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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-07-09
AN ENORMOUS DRINK BILL.
Over 100000, 900 Spent for Liquor in En-
gland Alone During 1885.

Over 100000, 900 Spent for Liquor in En-
gland Alone During 1885.
The British expenditure upon drink
in 1885 was $616, 343,6O0. Taking the
families of the United Kingdom at six
millions, the gross expenditure for
drink in 1885 gives an average expend-
iture per family of S102. so; or reckon
ing five persons to family, S2O.5O per
head. Of course if those who do not
drink at all are subtracted the average
is very much greater; rising IN fact to
$170 per family of five persons.
This is an enormous expenditure
upon drink; an enormous waste of cap
ital to put the fact plainly, for the
money spent upon drink is as rule
| not only thrown away, but much worse
than thrown away, being expended in
the creation of a swarm of evils which
would not otherwise have existed. 1t
may well be asked what effect upon
the general well being of Great Britain
would be produced by the expenditure
of this six hundred millions of
dollars upon productive industry, upon
VilO uCCCoo6IIco VI HIcJ pun IdDU anu
houses, upon education, books, pict-
ures. all that ministers to and develops
the higher life of a nation. There can
be no doubt at all that a large per-
centage of the poverty, restitution, ig-
norance, misery, which now perplexes
society, would disappear if the constan
leak of the drink bill could be stopped.
But though there is much movementin
thinking circles at this time, though
social problems have never been studied
more seriously, the development
luxury and gross material enjoyment.
proceeds even more rapidly than the
evolution of patriotic solicitude and in
telligence, and the example set by the
rich is in no way such as to incite the
poor to self-restraint England'S drink
bill is document which has FOR Am
orleans deep interest, for our owl
expenditure in the same direction is 9
duplicate of that of our cousins across
the ocean, and every consideration or
argument springing from and relating
to the one case has equal significance
for the other. How to get rid of this
annual record of gross indulgence and
suicidal vice is the most pressing ques-
ton in both branches of the great
Anglo-Saxon family.-M 7. Tribune.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-07-09
KICKING COWS.
A Simple and Easy Plan of Managing
Vicious Boyines.

A Simple and Easy Plan of Managing
Vicious Boyines.
When milking cow she should
stand in a proper position, which
many cows seem determined not to.
The COW is the strongest, and anger
and brutal treatment are the result
Could the mixer apply his strength in
some easy practical manner, so as to
compel the cow to stand in a proper
position while being MIXED there
would be no cause for anger on the
part of the mixer; hence no brutal
treatment would necessarily result
Some cows kick from natural or ac-
quired viciousness, others because the
operation of milking is painful from
tenderness or otherwise. Hence, in
some cases it is sort of surgical ope-
ration; and the patient must be con-
fined to submit. The proper position
for cow to stand in is to 'boist' j. e. +,
the right hind foot should step back !;
or what is equivalent, the opposite foot
should be advanced. 1t will be noticed
that cow in this position rests her
greatest weight on the foot farthest
from the mixer. Such being the case,
she can not then well kick with that
foot. 1t seems, then, very plain that
the cow should ''hoist;" if she will not,
/ simply propose to compel her to.
For this purpose keep in the stable
a rope about ten feet long. Make a
loop on one end, go to the left side of
the cow. loop the rope around the hind
leg, drop it down near the dew-claws,
pass it around the stanchion (twice if
necessary, and draw the foot forward
as far as necessary. This is forced
hoist, and it has the effect, in almost
all cases, to cure or break up the an
noying habit of many COWS that keep
stepping or changing position, thus
compelling the mixer to move as often
as the cow does.
The plan here given will be a sure
corrective of most cases of kickers and
steppers, but when it is not, put the
cord around the ham string. passing it
over the top of the stanchion, and if
necessary, in extreme cases, draw the
foot off the floor. If this does not prove
effectual. and you desire to secure the
cow anyhow, tie the left foot as first di-
rected, then with a stronger rope draw
the other foot back and confne it out
of harms way. never found but one
case requiring this last treatment. The
simple and easy plan of drawing the
left foot forward, as first described,
will be found of great value to those
who choose to use it discreetly. A boy
twelve years old has sufficient strength
to use it, though Judgment may be
lacking. Nervous or wild cows will
struggle some when this correction is
first applied, but will soon become acc
customed to it. In some cases it may
be well to tie the cow in advance of
milking. Prairie Farmer.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-07-09

If allowance is made for the differ
ence in the water contained, it is seen
that one hundred pounds of dry matter
of mangels or sugar beets is consider
ably more nutritious and valuable than
that of corn, and still more so as re-
CARDS oats. Besides the water con-
tanned in the roots and the soluble con-
dition of the dry substance have most
healthful result in aiding in. the diges-
ton of dry food, as hay or grain fed
with the roots, and thus the roots have
an indirect value, which should be
credited to them in addition to their
actual feeding value.
For this reason every farmer should
grow as many roots as he can feed to
his stock, and if he can grow more it
will pay him to increase his stock for
the purpose of consuming his roots
profitably. Sugar beets or mangels
are preferable to any other roots, be-
cause they may be fed to COWS without
any injurious effect upon the milk or
butter. These roots may be sown any
time in June, but the earlier the bet
ter. The soil should be thoroughly
plowed and made fine; liberal ma
nuring is required for 81 full crop, but
artificial fertilizers are even better than
manure, as they are wholly free from
weeds, and weeds are the greatest
enemy to all root crops, causing very
much extra labor in keeping the young
plants free from them. Clean cultiva-
ton is indispensable to success, but
this may be secured with little trouble
by the following manner Of culture:
The seed, four to six pounds per acre,
is sown in rows, with a hand drill,
twenty-seven or thirty inches apart.
AS soon as the plants are up in the
hand drill is turned into a
cultivator, and by the use of the wing
scrapers, the rows, we'll marked
by the roller of the drill, are cleaned
and free from weeds. as soon as these
appear. When the young beets are to
be seen plainly, the hand cultivator,
set to cut eight or ten inches wide, is
run across the rows, thus leaving two
or three plants in a bunch at this dam
lance apart in the rows; the rows are
worked at the same time, as before.
linen the nOrSe-nOe OF culGlVaCOr is
used between the rows to stir the
ground and this should be done fire.
quently A dress of six hundred
pounds of salt per acre is now given
with much benefit. If necessary sur
plus plants may be removed afterward,
but as two or three will grow together
in company without damage it is rare
~ necessary to do this work, which
will require the hand hoe. If the soil
is not rich enough for full crop, Sec
ond application Of three hundred
pounds of supherphosphate or fine
bone per acre may be given before the
second cultivation. AS the broad
leaves grow fast once they have start,
ed close wedding is rarely required, but
the hand cultivator may be run across
the rows alternately with the horse
hoe until the leaves meet and close the
rows. Moderately small roots are
preferable to large ones as being more
nutritious. but il is not difficult to grow.
roots weighing from ten to fourteen
pounds when the soil is in good condi-
ton and the young plants have not
been checked by the overcrowding of
weeds.-N. 7. Times.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-07-09
heME. FARM AND GARDEN.

To remove iron rust take one ounce
of oxalic acid, one quart of boiling
waters steep the goods, stirring until
it is ail out, which viii be in short
/ time Toledo Blade.
| Fix your fences before the cattle
get into your growing crops. It IS
much easier to prevent cattle from be-
coming unruly than it is to cure them
of the habit after it is once formed
Troy Times.
Corn Starch: Two cups Of sugar,
one cup of butter. one cup of milk, one
cup of corn starch, mixed well with
the -four, of which take two cups,
whites of six eggs and two teaspoon
fuls of baking powder. Boston Globe.
Cultivation has so affected the to-
mato that the seeds are fast disappear
ing and bid fair to pass out of existence
entirely, as in the case of the banana,
| leaving the propagation of the plants
dependent on cuttings. N I. Tele-
gram.
Did you ever try wetting strip of
cloth and laying it along the edge of
your pies when the crusts separate and
| the strip stews over. And also in tax
| ing bread from the oven, stand it on
end without covering till it cooks, I'M
| less you are going to eat it warm. If
you are, it is better to cover it. CKicG-
| 90 Journal.
One of the surest causes of disease
among horses is poorly ventilated sta
bles. Their quarters should be made
as warm and comfortable as possible,
and at the same time the matter of
ventilation should not be overlooked.
Better let them feel the cold little
than to suffer from disease. M Y
Times.
Little Holland Bretzels: Mako
dough of half pound of
flour, half pound of sugar, the
yelk of two eggs, table
spoonful of sour cream and a table
spoonful of coriander seed. Break off
little bits of the dough, roll them in
round pieces and form them in little
bretzels or rings.-Boston Budget.
Cream Pies: Bake the crusts emp
ty; pick them with fork before put
ting into the oven, if they blister pick
them again. The cream: Put one and
one-half pints sweet milk in pan to
scald; beat one egg, into this stir four
tablespoonfuls of sugar, four table,
spoonfuls flour, and one-half pint milk;
turn this into the hot milk and stir
briskly till well thickened; add one
teaspoonful lemon essence and put it
into the crusts. toledo Blade.
The Importance of lime as plant
food, to be supplied by its use as fer
tilizer, may be perceived by the follow
ing figures: In twenty-five bushels of
oats there are nine pounds of lime; in
.thirty-eight bushels of barley, fifteen
pounds; in two tons of clover hay, thir-
ty-fve pounds; in twenty-five tons of
turnips, one hundred and forty pounds;
in two hundred and fifty bushels of po-
tatoes, two hundred and seventy pounds
of lime Western Rural.
Weeds arc divided into ANIMALS,
biennials and perennials. Annual
weeds are largely confined to cultivat-
ed areas, and should be closely
watched Biennial weeds, for the
most part, produce no seed the first
year, but seed is often produced quite
early in the second season. Perennial
weeds are those the tops of which die
down on the approach OF cold weather,
the roots remaining alive, sending up
new shoots year after year.-M T..
Farmer.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-07-09
AN ACTORS EXPERIENCE.
Finding His Memory Failing He Threw
Brandy to the Dogs.

Finding His Memory Failing lie Threw
Brandy to the Dogs.
Sheridan, the actor, paid us brief
visit. He came quietly and as quietly
slipped back to Australia. Sheridan'S
habits have undergone complete
change. 1t is a matter of public
knowledge that few men who 6r'od the
boards were such abnormal tipple,rs as
that talented tragedian. But he locks
upon the wine no more. He is o
model of sobriety, and his appearance
is infinitely improved by the fortunate
change. Few know how the reforma-
ton came about. l had it from his
own Ii ps lone afternoon" said the
actor, Il was on the stage atrehearsal.'
The play was King Lear the lines OF
of which am as familiar with as you
are with the Lord S Prayer. | came on,
but judge of my dismay and astonish-
ment when l found that could not
remember single phrase or speech in
the part. I sent the call-boy after a
bottle of brandy, took a couple of
drinks and tried it again. The result:
was the same. My memory was blank
Then l slipped back to my dressing
room, took down book of familiar
recitations, and tried one which 1
had known for years, and de-
claimed, l might say without cx-
aggeration, not less than a hundred
times. Not a line of it could / remem-
Der. [ tried more brandy, and my
memory continued blank. Twas ter
ribly shocked. 1t seemed to me that I
was forever ruined, and that my pro-
fession had slipped out of my grasp,
that this was the beginning of imbecil-
ity, and that / should wind up in the
lunatic asylum. | rushed from the
theater, jumped into a hack, and di-
rected the driver to take me to the Of
fee of doctor in whom l had the ut
most confidence, and who had often
braced me up when enervated from
the effects of a prolonged spree. The
fact thai could remember the number
of his room filed me with inexpress-
ible delight. | felt that there was yet
some shred OF intellect left and that all
was not lost He told mo not to be
alarmed; that my brain was not seri-
ously affected, and promised that l
should be all right within a month.
But only on one condition, and that
was absolute and rigid abstinence. I
followed his advice, though it was
hard pull at the beginning, and you
see me now better than l have been for
many day
And he looked it, The crimson nose,
his striking feature, was toned down
so that little of the old flash remained.
His eyes were clear and bright, and he
seemed in every respect new man.
SGi1 Francisco Letter.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-07-09
TEMPERANCE READING.
"WANTEp."


Afi Advertisement Copied from a Lat
New York Paper.
9Wanted-A f1rst-class bar-keeper Mus
be gentleman, and man of character ant
reputation.
s'WantedI' behind his bar
A man of uncommon parts.
Whose business shall be, rs far as see,
. The breaking of human hearts;
To brew, TO mix aud to sell.
And never to finch or shirk
In business that leads directly to hell
Wanted! gentleman elerkf'
Wanted, to break the hearts
Of children, mothers and wives,
A man of uncommon parts,
To ruin uncommon lives;
Murder and arson to sell,
And smile in his cruel work,
To help on the devil, and people hell,
Wanted gentleman clerk!'
Wanted. beh;n his bari
All virtues in equal parts,
And all to agree, as far as / see,
In the ruin OF human heaItSl
10 the babe or the gray-beard to sell,
And never to finch or shirk,
In business that leads directly to hell,
"Nanted! a GENTLEMAN CLERK
Mary A. DeniS0n, in Union Signal.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-07-09
CHEAP PRINTS.
Summer Good Time for the Making
and Repairing of Bed Clothes.

Summer Good Time for the Making
and Repairing of Bed Clothes.
There are, at the present time,
quantities of cal1coes sold for three
or five cents a yard that are quite
pretty. Those that are not very stiff
with starch will wear very well, and
pay for making up, while. stiff webs
will crack, and aside from being hard
to sew, will not be at all durable.
Those that are stamped with bright
colors can, by being dipped in sailed
water, be made fast colors. All prints
ought to be washed quickly, and never
allowed to soak in suds. as that gives a
dull look. The quicker they are washed,
rinsed, starched and dried, the nicer
they will look. l have seen calicoes
washed in this manner that retained
their beauty till completely worn out,
while dresses from the same web of cloth
were all faded out the first or second
time of washing. There is too much
labor in making dress to have it
ruined by bad washing. 1t costs a deal
more to make a garment, than the
money paid for the material itself.
1t is a good time now, when prints
are so cheap, to make and repair bed
clothes It hardly pays to work up old
garments into bedding, when one can
buy new prints at such low prices.
Good comfortables and bed quilts are
real luxury, and summer is the time
to make them up; the days are long.
and it is not hard work to tie comfort
ables or quilts.
Three breadths of print, three yards
long, are enough for outside covering,
and the same for lining, and four
punches of cotton batting, and ball
of cotton yarn to tie with. The
eighteen yards Of print would be, at
five cents per yard, ninety cents: the
yarn eight cents, and the batting fifty
cents; so for two dollars one can make
nice bed covering that will last for
years, if properly taken care ef,-Cor.
Country Gentleman.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-07-09
Young Beets: Cut off the top,

Young Beets: Cut off the tops,
not too near the root, wash without
scraping or peeling, and cook from
forty minutes to an hour in hot. sailed
water. Scrape off the skins, slice and
dish, then cover therein with dress
ing made by heating four tablespoonful
of vinegar with heaping tablespoon
ful Of butter; salt and pepper to liking.
Chicago Tribune.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-07-09

Earrings, according to Biblical
record. were worn by women from the
earliest times. but by men more rarely.
Hebrew slaves, indeed, suffered their
ears to be bored as a figure OF their
optional servitude, but no ornament
was worn in the holes thus made.
Xenophon informs us the males OF
Lydia were often subject to reproach
on account of their earrings, and that
in Greece females alone wore orna-
ments.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-07-09
BY THE JOB AND BY THE DAY.

., listen to the swinging flaa
Through all taolivelong day;
1ts strokes beat out merry scale
" muse light aad gay;
with the quick returning tappings,
HOW 1t patters on the grain,
Like the restless, nervous rapDings
VI the T&ludNopS on the pane!
From the flushing OF the morning
1lli the stars the toieF greets
ZONES the happy, joyous siappings
OH the moor in RAPID beats;
Every hint of respite scorning
sui the Whirling arm is sent -
Un us mission, ever warning
That no time for play ia spent;
FOR the ringing and thS singing,
AS OF kettle on the hob,
PARK me SWIFT anbroken swinging
VI tne work done by the job"
job
IT'S the working without Sinking
BY the job,
Listen to the slow strokes of the fail.
Ike the booming of a distant minute.gun,
VI as danger-signals slow-paeed as the small
|rsep' belated, through the fog-clouds one
WITH deliberate long blows
THO no" SLOW IL fails upon the straw;
linen, reluctant back it goes
-, 10 trace again its tiresOme law;
From the time the dew departeth
1ill the edst-turn shadows tell
1naC, by and by, the day will close
me sound comes like dropiflg knel;
VII from action . rule it parteth,
pIhen the silence reigns serene;
From long delay at last it starteth
IN . tardler strokes with stops between;
nut the rests and the icsts-
schemes to wear the hours away
&nKe inc sure and certain tests
maj the work 8 done 'by the day."
E-y the day, by the day,
lis AL shirk and no work,
By the day.
e. w. H0rgeg, in Detroit Free Press.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-07-09
Some aspiring amateurs in New

Some aspiring amateurs in New
Britain, Conn, attempted Richard
Ill the other evening. At the pass
age when the hunchback King offers
his whole kingdom on sight for a
horse. a saw horse was dangled down
in front of the astonished monarch.
Then the King got mad and threw his
sword at the practical joker. He
missed his aim, though. and the weap-
on cut an ugly cash under the eye of a
stage hand. Hartford Post,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-07-09

The Church of England Temperance
Society eports 735, 600 members. The
total abstinence section of the society
gained 1900 members the past year
1t has 10000 members in Ireland.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-07-09

PHILADELPHIA has 648 churches, or
one for every 270 voters; 245 public
schools, or one for every TIA; 1.095
bakeries, or one for every 160; 3,454 re-
tail groceries. or one for every 81; and
$3.50 liquor-saloons, OF one for every 90
voters
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-07-09

STRIKERS who discuss their griev-
ances in saloons are right in the midst
OF their chief difficulty Chicago IN.
ter Ocean.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-07-09

In some places in Arizona there
has been no ram in three years. DER
Ter Tribune,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-07-09

gate.
Bessie" said Julia, "tell me, die
you ever take my red collarette out oil
my room? | won tscold, not one word
but Mr. Dale and / must know
Bessie considered moment. 81
was ages ago, the day we got the las
arbutus. I only had it on for min.
ute"
Where did you put it, then?"
"Back in your drawer oh, first
hung it on the hat stand; guess it wa.
there till after supper, butt didn't hur
it scrap, and / put it back in your
drawer when I took up your supper
You were sick that day"
"There! You caught the fringe or
your coat when you got your hat ano
caner exclaimed Julia, with beam
ing face. Bessie, get your hat ant
come with us.
"Well, I'll swear"
"No, don't swear, Mr.. Dale; you'y,
no need. 1t has been the hardest OF
me, said Julie.
That's all you know about it,
growled Richard, as he helped Bessie
into the buggy, and thereupon jules
quick wit revealed to her variou.
things.
They drove first to Mrs. Allan s
where Bessie related her performance
with the collarette, ana then Julie
looking down the street, said
There's Dolly Firth tying up hel
honeysuckles. Let's go there. Ican't
bear to think she should have believed
me a tiirt, the darling girlr'
g WON'T aid Richard.
g Yes you will. Bessie, just take
the reins; Mr.. Dale likes to have little
girls drive" said Julie. Bessie took
the reins, and Richard, leaning back
in his seat with an air of indifference,
was driven into the pretty garden
where Dolly, standing upon a ladder,
was tying Up honey-suckles
Daily Republican., 1886-06-03
Gov. Hill Falls in Love.

An Albany. N. Y, dispatch says;
Governor Hill is la love, and it Is re-
ported he will emulate President Cleve-
lands illustrious example by bidding
adieu to bachelorhood. A wealthy
young widow ofthis city is said to have
ensnared his affections, and the circles
of society of which she is an honored
aud charming member are greatly In
terested over their reported engagement.
Although the lady is a native of this
city she does not now reside here, but it
is whispered thot she presides over a
little brown cottage in Elmira where
The Governor lives when at home. The
lady In also well known in this city,
having spent the better part of her two
winters here since the dsmise of her
husband some five years ago. Colonel
Doubleday Of Chemung County, N. Y,
who is on his way home from his Idaho
ranches, states that he met very inti-
mate friend of Governor Hill at st.
Louis few days ago, who asserted that
the marriage of the Governor would
take place this fall"
Daily Republican., 1886-06-03
The Fisheries nisnnte.

Representative Boutelle on wedres-
day received telegram from Eastport
to the effect that the Dominion Col.
lectors of Customs threaten 10 seize
American bosts if they buy herring
from the fish wetrs on the Provincial
shores. to be used for canning in the
y nited States. A large business CT
this kind has been carried on at East.
port and vicinity, nearly all the fish
being brought from Province weirs.
The American boatmen are afraid to
continue the traffic, snd large nun Der
Of people on both sldes of the line are
affected. Mr.. Boutelle and Senator
Hale on Wednesday afternoon called
on Secretary Bsyard, who promised to
take immediate steps to ascertain the
facts Of this reported denial of ordinary
privileges ef commerce, but he re-
marked that "as diplomatic negotia.
tions on the subject must be conducted
through the British Home Government
they ars nece35erily slow"
The schooner James A. Garfield, for
which the Canadian cruisers have been
searching, arrived at Gloucester on
wednesday with 10000 pounds of
halibut.