or ordinary
Virginians of those days, was something
marvellous, so when old George Ruggles,
who was doing Shylock, got to where he
sharpens his knife on his shoe, [ walked
solemnly up to him and said:
"' You're bound to have the flesh, are
your
"'You bet your life, said George,
under the impression that he was I'M
promising very skillfully indeed.
"Now, I'll make you one more dick
err I continued. In addition to the
bag of ducats, I'll throw Ill two kegs of
niggerhead terback, a shotgun and a
couple of tho best coon dogs in the
State.
"'Im blamed if I don't do it. said
Shylock, much to the appreciation of
the audience, who were tobacco-raiSers
and coon hunters from the ground up.
"'And to show that there is no hard
feeling said Portia, tucking up her
legal gown, well wind up with q Yir-
ginny reel.
"And as the prompter struck up
'Monnie Musk on his fiddle, we danced
couple of figures, and made break for
the boat as the curtain fell, amid thun-
ders of applause.
"When we got on board, the steamers
Captain, who had witnessed the conclu-
sion of the play with great delight, ten
dered the troupe the compliment of a
hot supper, and remarked, as we sat
down to what was % rare treat in those
'palmy days of the drama:
"Pd like to see the whole of that
play sometime, gentlemen. I'm blamed
if | thought that fellow Shakespeare had
so much snap to him.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-02-11
A Noble Revenge.

The coffin was plain one-a poor,
miserable, pine coffin. No flowers on
the top; no lining of white satin for the
pale brow; no smooth ribbons about the
coarse shroud. The brown hair was
laid decently back, but there was no
crinlped cap with neat tie beneath the
chin. The sufferer of cruel poverty
smiled in her sleep; she had found
bread, rest and health.
1" I want to see my mother" sobbed
poor little child, as the undertaken
screwed down the top.
You cannot; get out of the way,
boy !; why don't some one take the
brat?"
"Only let me see her one minute p
cried the helpless orphan, clutching at
the side of the charity box, as he gazed
upon the coffin, agonized tears stream
ing down the cheeks on which no child
ish bloom ever fingered. Oh it was
painful to hear him cry the words !:
Only once; let me see mother, only
once |"
Quickly and brutally the heartless
monster struck the boy away, so that he
reeled with the blow. For moment
the boy stood painting with grief and
rage-his blue eyes distended, his lips
sprung apart; fire glistened through his
eyes as he raised his little arm with a
most unchildish laugh, and screamed:
"When I'm a man, I'll be revenged
for that !"
There was a coffin and heap of earth
between the mother and the poor for
saken child-a monument much stronger
than granite built in the boys heart the
memory of the heartless deed.
The Court House was crowded to suf-
location.
"Does any one appear as this mans
counsel?" asked the Judge.
There was a silence when he had fin
ished, until, with lips tightly pressed
together, look of strange intelligence
blended with a naughty reserve upon
his handsome features, a young man
stepped forward with firm tread and
kindly eye to plead for the friendless
one. He was stranger, but at the first
sentence there was silence. The splen-
dor of his genius ntranced-convinced
The man who could not find friend
was acquitted.
"May God bless you, sir; cannot /"
he exclaimed
81 want no thanks" replied the
stranger.
T-I-I believe you are unknown to
me-"
"Sir, I will refresh your memory.
Twenty years ago this day you struck
broken-hearted little boy away from his
dead mothers coffin. 1 was that boy"
"Have you rescued me, then, to take
my life ?"
''No, ] have sweeter revenge. I
have saved the life of man whose brut-
al conduct has ranked in my breast for
the last twenty years. Go, then, and
remember the tears of a friendless
child"
The man bowed his head in shame,
and went from the presence of magnan.
unity, as grand to him as it was incomc
prehensible.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-02-11
jay GOuId's Abilities as a Rear.

Jay Gould had $50, 100000 in money
Sept. 1, 1878, and was then prepared to
hammer the market down--to send a
chilling fear through all the list. On
the 9Th of September he appeared in the
Exchange and began work. He first at
tackled gold; $20O,O0O,O00 was sold in
one day by himself ind associates. The
price fell 7 cents, giving Gould an
enormous profit. He locked up his
profits and his capital and turned his at
tention to the list of stocks that had al.
ready weakened from 5 to Is per cent,
in sympathy with his daring raid on
gold. Distrust became general, small
holders were shaken out, timid ones sold
out, and many strong operators ranged
themselves on the "bear" side under
Gould's leadership. Western Union was
the next object Of assault. He sold 40
600 shares short, and down it went.
tumbling 10 cents in one hour, clearing
Gould half million in sixty minutes.
This was on the 18th of September, and
by noon Jay Cooke failed. Then came
riot and ruin. On the next day the
steadiest stocks dropped like lead, and
the staunchest houses collapsed. By 3
p. m. there had been loss of $780,
900, 1000 in values since morning, and
money was worth 5 per cent. day.
Gould fitted like vulture through the
black and sickening scenes, battering
mercilessly any stock that showed signs
of vitality. The next day the banks
suspended, and at12 the Stock Exchange
closed doors-and the panic had settled
upon the country. It seemed impossi-
bic to lift prices. There was money
enough but no confidence. The Gov
eminent reissued $50, 900, 600 of green
backs. There were 10000 bales of
cotton in the South and 1000, 900, 900
bushels of wheat in the West, but there
was no confidence and everything Jagged.
For over three years there was depres-
sion In everything. Stocks would rise
bit and then fall lower than ever until
in April, 1877, bed rock was reached. It
was then estimated that the shrinkage
in the leading stocks in the street
amounted to 100000, 900, and over
81, 900, 900, 900 of railway values had gone
iuto the hands of receivers. -New York
Letter.
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How to Manage Win Jobn.


When John (John is your beau, YOU
know begins to be remiss in his atten-
tons, and to give his charming chances
to somebody else, do not look woe-be-
gone, do not fret about it, do not let him
know you care. There are a good many
men who only value the love they can
not get, and always despise that which
they possess.
Ii you can manage it, look brighter
and more cheerful than you ever did be-
fore, and firt with somebody else. Let
John think you do not care for him. Let
John believe you admire some one else
much more, and if some one else also
appears to admire you ten to one John
will return to his allegiance in hurry.
He will find that the possession once his
is slipping through his fingers that
some one else values what he had begun
to be Indifferent about and he will at
once desire to reinstate himself in your
good graces.
When he shows these symptoms be
sure that you are very hard to win over.
Let him suffer good deal let him take
a great deal of trouble to prove that, all
the while, you were the only woman in
the world to him. Let him come, if pos
sible, to getting on his knees and MAX
ing an offer in the hope of forestalIing
Jones, who is expecting to make one
very soon, and then-refuse him
With such an inconstant disposition
he would assuredly make a bad hus-
band, and you would be very wretched
woman if you married him for neon
stancy is the one utterly uncomfortable
thing in married life and man who,
because she loves him, wearies of the
girl he has wooed, will simply hate the
wife to whom he is bound, and soon
make her hate him. -New York Ledqer.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-02-11
Electricity and Sailed Herrings.

Had any scientific enthusiast Of the last
generation announced his belief that the
progress of electrical science would di-
rectly affect the supply of herrings to
those inland Catholic countries where
they are-when salted-in such demand
for food on fast days, his friends would
have been anxious for his cerebral vel
fare. As matter Of fact, this is now the
case. The Norwegian coast is girdled
by 1000 miles of herring telegraph wire,
and telegraph stations are established
on the barren rocks of the Lofodden
islands, and in the hollows between the
dark, precipitous cliffs that form the
Arctic face of Europe. Here, among the
screaming seabirds, watch is kept of
the movements of herring shoals, and
particulars concerning their progress are
flashed to the settlements of hardy Morse
men who live by the harvest of the Arctic
and sub-Arctic ocean. According to
such intelligence they make their pre-
parations for securing some of the mer-
chandise that they send so largely to the
countries on the Mediterranean. - Ger
Hemen's Magazine.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-02-11
USEFUL HINTS.

A SPOONFUL of stewed tomatoes in the
gravy of either roasted or fried meats is
an advantage.
To KEEP lemons fresh, place them in
a jar filed with water, to be renewed
every day or two.
A LADY says that to kill insects she
uses one teaspoonful of kerosene to a
gallon of water, and sprinkles it on the
plants with hand-broom. It DESTROYS
green flies and other pests.
CANDLES are sometimes kept burn
ing in sick-rooms or nurseries
the whole night. An easy method of
preventing too-rapid combustion is to
place salt, finely powdered, from the
tallow to the black part of the wick of
partly-burnt candle. Of course. the
light is only sufficient for bed-cham-
Der.
The little boxes of thin wood which
are used to carry butter OF lard in, when
covered with cambria or silk, make
pretty work boxes. Small peach bas-
kets, painted and lined with bright
color, are ornamental and convenient,
beside affording the satisfaction which
comes from making something from
nothing.
WHEN putting up curtains which are to
be draped, IN low room, put the cor
nice to which the curtains are to be fast
ened close to the ceiling, even if the
window is put in lower down, as it gives
the effect of greater height to the room.
The curtains meeting at the top will con-
ceal the wall.
The paper lamp-shades so fashionable
just now can be made very easily. Fold
a sheet of tissue paper in the center,
forming half square i; then fold again
into a quarter square, then into an
eighth. Continue folding in this way as
long as possible, always folding from the
center. Holding the thick part firmly
in one hand, draw it through the other
till the paper is thoroughly creased !;
then partly unfold and draw it through
the hand from the center to the outer
edge. When it has become well creased,
cut enough from the center to allow of
its slipping over the lamp-shade.
The white wheaton loaves, considered
so desirable, are by no means the most
putritious, as some of the most nourish-
ing principles of the wheat are lost in
the whitening process. By this process
the -four is deprived to a great degree of
its gluten and phosphate, both important
elements of food. Whole meal flour has
heen offered to the public, but its dark
color has interfered with its sale. Bread
made of such flour needs no yeast, as
enough carbonic acid is evolved in its
preparation to secure sufficient ightness
of the dough. Some persons have sup
posed that lack of the phosphates in
the -four generally used by Americans
was one of the causes of the detective
ness of the the teeth SO common in this
cOlntrY
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-02-11
Changed His RELIGION.

"I1l be dinged eff doan bPeve in de
predespernation doctrine" remarked
Woody Calvin, the preacher, to a party
of brethren.
con what fabricationment OBJ theo-
eticalism do yer place de sinews OBJ yer
rationsination?' asked Toney, the phi
losopher.
"Gim me dem words so I can com
initial dem to understandin', Tony" re-
quested Calvin, turning with beseech-
ing expression.
"Nor, sir" said the philosopher with
emphasis. 81 got my larnin' by de
sweat of my brow at a night school ober
a ibery stable, an I doesn't perpose ter
gin hit away fur nothin'. When [ filings
out anythin', an yer can ketch hit, all
right, but doan ak me ter make yer a
present OBJ my Encyclopedia"
"Scuze me, Toney, l din't tend ter
rob yer. But ez ter dat predespernation
business. In my church, fur Use pizen
Methodist, 1 hez alters fault dat doc
trine Now, I hez been WINGED oh hit
an will hab ter change my 'ligion. I'll
tell yer how wuz WINGED Yesterday
mornin' when 1 came along down de
street I thought dis way ter myself:
Now seq /, EFF hit is tended for ME ter
get drunk ter day, Use ur gEine ter do
hit"
"Wall, how did dat prube de doctrine
oh predespernation?"
81 got drunk"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-02-11
TWO sac Down.


Two sat down in the morning time,
One 70 sing and one to spin.
All men listened to the song sublime,
But no one listened TO the dull wheels din.
The singer she sat in pleasant nook,
And sang Of life that was fair and sweet,
While the spinner sat with steadfast look,
Busily plying her hands and feet.
The singer sang on, with rcse in her hair,
And ali men listened to her sweet tone;
And tn spinner spun on with dull despair
Down in her heart as she sat alone.
But To- on the morrow no one said
Aught of the singer or what she sang
Men were saying, "Behold this thread"
And loud the praise Of the spinner rang.
The world has forgotten the singers name
Her rose is faded, her songs are old;
But Tar DER the ocean the spinner's fame
Yet is biazoned in lines of gold.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-02-11
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES,
Morning Calls.


Come, Lou, viii you never be ready?
I'll button your gloves for you-therel
Your new hat is very becoming;
II quits you-pale blue-you're so fair.
Now, for me, I'm as dark as an Indian,
And wear red and old gold.
Wen drive first to old Mrs. Jones's;
II we don't go there, papa viii scold;
So we might Just as well have it over.
Not at home well. I'm thankful. indeed
Now the Greys. Out again-we are lucky,
Who's next on the hst?-Mrs. Sneyde
She's a bore, but her parties are pleasant:
Then her brother is such nice beau!
Now, mind, we can't stay but ten minutes.
We've so many places to go.
(Well, John, drive to Mrs. Van Upstart'sl
It isn't her day to receive,
And so we shall probably miss her;
If we do, am sure I sha'n't grieve.
How are you. dear Mrs. Van Upstart?
So glad yousare in Nell and
Are out1naking calls this fine morning,
And felt that we couldn't pass by.
(John, drive to the Blairs and De Ruyters'.l
They're all IN deep mourning, and so
We need only leave cards; give him mamma's-
They'll think she was with us, you know.
And now to the DeTins'; julie told me
They're going to give grand ball;
The cards are not out, so they'll think it
Mere courtesy in US to call.
Look! there's Fannie Harris; saw her:
She's just turned the corner; let's go
And leave her our cards while she's walking:
It won't take five minutes, you know
We've party call due at the Graynors';
It's one that we really must pay;
And then we must go home to luncheon:
There's cOTnDanV asked for to-day
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-02-11
The Milling Interest,

Thirty years ago the center of the
four-milling interest of the country was
in the northern parts of this State, es-
pecially in Rochester and Oswego. Since
then, however, the railroad system has
been constantly extending westward,
while the "wheat belt" has been steadily
shifting in the same direction, so that
the milling business has been largely
transferred to the West and Northwest,
where about two-thirds of the -four man
ufactured in the Union is now produced.
During the last decade the Northwestern
States have doubled the number of their
-four mills and tripled their run of stones,
and new milling facilities of the latest
and most approved patterns are con-
stantly either taking the place of the old
ones or adding to their productive ca
pacity.-RWr0k NeaU Yorker.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-02-11
Fixing Her Hair.

When girl concludes to put up her
hair and make herself look sweet, the
best policy is to let her have her own
way. She can't be drawn away from
her mirror by any of the ordinary things
of this life. A fire will sometimes do It,
but it has been shown that even a fire
may fail to excite some girls. Some
time ago q New York lodging-house
took fire, and at most uncomfortable
hour, when most girls have their back
hair down. One Of the youngladies heard
that the place was burning down, but
she didn't feel like making her appear
ance before the crowd that had gath
cred in the street looking like perfect
fright. She shut the door leading into
the hall to keep out the flames and went
to her mirror to fix her hair. Anybody
who has waited for a girl to fix hair
knows that it takes time and great deal
of it. This girl wasn't any quicker than
the average, and she was very particular
about having her hair done up as it
should be. The fire had cut off her
chances of escape by the stairs, and her
lover, after appealing to her for some
time. finally lost his patience and got
away without her. A fireman got
up to the room on ladder, and she
made him sit on the edge Of the window
and wait until she had arranged her hair
pins and ribbons for the right sort of a
public appearance, then she threw her
self into his arms-it was so romantic
and slid down the ladder with him look
ing just sweet. The whole thing was
tremendous success, but when the care
full young girl was safely landed on the
pavement she found out that she had
forgotten her stockings.
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heart to the core. Must I? Oh, how
the chains drag me to the ground! And
yet I must have her. Love, lovep' he
continued, passionately, breaking from
his strain of remorse. "What power is
this, what chains are these, that binds
me to dishonorl Love and honor should
go hand in hand, but not with me-not
with me! By Heavens" he cried, rag
ing fiercely up and down, 81 shall have
herp And, with a glance toward the
blue sky above he fell on his knees and
Missed, 81 swear it!'
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-02-11
Ireland,s Great Landowners.

The following figures in regard to the
ownership of Irish land are interesting
One man owns 10, 900 acres three men
own 5000 acres each; fourteen men,
$4,000 acres each ninety men, 10000
acres each; and 452 men, 5000 acres
each. The Association of Salters own
10000 acres; the Diapers, q, 600 acres
the Merchants, q 900 acres the Skin
hers, $4,000 acres the Fishmongers;
10000 acres: the Ironmongers, 10, coo
and the Grocers, 10000 acres. It is
not, therefore, any exaggeration to say
that, of the Ell, 000, 900 which is annual
Irish rental, at least Ell 600, 600 spent
out of the country and where, as IL