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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-06-29
BOYS LEAVING FARMS.
How to Stop the Exodus of Young Blood
from the Country.

How to Stop the Exodus of Young Blood
from the Country.
The low price staples of the farm is
having depressing effect on those en-
gagged in agriculture, especially the
young men, impatient of slow gains
and the restraints of farm drudgery.
Nearly all say they have lost money,
and many declare they have enough of
farming and intend to quit. | know
several young men who say they are
done with the farm forever. Fl -
AS consequence, the old homes are
now to be deserted, and other occupa-
lions crowded by eager but inexperi-
enced hands, many of whom, l fear,
are doomed to meet with still further,
if not more disastrous, disappoint-
ment. Thus failure wifi be added to
failure, until many of these boys will
become Respondent, and fall into
vicious habits that will lead to their
ruin.
1t is much to be regretted that some
thing can not be done to stop this ex-
odus of our best blood and Drawn from
the farms. But, alas! what can change
the minds of these youths, and cause
them to view the situation calmly, but
the hard and sad buffetings of expert
ence?
Perhaps the older men do not en-
courage and help the boys, as they
ought in every case; and there is reason
to believe that many go into farming
without due elaboration and calcula-
ton of the costs. Many underrate the
labor and drudgery necessary to grow
crop, and overrate the anticipated
profits. 1t takes nice calculation, cool
judgment and good management to
run farm successfully, and men with
out previous training are very apt to
fail in one or the other of these. Sue
cess in farming is not lottery, but labor
and good management. The little
items must be watched, the pennies
saved, the details kept well in hand.
When man says there is no money
at farming, it. is tacit acknowledge
ment that his management has been at
fault. Good parental advice and en-
couragement are much needed by farm
ers' sons during the first year or two
upon the farm. 1t would be great
gain to young men, and much lessen
the number of failures, if farmers
would allow their sons to begin farm
ing for themselves at az early age, say
at fourteen or fifteen. Give them a =
field and time and means to do it, adj.
wise them what to do, and show them
how to avoid mistakes. This course
would give the younger greater expert
ence; they would gain confidence In
themselves. and by the time they ar
rive at mans estate would be compe-
tent TO manage any farm successfully.
Cor. Country Gentleman.
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HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

TO preserve the elasticity OF India
rubber, wash it five or six times year!
with slightly alkaline water. {
AS long as it is possible, kiss the
children good night after they are In
bed; they do like it so, and it keeps
them very close.
Maple Sugar Cake-Take one cup:
of maple sugar Cor little more If you
take sirup), boil slowly until it hairs,
then pour slowly upon the white of an
egg. Put between the layers of any.
cake.
Barley is somewhat better than
oats to SOW early for soiling purposes.
1t grows up to cutting size more quick
ly, and just before heading out is es-
pecially rich and succulent for COWS
giving milk.
All young animals need room for
exercise. Calves should not be too
closely confined when being fed by
hand. Colts require even more room,
as they are fond of galloping around
an enclosure.
After trying several kinds of So
called extra early Lima beans mar
ket gardener says he has concluded
that the best way to get them extra
early is to save the seed from the lower
pods that ripen first.
To preserve knives and forks in
good condition, wipe them as soon as
possible after being used, as the longer
they are left with grease and stains
upon them, the more difficult they will
be to clean, particularly if they have
been used for salads, tarts or any ar
ticle of an acid nature. When this is
the case, dip the blades and prongs of
steel forks into hot water as soon as
done with, and wipe them as directed
No small. seed should be put in a
lumpy soil. 1t is one great fault of
grass-growers to seed ON umpy soil.
The first little feeding roots are almost
microscopic size, and among the
Jumps and cavities of q rough soil die
or starve in a bad season to. a large
degree. A rich and fine soil will give
good crop from the use of three or
four pounds of seed; the balance that
we use in tribute to poor culture and
poor seed.
Farmers and gardeners could very
protitably spend more time visiting
markets and learning how to prepare
and pack their produce so as to get the
best prices. Especially is this true Of
vegetable, fruit, poultry and butter.
Most people buy to please the eye, and
if thing looks nice they are willing to
pay fancy price for it. Quality is a
good thing, but appearances are often
more important in fixing prices than
is quality.
The seeds of tropical plants, such
as tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers,
melons, squashes, Lima beans and the
like require heat of So degrees to 20
degrees to start them into healthy
growth. If planted before these con-
ditions prevail, or in a hot-bed or
greenhouse too cool for them, the
american C@lti0ator points out the
fact that they will lie dormant at the
great risk of rotting before warmer
weather comes.
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When to Dig Rotted Potatoes.

A few years ago the rot struck pota-.
toes here the first week in September,
and nearly all the farmers dug their
crops at once. The result was they
had to keep picking over all winter, for.
many were SO slightly specked with rot
when dug that they were overlooked
] did not dig my potatoes until some
time during the first half Of October.
When | did dig them nearly half were
so rotten as to be seen at a glance. 4
put the sound ones in the cellar and did
not have to pick them over. ] have
practiced this plan successfully for
years. Potatoes intended to winter
should remain in the ground as long as
possible without danger of freezing.i
Heat, | think, is what rots potatoes,
and they will keep cooler in the ground
than in the cellar. When rot strikes
potatoes, if they are dug at once, many.
of the affected ones will be overlooked
and put in the cellar with the good
ones, causing them to rot also, but
leave them in the ground until cool
weather comes and all the rotten ones,
can be seen and avoided. -Nesu England
Farmer.
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THE ISSUES.
Fun Text OF the Platform Adopted
by the Republicans.
Protection to BE the slogan--yigorously
Scoring the Mills BiIl--Trusts De-
nounced-Gold and Silver for
Money-Other Points.
THE PLATFORM.

CHICAGO, June 22.-Following IS the full text
of the Republican platform:
The Republicans of the United States, as
sembled by their delegates in National con-
vention, pause on the threshold Of their pro-
ceedings, to honor the memory of their first
great leader, the immortal champion of liberty
l. ncoln; and TO cover, also with wreaths i'm
perishabe remembrance and gratitude the
heroic names Of our later leaders, who have
been more recently called away from our coun-
cils- Grant, Garfield, Arthur, Logan, Conkling.
M y their memories be faithfully cherished
We also recall with our greetings, and with
prayer for his recovery, the name or one of cur
living heroes whose memory will be treasured
Republic--the name of that noble soldier, and
favorite child OF victory, Philip H. Sheridan.
In the spirit Of those great leaders, and
OF our own devotion to human liberty, and
with that hostility 10 all forms OF despot-
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THOUSANDS OF LIVES LOST.
Fearful Rainfall in Mexico, Causing Death
and Ruin from Floods.

ZACATECAs, Mex. June 23.-The worst flood
ever known in the history of the Republic
of Mexico occurred the night of the 10TH
afternoon and 'o continued ali nio' nieht and
all next day. Latest advices from Silos report
500 houses swept away and great number of
lives lost, while at Leon the next city in size to
the capital, 1000 bodies have been recovered
One mile square in the heart of the city IS
gorged, while every hour brings to light new
horrors. At Lagoon, about four miles north of
Leon, the loss of life and property is
nearly equally as terrible as at Leon, many
people and cattle being swept away in the
rushing waters mines filed with water and
from Celava to Logas is one immense sea OF
water, while the railroad is in a deplorable con-
dition. Hundreds of families are homeless at
all points, aud many are starving before relief
can be sent them. Crops are ruined. There is
no telegraph communication by the railroad
wires to the City of Mexico and it is still rain
ing hard over the entire Republic.
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a DEADLY CRIME ExPlATED.
The Second of Pair of CoIored Ken.
lucky Murderers Executed at Louisville
Early This Morning.

Early This morning.
LOUISVILLE, KY, June 23.-William Patter-
son was hanged at 6:10 o'clock a. M in
the yard of the Jefferson County jail.
He is colored man and was con.
victed with another colored man, Albert
Turner, for the murder of Miss Jennie Bowman
on April %, 1887. Miss Bowman was a domes-
tic employed by q family who lived in fashion.
able suburb and the crime was committed about
10 o'clock in the morning. The family were all
absent from the house at the time, and no one
witnessed the murder. Turner and Patterson
were arrested on suspicion and Turner imme-
diately confessed. Patterson protested his
innocence Turner pleaded guilty, but
on the scaffold said Patterson was
innocent. He was hanged on July /, 1887.
Patterson was tried and convicted,
but appealed his case, and the lower court was
sustained. The Governor respited him three
times, but refused to interfere further. Pat
terson protested his innocence ION the
scaffold He was strangled slowly to
death, and four minutes after the drop
fell said: Course them!'' and then, Lord
save me-" His struggles were frightful Many
people believe firmly in his innocence, and
there were strong attempts to secure his pardon.
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HARDsHiPs OF COD-FISHERMEN.
Fourteen Sailors Drowned After They
Had Abandoned Their Vessel.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 23.-The steamer
Bertha, from Kurluk, Alaska, brought three
of the sailors of the cod-fshng schooner Isa-
bel, which encountered gale May and two
days later had to be abandoned. The men
took to the boats, but in the storm got sepa-
nineteen men on board the isabel at first di.
vided themselves into two parties of four skifs.
The skiffs of each party were dashed together.
After being out three days two of the
men went mad from the hardshps en-
dured. They had to be put into separate
boats and soon were drowned. Another boat
capsiZed, and Captain Nickerson, in trying &C
were also the men whom he tried to rescue.
1t is believed that the men in two of the boats
which got separated from the others were also
drowned, making fourteen who lost their
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ter @. Gresham, a native of Indiana and IA
vyorite son, by adoption, OF the Prairie State.
TERRIFIC chering lasting for several minutes
He referred to Judge Greshan's early life,
eulogiZed his record at the front during the
late war, and praised the sagacity shown
the late President Arthur. His valuable
services as Postmaster General. when by
his tact ne greatly promoted the rapid
terially in reducing letter, newspaper and
parcel postage, and vigorously enforced the
laws against the abuse of the mails by lottries
and other swindling schemes, were commend
ed highly by the speaker. 1t was, he said,
in the discharge of his duties as United
States Judge that his capabilities, and
the higher and browning glories of his
character shone forth. Unmoved by the
threatenings of power-he has gone straight
on in the line of his duty to the integri-
ty and right OF the question under consdera-
ton, and has administered justice to the high
and low the rich and the poor, with a steady
but impartial hand. The contestants in one OF
the greatest railroad strikes that has
arisen in our country have also been before
he administered exact justice to all, pre-
vented the strike from becoming universal,
public traffic from being paralyed, the Nation
from CONFUSION and the most serious damage
to an unknown number of individuals. Under
his leadership the campaign cry will be Live
and let live" There will be no attacks upon
capital and no attacks upon labor, but the
country Will march on, with gigantic strides, in
settlement development and growth.
In personal characteristics, IN the manner Oh
his candidacy, and in his relations to the Presi-
Dental office Judge Gresham is more like Abra-
ham Lincoln than any other living man. The
movement in his behalf like the movement for
Lincoln is the spontaneous and unorganized
action of the people. Like Lincoln, Gresham is
not working for the Presidential office. He be-
leves this exalted Office should never be sought
and never declined
In conclusion Mr.. SWEET said: ''In behalf of
the laboring man, of whose struggles he is the
living embodiment; in behalf of capital whose
rights he has guarded and adjusted; in behalf
OF the soldier whose garb he has worn with
honor; in behalf of patriotism and loyalty of
which he is the shining representative and ex-
ample, and for the State Of Lincoln, Grant and
Logan, nominate as a candidate for President
of the United States the son of Illinois by adop-
ton. Walter @. Gresham.
Senator Davis, of Minnesota, and John r.
Lynch the colored orator from Mississippi, in
eloquent terms seconded the nomination of
Judge Gresham The latter i'll his speech made
mention of the name of ex-senator Harrison,
of Indiana. In an instant came tremendous
outburst of cheers. The adherents of Indiana's
favorite were on their feet brandishing canes
and waving handkerchiefs and hats. The up
roar lasted for a minute or two. The nominal
ton of Gresham was further seconded by
Messrs. Mccall, of Massachusetts, and Rector,
of Texas
HARRISON NOMINATED BY PORTER.
Tr1
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ANOTHER FLOOD,

The Streets of Red Wing, Mimi, Filled
with Water-Brainerd Without Light OF
Fire Protection.
RED WING, Mimi, June 22-The second
flood of the season visited this city at E:3g
o'clock Wednesday. The water pursued ita
it scattered sidewalks. fences, etc.,
about promiscuously. At first it was
thought the Plum street sewer would
receive all the water, and half dozen men
were at work keeping it open, but it was use.
less. The volume of water increased until ii
grew into q veritable torrent, dashing down
Plum street and submerging different parts OF
the eastern section of the city.
BRAINERD, Mimi, June 22.-During Tuesday
night the water in the river had risen to such q
height that the fires of the water-works engine
were put cut. The electric light works met q
like fate and the fires were quenched The
river is running again under the influence OF
the tremendous rains of Tuesday night and the
city is without fire protection as we'll as envel
oped in darkness.
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Improvement in West Africa.

Bishop William Taylor, of Africa,
said at a recent meeting in this city:
There is a wonderful reform in Ii
IBERIA. Half-a-dozen Liberian firms irs
Monrovia were importing and selling
gin and rum, but / am credibly in
formed that there is not a drop of gin
or brandy, or intoxicants of any sort,
imported or sold by any of those Lii
berian merchants. A merchant who
knows told me few weeks ago that
the importation of Intoxicating liquors
into Liberia at the present time only
amounts to one-fourth per annum what
it was six years ago. 1t is wonder
full change in six years to reduce the
importation of alcoholic liquors three
fourths. Why this change? Well, I
think it is owing mainly to the agency
of Amanda Smith. She went there and
throttled the thing-took the lion by
his beard in his own den, and on the
line of holiness and temperance brought
about this wonderful change, illustrat-
ing what can be done on that line by
intelligent, earnest missionary effort.
We must send missionaries and es-
tablish industrial schools for high
er education, and train them in all
those lines of thought of which you
have heard tonight. Suppress the de-
mand, and that will reduce the supply.
Do all you can by legislation to pre-
vent the liquor traffic, but in the mean-
time remember that it is the personal
grip, after you get the constitutional
law of prohibition, that will produce
the desired end. IN Y. Witness,
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Caused by Rainy Weather.

ST PAUL. Mimi, June 22.-The dry-goods
house OF Levi, Lyons & Co., at 50 East Thirty
third street, mas assigned. The liabilities will
be about stT,00); assets last January were $31,-
900. Tho past few months have been particu-
larly hart upon men in the dry-goots line
The rainy weather has made business dull and
lett them with a large stock of material that
should have been disposed of in thirty and
sixty days, and is now out of season. This Is
given rs the reason for the assignment.
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HEAVY MINNEAPOLIS FAILURE.
Shotwcll. Clerihew g. Lathman Assign
Liabilities About $45O,OOO.

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, June 22.-,rhe whole,
sale dry-goods firm of Shotwell, Clerihew &
Lnthman, which suspended payment few days
ago, made an assignment Wednesday. This &C
ton was fastened by the garn shment of debts
due the concern from Dakota customers. A
statement of its condition is refused by the
firm, but competent authority puts the nom.
inal assets at about $4,000 and the liabilities
at about $4,000. OF the assets some $4,000
is in accounts worth perhaps 60 per cent, $685.
eco is in manufacturing plant and about $500.
900 in merchandise. It is estimated that the
assignee will be able to pay at least fifty cents
on the dollar.
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WORK OF THE WIND.
Damage Done Near Lyons, Ia, aud at
Litchfield, Ill.

LYONS, Ia, June GA small cyclone passed
east OF this city Wednesday night. 1t struck
tho grounds Of the Shooting Society, scattering
the large frame shooting gallery over the sur
rounding fields and dong 81, 900 damages to the
ground. Large trees were twisted off, shingles
were dropped from newlycompleted roofs, and
other cyclone freaks were played.
LITCHFIILp, ILL.,, June %. "A hurricane
passed through the city Thursday afternoon,
upsetting and unrotfing houses and causing
loss o. about e 900
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-06-29

w AANAA VIZ " LAA1 ~ - =
took the stand, and in
a speech OF considera-
bic length nominated
Walter @. Gresham.
Mr.. SWEET referred
briefly to the victory of
the party from the
nomination Of Lincoln
in 1860 to the present
time, and said the peo-
pie, by their chosen
representatives, b a d
again assem- bled to Sc
lect a ruler over 60, 000,-
coo freemen. In behalf
Of the great State of
Illinois he had the hon
or to present as a fit
candidate for that high
oftiao tho NOM Nf 1NoI
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Carrier-Pigeons for the Signal Service.

NEWARK, N. j., June 22.-Wiliam Bennett.
Perry Baldwin and George Bowermap, of this
city, and B. Eiwell, of Irvington, have each
sent pair of their homlng pigeons to the chief
OF the Signal Service Bureau at Washington.
They will be used between the Bahama Islands
and the Key West signal Offices
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ENGLAND's WET SUNDAYS.
The Dlssident Liberals Opposed to Their
Discontinuance.

LONDON, June pa meeting of the dissident
Liberals was held here, Lord Harrington pre-
siding. His Lordship strongly supported the
Governments proposal to drop the Sunday
closing clause of the Local Government bill
and warned the dissidents who had voweG
they would place the Government in difficult
position il they pers sted. A resolution to
support the Government was unanimously car
ieH
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Nineteen Lives y,ost.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 22.-The steamer
Bertha has arrived here with three sailors OF
the codfishing schooner Isabel, which was
abandoned during gale on June g. 1t is be-
leved that the remainder of the crew of nine
teen men have been lost.
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IT Ia estimated that $78, 100000 is
spent every year for liquor in Pennsyl-
yania, while the output in anthracite
coal, their greatest industry, amounts
to only 500, 995, 900.
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The Negro Barred.

CINCINNATI June 22.-The Supreme Lodge
ton dec lring explicitly that no authority has
ever been granted for the erection of a lodge of
colored Knights, and that no colored man can
lawfully be admitted to any lodge.
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the unanimous voice OF
that party, through its
seventy-two delegates,
I am instructed to pre-
sent for your considera-
ton its choice for Pres
idential nominee. Gen
tlemen, let me tell you
what that united and
h a r m o ious party
means to the country.
In my opinion. with
every Republican vot-
ing in New York next
November, we shall
gain a grand Republic
an victory and the thir-
ty-six electoral votes of
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A CATHOLIC pastor of Albany testi-
fled to a legislative committee: Beer
has extended drunkenness to women,
and men ask me to save their homes
which their wives are wrecking."
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Thieves Go Through a Train.

WABASH Ind, June 22-Crooks on Wednes.
day morning went through the passengers on
the Wabash fast train east between Logansport
and Peru. Three travelling men had their
watches and $500 in cash stolen. The conductor
and brakemen attempted to capture one of the
thieves, but he escaped by jumping from the
train, which was running thirty miles an hour.
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A Youthful Lucretia Borgia.

NEW YORK, June 22.-Annie Ahrend. Is years
old. OF Newark, has been arrested for attempt.
ing to poison her father, Herman Ahrend; her
brother Henry, aged Is years, and her sister,
aged IL. Annie placed a quantity OF rat poison
in each cup in Which coffee was to be drunk,
but the drug was discovered in time &c prevent
the poisoning OF the family,
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Arrested for Robbins an Express Conn
many.

SUNBuRY, Pa, June ga Pinkerton de-
tective has arrested Express Agent Huber, of
this city, for stealing $4,000 from the Adams
Express Company in August, 1886. Part of the
house, but S!1,001 was missing. Huber was an
old employe of the company, having run an ex-
preSs-car between Harrisburg and Baltimore
for years. lie was highly respected here.
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roll Of States, and
W h e n Indiana was
called. and Governor
Porter mounted tn e
platform to place Har-
rison in nomination q
round of cheers were
given and one enthusi-
astic individual cre-
ated consid e ra BILE
amusement by rising
to his feet and waving
a mammoth red flag
on which was inscribed
in large gilt letters the
n o m e of Harrison.
Governor Porter was
given a warm recep-
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The Weather,

Very warm weather is reported in Dakota
and Minnesota. cold wave is reported from
the British possessions southwark through
Montana, Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexi-
co. Heavy rain is reported in Southeastern
Kansas