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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-07-06

"A very pleasant incident occurred in
one of our public schools not long since.
1t seems that the boys attending the
school, most of whom are at the age of
from seven to eight, had, in their play
of bat and ball, broken one of the win
dow panes in neighboring house. No
clue could be obtained to the boy who
had broken it, as he would not confess
his act, nor would any of his associates
expose him.
| The case troubled the teacher. The next
day a gentleman called to see the
school, an acquaintance of the teacher,
who knew how to talk to children.
After telling him of the breaking of the
glass and her inability to ascertain who
of the boys had broken it, she asked
him to make some remarks to the school
and to speak of the wrong the boys were
doing in not acknowledging the act.
The address to the school, therefore,
was upon the conduct of boys in the
streets and at their sports. He told
them in simple words that honesty,
trutkfulness and kindness should govern
their conduct everywhere, even when
they were alone and no one but them
selves and God knew what they were
doing. The scholars seemed inter-
ested and somewhat impressed by the
remarks of the speaker.
A short time efter he left the school
a little boy arose in his seat and said
''Miss Lane, | batted the ball that
broke Mr. Dash's window. Another
boy threw the ball, but | batted it, and
it struck the window. l am willing to
pay for it. "
There was death-like stiffness inthe
room as the little fellow was speaking,
and y continued for \ inll minute AFTER
be sat down.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-07-06
Think for Yourselves.

Boys should never go through life
satisfied to be always borrowing other
peoples brains, There are some things
they should find out for themselves.
There is always something waiting to
be found out. Every boy should think
some thought that shall live after him.
A farmers boy should discover for him
self what timber will bear the most
weight, which is the most elastic, what
will last longest In the water, what out
of water, what is the best time to cut
down trees for fire-wood? How many
kinds of oak grow in your region, and
what is each specially good for? How
does bird fly without moving wing
or featherP How does a snake climb
tree or a brick WALTZ Is there any
difference between a deer's track and a
hogs track? What is itP How often
does deer shed his horns, and what be-
comes of them? In building chimney,
which should be the largest, the throat
or the funnel? should it be wider at the
top, or drawn in? The boys see white
horses. Did they ever see a white coltp
Do they know how old the twig must
be to bear. peaches, and how old the
vine is when grapes first hang upon it?
There is bird in the forest which never
builds nest, but lays its eggs in the
nests of other birds. Can the boys tell
what that bird isp Do they know that
hop-vine always winds with the sun,
Tut bean-vine always winds the other
way? Do they know that when horse
crops grass he eats back toward him;
but cow eats outward from her, be-
cause she has no teeth upon her upper
jaw, and has to gum itP- ChatterboG. 81
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-07-06

Farmers vary greatly in both opinions
and practice as to the height from the
ground atwhich it best to cut grass.
Grass is cut from one-half inch, or as
close as possible, to four inches. The
general tendency, however, is to cut too
close, and not few fine meadows have
been injured in consequence.
Timothy can not be outflow, especially
in dry weather, without injurious ef-
fects, therefore, it is advisable that all
attempts at close-shaving the sward be
avoided. Some of our most successful
farmers cut their timothy nearly or
quite four inches from the ground.
Others, when gauging mowing-ma-
chimes for this grass, take care to run
them so high that they will not cut be-
low the second joint above the tuber.
Close moving Of upland meadows is
of necessity in furious, as the action Of
the burning sun and dry atmosphere
following harvest affects the roots of
the grass most Enfavorably when left
without some protection. Wet moving
grounds, on the other hand, will bear
cutting close as possible and be bene-
flied by the same influences which
would dry and burn up an upland
meadow.
When the practice is followed of top
dressing the meadow Immediately after
taking off the grass, close moving is
also permissible. Generally speaking,
however, grasses which are cut two
inches high will start much sooner and
thrive much better than when shaved
close to the ground. Fine grasses. as a
rule. when the season Is not very dry
one, may DO cut lcwar, with safety,
than coarser klpde, IN y, Weird I
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j i
Butter making Is a mechanical pro-
cess, and any one who will carefully
conform to- the various requirements
will be enabled to make good butter.
Exactness and neatness must attend
every step of the process. Carelessness
or want of cleanliness at any stage of
the proceedings may ruin the product.
There is a great deal of poor butter
made, because there are great many
Ipersons who are not scrupulously
lcleanly, and who are careless and heed
less. 1t is nearly as easy to make the
best butter, after one becomes accus-
toned to it, as it is to make the poorest,
and it certainly must be far more salts
factory. There is satisfaction in maxi
ing really frst-class article aside from
the satisfaction arising from the receipt
Of a first-class price for it. A great i'm
proyement has been effected in butter
making in this country during the past
twenty years, but there is still room for
further Improvement for thousands of
butter makers. Self-conceit stands in
the way of improvement of some
They think that they make as good but
ter as any one, and possibly to their
own perverted tastes their butter tastes
better than any other. A really nice
article of butter might seem to them
wanting in taste, and certainly it would
be wanting in the strong taste charac-
taristic of their own butter. x8a
In making good butter cleanliness is
indispensable. All the utensils used
about the dairy must be kept scrupu-
lously clean and free from all odor.
The pans in which the milk is set must
be kept sweet and clean, and that this
is not an easy matter to accomplish
any good dairyman will assure you.
The rinsing, scalding and airing which
the pans have to be. submitted to are
quite SURPRISING to the uninitiated The
churn must also be kept clean and
sweet, and every other utensil used
about the milk or butter. The process
of milking must he done in cleanly
manner. Allowing filth to fall into the
pail, and expecting it to be removed
by straining, will not conduces to the
making of nice butter. Whatever filth
goes into the milk pail imparts its faint
to the milk before the strainer removes
it, and, SO far as injury to the milk with
butter Is Concerned, it matters little
whether the milk is strained or not
Straining should only be depended upon
to remove the fine stray hairs which
may fail into the milks The filth
which goes into one pail will some
times contaninats all the milk in the
dairy. The strainer that is used to
strain the first pail Of milk is sometimes
used without cleansing to Strain all the
rest of the milk SO thatwhatever filth
was removed by the strainer is pretty
effectually washed into the rest eofs the
milk. Tin pals should be used for
milking, and as soon as the milk is re-
moved they should be rinsed in cold
water, then washed, in warm, and
scalded in boiling water, and, in order
to avoid contamination with sour
dish-cloth, be left to drain Soap, is OBJ
jectionable for Using in washing milk
utensils, because of the danger Of con
tamination from the filthy grease used
in making it. Sal soda is preferable to
soap.-M 7. San.
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Home Charities.

To some young girls who wrote for
counsel to the Wise Blackbird of Hide
Quake, respecting the preparation of
fancy work to be sent to distant city
hospitals, that parsonage addresses the
following excellent advice:
but why; let me ask. undertake
work that must go so far from home to
reach its object? Have you no sick
families in your own village to whom
your attentions and help would be a
grateful strpriseq How is the moor
house furnished in your township?
Would not the decorations and flowers
in season be thousand times more
welcome to those who are overlooked
by all, and who have forgotten to hope
for any notice or pleasure? Hundreds
of generous homes near by may send
their offerings to the city hospitals while
the same charities exist in every county
to be aided and encouraged, but how
few think of the crushed and hopeless
within an hours drive of their homes?
Have you village or even county
hospital, or if there is one, is tia good
one? If not, why not turn your talents
to starting one. where accidents may be
treated with the best appliances, and
the sick with chronic diseases find such
quiet and care as would be difficult to
secure at home. l would suggest MAX
ing the notices and other pretty things
for home decoration, and having pleas
ant little sale to raise money for touches,
invalids' chairs, water beds, spinal cor
sets, and appliances for distorted limbs,
to be lent in the neighborhood to per-
sons needing them who could i'll afford
to buy such things. This would be a
noble work, and worth your Efforts,
hay; it is one so close to you that it
comes within the Lille of sacred, inspir-
Ing duty, and any aid or suggestion 1
can give in such Undertakings you may
call for. ~ Vide drake.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-07-06
A Dog Mourning His Master.

George Laferty, of Malvern, who re-
Gently committed suicide, was deeply
loved by his Newfoundland dog Duke.
The faithful animal and his master were
inseparable friends, and no matter
where Lafferty went Duke always fol-
lowed. When Lafferty rashly killed
himself none of his friends mourned his
death more deeply than the dog. Duke
took up position by the side of the
corpse and refused to leave it until ii
was placed in coffin, when he quietly
stretched himself under the bier and re-
manned there day and night until the
funeral. When the funeral cortege left
the house Duke broke the rope to
which he was tied and ran after the car
riages. With his head hanging down,
as if in silent mourning, Duke trotted
under the hearse until the cemetery was
reached. When the coffin was lowered
in the ground the faithful animal stoc d
by and watched until the grave was
filled with dirt, and then, only after the
most persistent efforts, was he induced
to leave the spot. Philadelphia Record.
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An Unknown Industry Which Awaits
Some WOman's Skill.

There is real need of new branch of
industry for woman, in which needle,
thimble, scissors and deft fingers need
be the only stock in trade, and which
would bring in good many cents, if
not dollars, and we all know that if we
take care. of the cents the dollars will
take care of themselves. The branch
in question is mending, which includes
sewing up of rents, putting on Of patch
es, darning laces and hosiery, and re-
pairing all kinds of wearing apparel
with neatness and dispatch. There is
no such industry. The thousands of
young men who are away from home
are compelled to sit up nights in their
solitary hall bedrooms, and
With fingers weary and worn,
With eyelids heavy and red, =
sew on patch, that is curiosity when
it is done, when for few cents they
could have it look like an ornament If
only applied skillfully. There is never
any advertisement like this in the daily
papers:
WANTED-A woman to mend.
because it would be a useless .expendi-
tHre Of words-no woman would apply;
and yet dozens of them who are to-day
sitting in impoverished idleness could
be supplied with steady work Let them
try card:
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HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

To keep dried fruit from becoming
wormy. scatter among it pieces of sas-
safras bark.
Hard putty around window panes
is quickly softehed by pouring kerosene
5il oh it. Erchdngs.
Flour may be used instead of corn
starch in common jelly for the filling of
layer cake. Stir all the Jumps out and
use little more, say one-third more,
than you would of corn-starch. m 7.
Post.
Buns: Three cups of sweet milk,
one cup of yeast, one cup of sugar. Mix
soft at night. In the morning add one
cup of butter, part of cup Of sugar, a
bit of soda; then mix, put in the pans,
and then rise till quite light. Bake
same as rusks. Currants may be added
if you like Chicago News.
Breakfast Rusks: Tive eupfuls Of
sweet milk, two eggs; two teaspoonfuls
Of cream tartaf, one teasp0onful Of soda,
half cupful of white sugar, about four
small cupfuls of flour Beat the eggs
very light; put the cream of tartar in the
flour, and add the soda the last thing.
Bake in long pan in brick oven
The AdCGnce. 2 G W
The secret of success in making
good pie crust is to mix the lard thor
oughly with the flour before drop of
water is put with it; take both hands
and mix until you could almost make
crust of it and roll out without water.
A little lard goes great way if proper
ly rubbed with the flour, tablespoon
full to cup of flour being liberal OIL
lowance. 7. Post
Mr.. j. w. Everson, Harrison, Mass,
who raises at least an acre Of cabbage
each year, says such patch will hardly
have more worms than fifty plants in
garden. There will be about the same
humber in either case, and scattered
over the larger surface the damage will
not pay for the trouble of killing them. "
He is reported in the Plouqlt7ndaa as say
ing therefore that s.let them alone is my
policy
"A correspondent of the New En-
gland Farmer says there is a growing
disposition on the part Of CONSUMERS to
seek after colored apples for use in
preference to those that are without
color. A dealer remarked upon this
point that he could not account for the
fact, but that it was nevertheless so;
that with colored apples, and uncolored
Of equally as good or superior quality,
the colored wouldsbe taken every time.
Most farmers, says a writer, main
tain their garden spot too long in one
place for profit. In city or village lots
rotation is not possible; but with the
farmer it is. He should lose no time in
getting his old garden seeded, and this
year or next pillow up clover sod and
manure it heavily for a garden spot.
Unless the clover is the main sod it is.
not safe to put garden crops on it the
first year after plowing.-M. Y. Herald.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-07-06

My father met me at the door, and
looked keenly at mo. '.Who is your
visitor this Dir. ReevesP' he said.
''Zeb told me you were out, and I met
him in the hall and asked his business
with you. Have you contracted any
debts at school, Aura? The man looks
to me like an importunate dun, and il
IS not proper that you should deal with
such people. What do you owe him?''
found my voice at last, and told my
father this Reeves was the cousin OF
my roommate, and had perhaps brought
me some message from her. Helooked
unsatisfied.
| hurried to my room, and threw my
self face-down on the bed. Oh, if my
father only knew the manner of debt
for which this creature was dunning
me! With shudder of disgust remem-
bered his looks. / almost wished ]
could die, then and there. But / had
to rise and go about my tasks with a
heavy heart. No more ornAmentine
the rooms for me, and under the plea
of fatigue I locked myself in my room
until it was time to dress for the even
ing.
All, girlsl / hope none of you viii
ever lace a silk bodice over as aching a
heart as / carried that night. / had
made up my mind to confess everything
to my father the next morning.
The guests had assembled and dane
ing began, when saw Uncle Zeb at the
door making frantic efforts to catch my
eye. / excused myself and hurried out.
"He's done come agin, Missy, he
whispered. HE seq he's bound to hab
a word wild you eff he has to come to de
ballroom to say it. / tuck him to de
sittin room Gaze nobody's in dar. Send
him bout his business, little Missy
| hardly remember how my trembling
feet carried me to the room. The man
came forward with hateful slnirk and
outstretched hand, which | did not no.
tice.
This is an unwarrantable intrusion,
sir" | said, trying to look stately. II
sent message to you by your cousin.
which ought to have sufficed any gem
tleman.
He laughed disagreeably. ssOh, when
young ladies write love-letters to gentle
men they can't expect to go scot-free
at their word Come, now, don't put
on airs. ] declare, I love you just as
much
You scoundre1, cried Harry voice
from the inner door, and / saw him
make rush for the man and strike him
to the floor. Isaw no more, for utter
ing scream after scream / rushed out,
and tainted at the foot of the stairs.
was very i'll after this, SO i'll that It
was weeks before heard all that took
place. My poor, impetuous Harry had
beaten the man so severely that it was
a long time before he could crawl
about, and then he brought against my
brother an action for assault and bat
terry. But that was nothing to the no
toriety given to the whole matter, and
the humiliation | have brought upon
those who are dearest and nearest to
me. Marie B. Williams, IN Youths
Companion.
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81 don't think it would be right for
Charley Drake topay the whole for the
glass, said another boy, rising in his
seat. "All of us who played ball then
should pay something, because we were
all playing the same as he was. I'll pay
my part. =
a.And L.
stAnd l."
A thrill of pleasure seemed to run
through the whole school at this display
of honesty and of right feeling by the
boys. The money was brought tie
next day. and the lesson will not be
forgotten either by teacher or pupils. -
ETchcRge.
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King Hnmhert. Of Italy. in cony

-Klng HumbeTt, OF Italy, m CONVEX
sation with an American correspondent,
concludes his remarks with the declara-
ton: Were / not King, should
wish to see the world as reporter. 7
The latter should have reciprocated the
compliment by declaring that if be
were not a reporter he would like to be
a King. But that would not have been
true. No real reporter would ex0hangt
bis place Tor 4 thgone. lHdtdaai7slil
Journal,
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Orr Young Readers.
KISSING AWAY THE DIMpLES.

KISSING AWAY THE DIMPLES.
Twas going to kiss the dimples from ont the
\. little checks,
Where they ripple aiid they dance every time
she laughs or speaks.
She said shouldn't do it; but held haT fist
and tight,
And kissed and kissed the rosy little face with
all my might
And then pair of eyes twinkled very gravely
out
And pair of little lips gathered up doleful
p0ut
With little dropping corners-no wonder, you
will say,
To see such bonny. bonny dimples stolen all
away
l thought | should have kept them for Just a
little while;
But little teeth were soon peeping through a
little SMILE,
And then laugh like sunshine was over all
her face.
And every dimple / HAD stolen was back again
Sidney bdme, Iii N. y: Iudgpsndent;
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"A correspondent of the Nebraska
State JoursGl, describing railroad he
travelled on in Oregon, says: my fell
low passenger raised an umbrella when
we goi on board, and said I had better
raise mine. He was right. Thepuffinlgg.
wheezy old engine sent SCOT and water
over us in perfect shower (the cara
were open). We got along, howeP s,..
very well, and would have mace ing
trip quite as quickly as we could nave
walked it If the train had not stopped
whom we were about hall way and
waited hail IN hour fora passenger wig
wanted to finish biz supper,
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Il Marylander shot colorcd man
IL tree on his farm the other day, and
when the negro came tumbliEg down,
apparently MORALLY wounded, asserted
that he had thought he was 4 crow,
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Temperance Reading.
NOODLE S TEMPERANCE SPEkoR

VOODfR S TEMPERANCE SPEECH
Some people laugh and wonder
What little boys can do
To help this Temp rance thunder
Roll all the big world thrOughs
I'd hare them look behind them.
When they we're small, and then
I'd ike just toremind them
That little boys make menl
The bud becomes flower, - k5r
The acorn grows tree,
The minutes make the
Ills just the same with me.
I'm small, bue am growing q
As quickly as / cans
And a Temp rance boy like me is bound
To make a TEMP'RANCB MANI
#84 = Kolttlfs Companion.
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Old customs Wei, our children say
But you and !, dear, in our day f
Had other thoughts about them.
The dear old habits OF the past
j cun not choose but love them,
And sigh to think the world at last
Has scared SO far above them.
We had not, tli the years gone by,
The grace that art discovers
( our lives were calmer; you and
We're very simple lovers.
And when, our daily duties DER,
We strayed beside the rushes,
The only gems you ever wore
We're bright and blooming bushes.
Our rustic way was slow, but yet
Some good there was about it,
And many ills We now regret
Old habltsw0uld have routed.
tknOw our children still can see
The Fifth commandments beauty
May theyobey,. as once did we,
From love and not from duty.
The world to-day is far too high
In wisdom to confess them,
But well we know, dear, you and I,
ror what we have to bless them.
Though love was in the heart of each,
u trembled to accost you;
Had you required q polished speech,
think should have lost you.
No doubt our minds are slow to gauge
The ways we are not needing;
Bgthefe upon our meinory's page az
IS very simple reuding.Wf y
itEays The forms @e'still hold fast ~
We're wise as well as pleasant
The good old customs of the past
Have leBTened all the PRESENT.
Edmund Lyons, IN ". =. Sun.