The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-06-01

the fictitious solss and show where the paste
leather.
NE want practical religion that win
80 into the grocery and pull out the plug Of
aie-adulterated syrup; thaG will dump ia the
ash-Darrel the Cassia buds that are soldier
cinnamon; that will sift out the Prussian
blue from the tea leaves; that viii keep out
Of our Hour the plaster Of Paris and soap.
stone. We want practical religion that
will separate the one quart Of RidgeWood
water from the one honest drop of cows
milk; that will throw out the live animalcl.
Lee from the sugar. There has been Sc much
adulteration of food that it Is an amaxement
to me that there is healthy man in Ameri-
ca. Heaven knows what they put in the
spices, in the butter. or in the drugs; but
chemical analysis and the microscope have
made wonderful revelations. The Board of
Health of Massachusetts, analysed alleged
coffee, and found not one grain in ten bush
els. In England there is q law against put
ting alum In bread. yet the authorities who
examined fifty packages of bread found them
all adalterated with alum. Physicians are
almost afraid to prescribe because drugs are
so seldom pure. Norwood warranted pure
was found to contain forty-one per cent Of
resin. Scammony, valuable drug. and
very rare, is the gum of bush or tree in
Syria. The natives adulterate il with q
cheap Z material, the exporters adulterate
it again, the porters adulterate it again, and
the wholesale dealers again, and the retail
dealers again, until finally, VIXEN it gets in
to the sick mans medicine bottle, ii is diff.
ferent thing altogether.
Practical religion will remedy all this
II will 60 to the hypocritical professors of
religion who corner the corn market in Chi
cago, the men who make fortune Of millions
out of the miseries of their fellow men and
then try to fix it up with the Lord by found
ing church, university or hospital.
They think the Lord viii be SO pleased IL
they give Him part Of the swindle. Their
liturgy ought to be this:
| 30 Lord, we, BY making corners in bread
stuffs and swindling for years, have ten mil.
lions of dollars saved up. Thou knowest it
was scaly job; but it was smart. Now we
would like to compromise with Thee at one
per cent of the profits. You can build an
asylum for these poor, miserable weaklings
that suffer, and we will take yacht and 60
to Europe. Forever and ever. Amen.
" Practical religion will make the man
work as well by the job as by the day. Il
will make driver 60 just as fast when you
hire him by the hour as he does when you
hire him for the journey. The trouble is
now that everything must be inspected.
There is boss to watch the men, and q
capitalist to watch the boss. The conductor
must have bell punch to mark his honesty
while the passenger gives him clipped
nickel Imperfections are covered with
putty. Shoddy is everywhere. Pinchbeck
abounds. Diamonds are offered for 81
Books fall apart when you get to the third
chapter. Spawned horses are doctored to
look good few days. Imperfect car wheels
detain the train with hot box.
| " Practical religion must prevent the man
who works the farm on halves from making
his pay three quarters. 1t must keep the
elder from working on Sunday afternoons in
the new lot whore nobody sees him. II
must teach the lawyers their responsibility
in expounding the law and in defending evil
persons. It must teach the newspaper men
to print the virtues Of the world in as large
] type as they do the sins Of the world. Il
! will step them from misreprssenting people
in interviews.
Practical religion win come down will
heavy hand on what is called good society
! elevated society, successful society, so tina
people will not spend more than their incomes
and lie when they have callers whom the,
do not wish to see. It will keep innocent
. receptions from becoming intoxicating cen
vivialities. 1t will drive out the creatur
! with sharp-toed shoes, tightly-pinched limbs
disconnected talk, ininitessimsl cane. an
: sickening appearance. seeking to ape tn
e English, the max vornica of our modern soci
: ETY., the modern dude. There is q gres
= ideal of missionary work to be done in th
t successful classes of society. 1t is not q
9 uncommon sight to see fashionable woma
9 lintoxicated. Society says she was take
I suddenly Ill OF the german. The fact is, sh
s took too much champagne and mixed liquor
. and got drunk"