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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-02-28
The Virtual Ruler of Canada

For many years Sir John A. Mac
donald has been virtually the ruler of
Canada. He has had the ability and
skill to keep his party in power, while
all the provinces have remained or be-
come liberal. I believe his continuance
is due to his devotion to the national
Idea, to the development of the country,
to bold measures-like the urgency of
the Canadian Pacific Railway construc-
tion-for binding the provinces together
and promoting commercial activity.
Canada is proud Of this, even while it
counts its debt. Sir John is worshipped
by his party, especially by the younger
men, to whom he furnishes an ideal as
statesman of bold conceptions and cour-
age. He is disliked as politician as
cordially by the opposition, who attrib-
ute to him the same policy of adventure
that was attributed to Beaconsieid.
Personally he resembles that remarkable
man. Undoubtedly Sir John adds pru-
dence to his knowledge Of men, and his
habit Of never crossing stream till he
gets to it has gained him the sobriquet
Of 'Old Tomorrow" He is a man of
the world as we'll as man Of affairs,
with wide and liberal literary taste.-
CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER, in Har-
per's Magazine for March.
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DEvOURED BY WOLVES.
Two School Children Killed and Eaten by the
Ferocious Brutes in Minnesota

WHITE EARTH, MINI, Feb. I'll
News from a creditable source
reached here that few days ago, in
the sparsely settled country around
Aitken, two white children returning
to their homes late in the afternoon
from school were attacked and com
pletely devoured by ravenous timber
wolves, a few scattered bones and
shreds Of clothing alone remaining
as horrible testimony of the children's
fate. 1t was supposed at first that
there were not more than two wolves
at most in the pack, but an Indian
hunter, shortly after the disappear
ance of the children, encountered a
pack of ten of these fierce brutes
near the scene of the little ones
death. He used his Winchester
with such effect as to kill eight of
them and getting out of cartridges
he went up tree to escape from the
fangs of the remaining two. Not
being frightened by the slaughter Of
the rest of the pack, these two man.
eaters squatted down at the foot of
the tree, awaiting the moment that
the Indian would become their prey.
When he thought his fate sealed,
two cartridges providentially made
their appearance from the depths of
his pockets. With these he settled
the last two animals. The forests
in the northern part of Aitken coun-
ty have for many years been infested
with raging and voracious animals,
but this is the first instance for many
years of their venturing so closely
upon the settlements.
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Rev. Mr.. Surgeons correspon-
dence averages 400 letters a day,
and he employs three secretaries to
answer the communications which
come from all parts of the world.
The enormous revenues of the Met
ropolitan tabernacle are entirely de-
voted to the various philanthropic
movements in which the reverend
gentleman is interested, as the ample
income derived from his books and
sermons is more than sufficient fol-
his utmost needs.
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An Absolute Cure.

The Original Abitine Ointment is only
put up in large two ounce boxes, and is an
absolute cure for old sores, burns, wounds
chapped hands, and all skin eruptions.
Will positively cure all kinds of piles. Ask
for the Original Albitine Ointment. Sold
by Starkweather & Co., at Is cents per box
by mail 80 cents
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T. WILLIAMS, M. y.
1879 Wis. ST., Milwaukee. Vic.

DR.. WILLIAMS for 20 years has devoted his at
tention exclusively to SPECIAL chronic local con-
stitutional diseases.
YOUNG MEN suffering from the effects of early
indiscretions radically cured
MIDDLE-AGED and elderly men who experience
decline in advance of their years. restored to nor
NAL vigor.
LADIES laboring under chronic ailments peculiar
to the sex can obtain the advantage of treatment by
the most approved methods of modern gynacology.
Enclose two 2-ccnt stamps for his CLINICAL
REPORT giving the latest improved treatment for
above ailments.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-02-28
Hints on Cooling Milk.

Hoara's Dat,ymau, accepted au-
thorlty on matters pertaining to the
dairy, says:
"Simply setting the can of milk in
tub or tank Of cold water to cool it,
while it remains on the farm. be the
water ever so cold, is not enough,
for the philosophical reason that the
result is, if the milk is not stirred, to
throw up cream very fast, through
the rapid process of cooling; and
that forms an oily surface that acts
as a partially impervious cover of the
milk, SO that the odor and heat of
the center of a large can are re-
tanned, to hasten to early faint and
decay the part not affected by the
GOODNESS of the water. What it
needs, IN hot weather, is stirring of
the milk SO as to equalize the tenn
perature and at the same time re-
press the tendency of the cream to
separate from the milk. In cold
weather, while there is no danger
from faint or sourness, the same
stirring should be done, especially if
the milk is to be made into cheese,
for the cream once separated can
never be in SO good a condition for
cheese making as it would be if kept
as near natural emulsifcation as pos
sible. For milk that is to be centri
fuged we do not suppose that it
makes any difference whether it is
stirred or not if only kept sweet, for
the machine takes out the fat any
way"
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II is a Curious Fact.

That the body is now more susceptible to
benefit from medicine than at any other
season. Hence the Importance of taking
Hoods Sarsaparilla now, when it will do
you the most good. 1t is really wonderful
for purifying and enriching the blood, Great
ing an appetite, and giving healthy tone
to the whole system. Be sure to get Hoods
Sarsaparilla. which is peculiar to itself,
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Bucklen's Arnica Salve.

The best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises
Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, letter
Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin
Eruptons and positively cures Piles, or no pay re-
CURED 1t guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded. Price rs cents per box. For
sale by F. Robinson.
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City of KenOsha,

- The Great Englieh Prescr:p:,oa
III IN Cures Weakness, Spernloto:rhs.i.
-. ~ Emissions, Tnapotency and ali us.
%\}ry eases caused by seif-abuss i:1.
%@zA discretion. One packag" 81, six :
7aFoaE] By mail. Write for pamg!, -.
;Esreka Chemical Co.. Eses ro.s -
For sale by c. H. Hurd, Kenosha.
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Let quality, not quantity, be the test of a
medicine. Ayers Sarsaparilla is the con-
centrated extract of the best and purest
ingredients. Medical men everywhere rec
commend it as the surest and most econom-
cal blood medicine in the market,
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Children Cry for Pitchers Castoria.
When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria,
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria
A Dakota LAYOUT.

The popular notion that the peo-
pie in Dakota SILVER in sod shanties
and starve on hog and hominy must
give way before the accommodating
evidence of the advance of luxury
and fashion. Eight years ago there
wasn't house on what is now the
site of Aberdeen. Old Drifting
Goose and his band of Brules and
the frisky gophers occupied the spot.
To-day Aberdeen is a city of 5000
people, who pay taxes on the amount
of S., 1000 year. There are two
daily newspapers, four banks with an
aggregate deposit of half a million,
five Protestant churches and one
Catholic, two $780, 900 school-houses,
four hotels, one of which has an in
come of $4,000, a sewerage system
costing $4,000, railroads in nine
different directions and two more
projected. There is fashionable
section with residences costing from
$4,000 to $4,000. It is a lively
town.
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Our Agents
Make Money!,

We have new line of low priced, attractive fast
selling books. We give best terms. We help
worthy agents who can not pay in advance for
books. Our agents are successful and make money.
It will pay to write for circulars and particulars
G.. B. BEACH & Co, CHICAGO. I'LL.
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Fastest Run on Record.

An extraordinary rapid run was
made February 10 over a portion of
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Road in Kansas by a special train in
which were President Strong, Vice
President Smith and other officers.
The train consisted of an officers
car and one passenger coach, hauled
by passenger engine No. sos, Schen-
ectady build, cylinder 18xz4, drivers
FIVE and one-half feet in diameter;
engineer, Vincent Goggins; fireman,
Isaac w. Hardy. 1t left Florence at
1926 p. M, and arrived at Topeka at
3.o1 p. M, thus making 1o7 miles in
two hours and twentyseven minutes,
the line having several grades of six
ty feet to a mile. The run between
Emporia and Topeka, sixty-two miles,
was made in hour and Is minutes,
including slow run through the city
of Emporia, as required by city reg
ulations, stop for a crossing and
five minutes waiting for west-bound
train. During the run the tremedous
speed of seventy miles per hour, as
indicated by a speed recorder, was
attained and maintained for four
consecutive miles. This occurrence
is evidence of the splendid condition
of the Santa Fe's main line, but those
who have travelled over it and have
observed with surprise the heavy
rock ballasting which stretches over
the plains of Kansas for hundreds Of
miles will be prepared to believe that
any practicable rate of speed may be
attained upon it with safety and
comfort.
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THAT HACKING COUGH can be
quickly cured by Shiloh's Cure. We guar
antee it. For sale by Starkweather & Co.
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English SPAWN Linement removes all
Hard, Soft or Calloused Jumps and BleDl-
ishes from horses. Blood SPAWN, Curbs,
Splints, Sweeney, Ring-bone, Stiles, Sprains
ali Swollen Threats, Coughs. Etc. Save $50
by use Of one bottle. Warranted Sold by
J. B. Starkweather & Co., Druggist, Keno
sha. 271yr
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D. To.b L.: Burgess urges T Chairman man o., Salem
Jacob Daniels, Treasurer. -. ...P. O.. Brighton
M: F. Mcdonald Assessor ...-P. O.. Salem Station
Michael Kemen, Constable. . So. . Brighton
w. T., MCViCar Henry Swami. Justices of the Peace
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SOHRlGrs.
Salem.

n. M. Burgess, Chairman. O., Salem
J. E. Dalton, Town Clerk. .....P. O., Silver Lake
A; Il: kruckman, Town Treasurer :. O., Wimot
W AVA. NullS, Assessor r. o., Salem
F. J Owen, A. Van Alstine Justices of the Peace
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-Sleepless nights, made miserable by
that terriable cough. Shiloh's Remedy is
he remedy for you. For sale by Stark
weather & Co.
Chilli has passed a law excluding the
Chinese, but authorizes Its immigra-
ton agents abroad to issue free passes
to all other people who desire to immi-
CRATE to thet country.
If the truth were known Fall Riv-
had its origin in the spring.
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Wheatland.

5. D. Slade, Chairman. ....P. o, SHADES Corners
II. Hoelz, Town Clerk. .--P. o., New Munster
J. B. Lohous, Assessor ,.P. O.. New Munster
Ozro W. Eddy, Geo. H. Fay. Justices of the Peace
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Bristol.

H. R. Lavey, Chairman ...P, O., Bristo
Chas. H. Waldo, Town Clerk---. O., p Prairi
]. A. Rowbottom, Treasurer .. p O., Bristo
James Karnes, Assessor. ..-.-..... Pleasant Prair
Geo. E. Andrews, E. Jones, J. M. Kellogg,
Tucticec tba Daa -.
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Ram dali.

VIM. McKesson, Chairman, P. O., Bassetts St.
Joseph Kirkhoff, Town Clerk P. o., Bassetts St:
Julias Beithan, Treasurer. P. O., Bessetts St:
!ohn Elverman, Assessor. p. O., Bassetts St:
w. ii. Wilcox. Tucfico oft he
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Pleasant Prairie.
Paris.

Richard Price, Jr., Chairman. ....P O., Pari.
D. M. Jones, Town Clerk 1872. O., Union Grove
Jacob Haney, Treasurer. ...P. O., Union Grow.
WIN. Gunter, IT,, Assessor. .......... ..P. o., Paris
] Jacob WindiSh. ..,. ,.... Justice OF the Peac,
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-11-22

| hard work at it we moved to the city. I
thought IN my ignorance of metropolitan
life that | should have no difficulty in
procuring a situation, but | soon found
out my mistake. In the first place
found that | was incompetent. | was de-
fcient in style. Ny voice, while strong
and resonant, had not been properly
trained. Then, too, there was no vacan-
cies. Even if | had been competent
there were fifty applicants for every posi-
ton. Before | had been IN the city for
two weeks | heartily wished myself
back in Shandaken again.
IL the meantime the little money I had
saved and brought with me melted away
like snow on the roof of barn. Ny time
was mainly taken up IN running around
to the musical agencies looking for
situation. | had "a little Job on Sundays
singing at a mission on Avenue A. where
| earned 50 and for three weeks that was
all | earned. We lived in East New
York and my car fare over to the city
and back every day cost me sixteen
cents.
You will readily see that we had to
i've 1Iu9dlIe- LII IdCl, lOf Two HCChS VIC
lived upon oatmeal and mOlasses, and to-
ward the last there was no molasses, and
Thanksgiving coming over the hills.
Every night when | got out at Manhattan
avenue my three little girls were standing
at the foot Of the stairway waiting for
me. | could see them from the top Of
the stairs, all in row, their little cloaks
tapping in the chill November wind,
their lips blue and teeth rattling like
castanets.
Wait minute. 1t makes me feel faint
to think of it, even after the lapse of
three years. Well it's all over now, [
don't know why it affects me SO strongly.
There was something humorous, too, in
the way the little tots jumped around to
keep warm. AS soon as they saw the
train swing around the turn they ranged
themselves in row and looked upward
Sc wistfully, oh, SO wistfully, to see their
papa. For you must know that although
not one word of our desperate situation
had been breathed in their hearing, yet
their keen intuitions had told them some
thing was wrong, and they knew as well
as their mother that | was looking for
work. How eagerly they looked in my
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-11-22
THANKSGIVING.

For the hay and the corn and the wheat that
is reaped,
For the labor well done, and the barns that
are heaped
For the sun and the dew and the sweet
honeycomb,
For the rose and the song and the harvest
brought home
Thanksgiving! thanksgiving!
For the trade and the skill and the wealth in
our land,
For the cunning and strength of the work
ingmans hand
For the good that our artists and poets have
taught.
For the friendship that hope and affection
have brought
Thanksgiving! thanksgiving.
For thc homes that with purest affection are
blest.
For the season of plenty and well-deserved
For our country extending from sea unto
The land that is known as the Land Of the
Free
Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving!
Harpe1's Weekly.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-11-22

HfeSlIent thanksgiving message ana
agreed with 1t heartily, as far as others
were concerned; but somehow ! cOuldn' t
see how it applied to me. Perhaps
you will say I was selfish, and | am
willing to confess | am. The fact is
that when the cake is going around |
want to get piece. If [ don't get it |
feel disappointed. While [ am glad in
the abstract that others come in for a
share of the cake, in the concrete [ am
mad becauses it passes me.
But, perhaps, after all, am too sweep
ing in my conclusions. | don't know
but that there is one person in the world
who is capable of self-sacritice of high
order, and that is my wife Nellie. Bless
her hide heart, [ am almost willing to
overlook all the weakness of humanity
for her sake. Why, I've known her to
go without bread and butter when she
was faint with hunger so that the chill
dren could have an extra slice. That
was three years ago at Thanksgiving
time. The memory of her courage and
self denial makes my eyes wet.
You see, Nellie was always practical
and unselfsh, while | was impracticable
and poetic. Why, if [ had her execu-
tive ability I'd have been a millionaire
by this time, a cool millionaire, with a
yacht and a country house on the Hud-
SON Bat she was handicapped by her
sex and the children and couldn't eXer-
else her natural gifts.
must go on, however, and tell my
story. The month preceding Thanks
giving Day of 1885,, was the gloomiest
time | ever witnessed. We had Just az
rived in the city from Shandaken, n. Y,
in the Catskills. | was a farmers boy
and Nellie was farmers daughter Be-
fore we were married a famous singer
spent the summer in our village. One
night at strawberry festival he heard
me sing, and was kind enough to say
that had an excellent tenor voice, and
with proper culture | could command
good salary as choir singer in New York.
OF course such encouragement fired me
with hope. The farm became distaste-
ful to me. and | determined to cultivate
my voice instead of cultivating corn.
We had an old fashioned melOdeOn in
the house, and with the help of few
lessons the famous singer gave me and
what | could learn from hints in the
opening pages of the choir books, made
life burden for the rest of the family
with my DO, re, meing every evening I
made fair progress, too, under the cir
cumstances and Nellie fell in love with
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-11-22

face each evening, so that if there was a
ray of hope in it the eldest could start on
a run to tell her mother the good news!
OF course ] cheered them with fairy
tales of what wonderful big turkey we
would have on Thanksgiving. A COB
bier of tremendous size, who had strutted
when alive like a prince in the story
books. Then followed a description of
the cranberry sauce and the huge wedges
Of mince pie. All this took place while
[ was carrying two of the children in my
arms and the other was hanging on to my
coat at my side. | hope | shall be for
given for those lies. For they were lies
of the blacklist sort. | knew there
wasn't one chance in thousand that we
would have a turkey on Thanksgiving
Day. But [ think under the circum-
stances that an angel of light would have
departed from the truth to see those lit
tie faces light up with anticipation, to
see the checks flush and the white teeth
bare themselves as though cutting the
tender meat from a turkey leg.
But the hardest sight for me to bear
was the look Nellie gave me. Just one
quick glance into my face and she knew
all the sorrowful tale. 1t was not nee
essary to tell her how [ had tramped the
streets of the big city all day, how faint
| had become from hunger; how [ was
raging at heart like Gagged lion; how in
my awful rage | cursed the rich and
hated humanity. Not for myself, but
for the hungry babies and their mother
Never a word of complaint from Nellie.
Only encouragement and hope.
Then came the oatmeal alone. For
the molasses was all gone. [ don't eat
oatmeal now. The taste of it is insuffer-
able to me. My palate rises in rebellion
against it. | have heard Of the man who
ate thirty quail in thirty days. I wonder
| whether he ever tried oatmeal for thirty
| days.
On the morning before Thanksgiving
was fairly crazy with grief and anticipa-
ton. Nellie and | had a consultation
the night before, and she suggested that
I should write piece of poetry about
the Thanksgiving turkey.
The idea pleased me. 1t was relief
certainly from the brooding over the
morrow. | got book of poems from
my little store, which had so far escaped
the pawn-shop and hunted up a metre
after which copied, for of course knew
nothing about metre or poetical feet.
Meanwhile Nellie sat there mendins
thu clothing of her babies and the tear
fell thick and fast upon the garments
l couldn't stand it SO l jumped up anC
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went out into the street to walk off the
effect those childish voices had upon me-
When | came back, thank Heaven, they
were asleep, folded in each Others arms.
Then | got TO work on my poem. =
took me one hour and half to write The
first verse | became discouraged bef.Ee
I had written two lines and would have
given up but for Nellie's encouragement.
"Now, what's the use, Nell; just listen
to this stuff. :" said I, reading the stanza
The turkey ro0steth high tonight
HFs hid IL the henlock tree;
In fancy / see mis- plumage brigR,
But he gobbles not for ME.
Why, think its real nice. I didn't
'<Toy you could write so we'll as that.
It's splendid; write another stanza."
''Bn1 don't YOU see, Nell, that it isn't
true. Inc turkey don't gobble at night"
'sOl. we'll that don't make any differ
ence. The poets always have license, you
know Besides, how many persons will
know that he doesn't gobble at night!
Not one in hundred
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-11-22

Many of the Russian aristocracv arc c-
tirely ruined. Their estates are p-.l.-
sold or else are mortgag,d up to the ~
hilt to the various banks ann n.-.r
lenders. Even those who have br..-
tunate enough To escape from the c,... .a.
OF the cent per cent gentry, ana ..,
have managed toretain possession .E ..a.r
domains, are in exceedingly rcduo,E ~
cumstauces owing 10 the contiuu..>. .a.
crease in the value Of land since tl..r
Cipation of the scrfS. According o. M
official report just issued the nu.u.- ..
mendicant> and avowed paup,r, in -..
ceipt of public relief and charity IT, ...
four principal cities of Russia in Eurar.
include no less than S235 u.n.,rgr-.
among whom there are many Prime,
Counts and Barons. The cIor-y !. ,h,,a
cities furnish a further coutlu-,r, -
5000 to 1000 of paupers in rc,.v, 4
State and communal relief. may add.
however, says a st. Petersburg ..--.,-
pendent of the New York 7rilu,. ...-
Sebastopol enjoys the proud and ......
distinction in Russia of not huviu- 4,.--
gle paupcr or mendiCant within H., VA.
Moscow, on the other hand, Ia, IL. ..>,
than ~, 900 on its books.