The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-01-26

model production yet it is of that that some
people may simply indulge in laughter at
the expense, instead of deriving from it the
7 lesson of practical wisdom which it is intend
l ed to convey. The autobiography is accom-
panied by the authors first novel, and other
satires beautifully illustrated"
! In one of the alleys running off from Foun-
tain Bridge, Edingburgh, street crowded
rooted building in which the daughter of Dr.
Chalmers is spending her life to help men
, and women out of their miseres. Her chief
work is with drunkards, their wives and
daughters. In the winter when the nights
are long and cold, you may see Ellen Chal-
Imers, with her lantern, going through the
lanes of the city, hunting up the depraved
and bringing them G ut to her reform meetings
Insult her. do they? Never They would as
soon think of pelting an angel.
Virtue is not always its own reward. At
one of the Welisburg, o., churches, on
ped one hundred dollar greenback in the
money bag, and the unknown doner has the
satisfaction of hearing his home paper say
that the gift is either mistake or conscience
money.
i "John," said poverty stricken man to
his son, "I've made my will to-day. "Ah ~
replied John: "you were liberal to me, no
doubt?'' eyes, John, | came down hand
some. I've willed you the whole State of
Virginia to make living in, with the priv.
lege of going elsewhere If you can do better"
The reason of the strange disappearance of
; Samuel Houston, in the early part OF his life,
when he left a lovely blide and the governor
ship of Tennessee and exiled himself among
the Indians for many years, has lately been
revealed. He discovered, few hours after
his marriage, that his wife did not love him,
: but had been urged into the match by an am
/ bilious family, while loving another man.
!, He at once retired from the house, and by his
subsequent exile gave the lady right to the
divorce which she obtained. as aa
, Huxley, the English savan, who has the
reputation of being nearly or quite an atheist
and materialist, has lately come out very
decidedly in favor of the reading of the Bible
{ in the common schools. He would have 1T
E done without any theological comments, and
iudiciously. as to selections to be read. The
ground of ais advocacy of the Bible is, that
4 there must be moral substratum to child's
: education to make it valuable and that
, there is no other source from which this can
be obtained at all comparable with the Bible.
!, WHIsKEY INTEREST. -Interesting statis-
,, ties have just been prepared at the Internal
1 revenue Bureau, by which is exhibited the
following Important information. There are
registered in the country 696 grain distilleries
having capacity for using 106,2S8 bushels
of grain per day, yielding 67O,9S4 gallons of
spirits. There are twelve mOasses distiller-
n les, capable of useng Is, 345 gallons of mola-
ses per day, yielding %. 023 gallons of spirits.
=
9 in bond November 18th, 1870, was 9.018, 024
G gallons, and the quantity of bond, as per
reports of the Assessors on the same day, was
3 sc, 584, $50 gallons, making the total quantity
! OF distilled spirits in the United States on
: the 18th day of November, 1870, to be 45.5o2,-
! 563 gallons.
! Two new remedies for burns are added to
e the long list. The first is charcoal. A piece
e of vegetable charcoal laid on burn at once
q soothes the pain, says the Gentlen,Gn's Maya
zine, and If kept applied for an hour cures it
: completely. The second one is sulphate of
! iron. This was tried by M. Joel, in the Chill
|, dren's Hospital, Lausanne. In this case, a
e child, four years of age, had been extensively
q burnt, suppuration was abundant and so of
:. fensive that they ordered the child tepid
bath, containing a couple of pinches of sui.
r plate Of iron This gave immediate relief to
it the pain, and being repeated twice day
e twenty minutes each bath-the suppuration
~ decreased, lost it's Odor, and the child was
:. soon convalescent.-A Medical Press and CsrcG
u lar.
8: An experiment is being tried on a division
II of the New York Central of running an engine
l. constantly, employing Two sets OF men. The
Ia machine with which this is being tried Is the
70 powerful coal-buLner, No. 324. On Wednes
:. day morning she went west with one OF the
half-past 10 through freights took one Of
is the O'clock live stocks east !; changed en-
Of gineer and fireman at Syracuse, and drew the
N $40 evening line freight west. 1t the expert
= ment is satisfactory, we believe it is the
intention to place two sets of hands on al
x the coal-burners drawing through freights
IS 1t has been claimed that a locomotive need
&c ed it's time for rest, nearly as much as man
i In the present trial the fire is not drawn anC
= the steam gauges not allowed to recede; ir
IL fact, only half au hour to an hour is spent al
lie each terminus of the division. Engineers
a admit that the company will get twice as
10 much work out of machine by this manage
- ment, but claim that the expenses will be
~ more than doubled.
Two rather misery maiden ladies, who
~ had been residing for some time alone il
is Martinsburg, Ohio, died suddenly, leaving
l. their financial affairs in an uncertain state
o Shortly after their disease, some relatives
. appeared, to settle up and claim the estate
u The goods and chattles belonging, and
Is among other things, common stand, were
e. knocked off to poor, honest black smith
8. Some time after the sale his wife was giving
"a the stand somewhat careful examination
= to ascertain whether or not her husband had
- made good bargain, when she discovered a
II secret drawer, containing three one hundred
lie dollar government bonds concealed therein.
e A candidate for medical honors, having
is thrown himself intos fever from his inca
N pacity to answer the questions was asked
= 'How would you sweat person for the
= rheumatism ?' II would send him here to
y be examined" t...f
It Housekeepers who are bothered by the do
e nestle ''help'' question may derive some
lconsoation from the fact that it embittered
the life of the great Beethoven. His diary
for 1920 shows that he had a new kitchen
e maid on an average, once month.
= A Springfield man, who has been visiting
y in the eastern part of Berkshire, reports q
4 pastor who rings the bell to call the people
+ to service. pitches the tune, and helps sing
!, and the st Dry. goes, that, in addition to
n preaching to The living. he stands ready to
= dig the graves of those who die, and all for a
salary of $70O.