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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-11-30
English Hangmen..

This curious eagerness to be appoint
ed ''the laws fnisher'' becomes the
more unintelligible when we consider
the hangman's horrible antecedents,
and the baleful, brutal traditions which
surround Ills Office. The predecessors
OF Tom Cheshire, Calcraft and Mar
wood have been through many genera
tions vile, despicable wretches, felons
In esse or in posse, thieves and murder
ers who had barely escaped the gallows,
Who retained always IN intimacy and
fnlloW-feeling with criminals, and not
seldom relapsed into crime. For ex-
ample, one Price, the hangman early
fast century, was, while actually in Of
tlte, convicted of murder, and travelled
to Tyburn on his own account in the
fatal cart. Another, Dennis, in 1880.
hsying been one of the ringleaders in
ths Lord George Gordon riots, accepted
PATRON in order to execute his former
ass'seiates Again, the hangman' s func-
tioDy under our old and ruthless penal
codGwere those of a human butcher.
The gallows were like the shambles.
where hecatombs suffered The exc
cutioner not only slew, at times he dis
memtered. He performed nameless.
baroafities, often with refined and sick
ening cruelty, on condemned traitors;
carried their quarters and their decapi-
tated hi ads back to prison in basket
to be l1iled previous to exposure on
Temple Bar. 1t was inevitable
that any man who discharged
such loathsome duties should de-
generate into callous, cold bIooded
ruflian, and the latest practitioners
can not possibly have escaped deteriora-
ton. An executioner constantly and
exclusively engaged in the taking of hui
man life must by the very nature Of his
vacations become brutalized. This is
established beyond doubt. 1t side to
talk of Calcraft as a mild-natured man,
latterly of venerable appearance. and a
devoted follower of Isaak Walton. fond of
flowers, estimable in his domestic rela-
tions. The fact is he was saturnine
and truculent being. AS for Marwood,
his deterioration was marked and COM
paratively rapid. The rumor runs that
when he first sought, quite unlimited
and of his own free will, the employ
ment with which his name has since
been so intimately associated, he was a
man who lived in the odor of sanct.ty.l
was not vithout repute as a local preacn-
er, and was generally reputable mem
ber of society. The rule of nil mist
bonum may, perhaps, be invoked to
shield even a hangman's memory, and
it will be enough to hint that he was not
an irreproachable person toward the
close of his career. 1t may be stated,
too, to his discredit, that he latterly
permitted himself to add ridicule and
contumely to his CHASTITY functions.
The fact thatshe could make .mSney by
their rehearsals, as happened MT long
ago at a certain cathedral town, where
he performed the process of pin oning
the curious at shilling a head, proves
that he must have grown sinellarly
depraved in his latter days. That such
an exhibition was possible is the bcst ar
gunent for an entire revision Of our
method of giving effect to capital pun
ishment. Major Griffith, m Fortassgatly
ReUieW Ill
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PERSONAL AND LITERARY,

Miss Edith Jeffrey in very wealthy;
yet she writes poems for Harper's Maq-
dzirse, supports and educates two younr
girls, and finds time for numerous char
tiles.
George d. Robinson viii be the
third Governor of Massachusetts directly
descended from Dolur Davis, who came
over in 1886. The other two we're
John Davis and John D. Long. Boston
Post.
Miss Bessie Jones is the editor of 9
newspaper at Athens, o., and is de-
scribed as '.the wittiest and brightest
girl that can be found between the ris-
ing and the setting of the sun. M 7.
Graphic.
Agnes May Fleming died several
years ago, but novels bearing her name
are still published in pursuance of an
arrangement with her family, who have
sold the use Of her name to story
writer. Chicago Herald
William M. Evarts is getting thin
ner and more nervous than ever, and
now weighs scarcely hundred New
ertheless, the ex-Secretary is still hard
worker, and reaps over one hundred
thousand dollars year from his law
practice. N y Times.
President Arthur's Cabinet Is thus
described by a writer in the Troy
Times: Brewster is the most punctil-
ious member. Frelinghuysen the most
aristocratic, Lincoln the quietist.
Gresham the ablest, Folger the most
judicial. Teller and Chandler are the
two who keep track of things general
~ and the hardest workers.. =
Judge Thomas Drummond has been
on the Federal bench continuously for
thirty-three years first as United
States District Judge for Illinois, then
as United States Circuit Judge for
Northern Illinois, and since 1869, as
United States Judge for the Seventh
Circuit, embracing Illinois, Wisconsin
and Indiana. Members of the bar
speak and think of him as still in his
prime. Indianapolis Journal.
"A recent issue of the american Req,
Sster contains the following ,terse criti-
cism of the noTelists Of to-day: 1.-THE
modern novel is drifting as FAR away
from plot as modern music is from mel
ody. A sentiment is now elaborated
and called a story, and characters are
little else than catalogues of peculiari-
ties, selected from varied sources, and
fastened upon one impossible indiyidu.
atty. A bit of real flesh and blood,
that speaks the language of everyday
life, is becoming rarer and rarer in fic-
ton, which appears to be running to
seed in pursuit Of mere style"
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Counting a Billion.

johnnie" said father to his hand
some young son one evening as they
were sitting together, ''can you count
billion?'
Certainly, papa; that's no great
feat, twas the reply.
''Do you know how many make bill
lionP' the father next queried.
mot exactly; but l will see what
Webster says in his dictionary. Here
it is-'A million of millions; as many
millions as there are units in a mil
lion.'"
''Now, my son, this is a very large
number, and do you think you can
count it?''
Certainly I can"
"How long do you think it would
take you if you do nothing else but
countP''
perhaps all day, or easily in two
days. replied the son.
''Take your slate and pencil and let
us make little calculation. As your
tongue is very nimtle, will allow that
you can count two hundred minute.
How many will this give you in an
"Why, only Twelve thousand.
"And how many in twenty-four
hoursP"
"Only two hundred and eighty thou
sand,'' replied the boy.
This tells you that two days are not
enough, even if you count without eat
ing or sleeping, for it would only give
you six hundred and seventy-six thou
sand, which is very far short of q
million, you see.
"Give me whole year and will
count it," said the son.
"lf you dc" said the good-natured
father, with twinkle in his eye, 81
will give you hundred pounds, and
take you to France and Italy next sum-
mer Come, use your pencil again, and
see how far year will carry you to-
wards the billion, allowing that you
work three hundred and siXty-five days,
and twenty four hours each day. Null
tiply two hundred and lightweight
thousand counted in day, by three
hundred and sixty-tive, and what result
will you have?'
"Why, papa, only one hundred and
i've million, one hundred and twenty
thousand. l give it up, for believe L
could not count it in my whole life
time.
"This is very probable, my son; but
now you are at it keep up the calcula-
ton, and find out how long it would
take to count q billion. Be careful in
your multiplications and additions, for
/ L A II
so many will make great difference in
the result. l will look over you. You
have made the calculation, and what
result have you?"
Perfectly amazing! To count
million times a million would most GER
tainly take nine thousand five hundred
and twelve years, twenty-four days,
five hours and twenty minutes, at the
rate of two hundred every minute. -
RdDtiSt Weekk,.
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in whose judgment you have conf
dence. Think over it. PRAY over IL
Take it Once taken, don't stop to
look back. Go to work with s viii.
Don't say: ss0h, dear, wish I had
done something else;' or, Il am not suit
ed to this BUSINESS" or. 81 don't believe
| shall succeed. Unless health fails, or
facts show ulaDaistaka6ly that you are
on the wrong track, push on.
''How do l know l shall rise?n you
say.
Resolve that you a0iu. Where there
is will there is way.
Those who have made their mark In
almost every calling are mot those who
have the quickest apprehension. nor the
most retentive memory, nor the most
nimble fingers, nor the most unerring
Judgment. They are those who have
persevered. They did not fail, because
they would not fail.
The boy who can work steadily, with
one purpose in view, who can do little
by little his work, and can keep on try
ing till he does it well, that boy has no
right to say: / have no ability. He has
ability, the highest kind of ability, and
it is his duty to make the most of it.
He owes it to himself He owes it TO
the world. He owes it to his God, and
to those he loves next to God.
Make, then, the most of yourself,
my young friend. There is more good
material than you think. The Steel
needs tempering, the iron needs work.
ing. and it will take time, but it is good
solid ore. Work it well.
The strongest, the bravest. the best
men have been those who had q hard
row to hoe, and who hoed it. Hoe
away, my boys. Pull out the weeds.
Work hard. Don't be discouraged.
There is sunshine on the hilltops.
There are flowers by the roadside.
You shall not want loving word, and, if
need be, helping hand. = Golden Rule.
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Liverpool to the very heart of South
Africa, reward Of fi,OOO having been
offered for his apprehension as principal
in great London bank robbery.
t'But never thought / should be the
means of helping you two gents to your
lost property, said Mr.. Smith, with
his customary placid smile, as, after the
wearisome journey, we alighted in front
of the Digger's Retreat at Wellington,
with dust begrimed faces and stiffened
limbs, four days later.
And, to his credit be It said, the de-
tectiye would not accept a penny of
recompense from either of US.
THE excitement of the little scrim-
mage was enough he said. as we
shook hands at parting.
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HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.


Remember that tools and ma
chinery are damaged more by unnec-
essary exposure than by use.-@. 7.
Times.
If the stair-rails are dingv. their
appearance may be improved bv wash.
ing them with a little sweet milk: mol.
ish with flannel cloth.
Sugar cookies without eggs ara
made of two cups of sugar, one Of but.
ter, one of milk, half teaspoonful OF
bicarbonate of soda, half a teaspoonful
OF cinnamon or of nutmeg, with flour
enough to roll. detroit Post.
Leaks in roofs, about chimneys and
elsewhere, may be stopped by thicken-
ing whitehead paint with fine clean
sand. Openings are easily filled with
this cement, and become durab1y water
tight. For smaller leaks less sand is
put in, and the paint remains more near
ly liquid. The Household.
Never allow any one to tickle your
horse in the stable. The animal only
feels the torment, and does not under
stand the joke. Vicious habits are thus
easily brought on. Never clean horse
in the stable, the dust fouls the crib and
makes him loathe his food. Use the
currycomb lightly. When used rough
~ it is a source of great pain. Let the
heels be well brushed out every night
Dirt, if allowed to cake in, causes dis
ease and sore heels.-N Z Times.
in making roots for fowls let them
be level and on line. If they are so
arranged as to have some of them high
and others low the fowls will crowd to-
gether on the higher perches, leaving
the lower ones unoccupied, which is not
only waste of space, but a cause of
sore feet and other ailments, as the
heavier fowls can not easily get on or
off the perches when they are very high.
The lower they are the better, provided
the coops are ventilated at the top and
warm and dry near the feor.--PrGir1e
Farmer.
Farm and Garden says the COM
plant that the apple crop is short, and
that the trees are dying out, should not
deter growers from setting out new
orchards, for the apple trees may pass
over the trouble, just as the rot on the
grape has done its worst, or as the po-
tato has survived the beetle, which was
nearly exterminated by enemies the past
season. As the grape fungus and pota-
to beetle are not now so terrifying, we
are in hopes that the apple orchards
will pass safely over the difficulty that
affects the trees.
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THE CHEST,


o thou Guest, so long DELAYED.
Surely when the house was made,
IN its chambers, wide and free,
There was set place for thee.
surely in some room was spread
FOR thy sake q snowy bed
Deoked with linen white and fine
F. meet, y Guest for use of thine.
Yet thou hast not kept the tryst
Other guests our lips have kissed;
other guests have tarred long,
Moved by sunshine and by song;
FOR the year was bright with May,
All the birss kept holiday,
All the skies we're clear and blue,
Nhen this house Of ours was new.
Youth came in With us to dwell,
Crowned with rose and asphOde,
fingered long, and even yet
Can not quite his haunts forget
Love hath sat beside our board,
Brought MS treasures from his hoard,
Trimmed our cups with fragrant wine,
Vintage Of the hills divine.
M Down our garden-path has strayed
Young Romance in light arrayed;
JOY hath flung her garlands wide;
Faith sung low at eventide;
Care hath fitte in and out;
Sorrow strewn her weeds about;
Hope held up her torch on high
when clouds darkened all the sky.
Pain with paid lips and thin,
Ofthath slept our house within;
HN. Life hath called u.s. loud and long,
MtlM with voice as trulnpet strong.
Sometimes we have thought, Guest
Thou vert coming with the rest,
Watched to see thy shadow fall
On the inner chamber wall.
For we know that, soon or late,
Thou vii enter at the gate
Cross the threshold pass the door,
Glide atwill from floor to floor
When thou contest, by this sign
We shall know thee, Guest divine:
Though alone thy coming be-
Some one must go forth with thee.
Mrs. j. c. Il. DOrr, IN Harpers Md6dzin
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Our Young Readers.
OUR QUEEN.

She wears a royal, golden crown,
Our little. laughing, shy-faced queen;
The clust'ring curls er eyes of brown
Are bright as summer starlights sheen.
She sways a scepter O. er US all.
And we obey each proud command;
For we are held in slavery's thrall
By that imperial, dimpled hand.
Her robes of state are pure as snow,
In every heart Sh5 finds throne.
In all the land she has no foe;
The name of rebel is unknown.
Her loyal subjects. low and high,
Fun many costly tribute bring;
The glorieS of her kingdom, ],
Her humble poet-laureate, sing.
Around nv neck her soft arms twine,
My song is smothered in her curls;
Her sweet, fresh lips are pressed to mine.
Oh, Baby-little queen OF girls
Golden Ddps
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Planning Ahead.

The man who succeeds in any bust
ness is one who carefully exercises fore
thought in regard to future operations.
He looks ahead and as far as may be
determined beforehand, sees the result
likely to be attained by certain course
of action. This is true of all business
successfully carried on. Wise calcula-
tors count up the cost of operations
about to be entered upon and shape
their course accordingly, taking in all
the bearing and probable future effects
of contingencies which may affect the
main results. M
The business of farming calls for as
much forethought and planning as any
in which man can be engaged. The
farmer who has risen to fore-handed-
ness in tilling his acres is one who
counted the cost and made close calcu-
lations upon all matters that appertain
to the farm.
No man will meet with satisfying
success on the farm, who does not think
beforehand what is best to do and the
best way to do it, More failures occur
failures because Indifferent success is
attained where nothing but the grossest
laundering could make a failure from
this cause Of miscalculation or no cal
culation as regards future results of
present operations, than from any 9th
er. Farming is not a hap-hazard BUSH
ness subject to luck and the operations
of nature in giving good or poor sea-
sons. Work without thought, without
plan. has been the blunder Of many who
guide the pillow. Raising crops without
knowledge as to the cost, and stock
without thought as to its adaptability
to the location and market and its re-
quirements in summer pastures and
winter feeding, are at best, but slipshod
practice and would seem to require but
little reflection on the partof those pur-
suing such course to enable them to
see it. Lee0istoaa (lNe.) Journal.
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Women Fencers.

A man with waxed mustache, mild
blue eyes and bald head stood in a
martial attitude in his fencing academy
yesterday, and twirled a stick in his
hand. 1.-THE stick-was about three
feet long, half an inch in diameter.
and had a basket-hilt, which efectual-
ly protected the hand of the man US
ing it.
''This is the implement that ladies
handle in fencing, said the professor,
balancing it deity on one finger.
"Why don't they use the foil?"
"They are afraid of it. Besides, they
don't like to wear masks, which rumple
the hair"
"Have you many women pupils?''
Nine come here, and / have two
families whom | visit twice week. My
outside pupils have gymnasiums of their
own, and two of them are quite expert
with tie sticks. ] don't aim to teach
them fencing-simply the short-stick
exercises. They do not thrust at each
other with intent to strike, but merely
for the side-arm movements used in
parying. 1t is all very nice and gen
tie. :"
"Then they do not learn to fence as
men do?"
"Oh, no. They scream if you at
tempt anything aggressive. What they
want is the exercise of the thing. IT
gives them good color, makes their
arms full, their wrists strong, and
rapidly increases their strength 1t is
particularly good for girls who lack an
erect and-shall | say jaunty?"
Yes, if you choose.
"Yes, jaunty carriage said the pro-
fessor, stepping about on his toes, and
toying carelessly with his waxed mus
tache.
"How do women dress when indulg
ing in small stick practice?'
''In the blooming-I mean bloomcr-
costume commonly used for gymnasium
exercise, knee breaches, long stockings,
full waist, no belt, and long skirt Usu
ally girl are satisfied to 90 through
the simpler movements of the exercise,
and stop there, but once in a while
girls comes along who becomes ambi-
tious for the real art of fencing. A little
practical experience usually disheart-
ems her. There are. however, half a
dozen women in New York who are rea-
sonably expert.
Women can not compete with men,
then?''
"Oh. no. They have not the build
or endurance. The exercise tires them
out. The sticks satisfy them usually"
N T. Sun.
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"A quart Of whisky was mixed with

"A quart ofwbisky was mixed with
bran-mash and given to cow at
Binghamton, N. Y, and when the hap
Ply feeling came the old boss sailed in
and tossed people over fences, knocked
down bill-boards and upset vehicles
until the whole town had to turn out to
suppress her. AS soon as she got sober
she jumped down bank and broke her
neck. Syracuse Journal.
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A woman, of Norwich, N. X, ate
burnt bread recently and soon after
died, on account of the perforation OF
her stomach by the charred bread, so it
Is cla;mcS By physicians. : Buffalo Er.
press.
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Spectators at menagerie in Liver
pool recently witnessed thrilling spec
taele. A Swiss tanner entered the cage
of young Arabian lion for the purpose
of tanning him, although he had been
told not 10 do so. He had no more than
entered when the beast sprang and
seized him by the head. With great
difficulty the tanner was rescued BY the
men, but he had been sayagely wounded
on ths bead. arm and side.
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Nice bread-cake is made of two
cups of light bread dough, one and a
half cups Of sugar, half a cup of butter,
three tablespoonfuls of sour milk, half
a teaspoonful Of soda, half a grated nut
meg, a teaspoonful of cinnamon, a cup
of raisins chopped and with flour DUST
ed over them. Stir all in but the rails
ms, and put them in the last thing. It
should rise for half an hour and then be
baked in moderate oyen.-N 7. Post.
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sr-Callicoon Depot, Sullivan County,
N. Y, has had a guessing match as to
the number of seeds in big suntiower.
The seed when counted were found to
number 4, $50. James r. Calkins was
the closest guesser, taking the prize on
guess Of 4, 200. Troy Times.
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The big Mormon grocery in Salt
Lake is called The Lords Store. "--
Chicago HeTa1a
Daily Republican., 1883-06-06
Appeal 70 the Irish Race.

An appeal to the Irish race, its de.
scendants, defenders and sympathizers
throughout America, urging contri-
buttons for the Parnell Fund, is pub.
lished in Chicago this morning, with
the approval of leaders of the Irish Ma
tional Leagde. Rev. T. X. COnaty, of
Worcester, Massachusetts, has consent
ed TO act as Treasurer Of the Fund. The
appeal is signed by representative Irish
men from nearly every State and Terri
tory III the Union, among them A. Sui
Iivan, John Byrns and Rev. Charles O.
Kelley, ID. d., respectively President,
Vice President and Treasurer of the
Irish National League of America /;
mem bers of the Council, seven tenn
porary and permanent chairrnen of the
Philadelphia convention, the two ex-
Presidents of the National Land League
of America and the chairman of the
Late committee of Seven The list also
includes the names of eight Congress
men, five Judges, ten Catholic priests
and three Protestant ministers, the
delegate to the Ancient Order Of Hiber-
mans and several miIlionaires, includ-
ing Eugene Kelly, a banker of New
York =. Fl. Kelly, merchant of ST.
Paul Timothy Foley, mine owner, Of
Colorado John Fitzgerald, land own
er, of Nebraska; and Thomas Lynch,
land owner, Of Chicago. The address
was written by two Rev. ?. A.
Mckenna, of Hudson, Mass, and Rev.
Charles o. O'Reillv, of Detroit, who is
acting AS Treasurer.