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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-04-30
BURIAL MASKS.
One Of the Peculiar Customs of the Ancier
Peruvian Nafinfas.

One of the Peculiar Customs of the Ancient
Peruvian Nations.
The ancient Peruyians were accus-
toned to deposit ARTICLES Of value, rail-
ment, utensils, tapestries, silver and
gold with their dead. Most interest,"
ing Of all were mask-like heads placed
within the outer wrappings at the top
of the mummy pack. Mr.. G. II. Hurl-
but, of Chicago, has recently obtained
such head from Lima. It is interest,"
ing chiefly on account of the hetero-
geneous collection of ornaments and
trophies with which it IS bedecked.
The head is of heroic size, the face
only being made of wood. This is
strongly carved, having prominent
nose and wide, firm mouth. The eyes
are formed by excavating oval depres-
sions, and setting in pieces of shell.
First, oval pieces of white clam-shell
are inserted, which represent the
whites of the eyes. Upon these, small
circular bits of dark she'll are ce-
mented, forming the pupils. Locks of
hair have been set in beneath the shell,
the ends Of which project. representing
the lashes of the eye. The wooden
part Of the mask is fiat behind: but
the head has been neatly rounded out
by hemispherical bundle of dried
leaves. which is held in place by an
open net of twisted cords.
Besides this, a great variety of arti-
cles have been attached to the margin
of the mask by means of five pairs
of perforations. Upon the crown, a
large bunch of brilliantly-colored
feathers have been fixed. Behind this,
extending across the top of the head, is
long pouch of coarse, white cloth, in
which a great number Of articles had
been placed-little packages of beans and
seeds, rolls of cloth of different colors
and textures, minute bundles of wool
and flax, bits Of copper and earth care
fully wrapped in husks, bundles of
feathers, etc. Encircling the forehead
are long, narrow bands or sashes, one
of which is white, the others having
figures woven in brilliant colors. The
ends of these hang down at the sides
of the face.
Attached to the left side of the mask
by long stout cords is a pouch resem-
bling a tobacco-bag, about six inches
square, the fabric of which resembles
a coarse sail-cloth. Attached to the
lower part of this is a fringe of long,
heavy cords. From the opposite side
OF the head, net was suspended, in
which had been placed variety Of OBJ
jectsa sling made of cords very skill
fully constructed; bundles of flax and
cords; small nets containing beans,
gourd-seeds and other articles; copper
fish-hooks still attached to the lines,
which are wound about bit of corn
stalk or cane; neatly made sinkers of
dark slate wrapped in corn-husks, to-
gether with many other curious relics.
These articles were doubtless the
property Of the departed, so placed in
accordance with the established Gus
toms of the race to which he belonged.
The mask-head was probably in itself
an object of much consideration, al
though we are at loss to determine
its exact use by the living or its signif-
icance as q companion Of the dead
Science.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-04-30
LIMEKILN CLUB.

Brother Gardeners Pertinent Hints to
Those Engaged in Business.
81 should like to spoke few words
to Brudder Amazon Green" said the
president, as the meeting opened and
the Hall grew quiet.
Brother Green, who is young man
with a mellow look and hitch in his
gait, advanced to the platform in hes
itating manner, and the president con-
tinued:
''Brudder Green, Farm dat you am
on de pint of gwine inter bizness fur
yerself. I am told dat you am soon to
open a cofner grocery an butcher
shop combined. 7
Yes, sab. !"
''I'ze glad dat you am about to make
a start in life, and I desiah to drep a
few hints which may be Of some value
to you. Brudder Green, de grocer
who gives fifteen ounces to de pound
may wax fat fur a few years an git to
be referee at a wrestlin' match, but
Justice has her eye on him, and when
the ole gal gifts around to it she'll gin
him a dose dat will sot him back for
twenty years.
de pusson who sells fifty-cent tea
an tWo-shillin' tea from de same chist
may git along powerful smart fur
awhile, but he's only coaxin' a bile to
grow on his nose. When de bile comes
he'll pay out more for fiax-seed dan he
has made on tea.
I'm sellin' beefsteak study human
natur'. Some men doan' object to a
pound and a half of bone to a half
pound of meat, but we amt all built
arter dat fashun. Doan' kill hundred
dollars WORT of custom fur de sake of
sailing TO cents wort of bone
s'Wnile it am expedited dat you will
hide de bad taters in de middle of de
measure, doan' misunderstood de pub
lie an water yer lasses as well.
eff man axes you fur lamb an you
hasn't got muffin but ole sheep, tell
him so. Deceivin' man on mutton
makes him as much your enemy as il
you beat him out O a Congressional
nominashun.
DE paper which you buy for two
cents a pound kin be weighed up wild
goods dat sell fur fifteen and nobody
will kick, but doan' emagine dat dis
gives you license to roast beans wild
your coffee or keep film up de vinegar
bar'l wild rain-water.
'.Be keerful whom you credit. Oar
am plenty of people in dis world who
like to pay debts, but dar am about de
same number who will Jump you fur
some other stoah as soon as de books
balance fo'teen cents agin EN-.
'Doan cease gWine to church be-
kase you am in business, but next time
de pew-rentin' comes off take seat a
leedle furder back. Lots Of people
hev somehow got de ideah dat mod
ern bizness man, dom bizness arter de
modern fashun, has got to do heap O.
wrestlin' wild his conscience in case he
adopts any pertickler brand O. religun.
DE public will expect you to make
some mistakes in addishun, but be a
leetle keerful about it. Make 'em in
favor of de public about half de time.n
Detroit Free Press.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-04-30
WHEAT SOILS.
How They Should BE Prepared for Sue
cessful Cultivation.

How They Should BE Prepared for Sue
cessful Cultivation.
The best wheat soil is a clayey loan
astounding in vegetable matter with
the necessary minerals. Pillow in the
fall in order to get firm soil for the
wheat plant. As soon in the spring as
the ground can be worked three or
four inches deep, commence sowing.
Put the seed in well, and ON a nicely
prepared bed. Sow from one to one
and-one-half bushels per acre, gov
erned by richness, moisture and slope
of land, size of kernel and time oof
sowing. Rich, moist, cool, north
slope, small grain, early sowing, with
wellworked grounds, require less seed
than with the opposite conditions.
Most soils when cleared and broken
up contain generally all the elements
of plant food needed for the growth of
the perfect wheat plant. But they soon
lose some of these constituents, or
gain an excess of others. by iniudicious
cropping. Now, in order to raise
fair crop on our old lands, it is neces
sary to find out what isathe matter, and
when found, to supply or reduce that
plant TO natures equilibrium which
She requires in working perfectly on
this particular grain plant. Limestone
soils seldom need any thing more than
an addition of vegetable matter, which
is best supplied by blowing under clo-
yer sward; the tops are not needed I'M
less your lands are very poor, but our
soils generally contain too much vege-
table matter and it is continually in
creasing by the stubble and weeds be-
ing pIoWed under. and generating an
excess of nitrogen, which produces
great crops of straw at the expense OF
grain. If the land is deficient in the
mineral sails they must be furnished
by the use of lime, the phosphates. pot
ash, ETC.
Our pest crops were produced on the
virgin soil plowed shallow, containing
untold amounts of the ash of plants
that had been burnt off for ages. The
main reason why wheat does well after
a crop of corn is the great destroying
of weeds in the cultivation thereof, and
in the corn appropriating the excess of
nitrogen, which gives the phosphates
chance to accumulate, and the proper
tons becoming more equal, wheat
growing can be resumed with good
chances of success. Then, by follow
ing proper rotation, with the neces-
sary fertilizers, the fertility of our
lanas can be maintained indefinitely.
Sow the best seed that can be pro-
cured, for only by SO doing can your
crops be made to pay to their full ca
pacity in quality and quantity. The
hard wheats are the best to grow in
nearly cverg respect Do the best that
you can in raising good crops, for they
are the only ones that pay.-C0 Cor. Farm,
Field Qlx EtocknQn.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-04-30
TEMPERANCE.
BEWAREi


Ny friends, there's monster abroad In the
That scatters destruction on every hand.
he spares neither beauty, position nor fame,
he rifies the pockets ana ruins the name
Alike il enc mansion or cottage, his power
is felI, and his victims are seen every hour.
We meet them in every direction we go,
AND read IN their features unspeakabie woe.
He stands at the gateway that leads down to
sin,
And tempts the unwary to venture therein.
he tells them that roses are strewn ali the
And life in his service is one holiday.
He takes the hard earnings of father and SON.
AND laughs ana grows fat on the spoils he
He sees little children go starving for bread.
And Knocks at the mothers who mourn for
their dead.
The young and the old, all alike, are his
And beauty and grace he lays low in the
grave
There is nothing too good, or toe pure or too
For his mereiless greed to put under his feet.
In halls deeked with splendor. and palaces
The lives of his victims are squandered away.
he leads them by ways that look bright to
the eye,
Then leaves them in sorrow and anguish to
die.
Oft times some fair lady will smilngly stand,
And offer the wine-cup, with beautiful hand,
To the one she loves best Oh, for God S sake,
beware!
You see not the serpent that lies hidden
there.
My friends, use great caution, look sharp
where you go,
Or the clutch of this monster you surely will
know.
Never yield to temptation. no matter how
fair,
And Of wine and its kindred beware! o,
beware
-Colen,air's Rural World.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-04-30


National Women's Christian Temper
ance Union. During 1883 Miss Frances
Willard visited every State and Terri
tory from Puget Sound to the Gulf OF
Mexico, and, with the help of the pi-
oneer trips of Mrs. Clement Leavitt in
California, Of Mrs. S. F. Chaplin in the
South, and of Mrs. Mary F. Shields in
Wyoming, New Mexico and Arizona,
organized this society by States and
Territories throughout the United
States. Mrs. Leavitt is now on
journey around the world, engaged in
an effort ito belt the globe with the
white ribbon of the w. c. I. IT, The
society has membership of $4,000.
Col. j. J. Hickman, of Kentucky,
said to the writer the other day:
Il have but recently returned from
a trip through New Mexico and Colo
RADIO. / had an impression that
should have an easy time leeturing.
But found the people out there to be
of a very high order of intelligence,
and | had to do my hest. Employers
of large numbers of men pay literally
toward the support of Temperance So
cieties. 1t is a safe investment"
1t is asserted that the balance of po-
ltical power is held by the Temper
ance element in Texas, Arkansas and
Georgia. In Missouri Temperance is
strong in the small towns
Ex-Governor Dingley, of Maine, is re-
sponsible for the assertion that on an
average each inhabitant of the United
Ctatae oY,+c;da Of Masoa d,.;,, - 6ftoo,,
dollars worth of alcoholic stimulants
every year In fourteen States of the
Union there are laws. which demand
that the effects of alcohol upon the sys-
tenn shall be taught to children. A
graded system of text books is now
ready representing five years of expert
mental study on the subject Between
thirty and forty different works of
physiology. with special reference to
alcohol and other sstimulants, for
school, have been issued.
Both England and America lay claim
to the honor of starting the first total
abstinence society. The English claim
is founded upon the fact that in 1882
society at Preston, England, adopted
the principles of total abstinence. 1t
is also declared by this society that the
word teetotal originated with them in
this way: Diekey Turner, stammer-
ing farmer, referring TO moderation
pledge which had been in use, said:
Il II have nowt to do wi this bothera-
ton moderation pledge. I'll be right
down tee-tee-total forever" In letter
dated Troy, Pa, September 10, 1885,
Rev. Joel Jewell disputed both these
claims. He says that in 1927 he was
secretary of Temperance society in
Hector, N. Y, whose constitution in
Guided total abstinence clause. In
writing the names of members on the
roll he prefixed the letters D. p. to the
names of those who adhered TO the old
pledge, and big I to those who were
total abstainers. "By continually ex-
planning that I was for total, " he
says, ''we were directly called Total
ers, and this was the origin of the
word years before it was coined in En-
gland. :"
The Prohibition party has had four
Presidential candidates in the field.
Black, in 1872, received 5,6OS votes;
Smith, in 1876, received 9,759; Dow,
1880, received 1850, and st. John,
1884, received 152,070.--N T. Sun.
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Purifying Water by Aeration.

The results of experiments made
thus far in the publication Of water by
aeration have attracted much notice.
This method is well known to be based
on the discovery that the action Of air
in purifying water is greatly increased
by mixing the air and water under
pressure. a Paramount (Philadelphia)
turbine engine was converted into an
air-pump, which delivered twenty per
cent. by volume. of free air into the
water main, this being the proportion
found necessary to snrcharge the water.
Analysis showed that the quantity of
free oxygen in the aerated water was
seventeen per cent. greater than before
Iteration. while The quantity of carbonic
acid was iifty-three per cent. greater,
and that Of tho total dissolved gases
was sixteen per cent. greater. Boston
transcript.
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WHAT TO BELIEVE.


He has no jov who has no trust!
The greatest faith brings greatest pleasure
And believe because must
And would believe in perfect measure.
Therefore 1 send
To you, my FRIEND
ThtS key to open mines of treasurer
Whatever else your hands restrain,
Let faith be free, and trust remain.
Believe in summers sun and shade,
although to-day the snow be falling;
Expect glad voices in the glade,
Enough now the winds alone arc calling,
Have eyes to see
How fair things be;
Let Hope, not Fear, prove most enthralling:
And skies that shine will ofteuest be
stretched lovingly DER thine and thee.
Have loyal faith in all thy kin,
Beneve the best OF one another;
One Fathers heart takes all men in,
be not suspicious of thy brother.
III one deceive
Why disbelieve
The rest, and so all kindness smo Eher2
Who the most looks for love will find
Most certainly that hearts are kind.
Regard the age with hopeful thought,
= NOT II, but thou myself art debtor;
Behold what wonders have been wrought,
Beheye the world is getting better.
Oh, be thou brave
TO help and save,
And free mems hands from every fetter
Yet know that CHEEKY hopefulness
As the great factor in success.
ABOVE all things, in God believe,
Ana IN His love that lasts forever;
NO ehangeful friend thy heart to griere
is DC VINO will forsake thee never
In shine or shower
His blessings dover
The souls that trust with strong endeavor;
Believe, believe, for faith is best
Believe, and find unbroken rest.
--hGFtGnne birmingham. IN Christian World.
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WORDS OF WISDOM.
Every Man and Woman Would Do We
IN

Every Man and Woman Would Do Well
to Remember
That opportunity is the cream oil
time.
That the sunniest lives have seasons
of shadow.
That the more you say the less peo-
pie remem Der.
That mothers tears are the same
in all languages.
That man can not go where tempta
ton can not find him.
That good breeding is letter Oh
credit all over the world.
That he who depends on another
dimes i'll and sups worse.
That good is slow; it climbs. Thai
evil Is swift; it descends.
That he who does good to another
man does good also to himself.
That there is not a single moment in
life that we can afford to lose.
That publicity is the barn-door upon
which fools love to chalk their names.
That the plant of happiness can not
thrive without the air of cheerfulness.
That the noblest and most exalted
character is also the tenderest and
most helpful.
That the man who stirs his cup with
an icicle both spoils the tea and chills
his own finger.
That the easiest way to outwit the
world IS to let it believe that it is smart
er than you are.
That in diving to the bottom of pleas
ures we are likely to bring up more
gravel than pearls.
That promises made in hours of affiic-
ton require a better memory than peo-
pie commonly possess.
That people seldom improve when
they have no better model than them
selves to copy after. Good Hopse5eep-
inn,
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TEMPERANCE ITEMS.

AT Griffin, Ga, recently man who
had been mayor of the city and one of
its most prosperous and popular citi-
zens, died pauper in its poor-house.
Drink did it.
THE old Morayian town of Salem, N.
c., has not permitted any liquor to en-
ter the place for one hundred years. 1t
is the banner Temperance town of the
country.
An Irish candidate for Parliament in
a speech at Dublin said that $3.50, 000.-
coo had been spent in Ireland for drink
in the last three years, in districts where
laborers were starving, and where. it
was said, the tenants could not pay
their rents.
A LEGEND says that the devil gave a
hermit the choice of three great vices.
one of which was drunkenness. The
hermit chose this as being the least
sinful. He became drunk and then
committed the other two. And it still
remains fact that man is capable of
any crime, however revolving. when
under the influence of liquor. Whisky
is the devils Samson and Delilah,-
Chicago Inter Ocean
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-04-30
HOME. FARM AND GARDEN.


The idea that sandy soil is best for
gardens is based on the universal de-
mand fer earliness.
All old Scotchman gays smooth
eyed potatoes quickly run out, while
1eep-eyed, rough potatoes are long
lived and hearty.
The juice of a half lemon in
teacup of strong black coffee. without
sugar, will often cure a sick headache.
Poison Budget.
The best way to brighten carpet
is to put half tumbler of spirits Of
ttlFpentine in. a basin of water, and dip
your broom in it and sweep over the
carpet once or twice. Chicago Trib-
uze.
Chestnut culture in this courtry is
an industry which is still in its infancy,
and the profits and possibilities of
which are not yet fully realized; but
the subject is one worthy of careful in
vestigation BY practical men. -Prusrae.
Farmer.
Plum Pudding: Five cups flour, one
cup sugar, half a cup raisins, half a
cup currants, one cup well chopped
suet, one teaspoonful baking-pow-
der, one nutmeg. Mix with milk to a
stiff dough. Boil three hours. Serve
with sauce or with scream and sugar.
Farm and F'areside.
Prof. Bartholomew, the successful
horse trainer, says that the hearing of
that animal is more acute than a man 5,
and yelling at him only tends to make
him harder to manage. You can lay
it down as a certain rule that the louder
man shouts at horse the less he
knows about horses. Montreal Witness.
To save stair carpets, nail several
thicknesses of canvas or old carpet
over the edge of each stair. It is a
good plan to buy more carpeting than
is needed to cover the stairs, and move
it each season, so that the whole will
wear evenly. If stair carpets can not
be changed in this way they will not
wear long.
Progressive market gardeners con-
slider stable manure one of the best
possible mRnures to have and save all
they can, supplementing any deticien-
cies in quantity by jndiciously selected
commercial fertilizers. These garden
ers compost the stable manure pre-
yious to applying it to quick crops
Cleveland Louder.
Hominy: Soak a cup of small
hominy for two hours in enough cold
water to cover it. Drain, put over the
fire in farina kettle, with a quart of
warm water slightly salted, and cook
for half IN hour after it reaches the
boil. Ii it has not soaked up all the
water, pour it off and supply the place
with cup of warm milk. Bring it to
a boil and serve. Eat with sugar and
cream. - Cincinnati Times.
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Not an Improbable Movement.

The proposed Liquor Sellers League,
having been reported in the papers of
April 1, was boldly pronounced an
"April Fool' jest. Doubt was cast
upon its authenticity by the disavowals
of some in the trade, and one editor
ventured to say that the new league
consisted of one person only. The con-
clusion to be fairly arrived at, on such
evidence as has come to light, is that
the dealers are in favor of combina-
ton, and are likely to make one, but
that the scheme proposed had not then
been adopted in its details. But the
most Objectionable features of the
scheme were merely the formal express
sion of what has been the customary
policy of the liquor trade, and of what
will continue to be acted on, whether
avowed or not. "Forewarned, fore
armed. y WGtcInaaa
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"This Is WHY / Know It."

Chow is your father getting on
now?" said to little daughter Of a
man formerly drunkard, but whom,
some months ago, had persuaded to
sign the pledge. "He is getting along
very WE'LL" was the reply. HAS he
kept his pledge?" 80 yes" she joy
fully replied. care you sure he has?"
Eyes sir, l am quite sure. y "How is
it that you are so positive ON this
point?" | asked. why" she said,
and her face was radiant with joy, she
never abuses mother any more; we
have always plenty to eat; and he
never takes my shoes off to pawn them
for drink, now. This is why l know
If sir
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A SERIOUS TASK.
The Caution to Be Exerted in Judging the
Qualities of FelIow-Men.

The Caution to Be Exerted in Judging the
Qualities of Fellow-Men.
In some cases we. see the best side of
fellow-man in our ordinary inter.
course with him; in other cases, we see
the worst side. Some men are great
deal better than they seem; others are
a great deal worse. There are those
whose external manner puts them at
great disadvantage, and who must be
known thoroughly in order to be APP
preciated fairly. There are others,
again, who are of smooth address and
of plausible manners because of their
lives of deceit and hypocrisy. It will
not do for us to think, or to say. that
man is always better. or that he is al
ways worse, than he seems; bur a re-
spoasibility is on us to decide in each
particular case whether a man whom
we meet is to be trusted. or is to be
summed. This judgment requires both
charity and discriminating observa-
ton; but it is a duty which can not be
safely shirked. IS. s.. Times.
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The new torpedo adopted BY The
Government has speed of eleven
miles an hour, a charge of two hum
dred pounds Of dynamite, and weighs
three thousand seven hundred pounds,