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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-10-09
Al oviaI People.


"All life is joke to the japanese"
says Lieutenant Wyckoff. of the Hydro
graphic Bureau, who lived in Japan for
five years. During all that time I
never saw any one angry. I hardly
believe that they could lose their
tempers if they should try. They can
kill or be killed with the most perfect
sayoir faire. The trades people will
cheat you out of your eyes if you let
them, and a good many would rather
lie than tell the truth. But there really
is no malice in it all. If you find Them
out they will simply laugh in your face.
as if to say they thought they were
clever in trying to take you in, but that
you were still more clever in catching
them. was personally acquainted
with all the Cabinet who really consti-
tute the ruling power. They carry on
the Government rs if it were a big
piece of fun. The Micado is the only
one who is expected to look at life
gravely. and he makes up in his exist
epce for the levity of all his subjects.
He is so completely secluded that he
may be said to live in tomb. Alto
gether, Japan is delightful place to.
live in. and American and English
naval officers who go there always hate
to leave. Aside from the charm
of the country and climate, put
its people, for hospitality. warmth
and cheeriness, against any Nation on
earth. - Chicago Sun.
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JOHNNY,S FROG.

What He Gave for IT., and the Kind of
"Gra'm'thers' He Don't Think Much of.
Johnny looked over fence and saw
a boy by pond. The boy was getting
something out of the pond, and Johnny
wondered what it was.
1t wasn't chicken, or duck, or
goose, or dog, or a cat. Johnny said
to the boy; .o.i.t'4 ~
What's that?'' And the boy said:
sa"Don't you know a bull frog when
you see hima Amt hearouser, though?
He's as big as dog"
Yes said Johnny, eff the dogs
very little dog. l wish you'd let me
have him." a ga q ~
"What will you give fer himPn said
the boy. aea h3tsaa T
Johnny took everything out of his
pockets. There was top and five
marbles and some shiny stones and
slate pencil and broken bubble pipe
apd pocket-bOok and a sleeve button
and piece of gingerbread and Sun
day-school paper. The pocket-book
had thirty-two cents in it The boy
said: vaa Its sl.i G l
T."Fll take that money if you'll give
me the pocket-book, too md
So Johnny gave it to him, and he
threw the frog over the fence. 1t gave
Jump, and almost went over Johnny's
head. Johnny was afraid it would get
away, SO he sat down by it AID took
hold Of its hind leg. Then he called:
'tGra' m Their! Ora m ther!''
Grandmother was sitting on the front
porch. She came around to see what
Johnny wanted He said:
ezra m'ther, see my frog. Amt he
a beauty?''
ugh! Yes. dear, suppose so.''
He keeps open ng his mouth said
johnny. "Wlat that for?"
Perhaps he's hungry said grand
mother.
what do frogs catPp said Johnny.
ooh, flies and bugs, I believe" said
grandmother
''Well, grain ther," said Johnny,
won't you please to catch some
flies for him?"
.sOh, / don't think I could, DEAR
grandmother said. And she went back
to her knitting. Then Johnny called
again:
''Gra'm M thez' Ora m ther''
"Wel. gram her, if you'll sit here
and hold him, III catch the flies. Just
take him by the leg So
-'Oh, my dear. couldn't do it, in
deed" said grandmother And she
went back to her knitting again.
! So. johnny had 10 go himself and look
fer flies. Dir. Frog began hoppSag
about the yard. Soon be jumped right
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3 MALARIA AND FORESTS.
The Cutting Down of Forests Helpful Il
the Reclamation of Malario us Regions.

The Cutting Down of Forests Helpful to
the Reclamation of Malarious Regions.
Sometimes twofold drainage of the
upper, as well as the under, aspect of
the soil may be practiced-that is,
draining the subsoil and increasing the
evaporation of the surface water. The
cutting down of forests in malarous
countries has often proved an excellent
means of amelioraton; because, by re-
moving every obstacle to the direct
action of the SUMS rays on the surface
of the soil. its humidity during the warm
season is sometimes entirely exhausted.
In spite of universal experience of this
fact, school originating with the great
Roman physician, Lancisi, has sus-
tanned the contrary, counseling the
maintenance and even the extension of
forests in malarious countries. Lancisi
was completely possessed with the
''palustral prejudice" and believed that
the malaria generated in the Pomptine
Marshes, and attacking SUCH townships
as Gsterna, was intercepted, if only
partially, by the forests between, and
he therefore opposed the cutting down
of the trees and recommended increased
planting. He did not know that the
malaria was already in tie soil and
covered by the forest in question. Some
thirty years ago the Caetani family, to
whom CiSterna belongs, cut down the
forest, and twenty years thereafter DR..
Tommasi-Crudeli was able to show that
the health of the neighborhood had
greatly improved in consequence. A
commission appointed by the Minister
of Agriculture investigated the whole
subject of the coexistence of woods with
malaria, and in it's report issued in 1884
completely disproved the theory of
Lancisi and confirmed that of DR.. Tom
masi-C rudeli. 81 ,,.s5 ........s
Absorbent plants have been suggested
and used as a means of drawing humid
ity from the soil, not without success in
certain countries really lnalarious. The
that the malar is due to the
putrescent decompositions of the soil
has, in Italy, led to the choice of the
Eucalyptus gtobutas as the tree best
adapted to combat the poison, the idea
being that the eucalyptus, which grows
very rapidly. dries the humid earth,
and at the same time by the aroma of
its leaves destroys the so-called mias-
mata. No genuine instance of the
eucalyptus having succeeded in its al
lotted task is yet known to DIR. Tom
masi-C rudeli, though he does not say
that its success is impossible. Had its
Italian patrons studied its action in its
native Australia, where it fourishes
much better than in Italy, they would
have known that there are eucalyptus
forests in those latitudes where malaria
is very prevalent, as has been shown
by Prof. Liversidge, of the University
of SydAey.- Popular Science Monthly.
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HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

The garden should not be neglected
in the rush of other work.
A little. borax in the water for
washing fiannels and knit garments is
far preferable TO soap. 50 Chicago JOUR
nal.
The value of horse in his old age
depends to great extent upon the
treatment it receives while young.
The dwarf varieties of peas are the
best to SOW Tor succession in the sum-
mer, as the taller kinds are slow in
maturing and filling out the pods
Troy Times.
Vinegar Pie: Three spoonfuls of
vinegar, two sHoonfuls of flour. heaped
some, two thirds cup of water or little
more. one cup. OF sugar, a few ralsins,
a little butter. Flavor if you like
RurG5 NetU lorher. ..as y
Mirrors should be cleaned with soft
paper instead of cloth. This advice is
not new, but may nevertheless prove
useful, seeing that cloth is still often
used. with its usual accompaniment of
lint and trouble. = Chicago Tribune. 7a
Boiled Indian Pudding: One cup
sweet milk, part cream, sour milk or
buttermilk; three ,tablespoonfuls of mo-
lasses, one teaspoonful Of salt, one tea
spoonful of saleratus, one cup of meal,
one cup flour. Dried fruit if you like.
Steam one and half hours. - flsitodeZ-
pltia Call. SIZE 1i1a zA atf1s.ta
Cold Pickle: One dozen good-sized
cucumbers, sliced on potato-slicer, as
many onions as will make one-fourth
the quantity of cucumber, also sliced;
sprinkle salt over these and let them
stand for three hours; then add half a
cupful of olive oil, one tablespoonful of
celery seed, one of mustard seed and a
scant quart Of vinegar. = The Caterer
Soda Biscuit: Sift into one quart
of -four two teaspoonfuls of cream tar
tar; half teaspoonful of salt; add to it
four tablespoonfuls of thick cream or
(if you have not cream) one table,
spoonful of lard and the same of butter;
/ cup and a half of sweet milk; dissolve
. one teaspoonful of soda in the milk;
work well together; mold into biscuit
with the hands Do not let them touch
when in the baking tin; bake in quick
|, oven Toledo. Blade s. 8xa8 I'll hHt
Nice Griddle Cakes: Two cupfuls
cold boiled rice, one pint four, one tea
spoonful sugar, one-half teaspoonful
salt, one and one-half teaspoonfuls
baking powder, one egg, little more
than one-half pint milk Sift together
/ -four, sugar, salt and powder; add rice
free from humps, diluted with beaten
egg and milk; mix into smooth batter
Have griddle well heated, make cakes
large, bake nicely brown, serve with
maple sirup.-1he Household.
! TO stifen and glaze collars, etc,
melt lump of. .borax in half a wine
glass of hotewater, mix it in cold white
starch; have the things dry. before
starching them, then starch well once,
only. Place the collars and cuffs singly
in a fowl with a fold of it between each
row; roll up each shirt tightly, have
box-iron ready and iron at once very
quickly. The heater should be red-hot,
and, if kept moving quickly, will not
! scorch. Each article as finished to be
placed close 10 the fire. -Boston Globe,
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LEARNING TO BE MEN.

Baleful Habits That Are a HIndrance,
Instead of q Help, to Manhood-Boys,
Beware!
Boys, look out! Only a few days ago
l heard of four boys who were off in q
secluded part of the town, smoking
cigars and drinking beer! boys whose
parents had not an idea what they were
doing. These boys had had the best of
training from Christian parents. and
were members of the Sunday-school. l
would not have believed it. if had not
had the information from the best
authority. When they were asked what
they were doing. and demonstrated with
for such conduct, they said they were
learning to be menu
Oh, what mistaken idea! Not man
who is addicted to these habits but will
tell you, if he speaks what he knows,
that such habits are a hindrance, in
stead of help, to manhood.
1t seems q strange coincidence, that
while was bordering over this sorrow-
full tale had heard, letter came to
me from ayoung man away out on the
Western frontier; and this is what he
wrote: II feel that some of the best
years of my life have been in a measure
wasted. ! thought when l was boy
that being man was to learn to smoke
and drink; and unknown to my parents
acquired these habits, which soon
took a strong hold upon me. Tell your
boys that smoking and drinking never
made man, but has made many fools
of men,"
Don't touch a drop of liquor, boys.
If you only knew the misery that comes
from intemperaDce! How many men
have been wrecked by it! How many
hearts have been broken because the
loved ones were slaves to the accursed
cup. 1t is the first step that tells; re-
member that Don't do things that
you would be ashamed to have your
mother know.
Ali my boy, you viii find that your
mother is your truest best friend. As
the years go on, you will find this as
sertion to be true one. A boys
mother ought to be his counsellor and
his confdant and bis Judge in matters
that he is incompetent to decide for
him elf. a-.-
Don't do anything in an underhanded
manner 1t will teach you to be unre-
liable and d;shonorable. Cultivate
those traits of character that will enable
you to attain to high and noble man
hood. Stand firm. Be decided. When
you are asked to do those tn ngs which
you know are not T ght. say NO"
Don't be afraid of the tests and SCOTS
of your companions. Although they
will not admit it, yet in their hearts
they respect you all the more for your
refusal. Besides. your decision on the
side of right will be the cause of others
of your companions saying mo-" One
straightforward, fearless, manly boy
will have "a great influence for good
over a large community of boys. Try
it for yourselves. -Erangetist.
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Mother Goose.

All may not know that Mother Goose
was real person. But it is said she
was born in Charlestown, Mass, in
1865, and married a Whoever by the
name of Goose, who had ten children.
Six other goslings were added to the
flock, and one of these married Thomas
Fleet, printer by trade. In course Of
ime Grandmother Goose went to live
with tbs son-in-law, and from morning
till night she made up the now familiar
rhymes and sang to his children, much
to their delight. but to the annoyance
of every body else. Finally Mr.. Fleet
conceived the idea of printing her dit
ties. and the book was issued in 1719.
with this title: Mother Goose's Melodies
and Rhymes for the Nursery. So the
annoyance to- the-oll lady's grown-up
friends has termed out to BE a joy to
thousands OF children for more than a
century and halt. : Co'sqregationqlist.
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THE VALUE or CAB.

Standard Expressions Used by Enterprising
Real Estate Men. +
A Detroit realestatei agent has been
doing little calculating, and the result is
of vivid interest to all who have property
to sell or want to buy In selling a vacant
lot he makes use of the following express
siofls on an average of iforty-eight times:
zone of the best locations in the city.
perfect drainage can't help but advance in
price splendid neighbors all around big.
gest bargain we ever offered.
The following expressions are made use
of forty-two times in selling a cottage:
Built it for his own home everything
first class-spared no expense-cellar dry
as bone-school-house two blocks away
can't find another such neighborhood in
Detroit"
In selling house and lot for $40, 600 the
agent makes use of these expressions about
thirty times: ~ Eetgor Ia ;gm @.f;af IS
did want S13, 900, but will take. 10000
to close out and get away. Can't find such
a aIgain great rush this way-house as
good as new--neighborhood all you could
ask for-selI for $4,000 in a year from
now.o a4f4es1a @# 2&a etf t4s
When he has $4,000 house to sell he
shows the property to an average of twenty
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up on the porch where the ladies ssre


up on the porch where the ladies ssfe
Sitting.
They screamed and jumped almost as
high as the frog. Bill. the stable boy.
caught the frog and gave him q fling
over the fence into the pond.
Johnny got there just in time to see
him go splash into the water. He came
and sat Oh step, looking very mourn
fui.
Il don't think very much of graz
m'thers that can't catch ties or hold
frogs, > ne said. aa.
Grandmother smiled and gave John
ny kiss and a quarter. Then she
went on knitting the red mittens with
blue tops for Johnny when he makes
snow-balls next winter. Exchange.
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A Clear Exclamation.

GLOW is it, Madgie, that you are so pas
sionately fond Of sarsaparilla?' said a
young man to his sweetheart, who had sjast
ordered the third bottle at road house on
one Of the boulevards aa I'D a
Il don't liketo tell you. Tommy, but If
yoH must know, it's because it pops so nice
~, / guess" ISL
They We're discussing plans for. house
keeping on the way home. - Chicago Ledge.
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fTHE Philadelphia Ledger saws that
che cause of Temperance is max ng its
way conspicuously among the women
OF the South. MANY are becoming its
advocates, and are exciting enthusiasm
as public speakers Not even the war
itself. with its overwhelming sentiment,
brought the Southern women to the
platform more effectively than the Tenn
perance cause is doiug.s -
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"A tree Hibiscus rosasineasis) grows
in China, India and other parts of Asia,
the popular name of which is .'Chinese
shoe-black plant" The flowers, which
are very beautiful, contain an astrin-
gent juice, and when bruised rapidly
turn black or deep purple. They are
said to be usei in Java for blacking
shoes whence the popular name.
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A Sad Case, Indeed.

Wilkins-I see that BIobbs has been sent
to Bloomingdale Asylum.
Filkins- Crazy, is he.
Wilkins-Yes. One of his eccentricities
was a mania for exchanging umbrellas.
Filkins-That's nothing. Le.s of fellows
do that
Wilkins Yes but he always left better
Ole than he took. ss
Filkins-Poor devil! It's sad case,
isn't it?--Ihe Rambler
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HOW IT TASTED.

She was a maid of many charms,
As lovely As Tho rose; s
She held her poodle n her arms
And fondly kissed his nose.
Her lover. lying at her feet,
Was euviOus as could be,
And said: .'Oh, give q kiss as sweet
As that, my love, 10 mel
She stopped and kissed him on the lips,
Then sprang he to has feet;
She, blushiug to her anger-tips,
inquired: .Well, was Ii sweet?"
He wiped his mouth. picked up his cane,
And then prepared 20 jog,
ReInarkiBg: sSweet2 Well, to be plain,
It kind O tastes of dog
Boston Courier.
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She Caught On.

An Austin lady, who had been to Calves
ton for several weeks, returned one day
last week. She heard from the neighbors
that her colored cook had been enter aiming
Reverend Whangdoodle Baxter during the
lady's absence. 49iiz aso aGt We
Matilda" said the lady, very sternly,
81 have told you repeatedly that youmnst
not have any man visiting the house during
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-10-09
FOR OUR YOUNG READERS.
TWO TO MAKE A QUARREL.


There's knowing little proverb,
From the sunny land OF Spain;
But in Northland, as in Southland,
In its meaning clear and plain.
Lock it up within your heart;
Neither lose nor lend it
Two it takes to make Quarrel;
One can always eaa ii.
Try it wen in ever way,
Still you II find lt true.
In fight without a foe.
Pray, what could you do?
If the wrath is yours alone,
ooon you will eXpend it.
Two 1t takes to make quarrel;
ssg One can always end it.
la Let's suppose that both are wroth,
M And the strife begun,
IT one voice shall cry for Peace"
its~ Soon it will be done
grtH If but one shall span the breach,
f~ He wall quickly mend it.
Two it takes to make quarrel:
l One can always end it.
--Mdry Il. Vdadplle, in HaiperS Young People
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ty-two would-be purchasers, and to each
and every one he repeats:
''If / wanted home I'd call this cheap
for $25, 600. One of the finest Easements.
see the size of the rooms-observe the
neighborhood- the finish--best sort of
roof-large yard-fnest barn ever saw
property jumping right up--can't do better
in all Detroit, Detroit Free Press.
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True Friendship.

A New York policeman had a chum who
was a pickpocket. One day the policeman
noticed his chum, picking the pocket of
stranger on the Bowery. ..fs Is +..e
look here, Bill" said the man in blue,
some of these days policeman will see
you working that game, and then you will
be Locked up. Be careful, old boy.n-1eras
S1ti1lgs.
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my absence. That must not occur again;
do you underestimate sis IS
!" OBJ course hit shan't occur no NOAH
didn't know dat you wanted de gemmans
ter visit me while you was at home. You
nebber tole me dat befoah. "--TeIds Sft-
mus 49,. -.
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A Chip of the Old Block.

Elbow old are you, sonny" Aa
Twelve years old, sir"
You are very small for your age. What
is your name"
johnny Smith. My father is a baker
on Austin avenue"
80 your father is a baker. I might have
guessed it by your size. You remind me
j one of his Ioayes. "-Teras Strings.
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one g5esi'q4lla Eelg0a2ll.
3uoV MA -.
k 7 No slH5AtAsa WISCONSIN.


- THE MOOD GIANT.
from Alton Bay to Sandwich Dome,
From Mad to Saco River
For patrarchs of the primal wood 4
We sought with vain endeavor.
And then we said: I" The giants old
Arc lost beyond retrieyal, r-
This pigrny growth the axe has spared
II tiot the wood primeYal, ,s. g-,~tv-, q 81
Look where we viii Ger vale and hill
How idle are our searches,
For broad girthed naples, VIDE limbed oaks,
Centennial pines and bircbesk &E a
@s hHF H~ HE r
Then tortured limbs the axe and saw
Have changed to beams and trestles;y -
They rest IN walls, they roat on seas,
They rot in sunken vessels. agaTg a.4fs
Z" This shorn and wasted mountain land Il
OF underbrush and boWlder-at. IL. "a
Who thinks to see its full grown tree ~. ~
Must I've a century older" -tra5 81 30
Atlast to'us q woodland path,
TO open sunset leadng,n
Revealed the Anakim o ( pines
Our widest wish exceeding.
Alone, helcvel sun before,
Below, the lakes green Islands,
Belond. IN misty distance dim,
Therugged Northern Highlands.
Dark Titan on his Sunset Hill
OF time and change defiant
How dwarted the common woodland seemed,
Before the old-time giant.
What marvel that in simpler days
or the worlds early childhood
Men crowned with garands gifts and praise
Such moaarchs of tho WILDWOOD
That Tyrian maids with flower and song
Danced through the hill groves spaces,
And hoary-bearded Druids found
InWoods their holy places?
With Somewhat of that Pagan awe
WithChristian reverence blending,
We saw our pine tree mighty arms
Above our heads extending.
We heard his needles mystic rune, u J4u
Now rising, md now dying, b. y1g
as erst DodOna's priestess heard g % tl
The oak leaves prophesying. l,I3 90 eH
VAST the half-uuconscious moan
OF one apart aud mateess, WE @
The WEAKNESS of unheard power,
The loneliness of greatnessI
o dawns and sunsets, lend to him '"
Your beauty and yOnr wonder,
Blithe sparrow, sing thy summer song
His solemn shadow under! M #
Play lightly on his slender keys RI
q wind of summer, waking 4 reWs@gR
For bills like these, the sound Of seas IA &
On Tar Off beaches breakng p s{A- HsA
And let the eagle and the crow
Rest on his stid green branches,
When winds shake down his winter snow
In silver avalanches.
The brave are drawer for their cheer, ! ~ r
The strongest need assurance,
The sigh Of longing makes not less
The lesson of endurance
-. q. Whittier, In ~. Y. Independent
OITD DIE NAI MANI ~. -
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-06-24
An Extraordinary Razor
.As BEEN INVENTED BY THE QUEEl

HAS BEEN INVENTED BY THE QUEENS
Ii OWN 90. Of England. The edge and
body is so THIN and FLExlBLE AS NEVER
TO REQUIRE GRINDING. and hardly ever
setting. II glides over the face like piece OF
creating GREAT ExOIfEMENT in Europe
among the experts, who pronounce 1t PER.
FEoTION. Two dollars in buffalo handle; 80
In ivory Every razor, TO be genuine, must
THAN JOSEPH, Gal Clay street, San Fran
cisco, the only place in the United States
whore they are obtained. Trade supplied: /:
sent by mail 100 extra or O. o. D.
The Queens Own mpany hsvin
enlarged their factory, are now making PEARL
and IVORY CARVING KNIVES, TABLE an6
POCKET KNIVES, HUNTING KNIVES and
SCISSORS. of the same quality ~ their mar
velously wonderful Razor. se8-lyd&w
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POSTPONED.

The above sale Is postponed until MON.
DAY, June 20. 1885, at the same time and
place. III. JOHNaON A.s;anaa
AureAa, June 0, 1850. je9-td