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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-28
MEXICO.
The Average Wages Paid in Our Neigh
boring Republic.

D0rlnS hepuDiIcs
Consul General Strother reports from
Mexico that the average wages in gen.
eral trades is from so cents to So per
day, the highest sum being paid to
bakers; in factories, mills, ETC., from
$4.50 to S25 per week; in foundries.
machine-shops, and iron works. from Sc
to So per week; in mines, from $45o
to $50 per week, the latter sum being
Civ " directors and Sc being given
to miners; torailway employees, from SO
to $35 per week, the latter sum being
given to statioH-masters; in stores and
shops, from $3.50 to $25 per week, the
latter being given to. book-keepers; in
house holds, from SIS to $50 per month;
on farms, from $8 to $45 per month.
The costof living tothe laboring class
es is variable, Mr.. Strother says: Their
dwellings in the cities are generally
wanting in all the requirements of health
and comfort mostly rooms on the
ground floor without proper light or
ventilation, often with but single OPEN
ing Chat for entrance), dirt floors, and
no drainage. These rent from 81 to So
per month. The average cost Of living
food and drink for alaboring man in
the city is about Is cents day; in the
country, from 121 to Is cents. The rs
ual clothing Of the male laborer all over
the republic consists of shirt and
pantaloons of manta, a domestic I'M
bleached cotton cloth, blanket of some
wooden material, vegetable fiber, or
rush mating. Hats are of straw or
pa,mleaf. If men are shod at all it is
with sandals Of raw-hide. The women
are shod and hated as the men, but af-
feet gay colors IN their petticoats and
rebosas. The average annual cost of q
mans dress is not over $5; that of q
woman double that sum, with an unded
termined margin for cheap jewelry.
AS rule, none of the working classes
has any idea of present economy, or Of
providing for the future. The lives OF
most of them seem to be occupied in
obtaining food and amusement for the
passing hour, without either hope or
desire for better future. The mechanic
is always wanting money in advance
under the pretense of getting materials
to enable him to fill your order; the La.
borer, to get something to eat before he
begins your work. The prevalent vices
in Mexico are gambling, fighting, and
Drunkenness Mate Department Re-
port
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-28
"How could you feed such things to

How could you feed such things to
your stock?"
Oh, we have to chop EN- up. l use a
fifteeu-foot eross-cut saw on Nina
:" How about pumpkins?"
sGs Punkins? They fairly sweat, they grow
so fast. There amt no prettier music than
the sound of growing punkins. Best scare
crow in the world, self-Actng. Crows and
blackbirds worried us lots until made the
discovery. Plant one in your raspberry
patch and the birds won't come around.
Why? The growing pains and the groans
of the punkin brighten 'em away. Ever
hear of Punkin Vine Creek? Got its name
from punKn vine Years ago when the
Cherokee Indians lived in North Georgia
they wanted some sort of bridge across
the creek. There wasn't tree around,
and they didn't know what to do. An old
settler said he'd fix it. He planted pun
kin seed near the bank and when the vine
began to grow he trained it in the direction
of the water. In a few days it grew across
to the other bank and bore a big punkin on
that side, which held it SO that the Indians
could cross. Any old farmer down there
I'll tell you that story. From what Pye
seen of punkins readily believe it''
Is yours good fruit country? Any
apples?"
5o .'More'n we know what to do with. I
turned all my hogs and my neighbors into
my orchard the other day to see if they
couldn't rid me of a few bushels of the fruit.
They didn't do much good. drove through
the next day with horse and buggy. The
apples were SO thick on the ground that
there was regular sluice of cider following
me wherever / went. Mashed out, YOU
know, by the wheels and the horses hoofs.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-28
THE FARMERS LIFE.

The farmer leads no e 2 life;
The G d sows will rot;
And when at V rests from strife
His bones all A K lot.
In d D has to struggle hard
To e X living out;
If G frosts do not retard
His crops therell A drought.
The hired L P has to pay
Are awful A z, too;
They X rest when he's away
/. Nor n e work will do.
4 Both N q can not make to meet
And then for ID takes
Some boarders who 50 r I eat
a. d K no money makes.
OF little U G finds this life;
Sick in old A G. lies;
The debts he o z leaves his wife
And then in p @ dies.
II. O. Dodge IN Detroit Free Press
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-28
The Curse of Our Era.

The drink habit is beyond all ques-
ton the greatest curse of modern life.
Social drinking ruins more homes and
destroys more young men and young
women than all the social habits COM
bined. The drink traffic does more to
corrupt politics, perpetuate and multi
ply poverty, to incite to violence and
brawls, to keep The poor poor and
to make them poorer, than all other
curses combined. 1t costs the Nation
more in life and money than war, pesti-
lence and famine. 1t more urgently
demands quarantine than the cholera;
it is a more serious menace to national
well-being than armies and fleets of
foreign powers. 1t is the obstacle to
all moral and social progress. .
'FThe temperance cause" says Rich
ard Golden. ''lies at the foundation of
all social and political REFORM How
shall we lay out this foundation? How
shall we establish this quarantine? How
shall we decrease this awful expendi-
ture? How shall we check, RESTRAIN,
regulate or extirpate this drink habit?
This is the immediate question which
addresses itself to every citizen. every
parent. every social reformer. = Chris
tan Union. 9
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-28

If all of the teachers of the country
were to bring before the youthful minds
intrusted to their care the Temperance
question il its hygienic and moral bear
ings, the seed thus sown would soon
bear fruit well worth the trouble. En-
gland has, of late, availed herself with
extraordinary success of this preventive
means. She has found among teachers
the most jealous furtherers of the good
cause. A Temperance Lesson-Book"
is in the hands of the scholars as well as
the teachers of Great Britain and the
Colonies, and in a translated form III
foreign countries. = Consul General Op-
pe'ahetnaer, Of Germany, IN Lao and
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-28

The hotels in district of New Yea
land having been closed by the acton
of the people, the police officer writes
to his brother as follows: II am the
happiest man in the village There has
not been one case Of drunkenness be-
fore the court since the licenses were
taken away"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-28

Thatll give you some idea of our fruit crops.
Anything else you'd like to know?"
is it all like what you've been telling
me?"
Every man for himself, you know. I'm
talking for my own region. haven't trav-
eled much"
"Do you mean to say
young man, | haven't got time to 90
into details. Do you want to go to Georgia?
Come down and start newspaper"
I'D starve to death"
mo you won't. I'll chip in bushel of
Eaters and reckon the neighbors III throw
In punkin or two Say, can you tell me
where I'll find some boiler or kettle works?
! want to give an order for kettle twenty
feet across the mouth and sixteen feet
deep"
My! What in the world will you do
with such kettleg'
boil my turnips in tn. Y. Tribune.
Was Cheaper.
Gregory is awful close" said man to a
friend.
Eyes, but he is not nearly so close as his
father was. The old man was pretty well
off and he die have warm affection for a
dollar. He was taken i'll once and his ply
stefan told him that if he did not go off to
The springs he would die The old man re-
piled: Let me see. I'd have to stay there
about two months at an expense of at least
a dollar and half per day. | can't stand
the cost, DOCTOR 1t would be cheaper to
die He didn't go and, after the funeral,
the leading people of the neighborhood ex-
pressed satisfaction at the result. n--Arklss
sGl0 TraveIer.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-28

1T may be well to remember that
the changing of pasture occasionally
makes fat stock. Albany Journal.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-28

Labor for others conform and thev
will seek You. Otherwise you cas drink
lifs's gall unebserved.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-28
A MODERN PARIAH.

How Commemorate Ambition
Found It's Own Reward.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-02-11
And NOW the weary maiden.

This is the season of the year when the
young lady who is so delicate that she can
do nothing to assist her mother about
household duties, can tramp about over the
hills half day at a time in company with q
broken-down dude in search after dead
leaves and withered ferns.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-02-11

KUKUI JEwELRY,
And FINE DIAMOND SETTING a Specially.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-02-11
SUBSCRIPTIONS
DEsPoILED.

Down in the dust and the CRIME and the
heat,
Cruelty flung there to die in the street,
Lies wood-violet, tender and sweet.
Who, in his selfshness, bore thee away,
Frightened and SILENT one ominous day,
Only to leave thee to droop and decays
No one will cherish thee now, broken
how'r,
Recklessly torn from thine aestival bow'r,
Only to pleasure some eye for an hour.
Up at her window maiden I see
Looking regretfully down upon thee,
Feeling thy fate and her own to agree.
Innocent blossom and innocent maid,
Torn from the woodland, the fragrance and
shade,
Thrust in the filth of the city to fade
JULIA CLARK CHASE
MADISON. Wis. Oct. IA
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-02-11

Providence News $50 you are the new
girl, {" said the boarders to the new waiter;
'taEd by what name are we to call you?"
"Pearl," said the maid, with a saucy toss Of
her head "OhI" asked the smart boarder
''are you the pearl of great pricep' ''No,
Pm the pearl that was cast before swine -
There was a long silence, broken only by the
buzz of the flies in the milk pitcher.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-02-11
HIS Last ScFape.

A young man who had led rather fast
life finally got married to a wealthy but
rather warm tempered young lady. After
the ceremony was over, his father-in-law
said:
81 hope you VIII not get yourself into any
more foolish scrapes."
s'No, guess III not get into any more
scrapes. reckon I'll never get out of this
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-02-11

All kinds of JeweIry made to order aud re-
paired Watches carefully repaired and war
ranted. General engraving and fancy monograms
neatly executed All done at moderate prices.
24O II
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-02-11
The secrets OF sueesss,

Forty years ago a woman opened mar
ket stall in Philadelphia To-day she is
worth $3.50, 900. There is nothing like pluck,
enterprise, shrewdness and selling brown
paper and meat bones at thirty cents a
pound
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-02-11
HAWAIIAN INVESTMENT AGENCY co.,

M ney Loaned ON First Glass Seeuri-
XNL ties, for long or short period. Apply TO
w. L. GREEN, Manager pro tenn.
Office on Queen ST., over G. W. NTacfarlane & Co.
Fastf
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-02-11
All the symptoms.

'sIn single game of lacrosse at Toronto,
one man was knocked seEseless, a second
had a thumb broken, a third injured his
collar bone and fourth his arm, to say
nothing Of several out-and-out fights"
Lacrosse must be something like croquet
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-02-11
Last Resort.

LET me see,'' unused the old man, 'our
daughter Mary is nearly 49, isn't sheg''
p 'tAlasl yes" sadly replied his wife. 81
am afraid that Mary is passed by, unless-<
unless
"Unless whatT'
"Unless you are willing to go to the ex-
pense of coachman"
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-07-13

Shortly after five o'clock Sunday afternoon
heavy wind and rain storm passed over
Lake Minnetonka near Minneapolis, MINI.
The small steam yacht Minnie Cook, with
eight persons on board, was capsized and
everyone drowned. The news of the acci-
dent spread rapidly and created the widest
excitement when it became known that all
the victims resided in Minneapolis. The
names of the unfortunate party are as follows:
EX-Mayor A. G. Rand and wife, Mary Rand,
and two sons, Harvey and Frank; j. r. Cow
kendall and wife and daughter Kate, and
George Mcdonald, engineer, all Of Minneapo-
lis. Two bodies have already been recovered.
The storm is described by eye-witnesses on
larger boats as terrific. The waves rolled high
and rain and hail filed the air. The larger
steamers put into shore with great difficulty,
and it was impossible for the small craft to
live in the terrible sea. Other boats are be-
ieved to have been lost, but it is difficult to
get details. The storm was also severe at
White Bear, but no lives are reported lost
from there. A. q. Rand was mayor of Min
neapolis for two terms previous to the Ames
incumbency and was wealthy and we'll
known citizen. John Coyk endall was a MEM
ber OF the firm of Coykendell Bros. & Co.,
dry goods. Great excitement prevails in
Minneapolis and st Paul over the tragic end
of the pleasure excursion.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-07-13
LARCENY rs Bailea.

Harry Berman, one of the Russians living
in the Seventh ward, made complaint to-day
against a fellow countryman named Nj.
Iuckerman, charging lin with larceny as
bailee. Zuckerman bought some goods from
Berman and gave him some jewelry and
other articles as collateral security. While
Berman was away from his house, Fucker
man skipped away with the collateral Sc
curity. A warrant was issued for the arrest
OF the defendant.
Search was made for him, but nothing
could be learned except the fact that he called
at the house of Lazale Ensil and borrow ed
SO on the strength OF the alleged credit he
had obtained from Berman. Inquiry
at the depot showed that a large valise
containing goods had been lett there
by Isaac Golden to be shipped to New
York. 1t is believed by Bernan that
this valise containes tho goods and that
Golden, who left town at o'clock, was an
accomplice of Zuckerman.
Late this afternoon the valise left at the
depot by Golden was opened and the goods
We're identified by BerInan as those obtained
from him.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-07-13
A Daily DnfnIcafinn.

The Hon. John Kelly, the head and front OF
1ammany Hall, man of strict integrity, an In
dcmtig0ble worker, carly at his Office, late to
leave so burdcned with business that regular
meals were seldom known by him, with mind in
constant tension and energies steadily trained,
finally broke down!
The wonder Is that he did not sooner give way
An honest man I'm all things else, he acted un
fairly with his physical resources lie was ever
drawing upon this bank without ever depositiDg 4
collateral. The account overdrawn, the bank
suspends and both arc now in the hands of
medical receivers.
IL Is not work that kills men, II Is irrcgu-
iarity of habits and mental worry. No man In
good health frets Mt his work. Bye and bye
when the bank of yigor suspends, these men
will wonder how IL all happened. and they will
keep wondering until their dying day unless,
perchance, some candid physician or interested
friend VIII point out 10 them how by irregu.
larity, by excessive mental effort, by constant
worry and fret by piunging In deeper than they
had right to go, they have produced that loss Of
nervous energy which almost invariably ex.
presses itself I'm deunged condition OF the
kidneys and liver, for IL is "A well.known fact
that the poison which the kidneys and liver
should remove from the blood, II left therein
soon knocks the life out of the strongest and
up of these vital organs by so wonderful snd
highly reputcd n specific as Warmers safe Cure
Is tho only guarantee that our busircss ineu car
have that their strength viii ybe equal To thc
labors daily put upon them.
Mr.. Kelly has pe~s1Is dyspepsia, we learn
indicating, as We have said, IA break down o
nerve forge. His case should be warning Il
others/Sho pursuing alike course. will certanlJ
|, Is1sch q like result--7ne Sunday Herald.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-07-13
AN orIo Docron cnsmArrD.
Leaving Orders 10 That Effect In Hts Will,
Which His ReIatiyes Carry Out.

Leaving OrOerS 70 Tbot bsifect IN HIS VIII,
which Ills Relatives Garry Out.
Another cremation took place at the Lam
caster crematorium this forenoon, when DIR.
George $. Metzger, late of Columbiana, Ohio,
was incinerated. The body arrived in this
city on Fast Line at G:05 this morning, and
was at once taken TO the crematorium. II
was placed in tho furnace at 0:30 and the
ashes will not be taken out until tomorrow
morning. The body was accompanied by
Paul Metzgcr, son of the deceased, and
wife, of Salem, Ohio, aud George A.
Vogleson and son Edward, of Colum-
biana, who left for their homes at
o'clock this afternoon.
The deceased was born I'm Hanover, York
county, in 1915. He graduated at the JEFF
ferson medical college in 1886 and went West,
settling at Columbiana, where he practiced
medicine until six months ago, except during
the war when he was an army surgeon. He
went TO Pittsburg six months ago to be
treated for consumption and died there
Sunday, July 9th. The body was shipped
to Columbiana, as il was believed that II
was the desire of the deceased to be
buried by the side of his wife. When
the will was opened it was found that the
doctor desired to be cremated. Tho body
was then shipped to Lancaster. The ashes
will be sent to Columbana and will be
placed i'm the grave with the remains of the
Doctors wife,
wIrHHS.D1Nd THE NEWS.
DIR. NJ. l.. Davis, one of the executive com
mittec of the cremation society, announced
to-day that he would hereafter give no in
formation in regard to cremations to the
INTELLIoENCER and NcW Era reporters be
cause they recently made the announcement
that a cremation would take place some day,
before itcame Off; and asa result his Office wa
| filled with persons who desired 10 be present
| at the cremation, and were anxious to Obtain
mob all In ,lan f,I,g .l,
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-07-13
MARKETS,
philadolphis Produce Market,

PHILADELPHIA. July l3.-Flour was weak with
jobbers purchasing only enough for current re
quirements.
Sales Of LOO barrels including Pennsyrania
family at si1tl - Western do - 35f95 2b ;
Minnesota bakers at siG5 Patents at O.
as 90.
Rye flour was quoted AT t3 IS per barrel Tor
choice
Feed was In fair demand and prices firm.
Sales of Western Winter Bran, at sl5 25fiG 90
per ton.
At the p. IN. call-There was bid for Wheat
9ic bid for July J'tc for Aug; csc for sept;
81 90 for Oct.
Corn--52l4c for July SIC for Aug; Sic for
Sept: SIC for Oct.
dats3ic. bid for July; Ss]5 Aug. SIC for
Sept; 3illc, for Oct,
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-07-13
New York Produce Market.

NEW YORK, July l2.-Flour market dull and
prices are unchanged; Fine, at 81 4Ofl3 60
Superine, 50 50iII %; Common to Fancy Ex.
tIrl Ohio, 81 bO9Bl 90; Good TO Choice Extra
Western, sil15 IS Minnesota, 81 40eR3 80
wheat-So Red, Winter July, 81 %; Aug,
81 90; Sept, o. 02 Oct, 81 O2L.
Corn-So. 2 Mixed, July, S21.c; Aug. 5s3Ic ;
Sept, 5i4c.
0ats-So. 2 Mixed, aGl &c for July s319c for Aug.
Rye dull.
Barley nominally unchanged.
Pork dull Mess, gll 25.
Lard-$6 SO, Aug 81 "a, Sept.
moasses dull and unchanged Gle for j9test
Cuba.
Turpentine duh at 3TIS63sIc.
Petroleum dun refined In cases, 91Sli03tc
Rosn duh at 81 2O9l 221a for strained to good.
Freights dun.
Butter dull Western Imitation Creamery,
l21l5c.
Cheese dun Western Flat, s31El6I5c.
Eggs steady Western, l3M0lic State, lr<fl
lie.
Rice unchanged
Sugar dull; Refined Confectioners " A !"
SIC standard, 6l4G53sc; Refined Cutloaf 7l
ne f; Granulated "a, ;" G5kc.
1alow quiet; prime city, 5l4c.
Coffee steady fair cargocs, SIC.
Hay duh not 90lpg5c.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-07-13
POcket-bOOks Recovered.

Notice has been made in these columns OF
the loss of Mrs. Elizabeth Reese, whose
pocket-book, containing SiS, was stolen in the
cars on her way to the picnic at Mount Gretna
park few days ago Saturday the pocket
book, rified of its contents, was found by the
railroad officials in the car at Harrisburg. A
rified pocket-book belonging to Miss Kinzer
was also found, the thief having left nothing
In 1t but receipted bill for some millinery
purchased by Miss Kinzer from Mrs. Baer,
OF Lancaster. Both pocke et-books were re.
turned to the ticket agent in this city, and by
him handed over to Fred Brimmer for de-
livery to the owners.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-07-13
HEBREW SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Interesting Closing Exercises that Were Wit
messed by u Large Audience.

Interesting Closing Exercises that Were Wit
messed by a Large Audience.
The closing exercises of the Hebrew Sun
day school took place in the synagogue,
East Orange street, Sunday evening. Every
seat in the auditorium was occupied, large
proportion of the audience being Genties
An Introductory address was made by
Rabbi Rev. Ungerlder, in which he request
cd the audience to be very orderly, and re-
frain from applause, which might disturb the
services of the neighbors of the Reformed
church, who in their own way, were worship
ping near by.
The opening prayer OF the occasion, an
original composition, was read by Martha
Lederman, one of the Sunday school scholars.
The other exercises consisted of recitations,
dialogues and vocal music by the younger
scholars, OF whom there were about twenty
five, and whose ages ranged from six to
eleven years, and all of whom were de-
servedly commended
Before the closing prayer was recited Rev.
Ungerlider made "a brief address, thanking
the audience for their attendance; the teachers
and board of directors for the efficient work
they had done in the school which now num-
bors forty-two scholars. lie encouraged them
10 continue their labors and their studies
after the close Of the summer vacation. He
then distributed TO the children the prizes
which had been awarded them by the direc-
tors, the prizes being given according to the
average grade of the pupils. They consisted
of handsomely bound books, albums, i'll
Illuminated cards, &C., DC. >--~~-
At the close of the disttrI Gifitn Mr. Julius
I.ederman madaa-6 6fiei address to the pastor
thanking MIN for his labors in Lancaster
! l;S;ilf6 Npressing the hope that he would long
continue in the present ministrations, and a,
| his own health was impaired, the coDgrega
| ton had thought it well to give him a four
| weeks vacation, i'm hopes that the sea breeze'
| and mountain air might reinvgorate him
| and that he might not goaway empty handed
| presented him with an envelope containin 5
| funds for travelling expenses.
| After gratefully receiving this mark o
| affection and confidence the pastor ordered
the concluding prayer to be recited, which
was done by Miss Florence Sylvester, and
| the audience was dismissed.