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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-06-19
Mexican Feather Work.

While in Mexico tried hard to find
out how they made the lovely birds on
cards which they offered for sale on the
streets. A friend took me to the house
of one of these artists. 1t was a little
hovel, where he sat on the mud floor
and toiled. But when he heard us COM
ing he put away all his work and would
not let us see it. He was an Indian,
with brown skin and black, straight
hair. He wore ragged clothes and had
an old blanket to keep him warm at
night Poor as he was, no money
would tempt him TO show US the secret
process he lad learned from his father,
which had been kept in the family for
hundreds of years. Great skill is re-
CURED to produce a pesfeet picture.
First, the Indian traces On the card the
outlines of the body of tie bird in wax,
just enough for the feathers to stick to.
Then he begins at the lower part and
places them on, one at time, one
row tapping over the cher as a slater
lays states. He works very slowly and
patiently. PERHAPS this is the secret Of
MS perfect work, and the reason that
no other people have been able to equal
him. The result is bird that looks
az though it might sing or fly. The
eyes are made with small glass beads,
and the bill and feet are painted so
nicely that they appear 10 be part Of
the bird. Then be paints a twig OF
branch for it to rest on, or makes ons
from feather, and his work is done
Cor. San Aiatoasio Light.
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THE ROAD TO SUCCESS.

The Kind of Boy Always in Demand, ana
for Whom Place Is Waiting.
You are looking for a place and a.
work in the world. Are you ready for
the1nP If you are, you may be sure
they are waiting for you. Thousands
of men are looking for situations, but it
is astonishing how difficult it is to find
the right man when there is n place to
be filled. A host of men want it. but
not one in a hundred is ready for it.
Readiness implies something more
than willingness to roll up ones
sleeves. II means ability to do the
thing required with skill. zeal and abb
solute fidelity. A merchant wants %
clerk; he can fill the place twenty times
over with good, steady-going, we'll
meaning humdrums; he will be lucky il
he finds in half q year the boy who viii
take all thought of the place OFT hls
mind by the energy, capacity and gem
eral intelligence he brings into it
There is an opening in newspaper
Office, and the need is advertised. There
is at once host of applicants; out OF
them twenty-five young men can be Sc
lected who will do the work set before
them fairly well; but the young man
who will really fill the place and ex-
pand it, who will overflow with vital
ity, freshness and life, must be searched
for far and wide, as with a lighted
candle.
These select workmen, who add to-
general good intentions the concentra-
ton and the mastery which 60 with
high power, are the men for whom the
world is looking, and for whom there is
always place. They survive financial
crises and outlfve hard times because
they are indispensable; if their employ
ers go to the wall they rarely wait long
for another opportunity.
The only safe road to success runs
past the door of the boy who has made
up his mind to do one thing and to do
it with all his might; to focus himself
on it and pour himself into it. What
ever you decide to do, qualify yourself
for it by mastering every detail of it;
fling yourself heart and soul into it.
Are you ready Golden Days.
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TEMPERANCE READING.
FOR THE BOYS.

A few words of advice, my lively young
perhaps they are needed by you):
Down terrible path your footsteps now
For whisky viii beat the best fellow, depend,
And the dream of to-day LIES tomorrow
Believe pe It's fearfully true, my young
Believe me, It's fearfully true.
] know how the tempter assails you, dear
Alas, none knows better than II
But the gold of the wine cup turns soon to
alloy,
And woe follows quick in the footprints of
For the pain of tomorrow viii rack and an
noy;
The tempter's best VOW is a lie. my dear boy,
Believe me- each vow is lie.
know that the boys whom you meet, my
dear lad,
Are hale good companions, each one.
With many an impulse that's not of the bad
And they join in the mirth with an ecstasy
mad,
But the bright sun of hope 20 it's terribly
Often sets ere the day is begun, my dear lad,
Often sets ere the day is begun.
have known several ''boys'' in my time, dear
And royal good fellows were they.
With brains which God meant, in His infinite
plan,
For the noblest of deeds; but they fell as
they ran,
And the hopes which we cherished, no longer
we can;
But fond hearts will mourn as they may
dear young man,
Fond hearts are breaking to-day.
All! then, for the sake of the mother, dear
boy,
Who loves you as mothers will do,
Forswear, while you may, the wine cups al
10y;
Do nauaht that FOND heart to disturb and an
noy;
Encircle her face with the halo of joy,
And life will be fairer for you, my dear boy,
And life will be fairer for you.
"A. j. Waterh0use, IN Toledo Blade.
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He Gould See 1t Plainly.

"Thomas Smillot, you are accused
of being drunk" said the Magistrate
in the Jefferson Market Court on
Saturday.
Drunk! Why, I'm temperance
manr'
"You have the appearance of a sot.
Don't try to deceive me, because my
eyes are too sharp"
But, may it please -
g 1t don't please me to listen to a
word. Now you just hear me.
Thomas, you are on your way TO
drunkard's grave. Think of what
you might be if You would only let
rum alone. 1t has set q stamp upon
your face that ''
Ny God, this is mistake. I'm
simply -
Don't add to your offense BY
hypocrisy, Thomas. can sec plainly
that you are recovering from terrible
spree"
"Oh, Your Honor, never drank q
drop in all my life. / can prove it by a
hundred witnesses. The officer can tell
you"
The Court looked at the prisoner
with an eye of pity, and shook its head
mournfully.
Such deceit is awful
But Your Honor, ask the officer"
"Officer, didn't you picl, Thomas
Smillot out OF the gutter, and take him
to the station-house on truck?n
No, sir. Smillot is charged with
violating the sanitary laws. That man
with the blue shirt is the drunk and
disord"
"Oh, indeedp''
Eyes, sir.'
Hem. M X Herald
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A PRACTICAL LESSON.
A Detroiter Tells Why He Will EevG
Have Delirium Tremens,

A Detroiter Tells Why He Will Never
Have Delirium Tremens.
''Did you ever have the tremensp"
was the laconic inquiry made yesterday
by one Detroiter of another.
"The what?"
1.-The tremens, snakes, shakes, tri-
angles, jim-jams, side jumps, or what
ever you choose to call Them
'Oh, I see; you mean the jerks. No,
I never had them and / never will
went through an experience once that
convinced me | had no use for any
nervous disturbance of that character.
I was roomfng with capital young
fellow at hotel. He was South
erner came from Texas, and had all
that generous, impulsive nature that is
attributed to the best class of South
erners. But that fellow would get on
the most hilarious batters of the most
pronounced type. He'd get blind,
bowling drunk and keep it up until
nature would bring in her bills
and send him to bed because he
couldn't meet them. bed spend
all the money he had, all he could Dor
row and then run his credit to the very
limit. He was ready to be anybody's
friend~and the fact was taken advantage
of while he could work the bars. He
was quick to anger, and when his
money disappeared he was very liable
to be treated to pair of black eyes or
a sore jaw. He would come out of a
spree determined never to have another
one, and while his resolution prevailed
he was gentlemanly, tidy as fashion
plate and the best of company He was
an enthusiastic politician, and after the
election last fall was on the war path
for two weeks. He was drunken than
lord and made Rome howl for keeps.
He finally had to give up and went to
bed at the hotel. He slept twenty-four
hours and then wanted whisky. The
doctor said to give a reasonable
amount, but the debilitated politician
wanted quart. He was Quoted for a
time and threw myself on the bed
for nap. A voice awakened me.
| heard the young fellow pray
ing and saw him kneeling by the
bedside. His petition was that the
Lord, his mother and all other interest
ed parties might forgive him for what
he was about to do. He felt it as his
duty to murder me then and there be-
cause in his distorted judgment l was
fit to cumber the earth no longer /
was almost petrified with mingled astoE-
ishment and fear. | saw that lie had
EN-. He was an athlete. six feet tall
and out of his head. In the corner of
the room were two indian clubs and
baseball bat. He rose from prayer,
started for the corner, and | saw that
must do something or be pounded into
a jelly. / made one spring before he
knew | was awake, pinioned his arms
behind him and let out two or three
terrific yells. In a few seconds the
porter with half dozen other men were
helping put the crazy man to bed. He
got around all right and VOWS he's done
drinking. l wouldn't sleep with him
after another such spree for half Of
Michigan. I'm cured and I'll never
have the rattles. ~ Detroit Post.
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Pork.

There are two kinds of pork: one is
meat and the other is lard, and in
choosing the breed of hogs or pigs and
the method of feeding for his purpose
the farmer must make a proper choice.
Pork is in demand for food, and for
food a man wants lean meat with only
right proportion of fat intimately in
terspersed among it. 1t is also in
demand for lard, and the lard manufac-
turer wants pig with no more muscle
than will serve to carry around the
load of fat. For bacon and hams the
pigs are fed upon grass or clover in
large part, and upon fascinating
materials. Icy must also hare age
and size; for lard the pigs are crowded
with corn and slaughtered at the cad
Of one seasons feeding. 1t is easily
seen that the two cases differ entirely,
and the requirements of breeds of ami
mails and kind CT feeding are equally
different. This point seems to have
been com nletely overlooked in the dis
cussiop Of this suhiect--N. + Times.
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PERSIAN CARPETS.
How They Are Manufactured and Dyed
Their Cost.


Their Cost.
These far-famed carpets are in real
ity a sort of needlework, and are
largely made by peasants in their
homes. The Persian carpet par ercel-
lence is the rug. The Persians use these
in preference to large sizes. First COW
ering the earth floor with a hasseer of
mating of split reeds, they lay over it
many rugs, which completely conceal
the mat This arrangement, when
composed of rugs of harmonious de-
signs, is very rich, while the cost is
actually less than if one large carpet
were employed instead. The varieties
of Persian tugs are numero In
some sorts, like the Turkowan, there
is general similarity of design, al
though no two rugs are altogether
identical. But in other classes, such
as the rugs of Byochegan, Kerwan or
Kurdistan, there is endless variety
in design and texture A point to be-
considered is that while the small
carpets of Persia 90 under the general
designation of rugs, IL would be seri-
Gus mistake to consider them all as
merely carpets of small size intended
to be trod on by heavy shoes. La the
first place Persians, when at home,
take off their shoes, and thus a carpet
of fine, delicate wool and design will
last for ages, and actually improve
with use such as this. In the second
place, large proportion of the rugs of
Persia, and especially the finer grades
are never intended to be laid on the
floor, but to cover diyans or tables, or
to hang as tapestries and portieres.
This explains the extreme fineness of
texture and velvety surface which many
of these rugs display, and also accounts
for the fringe at the ends. Some of tho
rugs of Kerwan are almost as fine as
cashmere shawls. The colors formerly
employed in the rugs of Persia were
imperishable. Rugs one hundred years
old show no deterioration in tint, but
rather a softness such as old paintings
assume. The introduction of anime
dyes at one time threatened 10 ruin the
manufacture of textile fabrics in Persia,
but the law against the employment Of
aniline dyes enacted by the Persian
Government is enforced with rigor,
There is one species of rug special to
Persia often spoken of, but rarely seen.
refer to the rug made of silk. 1t is
not uncommon TO see rugs of the finer
types with slken fringes, and some
times with wool of silk in the body Of
the rug. But all silk rugs are rare, and
rarer now than formerly They are
generally small, and intended for lux.
ury rather than use. The Price is nee
essarily very high. The chief of the
merchants of Teheran told me of one
he had seen over tomb; it was barely
two square yards in size; but he said
that two hundred tomans. or three
hundred and sixty dollars, would be
low price for it.-AmericGn Druggist
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Sure Cures.

The report that Acknowledgement
Garland had the mumps created a SYM
PATHETIC sensation in Arkansaw. As
many of the people do not know the adj
dress of the distinguished lawyer, the
following suggestions, with a request
that they be forwarded, have been re-
ceived at this office:
Old Matthias Seymour, who lives in
the Gum Pond District, writes: In a
case NV mumps thar amt nothin' like
rubin the jaws with the fore laigs Nv
toad fraug. have knowed it to cure
the mumps in half day"
A well-kno yn gentleman of Conway
County, offers the following infallible
remedy: "Take the claws of a yellow
cat, bury them in new ground, and,
after two weeks time, take them UP,
grind them into powder and sprinkle
them in both ears
Both remedies are no doubt efficient.
IrGueLer.
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this fatty food, which seems to Us Sc
uninyiting, helps to keep them warm
and well.
The only other kind of candy that the
Esquimau children have is the marrow
from the long leg or shin-bone of the
slaughtered reindeer. OF this, Also,
they are very fond. Whenever rein.
deer is killed and the meat has BEEN
stripped from the bones of the legs,
these bones are placed on the floor of
the igloo and cracked with Ratchet until
the marrow is exposed. The bones are
then forced apart with tee hands, and
the marrow is dug out of the ends with
a long, sharp and narrow spoon made
from a walrus' tusk. / have eaten
this reindeer marrow frozen and cooked;i
and after one becomes accustomed to
eating frozen meat raw. it is really an
acceptable tid-bit; while cooked and
nicely served it would be a DELE
cacy anywhere. -Lieutenc$a Frederick
Scf,oatka, IN ST. Nicholas.
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HUMOROUS.

Papa, why do the little pigs get so
much milk?" Because we want them
to make hogs OF themselves." - The
Beacon.
4; The Niagara Falls hackman con-
tends chat he belongs to the natural
scenery and shouldn't be removed. -
Detroit Free Press.
Ordinary astronomy teaches lis the
theory of spots on the sun, but Boston
astronomy teaches the theory OF specs
on the daughter. Merchant Traveller.
-"You are not afraid of the dog, are
you, bub?" mo, ma am" ''Well,
then, why don'tyou come right imp He
won't hurt you" I'm too timid,
ma am that's what ais me. I'm al
ways bashful when there dogs about"
Chicago Ledger.
"A Dutchman was relating his mar
velous escape from drowning when
thirteen Of his companions were lost by
the upsetting of a boat. and he alone
was saved. "And how did you escape
their fatep" asked one of the hearers.
II It'd not co in tie pote!" Philadelphia
Press. i N
James" said the teacher, ''vou
have spelt geography wrong. You
have it g-e-a-g-r@a-p-h-y. 1t ought to
be 'ography, not 'agraphy.''' "Oh,
yes; ! see. 1t autobiography And
the master leaned his head on his hand
and sobbed the covering all off the desk,
at his own expense, without notes.
Peck's san.
The Place OF Safety. Ufss
When lovely woman throws stone,
A contumacious hen to scare,
1t gives tn artistic eye shock
10 mark her attitude and air.
But be not to your danger blind, -
II you should be beside her then;
AT once place OF safety find, "A .5 a.
That is to say, stand near the hen.
They were talking about the Weigh
of different individuals in a certain fam
lily, and the daughters young man,
who was present, spoke up before he
thought, and said; Il tell you that
Jenny amt SO very light, either, al
though she looks So" And then he
looked suddenly conscious and blushed,
and Jenny became absorbed in study
ing chrome on the wall.-Enchange.
Say, Bob. you're out with Miss
Parsons, amt you?" Eyes, Joe. "s'What
happenedP" "She's experimenting too
lavishly." Experimenting? What at?''
Trying to cure freckles by eating ice
cream" "Wel, why oughty you Is carep''
80, l don't, provided it's at some other
fellows expense. 1t was costing me
dollar and a half freckle. "-Philadel-
pltiG Cat M
a like the mild spring air." said
Deacon Gilpin, as he sat down On
Squire McGill's porch floor, the other
morning, for a friendly chat; how
fresh it makes everything seem. Do
you know of anything fresher than the
gentle spring ZEPHYR mo, / don't
know as | does, " replied the Squire,
''unless tits that ere paint your sitting
in. faint been on the. floor over two
hours. marathon Independents =
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CURIOUS CANDY.
The Far Northern substitute for Civilized
Sweetmeats.

Sweetmeats.
1t would seem very strange, and per-
haps not very pleasant, to my young
readers to hear tallow candle or the
shin-bone of reindeer called candy.
And yet these things may really be con-
sidered as Fsquimau candy, because
they would delight the children of the
cold in precisely the way that box of
bon-bsns would delight you.
There is certain kind of waterfowl
in Arctic countries known as the dove
kie. 1t is about the size of duck, is
quite black, has a prominent white
stripe on its wings, and its webbed feet
are of brilliant red. When sitting in
rows on the edge of greenish rock, these
little red feet are very conspicuous.
Sometimes, when the men lave killed a
number of dovekies, the Esqu,mau
women cut off the bright red feet, draw
out the bones, and, blowing into the
skins, distend them as mitch as posi- la
so as to form pouches. When thes;
pouches are thoroughly drieI tn " are
filled with reindeer falcAy, and the
bright red packages, which I assure
you look much nicer than TIE. ia te,
ere little Boreas' candy. In ~ cold
weather the Esquipau Children eat
great quantities Of fat ard blubber; and
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FOR OUR YOUNG READERS.
GRANNY,s GOMEZ

Granny's come to our house,
And hoi my lawZy daisy!
All the childrens round the place
Is jes' a runnin' craZyi
Fetched cake for little Jake,
and fetched a pie for Nanny,
ana fetched pear for all the pack
mat runs to kiss Their Granny!
Lucy Ellen's in her lap,
And Wade, and Silas Walker,
They re a-ridin' on her foot,
And PoiloS on the rocker;
And Marthy's twins from Aunt Maria 8
And little orphant Amy,
Ais eatin gingerbread
And giggle-un at Granny;
Tells us all the fairy tales
Ever thought er wundered-
And 'bundance o. other stories
Bet she knows a hundred
Bobs the one for Wilmington
And "Golden Locks for Fanny!
Hear 'em laugh and clap Their hands,
Listenin' at Granny!
"Jack the Giant Killer" IS good
Bean-stalk,' its another
Sos the one of CindereI
And her old godmother;
That un S hest of all the rest
Bestest one of any
Where the miceS scampeEs home
Like we runs to Granny!
Granny's come to our house,
Ho! my lawzy-daisy!
All the childrens round the place
is jes a-runnin' crazyl
Fetched cake for little Jake,
And fetched pie for Nanny,
And fetched pear for all the pack
That runs to kiss Their GRANNY
james WhitcoRlb Riley, in Indianapolis Jour
nal.
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MEMORIES.

Did you ever stand in clover field
While the bees were busy about your feet,
And the air was heavy with rich perfume
Ot the purple blossoms fresh and sweet?
For the bees they work
While the summers last;
And the clover blossoms
Fade so fast.
Did you ever wander in sunny june
With your basket and rod, by an Alder
brook,
and md cast your fy for the gamiest fish
That was ever taken with line and hook?
For trout are wary
And timid and shy;
But you can lure them
With fly.
Did you ever live in an open camp,
For days and weeks by forest stream,
tloatlng Tor deer where the lilies grow,
Or sleeping at night without q dream?
For the nearer one gets
To Natures dear breast
The greater the joy
And the rest
Did you ever climb a mountain high,
ana SIT in the silence that dwelleth there
'a2ove the forest, and under the sky,
Alone with yourself in the upper air?
For the mountains lift
The spirit of man
Near to the source where
Life began.
Did you ever stand in the city street.
As its living stream " ent pouring by,
And long for the fields and Alder brooks,
The open camp, and the mountain high3
For memories live
And can never die;
Live, when in the grave
We shall lie.
II Nature and you are strangers still,
And her language you can not read
Hhen your eyes are blind, and can never see
The treasures she holds for human need.
For Nature and you
In love mus be
Before her beauty
You can see.
-jGnles IA, HoddJeD, IN N. z. Independent.
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PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

The birthdays of General Grant,
Louis Kossuth and Herbert Spencer oc-
cur on the same day of the year.
William 7. Walters, of Baltimore,
owns 81, O0O,O 900 worth of paintings and
statues.
Miss Annie Lippincott, of Philadel-
phia, daughter of s.Grace Greenwood, -
has made successful debut In opera
in Trieste. Her stage name is Anita
Armour.
-Plutarch says that Demosthenes
made gloomy fizzle of his first speech.
This did not discourage him. He finally
became the smoothest orator in that
country.-N. J. Post.
The London Truth says it may in
terest those who discuss Russian affairs
to know that the name of NJ de Giers,
the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs,
is pronounced "Geerch."
-''Josh Billings will spend the
summer in the West He viii remain
on the Pacific Coast next winter, and
thereafter he has two years foreign
tour in contemplation. - Chicago 11s6-
Gne.
The oldest book in the Con-
gressional Library is said to be 1.-The
Olive Leaf" by one, Hauser, of Georgia,
tune book concocted for the glory of
God and the good humankind. "-Wash-
iasgton Post.
Rev. John Hall, the noted New
York divine, is an Irishman by birth,
who was sent to this country by the
Ulster Presbyterians and furnished with
a return passage ticket, which he has
never yet used. Y Mail.
Leopold Won Ranke is the oldest liy-
ing European historian who retains his
mental powers unimpaired He has
passed his ninetieth year, and says he
expects to be writing history when his
age has covered a rounded century.
The first article on London So
ciety," which appeared in Mrs. Adams
NouUelte ReUWe, treats of the Queen and
the Royal family of Great Britain. The
portion relating to the Queen takes the
view that her reign is paving the way
for Republic.
; General (Chinese) Gordon was an
inveterate smoker. He used long
pipe, and every morning at sunrise with
pipe and telescope he mounted to the
roof of his palace and carefully noted
every condition of his surroundings. 1t
is said that he frequently spent the en-
tire night upon the ramparts with his
men, cheering them up, and seeing in
person that every minutie of military
regulation was performed.
Captain Howard, whose bravery
saved the day to the Dominion troops
in their recent fight with the Riel in
surgents, is native of Connecticut
He served in the war of the rebellion
and also five years in the regular army,
where he had considerable experience
in Indian warfare. He is a brave, cool
headed soldier, thoroughly familiar with
army life, and he is also very skillful
machinist, possessing complete knowl-
edge of the mechanism Of Calling
gun.-HGrJord Post. .a...