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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-11-03
'No More Blind Pools for Me-"


Charles was little boy who loved his
Mother dearly, and whenever she told him
anything he was very careful to Obey.
One day in the Spring, when the birds were
singing and the buds on the apple trees were
almost ready to burst into beautiful white
blossoms, Charles asked his Mother for Ten
Cents to buy Marbles, for the ground was get
ting dry and the other boys were beginning to
enjoy their favorite Sport @You can have the
money, my son." said the Mother, @but you
must promise me not TO play for Keeps; and
every night that you can come home and tell
me truthfully that you have not disobeyed
your Mamma, I will give you Large Red
Apple" And then she kissed him fondly, and
he went gayly to School
But before Charles had gone very far he
met Thomas Tough, who was Bad boy
Charles told Thomas about the Ten Cents that
his mother had given him to buy Marbles
with, and also told him that he could not play
for Keeps unless he was willing to go without
the Red Apple
When Thomas heard this he said: @Give me
the Marbles that you are going to buy, and /
will play with them for Keeps, and after
School is out we will Divide what have won,
for am Superior Player. Then you can
truthfuIly tell your Mother that you have not
been playing for Keeps, and viii receive the
Red Apple
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-11-03
The Oldest Town in Texas.

Ysleta, on the Rio Grande, twelve miles below
Ell Paso, is the county seatof Ell Paso county.
has a population of about twenty hundred,
and is one of the most interesting places in the
world. 1t is interesting from it's great antiqui-
ty and the peculiarly of its people, it's archi-
lecture, it's agriculture, and it's products.
1t is far the Oldest town in Texas,
and there can be little doubt that
it is also the oldest in the United
states. 1t is said to be well-established his
torical fact that Spanish explorer or military
adventurer named Coronado visited the place
in 1910, and found it then a populous and
prosperous civilized Indian community. He
was Immediately followed by the Franciscan
friars, who erected a church and established
schools the same year. These facts
are said to be just as easily
proved as any other facts in history.
Now, if Ysleta was populous town in 1870
it follows, without doubt, that it was a
town before that time, and it may have been
a town even hundreds of years before The
same race of people exists there to-day just as
pure-b looded, for the most part as when
Coronado found them 342 years ago, engaged
in the same agricultural and mechanical pur-
suits as their forefathers in ages back.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-11-03
A Big Well.
Los Angeles Gal Telegram.

Los Angeles (Cal) Telegram.
The largest well in California is now rapidly
approaching completion in Wilmington in this
county 1t is the enterprise of Gen. Phineas
Banning, one of the most energetic citizens of
Los Angeles county, who has made this well
his hobby and pride for several months past
1t is twenty-five feet in diameter, and has
reached level some forty feet below the
surface of the earth. In the interior of
this circular hole huge wooden tank,
hoped together with iron bands, and
each stave twelve inches square, has been
built The inside of this tank, which is bot
tomless, is hoped with bands of railroad iron
and formed SO that the bottom flares outward
and Is wider than the top. AS the earth is re-
moved from the bottom of the well this NAM
moth bottomless tub, one foot thick. sinks
downward, thus forming water-tight wall.
On top of this wooden structure brick wall
is being built as the hole becomes deeper.
The water enters the we'll at the bottom in
large volumes, but it is kep5 almost dry
by the operation of a large steam pump,
which runs night and day There is room for
twenty-five or thirty men to work upon the
bottom of this we'll When it is completed the
water will be pumped into gigantic tank,
which, being elevated above the ground on
scaffolding, will give sufficient gravity to send
water in any direction for miles. With the
completion of this well Wilmington and San
Pedro will have an assured supply of water
for all time Pipes are laid to the wharf at
San Pedro, so that vessels can take water with
greater ease and without trouble The cost of
this monster well will not be less than $1,000
or $4,000
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-11-03

so Charles gave his Marbles to Thomas, and
after school was out asked him how many
Marbles he had Won
Il did not Win" replied Thomas. 4 struck
Hard Crowd, and lost"
Then Charles was sad, for he was pretty
Tight-Fisted little boy, and began to Cry. But
presently ne said to Thomas aYou are a
naughty boy, and hate You Very Much"
And then Thomas hit Charles in the nose,
Gnd threw him down in the Dirt making his
new panties look very bad indeed
So when Charles reached home he told his
Papa all about his troubles When he had
finished his Papa said to him: @You don't
know as much as Thompson's Colt, and am
going to Take Crack at you myself.
Then he gave Charles a good Licking. and
sent him to bed without any Supper And
when Charles had lain on his Stomach for a
while, because he felt more Comfortable that
way, he said to himself: NO more Blind Pools
for me-"
Doyou not think he had Great Head, chill
dren? I do.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-11-03
Herbert spencer,s Habits.
Letter to N. Y. Post

MOnLClaT L6BD6T 10 ~, 1. FOSL
as Mr.. Spencer social in his tastes ?"
@His principles are social, I should say,
rather than his tastes. He is not a society
man, like Tyndall, and in the sense that Tyn-
dali is; but his conversation is something re-
markable. An excellent English authority
once referred to him as the finest talker lever
heard But the late Rev. DR.. Bellows, who
judged things by their brilliancy, said that
Spencer was stupid. The fact is, Spencer, as
a talker, is mighty, rather than brilliant.
When writing his books he dictates every
word to an amanuensis, and works only three
hours day. For years he has not
worked longer than that Then, when the al
lotted three hours are spent anything for di-
verslon-particulaTly the opera or the concert
or billiards, and above all, when he is quite
used up, the country He is extremely fond
of the country, and in his periods of greatest
distress will fly thither and stay until he picks
himself up little. But his life has been ut
terly devoid of incident, and there is, indeed,
nothing to be written about him except what
he himself has written in his works. All
that can be said is what has already
appeared in Appleton's cyclopedia, jingled
up ittle-that he was born in
1920; that his father was a teacher !;
that he was fond of observing and experiment.
ing with insects and philosophical apparatus;
that he was proficient in mathematics, devised
theorem in geometry; that he became civil
engineer; that he exercised himself as an in
ventor; that he tried literary work in Lon
don, but did not succeed; that, in 1854, he be-
came convinced that all organized beings have
become what they are by development; that,
in 1860, he published prospectus
of a philosophical system founded upon
that doctrine, and that he has since been en-
gagged in the evolution of that system. But there
are no events in his life. His distinction
is simply that he is a thinker. Twenty years
ago one of his friends in this country said that
he was destined to be the foremost thinker to
stimulate American thought That's what he
is to-day. He has no family-neither wife
nor children, father, mother, sister or brother
He is alone and independent But, notwith-
standing all that has been written about him,
no one has yet placed him as thinker. His
exact rank in the hierarchy of thinkers has
not yet been Defined
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-11-03
A Modified Claim.
Texas Sift1ngs

Kasiusko Murphy was engaged to be mar
ried to Miss Esmerelda Longcofin, and, for a
while, they used to be very affectionate Of
late he has neglected her. His father asked
him why he had given her the cold shake
Because found o. out she has only half as
reply.
swell, Kasiusko, said the old man, @she is
entitled to fifty per cent of your devotion,
anyhow You should remember that when
you go counting some other girl"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-11-03
TRANSFORMATION.

Unpublished Poem of Richard Realf.l
She kissed me, my beautiful darling!
drank the delight of her lips;
The universe melted together
Mortality stood in eclipse
A spirit of light stood before me-
heard far rustic of wings;
The kings of the earth were as beggars,
And the beggars of earth were as kings
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-11-03
WoIseIey and Seymour.
Cologne Gazette.

COIOgn6 GaZ6tt6
Wolseley is an undergrown and spare man,
lantern jawed, with short gray hair and blonde
moustache He wears yellow sun-helmet,
wound about with a handkerchief of white
and violet check; his read coat is open at the
chest and spotted with many stains of grease;
he has variegated necktie, WOODEN shirt Of
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-11-03

A student of human nature was the Yankee
schoolma'am who undertook the care OF
school out west, where her predecessor q
man, had been tossed through the window ny
the rebellious pupils. She got along spien-
didly and when asked how she managed tire
Piled, ooh, easily enough. I thraahsd ~
little boys and mGshed the big ones.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-11-03

The mistress has gently reprimanded her
maid for oversleeping herself in the morning.
sYou see, ma'am," explained the servant, Il
sleep very slowly and so you see, ma'am, it
takes me much longer to get my full sleep
than it does others, you see, ma'am.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-11-03

The original manuscript of @N[aud Muller, !"
as sent to The Washington National Era, con-
tains note from Whittier, in which he saws
that he has "tried to make something of the
pastoral conditions of New England life. after
the manner of the German noets."
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-11-03
IMMORTAL INFLUENCE
CHARLES Dickena.]

The pure, the bright, the beautiful,
That stirred our hearts in youth;
The impulse of a wordless PRAYER,
The dream of love and truth,
The longings after something lost,
The spirits yearning cry,
The strivings after better hopes:
These things shall never die.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-11-03

@An' SO ye're going to Dublin, said friend,
as he met Pat driving fat hog along the
highway. @Hist! me darlint" rejcined Pat.
in q whisper, Eye see the pig thinks its going
to Cork"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-11-03

Hartford Times: Several of our exchanges
are devoting considerable space to the impor-
lance of cooking girls" It's no use. We
don't want them cooked. The raw damsel is
good enough for us.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-11-03
No Bald-Headed Recruits.

Texas Siftngs.
No bald-headed man is taken into the Unit
ed States army as recruit This rule has
been adopted to conciliate the friendly In
dams. Nothing exasperates an Indian SO
much as to kill United States soldier, and
then be deprived of the satisfaction of scalp
ing him. Such an outrage on the friendly In
dams is calculated to goad them on to war.
1t is at the request of the Indians that the sec
rotary of war issued the order that none but
scalpable recruits should be received into the
army.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-11-03
The Virginia Country Squire OF the
Colonial Period.
John Fiska in Harnar's Maoa zina


Apart from politics, these country squires
found but little business wherewith to occupy
their time. The direct supervision of the
slaves was ordinarily intrusted to oVerseers,
and the masters were thus secured in the en-
joyment of ample leisure, which men of noble
ambition, such as Jefferson and Madison,
could turn to good profit in cultiVating their
minds. But to men of more common mould
this ample leisure became monotonous, and in
such a society as that here depicted, with no
town life, no roads or inns worth speaking of,
and no amusements save horse-racing, the en-
tertainment of guests by the month together
was regarded both as duty and as a privi-
lege. Every planter kept open house, and
provided for his visitors with unstinted hand
The style of living was extremely generous,
and often splendid The houses were spa
cious and solidly built, sometimes of brick or
stone, but more often Of wood. PaneIled
wainscOts of oak and carved oaken chimney
pieces were common, and the rooms we're fur
nished with the handsomest chairs and tables
and cabinets that could be brought over from
England The dress, too, Of both men and
women, was rich and costly, and the latest
London fashions were carefully followed
Silver plate, elegant china and choice wines
were commonly to be found at these great
manor-houses, and the stables were stocked
with horses of the finest breed.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-11-03

The death is announced of Fraser's Maya
zine. Among the names associated with this
publication are those of Thackery, Carlyle,
Coleridge, and @Father Prout" 1t was for
Fraser that Thackery, under the nom de
plume Of Michael Angelo Titmarsh, wrote
some of the best of his early sketches, among
others @The Haggerty Diamond" and Shabby
Genteel Stories" Most of Father Prout's
clever productions we're published in the mag
azine. whose extinction will excite the general
regret of every lover Of high-class literature.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-11-03

&No, papa, do not wish to marry yet
What 1 want is man who does not drink,
smoke, chew, snuff, go out at night, gamble,
bet, over-eat, ETC.; in short, man with no
vices, and one who is always good" aMy
daughter, said Mr.. Dusenberry, @you are but
stranger here; heaven is your home"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-11-03

Victor Hugo: The sword is but a hideous
Hash in the darlaess-right is an eternal ray.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-11-03

Camden Post: Man wants but little hers
below, and he gets about that much.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-11-03

J. Stuart Mill: He who knows only his OWE
aide Of the case knows little Of that
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-11-03
Wise NJ Parmentier

It costs England $125 to fire one of her big
guns at an enemy.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-11-03

Il trust you are putting few pennies aside
in your savings bank" said fond father to
his son, who was beginning to earn money by
doing errands and odd jobs. "Not any, papa
Ever since I saw you shaking dime from It
have regarded it as blind pool have no
faith in it"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-05-14
Nature.

In the fall of the year, in cold climates, ma
ture forms coat of carbon or fat under the
skin. This is the case not only in the lower
animal kingdom, but also in the human sys-
tenn. This carbon or fat acts like blanket
to protect US from the cold; if it were not for
this it would be impossible for any one to
stand the severity of our climate. Before ma
ture has time to change her dfese, warm
weather comes upon us and we feel heavy and
stupid. Moral: Aliens "Iron Tonic Bitters''
banishes languor and gives vivacity and buoy
ancy Of spirits, tones the liver, purifies the
blood, cures dyspepsia, creates healthy ap.
petite and gives strength, vigor and cheerful:
ness. J. P. Allen, Druggist and manafac-
turing pharmacist, sole manufacturer, ST.
Esuas Alnn.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-05-14
AL AROUND THE GLOBE.

A very heavy storm continues along the
Atlantic coast. The weather is extremely
cold.
A petition is being circulated at Boston To
stay the execution Of Guiteau on the ground
of insanity.
Edward Hixon 4 Co., furniture dealers. Of
Boston, have failed. Liabilities between xis0 !.
900 and $500 900.
The British steamship Pliny is ashore at
Deal Beach, Sandy Hook. The passengers and
crew were safely landed.
Sir Hugh and Andrew Allen, of Montreal.
have received threatening letters, supposed To-
be from discontinued shiplaborers Special
constables have been placed at their residences.
Judgment was filed yesterday in New YORK.
against the estate of the late Cornelius J.
Vanderbilt for $5S,680. obtained in the SUI
preme court by zachariah E. Simmons. lot.
terry man.
The first through train from Richmond.
Va, via the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad. ar.
rived at Louisville lat night with a Iarpe AZ.
cursion party from Virginia. The party
numbered 200.
A young man by the name of Green Morris.
son of ROBERT Morris of Little Rock. Arlr
and student in Arkansas college. while
bathing in Polk bayou yesterday afternoon.
were drowned.
Frank Parent, bartender in a saloon in
Detroit, Mich, jumped from a third story
window to the pavement yesterday and was
killed instantly. He attempted suicide once
before. he had been drinking heavily.
The Detroit Lubricator company of Detroit.
Mich, have commenced suit in the United
States district court at CIevelrnd, against the
Lake Shore Railway company for an infringe
ment of their patent, by using the Sebert oil
cup lubricator with the sight feed. Quite
large amount is involved.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-05-14
CHOICE PAINTINGS.

The Works of Col. FaIrman Executed from
Life with Fidelity to Nature.
Col. James Fairman, the we'll known artist.
who spent few days in the city year ago,
is again here and has with him few of the
choice paintings which he has made.
He has just completed mag
niicent portrait of Gen. Sibley.
The portrait .epresents the General in full
military uniform riding upon spirited horse,
while in the background a body of troops
which he is reviewing is presented. The
painting was brought here by Col. Fairman
tings of the subject and this having been
done The finishing touches were given yester-
day.
Col. Fairman gives special exhibition of a
few of his choice works, number of which
have been painted to order aud will be delivered
to their owners in few days. Among Others
he has "Stratford. upon-Avon," which gives
view of the place just after heavy rain.
The sun is breaking through the clouds, il
quiet village is given with great fidelity.
Another view is ''Sunset from the
Mount of Olives over the city of
Jerusalem The blending of colors gives
most natural effect to the scene, and the OBJ
server can scarcely realize that he is not
viewing yerItabie sunset. Among others
are "Melrose Abby" s'Life Boat off the
Coast of Etratat, France" and "Oid Arretan
church, Isle of Wight" Col. Fairman gives
special exhibition for few days only, at
Fairchild's real estate Office, corner of jack
son and Fourth streets, and those who have an
opportunity to see them will enjoy rare treat.
He makes no copies, everything he paints
being from personal observation of the scene
depicted He has spent eleven years abroad
and his choice works are really the result Of
years of careful study, though the actual ap-
plication of brush to canvass may have occu.
pied a much shorter period. he has
made seventeen trips across the At
lantic, and though cabin
passenger he served before the mast one voy-
age that he might thoroughly understand the
handling of ship. AS result be has re-
produced some wonderfully life-like ocean
scenes.
A number of our citizens have been for
tunate in securing some of Col. Fairman's
works, and the collection now on exhibition
viii soon be scattered.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-05-14
House OF Representatives.
A SHORT SESSION


WASHINGTON, May IS. The river and har-
hOc bill was reported. Ordered printed and
Eecommitted.
Efforts to report the bill to suspend the is
stance of silver certificates and limit the
coinage of silver dollars to the requirements
OF the people, met with objection.
Grape then called up for consideration the
oil to enable the national banking associa-
tons to extend their corporate existence.
Grape explained the provisions of the bill and
explained why he demanded action by con-
greSs.
Bland expressed opposition to the national
banking system; characterized it as legalized
robbery, and advocated free and unlimited
coinage of silver.
Smith CQl.) advocated the continuation oil
the national banking system. After several
other speeches the matter went over. AID
rich introduced bill rendering the thanks OF
congress to Lieutenant j. w. Eisenhower
and comforting upon him the rank of lieuten
sat-commander. Referred.
Adjourned.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-05-14
CITY GLOBULES.

T. 9. Hlldreth, formerly of Tony Denier's
Humpty Dumpty, has joined W. W. Coles
circus as press agent.
Bishop Robertson, of Missouri, will ad
minister the rite of confirmation in the Church
OF st. John the Evangelist, at 1890 this
morning.
The annual meeting of the st. Paul Academy
of Natural Sciences will be held at r. o.
sweenys drug store on Monday evening, 18th
inst, at o'clock. All members are requested
to be present.
In the district court yesterday. Judge
Simons presiding, Ernst Boese, indicted for
| the larceny of goods from the store of Auer.
bach, Finch, Van Slyck & Co., was sentenced
to one year in the penitentiary.
Those who desire a pleasant excursion
should remember the fact that an excursion
train will leave on the st. Paul & Manitoba
Road, at $50 o'clock this morning, for Min
netonka, returning to st. Paul at z O'Clock
tonight.
Instructions have been issued on the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & st. Paul road to sell tick
cts from all points to and from Chicago, dur
Ing the great musical festival, to be given in
| that city on the 23d to the 26th, at one full
| fare and one fifth for the round trip The
| Chicago, st. Paul & Omaha will do the same.
E. 8. Chittenden, Esq, attorney for the First
| National Bank of Corey, Pa, commenced suit
yesterday in the district court, against Oliver
Dairymple, the great wheat farmer, to recover
upon promissory note, given Jan. S. 1881,
and payable October 1, 1881, for the sum of
81 .O92.22.
The following gentlemen, composing q
special venire ordered by the district court for
petit jurors, are to report Monday morning:
Geo. A. Wells, Chas Steele, Chas. I, NC
Carthy, Henry 7. Sattler, w. D. Rogers, John
G. Devereaux, VIM. L. McGrsth, Jas, 81.
Weed, John J. Ward, Jr.
A committee of the Travelling Mems Re-
union association met at the Merchants hotel
and determined to hold meeting this year on
| the I'd, Sd and 4th of July, at Hotel Lafayette,
| at Minnetonka. They also determined to in
yite Rev. b. w. Thomas, of Chicago, to de-
liver lecture and sermon on the I'd of
July.
Early this spring workmen commenced
tearing down that antique structure known
| when in existence as Moffet's castle. In due
| time the structure itself was removed and the
| men commenced ON the excavation for
| the foundation, and have been at work
ever since. The work of excayating has been
| carried on SO slowly that the officers of the
First National bank, for whom the work is
being done, are not satisfied with this tartlv
way of DONG business. and propose to take
charge of the work themselves tomorrow,
and have it prosecuted more vigorously.