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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08
HOW A NOVELIST WORKS.
william Blacks Method OF Building
a Romance.

Irper's Magazine.
MY methodof work." Mr. Black says In
aver to my inquiries, Il think pernicioua
e, and should be very sorry to have i
entioned if it were to lead any young aspir-
It's for literary fame to adopt it Every man
as his own way Of working, and mine, re-
cat, is most Objectionable, and way warn
cry young man to avoid. From now until
eober in every year write nothing, hardly
It pen to paper except in the way of private
tier or to make an occasional note. But | am
t work on my next novel Iput it into COM
pete shape, even to the construction of some
omy sentences. / often keep these in my
md for two or three months | am thus al
WIS ahead of my writing to the last. Of
| crse the method has this advantage: You
| work in any incident or circumstance oc-
| Qing in the interval that may suit you; and
| / get familiar with your characters. They
! home as it we're, part of your family, part
| dour daily life, which to me seems the aw-
| fpart of the business; working this way
| ! have your story continually on your men
! shoulders"
| Ne are at the novelist's chambers overlook
/ the Thames embankment 1t is April
i 2
/ sing with his back to the window, my host
/ ms now and then, as if to let his thoughts
/ nder down the river with the vessels that
SIS to and fro-now numbering barge, now
! benny steamer, now tug towinga sort OF
aatic procession.
DO you make a summary or precis of your
Ey before you begin to writer"
Not on paper" 49,.
Do you make notes of scenery, localities,
1 aospheric effects?"
Yes, often very elaborate and careful notes,
! especially in regard to atmospheric sur
1ndings. If one does not correctly and
npletely frame character or an incident,
/ th all the circumstances of the time and
zee, one gets only blurred page. For ex-
,ple, one may say, Tt was beautiful day.
It what kind of beautiful day? 1t must be
scribed so that the picture shall be truthful
/ finished Every human being in real life
a background, and must have in a novel II
sstory is to appear real to the reader.
There is nothing more charming in fiction
! Gin essay writing, l feel impelled to add
aen the artistic use of natural effects in the
iBtration of character, and the development
| al exhibition of incidents, tragic or other
| We; the passion that may belong to gray
| prning or an evening mist, when woven il
,th sad thought or tender episode, mus
Ire often touched you who are so greta
suent of natures mO0dSG"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08
A CRAZY NEGRO.
He Attacks the Pastor Of His Chura1
and Nearly Bites OFF His Finger.


and Nearly Bites OFF His Finger.
CHICAGO, Nov. 90
There was considerable commotion amog
the colored Baptists yesterday, and a large d.
egation of them were present in justice
Walsh's court to listen to the examinatio lof
William Smith, alias Sage, charged VITA g.
saulting Rev. J. W. Polk, pastor of the Prori-
dence Baptist church, of this city. That gn-
tleman said Smith came to his house and mde
himself obnoxious &and when I attempted to
put him out" added the preacher, she ma6 it
very lively for me for about fifteen minutes,
nearly biting my thumb of.
@It's not word of it true" shouted Smith,
who appeared in court carrying an old pail Of
boots in his hands, and with an alpaca ape
thrown over his head and tied about his neck
with huge red handkerchief. Il went to Mr..
Folks house to get my bible, hymn-book, and
satchel, and he tried to put me out What is
more, Mr.. Polk stole $3.50 from me, and is
jealous because I can pray and sing as wen as
he can"
The prisoner was then charged with assault
ing Mrs Wilson He claims to be inspired
in all his doings by Jesus Christ, who will de-
liver him from hls troubles The Justice
continued the case, and ordered Smith ex-
amined by the county physieian as to his
sanity.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08
" Bell or Justice"
Youths Companion.

4OutH companion.
In one Of the old cities Of Italy, bell was
hung in tower, which any one was at liberty
to ring who had been wronged, and by it sum
mon the magistrate to see that justice was
done him. 1t was called the Bell Of Justice"
and the following story is associated with it:
When, in course of time, the lower end Of
the belI-rope rotted away, wild vine was tied
to it to lengthen it, and one day an old and
starving horse that had been abandoned by is
owner and turned out to die, wandered into Il
tower, and in trying to eat the vine, rang the
bell
The magistrate of the city, coming to see
who had rung the bell, found this old and
starving horse
He causeI the owner Of the horse in whose
service he had toiled and been worn out to be
summoned before him, and decreed that, as
this poor horse had rung the Bel of Justice, +"
he should have justice, and that during the
remainder Of the horses life his owner should
provide for him proper food and drink and
stable
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08

Demorest's Monthly
Itpow leaks out that the Jeanette, the loss
of which in the Arctic seas resulted so disas-
trously, was unfit for the voyage marked out
for her. Mr.. James Gordon Bennett bought
the vessel in good faith, and submitted her to
the inspection of a board of naval officers who
pronounced her seaworthy, but several mem
bers of the board now explain that out OF
delicacy for Mr.. Bennett, they did.inot like to
condemn the vessel Mr.. Bennett owns a
great daily paper, and these officers feared,
perhaps, that should they condemn his vessel,
he would remember it some time to their dis
advantage. So the dreadful Arctic tragedy Is
to be set down to the credit of board OF our
naval engineers, who reported .he eani ,l5.
fit for a voyage which she should never have
been allowed to undertake. The fate of ths
gallant De Long and his companions Ia duo =
this ll-hmed delicacy.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08
Not at Home.
RronklvTa EaplA

Brooklyn Eagle.
There is young man in the parlor wishes
to see you, miss" remarked the hall door at
tendant
GDid he bring anything with him; any box
or parcel?"
@Only cane, miss.
sDid his coat tails rattle when he walked
rs if there was package of candy in the
pockets?"
Nothing of the sort, miss"
@Then tell him I've gone to visit sick
friend, and won't be home for week." re-
turned the fair girl, falling back into hori-
zontal position, and resuming her perusal of
truth Stranger Than Fiction; or, The Liar
Unmasked"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08
New Yorlx's Latest Great Building

New York Mail and Express.
Another huge addition to the buildings of
New York will shortly be finished. The
Welles building, on Broadway and Beaver
street. ten stories high, is constructed in pink
granite in the renaissance style. The entrance
on Broadway is of striking proportions,
being lined with gray polished marble
The passages are paved with Spanish
tiles, and wainscoted in colored marbles. The
cost of the site has been 5000 or equal to
3d. 40 per square foot. Nearly two-thirds of
the entire space has been sacrificed to the re-
cuirements of light and air, which are excel
lent throughout the building. There are four
elevators, one capable of raising heavy weights.
The building possesses it's own artesian well.
sunk over 900 feet in the bed rock.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08
The Tariff.

WASHINGTON, Dec 6--Talks with Repub
ican congressman show that many of them
despair being able to pass a general tariff
measure during the coming session 1t is so
very short and the tariff so very long, that
there doubtless will be great dificultyin Great
ing general tariff measure with which the
party would be willing to go before the people
in 1884 The fact that this is their last chance
before the next presidential election, while it
makes some rather anxious, is Offset by the
remark that the Republicans will control the
senate, and will thus be able to prevent the
Democrats passing any very radical measure
during the next two years, in which they will
have full sway in the house
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08
New York Clubs.

NEW YORK, Dec. 4.-The Authors club,
with limit of fifty members, and the Stuyve-
sant composed mainly of journalists and
actors, were organized in New York last week.
The Union league has membership of two
thousand, and recently declined admission to
three hundred applicants 1t costs $3.50 to
join the Knickerbocker, where a heavy game
of poker is nightly event The st Nicholas
admits no one whose ancestors did not reside
In Nav York - early - 1857.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08
The Bowl of Presidents.
Cincinnati ENQUIRER.

OIHCIIIldW lily uIIbIs
An able editor has discovered that the lake
shore seems to be good soil for presidential
candidates Harrison started upon his career
there near Toledo; Fillmore made his career
at Buffalo: Lincoln and Douglas became cele-
brated at Chicago; Grant lived at different
periods at Sacketts Harbor and Detroit; Hayes
lives near Sandusky; Garfield was bred on the
lake shore; Grover Cleveland, the new por-
tent, is a Lake Erieside man. The lacustrina
basin is the bowl of presidents.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08
Annie Won Rehren,s EnneraI.

New YORK, Dec. 6,-The funeral of Annie
Won Behren, who was shot on the stage in Gin
cinnati by Frank l. Frayne, took place yester-
day from the East Brooklyn Baptist church,
Williamsburgh. A preliminary service was
held at the residence, No $50 Stockton street.
at which only relatives and family friends
were present Long before the funeral pro-
cession arrived at the church the edifice was
crowded, and many went away unable to gain
admittance Hundreds thronged the side
walks Mr. Frayne sat with the family The
body was dressed in white satin, and the
wound in the forehead had been covered with
roses The burial was in Greenwood.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08
London Papers.

A correspondent writes to The Pail Mall
Gazette: The attention paid by London
journalism to literature as compared with
politics, was illustrated by the compression of
Prof Tyndalrs tribute to the memory of Mr..
Carlyle into thirtY-fve lines of The Times,
whereas the report of the proceedings in par
lament occupied more than eighteen columns
The Partisan newspapers are far inferior to
ours in many things, but they would at least
have reported Prof. Tyndall IN full AS Tor
the Americans. I should not be surprised if
there is a longer report of the ceremony on
the Thames embankment in the New York
Herald than appeared in most of our London
newspapers
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08
NUMBER 81.
THE VOICE OF THE WIND.
adelaide Ann Proctor.1


Let us throw more logs on the frel
We have need of cheerful light;
And close round the hearth to gathey,
For the wind has risen tonight
With the mournful sound of its wailing
1t has checked the children's glec,
And it calls with louder clamor
Than the clamor of the sea.
Hark to the voice of the windI
Let us listen to what it is saying:
Let us hearken to where it has been;
For it tells, in its terrible crying,
The fearful sights it has seen.
It clatters loud at the easements,
Round the house it hurries on,
And it shrieks with redoubled fury
When we say, @The blast is gone!" -
Hark TO the voice of the windl
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08

MAKANDA, H., Dec Gan amateur dra-
matte club was rehearsing border drama on
Monday night, and John Perl took up a rife to
brother James. But the excitement of the
play destroyed his nerve and he placed the
leaden ball in the brain. The coroner's Jury
exonerated the riheman.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08
The Dignity of Riches.

When the hop-picking is over in California
the Indian who has been earning $3.50 day
and feels the dignity of riches betakes himself
to the nearest town and invests his capital in
gaudy apparel and other creature comforts.
He purchases for himself a glossy black suit
of cashmere and pair of boots whose red-tops
he displays with pride beneath his rolled-up
trousers For his squaw he selects handker-
chief of many coiors, and, if he feels like do
ing her special honor red quilt for her
shoulders. Thus adorned they seat themselves
in lofty dignity fiat upon the sidewalk and eat
their way through the biggest watermelon
which money can buy
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08

The London Echo, which has been most
active sympathizer with Arab Pasha, suggests
the following lines as applicable to him:
Rebel or patriot? Well, heads or tails!
Define the terms, and this is how treads:
l. rebel is-a patriot who fails;
A patriot is-a rebel who succeeds.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08
How to Talk About the Weather.

Boston Adveruser.
-. If we must talk about the weather, why not
vary the formula at is a pleasant day." Ev-
eryone is tired of admitting that it is. Why
not be scientifically accurate when one meets
friend? The following is submitted as a
specimen dialogue:
Jones-Ah, Mr. Smith, I see we have cloudy
weather, with light rains.
Smith with cheerful smile)-Yes, and var
liable winds shifting to colder northeasterly,
stationary or higher pressure.
Jones-Quite so; but it is gratifying to know
that the rivers will remain nearly stationary,
and that the temperature has fallen thirty de-
grees in the Rio Grande valley. Good morn
ing, sir.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08
Nihilism Taught as Science.

Chicago Tribune. - 1919
A brilliant little volume on Nihilism has just
appeared in London-a book described as a
manual of the theory and practice of anarchy
a handbook of revolutionary ethics and an al
bum of revolutionary types.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08
The Star-Route Trial.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-The star-route trial
came up in the criminal court yesterday, and
on account of excusing several members Of
the panel, the court adjourned until to-day.
1t is reported by one of the counsel that ex-
Senator Dorsey is seriously i'll
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08
Everything is lovely.

Terre Haute Mail.
She decorated her room with brica-brae
and pictures. and placed her husbands photo
on the topmost nail Then she sat down to
admire her work, and blissfully remarked:
Nov everything is lovely and the goose hangs
high"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08

NEW ORLEANS, La, Dec. GA special to The
Times Democrat says: The governor, after an
exhaustive examination of the law and facts in
the Kellogg case, has given the certificate to
Kellogg. in accordance with the returns from
the Third district.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08
Prompt and. POinteds

New York Tribune.
There is nothing sometimes like hitting the
nail on the head. At recent FIRE in Ottoway
some one sent telegram to the owner who
was in Boston, saying Premises all on fire;
what shall we do?" The answer came
nromptlv Gput it out@. .t ~r5
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08

An English brewer, observing one OF his
men wearing the total abstinence blue RIB
hon s1n.r.o2;t..s-- that it seemed somewhat in
Consistent with his line of business. swell,
sir" he said, @you see, it makes folks like to
tenpt me. and then I succumbs."
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08

Detroit Free Press: Cairo, d., is the place
where an English sparrow cai lied lighted
cigar stub to its nest under the caves and
burned up the house Sparrows haven't the
right sort Of mouth to smoke cigars.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08
A Heavy Robbery.

CLEVELAND, Dec 6--Jewelry to the amount
of over $1,000 was last night taken from the
residence of Col. W. H. Harris, in this city.
while the family were at the tea table
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08
Brevitx the Soul Of Love.

Chicago Tribune.
miner fell in love with girl at first sight,
she was easily smitten with him, and the en-
tire cou1tship was, @MY pet?" @You bet!"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08

PROVIDENCE, r. L, Dec. 6-Delegates from
Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo, Troy,
Philadelphia, New York, and Providence, as
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08

The London Echo, which has been most
active sympathizer with Arab Pasha. suggests
the following lines as applicable to him:
Rebel or patriot? Well, heads or tails!
Dafne the terms, and this is how it reads:
ATssel.is-a patriot who fails; Gs
patriot ia rebel who succeeds.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08
Love Leads to Craftiness.

It has been openly boosted of in New York
that 81, 900 in cash will clear murderer be-
fore any kind of jury.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08

Edward Eggleston.
Love is needlessly crafty, it has always an
instinct of concealment, of indiscretion about
it The boy, and especially the girl, who will
tell the truth frankly in regard to love affair,
is miracle of veracity.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08

Successful Jump Tor Liberty.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. A recaptured de-
serter from the army, who was handcuffed
and chained to an iron bedstead in recruit
ing Office here leaped from third-story win
dow, and cannot be traced.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08
Beecher on Sunday-SchOOl Eftera-
ture.


Beecher has looked over several Sunday
school libraries, and it is his candid opinion
that eighteen out Of every; twenty are too
boshy for any intelligent child to read.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08
Net at Home.

Brooklyn Eagle.
~There is young man in the parlor wishes
to see you, miss, " remarked the hall door at
tendant
@Did he bring anything with him; any box
or parcel?"
s0nly cane, miss"
did his coat tails rattle when he walked
as if there was a package of candy in the
pocketsg"
Nothing of the sort, miss" m
&Then tell him I've gone to visit sick
friend, and won't be home for week" re-
turned the fair girl falling back into q hori-
zontal position, and resuming her perusal Of
sTruth Stranger Than Fiction; or, The Liar
Unmasked.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-09-08
The Farms of Cattle Kings.

The ranches of ..Cattle King Powers.
all making up river frontage of eighteen
miles, and including a number of very
productive meadows, are situated on the
south side of the Arkansas, and are all
under fence. Directly opposite these.
beginning at Fort Lyon and reaching
down the river distance of twenty-five
miles, and extending back far enough to
include an expanse of $4,000 acres. is
another pasture under fence, the titles
for which are in the same name Here.
then, are fully forty-two miles water front
and 100, 900 acres of pasture under fence.
all owned by one man. The fencing on
these ranches will sum up over 100
miles. Northward to and even beyond
the Kansas and Pacific, and southwark
to Cimarron and beyond, into the Pan
Handle of Texas. Craze his cattle, more
than II. 600 in number. Daniel Murphy
has returned to San Francisco from his
600, 900 acre cattle ranch, in the vicinity
of Hallack Station, New, Frederick
Harvey and others, owning the X. Y.
purchase of 120, 600 acres of land be-
longing to the railroad company. The
lands are situated west of Hartland Sta
ton, KAN, on the south side of the Ar
kansas River We are informed that w.
B. Todhunter has sent to market this
season over 5000 head of beeves. He
is said to be the largest stock raiser in
the country. There are others who send
more cattle TO the market, but they buy
them instead of raising them He has
over 20, 900 head of stock cattle on 100,.
100 acres of land. Reno Gazette.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-09-08
Care of Grass Lands.

The present seems to be favorable
season in which. to offer a useful sugges-
ton in reference 10 the treatment of grass
lands. 1t IS true that farmers have quite
enough to attend to in properly curing
and storing the crop already grown,
without spending time in preparing for
any future CROP. Practical suggestions
in reference to the treatment of meadows
viii carry force tothe mind of the farmer
if the evils to be remedied are present.
A farmer in doing his having cannot
help seeing the crop of foul weeds that
should not be allowed in his meadow.
If there is new meadow not properly
seeded, which could have been remedied
ere loss resulted, then it is proper that
such an inferior meadow should receive
some thought from the farmer during
haying. During having isthe best time
in which to consider methods OF improve
ment. Defects and weak spots in his
system of farming are quite as much APP
parent at this season as at any time dur
ing the year.
1t may be we'll to give some thought to
the question of the quantity of manure
it is profitable to apply as top-dressing
to meadow land We are altogether too
chary of time and expense in the care of
our meadows. / know of meadows that
have never received an application of
any kind of manure during the last ten
years All meadows treated in this way
are very susceptible to the evil effects of
what is called esa bad season. The
usual manner of top-dressing meadows
IS little better than the practice of not
top-dressine at all. In many eases the
quantity of fertilizers applied is not half
enough to accomplish the object desired
The application Is also made but once in
three or four years. Often bafnyard
manure is not in proper shape to use.
have travelled over meadows often dur
ing haying, where the horsc-rake gath
cred up great quantities of half-rotten
straw and sun-dried chips of manure
which were hauled to the barn with the
hay. All this can be avoided. 1t may
seem to. be a useless and unreasonable
task to work. over the manure heap at
leasttwiee before it is hauled to the field
to- be used. skllow that few farmers
perform this extra labor. their reasons
for not doing it being lack of time. and
they do not see wherein il would pay
The one great and immediate return
to be expected from top-dressing with
well fined manure, is that the growing
crop will assirnlate all the manure the
first season aftei.the application. know
several farmers who annually resolve not
to fall-feed their meadows As pastures
commence to fail in autumn this good
resolution, is broken. ! ana unable to see
wherein it can iniure meadow to past
ure, it in the fall if it is in good condi-
ton. But if the meadow is in poor con-
dition, then by no means pasture it in
the fall Cor. Country Gentleman.