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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-29
AN INVESTIGATOR.

How Cunning Darky Ramboozled q
Learned Judge.
l. ook here" called Judge Gaines, adj
dressing an old negro whom he detected in
the act OF pulling board off his fence.
"Sah?"
What are you doing there?"
"Wuz jest er seein', sab, eff dis plank
want loose"
What difference does it make to your"
None in particular, sab. Use sorter IN
vestigatin' in my natur' an / allus wants
to satisfy myself"
Well, there's nothing around here that
needs investigation"
see dat now, sah.'
Well, go on away from here"
!" Vas, I'll do dat. Hopes de weder will
moderate, sab. Vas, hopes it will"
The Judge went into the house. The
negro unused: How dat fool white man
'speck me ter kin'le er fire wild wet wood
Dat plank II make monstrous fine kin lin"
When the judge came out, o few mo-
ments later, the board was gone.--Arkan-
saw Traveller.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-29
Refuses to BE Astonislied.

Silas Lapham, as readers of Mr.. Howell's
story will be astonished to learn, is real
man, rich cattle dealer.-Graphic. Oh,
no; we are not astonished at anything in q
novel. Even the happy marriage of the
hero, who has been killed half dozen times
in as many chapters, to the daughter OF a
pirate king, before he discovers that she is
the only child of an English Duke worth
forty million pounds and ten thousand
acres OF land doesn't astonish us. It
would astonish us if something of that
kind didn't occur in novels.-Norristown
Hara Ii
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-29
In a AnandarY.

'We1, Bromley you've been married just
FIVE years to-day. You regard your little
woman as a duck OF WIFE am sure"
'sDo you know, Darringer, that I've been
in a quandary about that very thing?
While I'm not just ready to admit that
she's duck of a wife, I've more than a
suspicion that I've been "a goose OF hus-
band. ~ hiLa deIphia Cal.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-29
METEOROLOGICAL Information.

Prof Shore, of the University OF Texas,
and Eioseiusko Murphy met not very long
since, and both of them being very intelli-
gent they talked about scientific subjects,
and among others about eclipses.
did you see the total eclipse of the sun
we had in Austin about four years ago?''
asked Murphy.
"No," replied Prof. Shore; II didn't get
to see it. was out at my ranch five miles
from town, and when got back it was all
over. Texas Siftings.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-29
FARMERS WIVES.
Faithful Helpers Who Are Worn Out by
CeaseIess Work.

Truthful E1elpcfS VINO are worn OuG DY
CeaseIess Work.
Hard as has been the lot of the farmer
in the past, before invention came to
his aid, the wives of the farmers are
still far behind in the advantages Sc
cured. The loom has been discarded
and so has the spinning wheel, while
the sewing machine and washer have
lessened the labor of the household, yet
the farmers wife still has much hard
work to perform. We may even add
that the stove has superseded the old
broad fireplace, and soap-boil:ng and
candle-making are occupations of the
past but her labor is still tiresome and
combining.
When the busy season arrives the
hardest work falls to the wife, and
everything depends upon her manage
ment in order that the labor in the
field may not be retarded. The meals
must be done on time, and in unknown
quantities, while her task of giving sat
isfaction begins with her husband and
includes the young tyrant in the cradle.
She must be in two or more places at
the same time, while her duties must
be performed in manner to please all.
Help may be secured, but as it is often
impossible to be so accommodated, the
duties must still be performed Her
work can not he delegated entirely to
others, for, like the rudder of a ship,
should an accident happen, it requires
too much time for repairs, and when
she fails to steer the household craft
in the right direction, confusion is the
result.
Woman's work should be made
easier on some farms, and she should
not be called upon to assist in any
work that is to be done outside the
house, though such is not the rule in
all cases. Too often hard work soon
wears out these willing helpers, and
renders them prematurely old.--Frfs,
Field and St0ck711Qn,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-29

An attempt has recently been made
in Switzerland to adopt uniform Ger
man photography for that country. The
conference was largely attended by
printers and booksellers. A PROPOSE
ton to adopt the Prussian-Bavarian
photography was opposed by the vote
of large majority, and it was decided
to refer the matter to a conference of
delegates from all the German states.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-29
His Unhappy Lot.

The Policeman's Wife-John, am
ashamed of you.
The Policeman-Ashamed of me! Why?
The P. W.-Because all the time Mr..
Snufkins was talking to us in the vestibule
after service you had your eyes shut and
twice you actually snored.
The p. (apologetically)-You must ex
cuse me, thought was on duty.--Phila-
f1a1nbia Call
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-29

Says an exchanges: IN. Pasteur's father
was a tanner" We always had an idea
that the old man must have had something
to do with bark, because his son is so
familiar with it. Hal hal-ha! Don't you
see the point? No? Why bark, don't you
see, dogs bark-tan bark. ha, ha, ha, ha.
ha, ha, ha, ha. Copyrighted. )-Peck's
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-29

LIE Journal dHyqie,ae publishes
comparative table of the probabilities
of life for moderate drinkers and total
abstainsrs. According to this mod
crate drinker at twenty years of age
may expect to live 15.6 years; at thirty,
IL; at 40, 11.6; at fifty, 1913; at sixty,
SO. The probability for total abstain
ers is, at twenty years, 44.2; at thirty.
S6.5; at forty, 2S.S; at fifty, RIPS; and
at sixty, 1926.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-29
THE CHANGE.
There was man of knowledge Deep and noble

There was man of knowledge deep, and noble
sweep, who knew heap; man who
studied day and night, and hardly spared
the time to sleep.
This man so staid he knew maid, demure,
afraid, and half dismayed, shy as the
nymph of ancient myths seQuestered in
some sylvan shade.
This maid so rare, with golden hair, and mod
est air, so debonaire, she charmed this
man of learned lore and caught him III
her witching snare.
This man of thought and learned lore his
hair he tore, and DER and DER he loudly
swore that he would cherish her for aye,
and he would love her evermore.
Now they are wed in his library hooks among
his books his knees he crooks, and sees
his wife so seldom now that he's forgot
ten how she looks.
The wife to whom the man before so loudly
swore he would adore foreverTnore,
lives with her mother, aud declares her
husband is a regular bore.
LINN U1liOT
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-29

For sweet milk gems beat one egg
well, add pint CT new milk, a little
salt and graham flour until it will drop
of the spoon nicely. Have ready your
gem pans, well creased and heated.
Bake in a quick oven and send to table
hot, Boston Basddst.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-29
Two Kinds of Paleness.

''You are awiully pale, said Fsmeralda
Longcoffin to Birdie McGinnis.
Eyes. know am pale, but my paleness
is natural. It comes from dyspepsia, but
you get your paleness by the liox from the
drug store. Texas Sitings.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-29

DIR. SAX, an eminent physician and
chemist of France, has made the dis
covery that alcohol in all its forms con-
tains parasitical life, and that those
who are affected with delirium. tremens
"are not merely the subjects of haslu-
cinations, but are filled with veritable,
wiggling, reptilian animaicules.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-29

A LOUISVILLE preacher who has no
late night work away from home, calls
tor tax of one hundred dollars on pis-
tolls. A better scheme would be to
raise the price of whisky to one hun
ired dollars drink.-LouisUtlle Coar-
ier-Joatrnal.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-29
A Little nIisunderstandi ding.

Angry Purchaser-You told me the horse
wasn't balky.
Seller-No, didn't.
Angry Purchaser-You certainly did.
You said that when it came to pulling that
horse was there every time.
Seller-Yes, that's what / said. He's
there, but the trouble is he stays. / used
to build bonfire under him. Y. Sun.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-29

"A French shopkeeper of Paris end
ed his will By this: Il desire my body
to be placed in the hands of men of
science, and that it may be carefully
dissected, for ! am determined to know
the cause OF NY DEATH
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-29
HEa BIG SISTERS BEAU.

You are my sisters new beau, are you.
The one she caught ut the bai2
] heard her telling my mamma so.
Just as I came through the hall.
She says you are awfully stupid.
And You can not dance at all:
It's just because you are rich, I guess.
Made you the catch at the ball.
And she says that when you are married
She'll teach you a thing or two:
don't think I'd be taught by girl
If we're man like you.
What Not going already, are your
Jack never hurried of SO.
Sister will be down in minute.
And be real angry, know.
Atlanta Constitution,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-29

greatest craze now is hydrophobia. Pas
tours claims are not consistent with sci.
ence. Hydrophobia is not blood disease,
and can not be cured BY incubation Il is
probably produced by an injury to the
nerve. 1t is difficult to tell it from tetanus
or lock-iaw.
ssWith all due respect to Pasteur, think
this time hewiH slip up. He may cure those
children from Newark
and other cases of
supposed hydrcpho-
.:,nA bia. but the puzzle
.l...:s win always be whether
$3.50 the dogs had the dis
ease at all. The re-
turn of the children
cured viii not prove
- anything.
plfATHEkiA MICRO s'As to cholera and
cocci. its germs. Well, we
had none here last summer. don't think
we need fear it until it has spread seriously
in Germany and England. The cause Of
cholera is ptomain, substance in the
nature OF a cadaver poison It is eminently
filth disease, and it is distributable
through the medium of drinking water,
it's chief means of getting into
the body being by the alimentary
canal. If one case appeared in Manayunk
it is likely that the whole city would suffer
through its water suppiS. In pure water
we have few or no bacteria. The test for
bacteria is test for organic substances.
Water put on potato to develop bacteria
should contain organic matter The guam
THY and variety of bacteria found in water
will indicate what quantity and kind OF or
ganic substances there are in it. The bac-
terra are there because there is some
thing impure for them to live upon. Bac-
terra are harmless. I've swallowed many
of them. They are a frst-class food. I think
If cleanly cultivated they might make
good nourishmentfor
! ] 4" /. !.
invalids and children.
They reproduce at the <&U
rate OF twenty thou 4 NI.
sand to thirty thou >Akaf
sand a minute on a Nk AL
potato. To find out VI "a
what kind of bacteria
are in water take ten
drops of water and
put it into some Jelly.
Pour the jelly on ANTHRA BACciLLI.
glass plate and little colonies of bacteria
will develop from the germs that happen
to be in the water. The gelantine is a good
IOOu LOT Unem. you can readily READ
from their appearance what the germs are
and you can calculate the percentage OF inn
purity in the water.
1.-THE air can be easily examined for bac-
terra. Cut a clean potato in half and ex-
pose it to the atmosphere for a few hours.
Some germs will fall on it, and, being on a
nutritive material, they viii begin to grow.
On this particular potato exhibiting one)
four different kinds of bacteria have fallen.
You can see that by the colors, white,
brown, yellow and so on. Plates OF gelan-
tine exposed develop bacteria in the same
way. Air can be examined for germs by
passing it through tube on the bottom of
which gelantine is lying. The air can be
measured and the percentage OF germs cal
culated."
DR.. Formal exhibited an apparatus for
doing PHILADELPHIA Press.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-29

Bacteria are very
small organisms OF a
vegetable nature, so
small that the naked
leye has very little
knowledge of their ex-
istence. They are ubi-
quitous, and play no
small part in disease.
Hundreds of thou
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-29

good nourishmentfor
invalids and children.
They reproduce at the
rate OF twenty thou
sand to thirty thou
sand a minute on a
potato. To find out
what kind of bacteria
are in water take ten
drops of water and
put it into some Jelly.
paI1r fhn inJIv On a
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-29
ABOUT BACTERIA.
DR.. Formad's Lecture on Germs at
the Franklin Institute.
Bacteria as Means of Determining I'M
purities in Water-A Display Of
BaciIli Eating Chicken Stew
and Gelatine.

Prof. Henry F. Formal, OF the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania in his lecture last
evening at the Franklin Institute on
Germs and Their Influence on Health"
developed an entirely new system OF water
analysis by which the precise nature of
organic impurities can be determined. The
plan is the capture OF bacili in water.
After they have been secured their nature
is ascertained by color, form and other
characteristics. Then the analyst deter
mines what species of organic impurity
those par ticular bacilli live on and the
presence OF the organic impurity that the
bacilli affect is thus deduced.
On this plan Prof. Formal has lately
been analysing the water of the Schuylkill
River, and he says that his results are per-
fectly satisfactory. The lecturer last even
ing had before him a dozen finger glasses
on which there were exposed potatoes sliced
in half. On the fiat sides of the half po-
tatoes were patches fbacilli and bacteria
They look like daubs OF paint. The colors
were fine browns, reds, handsome yellows
and pure whites. There were, too, few
jars containing the bacteria OF lung and
other diseases. Pots of gelatine crowded
with invisible microbes and test tubes full
of the spores of germs that appear in chol-
era and other complaints were also shown.
The lecturer said
''This is very large subject, and one on
few of whose branches I can barely touch
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-29

MINIS VI AOC0i elc L LIZ
artificial culture Of
them. If I want to
raise a certain kind of
bacterium / have to
give it potato, be-
cause it likes potato.
Another sort lives on
bread. Still another
prefers gelatine. This
sort (indicating) I
raise on chicken soup,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-29

y ~. LAC tAfsA OuA = NAOS5
children from Newark
and other cases of
supposed hydropho-
bia. but the puzzle
win always be whether
the dogs had the dis
ease at all. The re-
turn of the children
cured will not prove
anything.
ia .IT \
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-29

One having d ui5tHiCo
forinstance. produces
only smallpox, but
the poison is a chem
ical one. The bacteria
get saturated with the
poison and carry it.
They are not in them
selves the poison. I
completed only last
year for DR.. S. Wier
Mitchell, O. work on
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-29

est air, so debOnaIre, she charmed this
man of learned lore and caught him in
her wftching snare.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-29

6Il6 VtIIUIH O StTp5Its, ING FEVER
which has convinced me Of that fact The
only disease OF which bacteria are proven
to be the primary cause is anthrax or ma
lignant pustule.
Every year new bacteria are found and
new diseases are attributed to them, The
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-29

because 1T is partlcu- CoCcI.
larry fond OF chicken soup. That one over
there gets it's nourishment from blood
cerum. This shows that it is the soil that
attracts bacteria. and that they can not
go anywhere and just grow. 1t is the same
in their liking for diseases. Thus we find
certain forms OF bacilli in cholera, others in
consumption.
at is because those diseases represent
different soils. AS one description of bacil-
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-29

ISaul Krotzer saved the lives of eight men,
by standing at his nost, amid sinking sand,
and crushing timbers, incident upon the
caviDg of the great well, at the asylum, in
Traverse City, Mich.1
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-29

THIS column. Inere
were shown samples
OF ordinary mold,
magnified two thou
sand times with the
microscope, micro
cocci, from a case OF
diphtheria very like
clusters of eggs, but
with, in their natural
state, diameters OF
only One-fiftv-fholl-
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-03-25
A HUMAN WOLF.
How Bill Ridly Succeeded I'm Getting His
Lean Horse Fattened.

How Bill Ridly Succeeded I'm Getting His
Lean Horse Fattened.
"Bill Ridly 10 a wolf," said old Judge
Bicknell.
"Why do you think so?" some one asked.
well, tell you. Some time ago, a
roughly dressed man with bushy red
whiskers rode up to my house and wanted
to sell me horse, a lean animal, but one in
which saw many fine points. The fellow
said he was in such need of money that he
would take twenty dollars for the animal.
gave him the money and took the horse.
The animal iattened rapidly. found him
equally serviceable in shafts or under the
saddle. One day, shortly after the animal
had developed into as fine horse as / had
ever seen, Bill Ridly came along and
claimed him. He brought forward suffi-
Gent evidence to establish his claim and OF
course gave up the horse, thereby losing
ny twenty dollars besides losing the time
had spent in working with him."
II don't see how you can blame Ridly."
"You don't; then win show you. The
scoundrel wanted his horse fattened but
was too stingy to spend money for corn,
30 he disguised himself. sold me his own
horse, then, after the horse was fat, came
back and claimed him. Yes, Billy is a
wolf. Traveller.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-03-25
INGENUITY OF WOMEN.

A Novel Scheme Adopted by Four Pio-
neer Girls in Locating Land Claims.
A woman, unmarried and twenty-one
years old, has the right to take up land,
and in Dakota many have awaited them
selves OF this privilege by acquiring pro-
emption or tree claims. Betrothed couples
from the East sometimes takeup adjoining
claims and then marry and settle down on
four hundred and eighty acres. One OF the
conditions of the law, however, is that any
one taking up claim shall live on it for
six months. A significant commentary on
the ingenuity OF girl-pioneers may, accord
ing to the Milwaukee Sentinel be found in
the novel scheme which four OF them, who
wanted to take up claims. adopted to meet
this requirement. Taking up a section OF
six hundred and forty acres they built a
cabin on it containing four corner rooms,
the center OF the house being just over the
point where the four quarter sections met
las shown by the following diagram:
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-03-25
EARLY CHICKS.
Advantages which No Intelligent PouItry-
Raiser VIII Neglect.

Advantages which No Intelligent Po'tItry-
Raiser VIII Neglect.
The advantages of Matching chicks
early can not be over-estimatea
Chicks that are Matched late bring LITE
prices, and chicks that come out Of tha
shell this month and get in market ~
broilers, bring as high prices as grown
fowls.
The objections urged against carly
chicks are that they give too much
trouble, and that those Matched laie
have the privilege Of grass runs. anS
take partial care of themselves aad
so they do. They are raised Inseh
more easily than those Matched lnss
month, but our readers should relneln.
Der that it is not the chicks that bring
the best prices, but the trouble. Whea.
ever chicks are raised without eflori
the cost is, of course, small item, but
the time is then occupied by hundreds
who also prefer to perform as litfle "
Dor as possible, and the consequence
is that chicks are thrust on tbs market
by thousands, only to depress the uaf.
ket and cause the oft-repeated assef'
ton that poultry does not paF bai
early chicks do pay. howeyer, oaf
they pay only for that which
is expended and bestowed upen
them by the attendant. It is dalInsd'
again, that labor is labor, and may y
well be expended in one direction y
another without dey oting IL NJ cary
chicks. That is true, but unempdo}sa
labor is a waste, and II. In winter :
large number of chicks can be grown
for market, there will be q saving q
wasted labor, and the scages VIII Y
trebled on account of the bettsr pria1'
derived for labor in that shape.
Early chicks are often worth, y
April, as much as eighty cents = poana,l
and they are sold when about o.
pound and a quarter In weight Z
requires no figures to show that as'as
from the care, the actual cosf O. ~
is small item. No doubt, = sf2s
number of eggs may be required Y
| the purpose Of Matching = 1a1r ps1.
centage of chicks. but this item q u
may also be added without fear
diminishing the proportion OF pron. y J
be procured when the chlsks =,
marketed. Early chicks are a'as. II
salable, and it costs more % Isss
chicks to the weight of two peHnQ.s. ~ I
twenty-five cents a pound in price ~ "a
it does to raise one to pounds a ~
with double the market price. -
real difference, as is plainly apPaalses
is four times as much as the CLAW
Rural Home.
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STRANGE SURGERY.
How New York Physicians Effected Cure
of Loekjaw.

Nathan Silverstone, carpenter,
nineteen years of age, living at No.
80 East Broadway, was discharged cured
from Gouverneur Hospital recently.
The doctors state that his recovery is
something remarkable. inasmuch as
that on. his admission on the 18th of
last November he was found to be suf-
fering from tetanus, or lockjaw, sus-
tanned by falling on his head while at
work. For several days he could not
speak and had violent and very fire.
quent tetanic commissions. Between
these convulsions he partook only SPAR
ingly of milk, which was administered
to him by means of an ordinary nurs-
ing bottle. Under these conditions he
lived for couple of weeks, and in the
meantime medication having had no
effect, the doctors resolved to test the
dernier resort of cutting off the nervous
supply to the seat of injury. an opera
ton only very recently brought in
vogue. Only slight scalp wound de-
noted the location of the injury.
A hypodermic injection of hydro
chlorate of cocaine -four per cent. So
lution) was first introduced beneath
the scalp to an@sthetize the parts, and
then free V-shaped incisien was made
half way around, the scalp wound COM
pletely covering the posterior auricu-
lar and occiputalis minor nerves,
which Immediately insulated the nerv-
Gus supply from the seat of injury
The incision was dressed and bandaged
antiseptically and the patient put to
bed. His commissions became less fire.
quent and in few days they ceased al
together. His jaws gradually relaxed,
and at length he was able to articulate
and take solid food. Three weeks aftsI
the operation he was up and about.
and on his departure no man could be
more grateful than Nathan Sil -erstone,
and few can lay claim to have as good
. reason to appreciate the progress OF
modern surgery. 1t is said on good
authority that previous to the introduc-
ton of this latest operation for Iockjaw
seventy-five per cent. of those afflicted
had died.--N z. Herald.