The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-10
| Help Others.

In the gutter picking up TagS-OT walt
ing, perhaps at the door Of the store to
earn his dime by carrying home some
parcel or bundle for one of the custom
ers. His clothes. though worn, are
clean-his ere beams with intelligence
and honsty.l That boy wants an educa-
ton. His mother is poor toe poor
even to send him to the free schools in
the city-fr the dimes he earns are
needed to buy food for the little ones at
home. Supply his wants. Send him
to school. Take Of your plenty and
supply to his widowed mother as much
as he earns. ''Let the overseers Of the
poor do it. No, sir; it is your work.
He is net starving overseers will
not touch his case. He wants knowl-
edge. You have the means; give it to
him. Unlock to him the vestibule Of
the temple If science. It is all he asks.
That head, that eye, that ready hand,
that quick step, all tell you that if you
will but opal to him the door, point
him to the way, he will mount the
steps, and shower blessings upon you
and the void. A few dollars and a
few kind words may unite his name
and yours as his patron-upon the roll
Of immortality. Invest your money
cast the bread upon the waters-sow
the seed nov. God will give you har-
vest-a harvest whose rich sheaves
shall stand around you in life's closing
hours.
The little faith erless and motherless
girl that yol see every day on your
way home, doing the drudgery of that
saloon, wants your protection. Listen
Already-a1d scarce dozen Summers
have passedover her head-her tongue
begins to deal in the lighter of vulgar
words. It is your duty to open to her
the road to social and eternal happi-
ness. Will you do it? 1t is your duty.
You feel it This is why she meets
you 50 often as yon go to your quiet
home Spd sends her to goa. A moth
: er's spirit is waiting to bless you
your own heart is waiting to bless you
God is waiting to bless you for the
deed Do it now. Tomorrow may be
too late. Some villain may decoy her
to his home tonight. Speak to her as
you go home to-day, and tell her you
will give her better home.
That honest poor man struggling with
the world wants your assistance. Let
him have it. You shall not lose by it.
That widowed seamstress that lives
just back of your home who sits up all
night and tolls with her weary fingers
for miserable pittance, grudgingly
given to her by the merciless shopmen,
wants your assistance. You know she
tolls all night, for when you sat up
with your darling child and watched
by his sick bed through the long hours
Of the night, you saw the dim light
from her window, and you knew she
was not sick. Help her. She is work
ing herself to death, and you have pl0n-
ty and to spare.
But why particularize "Want is on
every side; woes are on every hand"
You see it daily-hourly. You cannot
avoid it. 1t is thrust upon you. Re-
lieve those wants, dry up those woes.
Do not be so selfish. Open your purse
as well as your heart. There is no
time for delay. While you stand idle
that boy may be ruined-that seams
tress may die, and her little ones be
turned out upon the cold, cold world
to starve or lead a life Of shame Ev-
cry want you supply, every woe you
relieve, every child you educate, les
sens the amount of misery and crime
in the world, and makes you better and
happier.-Western Rural.
This is the only enlightened country
on earth where able-bodied tramps are
permitted to struggle over the land to
live on the savings of the Industrious
In other countries all sturdy beggars
are set at work for the State, the coun-
ty, or the city where they are found.