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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-05-12
THE WORKSHOP.

FoR tempering small pieces of steel
petroleum is recommended. The method
is the same as by other processes. The
pieces retain their polish and are NOT
furnished. Care must be taken not to
approach the petroleum to the fire. At
ter the pieces have been treated they can
be covered with soap, being first slightly
heated.
IT is no easy matter to plug up dia.
mond drill hole from which there is a
strong flow OF water, frequently under
great pressure. When a hole is to be
plugged there are forced into it small
bags of beans and faxseed. The plug.
made of dry pine, from ten to fifteen
feet in length, is driven in after these
bags and forces them forward in the drill
hole; also, hole is sometimes bored
into the end of the plug, which hole is
filled with faxseed The faxseed and
beans are caused to swell to such an ex-
tent by the hot water that the hole is as
compactly filed as though closed with
molten lead.
BOILER owners should place their boil
ers under the care of competent men,
for frequent and thorough cleaning out.
Boilers should not be blown out and
emptied while steam pressure is in them
and the surrounding brickwork hot.
This is commonly done, but is an in
furious practice, and the cause of much
of the hard scale in boilers. If they
they were allowed to stand till quite
cold, much of the deposit could be
washed out, but when the boiler is emp
tied while all is still hot, the mud be-
comes baked into hard crust not easily
removed.
Few realize what an enormous amount
of power is stored up in coal, and how
little we really utilize it. Prof. Rogers
has put it neatly thus !: The dynamic
value of one pound of good seam coal
is equivalent tothe work of man day,
and three tons arc equivalent to twenty
years hard work of 800 days to the
year. Tie usual estimate of four-foot
seam is that it will yield one ton of good
coal for every square yard, or about
5000 tons for each square acre. Each
square mile will then contain 5000, 900
| tons, which, in their total capacity for
| the production of power, are equal to
the labor of over 100000 able-podled
men for twenty years.
If BELTS are allowed to become COW
cred with grease, dirt, and resin, or to
grow dry and hard, they can not work
air-tight ON the pulleys. Very often no
more than twenty-five per cent. of the
available power is obtained because of
these neglects. Many persons think
they obtain more driving power by plac-
ing a tightener against the belt; but this
gain is only the equivalent of the extra
surface with which the belt is brought in
contact by the tightener, and in the case
of horizontal belt this will be nearly
lost by friction, though on an upright
belt the tigntener may be useful. There
is economy in working with slack belts,
keeping them clean and flexible. Hard
ened belts are best softened by wash
lukewarm soda water and thorough
/ scrapinp and Oilinp.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-05-12
The Lady and Her Pocket.

Perhaps it is In sort of protest of
feminine will against masculine alb
surdity that every woman refuses to ac-
cept mans view of the usefulness of the
pocket. The practice Of our grand
mothers was to have one huge and
clumsy pocket, which was in the shape
of bag and would hold peck or more
of miscellany. This was hung by a
string around the waist. IT took its
general position somewhere among the
inner drapery and was reached by an
opening in the outer skirt. In many
cases it became storage warehouse for
lost property, such as spectacles. knit
ting-needles and scissors. It was so
clumsy that it went out of fashion. ex.
cept among shop-hfters, who built their
receptacles for stolen goods after its
model, only on somewhat larger scale.
The reaction from the peck-measure
pocket was so great as almost to abolish
the use of pockets among ladies. At
the present time there are myriads of
women who have no pockets worthy of
the name and who are content to leave
their watches and money exposed to the
cupidity and rapacity of thieves.
1t would seem that with the ingenuity
which has been spent on the decorative
features Of feminine apparel some
thought might have been given to the
construction of safety pockets for
watches and portemonnaies. But ex-
cept in rare instances, this has not been
done, and does not seem likely to be.
Most ladies are content to stuff their
watches i'll their belts or in some fold of
the dress, trusting to luck for exemption
from thieves. It is curious study of
human nature to watch an army of
women on parade through the streets
with a view to shopping. The dear
creatures generally carry their pocket
books or purses in their hands, and fire.
quentlY hold them up conspicuously to
view. A more cordial invitation to the
thief and the pocket book-snatcher could
not be given than is thus generously
afforded. A thief who would not avail
himself of such an opportunity as this
affords is hardly worthy the name of
thief 1t seems almost unreasonable to
blame poor fellow for helping himself
to what is thus held out before him.
The display of portable property in
this way is on a par with the exhibition
of costly diamonds pendent from the
ears while on the street or elsewhere in
throng. 1t is difficult to wiring out
tears of sympathy for women who are
robbed of the valuables with which they
thus tempt the thieves. The best that
can be hoped for them is that the lessons
they may learn by such experience will
be OF advantage in making them more
careful and i'll leading them to adopt
reasonable precautions against loss and
theft. -Philadel2ohio Times.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-05-12

birthdays. They have accordeons and
violins, and the women play and the
young ones dance, while the old sip
their nicely sugaed tea They used to
have drinking orgies, but Mr.. Elliot in
duced the treasury to interfere, and they
have none now. They are very docile
and amiabIe. There has not been a sin
gle instance where the simplest function
of Justice of the Peace has been need
ed. They dress as we do and use Rero-
sene lamps.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-05-12
AS to Napkin Etiquette.

The napkin etiquette question has
been discussed by several newspapers
lately. It has been claimed that the
guest should leave his napkin in negli-
gent crumple beside his plate. At ho-
tells and public places he may do thus,
though 'twere better otherwise, or do
anything he pleases with the napkin,
except put it in his pocket; but in q
private house the guest will fold his
napkin neatly by the side of his plate,
if he wishes to show his appreciation OF
the hostess care and neatness in arrang-
ing the table. A writer in the modern
Athens says it is vulgar to tuck the
corner of napkin under the chin, and
calls men who practice it unweaned ba-
bies with bibs.
Queen Elizabeth did not use napkins.
She tore the meat from the roast with
her fingers, and had a hand-tub behind
her with an ever of water in which she
rinsed her fingers. Sainte Beure fell
into disgrace at the Court of Napoleon
LII. because he spread his napkin over
two knees and cut his egg in the mid
die, while he should have used the nap
kin unfolded on one knee, break the end
of the egg, the big end, and drained
with the tip of the spoon. They cut his
acquaintance after that. What would
have been the result if he had drawn and
spread on his knees his pocket handker-
chief, as they do at modern picnics
"To the gui1lotine with him would
have been dessert for them and just des-
serts for him. Providence Journal.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-05-12

that they were all neatly wrapped, and
that each one bore the frank Of another
Congressman. Upon inquiry he learned
that the dealer had obtained the books
honestly, in the regular course of
business" Such facts as these, of
course, have caring not extremely re-
mote against the proposition to restore
the ranking privilege on letters. The
Congressman sold his books, and "threw
in /" his frank into the bargain. - Wash
igllJt0u letter.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-05-12
The Alents.

These Aleuts seem perfect Ink be-
tween japanese and Esquimaux, but
their language has not one word that re-
sembles either They have so mixed
with other nations that they present all
types, from negro to Caucasian. They
have small, wide-set eyes, broad and
high cheek-bones, full square jaws, some
times peaked, coarse, straight black hair,
neatly-shaped hands and feet, and brown
ish yellow compilations. Men are gen
orally five feet four or five inches, but
some are six feet. Their manners and
customs are those of an advanced semi
civilization. They are very polite to
strangers and to each other. They visit
IN winter freely and pleasantly, and are
great gossips. and remarkably attached
to their church, and visit on their 900
Saint days, and give dinners on their
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-05-12
The Traffic in Pub. Docs.

A Western Congressman, who re-
ceived an application from constituent
for certain document, applied to a
dealer in such publications who haunts
the Capitol and departments for copy,
and handed him so cents. That even
ing the dealer sent him ten copies IN
stead Of one, and he learned that the
dealers price for that particular docu-
ment was only 5 cents per copy. 1t is a
publication which cost the Government
probably 40 cents per copy. The same
Congressman said that not long ago he
ordered of some dealer 100 copies Of an
other document, which is In great re-
quest among his constituents. When
the books we're sent to him he found
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-05-12
AppREss TO a MUMMY.
BIZ HORACE SMITH.


And thou hast walked about-how strange stoIyl
In Thebes's streets, three thousand years ago,
When the Mennonium was in all its glory,
And time had not begun to overthrow
Those temples, palaces and piles stupendous,
Of which the very ruins are tremendous.
Speak for thou long enough hast acted dummy;
: hon hast tongue, come, let US hear its tune;
Thou'rt standing on thy legs, above ground, Num-
Revising the glirnpses Of the moon;
Not ike thin ghosts or dfsembodied creatures,
But with thy bones, and flesh, and limbs, and feat
ures
Tel us, for doubtless thou canst recoIlect,
To whom should we assign the Sphinx's fame7
Nas Cheopsor Cephrenes architect
OF either pyramid that bears his name?
Is Pompey's Pillar really misnomer?
HAD Iheb3s hundred gates, as sung by Honer9
perchance that very hand, now pinioned nat,
Has h5b-a-nobbed with Pharaoh glass to glass,
Or DR. pped half-penny il Honner's hat,
Or dofed thine own to let Queen Dido pass,
Or held, by Solomon's own invitation,
torch at the great temples dedication.
I need not ask thee If that hand, when armed,
mas any Roman soldier maUled and knuckled1
For thou vast dead, buried and embalmed
Ere R6mulus and Remus had been sucked:
Antiquity appears TO have begun
Long after thy primeval race was run.
Thou coudst develop, if that w1thered tongue
Might tell US what those sghtess orbs have seen,
How Inc world looked when it was fresh and young,
/ And the great de uge still had left it green;
Sf wac it then 80 o d that history's pages
Contained no record Of its early ages7
Still silent, incommunicative elf?
Art sworn to secrecy? then keep thy vows;
Sdt, prithee, tell us something of thyselt;
Reveal the secrets Of Thy prison-house
bnce in tue world of spirits thou hast slumbered,
WHAT hast thou seen, what strange adventures NUM-
bered2
Bince first thy form was In this box extended
We have above ground seen some strange muta-
tons.
The Roman empire has begun and ended,
New worlds have risen, we have lost old nations,
And countless Kings have into dust beenAhumbled,
While not fragment Of thy flesh has crumbled.
Didst thou not hear the pother DER thy head
When the great Persian conqueror, Cambyses,
Marched armies DER Thy tomb with laundering tread,
Overthrow Osiris, Orus, Apis. Isis,
And shook the pyramids with fear and wonder,
When the gigantic Memnon fell asunder7
II the tombs secrets may not be confessed,
The nature Of thy private life unfold:
heart has throbbed beneath that leathern breast
And tears adown that dusty cheek have rolled;
Have children climbed those knees and kissed that
face?
What was thy name, and station, age and race?
Statue Of hesh--immortal Of the dead!
ImpeIishable type Of evanescencel
Posthumous man, who quittst thy narrow bed,
And standest undecayed within our presencet
Thou wilt hear nothing till the judgment morning.
When the great trump shall thrill thee with its warm
ing.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-05-12
MoHAwwrp a. the conoueror of Con-

MoHAMMED IL, the conqueror OF Con-
stantinople, had an attack Of gastritis.
after finishing highly seasoned dish Of
broiled liver. AS matter Of course the
responsible cook was put to death at
once, and the Sultan also stabbed his
favorite, son of the late Minister of the
fallen Greek Empire. By this act he
alienated the hearts of his Christian
subjects forever, and planted the seeds
of that hatred which SO lately bore fruit
on the battle field of Bulgaria.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-05-12

IT IS said that plump gills are coming
into fashion again. That's good. When
a man loses his balance IN the street car
and falls over upon a scraggy girl, only
a miracle can prevent broken bones.-
Free Press.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-05-12

A WOMAN was buying tea at place in
Washington where, on certain DAYS.
diamonds, rings and purses of money are
given away as prizes in certain number
of packages sold. The other day lady
stepped forward and invested her dollar.
IN give you SIS for your package before
opening, said the clerk. She declined.
It was opened There were only fifteen
cents in it. She bought another pack
age, the same offer made and declined.
There we're only fifteen cents in that
one. She bought third package.
"Pll give you So5. She hesitated, then
consented. It was opened and found to
contain $500 in gold pieces. This at
tracted attention, and the buying of 81
packages became very brisk. Agentleman
followed the lady to her hotel and asked
her name. "Mrs. - said the clerk.
It was the wife of the proprie tor of the
tea store.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-05-12

A SOUTH CAROLINA lady has Lrade
feather fans of the value of 81, 800 f1r
prominent New York firm.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-05-12
HOUSEHOLD HELPS.

Contributed to the Detroit Free Press Housshodn BY
Houseksepsrs and the results of actual experiments.
GINGER CAKE. Three cup of mo-
lasses. one of sour milk, not quite cup
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-05
Death Of Gen. BarStOW.

Gen. Simon F. Barstow, of the
U. S. army, died at the Oakland
Hotel. Monday afternoon. General
BarstOw was a native of Massachu-
chetts. He entered the army March
9th, 1862, as volunteer, and was at
once made assistant adiutant general
of staff. On the 18th of the following
July he was promoted to major and
assistant adjutant volunteers. For
bravery he was raised to the rank of
brevet brigadier general of volunteers
March 10, 1865. He was transferred
to the regular army as captain and
assistant quartermaster May IL, 1866,
in which capacity he served until
June 7, 1869, when he was retired for
disability in the line of duty.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-05

There are lab employees in the
New York postoffice, whose salaries
and allowances aggregate S1,306, 400,
During the year SO employees were
removed, and ia resigned. 1877
clerks and 102 carriers were appoint
ed, The changes were more extern
sive than in any previous year dur
ing the history Of the postoffice. The
number of money orders, domestic,
foreign and international, issued,
paid and forwarded, was 1863, 951,
representing $50, 473, S42.0S. The num-
Der of pieces of ordinary and register
ed mail handled was 705, 911, 1902,
The receipts from the sales of postage
stamps, envelopes, wrappers and pos
tai cards, and other sources, aggre-
gate 81, 200,0 6607.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-05
Peruna.

This medicine was introduced to
the medical profession and to the
publicat large by S. B. Hartman, M.
D., in 1877, after he had prescribed it
to over 40, 900 patients in almost every
disease to which flesh is heir.
1t is wholly composed of Numerous
vegetable ingredients, each one of
which is acknowledged by the medi-
cal profession to be the most potent
of all the herbal remedies known to
medical science.
But its great virtue is mainly attri-
butable to the new and peculiar pro-
portions in which the harmonious
ingredients are combined, and to the
extreme care exercised in its manu-
facture, using only the pure, active
principles, and excluding al that is
crude or irritating. No one should
be without PeruaG.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-05
Tho Business Outlook.

NEW YORK, July 29.-Special dis
patches to Brddstreet'S from the prin-
cipal trade centres and the leading
agricultural regions of the country
tell of increased activity in the moye-
ment of merchandise and renewed
promises of abundant crops. The
trade outlook at Boston is reported
very promising, and much the same
may be said of all the seaboard cities.
The Chicago correspondent tele-
graphs that the week has been the
best midsummer or July business
week in the history of the city. Min
neapolis telegraphs that the weather
for the week has been just such as
was required to bring forward the
growing crops. The farmers of the
West are manifesting a reluctance in
marketing grain on account of the
tendency to lower prices. Advices
from the south uniformly speak of
good weather tor the growing cotton
crop.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-05
Mountain Lake Park.

1t would be impossible for us to
give even brief synopsis of the pro-
ceedings Of the Sunday School As
sembly which closed Tuesday even
ing. after a session of one week.
1t was a rich intellectual treat to all
who attended, and we are glad to be
able to announce that this Assembly
is to become a permanent institution
at Mountain Lake Park. The AS
sembly has purchased lots here and
have also secured some of the stock
of the Association. The name of the
Assembly has been changed to the
"Mountain Lake Park Sunday School
Assembly," and thus becomes an inn
portant adjunct to this new enter
prise. 1t will bring the best literary
talent, the most famous lecturers and
ministers in the land here every year,
and will add vastly to the entertain
ment of all who are located here
during the summer or visit the Park.
The Staff Correspondent of the
Wheeling Register, who was on the
ground during the entire session of
the Assembly, and sent To his paper
daily the most interesting letters, has
this to say as to the success of Noun
tain Lake Park.
Looking at the plans and purposes
of the Park Association for the flu
ture, and judging from the interest
those who have visited here this seas
on have manifested, and the pleasure
they have expressed, there is every
indication that this enterprise will
deYelope into a national mountain
resort of famous proportions.
The protector haye laid it out on a
magnificent scale, they have spent
money literally, they have shown
nerve and manifested faith them
selves, by building expensive cot
tages, and making improvements of
costly and permanent character.
There is nothing ephemeral in the
style of any of the structures here,
and the amount of money invested is
already too large to admit of failure
and large enough to insure success.
1t is the positive assurance to those
who desire to build here that they
will always have company and plenty
of it.
DR.. Guard the distinguished preach
err and orator, will build a cottage
here, and other such men as he, are
fast spying out the territory, so that
within few years the shade of this
Park will doubtless envelope repre-
sentative men from all parts Of the
Union.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-05

In spite of the efforts of the grain
syndicate of the West, there is such
a downward tendency in prices in
the Chicago and Cincinnati markets
that they are almost panicky. The
crops of wheat are magnificent, and
those spectators who hold wheat in
hopes of a raise are disappointed.
The corn crop also promises well,
and the prospect of lower prices is
almost certainty. All the farmers
who have wheat to sell are hurrying
it to market in order to sell while
the prices are high, and it is believed
that in short time wheat will be
pouring into the grain centres like a
deIuge. All efforts to keep up the
prices have thus far been unayailing,
and a general smash of corners and
syndicates would not take anybody
by surprise.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-05
Register.

The Registrars will resume their
duties on Monday, August 14th, at 8
O'Clock, a. M, and from that time
Will continue them between the
hours of a. m. ana p. M, every
day during the week. We again re-
peat our warning to all Republicans
entitled to registration, that unless
they avail themselves of the oppor-
tunity and get registered, they will
be virtually DISTINGUISHED and have
no one but themselves to blame for
the consequences. Motives of patri-
otism, principle and policy as well
as the imperative demand of duty
should urge every citizen to comply
with the requirements of the registra-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-05
How to Treat Your Watch.

Wind it up at the same time every day
Keep it in as even temperature as possible
Sudden transition from heat to cold may
cause the handspring to break. Ifyou would
keep it clean never put it in any pocket ex-
cept one of leather. Those pock cts which are
lined with cloth, cotton or calico, give by the
constant friction q certain fluff which enters
most Watch Cases and makes its way to the
delicate parts of the watch. See that the pock-
ct is turned and clean Often and take an old
linen handkerchief and wipe carefully all the
dust from under the backs, bezel and cap of
the case. But above all you must be sure
that the Case fits firmly and to be sure of this,
select one where the parts center, backs, cap,
&C. are each made from one piece of metal.
The JAMES BOSS PATENT STIFFENED OR
FILLED GOLD WATCH CASE is so made, and
not only does such Watch Case become
stronger and fit more perfectly, butt enables
the manufacturer to turn and form threepiec-
es of metal (tLe outer ones being gold and The
inner one of an inferior metal) into shape for
the round parts making to all appearances
and practical purposes just as good n Watch
Case as the solid gold, at about one-half the
cost to the purchaser.
There are nearly one hundred thousand of
these Watch Cases now carried, and their good
qualities are acknowledged by the same num-
Der of happy possessers.
All jewelers. keep them also illustrated cat
alogues for gratuitious distribution.