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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-25

JOSEPH r. DUNLOP, publisher OF the
Chicago Dispatch, who has been sent
20 prison for two years for the sending
of obscene literature through the mails,
sends us marked copy of his paper of
date Feb. Is, in which, smarting under
the sting of the courts decision, he in
Weighs against monopOlies, trusts, the
money power, and especially the
q newspaper trustof Chicago, " as being
responsible FOR his difficulties. We
presume the object of sending US this
marked copy is to secure our co-opera-
ton in assisting his paper to make the
decision of the court odious. We want
to state to begin with that we shall dc
nothing until we get answers to the
following two questions:
First-If Mr.. Dunlop sent obscene
literature through the mails, what die
the newspaper trust" or monopo'
lies" or money power" or whateve
it is he is bowling against, have to d.
with it?
Second -WiIl Mr.. Dunlop show nov
any of these things affected in any wa.
tho decisions of the federal courts
which before probably never heard 0
aimf
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-25

WE publish in another column opln-
ions of a number of professional and
business men of Kenosha as to where
the electric road should run. A great
many people have wrong impression
about a 4" through line" A through
train is no different from local train
as regards speed or stopping. Ii IS
required to stop at every crossing Il
anyone wants to get on or off, and it
is limited to three cars, the same as
most every street car train has in Chi
cage, SO that the only way to tell which
is through train is to ask the conduc-
tors, for it is under the same rules
as regular local oars.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-25

DICK PETHERICK has been appointed
bv Gov. ScOfeld to membership in the
board of control Dick is gold demo
crat, a reporter on the Milwaukee
Journal and the writer of that vinegary
/" philosophy OF the street" which has
been a feature of that papers editorial
page the past ten years Here's cur
paw on it, Dick. We haven't harsh
word to say of either the appointment
Or you.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-25

WHAT spectacle is that presented
by the eastern question! The guns of
England, chief among the advance
guard Of. civilization, lending not only
her moral support, but actually point
ed and firing shot in support
of the rankest tyranny on the face of
the earth and against the efforts OF
christians to throw off the tyrannical
yoke The Sultan sitting supinely by
and laughing Up his sleeve because he
has turned the guns of the powers
away from himself to the support of his
assinine rule The great powers OF
Europe turned against the advance OF
civilization and actually using guns
and force-for what? Toprotect a few
paltry investments at no matter what
price to honor and righteousness A
sorry spectacle, indeed. No wonder
there is rage in the house of commons
of England against a government which
can crawl upon its belly as has this OF
Saulsbury's in such a crisis. No wei
der there is protest and vehement dc
nunciation arising from the masses be
hind the government. They ought to
continue until such barrier is raised
to a similar future action that no gov
eminent could ever surmount. The
action of the powers is not only an af-
front to civilization, which in itself is a
serious thing, but it is an outrage on
ljustice, paramount dishonor and an
Iindelible blot upon the escutcheon OF
christian Europe.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-25
Washingtons Birthday.

Monday all patriotic Americans cele-
brated the 165th anniversary OF the
birth of Washington, who will carry
into all time the proud title Of Father
of his country.
Like all heroes he has become en-
veloped in myth, and legend, until it is
not easy to discern the man himself, as
he lived and had his being among his
contemporaries. The Rev. Weems,
who published a life of him early in
this century is responsible for the
Ratchet story, for instance, which
seems to have no foundation in fact,
and it places the Reverend biographer
in the unenviable position of being all
that Washington was not, in the matter
of truth telling.
The standard life of Washington is
that of the Rev. Joel Sparks, d. D., L.
l.. D., one time president of Harvard
college. This book was written with
the evident purpose of removing its
subject as far above the plain of ordi-
nary humanity, and placing him on a
pedestal as an object of alteration for
all succeeding generations. In quoting
one of Washington's letters to Israel
Putnam, the learned biographer begins
as follows: General Israel Putnam;
Sir" then follows an invitation to
dinner. The original document is pre-
served in the rooms of the Massachu-
sets historical society, and begins
Dear old Put" DR.. Sparks evidently
considered this too vulgar to be placed
before the rising generation, and so he
carefully corrected it into the form
prescribed by the Complete Letter
Writer"
The truth seems to be that Washing
ton was very much of a man, and far
from being a demi-god. He lost his
temper occasionally, and in one re-
corded instance, at least, he swore
frightfully, and was very properly sorry
for it and not ashamed to say so.
In that little incident we have the
KEY to his real character. Of strong
and even violent passions, usually un-
der perfect control, he was above all, a
gentleman, with true gentleman's
regret for any shortcoming into which
he had been momentarily betrayed.
Outwardly cold and formal, inwardly
kindly and warmhearted.
His love for children is one Of the
most beautiful traits of his character.
He made friends of the little ones
wherever he went, and the widow
GUSTS secured in him one of the kindest
of step fathers for her children.
How absurd then details seem in the
light of this mans place in the history
of the world. Yet they serve to bring
him nearer to the citizen of today, and
to make us realize that he was one OF
us, and a being not apart from the
petty realities of life.
From the moment the young sur
veyor steps into view, to the hour when
the grand old statesman breathed his
last at Mt. Vernon, his career was one
of sturdy earnestness of purpose, I'M
| faltering trust in the final outcome for
good in all that he thought, worked
and fought for. Never shrinking duty,
never temporizing with his convictions,
always moving, yet never in haste, be
makes real to us what shakespeare
Anthony says of Brutus: His life was
gentle, and the elements so mixed in
him that nature mighT stand up and
say to all the world This man was a
man.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-25
4 MILWAUKEE jury has brought in

4 MILWAUKEE jury has brought in
a sensible verdict giving a man heavy
damages for being bitten by dog. A
few more such verdicts and the mon
strous brutes that are allowed to roam
the streets of cities and towns in this
state will become less. They are
constant menace to the safety Ofpeople,
and the law ought to punish with sew
Gritty the owners Of these big brutes
who attack and MAIN human beings.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-25

IT seems to be understood that there
will be no paving on Prairie avenue
this summer on account of the city not
having the money to pave around the
north end of the park. This will pro-
badly please the majority as the ma
iority feel as though they could not
quite stand the pressure this year We
would all like to see Prairie avenue
paved, but we don't like to pay for it
lust vet.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-25

AWAY off in this part of the earth so
many thousand miles from the scenes
of suffering we little realize what the
plague in India is. But just cOntem-
plate these figures moment: In Bonn
bay presidency up to date there have
been 9,911 cases and 8,O46 deaths. In
the city of Bombay there have been
{, 1913 cases and {, 443 deaths.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-25

RACINE has a curfew ordinance now.
1t is a great curtailment of the rights
of the small boy who sat on the street
corner seven nights in the week to
smoke cigarettes, talk boisterously and
indecently and hatch schemes for max
ing life for others miserable.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-25

DESPITE strong opposition the immi-
grafton bill has passed the United
States senate and is now ia the hands
Of President Observation-Disclosures we fear
it will De killed.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-25

HAS a movement been started yet
looking to a meeting of the Kenosha
Business Mems association for the pur-
pose of discussing the pros ct cons OF
the proposed electric street railway ?
Such meeting should be called and
give every man an opportunity to ex-
press an opinion.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-25

AND still we he,r nothing of the
candidates for the Offices of mayor,
aldermen, etc. Nearly time to be
moving. Only a little over a month
left before election.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-25

SEVERAL papers comment on the
fact that the execution of the sentence
an DIR. Arthur DuestrOw is remark
able vindication of the law. Is it then
80 remarkable that man, because he
has almost unlimited wealth, cannot
escape the law which he has so out
raredg
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-25
CHARLES II CURTIS DEAD.
was a Grand Army Man and Formerly
Lived Here.

We are in receipt of copy OF the
Middletown, Conn, Tribune, contain
ing the announcement of the death
there of Charles FL. Curtis, son of Har-
vey Curtis, an formerly a resident OF
Kenosha. The time of the death was
last Thursday, Feb. Is. The Tribune
says: q Charles H. Curtis, for some time
the senior attendant at the hospital for
the insane, died this morning OF heart
disease. He was 40 years of age. " :
The funeral will be held Sunday after
noon at 4 O'Clock and the remains will
be taken to Manchester. Vt, for burial.
Mrs. Curtis survives him
Mr.. Curtis will be remembered by
the G.. A. r. boys. He was member
of Co. G., Both Wisconsin. After the
war he served eight years in the regular
army and during this service acted a
good portion of the time as a detective.
Our cautious conservatism prevents
modern improvements and permits
nriZa fi0htG
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-25

AMBASSADOR BAYARD is likely to be
a lonesome man when he returns to the
United States, owing to his disinclina-
ton to associate with anybody without
q title.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-25

THERE is no occasion for anybody to
worry about the fate of that arbitration
treaty. The Senators, certainly the
required two thirds of them, can be
trusted to do the proper thing, in due
time
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-25

II seems almost certain that Cuba is
to have a famine, as the result of Gen.
Weyler's destructive policy. Poor
Cuba!
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-25

WE move that the campaign scrap
between Senator Butler and Tom Wat
son be referred to Mary Ellen Lease for
arbitration.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-25

THE Kenosha Business Mems associ-
alton has not yet decided anything
with reference to the proposed electric
railway. 1t ought to.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-25
THURSDAY, FEB. %, 1897.

liz looks like Bryan is trying to raise
himself to the Presidential class by an
occasional duck shooting trip.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-25

HAIRY . W lesley.
LADIES' LIST.
Miss Marie r Brown, Mrs c A Gliding,
Mrs Jane HuckIeberry, Mrs job Hoffman,
Miss Anna Ratigan.
To obtain any of the above mailmat-
ter the applicant must give the date Of
this list. A. j. BURG, p. N.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-25

Subscribe for the TELEGRAPH
COURTER.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-25
Advertised Mail Matter.

The following is list of mail matter
remaining unc;tlled for in the Kenosha
Post Office, Kenosha County, Wis, for
the week ending Feb. II, 1897, and
which will be sent to the Dead Letter
Office at the expiration of two weeks
unless called for
GENTS LIST
q A Bauer Ed Hansen,
Henry PEERS, ChaS w Shlpp.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-08
Lespedeza or Japan Glover.

IesDedeza rs a native Of ToDar and
.or,o,,,.,,4 -,
sumo nat ieSeinples the clover plant
hehce the name Japan Clover" says the
Agriculturist. 1t grows very thicxly, with
slender stalks. to a HIGHT of tUelva IN
aio,b+ooo ,uo,,.o,. ~. ~. - - -
% 'iioiieS' ii''le seeiis 10 oe
known OF Its Introduction into this coun-
try. 1t became conspicuous throughout
the son+b IN ,tna,, r,oo.7A ond 1ta eolz.
ALONG n,,b1ic' roade .oIrs9 e.. 4to 80
and southern ,,eon1e e,earo1I,, toltar-,4 ~
Yankees hro,,gbt tba saad a. 49, ~, or
in their hair frop, tbe rorth IIo NJ
This NAV he ,ts distrih,,+to,, 4. a,1sto,tI,,
snreadine ana doae not ,,ya,t fo,. 81, -
tat;on 70 in1yadf ,1a,r ans ~ . -, -
he eatisfad ,,,ttb v,oor iar,a -. -,aII ~
with rich and n,olras a snod erro,,,th ~,
Iana tbat ts satd - ~ +feoSes =. - -,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-08
Live stock as Conservers of Fertility

We cannot think that our southern far
mers have ever carefully considered what
a great factor in the building up and the
conservation of the fertility of their lands
is neglected when they fail to keep live
stock to convert their staple crops into a
marketable product. Apart altogether
from the fact that the keeping of live
stock would enable them to convert their
rough forage, at present largely wasted,
into valuable farm-yard manure, which
of itself would largely enhance the fer
tility of the land, and that the concen-
trated form in which their products could
then be marketed would save them an
immense sum in freight the sale of their
staple crops in their unconVerted condi-
tion--that is, in the form in which they are
produced-takes from the farm an i'm
mense amount of its fertility in excess of
what would be carried away if these pro-
ducts were converted into beef, mutton,
pork, milk, cheese or butter. Just consider
for a moment that in every ton of corn
sold, which at present prices Is worth
about $40, there goes Sc worth off fertility
of the farm; that in every ton of oats sold
for $20 there goes $3.50 worth of fertility;
that in every ton of hay sold for $40, there
goes Sc worth of fertility. If these pro-
ducts had been converted into beer for
every ton sold at cents per pound-that
is $50 per ton-there only goes away $12
worth of fertility; that in every ton of milk
sold at present prices-that is $40 per ton
there only goes $3.50 worth of fertility,
whilst in every ton Of butter sold for rs
cents per pound-or $500 per ton-there only
goes 80 cents worth of fertility. Surely
realization of these facts, and of their i'm
portance to the future of the farm, must
far
only through keeping live stock can he in
the future hope to be successful, and at
the same time be able to maintain the fer
tility of his farm.-Southern Farmer.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-08
Irish Potatoes.

The principal food product of modern
nations is the potato-a fact that the av-
erage person is singularly ignorant OF. A
full worlds production of potatoes is
about 100000 bushels; of wheat, $780,
100000; of corn, 2,5OOOOO,OOO; of rye, about
!, 300, 100000; and of barley, not quite 75o-
100000 bushels. Europe produces nearly
two and a half times as many bushels OF
potatoes in a full year as she does wheat.
OF late years, about 100000 acres on
the average have been officially reported
as being devoted to potatoes yearly
throughout the world of which Europe
Gncluding the United Kingdom) has about
26.OOOOOO acres and the United States about
100000 Potato culture is more carefully
conducted in Europe than here-our aver
age for five good years being only " oush-
els per acre, against 179 bushels in Eu-
rope.
Not since 1892 has the potato crop OF the
United States proved so nearly fallures
the aggregate yield being the smallest Ia
the past FIVE years. Compared with the
liberal crop of 1896, there is an apparent
falling off of nearly 30 per cent. IN ton
mage and the quality as whole is greatly
deficient-Exchange
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-08
swINDLE AMONG STUDENTS.
EmbezzIement of the Proceeds From
Ring Winds Him Up.

EmbczzIement of the Proceeds From
Ring Winds Him Up.
New Haven, Conn.,, Nov. 7--Wllliam Ar
chibald Thompson, ostensibly student in
the Yale law school, is under arrest at
the central station, charged with ernbez-
element, but according to advices received
from Duncannon, Pa, tonight, 1t is
thought by the officers that the prisoner
Is a clever. swindler.
Thompson was arrested yesterday be-
cause of q shady transaction which he had
with Arthur j. Raney, a juniorin the law
school, from whom he took ring, agree
ing to sell it for $40. After several days
delay Thompson, when pressed for the
ring or the money, admitted that he had
disposed Of the ring to another student
and spent the money. He became very
much excited when notified of his arrest.
The detectives were at once suspicious
that he was not law stu
dent, and their suspicious were
confirmed when they investigated his brief
career in this city. He has been stopping
here less than a week, and occupied a
suite of rooms in Warner hall, which he
fitted up most lavishly, and which, II Is
said, were the most handsomely furnished
in the building, though he obtained all
the furnishings on credit. He likewise
dressed very fashionably.
Letters of inquiry were al once sent out
to several places which the officers be-
lieved Thompson had visited, and the re-
ply from Duncannon, Pa, said Man is a
consummate fraud and clever swindler;
wanted here Hold him and will at once
forward papers"
1t is said Thompson has a wife and child
In Brooklyn.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-08
Hector and HIS Family.

A few years ago, when living in a state
in the northwest corner of the United
States, we bought a pair of fine bronze
Observation-Disclosures We named them
Hector and Andromache The names, per-
haps, may account for Hector's deeds.
Needless to say, they were a very devot-
ed couple. In due time Andromache laid
some nice eggs. The first were given to
an old hen; and about the time these were
Matched Andromache concluded to have a
family of her own. Slyly hiding her nest
in an old brush pile she laid some beauti-
full eggs, and for some time it was thought
she had been carried off to furnish a
lunch for some swell set of coyotes. Hec-
tor, however, serenely. strutted and COB
bled, and was acknowledged lord and mon
arch of the poultry yard A handsome and
lordly fellow he was, too, and well worthy
of his name, as he proved.
One day he came strutting along, fol-
lowed by his meek wife and ten beautiful
fluffy turkey babies. The sight was one
calculated to fill a turkey fathers heart
with joy. A home was quickly improvised,
and Andromache and her babies estab-
lished In 1t. The home was a large dry
goods box, with Stats nailed across the
front. Alas! one night, about a week after
occupying this home, a hungry coyote
prowled that way; and, tearing slat
from the box, In sight of Hector, the de-
voted husband and father. he quickly seiz-
ed and ate nine of the babies, and, throw
ing Andromache over his shoulder, he
silently trotted away. In the morning We
gazed on pitiful sight-a desolate home,
and Hector, the gallant father, lowering
his one remaining child and protecting it
from the rain and cold. He faithfully de-
voted his whole time to caring for his
motherless child, entirely forgetting his
former occupation of struttng; nor did he
cnce strut again till the wee turkey was
large enough to fly up to roost. When the
hen who Matched out the first turkey
brood left them to shift for themselves,
Hector adopted them, and for weeks faith
fully scratched for them or hunted bugs
from morn till night. At night his broad
wings protected them from the cold. When
the six adopted children were large enough
to fly UP to roost Hector flew up with
them, and, taking the small turks on each
side of him, he carefully spread his broad
wings over them. his own wee child,
meantime mournfully crying in the cor
ner, till some one came to tuck him up
beside his brothers and sisters. Hector
lived to good old turkey age finally re-
Stunning his former strutting ways, and
ended his days as Is usual with turkeys
Outlook.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-08
Positively cured by these
Little Pills.

have borne nuts here have been in good
soil where nothing would cause 1t to fruit
earlier than common, rather the reverse.
The nuts of the black walnut are not over
much valued in our city markets. A few
are to be found there, but their chief use
seems to be to mix with certain candies.
Tho English is far more valued, as indeed
ii should be, being much the superior nut,
The nuts of this, the Pacific coast kind,
seem very much like our eastern black
walnut, being somewhat smaller, but this
may be from having been produced so
numerously from such small trees. Near
" all early fruiting trees are dwarf, such
as the ounce, Paradise apple and other
stocks used for dwarfing. 1t is worthy of
consideration whether this Pacific coast
black walnut could not be used to dwarf
the English walnut. Every grower of the
English would be pleased to bring the
tree into bearing at a much earlier date
than its NATURAL one, as well as to have
it of smaller size than it attains, and
1t may be that the use of this stock would
accomplish it.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-08

let. She is in the hight of health and
strength and carries her unfalling sign of
healthfulness on her head in the shape
of blood-red bright and fun comb.-Ex.
The Strawberry Beds.-The weeds and
all plant growth on strawberry beds not
TO be replanted should be closely moved
and burned when dry. This kills off all
fungus diseases, insects, seeds OF weeds,
etc. After the burning harrow enough to
loosen up the ground a little. Although a
few plants will be destroyed. no harm
will be done, as the plants do better with
some thinning. Often 1t Is beneficial to
run cultivator between the rows. In
Texas the burning off of the old beds
should be done just before time for the
first spring growth to appear.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-08
Dwarfing the English Walnut.

A California paper recently contained
the information that a fruit grower of
Sonoma county, that state, had recently
set out an orchard of sixty acres of Eng
fish walnut trees, a thin shelled kind.
says the Practical Farmer. This varie-
ty, it went on to state, was grated on the
native black walnut. The value of this
stock, 1t was said, consisted in it's hardi-
ness and late budding. The latter feature
suggests that late frosts are to be feared
there. AS this walnut the English, is
quite hardy in Pennsylvania, where the
mercury frequently drops considerably be-
low zero, 1t is not understood why some
harder stock than it's own is required in
any part of California. The black walnut
Of the Pacific coast is Juglans rupestris
and the reading of the above mentioned
extract leads me to make some mention of
it here. In Philadelphia this walnut is
remarkably early fruiting. I have seen a
little tree no more than eight feet high
and almost branches with over fifty
nuts on it. In its native state it is said
to become a small tree, but whether 1t
is early fruiting 1 do not know. But 1t
undoubtedly is, as the small trees which