The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-12-07


faxen- headed STRIPPING of seventeen.
Reports from the Northern Pacific Railroad
} say the thermometer is down to % and 36 de
}, grees below zero with heavy winds. Trains
o are stopped by drifting snow, and Telegram phi
0 wires are broken in several places by the Sc
we're cold.
An old lady as far down the decline of life
as 70, like people generally about her age,
was constantly worrying about something or
: other. She lost her spectacles on one occa.
! sion. These were replaced by new pair,
out of which one of the glasses soon followed
the former missing pair. While the latter
, were being repaired the other pair were
found Finally both pair came home, and
her indulgent son on the same day presented
her with a pair Of gold bows. On receiving
the whole threespairs ofspecs in good looking
order, the old lady in a subdued voice ex-
claimed with long drawn sigh: "Oh, dear,
what haze | got to worry about now ~
1t is feared that the eastern part of York
shire, IN England, will in the course of time
"a very long time-be entirely washed away
by the sea. It is estimated that there is an
average loss of two or three yards along the
entire coast every year, and that about thirty
acres of land disappear annually between
Spurn Point and Marlborough Head alone.
There was once an important seaport called
Ravenspurn on this coast, which returned a
member 80 the Parliament of Edward I. but
in 1899 there was but little of git left, and at
the close of the next century the ground on
which it once stood had totally disappeared.
Several villages which appear on old maps
: have been destroyed by the entertainments OF
J the waves, and KinseA, which lost it's church
l is likely to disappear altogether.
They are again agitating the distilation of
spirits from the garbage of cities. Alcohol,
it is well known, can be distilled from any
thing that terments, no matter whether the
fermenting matter be loaf of unbahed
, bread or reeking garbage vessel. In this
new process the garbage is gathered from
the houses Of citizens, dumped into water
tight watts, boiled for several hours, the
grease is carefully skinned off for soap ma
7 king purposes, and the PUPPY mass fermented
and distilled. The refuse goes to the corn
field, the peach orchard or the vine yard. A
barrel Of garbage yields three pounds iof soap
n grease and four gallons of proof spirits The
: philosophical and chemical mind may know
that whisky distilled from garbage is as pure
and Clearly as that which comes from corn !;
s but for steady beverage the ordinary drunk
! ard will prefer sound Bourbon or old rye.
!. A GENEROUS GIFT.-The Philadelphia
= Ledger says: " Mr.. Isaiah V. Williamson has
! recently given $4,000 to one of the Direct
res SEES of Lincoln Institution for the purpose of
y buying lot of acres adjacent to the lot al
ready owned by the institution, ON Forty mint
- street, between Greenway and Kingsessipg
. Iry for small boys. Mrs. Mary Gibson, the
y owner OF the land, has also given $4,000 to
y ward purchasing the property, besides selling
= it at less than its market value. The new
= enterprise is to be called the Educational
:, Home for Boys.' In this home boys under
n eleven years will be admitted, and when they
y reach their twelfth year of age will be trans
:. terred to the Lincoln Institution. Plans are
, now being prepared for the new building.
The Post Office Department in Washington
@ recently received from the Secretary OF the
E. Treasury, box containing 1880 cancelled
nd cfor IN go INC
II were forwarded to the Treasury by lady re-
siding at Bridgeport, Conn.,, who says that
she is one of Bible class ; that she was told
n by the superintendent of her Sunday School
;S tLat if she would collect one million stamps
10 the government would give her $500, She
of therefore forwarded part of the required
70 number, and requested pay for them pro ra
sr ia. She says that If the government wants G
,p collector OF defaced stamps she will accept
- such position for a reasonable compensation
IA General Terrell, Third Assistant Postmast Il
- General, replied to her letter, saying that
~ cancelled stamps possess no value whatever
- that the the newspaper rumor to the effec
! that the government will pay for such stamp:
~ is doubtless intended for sell.
III A HALF-LENGTH PHoToGRAPH.-An Illus
le tratiOn Of the fact that a wOuld-be bitter /:
often the worst bitten of all, comes from
Reese River, California. A man entered the
N Office of the photographer in that place anC
H. wanted single picture taken. The artis
ar named his price, which happened to be abou
At double the amount the stranger possessed
So So, after considerable banter, the visitor pro
9y posed to have half-length picture taken TO
tn half price. This was agreed to, and the sub
IN ject paid his money. aud adopted what ht
10 considered to be an exceedingly graceful AM
ne pleasing attitude. The usual operation
We were gone through with. and soon first.rat
is picture, consisting of fine view of the sub
lis iect from the waistband down, was finished
and delivered to the waiting customer. Their
was no mistake; it was half-length pictur
in for half price; and, after delivering himsel
~ of few exclamation points, the custome
"a walked off, believing, probably, that he ha
~ paid well for view of his boots even at hall
cd price
e DIPTHERIA MEMBRANE.-Ad doctor in Lew
ny iston, Me-, has in his possession diptheri
ne membrane removed from the throat of CIR
ng of fifteen who was attacked with the severes
ed type of this terrible disc ase. The false mem
brane is about three inches in length, com
pIetey preserved, and is perfect cast ofth
o. air passage from which 1t came. The Him
III "a thick, white, tough, leathery substance, pre-
lie, senting the well-known characteristics ob
VI served in the attacks of the disease Th
nd girl was at work in one of the mills when sh
on was taken down i'll with the dptheria. Thu
ed usual treatment in such cases was resorte'
of to, but the patient grew worse, and breathet
ed with much difficulty. A few days after, sh
I'M had violent fit of coughing, and seemed t
De strangnng. Inc nurse VINO nau cnaISo "
her had the presence of mind to put her fin
Il ger down the girls throat, and seized the enc
20 of something which appeared loose there
r. and pulled out what proved to be the falls
-, membrane Of which we have spoken. Th
:" - presence Of mind of the nurse saved the girl
.a who is recovering.
th How Hot IRON MAY BE HANDLED. -Abou
ey the year 1909, one Lionetto, Spaniard, as
PHI tonished not only the ignorant, but chemist
and other men of science, by the :mpunity o
which he handled red-hot iron and moltel
~. lead, drank boiling oil, and performed othe