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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-07-27
Thinning Plants.

Among the numerous duties which
the gardener is called upon to perform,
there are few more important than the
judicious thinning of plants, yet impor-
tant as it is the work is often delayed or
not half done; this is because, to many,
it is very disagreeable work to do.
When the plants are small, which is the
time to thin, it seems like waste of
land to leave the plants as far apart as
they ought to be, SO they are often left
to stand twice as thick as they ought to
be. The gardener makes an effort to
leave the largest and pull out the small
est, but he no sooner gets a plant out of
the ground than it appears to him that
he has pulled up the largest and left the
smallest, thus keeping up constant
irritation, which no doubt is increased
by the frequent sharp pains that shoot
down the spinal column to rensind him
that the position he is obliged to assume
to do the work properly is not a natural
one.
These combinations of troubles which
never fail to put in an appearance, often
cause a postponement of the work be-
You'd the proper time, if not entirely.
The man who will invent machine
that will thin plants as fast, and as
well, as the seed-sower will SOW the
seed, will be worthy to have his name
enrolled among. those who are consid-
cred the worlds benefactors. But at
present we must bend our back to the
work and dare to do our duty, by thine
ming plants to a proper distances there
is rarely ever anything gained by leaV-
ing plants thick.
Among the difficult plants to- be
thinned may be named the beet. The
seeds of this plant are so constructed
that there is often two or three plants
that come from what appears to be only
one seed. These plants come up SO
near each other that the leaves inter
Irvine, thus making it difficult remove
one without removing them all; but I'M
less they are thinned to one plant in a
place, the crop will not be satisfactory,
especially if they are early beets for the
table. Carrots are also somewhat diff
cult to thin, though if taken when small
are not as bad as beets. Onions are not
quite as bad as many other plants, nor
is it so important to have them thinned
if the land is very rich. Squashes, Gu
bumbers and melons need thinning
quite as much as any other plants, and,
although it is but little labor to do it,
it requires more than an ordinary
amount Of courage to do it properly,
especially the squashes, which ought to
be thinned to three in a hill. Those who
have not already thinned the plants in
the garden should lose no time in doing
Bo.-MaSSachusetts PyoWgbn1aa.
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Loading Hay.

There is a chow to do it, in loading
hay and pitching it upon the wagon,
which nearly all understand but few
practice. | do not refer now to the
various mechanical contrivances which
are coming into use in some parts Of the
country whereby the services of a
pitcher are dispensed with, but to
the old-fashioned, back-aching method
that ninty-nine out of every one-hrn-
dred farmers are perfectly familiar with.
In our experience there are but few
hired men (and they almost always have
this part of the work to do) who know
how to pitch on forkful of hay. They
stick the fork into the hay-cock or wind
row, wherever it happens, and then
waste their strength in Juggling at an
unwieldly weight which is more often
delivered on the side of the load than on
the top. BY little care taken in in
sorting the fork well over on the oppo
site side of the hay-cock but not too
deeply, and by taking hold of the stale
well down toward the fork with one
hand and with the other grasping it
about midway, one can lift the weight
with less exertion than by any sort OF
leverage he can devise. In this way the
forkfu1 may be laid on the load in an
inverted position and the fork can then
be easily withdrawn. This is what the
ssloadern wants, for he then can place
it easily on any part of the load.
The forkful being on the load, it is
for the leaders interest to take some
pains in laying it since he generally
g pitches off. One-half the fretting
and Juggling could be ayerted by laying
each forkful in order upon the load be-
ginning, for instance, at the forward
ladder and loading around, and binding
with small forkfuls in the middle to pre-
vent sliding of. The farmers work is
hard enough at the best, and whenever,
by using little thought, he can tighten
his burden no one can blame him tor 50
doing. -RNrag Nay Yorker.
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HER OUANDARK

Musing she sat in the moonlight,
Sat thinking of exquisite things,
Resting her face upon a hand
That flashed with beautiful rings
Wistful and pure | thought she seemed,
Nearer to Heaven than men have dreamed.
20 love, could share in your thoughts?"
Frank, dear, BOu would not understand"
" i know too well am rough and dull,
Only one Of the cOarser band;
But if you would let me try, J. said.
Signing, she sadly shook her head.
And saw that plying glance,
And the far-oI look in her eyes,
"If you were only a woman, Frank
For man, when he hardest tries,
Can never be made to feelsor share
Such anxious doubts as now bear;
eff you were only q woman, Frank,
You would comprehend my fear;
Men are so different. ] dare say
You would feel like laughing, my dear"
80 sweetest, no. Though coarser and dull,
] love the pure and beautiful"
Gan day I've thought Of nothing else,
/ walked and thought all night.
What should do If were wrong?
Yet still think I'm right"
" You can't be wrong" . Well, think so, dear
But then mems tastes are rather queer.
you can't Judge as a woman could"
= know, Celeste, but let me try"
"Well, Frank, then tell me honestly,
If you were me which would you buy,
That hat jttSt Ike mn suit lUe sdlO,
or some sweet thing ifl lace and StrGlC?"
-HG1peT'S BdzGr.
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Very shocking.
A fair and accomplished young DIR.
Fell in love with a lady named Pr,
But his terms scientific
90 Forth
NeVIlIC IOI UH % UGIIIIIU,
That they really and truly quite s.

came IOfGh so terr1ff0,
That they really and truly quite shr.
The keeper Of a New York prison
charges prisoners fifteen dollars week
board. He must be laboring under the
idea that the prison is summer resort
hotel Such an outrageous charge is
enough to induce a poor man to lead
an upright life and not patronize his
old jail NorrdstoaOaa Herald.
An Erie (Pa.) paper prints a story
about minister in Mercer who cured a
dog of paralysis by praying over it for
an hour. We don't doubt it. A prayer
an hour long, by some preachers,
would make a wooden dog get UP and
walk. The only wonder is how the
Mercer parson could stand it so long
himself. Burlington HaeOkeye.
The most gauzy story ever presented
to the credulity of the American public,
says the San Francisco Post, is that in a
recent stage robbery in Montana an
editor who was a passenger was
robbed of $3.50, and had 5000 that was
not taken. The inside facts are that he
had the $1.50 in the toe of his sock and
the $500 in his mind.
"A hungry countryman was explor-
ing one of the quiet lanes in the city for
dinner, when his ears were saluted
by a shrill voice from an clearinghouse,
which uttered in rapid tones the follow
ing incomprehensiye jargon: "Biled-
lamancapersors = Rosebeefrosegoo -
Rosemuttonantaters - Biledlamancab-
bagevegetables = Walkinsirtakeaseat-
sir The astonished man fastened his
pace in order to find a house Where
they spoke Englsh.--N. 7. Graphic.
Once upon a time belated traveller
applied for shelter at a farm house in
rather wild part of New England
and after being taken care of for the
night, was invited to join the family at
morning prayers. The host prayed
with due fervor for the stranger within
his gates, and also that his own sons
might be like two hemispheres. The
meaning, ventured to ask it later on.
The good farmer looked a bit puzzled,
said he didn't exactly know, and after
a moments hesitation said: ''But guess
it's a pretty good word, amt it ?''
HGrper'S BazGr.
An orange-seller, the other day,
found a bad specimen among his fruit
and carelessly tossed it away. It struck
an old woman in the eye, and she made
such fuss over the accident that the
man gave her a dozen good oranges to
90 her way in peace. She had scarcely
left when a sharp-looking boy about
twelve years of age slid up to the fruit
seller and said: fare you going to hit
any more old women to-day?n sWhy,
no, not if | can help it, F" was the reply.
eff you are, give me chance, y con
tinued the lad. s'I'll bring my mother
down here, and you may hit her in both
eyes for half the oranges you gave that
other woman, and if that isn't fair you
can have shot at dad and me. - Chi
cGgo Herald
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Teaching Temperance in the Public
Schools.

Here are few suggestions from no
less a body than the London School
Board, which were issued in 1877 as
letter of instruction to the teachers of
that greatest of cities, relative to Tenn
peranee teaching in the city schools.
The circular reads, however, as if it had
been sent out by the w. C. T. o.. and
IS IN the main applicable to every pub
lie school in America.
Whenever the opening lesson of the dav-
from the HOLY SeriptureS-supplies a suitable
opportunity for the occasional insfrucfion IF
children, by examples, warnings cautions ana
admonltlonS, in the principles of the virtue of
temperance, the teachers should avail them
selves of it.
2 The reading-bools and copy-books for usa
in schools might be rendered largely helpful
in this direction. Such reading-books and
copy-books are now to be had, and might well
be placed on the requiSition form.
The picture-eardS, diagrams and wall
papers illustrative of the subjects of indus
try, sobriety and thrift may be benefcially
exhibited as part of the wall furniture of
schools.
4 Songs and hymns, at the selection of the
teacher on the subject of Temperance.
should be Incorporated with the musical ex-
erciSeS of the school.
That the board be recommended to grant,
free of charge, the use of their schools after
the usual school hours, for illustrated lectures.
by well-qualified lecturers, to children attend
ing the schools, but that the attendance at
such lectures be purely voluntary on the part
of both teachers and scholars, the lecturers
and their subjects in each case to receive the
approval of the School Management Com
mittee.
That the Works Committee be instructed
to supply a drinking fountain in the play
ground of every Board School.
The board has recently re-issued this
circular, showing thereby that the in
tewening period of six years has not
changed opinion as to the necessity OF
this effort, and perhaps also the fact
that the instructions have not been as
thoroughly followed as was desired.
We learn, however, from the Temper
Gaace Record that one lecturer of the
National Temperance League has de.
livered in the Board Schools no less than
$50 lectures within the past three years.
Still another pleasant circumstance to
note is the fact that one of the London
teachers standing very high in the pro-
fesSion, but never at all interested in
the Temperance question, was led to an
investigation of the matter by finding
that 240 of his 800 boys had become
total abstainers. 1t is recorded as re.
suit of his studies that I" he and all his
house, became pledged abstainers.-
Union Signal.
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Etiquette On Transatlantic Steamer.

Eighty tho1sSud Americans annually
visit Europe. Oh this number $4,000
sail from the port or. New York. They
spend upon an average while abroad
$2,5o0 apiece. The greae.s number are
ladies. Such is the stateme, Mt made by
a Broadway travelling commission tirm
to a journalist. The importance OF
these annual pilgrimages, which arr IN
creasing year by year, has developed a
system of ocean etiquette that governs
the conduct of what may be termed the
best circles of maritime society,"
Nowadays the Captain of a crack ocean
steamer must not only be tirst-claSs
sailor, but he must also be a man of
infinite tact and method, with a
thorough knowledge of what society"
requires at his hands.
To sit at the fright of the Captain
at table at once accords to the occu-
pants of that distinguished honor the
highest place in the social scale on.
board ship, and the position is COM
peted for with an amount of anxiety
that is very amusing. The senior sur
geon and his assistant (when two are
Csrried) act as deputies, and rank
socially next in importance to the capt
ain himself. How to accommodate
the various claims for this coveted dis
tinction is a matter of serious moment.
The personnel of the passenger list is
closely searched at least forty-eight
hours before the vessel sails. Very
often the purser is called into consulta-
Con, and the difficulty is finally settled
by placing card bearing the passen-
gers name upon his or her plate. From
this decision there is no appeal. 1t
frequently happens, however, that one
or more persons may consider them
selves sighted, and where it is probable
that the imaginary slight will disturb
the social harmony the Captain es-
capes by taking his meals in his own
room.
1.-THE first-class ships, as the Bothnia,
the Alaska, the Britannia, the Arizona.
the Baltic and the Spain, which carry
from $50 to 200 cabin passengers apiece,
it is becoming the rule to dress for
.dinner-the ladies in semi-evening
toilet, the gentlemen in frock coats. A
good story is told by Purser Neppens,
OF Un6 Cu0dru Line. III Is rule, SIT,
said a steward to a tall fair passenger,
"to put on frock coat at dinner :"
This was after the vessel had been two
days at sea. The passenger persisted
in wearing his suit of light tweed, and
the request was reiterated on the fol-
lowing day, which happened to be a
stormy one. The vessel lurched heavily,
but the passenger appeared in frock
coat of exquisite fineness. The con,
tents of plate of soup, however, soon
destroyed its gloss, and the gentleman
retired abruptly in confusion. He said
nothing, however, until Liverpool was
reached, when, placing a letter in the
hands of the purser, he desired him to
give it to the manager of the line. Its
contents were as follows:
"The line-Line.
''To the Earl of Airlie, DR..
''To spelling one frock coat to oblige
the com pany, G7 Is.
IN. Blight tweed is more appro-
pirate for grease spots than black cloth
in heavy weather. "-Hartord CourGnt.
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PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

The right name of Henry Irving,
she English actor. is Broadrib.
Mr.. A. A. Abel, proprietor of the
Baltimore San. is estimated to be worth
B15, O00, 900.
General Bradley T. johnson has
finished writing book on the early his
tory Of Maryland.
Clara Louise Kellogg has leased
house at New Hartford, Conn, near her
birthplace, and viii spend the summer
there.
The two candidates for Governor of
Ohio, Judges Foraker and Hoadly,
vote in the same precinctin Cincinnati.
Cleveland Leader.
Mrs. Alma Tadema, wife of the
English painter. is one of the three sis
tiers who are called Nutritious, 2
Grateful and Comforting. !"
Rev. Stephen Fl. Tying, Jr., has
given up the pulpit, become a perma-
nent Partisan, and is to be the general
European agent of the Equitable Life
Insurance Company, of New Yerk. =
N. Y. San.
The breach of promise case of
Mary Alice Livingston against Henry
Fleming, a New York millionaire, in
which the lady got a Judgment for $751;
600, has been compromised by the pay
ment of $50, 600.
The following exc Governors of Yer
mont are octogenarians: Inland Hall,
Bennington; Ryland Fletcher, Caven-
dish; Julius Converse, Woodstock; Paul
Dillingham;, Waterbury; Frederick Hol-
brook, Brattleboro.
In Burke County, Ca, a few days
ago Daniel Dowse, aged ninety, married
Rachel Jones, aged seventy-fve. The
.timid bride nervously elutched the arm
of her groom, who Bore himself with
manly pride.-M 7. Graphic.
Mayor Buckley, of Hartford,
spends much more for the city every
year than his salary covers. His enter
tainment of the Charleston (S. C)
militiamen cost him several thousand
dollars, the expense of the little feast
at his own house being about $1,700.-
Hartford { Conn., Post.
United States Minister Hunt and
Admiral Baldwin have, received the
large gold medal commemorative Of the
Gar coronation. Admiral Baldwin
has received gold snuff-box, with a
portrait of the Gar set in brilliants, to
mark the Cars personal appreciation
of the courtesy of the United States in
sending special naval mission to Mos
COW.
Mrs. Margaret Haughery is to have
a life-sized statue in New Orleans. For
forty years she was the most self-sacri-
ficing philanthropist in that city. Many
instances of her heroism are borne in
mind by her admirers. On one occa.
sion, when she applied at a large
grocery for provisions, she was laugh
ingly told by member Of the firm:
''We'll give you all you can pile on a
wheelbarrow, if you will take it to the
asylum yourself" She accepted the
offer and rolled the barrow in triumph
through the streets. = Chicago Journal.
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the object of my attentions to your

the object of my attentions to your
niece.n
She tried to speak, but the words
died in her throat. She made an effort
to thread her needle. Anxious to en-
gage her whole attention, MIR. Hall
took her hand and uttered a sharp ex-
clamation as the needle pierced his
thumb.
"Flo suspected this, = whispered Miss
Carson.
sHa! She did? What did she say?"
sob, she liked you very much then,
but lately
Oh, [ know l have been a fool, but
with your consent / shall yet be the hap
piest man in Chicago.
land am the happiest woman, she
murmured. "Oh, Mr.. Hall, or Jacob,
I suppose I ought to call you now. /
shall do all in my power to be good
wife,
In her agitation she covered her face
with the stocking she had been darning
and wept There was an awful silence.
Mr. Halls tongue was paralyzed. Was
this an awful dream?. Or was he going
mad?
"You must excuse me- said Miss
Carson, Wiping her eyes. But the
news of Flo's engagement and every
thing connected with it rather upset me
to begin with, and this coming, too,
was too much
Flo's engagementr' said Mr.. Hall.
in a voice SO hollow that it startled
him.
eyes, they have been engaged ever
parlor, but Flo would not tell me be-
cause she says | was unjust to Mr.. Fay.
There has been quite change in Mr.
Fay affairs. He was quite poor and
was obliged to send part of what
money he made to support his widowed
mother. The same day that he pro-
posed to Flo he had received letter
stating that fortune had been left him
by an uncle in Philadelphia. Z
Mr.. Hall waited to hear no more
He seized his hat and rushed from the
house. His tenant was waiting at the
Office to see him. s'You intimated that
you wanted the house, Mr. Hall, but
| called for a definite answer before
---.i'
81 don't want the house. am going
to leave Chicago. I'll make out a lease
for five years if you like. Call this
afternoon"
Left alone he buried his face in his
hands and reflected deeply. Whether
he wished it or not, he was engaged to-
Miss Carson. He tried to remember
just what he had said, but could not re-
call his words. Possibly in his confu-
sion he had proposed. Well, She a
good woman, and might make a better
wife than her niece. He remembered
how kindly she had nursed him through
the rheumatism two years ago. Yes, it
was all for the best. He went to one
of the large stores on State street and
bought a handsome piece of velvet for
dress. "She shall have pair OF
diamonds to wear with it, he said,
with chuckle. His tenant called in
the afternoon. Mr.. Hall told him that
he. had again changed his. mind. The
tenant left, deeply disguised.
Elizabeth, | really meant what I
said this morning." he said, as he laid
his presents in her lap.
"Do you suppose I doubted it,
Jacob?p
mo, no; of course not. Here comes
Flo. Give kiss to your uncle that is
to be, and forgive me for meddling with
your affairs. You see | was so devoted
to your aunt that / -n
81 understand, /" replied Flo, with a
roguish smile. - Chicago T2ibat1ae.
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Temperance Reading
PUT DOWN THE BRAKES.

No matter how well the track is laid.
NO matter how strong the engine is made.
When you find it running on a downward
grade,
Put down the brakes.
If the demon drink has entered your soul.
And his power is getting beyond your control,
And dragging you down to a terrible goal
Putdown the brakes.
Remember the adage: s'Don't trife with fre;"
Temptation you know is always liar:
If you want to crush out the burning desire
Put down the brakes
Are you running in debt by living too fast2
Do you look back with shame on a profitless
past
And feel that your ruin is coming at last,
Put down the brakes.
Whether for honor, or knowledge, or gain,
You are fast wearing out your body and
brain,
Till nature no longer can bear the strain,
Put down the brakes.
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that his birthday present of Temper
ance pledge had made her so.
All this happened six years ago.
You can well believe Mr.. Harris
money does not longer 90 to provide
luxuries for liquor dealers, when l tell
you that last Saturday Edith was six
teen, and when she came down to break
fast in the morning, she found beside
her plate, in pale blue satin case, 8
lovely gold watch and chain, birthday
gift from her father and MOTHER
YOUTHS Temperance Ranner.
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KneM Her Failing.


$50, Mary, you are going to leave me
to take service with Mrs. De Vere?'
Eyes, ma am, but you see she pays
me more wages
q suppose so. and I suppose your
mind is made up to go. Mary, l want
to make you a present before you go. =
Please don't ma am.
Why, what do You meanP"
81 mean, ma am. that Mrs. De We're
will want to know The cost of your par
lor curtains, the number of your serv-
ants, and the name of your dressmak-
err
"And suppose she does?''
why, III have to tell her, and as
much more as / can think of. It's my
failing, and if you give me your old
black silk not to tell, and she gives me a
new seven dollar hat to pump out all I
know, feel that / shall lean toward
the hat.
Mary is allowed to 60, and Mrs. Eras-
ttus thanks her stars that the girl never
knew that her diamonds were paste or
the furniture mortgaged. WaR Street
Deity Negs,
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The mattor.of secur;no foroion in,

The matter of securing foreign i'm
migrants for South Carolina has been
placed in the hands of the State Com
missioner of Agriculture, who proposes
to make a vigorous effort to attract set
tiers. The Charleston Meas says: We
want good foreign settlers, who will aid
in developing the resources of the State.
improve the condition of labor, and,
while growing rich themselves will con-
tribute to the general welfare of the
commonwealth. The immigrants whe
have remained in the State long enough
to feel its advantages ere well pleased
with their experience, and, as q rule.
ere doing well,i'
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HUMOROUS.

The oyerworked printer may be
called a galley-slave.
What relation is the door to the
door-mat? A step-father.
The man who invented the phrase,
"Just as easy as rolling off log, y
must have tried to cross the river on
one.
"A Pittsburgh clothier advertises
Scents Refrigerator Clothing" The
outfit probably includes a nice chest
protector.
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''To the Earl of Airlie, DR..
''To spelling one frock coat to oblige
the company, 97 Is.
IN. blight tweed is more appro-
pirate for grease spots than black cloth
in heavy weather. "-HarJOrd CourGnt