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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-03-24
Young Women Who Smoke.

A reporter strolled into a cigar store
for the purpose of squandering half
dime. After some rambling discussion,
which is very frequent occurrence be-
tween the buyer and seller of cigars, the
reporter touched upon the sale of very
costly cigars and what class of people
bought them. The dealer was unaware
of his questioner's calling or he would
probably not have given the circLmstan-
tial reply to the query which he did.
Said he: "There are few gentlemen,
mostly speculative merchants, and two
or three of the well-recognized sporting
fraternity who smoke twenty and twenty
five cent cigars, but the most regular
and most profitable customers I have
are the members of club of young Ia
dies occupying the very pinnacles of
social emlnence here. There are two
members of the club who came here two
or three times at first to make the pur-
chases, but now I know what is wanted,
and the money is always brought and
the goods taken away by a comely mu-
latto girl. These fastidious, genteel
smokers requir the very finest quality
of tobacco, favored with the faintest
and mort delicate perfumes known to
the trade OF course, The brand which
| send them is imported, as no domestic
article is made sufficiently good or costly
for their use. It was some time before
I could obtain cigar which satisfied
them, but after sending them more than
a dozen different boxes as samples, the
two fair damsels came one day and told
me they were all delighted with the last
ones they tried, and since then | have
small stock on hand for their especial
use"
"How do these petted darlings,"
asked the incredulous reporter of his in
formant, manage to avoid detection in
the indulgence of this habit, which is
considered a sine qua non to the ideal
gentleman of the period, but the con-
temptation of which In connection with
a rosy-ipped, sweet breathed young
woman is regarded with horror ?"
81 was curious about that myself, "
he replied, "and after my acquaintance
ship with my two young visitors had
acquired something of the nature of an
intimacy I asked them the question
tOh, that is quite easy che of them
said. We meet at each others house
of course not all the girls in the secret
at once, but in twos and threes- and,
locking the doors, proceed to enjoy
ourselves. By carefully cleansing our
hands and mouths we remove all trace
of the habit. If there are any left
which, perchance, might give rise to In
qui1y, they can easily be accounted for
on the ground that all our young gen.
t'emen friends smoke, and association
with them has left reminder Of their
tastes behind. n-LouisvilIe Courier
Journal.
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and skilled invention saw in this acct
dent wonderful discovery. He imme-
diately set about making use of his new
knowledge of lenses, and ere long he
had fashioned tube of pasteboard, in
which he set the glasses firmly at their
exact focus.
This rough tube was the germ of that
great instrument the telescope, to which
modern science owes so much. And it
was on October %, 1908, that Lippers-
helm sent to his Government three tel
escapes made by himself. calling them
instruments by means of which to see
at distance"
Not long afterward another man.
Jacob Adriansz, or Metius, of Alkrnaar.
town about twenty miles from Amster
dam, claimed to have discovered the
principle of the telescope two years
earlier than Hans Lippersheim ; and tits
generally acknowledged that to one of
these two men belongs the honor of in
venting the instrument. But 1t seems
certain that Hans Lippersheim had
never known nor heard of the discovery
made by Adriansz, and SO if Adriansz
had not lived we still should owe TO
Hans Lippersheim's quick wit, and his
little daughters lucky meddling, one OF
the most valuable and wonderful Of
human inventions. Nicholas.
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AT believe it's entirely on your &C

81 believe it's entirely on your ac-
count she has remained SINGLE" Mark
continued, with good-natured garrulity,
in spite of all her aunt's efforts to get
her well married"
"Did you say Mrs. Beauclere was
staying at Brighton p George presently
asked, in very meek voice; because
thought of running down there for few
days. VIII you come, Mark ?"
"No, thank you, with dron shrug.
"My wife and Lucy are staying at the
Royal give them my love, and tell
them they need not hurry back, as I'm
all right"
"Lucy, dearest, can you forgive me !?
1t was all dreadful mistake from first
to last I thought it was you Mark
wanted to marry and, when he told me
that evening that he had proposed and
been accepted. I was frantic. Aunt
Hester never once entered my head"
Lucy's reply was a little unintelligi-
bic, but after time they managed to
understand each other. Miss Armstrong
could not long resist a lover who had
been faithful to her for five years, even
when he believed her lost to him for
ever and George resolved to marry her
out of hand, SO that there should be no
more misunderstanding. Sometimes
Mark Beauclere CHATS them both lit
tie about Georges mistake; but he al
ways boldly asserts that the great mis-
take was Marks after all.
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TIE WORKSHOP.

Some idea of the interest in the tech
nlcalltles of the various industries NAV
be gathered from the fact that Austria
alone supports l 1000 technical schools.
Italy between 800 and 400, Bavaria ], 900
for girls, Holland 80, Germany large
number, and so on with other European
countries.
As cement for leather the following
is highly recommended: Common glue
and isinglass equal parts, soaked for ten
hours in just enough water to cover
them. Bring gradually to boiling heat
and add pure tamin until the whole be-
comes ropy, or appears like the white of
eggs. Buff off the surfaces to be joined,
apply this cement warm and clamp
firmly.
A STONE bridge to be built at Mime
apolis, Mimi, will consist of sixteen
e(ghty-foot spans and four one hundred
foot spans, and including the shore
pieces will have total length of 1900
feet. 1t will support two railroad tracks
at height of nearly sixty feet above
the water, and will run diagonally across
the river below ST. Anthony's Falls. The
cost is estimated at nearly $500, 1000.
SMALL files are sometimes sharpened
with acid as follows: Cleanse from all
foreign matter, removing the grease by
using q solution of potash and water:
then dip in q solution of eight parts
water, three parts sulphuric acid and one
part nitric acid. Take out, wash of, dry
and oil. There are other processes, but
this is perhaps as good as any, and we
do not recommend this as OF much prac-
teal value.
WOODEN bowls, and other ware of this
sort, as well as all cross-sections from
tree trunks, and short logs, cut for
various purposes, are very apt to crack
and split while seasoning. To prevent
this completely, the pores of the wood
should be well filed with linseed, or some
other vegetable oxidizing oil, while it is
yet green, and before it begins to show
any signs of cracking or checking.
This will completely obviate this neon
venience.
SIMPLE pure white lead ground in oil,
and used very thick, is on excellent &C.
ment for mending broken crockery ware;
but it takes very long time to harden
sufficiently. The best plan is to place
the mended object in some storeroom,
and not look after it for several weeks,
OF even months. After that time it will
not part on the line of the former frac-
ture. It resists moisture and heat not
exceeding that of boiling water.
The following is recommended as a
cement for stoves and steam apparatus:
Two parts of ordinary well-dried pow
dered loan and one part of borax are
kneaded with the requisite quantity of
water to smooth dough, which must be
at once applied to the joints. After ex-
posure to heat this cement adheres even
to smooth surfaces so firmly that it can
only be removed with chisel. Another
cement for steam pipes is prepared, by
mixing 430 parts in weight of white lead,
500 of powdered slate, five of chopped
hemp and forty-five of linseed oil. The
two powders of the hemp cut into
lengths of one-fourth to fVe-sixteenths
of an inch are mixed, and the linseed oil
gradually added, and the mass kneaded
till it has assumed uniform consistency.
This cement is said to keep better than
ordinary red lead cement.
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and the syrup at sixty cents per gallon
would amount to SOL. The 158 gallons
of syrup at twenty cents per gallon viii
cost S33 so. but add 80 per cent. to
cover possible contingencies, the extreme
cost is $50. Deducting this from the
value Of the sugar and syrup, S118. 20,
and we have left S67. 80 for transporta-
ton to refinery, refinery expenses and
profits.
A KENTUCKY farmer gives the follow
advice about sheep The common
sheep Of The country pay only very
small profit, while good Cotswolds yield
good revenue large interest on the
investment. Let me illustrate the diff
ference, SO that it will impress itself on
the minds of those who are not using
high grade or thoroughbred stock. An
average farm In this section should keep
100 sheep yearly, for our average farmer
is not progressive, and believes In going
slow. He buys the common stock OF
the country-100 head at s. each, and
a grade ram for Sc. With ordinary
good luck he clips 400 pounds of wool
and sells the 400 pounds at 25 cents,
amounting to 500, raises rs lambs,
worth So each, making 1925, to which
add the value Of old yews, 1915, and we
have total of $500. Deduct the cost
of keeping the sheep one year, $3.50, to
which add the cost of ewes, $500, and
deduct five per cent. for loss, SIS, max.
ing total of $3.50, which leaves profit
of $35, not estimating the value of the
manure. IF the same farmer buys 100
high grade ewes at $3.50, estimating the
keep Of the same for one year at $3.50,
allowing five per cent loss, $50, total,
1850. Per contra the ews are worth
$500, wool ten pounds average, or 1000
pounds, at $3.50: seventy-fve lambs at
S. each, 1915, or total of 81 ,225, show
ing net profit Of 1855 and the manure
besides.
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OUR LITTLE FOLKS.
.sInauisitiYe Jack.,,


Who is Inquisitive Jack mammal And where
does he live, pray?n
lnqusitiye Jack is very small boy, and ne lives
not far away.
His hair is the color Of yours my DEAR and bis eyes
about the same,
And a very big bump in his curly head has earned
for him his name.
sWhat is the bump, you'd like to know? IT'S
called curiosity dear,
And it into feet hands, lips and eyes, and win
bring him sad trouble, fear.
Into every ones business sInquisitive jack Is
prompted to peep and inqEire,
And 70 have finger in every ones pie he contin-
ually seems to desire.
81 He NEEDLES with this, he NEEDLES with that,
tlere's nothing safe in his way;
Poor mamma is kept in state Of alarm from morn
ing TIL close Of day.
He taiks, Of course, and talk sometimes well
as You or L;
But his chief conversation consists Of one word and
that is the question, 'Why?'
'You never have seen him? Oh, yes you hayei
you look at him fair and square
Whenever you're caught at my bureau-drawer, In
front Of the looking-glass there.
OH Teddy, you've guessed whom I'm telling you
of. and you never need ask again
Mamma, who's Inquisltive Jack? since the mirror
gives answer 81 plain"
-I9deDendeat.
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How Little Girl Suggested the In
yenfiOn of the Telescope,

Some of the most important discov-
cries have been made accidentally and
it has happened to more than one in
ventor, who had long been searching
after some new combination or material
for carrying out pet idea, to hit upon
the right thing at last by mere chance.
A lucky instance of this kind was the
discovery of the principle of the tele-
scope.
Nearly 800 years ago, there was living
in the town of Middelburg. on the island
o. Walcheren, in the Netherlands.
poor optieian named Hans Lppsrsheim.
One day, in the year 1903, he was work
ing in his shop, his children helping
him in various small ways, or romping
about and amusing themselves with the
tools and objects lying on his work
bench, when suddenly his little girl
exclaimed:
"Oh, papa See how near the steeple
comes r
Half-startlpd bv this announcement.
the honest Hans looked up from his
work, curious to know the cause of the
chiId's amazement. Turning toward
her, he saw that she was looking through
two lenses, one held close to her eye
and the other at arms length; and, call
ing his daughter to his side, he noticed
that the eye-lens was plano-concaye Cor
fiat on one side and followed out on the
other), while the one held at distance
was plano-convex (or fiat on one side
and bullying on the other). Then, tax
ing the two glasses, he repeated his
daughters experiment, and soon dis
covered that she had CHANGED to hold the
lenses apart at their exact focus, and
this had produced the wonderful effect
that she had observed. His quick wit
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village Architecture in China.

Villages, not badly built by any means,
occur at intervals of mile or two apart
all along the roads of China. Very good
brick, much about the same size, shape
and material as those made in this couu-
try, compose the walls of the better
houses, while for the poorer order of
edifces mud is used. The brick walls
IN China are excellent, better than the
cheaper brick walls in America, and but
little inferior to our best pressed brick.
When villages are constructed of mud
there is striking resemblance to the
villages Of Egypt. The houses have no
outside windows and but one opening,
which is the door. The openings for
light are upon inner courts or back-yards,
and are without glass. The caves are
made to project, so as to keep out the
rain, and in doing so of course exclude
much light as well. Blinds made of
Stats are sometimes used, and thin, light
paper pasted over the Stats serve to keep
out some OF the cold air and to let in
little light. The houses are invariably
one story high. And at the bottom of
this custom is superstition that higher
houses would interfere with the spirits
of the air (''Fung Chui'n and offend
them, thus bringing disaster upon the
house or village. In front of each door,
and at distance of eight or ten feet,
stands detached wall, fifteen feet long
and as high as the caves of the house,
concealing the door from any person
standing in front of it. This is for the
purpose of protecting the house and
family from malignant "Fung Chui," or
spirits, which are popularity believed to
fly only in straight lines and to be in
capable of turning corner. 1t follows
that when traversing the air in search of
certain house, when they come in con-
tact with the wall they are thrown, off at
an angle and thus baff1ed of their fell pur-
pose, and fly in a tangent through infinite
space and are lost. A Chinese village
has but little In common with those of
this country, either in detail or in gen.
eral appearance. While the villgaes of
America copied from English prototypes
are peculiar, from their detached and
separate build, with gardens and grass
plots, those of China are compact, hud-
died together and present from distance
the aspect of a mere dead wall. One
popularity of all Chinese cities and vii
lagos is the absence of steeples, spires or
pinnacles of any kind. While Moham-
medan countries have The mosque, with
its flashing domes and graceful minarets,
and European and American centres of
population are marked by lofty towers
and spires, China is almost absolutely
without any of these striking architec-
tural points. Theresult is greatmonotony
and dullness of aspect.
sHAvINe on Sunday has been decided
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Passing the Rubieon.

elbow did you come to recognize the
prisoner at that distance ?" asked the
counsel for the defense.
81 recognized him by his Roman
nose"
"Do you call the prisoners nose
Roman nose ?" continued the lawyer.
pointing to the nose of the prisoner.
which was rather of the tip tilted order.
eyes, I call that Roman nose.
Hasn't it passed the rubicund Pr Teas
Slftsnqs.
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hands, and she used them a good deal
In majestic way. When dinner was
announced it was by wave of them she
signifed to her niece that she meant to
proceed at once to the dining-room.
Lucy followed her with suppressed
amusement beaming from every feature
of her face. She guessed pretty accu-
rately what her aunt's secret was.
though, till Miss Hester opened the
subject, she would not breathe even q
hint of it. As the dinner progressed in
impressive silence, she found herself
wondering why George did not come.
Later on, as she sat at the piano in the
twilight, and played over her favorite
songs, singing snatches of them, wander
ing almlessly from Aud Lang Syne :"
to the class of Richmond Hill, !" and
then to Home, Sweet Home, she lit
tie thought who was listening to her on
the other side of the lilac tree that
shaded the drawing-room window.
There, in safe obscurity, George Leslie
listened, till he heard the piano closed
with just the suspicion of bang, and
saw Lucy's slight white-robed figure
cross the room and approach the open
window, then he stole away noiselessly
with something between a sob and a
sigh. There was even a suspicious and
humiliating moisture in the poor fell
lows eyes as he hurried across the
fields In the direction of the railway
station.
"She's treated me very badly-but,
for all that, hope she may be happy.
Heaven bless herl" he said, as he caught
glimpse of "The Nest" as the train
shrieked past.
Then he shrank back into his corner
and gave himself up to the bitterest re-
Fiction. He found it difficult to realize
that he was rejected; yet Beauclere had
told him distinctly that he had proposed
to Miss Armstrong that afternoon, and
had been accepted. There was no fur
Their reason for his staying at Westwater;
and he was going to ask his uncle, of the
firm of Leslie & Longhampton, to send
him on confidential mission to the ex-
IRENE end Of the earth, where they were
supposed to do business, George could
not be philosophical enough to look at
happiness Through another mans
eyes," 50 he determined to get complete
ly out of the way of Mark Beauclere; and
he could not even summon up courage
to congratulate Lucy or say good-by;
but he wrote her nice little letter, in
which good deal of real feeling was
hidden under some stiff, formal phrases,
and through it al peeped very sore,
bruised, affronted, but still faithful,
love.
Lucy laughed at it first, asd then
cried over it, then wiped her eyes, and
wrote an explanatory and afectionate
reply; but, alas! George was gone on
the confidential mission. His letter said
that he was on the eve of starting for
China, and bore the Southampton post
mark. He said he might be absent for
years, or forever. To poor Lucy, in the
first dismay of her discovery that George
was. really gone, it seemed the same
thing.
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The Cannihals, Good Points.

Since everybody, including Judas and
Nero, have their apologists, the Feeiee
cannibals are now declared not to be SO
black as they are painted. In the fist
place, they had, in the way of flesh.
nothing but each other to eat. Except
flying foxes and rats, there were no four
footed animals on the islands. The pres
emit names of their domestic animals be-
tray European origin, collie, for dog;
pusSi, for cat oSe, for horse seepa, for
mutton; gOti, for goat and butJama
kOaU, for beef. The wooden spoons for
human broth, and cannibal forks, eight
cen inches long, with four or five prongs,
are still in existence. A berry, resem-
bling tomato in shape aud color, was
the special and proper vegetable to be
eaten with long pig" One of the
chieftains lately said he would like to
see woman who would not eat her full
share, and declared that human flesh
was ever so much better than pork
" Long pig" was sometimes made into
buildings. When a friendly neighbor-
ing tribe visited another, the chief of
the latter would make raid among his
enemies, and bring back women enough
to make a feast for his visitors. Fifty
and eighty people were served at some
of these feasts. Formerly. when one
sneezed, they said, "May you club
somebody" Now they say, "Bless
you" or "May you live long" Chief
tains were distinguished by the number
of persons they had eaten. Before he
was converted to Christianity, one of
these had devoured forty-three of his
fellows.
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Production of Bituminons Coal.

II the question were asked, what States
produced the most bitumlnous coal, the
answer would no doubt generally be /:
Pennsylvania first, and Ohio second. It
appears, however, chat Illinois, instead
of Ohio, is the second, and that Mary
land is fourth, followed by West Vir-
ginia and Indiana. The total products
for the census year 1880 in all the States
east of the Tooth meridian were divided
as follows. The amounts are given IN
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THE CHARGE OF THE HEAVY
q sTBaIaklaea, Oct Is, 1881

The charge Of the gallant Three Hundred, the
Down the hui, down the hin thousands Of BUS
slams,
Thousands of horsemen drew to the valley and
staid, a*&A a.
For Scarlet and Scarletts Three Hundred were
riding by
When the points Of the Russian lances broke In on
And he called u Left wheel into rnew and they
wheeled and obeyed;
Then looked at the host that had halted, he knew
not why;
And he turned half round, and he babe his trumpet
er sound mi &F $50 &# "a
"To the charged" and he rode on ahead, as he waved
his blade
To the gallant Three Hundred, whose glory win
never die
Follow and up the hill ~
Up the hill, up the hill, followed the Heavy
Brigade
The trumpet, the gallop, the charge and the might
Down the hin, slowly, thousands of Russians
Drew to the valley and halted at last the height
With wing pushed out to the left, and wing to
the right &ta
But Scarlet was far on ahead, and he dashed up
alone
Through the great gray slope of men;
And he whirled his saber he held his own,
Like 9p EnglishInan there and then.
And tie three that were nearest him followed with
Wedged themselves In between horse and horse,
Fought for their lives in the narrow gap they had
made,
Four amid thousands and up the hill, up the hill,
Galloped the gallant Three Hundred; the Heavy
Brigade!