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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-27
THE PEAR BLIGHT.

Without assuming exclusive discov-
cry. the writer does claim to have found
out something without being told, the
knowledge of which may be of value to
some of your readers. For number of
years Dorchester has been afflicted with
what is generally known as "pear
blight" 1t strikes the trees, limb at a
time, until at last the whole is DESTROYED.
BY some this disease is very positively
pronounced " sun blight" Without con-
sidering further the fact that the sun is a
ife-giver rather than its destroyer, and
that trees largely in the shade are no
less subject to affection, it is sufficient
to declare the sun "not guilty" The
writer has about forty trees, well trim
med, We'll fed, and with good clay pan
under them to retain moisture and
nourishment; and they are all standard
trees.
During the past seven years not one of
them has been free from the blight, and
only one has died from it, while the
next orchard looks as if fire had ragged
through it.
Now every owner of pear trees who
cares to preserve them ought to know
that wherever the blight is there will be
found borers also. 1t never fails, 1t is
q white worm working in the inner bark
of the tree, which checks the sap, and
for want of it something must die. Kill
the borers and cut back the dead limb
and the blight stops. Cut off the limb
and leave the borer, and the blight con-
tinues.
The following is the only known pre-
scription for the cure of sick pear trees.
Take a sharp, stiffbladed knife, and
search for borers. Begin at the top of
the tree and work down. Tip up every
bit of bark which looks suspicious and a
good deal that doesn't.
Sound the bark for possible hollow
places where the worm has been living
and having good time. Dig out all
such places, and they will soon heal.
Leave them and the weather enlarges
them dangerously fast.
Examine thoroughly every crotch
where the limbs join the trunk. Turn
up all the ridges there, and pick out all
the bark possible without injury to the
tree, and keep sharp eye for a pinkish-
backed borer hid away there and keep
all loose bark scraped from the trunk,
leaving no hiding place for eggs nests.
One of the peculiar incidents of the
blight is that the cause and the conse-
quence may be widely apart. The dis
ease is quite likely to show first at the
top of the tree, while the borer causing
it may be at work twenty feet below.
Eternal vigilance is the only protec-
ton to pear trees.-Cmresporedence Boston
Transcript.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-27
X ENOSHA, PAST AND PRESENT.


Kenosha has made some substantial
improvements in past years; the wealth
of the town has more than trebled in
that time; good number of citizens
who were once not over well-to-do in
their pecuniary circumstances are now
independently situated. But the prog.
ress made in other directions has not
an encouraging aspect. In looking
over the files of the TELEGRAPH, print
ed twenty nine years ago the coming
winter. it is seen that during the three
winter months of that year twelve
first-class lectures were delivered in
this city. under the auspices OF the
" kenosha Literary Association"
The names of the lecturers are as fol-
lows: Wendell Phillips. Boston; Theo-
dore Parker, Boston; DR.. Holland,
Springfield, Mass; Horace Greeley,
New York; DR.. Vinton, New York
George p. Marsh, American Minister
to Constantinople: John B. Cough,
Massachusetts e lectures: Frederick
Douglass, Washington e lectures) !;
DR.. Sears, Providence, r. l.; George
II. Gould, Connecticut.
1t will be noticed that all of these
lecturers, with perhaps one exception.
had a national reputation. Their
homes were IA thousand or more miles
from this city, consequently their SER
vices were secured at considerable
cost. The records show that these
lectures were patronized by full houses,
covering all expenses, and the Associa.
ton at the close was out of debt.
What enterprises for the entertain.
ment and mental advancement of the
people are in prospect for the winter
now upon us? None have been an
nonnced, and for aught that appears
the coming winter will be as barren of
literary entertainments as the past
three or four have been.
But in reply to this. it will no doubt
be said that the lecture system has to
large extent gone out Of use. and
ceased to be popular as it was once.
This will be readily admitted, but does
not furnish satisfactory reason for
the neglect to substitute some other
literary attraction in its place. In
most cities where lectures have lost
their charm something of equal value
has been patronized. What has been
substituted for lectures in this city
where they were once so popular?
Have the dance, the whist club and
other like amusements superseded
the lecturers vocation, and risen supe-
rior to the old-time platform speakers,
such as Phillips, Holland, Vinton and
others?
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-27

The Boston TTG0elIeT speaks of the
temperance work being done in that
citylby the united efforts of Protestant
and Catholic clergymen, and remarks:
To-day the Catholic and Protestant
clergy of America are beginning to
realize the necessity of concerted &C
tiOn. If ever they stand shoulder to
shoulder in temperance work the days
of rum power will be numbered"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-27

The statement which went the
rounds of the newspapers, east and
west, that Mrs. Cameron, wife OF ex-
Senator Cameron, of this state, was
hopelessly insane. is premature. The
ex-senator says the story of Mrs. Cam.
eron's insanity is untrue; that her in
tellect is as clear rs it ever was, but
her illness has been and still Is severe.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-27
MILWAUKEE, PROGRESSIVE.

A review of the amount of building
done in Milwaukee the present year
shows the total value of building i'm
provements. 42,589,250. The total
value for last year, 1884, $i.7O6, 93l.
The amount Of improvements this
year exceed by more than a million
that Of any previous year in the history
of the city.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-27

Paragraphs like the following Of
what is be ng done in some of our
neighboring small cities are pleasing
to read
"The taste and culture of the good
people of Whitewater, where although
the season has but just begun, several
local literary societies are in full blast,
affording pleasing present entertain
ment and promising future intellectual
feasts to the favored denizens of that
city"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-27

Great distress prevails in the cotton
manufacturing districts of Northeastern
Lancashire, Eng. Nearly 100000
spindles and $1,000 looms, which would
give employment to 10000 people, are
reported idle. In Blackburn there are
5000 cotton operatives out of work, in
Preston nearly 1900. in Burnley 1000,
in Darwin ], 500 The hands still refuse
to concede the 10 per cent. reduction in
wages, which, they claim, viii take them
below the living point. The smaller
firms have gone TO the wall, mill prop
erty is depreciating, and all concerns are
losing money.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-27

A Farmers Institute has been ap-
pointed to be held at Union Grove,
Racine county, January and 6.
Prominent speakers have been secured
to address the meetings. Union Grove
is conveniently reached by most of the
towns in this county, and meetings
have been located at Union Grove,
for the accommodation of the farmers
of Kenosha county.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-27

The Burlington, Racine county. Free
Press speaks highly encouraging of the
prospective improvements in that vii
lage the coming year, The people of
that village ought to be presumed to
know their own interests best, but out.
siders think if the village were incor-
porated it would greatly facilitate the
making of needed improvements.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-27

A writer in the Eastern Medical Journal
says that the medical idea of tea
spoonful is one fluid drachm. This is,
in fact, about the measurement of that
article as used by our grandmothers
But this and the desert spoon are now
made so much larger than formerly
that they hold nearly two drachms, and
people who measure medicine by them
overdose themselves. The tablespoon
remains as in the old DAYS.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-27

The method of securing votes at the
elections now in progress in England
would be regarded novelty even in
this country. The wives of some of
the candidates have been making the
rounds among the voting population,
accompanied by a large number OF
lady attendants, called primrose
DANES" These persons, by their plead
ing and persuasive powers, secure
many pledges to support the candidates
in whose interest they are working.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-27

Beloit has added quarter of a mil.
lion of Improvements to the city the
past season, the most expensive of
which is water works costing $780,
600. The other improvements consist
of a $780, 900 Catholic church, $4,000
windmill factory, and many business
and private edifces. Beloit, not un-
like Kenosha, had been almost at a
standstill for quite number of years,
but has recently had new inspiration
Of progress Kenosha will report next.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-27

For the Telegraph
An article in last weeks TELEGRAPH.
by an intelligent correspondent, con-
tains the following paragraph in re-
gard to the pyramid of Cheops:
"a large proportion of the seven
millions of tons of masonry was taken
out of the granite quarries in the up
per country, several hundred miles
away"
This is an error entertained nv
thousands of intelligent people. The
truth is, that the pyramid of Cheops.
so far from being constructed of gran
lite, is built of a species of soft lime.
stone, which can easily be rubbed
down to face on brickbat, or shaved
with knife, and under the influence
of climate like ours. would, doubt
less, have crumbled to ashes ages ago.
The great monolith of pale red granite
called Cleopatra's Needle, transported
from the shores of Egypt. already
shows symptoms of disintegration
from frost, although under the influ-
ence OF our climate but five winters.
II your correspondent would be in
terested to examine a specimen of
Cheops, his curiosity can be gratified
as the writer has a piece of the stone,
| Clipped off from the very summit. by
his own hands. 4SO feet from the
ground.
II is also prevalent opinio and
among people of intelligence that a
great portion of the material compos.
ing the pyramids "was taken from the
granite quarries in the upper country
several hundred miles away" Thew
are located on the margin of the desert
half mile from the little hamlet of
Ghizehx. on what IS apparently the bed
rock of an ancient quarry, of the same
kind of stone of which they are con-
structed, and, judging from the re-
naming visible portions of the quarry
and from the debris, it is evident that
large portion of the material was
furnished upon the grounds. The
Sphynx, located but few minutes
walk from the pyramids, is hewn GU,
from the same kinds of stones, speci
men of which can be seen, and is cut
from the living rock, like cutting out
an image from the snow drift.
There are other works in the vicinity
and in other localities which are com
posed of granite-largelyof red granite
and OF great antiquity-which was un
doubleday transported from the upper
country, but the pyramids contain bu
little granite except the furnishing.
of some of the inner chambers.
| The above Is not written for thu
purpose of criticism, or for egotism
but to- correct popular error. l..
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-27
HIS SLIPPERY GLASS EYE.

"Tne Squire" says the author OF
"The Hoosier Schoolmaster," "wore
one glass eye and wig. The glass eye
was constantly slipping out of focus, and
the wig turning around sidewise on his
head whenever he addressed the people
of the Flat Greek District" Sad specta-
Gle. Parker's Hair Balsam preserves
and promotes the growth of the natural
hair. 1t also restores the natural color
to hair which has faded or become gray.
Clean, elegant, beneficial, highly per-
fumed.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-27

Dakota, at the late election, decided
in favor of incorporating prohibition
in the constitution of the prospectiv Q
state. by small majority. The friends
of temperance were much divided be-
tween constitutional prohibition and
high license.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-27

Wisconsin and Alabama have about
the same density of population. Wis.
cOnsin has long, cold winters. Ala
bama has the finest climate in the
world. The average value OF land in
Wisconsin, according to statistics, is
$3.50 per acre. The average value of
land in Alabama is $40 per acre.
When Alabama gets ready to change
her WAYS her lands will show it.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-27

The official officers of the Methodist
Episcopal church have resolved to
raise one million dollars for missionary
purposes during the year 1885. The
MethOdists are in situation to con-
tribute this amount without extra ef-
fort.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-27

Vice President Thomas A. Hendricks
died suddenly at his residence in Indian
apolis, Ind, at 4:45 Wednesday after
noon. Tuesday evening he and Mrs.
Hendricks attended a reception, and
while returning home about midnight
Mr.. Hendricks took cold, which ended
fatally. He was in the 9th year Of his
age.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-27

The Sentinel furnishes reports every
morning of the number of souls saved
the previous day. under the preaching
of the hoy preacher Harrison. In Mil
waukee. The revival meetings con-
Quoted by Rev. Harrison commenced
Nov. 10, and the daily reports of the
number saved foots up TO large total.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-27

Our readers who rely on the TELE-
GRAPH for news of the elections
which have been in progress in Eng
land the present week will be obliged
to wait until the next issue before
hearing any thing definite.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-27

Canon Farrar, during his brief~stay
in Pittsburgh, had public breakfast
given him by the rector of one of the
Episcopal churches, at which nearly
all the clergymen of every denomina-
ton in the city were present.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-27

Thomas Hemingway, of GAINESVILLE.
has recovered verdict against the Chi
cago, Milwaukee and st. Paul Rail.
way, of $4,000. for the loss of his
sons hand, caused by being run over
by the cars.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-27

The first of a series of Farmers
Institutes to be held in this state was
begun at Hudson on Tuesday last,
continuing two days. The attendance
was large, and the results satisfactory.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-27
The Mirror

is no f1atterer. Would you
make it tell a sweeter tale?
Magnolia Balm is the charm
er that almost cheats the
looking-glass.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-27
The Hope Of the Nation.

Corrscts offensive odors at once. Complete cure of
worst chronic cases, also unequaled gargle for
Diphthsria, Sore Throat Foul Breath. SOC.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-27
FRIDAY. NOVEMBER ~. 1885.

King Alfonso, of Spain, died on Tues
day morning.
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Pretty Women.

Cures Piles or Hemorrboids, Itching, Protruding,
Bleeding, Internal OR other Internal and External
Remedy in each package sure cure, Soc. Druggists
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-27

The crop ofraisins grown in Californis
has increased from 900 boxes nineteen
years ago to 400, 0OOthe present season.
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M0thars,

Cures cholera, collie, cramps, diarrhea, aches.
palms. sprains, headache, neuralgia, rheumatism,
20c. Rough ON Pain Plasters, 15c.
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Cata,rh Of the bladder.

Children, slow in development. puny, scrav7y and
slicate, use Wells Health Remover.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-27

quiring skill with boz K studies, it
would probably not materially have re-
tarded his advancement in school-book
learning.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-27
I. Water Bugs, Reaches.

Singing, irritation, Inflammation, all Kidney
sndUnaary complaints, enred by . Ba chu- Paiba.
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Life Preserver.

If you are failing, broken, worn out and nervous,
,se Wells Health Remover" 81. Druggists.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-27
Rough ON Catarrh"

"Rough ON Itch" cures humors, sruptions, ring
worm, letter, saitrhsum, frosted feet, chiiblains
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-27

If you arr losing you grip on life, try " ellis
Health RensWern Goes direct to weak spots.
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" Ranch nm Pain y

wells Health Remover" restores health and
Tigor, cures Dyspepsia Impotence, Sexual Debility
n
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-27
Rough ON Rats"
esrs out rats, nice, reaches, flies, ants, bed-bugs


Palpitation, Dropscal Swelings, Dizziness, Indiges
ton. Heartache, Sleeplessness cured by Welli
Health Remover"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-27

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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-27
Red.hups, Fliea,

Quick, complete cure all Kidney, Bladder and
Urinary Diseases Scalding. Irritation, Stone Gravel
Catarrh of the Bladder. 81. Druggist.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-27
6 Huchu-Paih

Rough on Corns."
Ask for wells Rough on Corns." 15c. Quick,
complete cure. II ard or soft corns warts bunions.
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Thin People,

Flies, reaches, ants bed-bugs, rats MICE Cop hers
chipmunks, cleared out by Rough ON Rats" 81.
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Rough ON Itch. /"

Ladies who would retain freshness and ,iyacity.
don't fail to try $ Wells Health Rsnewer."
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Subscribe for the Telegraph.
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w as Now, don't be stoldly stupid, and
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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-27

PRICE LIsT-one gal jug, 60 cts; gal. jug,
81 90; gal. keg, 500; 10 gal key, s.; barrel
$3.50. Cases. doz. quart bottles, $500; doz'
pint do. $3.50.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-27
MINERAL
SPRING WATER

Tn the following diseases and many others, If the
,vatsr Ia used as directed it is certain to cure
chat DEATH must come to each one OF us when our
time has come Diseases thatit will positively cure:
CONSTIPATION many fG Sssssrs Of eon ssa
ed by YPSILANTIS NATURAL MIN
ERAL WATER.
DYSPEPSIA As sff IS ussS cured as that the
cAfARRH Driven out of the sysism H0mst
have sweet breath again.
Miami 70 And all Liver Spots and Blood
E1WT k6Og Humors, even if they come from
syphils Scrofua or Caneerous causes this water is
certain to drive out of the blood leaving strength
and vigor in their stead
RNFIIMATISM CURED in less time tnm. than by BY
earth, This we WARRANT.
NEURALGIA, posi- positively We cured dor or the money
refunded.
Can anything be palmer than that you must re-
eeive benefit if you are aiing? Cure or no lay.
ADA Driven into the air from whence it
WHbHutA came sure as you use YPS1LAN-
I'll MINERAL SPRING WATER. not manufactured,
but gift from the Divine Alchemist to man.
Test this water. ave speak the truth in sober
earnestness about it, and lie not"
MnMANl Your salvation is in drinking this
WUMAN water, for in your peculiar nervous
other unnamable trouble. this water, correctly
used acts If by magic Test it, the water cost
60 Cents Per Gallon, and nothing if it
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1885-05-24
A Lively seanee a. stockton

Elsie Reynolds, the famous ''mcjum"
had some ctrIyrns-nu ~ Stockton. Cal. ,
Wcdn SHAY night. When thu show had
ct along To- the blood cIoliiug. hair
hitting stag, - cu,rc.! newspaper rrpor-
trr-nUihIns IL sacred To- them ynu know
-suddrmiy hoped inside the bulSark
II believers md grabbed the 'mut,r.tl-
I'D spirit, " which was nothing L., ma
,rr.tl thm the chtrmin. Elsie herself.
who tricI t" ks, her rnit,r aud lust,ly
begged for mercy. \ regular ruct.om
ensured in which the spiritual T. were
sent 10 grI~, and failed to come to time
for u x conl round. After the forms Of
the ftir lriiirs Who had tainted had
been borne t. the rear. the Buys went
through EJsi"'s c,b!mct, fgdn, white
robcs, masks. and other aids tn ''-piulu-
al" h%umbuggcry which had been con-
ccalcl under her dress when she entered
They then smashed the furniture: Quilted
thr place and retired ia good order.