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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-10-03
How They Manage in Toronto.

1 searched the town, and found COM
paratively few liquor stores and no ten
ement houses. The Canadians do most
of their drinking at home. From six
O'Clock on Saturday night until Monday
morning you can not get drink in any
public place in Toronto. and there is no
winking at drug store clerks or shutting
through side doors. The result of this
is that while many of the poorer fami-
lies store up a good supply to last over
Sunday the greater number leave liquor
alone altogether, and give to their wives
the money which, under different sys-
TEN, would probably be spent in mid
night revelry. If the men do get drunk
their wives put them to bed. and this
saves work for the police and the magis-
trateS also. What occurred to me as
being interesting is that the papers
here publish the name of every man ar
rested for drunkenness. The list is as
tonishingly small, the boys who start
out to ''paint the town red being few
and far between. | asked one of the
editors of the Globe: ''Do you think it
fair to print the name of a person who
happens TO drink too muchP-the best
of men do that at times" ''Well," he
replied, lit is the custom here, and
while. perhaps, it does not have much
effect in diminishing intoXication, still
it does some good. "-TorOn.o Cor.
BrOOkly7l EaqEe.
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The Prominent Factors.

Although many think that farming is
very simple business, one that re-
quires but little, if any, tact, they are
most outrageously wrong in their
premises. The fact is that farming is
quite complex business. We may di-
vide it into seven prominent factors:
Land, labor, horsepower, implements,
manure, weather and brains. Capital
is not included in this list, because the
first five items represent it, The ratio
these factors should have to each other
is MISTER of the first Importance. The
truth is that the proper adjustment of
the several factors among themselves
does not receive the attention which it
deserves. 1t is obvious that keeping
more horses or hiring more labor than
is necessary to cultivate ones farm GER
tainly entails loss. This proposition is
readily seen and its force acknowledged.
yet it does not seem to be s.s readily ap-
preciated that having more land than
can be cultivated or utilized is quite as
bad policy. Labor costs more than all
other things about the farm put to-
gether. Now, if such an amount of
land is cultivated as can be properly at
tended to by the owner and his family,
then all thai the farm produces may be
counted gain after deducting feed of
horses, seed, wear and tear of ma
chinery and agricultural implements.
To this must be added the interest of
money invested in land, buildings, i'm
plements and horse-fesh. 1t is readily
seen that when one has more land than
re can thus readily cultivate his ex-
penses increase, and the. greater the
amount above this the greater the ex-
pense of labor; or, in other words, the
profit in proportion to the number of
acres above this point is less than when
Just the amount of land is cultivated
hat can be handled, ~-Se2 Francisco
ssl1zgsasaLs.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-10-03
ROadWays and Sidewalks.

Well-kept streets are indispensa BILE to
the prosperity OF any village. True,
they are expensive to construct if
the work is properly done, but it is mis-
taken policy to endeavor to make q
cheap substitute by what is known as a
''dirt road" A modification of the ex-
cellent ''Telford road is beyond doubt
the best system on our village streets,
and in consideration OF the little repair
needed to keep in order, it is certainly
the cheapest in term of years. The
work is simply the placing of large
stones evenly on the bed of the road, so
that firm foundation may be secured.
On this place broken stones of the
usual size for making ordinary turn
pike; than a layer of coarse screenings;
and finish with two or three inches of
fine screenings from stone crusher, or
even good gravel, the former greatly
preferred.
The road when constructed must be
thoroughly rolled, and the rolling re-
peated after each rain until the surface
becomes hard. We then have road
way so solid and smooth that incessant
travel will not iniure it, the only neces-
sary repair being the occasional filling
of slight depressions. Brick cutters on
the sides of the street are absolutely
needed to carry of the water, and if
the road has been properly rounded
they will be taxed severely during
heavy rains. Small broken stones, as
too often employed in forming cutters,
are apt TO become displaced, and need
constant repair. The above suggestions
are applicable only in sections OF coun-
try where stone is abundant and COM
paratiyely cheap.
In tim er distr cts, especially in the
vicinity OF lumber-mills, al inexpensive
substitute for stone, is the plank-road;
but this has its disadvantages, as tim
Der in contact with the soil quickly de-
Gays. When it is impossible to obtain
a supply of either stone or wood, at
fairly reasonable prices, we have no
alternative but to put up with the ordi-
nary dirt road; but this may be so con-
structed as to carry off all surface wa
ter, and with the exception of early
spring, when the frost is leaving,
fairly passaDle road may be secured.
All nOdu DupSFflSOIo dtIC dNdAO VI JIG
necessity OF shaping the surface so as
to present an even rounded appearance,
with good cutters at the sides to carry
off the water.
Spacious sidewalks for pedestrians
are also ne eessity, and here there can
be no controversy as to the proper ma
terial-brick taking The first place as
the most economical, and plank occu-
plying the second place; gravel being a
poor substitute for either. Good shade
trees are imperative; and the sugar
maple is difficult to excel for the pur-
pose. The American linden will grow
more readily but is not SO handsome.
The Norway maple is yet more at
tractive than either, but has tendency
to droop its branches too low, thus fit
ting it for the lawn but not the snle-
walk. The Oriental sycamore or but
tonwood is coming into favor for street
planting, as is also the Carolina poplar.
-Josiah Hopes in N. 7. Tribune.
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The Father Of TeetOtalism.

Joseph Livesey, the father o. teeto-
talism. died on Tuesday afternoon at
his residence, Bank Parade. Preston, in
his ninety-fr5t year. On September 1,
1882, Mr. Livesey drew up his first to-
tai abstinence pledge, which was signed
by seven men of Preston. including
himself. He afterwards established
Temperance societies in different parts
of the kingdom. He also took an active
part in the anti-Corn law agitations,
and established in 1874 the Preston
Guardian, which remained as a sub
stantia1 property in his family until
1859. He also conducted q spirited
campaign against the centralized con-
stitution of the Poor Law Board. Mr..
Livesey filled most of the public offices
III his native town, and rendered many
special services in times of emergency,
and promoted many public improve
ments. Few faces were more familiar
than his in districts where sickness and
suffering prevailed. Mr.. Livesey was
left destitute orphan at the age of
seven years. and he commenced life, Ike
Livingston, at the handloom. - Pa@
Mall (Eng.) Budget.
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" FLUSHED with Liquor"

The Allegheny pa Mail of a recent
date recites the following story, which
is startling illustration of fearful
crime brought about thorough indul-
gence in VIII sky:
One of the most peculiar, dreadful
and horrifying tragedies known to the
annals of crime was enacted Yesterday
at Leesdale, two miles west of Mans
field, on the Charities branch of the
Panhandle Railroad. The railroad
winds along the Charters Creek, often
times cross. NC it. Last evening, about
six o clock, q man named Woolslayer
observed two men struggling on the
bank above the creek. For several
minutes they struggled, when suddenly
one of them staggered, toppled, and
was hurled by his assailant headlong
into the creek. A scream of agony
went up from his lips at the same time
and Woolslayer with companion ran
to the spot. BY the time they reached
the scene the murderer had seated him.
self on the railroad track and his vic
tim was fighting for his life in the
creek.
''Let him de-" said the one on the
railroad; she tried to kill me, but curse
him, have killed him"
Woolslayer and his friend tried to
save the man in the creek, but ere they
could reach him he was swept away by
the water and was drowned. While
thew were exerting every nerve to save
him passenger train came laundering
along; the murderer heard the roar of
the cars and the shrek of the whistle,
but he sat like statue; an instant
more and he was struck by the loco
motive, his body hurled high in the air
coming down like great, solid mass OF
clay. Woodslayer and his companion
ran to the injured man and stopped to
pick him up but he said:
LET me die; l have lived long
enough"
Then he relapsed into unconscious
ness and has not been able to speak
since. 1t was found that his back was
broken and that he was almost totally
bEind, and that the man drowned in the
sreek had lost one leg. The only home
these two paupers Knew was the Ale
gheay County Home. TIE biiud mans
1aas Was gsa. ngaseg ed TIE oRs'
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Temperance Reading.
4 LAMENT

The following beautiful lines were writer
by the late Richard Siles, Esq, of Danville
Va. gentleman of genius a fine scholar
and lawyer of distinction. The lines speal
of the sad experience and fate of the author
/ have been to the funeral of all my hopes
And entonbed them one by one;
Not word was said,
Nota tear was shed,
When the mournful task was done.
Slowly and sadly turned me round
And sought my silent room;
And there alone
BY the cold hearth stone
wooed the midnight gloom.
And as the night winds deepening shade
Lowered above my brow,
/ wept DER days
When manhood rays
Were brighter far than now.
The dying embers on the hearth
Gave out their tlickering light,
As if to say
This is the way,
Thy life shall close in night
wept aloud in anguish sore
Ger the blight of prospects fair;
While demons laughed
And eager quatfed
My tears like nectar rare
Through helrs red halls an echo rang,
An echo loud and long,
As in the bowl
/ plunged my soul
In the might of madness strong.
And there within that sparkling glass
knew the cause to lie;
This al. men own,
From zone to Zone
Yet millions drink and die.
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HOME. FARM AND GARDEN.

Egg shells clear coffee as well as
the egg itself. - Cincinnati Times.
when soaking salt fish before cook
ing add little vinegar to the water; it
improves the fish. - Exchange.
-Poached Eggs: Nearly fill irving
pan with boiling water. Add a little
salt and vinegar. Break your eggs one
at time into wet saucer, and slip
from this upon the surface of the water
Cool slowly three minutes, take up with
perforated skinner. and lay carefully
upon rounds of buttered toast.-THe
Household.
The disease called mango is the re-
suit of filth, and having hogs sleep in
rotten, dirty straw. It is an insect,
very minute, which burrows under the
skin. To cure it give pigs first a good
washing in warm soapsuds, using car
bolic-acid soap, and selecting a warm
dry day. Then grease the skin with
lard, to which has been added little
coal oil, and clean out the pen and
quarters. Troy Times.
The demand for mutton as an
agreeable and cheap food is steadily
increasing. The markets of New York
alone require more than million
sheep annually. Farmers, too, who
once used only bacon and pork, are be-
coming mutton eaters. The conven-
fence of few sheep on every farm to
furnishthe family with good. whole
some food, is now appreciated more
than few years since. N. 7. Times.
The following remedy is recon-
mended for horse having scratches
Put his feet and legs in bran poultices
for thirty-six hours, then wash clean
with warm water and CASTLE soap, and
when dry rub the pits of his heels with
the following: Take Goulard's extract
and olive oil equal parts, mixed. Do
not allow them to get wet after The first
washing, but keep them clean by rub
bling well with coarse cloth. Give
the following powders night and morn
ing in his feed: Take nitrate of potash,
five ounces; pulverized resin, one ounce;
mix; make into twelve powders; give
regular daily exercise. -PrGirie Farm
En-.
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An Alaska Glacier.

A correspondent of the Pittsburgh
Dispatch, writing from Glacier Bay;
Alaska, thus describes Muir Glacier !:
son August 8 we went into Glacier
Bay, among the icebergs, early in the
day, and anchored within half mile of
the face of the glacier. All our party
then went on shore, spending the entire
day on this stupendous river of ice. As
we gazed upon it, our mouths were
closed and our tongues were silent, for
we were dumb with astonishment, while
that great ice slide dragged slowly on
its dreary way, at the probable rate of a
quarter of mile per year. At the face,
or front, it presents a perpendicular
wall of ice five hundred feet thick. and
varies from three to ten miles in width,
extending back to the north probably one
hundred and fifty miles. Hundreds of
tons of ice are falling off the face of this
great glacier every few minutes into the
bay, splashing the water more than fifty
feet high and rolling up waves that
tossed our ship like small toy boat.
AS the great icebergs fall off into the
water below, which is twenty-five faith
oms deep, sharp reports like the dis
charge of heavy artillery are constantly
heard. This is caused by the splitting
up of the enormous ice fields above The
appearance of the ice, the most pure in
the world, is dazzling to the eye, all the
tints of blue, from the most delicate to
the deepest indigo, being represented.
The top surface abounds with little hill
ocks and miniature mountains of ice.
Great areas of earth, gravel, and large
rocks the size of a house are carried on
the top of these ice fields from place to
place as this great flow, more than a
thousand feet deep of solid ice, wends
its weary way. This brief description
does not half tell the story, and yet this
is only one of the many glaciers we saw.
Our party, many of them old tourists,
unite in saying that Lake George, Hud-
son River, Niagara Falls, Yellowstone
Park, and all the rest of the American
scenery together is put into the shade in
comparison with that of Alaska
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Pledge the Children.

1. If you would save the next genera
ton for God-pledge the children.
2. If you would have ''a generation
that will not tolerate the dram-shOp
and its kindred vices = pledge the
children.
3. If you would save one billion and
a half to the Nation annually-pledge
the children
4. If you would conquer the greatest
foe to human happiness--pledge the
children.
5. Ii you would rob the gallows and
the grave of their victims-pledge the
children.
6. If you would destroy the greatest
barrier to the progress of the Gospel
pledge the children.
Z. If you would empty the asylums,
almshouses and prisons pledge the
children.
s. If you would halt forever the fear
full procession of sixty thousand men
that march annually to destruction
pledge the children.
g. If you want to do work that will
tell in eternity pledge the children.
NeGOSbOyS Appeal.
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Old King Coul.
Old King Coul was jolly old soul.
And jolly old soul was he;


And jolly old soul was he;
Old King Coul he had brown bowl,
And they brought him in fiddlers three.
And there's no lass in braid Scotland
Compared to our sweet MarjOry.
That this dirty Is very ancient one
admits of no doubt, but the most super
fetal investigation convinces one that it
lacks the ring of the coinage of the old
''makaris of Scotland. = In rhythm and
conception it more closely resembles
the popular ditties ST England, whence
it may probably have been early trans
planted. The reference to King Coyle and
sweet Marjorie certainly give it local
character. Mariory is understood to be
the daughter of Robert the Bruce, who
married Walter, the High Steward of
Scotland, and became the ancestress of
the Royal House of Stewart. The ira
ditional King Coul belongs to a much
earlier era, and must have been centu-
ries dead before his companion in rhyme
was born. This divergence in chronology
must be considered curious, unless the
title was jocularly preserved to des-
ignate the principal Over Lord of
Ayrshire, who might have been the
Earl of Carrick--the family title of the
house of Bruce. Historians differ as to
whether King Coul was sovereign of
Strathclyde, or Welsh invader. That
a person of distinction was defeated
and slain at Coilsield, near Tarbolton,
was put beyond doubt by the opening
of a tumulus there in 1887. A burn
that there empties itself into the Fail is
called the '.Bloody Burn" and
meadow on the banks of the Fail is
still called "The Dead Mems Holm"
In digging into the tumulus three sep
ulcher urns were discovered, composed
of clay and burned by fire, containing
calcined human bones. According to
Bellenden in his translation of Hector
Boece, ''Kyle is namit frae Coyll, King
of the Britons, quhilk was slain in the
same region" Buchanan states that
''the Scots and Picts surprised the camp
of the Britons in the night. and put
almost the whole of them to the sword.
Coilus, King of the Britons, was among
the slain, and the district in which the
battle was fought was afterwards dis
tinguished by his name" This event
is supposed to have happened three
hundred years before Christ On the
other hand Chalmers, author of the
caledonia" denies that there ever
was such person as King Coil
| Kiln O7.12ocE /GcOfZo11HJ Sfn11d0o.f7
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legged man John Gartley. 1t ives their
custom to remain at the Home until
their appetite for whisky grew stronger
than their appreciation of the comforts
furnished by the Poor Authorities;
then they would start out on the tramp.
the cripple leading the blind man. It
is supposed that yesterday they had
met with extra good luck or their beg
cling expedition, and while flushed with
liquor had gotten into quarrel over
the spoils and that Donley had thrown
his companion into the creek. Botn
men were about thirty-fve or thirty-six
years of age"
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Bantam fowls are not as worthless
as is generally supposed. A little ban,
tam rooster, near Norwich, Conn, has
become quite a success in rat-killing.
and consequently raises that breed of
chickens from the foreground roost
which they have SO long occupied. A
few days since wandering rodent
espied a brood of chickens which the
aforesaid rooster and their mamma
We're endeavoring to feed, and boldly
attempted to seize and carry away one
of the chicks. The little bantam
rooster did not like the raid on his flock,
and showed his rat-killing power by
jumping on the vermin's back, holding
him down and pecking him to death.
The most unnatural thing about the pro-
ceeding was his failure to crow over his
victory. Hartford Post.
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To pack string beans for winter
use-the beans should be taken from
late crop planted for this purpose and
only the most tender used. Lay them
down in brine and when wanted to
cook, remove the quantity needed,
soak in clean water until the salt is
washed off and then boil and season
as in summer. Detroit Post
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They still bottle tears in Persia. AS
the mourners at funeral sit around
weeping, wads of cotton are passed,
with which the cheeks are mopped, the
tears are then squeezed into a bottle
and used as charm and 70 -ayiYa
dying persons. The practice was once
uniFcrsa, IS every ula tomb has q tear
sass.slss. ~
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-10-03

Don't waste your time securing
your bread-pans; bread never bakes as
well in bright tin. Indeed, the best
bread-pans- one can afford to have
them naade-are oblong ones maas 81
Russis sheeEriron; --Boesoa G!abs
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-10-03

The latest cause given for Indian
famines is the existence of an excessive
number of goats. The theory is that
goats destroy trees, and the consequent
decay Of forests decreases the rainfall.
There are 100000 goats in the Mad
res Pvesi dencg alsna
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-10-03
4 BIT or LICE.

Only a bit Of lace,
Only few ellis long;
The whirr of a wing in a seconds grace
Could blow it away without trace,
So light was the fairy bit of lace;
Hardly the thing for a song!
Hardly the thing for song? But wait;
There is a story to relate.
Summer in Calvados;
A women all bent and old,
So blind that she totters as she goes;
Her hair is white as the driven SHOWS;
Faint with hunger the whole village knows,
But lace like hers brings gold;
1t is so fine, brings gold. oh wait
She is weaving early, weaving late-
Calvados leaves are she'd;
The summer is over and gone;
Cavados winters are cold, It's said.
There's house where eyes with tears are
red;
The blind old mother is lying dead,
But tho bit Of lace is done.
"See the lace is DONE Sir Priest. Oh! wait.
The pay is sure, though sometimes later
Summer across the seas,
Summer on land, in sky,
Summer in heartless heart at ease,
With swift, white hands to snatch and seize
Gifts from a lover, who kneels TO please
Each mood as it fits by.
What mood is this fits by? son! wait,
My sweet! 'Tis bought! The man comes
late"
Only bit of lace,
Only few ellis long;
The Whrr of wing in a seconds grace
Might blow it away without trace,
So light is the fairy bit of lace;
Hardly the thing for a song;
J o; not the thing for a song. But wait;
There still is something to relate.
Only bit of lace,
Only a few ellis long;
But the whole of life and life's last grace,
Gone in moment, without trace,
We're in the threads of that bit of lace.
OH the death and doom in the songl
Oh! the death and doom in the songl But
wait:
The mills of the gods grind slow, grind late!
~. Y. Independent.
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accept and the stranger conducted
them to his house.
1t was q neat little farm homestead,
at no considerable distance from the
scene of their mishap, at pretty little
place called Whitfield. Bold at once
went to bed and Charley remained
with him. They both, however, were
very hungry, so the farmer kindly took
them substantial meal up in their
bedroom. Mr.. Fox had little refresh
ment with his host, and then also re-
tired to rest.
Charley and Bold did not wake up
very early the next morning; and when
they did SO they didn't feel particularly
well. Considering what they had both
gone through the previous night it
would not have been wonderful if they
neither Of them were very sprightly.
But they were worse than could be &C
counted for by anything that had hap
pened. They were both deadly sick.
Charley noticed that Bold's face was of
a pea-green color, and when he arose
and looked in the glass he found his
own was the same. They felt so weak
that they could hardly summon suffi-
Gent energy to put on their clothes
Neither OF them could suggest any pos
sible cause for their sickness.
When they left their bedroom their
host asked them to have some break
fast, but they both declined. The very
sight OF the rashers and eggs almost
made them sick. They naturally, how
ever, inquired after Mr.. Fox. when the
farmer told them to their surprise that
their friend had left-having had an
early breakfast and started to walk
over to his nephew's. They therefore
decided to get back as quickly as pos
ssjh!e 70 povsF, more espeoislIg - their