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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-03-30
A Noble Boy.

1t is delightful to turn from the too
fire. emily sad example of dine novel
bitten runaway boys bringing them
selves and their parents to grief to a
pure picture of filial love and duty like
this.s SAYS a letter written from West
ern city:
Business called me to the United
States and Office. While there, a lad,
apparently sixteen or seventeen years of
age, came in and presented certi cate
Tor forty acres of laid
[ was struck with the countenaf1ce
and the general appearance Of the boy,
and inquired of him for whom he was
purch sing the lanl.
"For myself. sir
then in uirei where he cot the mon
ey. He answered 80 earned it
Feeling then an increased desire for
KNOWN somethin m re about the boy,
| asked him about himself and his par
ents. He took seat and gave the fol-
owing narr tive:
Il am the oldest of five chi dren
Father is drinking m n, and often
would retttrn no drunk Finding
that father won not abstain from
liquor, reso we'd to make an ort in
some way to help my mother, brothers
and sisters got an ak and went into
new part OF the country TO work,
clearing land, and | have saved money
enough to buy forty acres of land
there. +"
"Well, my good boy, what are you
going to do with the land?''
81 will work on it, build log house,
and when all is ready, will bring father,
mother. brothers and sisters to live with
me. The land l want for mother; it
will secure her from want in her Old
age"
land what viii you do with your
father if he continues to drink"
"Oh, sir, when we get him on the
farm he will feel at home and be happy,
and. hope, become a sober man."
{" Young man, may Gods blessing at
tend your effort to help and honor your
father and mother"
BY this t me the receiver handed him
his receipt for his forty acres of land.
AS he was leaving the Office he said:
SAT last have home for my moth
er. Canada Presbyterian
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-03-30
A Remarkable Case.

George Mack, Of Darnall, near Shelf
field, died last year, and, having left no
will, his property, which was very con-
siderable passed to his nephews The
eldest nephew, Ed ard, was known to
have gone to The Russo Tur isll war,
where he was engaged as doctor. He
was believed to be dea and the solic'
itor for the younger nephew wanted
proof of his decease. The only way of
proving his death was by getting an
affidavit from Dr. amson (who was
executed for the Wimbledon murder.
+. Lamson had seen the nephew at
SistoTa, living dangerously wounded in
the hospital, and he certif ed that his
stab was such as rendered recovery i'm
ossib e. Attached to this affidavit was
a photograph. which amson identified
as the portrait of the man Mae, or
n ech as the Turks called him, who was
supposed TO have died in Sistova Hes
pital On the strength of this affidavit
an application was made to the Court of
Probate to get the date of death as
signed and administration issued. Aft
er considering all the circumstances, the
Court mad an order and assigned his
death to have taken place about the
time Lamson saw him, and ordered adj
ministration to issue. The very ne
day the missing phew appeared at
Office O the solicitor for the petit
toner. He was in very emaciated
condition, having suffered terribl rom
his injuries, the most severe cf which
was bullet wound in the head. Con-
trary to expectation. he had recovered,
and, after various peril made his way
to England. arriving there the day after
he had been legally declared to be dead.
in tin e to +, ceive his share the for
ne left h.l his deceased uncle. LON.
don Tines
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-03-30
The Foreign Element.

The composite nature of the Ameri-
can population is shown in various
ways by the tables of the census of 18 80,
which. in this department., may be re-
garded as reasonably correct, however
many faults there may be in other de-
partments. The figures concerning the
great cities are of especial significance,
because each of them is center of po-
litical power, and their population is
continually growing by the influx OF
foreigners seeking political advance
ment, and OF natives from the rural
districts who seek more active spheres
for their ventures in legitimate bust
ness, in speculation. and also in politics.
Looking through the census tables, we
find that Philadelphia has larger pro-
portion of native inhabitants than any
of the la ge cities, except some of those
in the Southern States like Baltimore,
New Orleans and Louisville.
In New 70 the foreign inhabitants
are about forty per cent. in Brooklyn
about thirty, in Boston about thirty-one,
in Chicago about forty Cor the same as
New York;, in Buffalo and Jersey City
about fifty, in Cleveland and Newark
nearly forty, in Cincinnati about thirty;
while in Philadelphia they are only
about twenty-three per cent. of the
whole population. en- the basis of
these facts it may rightly be claimed
that Philadelphia is more distinctly
Anne lean than any of the cities named.
Comparison with New York exhibits
the composition Of the two cities in
more detail, and we give this condensed
table showing the countries of which
the respective inhabitants of the4tw
cities were natives at the time the cen
SIlS of 1890 was taken.
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Temperance Reading.
TELLING. FORTUNES


III tell you two fortunes, my fine little lad,
For S6g TO accept or refuse;
The one of them good, the other one bad;
Now hear them, and say which you choose.
/ see by my gifts within reach of my hand,
4 fortune right fair to behold;
A house and a hundred good acres Of land,
With harvest fields yellow as gold.
I see a great orchard with bOughs hanging
With apples, russell and red.
see ,droyes of cattle, some white and some
But ali of them sleek and well fed.
1 see Groves of swallows about the barn door,
See the tanning mill whirling so fast;
see them threshing wheat on the floor;
And now the bright picture is past.
And / see rising dismally up in the place
Of the beautiful house and the land.
a man with tre-red nose on.his face,
Anu little brown jug in his hand.
ON # ,! you beheld him, my lad, you would
:. That he were less wretched to see;
fOr ms poets they cape like the mouth of fish,
ana ms trousers are ont at the knee.
In walking he staggers now this way, now
And he wears an old coat and a battered-in hat
And think that the fault is the jugs.
For the text says the drunkard shah come to
And that drowsiness clothes men with rags:
And he doesn't look like man, am sure,
Who has honest hard cash in his bags.
Now which will you have? TO be thrifty and
snug, Z
And be right side up with your dish,
Or go with your eyes like the eyes of a bug,
And your shoes like the mouth of a fish?
Al
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-03-30
Death Of a Trained Baby Elephant.

Y S erday mo ming Sam lay down and
died Sam was only IN elephant very
title one a. tina, only fotr ct high,
but in tn t two by our co pound o
pachyd3 matous fe row much talent
was there slowed away. San, with a
younger companion of the female per-
slas on was imported only la Dec m
Ter ON the burning soil of Africa. and
h id on y Topped his elrs sol three
everal ii e. in the Zee air of Amlricl |,
when Gil. 70 in on with a cruelty that
one wo I'd h We little exp cted from
heart constantly WI pped up in a seal
skin coat, inAiot Upon i'm h cogno-
men that u timately ca,s his de tn.
His liliputian m j sly b d only heard of
his RIB e fiic ion when they att mp :
cd to rt hin from tn Robins ,frm; n
sion to the training table on John
street and Icing thus fan iarly adj
dressed h rel e d as will be r3mem-
btr d, AID reak,fg fro his C pto 8
p"IEced about Sov nth and Co lege
rect one Sunday event g to he great
CONSERVATION of all pCdest n, ard
the no ma delight of one hundreds
of rchins who II alw ys on hand or
s. Oh sc ne; But Sam is dead, The
nt9 xii cd hir. 1t shou d have e IN
III poo Saio. CT SON eth'rg ecu lily as
sounding, pacia 1y as they intend ID
til t he aud Lucy shou d p rfor.n in the
w-dust fr ma.
Though it has been kept secret rom
the public. Marks has had Sam and
Lucy in training during the entire win
t with the purpose OF astounding the
univ rse the coming summer by their
wond I III profci ncy upon the tight
rope and stills. Hundreds OF dollars
worth of graphs had been prepared,
and had Sam lived he would have had
the pleasure of seeing his likeness in
''siX colors' dancing the Spanish fan
dango, on every fence, barn and out
house n here 10 the Pacific Slope
Old Marks rubbed his hands and ch OK
led as lie saw his rivals turn grt en- with
envy while admiring his infant prodi-
e es "You just ought to have seen
him. said Gil. Ro inson. {. [ tell you
Sam was a wonder Why, Sam could
beat Blondin on a tight-rope. Sam
could, tor fact Fall off? Yes, why,
" kOuISG wv GhIlPlC' OlICC III u
while. and when he died he had bang
over his 1T eye receive in fall: but,
bless you, Sam didn't mind that: bless
you, no, he Xix d it. Why, I have
known him to get up and walk round
the top of the band wagon, and then fall
off just for fun. y
Yesterday morning Sam was found
locked in the emb ace of that grim &C.
stroyer who comes soonero later 10 all
TIE name had killed him, as was Prov d
by the autopsy, DR.. Bowler finding a
hug dot blood in the left yentr Gle
of the heart Big enoHgh to have ended
the existence of an elephant o twice
his size. The lungs were partly con-
gested, and evidence O. previous at
tackof pleuro- pneum MIA was dicovered,
ut he trouble IN the heart was the i'm
mediate cause o. death. Thus was some
s., 900 wo tn 0 printing and 81 900 of
trained elephant flesh nsigned to
the den milton bow-wows by Gil. Rob
ms ms want of foresight in the selection
of name. - Cincinnati Commercial.
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Scottish Traits.

Rev. Robert Mackenzie, of the How
ard Presbyterian Church, delivered an
entertaining lecture at Grand Western
Hall, on Bush street, Friday night, on
'.The Good and the Bad About the
Scotch II ought to know what is
good about the Scotch" said the speak
err, Hfor my father was a Scot Imam;
and ought to know what is bad about
them, for / am q Scotchman myself
Thenhy an ingenious course of reason
ing, which the reverend gentleman pur-
sued to the verge OF improbability, he
almost demonstrated the fact that Adam
was Scotchman, because 'sif Adam
wore anything twas the kilt he wore"
That some of the Campbelps came
over in the ark with Noah was a matter
of history, but there's been a change in
the spelling of the name since then.
1.-The Scott sh character" continued
the speaker, sis made up of contra is
and apparent contradictions. 1t is fru-
gal to stinginess and free to poverty;
clannish and yet of aroving nature; SEN
sible, yet superstitious. The wonder
fully rough climate of the Highlands is
calculated to produce rugged character;
the barrenness of the soil promotes in
d stry and frugality.
Promptness was declared to be an
other National virtue. Chalmers was
one Of the promptestof men. One morn
ing he came down to breakfast at the
usual minute and found the meal I'M
prepared. The cook, his niece, expect
ed a sound scolding, but possessing
some OF her uncle's wit, she methimwith
the exclamation: ''Oh, sir, | dreamed
about We last night What did you
dream, Jenn e?' inquired the Dean,
taken Of his guard. Il dreamed, SIR
said the girl, "that ye had died, and
were to be burie at twelve o'c'ock.
The pail bearers were late, and at wan
minut past twelve We rapit on the side
O. the coffin and said: "Tut! be spry
there it's after tw elye an ye are no
H,tin' yet.'''
That the Scottish race is supersti-
tous, the speaker said could not be de-
MED. This was to be accounted for
from the loneliness of the mountains in
which the Highlanders had always
lived and the long nights and weird
storms that howl among his native
crags and wales. The Scotchman is
metaph' seal. "When Yankee baby
awakes to the fact that it has great
tee It's first impulse is to tug away at
its little foot until it has the sweet
morsel in its mouth. When Scotch
baby finally discovers that it has a gre t
toe, along with the natural instinct to
swallow it comes an unquenchable de-
sire to know why it should want to
swallow. and this, said the sp aker,
IS the difference between the two ma
tons.
The habit of metaphysical thought
makes the Scotchman critical A GER
tain Scot wanted to be made deacon.
Il don't think you are lifted for a
deaco on, Sandy. Can you speak in
meeting /" inquired the pastor. NO,
SIR said Sandy. "Can you lead in
prayer?' mo, sir.' g Could you
act as moderator at meeting of the
Presbytery." $40, sir. f" ''Wen then,
what could you doP'' "Well,n an
swered Sandy, thoughtfully, II might
raise few oh, ections. " San Francisco
Giro 7aic{e
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Our Young Readers.
BEeEIE

With forehead Star and silver tail:
And three white feet to match.
Inc gay, 1atf-broken sorrel colt
Which one of us could catch?
can" said Dick; /" I'm goo for that
He slowly shook his empty hat
. She'll think tits full of corn said he.
F" Stand back. and she will come to me-"
Her head the shy, proud creature raised
As mid the daisy flowers she grazed:
Then down the hill. across the brook
Delaying Oft her way she took:
Then changed her pace, and moving quick
She hurried on and came to Dick.
- Ha- ha, he cried, I've caught you, Beck
And put the halter round her neck.
But soon there came another day,
And, eager for a ride
" i IL go and catch the colt again;
lean, said Dick with pride.
So UP the stony pasture lane,
And up the hill. he trudged again;
And when he saw the colt, as low
He shook his old hat to AMI fro,
/" She'll think lis full of corn" he Thought;
= And shall have her quickly caught
Beck, Beck" he called. and at the sound
The restless beauty looked droiind;
Then made quick. impatient turn,
And galloped Off among the fern.
And when beneath tres She stopped,
And le;surely some clover cropped,
Dick followed after, but in vain;
His hand was just upon her name.
= When off she flew as flies the WIND,
And, painting. he pressed on behind.
Down through the brake, the brook across,
Ger bushes, thiStles, m0unCs of moss,
Round and around the piece they passed,
Till, breathless, Dick sank down It last;
Threw by, provoke |, his empty hat
I" The colt, he said, remembers that!
There's always trouble from de cit;
III never try again to cheat"
-Mdridn Douglas, in Our Little Cnes.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-03-30
EVERYBODY Can Graft.

Grating is not monopoly of gifted
minds, or an art that can only be ac-
CURED by the few. With the ordinary
amo Mt of gumption" to begin with,
followed by careful teaching for only a
short time, almost any one can graft
successfully. Grating is simply plant
ing cylttng of one variety in the wood
OF another, instead of in the soil. II is
essential that the growing layer of the
scion and stock come in close contact,
and be so held until they grow together
Now is the time to get the scions. They
may be bought at most nurseries, and
great care should be taken to get only
the best varieties. If cut at home, be
equally careful to get them of the right
kind, cutting oaly twigs OF last season. S
growth. A fine saw, two good knives.
one st'ong and heavy. the other smaller,
with a keen edge; a hardwood wedge,
six inches long and half an inch thick
and small mallet are the nipple ents
used in grating The wax may be
easily made by melting together, bees
wax six ounces, resin and talloW four
ounces each, over moderate fire, STIR
u.
of waxed cloth may be formed of old
cotton stuff made thin by wear, and
torn into strips two inches wide. Wind
the strips upon stick and dip them
into the melted wax; when the cloth is
thoroughly penetrated by the wax, re-
move, let drip, and put away from dust
until ready for use.
Grating should be done as soon as
the buds begin to swell. Having deter
mined upon the place for the graft, saw
off the branch, smooth the cut surface
and make cleft with the knife and
,mallet Cut the scion from the twig,
leaving two or three buds upon the
piece, and sharpen the lower end into a
and place the scion N carefully, so hat
the lower bud comes at the top of the
cleft. The inner ba k, or growing layer
of the scion and the stock should touch
as much as possible If the grated
branch is SMALL single scion is
enough; otherwise, put in one on each
side. Unroll enough wa ed cloth to
cover the wound OF both stocks and
scions, and press it on carefully. and
closely. The quick application of this
protection is only matter of practice
1t is well for beginners to start with
worthless limbs before doing regular
grating in the orchard Ii possible,
find some one in the neighborhood IA
miliar with the process and learn the
art from him. The genera principles
may be obta ned from printed direc-
tons, but the success of the work will
depend upon the knack, and that is
only acquired in the orchard. - Chicago
Herald.
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Potatoes for Planting.

Few operations on the farm receive So
little attention as the selection and keep
ing of potatoes for planting. yet the sue
cess of the crop depends very much Oh
the condition of the potatoes planted:
How often we hear farmers complain
that the.r potatoes do not come up well.
Or that they fail to make vigorous
growth, usually attributing it to the
state of the weather When in many
cases the trouble is with the potatoes
planted.
In selecting aud keeping potatoes one
important fact is usually entirely over
looked, which is, that the potato is not
the seed, therefore is more liable to be
injured by keeping. Most of seeds are
covered with a hard substance which
protects them from the light, and the
sudden changes of temperature, if kept
in dry place; but the potato being
simply tuber, has no such protection,
therefore is very sensitive to light and
variation of temperature, even though
kept in a dry place. In fact, a potato
is similar to the root of a tree, when
severed from the tree. which we are sd
careful to keep in dark, cool place,
if we wish to keep it in healthy condi-
ton, and grow well when set III the
ground. The potato may endure more
than the root of tree without com
pletely losing its vitality. but it suffers
in the same way. and if not entirely
killed, is in; ured in some degree by be-
ing kept where it is too hot, Too cold, or
too dry. If it is kept too hot it sprouts
badly, and thus loses its vitality, never
again producing such vigorous stalks as
come from the first sprouts. If kept
where it is so cold as to chill it, it is
worse than keeping it where it is too
warm, as it does not take much Of a
chill to prevent it from growing at all.
The farmer in selecting potatoes for
planting shou d ever keep in mind that
he is dealing with tubers, and not with
seed therefore size and form is not so
important as health. When he selects
scions he cares more to have good buds
and healthy shoot, than he does for
the particular form; and in keeping his
scions he uses great care to keep them
where it is cool, and neither too wet nor
too dry. The same principle which
holds good in the scion, applies to the
potato, especially that VIII oh applies to
the strength of the buds, and the health
of the shoot or the tuber.
A $ the potato when planted is simply
the renewal of the old life, it carries
with it many Of the diseases which it
may have. gathered up, while seed
only carries with it the constitutional
weaknesses of the parent. Thus the
Importance of Sc Getting potatoes as free
as possible from disease, and of keep
ing them where they will loseAone Of
their vitality. Massachusetts, Plough
1l7O91
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The Temperance Sentiment in England.

A curious illustrations found in some
recent numbers of the Queen newspa-
per of the progress of the Temperance
sentiment in England. In the depart
ment of queries, lady, under the name
of Cecchino, had written, stating her
income and outlay, and asking advice
as to what economies she might prac-
tice so as to be able to keep some sort
of carriage. Among the items of her
expenditure was 472 a year on wine
and beer.
One correspondent finds here use
less and needless expenditure, which
would of itself suffice for a pony car
riage. Another writes that she herself
had made the experiment of abstinence,
thinking it would be great act of self
denial, but at the end of three months
had found her reward sin the added
health and comfort of the household
generally; work better done; happiness
and content instead of quarrels in the
kitchen; and an economy that would
quite cover the expense of a carriage
and pair of horses. !" When the rule of
abstinence was laid down, the servants
had no objection, and in changing from
time to time, the rule was no difficulty.
Fresh milk, fresh spring water, or water
with fresh lemon squeezed into it, were
the beverages of the house.
A third correspondent enforees the
plan by the consideration of the great
benefit it is to female servants (Inany
of whom become the wives of working
mem to become abstainers, and learn
by practice the advantages it brings.
This correspondent goes fully into the
ways by which servants may not only
be instructed themselves, but may use
fully influence their acquaintance. She
herself had been in delicate health, and
had long taken wine on that account,
without any improvement; nor did she
become strong till she left off the prac-
tice. A fourth correspondent enlarges
on the benefit of substituting money
payment to servants for an allowance
of beer. We are glad to learn that
member OF. the British Women's Tenn
perance Association is about to nave
these letters printed as tract tor gen
eral circulation Catholic PreS6l9elFoH.
In THE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE 1t Sap
piro, Japan, instruction is givenn, to the
students on the physiological effects OF
alcohol,
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loped into my courtyard, where was
standing on the doorsteps putting on
my gloves and ready to get into my
carriage. My grooms. seeing horse
saddled and brialed with a hat in his
mouth and W thout rider, tried to
catch him, but he escaped their pursuit.
goes straight up the steps and kneels
before me- The men aga'n try to capt
ure him. but he gallops off, stops at the
gate, turns round and looks at me; so /
jumped into my carriage and set of.
The horse darts through roads not al
ways adapted for carriages, but follow
him and arrive where ] find you.
At the moment Nine. de Noriolis had
finished these words the carriage re-
ceiyed a fearful jolt and we saw in the
air the head of Er tls. who W stand
ing ect on his hind legs beh nd us.
Seeing the little back seat of the car
riage ntenant d, he had taken he OPP
portunity of giving IS ano her speci-
me ofhis talents. by executing the most
brilliant of all his circus perror an es.
He had placed his fore feet upon the
4 ack seat of the little carriage, and was
TRANQUILITY continuing his route trot-
ting upon his hind legs alone, Fob
striving in vain to replace him upon four.
Nine. de NorioIis was so frightened
that she let the reins escape fro II her
hands and sank fainting in NY Arr $.
With my left hand ! recovered thereins,
with my right arm su ported Nine. d /.
Nor oils. my leg ali the time eau; ing the
most frfghtful torture.
In this manner Mmo de Noriolis m de
her frs entry into La Roche T. rye
When she return d six weeks later She
had become my wife.
"such, indeed is life,' she ex-
claimed This wo Id reyer have come
to pass if you had not bought the trump
It RS hors