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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-07-03
A Good Place to Die In.

In some respects Leadville is the
most wonderful place in the world.
Never before did a city so soon spring
up. Very few of it's 5000 houses are a
year old. Its population is about 49,
900. 1t has three daily papers, three
banks, two theaters, hundreds of sa-
looms, paid police department., a vol
unteer fire department., a municipal
form of government, and local politics
and, as an almost natural conse-
quence, it's lobbies and rings. Lead
vile is of dollhouse, mushroom growth,
and careful observers say that its end
will be as sudden as it's beginning. AL
ready it has reached it's full growth, and,
If anything, it is on the down grade.
Nobody lives there who can get away,
unless he is working for a fortune. The
health of the place is bad. Those &C.
customed to country like the MISSISSIPPI
pi valley find 1900 feet too high ain
altitude. All newcomers suffer from
sore throat and sore chest. It is very
difficult to breathe up there. Pneumo-
mia is very frequent, causing
many deaths. Of course the
Leadville papers will say this is
a lie. Everybody, according to
those disinterested sheets, tells a mali
cious lie and is an ignorant jackass who
says word against Leadville. Before
people go to Leadville they should
have talk with those who have been
there. No matter what the papers say,
Leadville is not fit place for a white
man to live in-unless he is "piling in
the shekels." At the very moment
when the editor of the Leadville
Chronicle was pouring out the walls of
his wrath upon the head of an Eastern
Journalist, who had been out there, for
saying Leadville was an unhealthy
place, that individual could hardly talk
on account of his throat and chest.
Anybody having an affection of the
lungs can commit suicide by simply
going to Leadville. Those having an
oldtime rheumatic spot will have it
Brought to their notice in an unmistak-
able manner. Said coach driver as he
lay on lounge, writhing in rheumatic
pain: "God Almighty never had Lead
vile in His calculations when He made
this world; He must have thrown it in
as make-weight." He was going to
Colorado Springs to save his life
st. Louis GLObe-DemOcrdt
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-07-03
HAPPY THOUGHTS.

PUBLIC opinion is second con-
science.
IT is weak and vicious people who
cast the blame on fate.
A SWEET temper is to the household
what sunshine is to trees and flowers.
Those who trample on the helpless
are disposed to cringe to the powerful.
ADVERSELY does not take from us
true friends; it only dispels those who
pretend to be such.
He who shows kindness toward ami
mails will display the same characteris-
tics to his feliow-men.
HE flower which we do not pluck is
the only one which never loses its
beauty or its fragrance.
HE grandest of heroic deeds are
those which are performed within four
walls and in domestic privacy.
The pebbles in our path weary us
and make us footsore more than the
rocks, which require only bold effort
to surmount.
WORK is necessity, in one way or
another, to all of us. Overwork is of
our own making, and, like all self-im-
posed burdens, is beyond our strength.
KINDNESS is slowed away in the heart
like rose-leaves in drawer, to sweeten
every object around them, and to bring
hope to the weary-hearted.
NEVER permit the most resolute curl
osity, or the most friendly concern, to
find the lowest depth of your character.
Gain the reputation for reserve power
by reserving it.
LAzINEss grows on people; it begins
in cob-webs and ends in chains The
more business man has to do, the
more be. is able to accomplish, for he
learns to economic his time.
AS THE storm goes and the stars
come so will trouble go and joy come.
if we but live for the within, but not in
selfshness. Days will look all the
brighter for the clouds across the sun
shine.
The best recipe for going through
life in an exquisite way, with beautiful
manners, is to feel that everybody, no
matter how rich or how poor, needs all
the kindnest they can get from others
in this world.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-07-03
Children EiOping.

We clip the following from Buffalo
paper of a recent date: Shortly before
noon to-day, as the Canada Southern
train was leaving the Central Depot
passengers and others were surprised to
see Specials Wiley and Kief, of the
First Precinct, arrest two bright-look.
ing boys, who had taken passage on the
train. One of the supposed boys was
in reality girl in male attire. The
prisoners were marched up to the Sta
ton House, and Capt. Donahue at once
proceeded to investigate the case. The
Captain proceeded to question the sup
posed boy, who promptly admitted her
sex. The substance of her statement
was that her name was Emma Simonson,
her age IA years, and that she resided
at Flint, Mich, where her father was
employed as foreman of large saw
mill She left Flint on Tuesday morn
ing last with her companion, who Was
arrested with her, and whose name is
Harry Clark. She had her hair cut off,
put On the boys suit which she then
wore, obtained $50 in some way yet to
be explained, and the two then eloped.
taking train for this city. She said,
further, that she had been attending
public school at Flint, and that the
project was arranged between herself
and Harry by letters or notes which
they wrote to one another. The girl
seemed to realize her position, and ap-
parantly felt very sorry. Her male
companion was next called into the
Captains Office and questioned. He
stated that his name was Harry Clark,
that his age was II, and that he resided
in Flint, Mich. He admitted running
away with the girl, and stated, in an
swer to direct question, that he did
not intend to marry her, and could give
no very satisfactory reason for the
elopement. Last night the adventu-
rous couple took quarters in boarding
house on Seneca street, and were just
about leaving the city for st. Thomas,
Ontario, where the girl has friends,
when they were taken into custody.
The girl had in her possession 81 in
and her companions cash
capital consisted of $3.50. Harry init
mated that he had got tired of the trip,
and intended to return home, even if he
had not been arrested. This youthful
couple will be returned to their parents
much wiser in their brief connubial ex-
peEience.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-07-03
Forest Trees and Climate.

A writer who has been making a
study of forest trees, and their rapid
destruction in this country, and their
effect on climate and health, says that
since 1885 the forest area of the West
ern hemisphere has decreased at the
yearly average rate of 100000 acres,
or about 1000 square miles, and that
this rate in the United States alone has
advanced from 1000 square miles in
1885 to 1000 in 1856, and S,4OO in 1876,
while the last two years have been
less exhaustive. Statistics for eighty
years previous to 1885 show that we
have been wasting the supply of moist
ure to American soil at the average rate
of Z per cent. for each quarter of a
century during the last 1875 years, and
we are now approaching the limit be.
yond which any further decrease will
materially influence the climate of the
entire continent. Many Eastern re-
gions, such as Afghanistan, Persia, In
dia and Asia Minor, once possessed of
fine climate and abundant harvests, are
now often scourged by pestilence and
famine, and it is altogether probable
that their misfortunes began with the
of their native forests.
It is quite likely that we shall suffer in
climate, fertility and health before long,
if we continue to destroy our trees as
recklessly as we have done, and it be-
hooves us to be warned in time. What
has happened elsewhere may certainly
happen here. Indeed, there is great
danger of it, for we know by experience
that fertile lands have grown sterile by
loss of trees, and that sterile lands have
in turn become fertile by systematic
planting. A certain proportion of we'll
wooded, as well as of arabic and pasture
land, is essential to our material pros
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-07-03
CHILDHOOD's COUNTRY.
BY LOUISE CHANDLER MoULToN.

Oh, pleasant land of childhood,
/ turn to say good by
To all your spring-time pathways
That now behind me lie
To the happy skies above you,
The roses by the way.
And the well-rememb ered places
Wherein l used to play.
When on my knees I tended
Dole children still and fair,
And washed their patient faces,
And brushed their golden hair,
thought they knew and loved me,
Those children on my knee:
When sore affection found them
What grief it was to me!
One fell and broke her ankle,
And one put out her eye,
And one her wicked uncles
Shot at maliciously,
And left her sadly lying.
The saw dust bleeding fast
From her poor wounded body,
Until she died, at last.
buried her at nightfall,
Beneath lonely tree,
And from her grave violet
Sprung ny to comfort me.
My dogs, my cats, my pony
All, childhood's land was gay
With all these boon companions
. ave left upon the way!
But that SO pleasant country,
With all its JOY and pain,
Lost in the mist behind me,
| cannot find again.
I miss it's verdant woodlands,
The promise of it's skies,
The days that dawned upon me,
Each one sweet surprise.
Farewell, oh spring-t time valleys,
Wherein used to stray
A summer world awaits me;
1t is no longer May!
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-07-03
" II AND HIMOR.
TO THE SPELLING CLASS

~ LIE sPELLlNG CLASS.
stand up, We speler. 10 and spell.
Hpeit phenakistoscupe and knell:
VI take somc simple ord. as chilly.
Or gauger. or the garden lily
10 spell such wor,is as syilogism.
Aiia lachcylnose and 5. lchronism
AND pentateuch and saccharlIe.
Apocrypha and celandlne,
I.aetiTerous and cetiiv.
JeJ1ne ana hnmeo)sthy.
ParalS sis aud chlorofnrm.
I.ulnocerUs and paciivtterla
HAe'enipsycnos's. gherklns, BASQUE,
- certainly no easy task.
Ma eldosc"p- and Tennessee.
hamlschatka ana dlspensarv
Dlpnthong and erysipelas
Ana etiquette and sassatras
1ntalllole and ptyalism.
Auopathy and rheumatism.
ana cataclysm and beleaguer.
IWei1th, eighteenth, rendezvous int,-g7,a-
ana hosts of other words are foupd
Oa English and on classic ground.
linus behr1ng straits and Michaelmas
Ihermopyia, Cordilleras,
SuIte, hemorrhage, jalap and Havana.
Clnquetoll and ipecacuanha,
And Rappahannock. Shenandoah.
AND echuylkill, and a thou sand moro
AT are WORDS some prime good spoilers miss
Ia dictionary lands like this:
Nor need one think himself scroyle
II some OF these his efforts foil.
mor deem himself undone forever
40 n1lss the name of either river.
Lie Dnelper, Seine, or Guadalquivir.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-07-03
II the deacon had talked all the way

II the deacon had talked all the way
into town, the boys made up lost time
on the way home; and, more than that.
they all talked at once, and he could
hardly hear his own voice when he
spoke to the horse. So they were left
to themselves, except that once, when
they were bemoaning their lack of
funds, he said lmpressively: Save
your money, boys, against the time of
neeo. Once lost you never can get it
again" No one noticed this remark
except Ted, and it was so simply word
ed that he understood it, and accord
ingly, when they were passing the vii
lage store, he insisted on going in.
Presently he came back to the buggy
with stick of candy in each hand, and
another in his mouth. The last he di-
vided between the other boys.
What do you spend your money for,
so near home?" asked the deacon.
"For candy"
The query was repeated with " why"
substituting what"
"Oh!" said Ted, scrambling up on
the seat. "'Cause you tor us to look
out not lose it, an I had one a. them
nasty little thee cent things, an was
'fraid I'd lose him, SO spent him an
dot all this candy. Want some?"
Perhaps the deacon was not thor
oughly satisfied with the result of his
counsels, but he made no sign.
About 10 o'clock that same evening a
man, who looked much like the deacon,
might have been seen leaving the city.
AS he was passing the last street lamp,
vehicle, going in the same direction,
slackened up and voice called, Halo,
deacon! Is this you? Won't you
ride?"
Why, good EVENING"" returned the
addressed, recognizing the chorister of
his church. Yes, very glad to ride.
My horse was pretty tired, 80 I walked
in tonight. How do you do?".
First-rate. Seems to me you're out
late tonight. Must have been to the
circus. Ha! ha! hal"
We'll, to tell the truth, had a ticket
given me, and felt kind of obliged to
use it. Had little business in town
and had to come in. But, to be honest
-it--isn't as bad as thought. [ wish
you'd been there. Those horses are
worth seeing"
"Well," said the chorister, rather
sheepishly, II came in to see about those
hymn-books, you know, and I had two
or three errands, and-well, 1 had lit
tie time, and [ met some parties who
were going into the show, and-I-
went along with 'em. Never went be-
fore-didn't know what circus was !;
but, as you say, those horses are worth
seeing. Those women had 'em under
pretty nice control"
II was quite surprised to find those
er-bareback riders-dressed. I had
an idea that bareback referred to-
the riders, rather than the horses"
Then followed long discussion of
the merits of the different performers,
whose names were pronounced as glibly
as Barnum himself could have done.
When it leaked out the next day, as
of course it did, that those two pillars
had been to the circus, there was
council among the boys. And Davie
said, with gentleness that betokened
perfect hurricane:
you can bet one thing, fellers. He'll
take me to the next one!"
Then he shut his lips together, and
they couldn't get another word from
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-07-03
COurtship in the Olden Time.

The Norfolk Vjrgj1aia1a of a recent
date says: AS an illustration of the
stately courtesy and somewhat grandilo-
quent style of our grandfathers, the fol-
lowing letter may be of interest to many
of our readers, and an example of the
etiquette of courtship in the olden time
that may be commended:
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-07-03

perity; and this proportion can never
be Kept up unless regular tree planting
be adopted as set-off to the excessive
destruction necessarily going on. For
100 years we have been telling the Tor
est; for the next $50 we should try to
restore what we have taken away.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-07-03
A ssSure'' Cure for Rheumatism.

It is now stated that the water of
boiled celery is sure cure for rheuma-
tism. The celery should be cut into
bits, boiled in water until soft, and the
water drank by the patient. Put new
milk, with little flour and nutmeg,
into saucepan with the boiled celery !;
serve it warm, with piece of toast; eat
it with potatoes, and the painful ele-
ment will soon yield.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-07-03
A Believer.

"Do you really believe that an ass
ever spoke to Balaam ?" queried man
who prided himself upon his intellect.
Coleridge, to whom the question was
put, reflected very calmly for few mo-
ments, and then responded: "My
friend, I have no doubt whatever that
the story is true. l have been spoken
to in the same way myself"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-07-03
GEN. CHOPPER TO JOHN WISE.

BowMAN's FOLLY, 11th May, 1877.
Sir: Although the application made
by your letter Of this day was unexpect-
ed, yet my reflections heretofore on the
subject have prepared me to answer
That however solicitous [ may be for
the temporal felicity of my daughter
and future responsibility Of my child,
she is the only proper judge of the per-
son best calculated to make her happy.
Respect and impartiality ought to be
shown by me to you or any gentleman
that might make his address to my
daughter, and I confde in your candor
and judgment. I am, sir, with due re-
spect, your obedient servant,
John CRnppER
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-07-03

A HEBREW lady calls her husband
who is in perfect health. Consistency,
because he is a JeW-well.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-07-03
JOHN WISE TO GEN. CHOPPER,


Feeling myself irresistiblv impelled
by inclination, and prompted by sense
of propriety,I have presumed now to
address you upon subject of impor-
lance and delicacy.
Having conceived an affection for
your daughter miss Sally, beg leave
to solicit your permission to make my
address to her. and at the Same time let
me express the hope that, should I be so
fortunate as to succeed in. gaining her
affections, my first wishes may not be
frustrated by your disapprobation. I
have thought proper to make this ap-
plication to you on the subject in this
manner, rather than in person, because
my character Gf I have acquired any,
my condition, and my situation in life
are not altogether unknown to you, and
If objections are to be made they can be
more freely communicated in this than
in any other way.
[ have heretofore proceeded no fur
ther with the lady than merely obtain
her permission to make this application,
and, sir, now pledge you the honor of
gentleman JnaG, In case you nave OBJ
lection of an insuperable nature to the
proposed union, whatever may be the
chagrin, regret and modification which
[ may feel on the occasion, I will
not disturb the quiet of a parent, ex-
tremely solicitous, no doubt, for the
happiness of beloved daughter, by
persisting any further with her
Permit me to assure you that am,
with much consideration and respect,
your obedient servant, JOHN WISE.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-07-03

HONOR never gives aims but awards
justice.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-07-03

II ever get theSo boys nome =
said the deacon, vengefully.
But there seemed to be a possibility
that he would not get them home, for,
when the4ast chariot passed, the boys
started with the crowd, and the staid
deacon had to trot along, too, whether
he would or not, with Ted in his arms.
The day was very warm, and Ted was
heavy, and the deacon had not taken off
his dannels, and he felt like ignoring
his position, dropping his oratory, and
indulging in a sulphuric oath. To tell
the truth he did say Godfrey" with
considerable emphasis.
Suddenly he came upon his party
talking with an acquaintance. But he
was too breathless to say anything, and,
between the crowd and the determined
boys, he found himself hurrying toward
the great white tents at the other end
of the town. It was useless, to resist,
SO he gave up the contest and soon be-
came almost as eager to 90 on as the
boys themselves. There were the usual
scenes on the circus ground-the shout
ing agents, the flaming show bills, the
time-worn accidental escape" of the
wild man" and the mysterious sounds
from the tents, which the boys were
positive were caused by the wild ami
mails rushing around loose; and this
and the presence of the blue-coated
gentry in the crowd rendered them
quite manageable, so that in the course
of time the deacon was able to start on
the return trip.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-09-11
70 Tell the Age Of an Old Horse.

EDITOR CITIZEN Il see you have
published a method of telling the
age of an old horse by the wrinkles
about his eyes. propose to give
you a more reliable one, and by
which the age may be arrived at
with reasonable certainty, at least,
near enough for all practical pur
poses.
In young horse the front teeth
OF the lower jaw form nearly, or
quite, right angle with the jaw,
which angle becomes more obtuse
as the horse becomes aged.
Now, the marks with which near.
ly every one is familiar, which indi-
cate the age to ten or twelve years,
l need not mention. When they
disappear the horse is considered
about twelve years old. About this
time the lower front teeth begin to
depart from the right angle and to
straighten out, which Strengthening
becomes plainly perceptible to the
eye at fifteen years of age, and be-
comes more marked as the horse
advances In years.
At from twenty-five to thirty
these teeth stand out nearly straight
and as the process goes on regularly
from the starting point, the extent
of the departure from the right an
gle becomes the index of the horses
age. OF course the upper teeth
straighten out also, but the lower
furnish all the indications material
to the enquirer, which, to a close
observer, becomes almost infallible.
OBSERVER.
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Gen. John 3. Hood.

Christian Advocate: No truer
man ever drew sword in a cause he
believed to be just. No braver man
ever faced death on the bloody field.
The misfortunes that attended the
close of his career as a soldier new
er tarhished the lustre of his fame,
nor abated the effection of his coun-
trymen. We saw Gen. Hood daily,
and enjoyed much of his company,
during a month spent in New Or
leans in 1866. Not a disparaging
word did he utter concerning one
of the men who led the ragged
hosts. who fought and fell for the
lost cause. He gave Longstreet the
credit of being the hardest hitter,
the most formidable fighter of all.
''If," said he one day, 81 had to fol-
low any man in desperate fight
against odds, / would prefer James
Longstreet to any living man-not
excepting our incompatible Lee
himself" His admiration and af-
fection for Lee were unbonded.
Gen. Hood boarded at the St
James Hotel, where we and other
members of the General Conference
we're the guests of Gen Smedes,
now of the Beersheba Springs, Ten
nessee. Coming out of the dining
room one evening at dark with the
General, it so happened that just as
we entered the reception-room of
the hotel, a number of men entered
at the front door, one of whom,
catching sight of Hood, exclaimed:
"There's General Hoodp'
He rushed forward as he spoke,
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and grasped his hand. The others
followed, pressing close up to the
crippled General.
There was a dead silence, and
those broad-chested men were al
crying, while Hood quietly wiped
away the tears that fell from his
own eyes. Every hat in the room
was lifted, aud fifty men stood un-
covered, not a word being uttered.
"Those men were with me in the
terrible Tennessee campaign" he
said, with voice still choked as we
entered the room after the scene
was over. Like his illustrlous
companions in arms, Lee and Jack
son, he was a firm and we doubt
not, an accepted believer in the
Lord Jesus Christ. He believed in
the business of the cause for
which he fought, but had no
bitterness in his heart, though the
shadows of disappointed hope lin.
gered around him to the last.
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GOD BLESS YOU.

"Row sweetly fall these simple words
Upon the human heart,
When friends long bound by strongest ii
Are doomed by fate to part.
You sadly press the hands of those
Who thus in love caress you,
And soul responsive beats to soul
In breathing out, "God bless you"
"God bless youp' ah, long months ago
| heard the mournful phrase;
When one whom in childhood loved
Went from my dreamy gaze.
Now binding tears fall thick and fast
mourn my long-lost treasure,
While echoes of the heart bring back
The farewell prayer, "God bless you."
The mother sending forth her boy
To scenes nntried ard new,
Lisps not studied, stately speech,
Nor murmured out 'Adieu,'
She sadly says between her so0s,
W hene'er misfortunes press you,
Come to thy mother, boy, come back"
Then sadly sighs, ''God bless you"
"God Bless" more of expressed love
Than volumes without number,
Reveal we thus our trust in Him
Whose eyelids never slumber.
ask, in parting, no long speech
Drawled out in studied measure,
But only ask the dear old words,
So osweet-so sad--"God bless you.n