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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-03-28

is near Dover, Delaware. A cores
pondent Of the Chicago E0eniqg Jour
nal, last week, denies the correctness
of the Tgib,slses statement, and says
the lotus was frequently seen years
ago on the Calumet, a watery tract
south of Chicago, where the new city
of Pullman now stands. To this state
ment at least one more place must be
added where the lotus has been known
to grow in past years: it is Grass
Lake, in Illinois, some six or more
miles south of Wllmot. Grass Lake
is tract of land and water, covering
perhaps an area of four square miles,
bordering on the south line of Keno
sha county; coarse, tall grass grows in
the water, and through this marshy
tract the Fox river runs. In August,
1873, the writer of this embraced The
opportunity of joining an excursion
party at Wilmot going down the river
on the little steamer Athlete. On our
return the Athlete stopped to give the
passengers an opportunity to see the
Egyptian lotus. The spot where this
extraordinary plant was known to
grow was a few rods from the channel
of the river and did not appear to oc-
cupy a space of more than two or
three square rods, A quantity of the
lotus flowers were brought on the
steamer; they were indescribably
beautiful, but in a surprising brief
space of time after they had been
taken from their native home they
dropped, withered and died. A gentle
man who had given this singular plant
attention in past years said the only
other place in the United States, so far
as he had been able to learn, where
| this flower is known was Connecticut
name Of town not recollected.) If
some person in the village of Wilmot
will give information whether this
bed of Egyptian lotus has continued to
bloom annually since August, 1878, a
favor would be conferred on such peo-
pie as take an interest in this rare
flower, which has excited curiosity.
Grass Lake must have place in the
list Of the very few spots in the United
States where Egyptian lotus has been
| known to grow.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-03-28

During the session of court last
week in Waukegan, juror by the
name of Mooney, who had been in one
of the jury rooms with fellow jurors,
came out, having his overcoat with
an unextinguished pipe in the pocket.
Soon after people outside the court
house saw volume of smoke coming
from an open window; fire alarm
was sounded and excitement prevailed
in the court room. The sheriff was
quick to learn the cause, and by a few
soothing words quoted the excited
court people. No great harm was done
except MONEYS overcoat was ruined,
which was pronounced a just penalty
for carrying a loathsome pipe in his
pocket.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-03-28
THE NEKT GREAT LSSnE

The press Of the New England States
reflect the opinion that the sale of in
toxicants must go. Maine is pretty
well anchored in this idea already :
New Hampshire is full of earnest
workers on the subject; Vermont is
almost prohibition; Massachusetts,
outside OF the centers of vice, is largely
no license this year; Rhode Island and
Connecticut are fully as sober as rural
Massachusetts,. The church and the
Republican party in New England
agree that the question of selling liq :
uor is the next great question, just as
anti-slavery has been a great question.
The newspapers are doing more in the
matter than the Legislature or judges
can ever do. We 1--we under a govern
ment of men, and morning and evening
newspapers, as well as under a govern
ment of laws. Public opinion now al
lows the colored man to sit in the
jury-box. The women and the chill
dren, the school-houses, the school
books, literature and newspapers are
going to curtail the use of intoxicants.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-03-28
TECHNICAL EDUCATION.

| A late number of the Wisconsin
Journal Of Education contains an eX-
celleIt article on the subject of tech
nical education, the production of Miss
Mary A. Stewart. of the Milwaukee
Normal school. Miss Stewart has
made an extensive tour in Europe for
the purpose Of examining the differ
ent methods and branches of educa-
ton pursued in the schools. The inn
portant feature of technical instruc-
ton i'll the schools has taken strong
hold on the educational systems in
various European countries. The nee
essity of educating the hand as well as
the head is becoming more and more
recognized. Miss Stewart SAYS that
more than so per lcent of the young
men who grow up to manhood in
every country in Europe are trained
to follow some Industrial pursuit for
a living, This applies to the countries
that are at peace and not engaged in
war. Germany has the most complete
system of any other country in this
branch which is made compulsory. In
nearly every state in Germany there
are what are known as preparatory
schools, the trade schools, polytechnic
schools. ard some states have a tech
nical university. There is therefore
afforded an opportunity for instruction
in three general divisions of Industrial
pursuits. 1t is estimated that in Prus-
STA alone there are 600 industrial
schools of all grades, but most of them
are artisan or trade schools. The
average cost for each pupil in these
schools is IS per year. Thousands of
young men and boys are securing an !
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h. q. SIMMONS.
The PEOPLES CANDIDATE FOR

MAYOR.
A gentleman so long and we'll
known in this city as Mr.. Simmons, it
would appear almost superfluous to
speak of his fitness and qualifications
for the Office of Mayor. Nothing new
can be said of him, unless it be for
such whose advent to the city has
been very recent. Property holders
and taxpayers need not be told that
the present financial condition Of the
city demands prompt and early action.
Doubt and suspense.in regard to the
unsettled affairs of the city have re-
tarded its progress; the time has come
for definite action. Men of judgment
and ability are needed for leaders to
go forward and consummate what has
been so long talked of. And now in
casting around for a leader, as chief in
the guidance of our city interests,
where can the man be found better
adapted to the present necessity than
the gentleman whose name is pl aced
at the head of this article? We re-
peat the question to every intelligen t
voter, what man in this community is
better, if as well, qualified for the Office
of Mayor as z. G. Simmons? What
man among us better understands our
liabilities, and the parties with whom
the city has to deal, than z. G. Sim
mons? And now, since he has con-
scented to be a candidate at the request
of a call, signed by men of all political
parties men of standing and infiu-
enee, large property-holders and tax
payers, merchants, mechanics and
working men-any organized oppssi-
tion to him would seem almost fac
tious.
It'll OF primary Importance that a
Board of Aldermen be elected who
will be in harmony with the Mayor
men of good Judgment and business
talent. The Mayor alone will be
to achieve the results which
the people expect of him unless he
have the intelligent support Of CO.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-03-28

Professor Hull, who has returned
with his party, brings with him ma
terials for the construction of geo.
logical map of the Holy Land very
much in advance Of anything which
could hitherto be attempted. He has
traced the ancient margin of the Cuffs
of SueZ and Akaba to a height of 200
feet above their present level, so that
the whole country has been submerged
to that extent, and has been gradually
rising. AS one most interesting result
of this rise, the Professor is of opinion
that at the time of the Exodus there
was continuous connection of the
Mediterranean and the Red Sea. If
this fact is established, it will place all
the questions connected with the mar
rative on an entirely new footing AS
regards the Dead Sea, he has discovered
that it formerly stood at an elevation
of / 400 feet above its present level
that is to say, $50 feet above the level
OF the Mediterranean. The history of
this gradual lowering Of the waters
will form special feature in Profess
sor Hulls forthcoming report. He has
also found evidence of a chain of an
cient lakes in the Synaitic district, and
of another chain in the centre of the
Wady Arabah, not far from the water
shed. The great line of the depression
of the Wady Arabah and the Jordan
Valley has been traced to a distance of
more than hundred miles. The ma
teials for working out complete the
DRY of the origin of this remarkable
depression are now available. They
are bound to differ in many details
from the one furnished by Lortet.
The terraces of the Jordan have been
examined, the most important one be-
ing 900 feet above the present surface
of the Dead Sea. The relation of the
terraces to the surrounding hills and
valleys shows that these features had
already been formed before the waters
had reached their formal level Sec
lions have been carried east and west
across the Arabah and Jordan Valley
Two trayerses of Palestine have also
been made from the Mediterranean to
the Jordan. Professor Hull has in
hand, besides his scientific report.
popular account of his journey, which
will first appear in the Transactions of
the society. Captain Kitchener's map
work is in the hands OF Mr. Armstrong.
who was for many years on the survey.
of Western Palestine. He has himself
been ordered on service up the Nile,
but it is hoped that his absence will not
retard the publication Of a new and
very interesting piece of geographical
Work.-Hereford Eng Times. Feb. %
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-03-28
THE TARIFF.

1t does not appear probable that any
material changes will be made in the
tariff the present session of Congress.
The Democrats in the House seem
hopelessly divided. and all efforts to
bring the party to an agreement by CO
ercion or persuasion are unavailing.
In the meantime the free trade wing
of the Democratic party is losing
ground. It has become manifest that
the party dare not 60 before the peo-
pie in the Presidential election with
free trade expression in its plat
form. The agitation of the tariff is
creating alarm in the Democratic
ranks. The State Democratic Com
mittee OF Virginia on Thursday last
was in session, and resolved that it
regarded with grave concern the
threatening divisions in the party, and
that all agitation of the tariff should
be discouraged. Notwithstanding the
United States are great people, hay
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-03-28
cOMPULsoRY EDUcArIoN.

The statutes which have been passed
making it compulsory on parents to
send their children to school have been
mostly imperative, or, in other words,
a failure. The state of Massachusetts
has now bill before the legislature,
which it is said will pass, and make
compulsory education effective. The
bill prohibits the employment of any
minor under fourteen years Of age, ex-
cept when the public schools are in
vacation, unless each minor shall be
able to speak and write the English
language correctly, The bill also for
bids the employment of minors over
fourteen years of age who have re-
sided one year where evening schools
are maintained, unless they have the
qualifications before mentioned. The
penalties are so fixed that the law will
be obeyed
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-03-28
POLITICAL CONDITION IN THE
SOUTH.

Senator Cameron, of this state, who
has been twice on committee for inves-
tigating southern outrages at elections,
in a recent interview, being asked
whether mattets were as bad South as
represented, replied, Z" Worse, | think"
The Senator learned while in Missis-
sippi that plan had been adopted for
carrying the.slections, which the Demo
cratic leaders believed to be less OBJ
iectional than negro killing:
For instance, before the election
takes place in Louisiana, the State
Central Committee meets and deter
mines upon the majority that the State
must give for their ticket; then they
send out word to each county, OF
parish, as they are called there, telling
how much Of a majority that parish is
expected to furnish on election day,
and it always comes"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-03-28
FATHER CLEARY IN MTLWAU.
KEE.

A mastery temperance address was
given by Father Cleary in st. Johns
Cathedral, Milwaukee, on Tuesday
evening last. 1t is estimated an
audience of 1000 people was present,
largely composed of men and legal
voters. The lecture was in the inter-
est of the Catholic total abstinence
movement. lie arranged the city au
thorities of the city Of Milwaukee in
scathing eloquence for their servility
to the liquor saloons. If there CHANGED
to be saloon keepers present, they
must have hidden their faces while
listening to the wrongs which their
business entails upon the community.
We wish it were possible to secure the
services of Father Cleary to deliver an
address in one of the largest halls in
this city before Tuesday next in behalf
Of the great temperance movement
which is now going forward
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-03-28
HOW TO READ 4 NoYEL.

Open it to the middle; glance at a
page; catch the names of the charae-
tiers; turn to the last page to see
whether he married her or she died
with angels lowering around the head
board; turn to the beginning and see
what the matter was with the old man,
and why he didn't approve of the
match. You have thus acquainted
yourself with all the essential facts of
the novel, and can imagine the moon
light walks, the sylvan dells, the after
noon teas, the cuss words muttered
between the teeth of the male charac-
tiers, and all the other hog wash =
Hartford Post.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-03-28
THE EGYPTIAN LOTHH-

Some discussions have lately ap-
peared in the papers whether the
Egyptian lotus, a flower of singular
beauty, has ever been discovered in
more than two or three places in the
United States. The New York Tysb-
st'ae, of recent date, asserts that the
only spot in America where this plant
is found Indigenous and seen in bloom
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-03-28
WHAT BOYS WISE TO BECOME.

WHAT BOYS WISH IO BECOME.
When boy has ceased to wish to be
a clown he desires to drive an engine,
and when that ambition is passed, his
next wants to go to sea. 1t is curious
to observe the uniformity of opinion
among boys on these matters. We
never hear of lad passionately anxious
to be a lawyer, and hiding himself in
corners in order to read about the law:
nor probably is lad-a small lad
often found who deyotes his days and
nights to thinking how delightful it
must be to be a clergyman. To be a
stock broker, a banker, farmer, to be
even member of parliament, is not
among the ambitions of boys. They
would be willing to shine as actors, in
deed, but Oh condition that they appear
with Whitened cheeks, and with leg
of mutton and a hot poker in their
pockets. Of engineering they have few
ideas outside the notion that an engin-
eer, whether civil or otherwise, is an
individual with grimy face--a distinct
advantage to boys, most of whom abhor
soap who stands behind locomotive
and makes it go along as fast as he
pleaSes, not to mention whistling
whenever he takes it into his head to
enter a tunnel. The sea, however, is
usually the boys longest and most
earnest dream. And it is not little
extraordinary that the hardest, the
toughest, and, having regard to the
routine of its discipline and the char
acter of it's members, the most prosaic
of all callings should stand at the very
head of the professions as an inspira-
ton Of sentiment, of poetry and Of ro-
mantle fancies. The sea has a charm
for the young which men can only I'M
derstand by becoming boys again in
fancy and thinking out Of the minds
they had when boys. Were it possible
exactly to determine all that a lale
dreams about the sea, the impulses
which move him toward it, his ideas
of life on board ship and the wonders
of the world into which the mariner
sails, we should find the picture want
ing neither in humor nor in pathos-
humor in the utter unlikeness to the
truth, and pathos in the generous,
child-like imagination which filings its
wonderful light over one of the bad
est and most unsympathetic Of human
facts, enriching it to such q degree
that even the mature mind is captiva-
ted by the boyish fancy, and regards
he sea from the standpoint of the
dreaming, enthusiastic lad. London
Telegraph.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-03-28
SCROFULA

can only be cured by a thorough purifca-
the disease perpetuates its faint through
generation after generation. Among its
earlier symptomatic developments are
Eczema, CutaneOus EruptiOns, Tu-
mOrs, Boils, Carbuncles, Erysipelas,
PurUlent Ulcers, Nervous and Ply
steal Collapse, etc. If allowed to con-
tinue, Rheumatism, Scrofu1Ous Ca
tarrh, Kidney and Liver Diseases.
Tubercular Consumption, and vari-
GUS other dangerous or fatal maladies, are
produced by it.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-03-28

The cyclones and floods in the South
ern states in the early part OF the
present week appear to have been
more destructive Of life and property
than any which have yet occurred.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-03-28
CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION

The committee of this First Con.
gressional District, representing the
counties of Kenosha, Racine, Wal
worth, Rock and Jefferson, met at Gin
ton on Friday of last week The COM
mittee decided to issue no call for a Dis
trict Convention, but to select dele
gates to the National Convention at
Chicago at a caucus to be held by the
delegates from the First Congressional
District at the Park Hotel, Madison,
Wis, on Tuesday evening, April 10Th.
1t was also decided to hold the next
Congressional Convention for the
nomination of members of Congress
at Beloit on Tuesday, May 10. The
primary meetings in this district viii
benefited in due time. Capt. Charles
Frantz, a member Of the committee
from this county, was present at the
meeting ut Clinton.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-03-28
FRIDAY, MARCH 2S, 1884.
PEOPLES CONTENTION

A Peoples Convention will be held at the
Court House on Friday evening, March 2S,
at 1880 O clock, for the purpose of nominating
candidates for Mayor, City Clerk. City
Treasurer, Marshal, Assessor and Justice Of
the Pc ace
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-03-28

Emil Wallber has received the unan-
imous nomination for Mayor Of Mil
waukee by the Republican conyen-
ton of that city.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-03-28

ing domain of vast resources, the
country cannot yet afford to have its
working millions brought into compe-
tition with the cheap labor in Europe.
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KINGS EVIL

Was the name formerly given to Scrofula
because Of superstition that it could be
cured by a kings touch. The world is
wiser now, and knows that
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-03-28
REMARKABLE RESULTS.

THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY or PAL
ESTINE
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The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-02
Southern Corn.

Il may surprise some who have giyeE
no attention to the subject to Learn thai
Southern corn IS more nourishing and
strengthening than the Northern, while
the very ignorant in these matters will
positively refuse to admit the fact. The
reason which they viii give, that North
ern corn will fatten their hogs the most
readily, i among the most convincing
IN opposition to their theory. To make
this plain, let it be remembered that
there are three classes Of food elements
needed 10 sustain the human body; one
TO give muscle strength and endurance
"nitrates;" one to furnish the means of
sustaining the system in the matter Of
heat and fat-"earbonates; and third
to afford nOurishment to the brain and
neryes-the "phosphates." As we may
infer-since the great and glorious
Father does all things well-the South
ern corn in a milder climate, contains
less Of the carbons, the heating and fat
tening element, the place of which must
he supplied by other constituents, such
as population in hot climate mani
festly need DR. J. Ii. Hanaford.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-02
Profit in Poultry.
New York Times.1

New York Times.
Poultry and eggs are a staple product
and sell very readily. There are thous-
ands of the poorer residents in cities and
towns who never taste or eat a fowl
from January 20 December. The prices
of these articles put them beyond reach
for such persons. No doubt there is
room to cheaper these products and to
enlarge the consumption. At present
the production Of eggs and fowls is an
indirect and irregular business, and it
is undertaken only as an adjunct to the
ordinary work of the farm. But there
is no doubt if it should be undertaken
as a special business it would be found
exceedingly profitable. There is not
much fear Of competition in it, for the
reason that poultry rearing is a skilled
art and requires special fitness for sue
cess, which is exceedingly rare. A few
who have given their attention to it sue
eeeded very well. A case is reported in
which a flock of fowls had returned a
profit of nearly seven dollars a head last
year, from January to December, the
eggs being sold at an average price of
about % cents dozen, and the fowls at
Is cents 4 pound. The production of
eggs and chickens was equal to an aver
age of 81 eggs and six chickens for each
hen. This is a very moderate product,
and seems to be quite within the reach
of an average poultry-keeper. The
prices realized are also moderate and no
more. The profit was chiefly made in
keeping large fowls and feeding the
chicks siillfully so as to bring them to
an average weight of seven pounds on
ovef.~sxhich makes eaeh one sold worth
sI.26. II TSis WIS .ths1ouiy profit, and
the eggs only paid fhesexp enses. il is
good enough, and sho&z induce 9th Is,
especially women and girls, to siiEss gei a
this easy business.