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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-01-11
Not to Be Sat On.

One of the very latest fancies of the
ultra-fashionable in the matter of re-
demonstrating at afternoon recep-
tons is to serve whatever is thought
proper from very low table; not much
higher than the seat of chair, in fact.
A lady, now the head of an establish
ment in Washington, but in whom San
Franciscans have justifable pride and
interest, was one OF the first to intro
duce this latest fashion. l am indebted
to a private letter for this story about
the debut of this low table, and only de-
prive the tale of names because it would
be betraying condolences to do other
wise. Well, it was Mrs. Judge Els
Friday afternoon sat home," and
among the crowd of swell callers was
Ma lame B, very fashionable, very
wealthy, and in size calculated to snug
ly fill a comfortable arm chair. In due
time she found herself in the dining
room, holding a dainty cup of choco-
lac, and standing close to, but with
her back toward the low table. Wo-
men of Ter size. l believe, generally
prefer a sitting to a standing position,
and becoming conscious in vague
way that something about the height of
a chair was directly behind her, she sat
down. Everything went, table linen,
table ware, ices, drinkables, salads and
pastry, with the stately Madame B
shockingly mixed Herewith on the
floor. For ten minutes the gentlemen
were engaged in picking, scraping and
wiping dough, jelly, mayonnaise and
ices from Madame BIS silk and sat
in, while Mrs. Judge E endeavored
to modify her unfortunate guests con-
fusion Madame B at last backed
from the room, and at the head of a
stairway collided with and knocked
down the stairs Mrs Els sister, who
was hurrying to the scene. She reached
her carriage in a state OF mind it would
be useless to attempt to describe, be-
came hysterical, sent for Mrs. E.,
begged her to say something to drive
away her suicidal intentions, and Sob
bingly declared that she would never
show her face in Washington society
again. [ do not recommend the low
table for San Francisco.-SG9 Francisco
Call.
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Diseases Of the Horses Teeth.

The diseases of the horses teeth, as
well as the proper treatment of them,
differ considerably from those of man.
Feverishness, loss OF appetite, diarrhea,
and a number of other and widely dis
similar affections, either arising wholly
from difficulty in dentition, or more or
less severely aggravated by it, are so
frequent in young horses, that when
ever any of them occur, and are found
on examination of the mouth to be ac-
companed with prominence and push
ing of the tushes, crucial incision
ought to be made upon the gums. The
grinders of horses more advanced in
age are apt to become roughened in
the edges from irregular growth or from
irregular wearing of the enamel, and
may in this state give rise to bad ulcers
in the mouth, and ought to be rasped
smooth. Part or whole of back tooth
or other grinder sometimes grows to
higher level than the rest of the teeth,
and penetrates the bars above it, oaus-
ing serious liberation, or interferes so
constantly and ruinously with mastica-
ton as to occasion a general pining for
want of due food; and whenever any
such over-growth is detected, it ought
to be reduced to the level of the other
teeth. A general irregularity in the
surface of the grinders, though not
marked by any very observable prom
inence in any one part, is sometimes so
great as to occasion pudding, and to
constitute great and almost incurable
unsoundness.
Carries, or rotting of the substance of
the teeth, occurs more or less in all ami
mails, but is peculiarly frequent and vir-
ulent in man, and especially SO in those
members of the human family who
think themselves most highly civilized.
One cause of this disease in man is the
want OF due degree of dental action,
occasioned by the luxuriousness or soft
forms of food; another is the rapid and
mighty whirl of chemical forces acting
on the teeth from the great diversity
and rapid succession and piquant nature
Of the articles of diet; and third and
chief is the adherence in their teeth or
their interstices of small particles of
| easily decomuosable substances, such as
| flesh meat or animal sauces, or almost
any of the mixtures of the most
relished dishes. Decomposition of
the particles is rapidly effected
under the combined action of
the neat and moisture of the mouth,
and the oxygen Of the atmosphere; and
an acid results which Immediately at
tacks the phosphate of lime in the teeth,
and after awhile so far accomplishes
its decomposition as to set the teeth
perfec ly decaying. A little hole APP
pears which henceforth constantly lets
in the atmospheric air, the salivary Sc
cretions and the decomposing particles
of adhering food; and unless this hole
is promptly stopped with some proper
composition, rapid decay of the entire
tooth, or its destruction, is inevitable.
Carries, though incomparably rarer in
the horse than in man, yet sometimes
occurs with such virulence as not only
to destroy one tooth, but to commune
cate the rotting to neighboring teeth.
and even to the jaw. When carious
tooth is found in the horses mouth, it
| should be extracted. Prairie Farmer.
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Quickness and Talent.

Quickness is frequently confounded
with talent. Lord Eldon is said to have
remarked, when blamed for "the law s
delays" that slow justice was prefera-
BILE to swift injustice; but to many per-
sons few grievances are more intolera-
BILE than delay. The slow but accurate
thinker will rarely attain the same pop
ular reputation for ability that attaches
to the swift though often mistaken rea-
soner.
Yet even great minds are rarely at
the same time hasty and accurate. Ma
poleon was gifted with extraordinary
quickness of perception, and owed most
of his early successes to the swift and
unexpected tactics with which he broke
through the old extraordinary methods
OF conducting campaigns. Quick him
self, he detested slowness in others, and
was impatient if any one he questioned
hesitated moment in reply. Cuvler
complained that he lost the Emperor
favor because he would not give sud-
den categorical answer to an important
question of finance. On one occasion,
riding through Fontainebleau, the
Emperor suddenly turned to the
forest-master and demanded how
many acres of wood the park con-
tanned. The forest-master, an honest
man, waited moment to consider; at
which subordinate, who knew the
Emperor's popularity, promptly named
some imaginary number, so delighting
Napoleon that he bestowed the head
rangership on this swiftly-replying per-
son. The result did not Justify the En-
peror's penetration, for the quick witted
man proved so extremely dishonest that
after short time he was dismissed, and
the slower thinker reinstated.
Hasty-judging people of lesser rank
frequently make equally unfortunate
mistakes. Readers of Bret Harte's
poems will remember the ridiculous in
cident of the old man who calls at
farmhouse during the American war,
and remarks: Il was with Grant -
and how the farmer, who had son in
the Northern army, received him with
questions. admiration, offers of hospi-
tality, cutting short all his attempts at
finishing the sentence. until at last
"Said the aged man,
should have remarked before.
was with Grant-in Illinois
Three years before the war"
1t is scarcely just when the farmer
dismissed the old man with anger as an
imposter, when his own overhaste was
the cause of the mistake. London
Globe.
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HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

When horses are compelled to re-
main exposed to storms at this season
the use of rubber blanket, with fan-
mel lining, will be of valuable assistance
in the prevention of colds and lung dis
eases Troy Times.
The Poultry Monthly is of the opin-
ion that Dominiques breed more true to
color than any other breed of fowls.
They are very hardy, mature early,
splendid layers, sitters and mothers.
and good table fowls.
The american Garden saws that in
its natural state the strawberry is gen
orally found growing in deep, rich and
moist ground, yet free from standing
water, and these are just the conditions
OF soil that we endeayor to provide for
its most successful cultivation.
The fat bits of beef, mutton and
pork carefully saved every day and
fried out make an excellent substitute
Tor lard and butter in cooking. A
thrifty English butcher once said to his
"boy:" Thomas. please pick up that
nice piece of mutton fat from the floor,
the sheep stopped a great many times
OOAO1C 10 piCh0u LII up.
An Ohio truck grower plows and
sows with rye that part of his garden
which he can clean off in time, and
whatever manure is ready is spread at
the same time The rye makes quite a
growth during fall and winter, and
when turned under in the spring counts
something as a fertilizer, besides rem
dering the soil very mellow Cleveland
Leader.
Ounces can be grown in most To-
calities where apples thrive. The Sc
cret of success with this somewhat diff
cult fruit is mulching in winter and
heavy manuring in summer. Wood
ashes, leached or unleached, are highly
beneficial. The ounce borer must be
dug out with knife in the fall. Dead
twigs impair the vitality of the trees
and must be removed.-M. z. Herald.
Apple Roly-Poly: Peel, quarter and
core sour apples; make rich biscuit
dough with baking powder or raised
biscuit dough, roll up, put in a pudding
bag, and then into kettle of boiling
water with an earthen plate in the bot
tom. Boil an hour and a-half constant
ly. Before using the pudding bag
wiring it from hot water, and flour the
inside well. Any kind of nice sauce is
good with apple roly-poly.-M Y
Tribune
There is no quicker or better way
of getting mired cow out of a ditch
than attaching chain to her head
wound around the horns and hitching
pair of steers, or oxen, at the end of it,
and when the chain is taut and in a
direct line with her and the ring in the
yoke gently tap the team and pull gent
ly in the direction indicated, and on the
least pull the COW will begin to help
herself, and before she is hardly aware
of it will be safely landed on the ditch
bank, probably plunging and believing
with fright, but not hurt nevertheless.
M Y Post.
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ending the remark in yell, and dart
ing wildly out of the back door. He
returned in a second with the two plates
OF forgotten candy, and presented one,
with a knife, to the hungry child.
Never was candy known to disappear
SO rapidly. and in an incredibly short
space OF time the plate stood empty,
and the urchin was gazing wistfully at
the other half which the children in
their astonishment had forgotten even
to taste.
do you want more of that?' asked
Gerry.
Haven t eat my I'LL yet, y responded
the boy, eagerly.
"Then don't step yet," said Fred,
showing the remaining plate toward
him. the contents of which began to
vanish as quickly as the first Esther,
remembering numerous warnings called
forth by her own taste for sweets, grew
alarmed.
Fred" she whispered solemnly,
do you suppose he'll die if he eats all
that at once?"
He considered the matter for mo.
ment. "No,n said he, 81 don't think
he viii. And anyway. if he does 1 guess
he'd die happier of butter-scoteh than
of Starvation This reasoning was
conclusive, and Joe ate on unmolested.
Moreover he did not die, but on the
contrary seemed considerably refreshed
by his novel meal, though in nowise
untitled for another and more substan-
tial repast of bread and meat. when
Bridget came home. Then, Bridget
having invited him to return for some
breakfast in the morning, he went hap
PLY enough away to the little corner
which his brother had hired, and where
he still claimed home.
At dinner the whole adventure was re-
lated in graphic language to Mr.. Farm
ham, who, taking up the matter with
interest, succeeded in finding work and
safe home for the boy. 1t was weeks
before the missing brother Tom, against
whose good faith Joe would not hear a
word, returned, pale and thin from a
long illness in hospital of neighbour
ing city, and worn with anxiety for his
little brothers. safety. He found joe s
new friends very glad to think well OF
him, and ready also to lend him help
ing hand; and not all the candy the
Farnham children ever ate gave them
half the pleasure that came through the
two plates of butter-scotch which they
failed to get q taste ON 7. Erdal-
liner,
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Perfectly Dreadful.

''Oh, I say, Chawley. that was a
chawming cweechaw you dawnced with
at Mrs. Billions t'other eve.
No, Hawy, she was not chawming;
she is yulgah cweechaw.''
IVY, weakly, you don't say SO, .
Chawley."
.'Yaas; she asked me if I liked CO.
nundwums, and I told her that | had
tried them in Paree, but / didn't like
them as well as fweid fwogs. And then
she larfed actually larfed. Just think
of society gyurl larfing!"
''Puffee dwedful, wasn't it?''
Eyes; and then she asked me if
knew why Fweddie Simpson was a
fountain of humor. and when said no
she said it was because he was always
having boils."
ooh, Chawley, how could youp Take
me to a soda-fountain. ] feel faint and
need stinulant - Esser Countg
GLASS; Statesman
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-01-11

The following is the creed adopted
by recent agricultural convention in
Canada:
We believe in small farms and thor
ough cultivation; we believe that the
soil lives to eat. as well as the owner.
and ought, therefore, to be well
manured we believe in going to the bot
tom of things, and, therefore, deep
blowing, and enough of it-all the bet
ter if it be subsoil pillow; we believe
in large crops which leave the land bet
ter than they found it, making both the
farm and the farmer rich at once: we
believe every farm should own a good
farmer; we believe that the fertilizer of
any soil is spirit of industry, enter
prise, intelligence-with these lime,
gypsum and guano would be of little
use; we believe in good fences, good
farm-houses, good orchards, and good
children enough to gather the fruit; we
believe in a clean kitchen, neat wife
in it, clean cupboard, a clean dairy,
and clean conscience; we believe to
ask a mans advice is not STOPPING, but
of much benefit; we believe that to
keep place for everything and every
thing in its place saves many step,
and is pretty sure to lead to good tools
and keeping them in order; we believe
that kindness to stock, like good shell
ter, is saving of fodder; we believe that it
is a good thing to keep an eye on ex-
periments, and note all, good and bad;
we believe it is good rule to sell grain
when it is ready; we believe in pro-
ducing the best butter and cheese, and
marketing them when ready
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Sharner Than a Razor.

A long-waisted man, with the nose
of fox and an eye full of speculation,
walked up to a secondhand clothier in
Buffalo the other day, and said:
"See that oyercoat hanging out down
thereg'
'sOf course"
'.Well, I've taken fancy to it. It's
rather cheeky to ask you to go down
there, but III make it an object; /
won't give but eight dollars for the
coat, but | II give you dollar to buy it
for me. You are also Jew, and know
how to beat him down. Here are nine
dollars
The dealer took the money and start
ed off. and in five minutes was back
with the coat.
Good" chuckled the other. Il
reckoned you'd lay him out How
much did you make for your share?''
''Vhell, ash dot is my branch sthore,
and only ask six dollar fur de goat, /
was about tree dollar ahead. = Wall
Street NeUS.
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Temperance Reading.
TEE RuMSELLER,s REMoRsE.
AN ECHO FROM CRUSADE TIMES,

AN ECHO FROM CRUSADE TIMES.
Z" 1 have come home to you, mother. Father,
your wayward son
Has come to himself, at last and knows the
l have bleached your hair out, father, more
than the frosts of years.
I've dimmed your kind eyes, mother. by many
bitter tears.
Since 1 left you, father, to work the farm
alone,
I've felt ashamed to see you, knew it broke
you down,
To think you had brought up a boy to harm
his native town.
I've given it all up. mother; III never sell it
more.
and locked the door.
I've signed the Temperance pledge, while the
women stood and sang;
The clergymen gave three hearty cheers, and
both the church bells rang.
But one thing seemed to haunt me, as came
home TO you;
Of all the wrongs that have done not one
can undo
There's old Judge White just dropping into a
drunkard'S grave,
I've pushed him down with every glass or
whisky that gave.
And there is young Tom Elliott. He was
made him drink the first hot glass of rum he
ever had.
And now he drinks night after night, and acts
He has maimed his little sister. and broken
his mothers heart.
Then, there is Harry Warner, who married
He struck and killed their baby, when it was
sick and cried.
And poured out the poison that made him
CfHat- a
And Bessie rayed and cursed me. She is
crazy now you know.
I tried to act Indifferent, when 1 saw the
women come.
There was Ryan's wife, whose children shiva
cred and starved at home.
He had paid me, that same morning, his last
ten cents for drink;
When saw her poor pale face, it made me
start and shrink.
There was Tom Elliott's mother, wrapped in
her widows veil.
And the wife of Brown, the merchant, my
whisky made him fail.
And my old playmate, Mary, she stood among
the band,
Her white cheek bore livid mark, made by
her husbands hand.
1t all just overcame me! yielded, then and
there;
And Elder Thorp, he raised his hand and of
fered up prayer.
/ knew that he forgave me, and yet had to
think
Of his own boy, his only son, whom had
taught TO drink.
So have come back, father, to the home that
gave me birth.
And will pillow, and SOW, and reap the gifts
| of mother EARTH
| Yet if prove good son now, and worthy of
you two,
Ny heart is heavy with the wrongs I never
can undo.
MRS. L. q. .HcVedn.
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SOLE HEIRS OF ALL He LETT

We are sole heirs of all he left;
Come to his silent room,
And let us count the treasures DER
Within its solemn gloom.
His shoes still stand beside his bed;
His hat hangs on the wall;
And there upon the table lie
His books and bat and ball.
Empty his little pockets now;
He kept them full in life
OF nails and string and flshing-fies,
OF marbles, top and knife.
And in the drawers some birthday cards,
And his last Christmas book,
The paints that passed the rainy days,
The prizes that he took.
At that last hour, with parting smile,
He said: Come here, mamma;
leave my love, and ell my things,
To you and dear papa"
Sole heirs are we of all he won
In his few, pleasant years;
And we, with breaking hearts, stand still
And count the sum with tears.
But yet so great the treasure is,
So sweet so manifold,
Earth could not give us in exchange
Her precious gems and gold.
In that last hour he let all fall
From out his heart and hand.
shall have grander things" he said,
In yonder glorious Land!"
Ano some day we shah let them fall,
In sight of Heavenly joys;
Both they and all orr gathered wealth
Win seem but useless toys.
But, oh God pity every heart
That in our sorrow shares
The fathers and the mothers, who
Must be their children's heirs!
Lille H. Barr, i'm N. Y. Ledger.
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Our Young Readers.
BABYs FZRsr ANNIHERsARK.

One little year with its changeful hours,
BlossOming meadows and wintry showers,
Shadow and sun.
Shadow and sun. and rain and snows
Morning splendor and evening glows
The flying mnutes-how fast they GO
And the little year is done.
What has it brought to the baby, pray
The princess who holds our hearts in sway?
A queenlier air,
A merrier laugh for lips and eyes,
A deeper frown of grave surprise,
A hundred ways that prove her wise,
And sweet as she is fair.
Kiss her once for the year that is done,
And once for the year that is Just begun.
And softly sing.
THE years that are coming so fast-so fast
Each brighter and happier be than the last;
And every hour that goes hurrying past,
New gifts TO our baby bringl"
-NGTg1ret Johnson, in Our Little Ones.
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SENATOR GARLAND, of Arkansas,
never drinks. - was passing by the
cemetery near my home one day." said
he, and l saw the graves of dozen
brilliant men who began life with me,
every one of them FASTENED to his end
by whisky I made up my mind that
/ had drunk my share. and stopped"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-01-11

We have another striking evidence
that this is an age of rapid evolution.
Miss Daisy Backus, little daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. G. B. Backus, of Selma,
Ala, celebrated her fifth birthday re-
Gently, and among her guests was
Master frankie Butler, who presented
Miss Daisy with beautiful plain gold
engagement ring. bearing the words in
delicate engraved letters: FRANKIE to
Daisy.' y
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-01-11

An ostrich raiser says that ostriches
are plucked once year when under
three years of age, and twice year
when older. yielding feathers at each
plucking worth from seventy to ninet
doIlars.-Sa2 Francisco Call.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-01-11

The New York World is authority
for the statement that plantain, if not
permitted to 60 TO seed for two years,
will die out. Now previous to seed
time two years in succession,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-01-11

There is a "club" for working
girls in London. Two nights in the
week are devoted to, singing, needle
work and "cutting out, and five
nights to a school, drill and in
struction in the Bible,
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The Stockton Cali Week says the
labor market of that State is over
stocked, and that it is criminal to bring
workingmsn from the East,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-08
Lath 81
Dressing side 81 per M.
Dressing 2 +" $3.50 per M.
Dressing and Matching, $500 per II.
Family Retail MarLa

BREAD AND FLoUR-Wheat bread SC per ID,
rye bread, SC per ID; Vienna bread, Zoe per loaf
flour DC per ID.
BUTTEE-Farmhouse, 3o@35c per d cooking,
121l920c.
CHEEsE-12H@15c@2O Swiss, 20@25c.
CoFFEE-Green Rio, 5@6 lbs for 81; Java
for 81; Java roast, 35c per ID, lbs for ST. Mocha
same as Java
Eees-Case eggs, 40@45c.
FRUITs-Apples, doc peck; crabs, SOC peck
baskets, 90c grapes, 30@35c ID; Catawba, 6Oc
basket; Velencia oranges, 25@35c doz; Messina
lemons, 25035c doz; cranberries, 1910
quart
MEATS Sirloin steak, 15c; porter house, 1sc {;
roasts, 15c; corned, 7@10c; mutton aud veal 15c
for chops and roasts, pork 1Oc; pork sausages,
1Oc belognas 1917.
POULTRY AND GAME-Turkeys 10000 per lb /;
chickena 16@18c; geese 14@15c; ducks 14@
15c; pheasants and grouse 75c per pair; wild
duck 6Oc pair; squirrels Csc pair.
SUGARs-Granulated II lbs for 100: Standard
A11H lbs for 90: extra ID lbs for 100; yell
low IL lbs for 100.
TEA-Gunpowder 50@90c; Japan from % to
zoe; Oolong 30 to 9Oc; Young Hyson so, 80, 9Oc
VEGETABLEs-Beans,d dry 15c quart; beets 75c
bushel; cabbage 10, IS, 25c each; celery 90c
DOZEN horse radish 15c ID; leeks SOC dozen; on
ions 75c bushel: parsely 15c bunch; peas, dry
15c quart: parsnips /. 90 bushel; rutabagas Soc
bushel; saurkraut 15c quart; potrtoes 50@60c
bushel turnips 60c bushel; lettuce for 25c;
radishes lunches for 1Oc
MILK-7c quart; cream 20 quart.