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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-08-10
Let Beer Alone.

If you never drink anything stronger
than that, young man, you won't come
to much harm, said the teamster, as
Bill, the bartender, poured out for him
a great glass OF foaming ale. ''Beer's
the drink to grow strong upon, isn't it,
boys?' said he, looking round upon the
group of loungers. Beers the drink
for me, said heavy, bloated Sam Saw
yer, who was so fat he could hardly
move about.
/" Does it make you strong to workpn
said DR.. Barker, who stood in the back
ground, distinguished from the group
of loungers by his good clothes and tall,
beaver hat, as well as by his general
look of responsibility.
A general laugh went round, for
Sans laziness and generally sleepy
condition were known to all present.
"Beer's the drink for me, p said Hans
Brinker. 'sIn mine country all the men
drink itr'
:. Does it make them all quarrelsome,
and do they all beat their wives, Hans?"
said the doctor; and by the way Hans
looked at him he seemed in danger of
the wife's fate.
"Who cares for beerP" said Martin
Murtagh. ''It's well enough for women
and children. / liked it once, but |
must have something stronger. Now
give me q glass of whisky, boy; that
warns a man"
g That" said the doctor, sis because
the alcohol in the beer has excited the
nerves of your stomach and brain till
they crave for more that can be found
in the beer, and call for whisky; fire
won't be strong enough to satisfy them
by and by - 'taa.''h p As.t5'
Pshaw! beer never hurt any one.''
said Tim Titus, leaning upon his crutch
by the door. sslia
"No?" said the doctor. "How was
it, then, that when you fell and hurt
your leg the doctors decided that it must
be cut off because beer-drinking had so
infamed your blood that what would
have been a mere scratch to man in a
healthy condition became gangrened
sore in you?" t .E ye0g i
doctor, you're in the right" said q
quiet, sad-looking man in the back
ground. 'Beer wrought fearful evils
to mine and me. My wife and always
drank it at our meals and never thought
it hurt us. But one night my wife, /
suppose, took too much, and while l
was off at work in the mill she fell
asleep with her head on the table, and
the candle fell over and set fire to the
things so that when came back in the
morning l had no home and there was
no one to receive me but a dead wife
and two little ones burned to crisp.
Boys, take warning by me and let beer
alone" 4sza# "fi7' 7l2s4.a isHo'dk a
Bill listened while he poured out the
ale, and before the conversation was
finished he had come to most sensible
resolution, which was not only never to
drink another drop of beer himself, but
also to find some other respectable bust
ness where he would not be called upon
to offer it to others. IN. z. S. Tract.
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voice from the house. Elmer had iussl
awakened. s hal
Yes, I'm coming" Indy an
swered, turning. But how very queer
she feltl There was a roaring in her
ears louder than the fire had made;
everything whirled before her eyes,
and the sun seemed suddenly to have
ceased shining, all was so dark
Reaching the house by a. great effort,
she sank, faint, dizzy and trembling,
upon the bed by her brothers side.
Elmer. frightened and hardly awake,
began to cry. and, as he never did any
thing in a halfway manner. the result
was quite wonderful His franticl
shrieks and furious cries reused his
half-fainting sister as effectually as if he
had poured a glass of brandy between.
her lips. She soon sat up, and by and
by color began to return to the white
face and strength to the exhausted.
body. Her practical nature and strong.
VIII again asserted themselves, and in,
stead of yielding to a feeling of weak
ness and prostration, she tied on her
Sun-bonnet firmly, and gave the chick
ems their long-delayed dinner.
But when, half an hour later, her
father found her fast asleep, with the
glow from the sky reflected on her
weary little face, he looked out of the.
window for moment, picturing to him
self the terrible scenes of the afternoon,
and then down at his daughter, "a.
brave girl!'' he murmured, smoothing
the yellow hair with his hard, browns
hand-''a brave girlr' Charlotte Il.
Bats, In st. Nicholas. ,- -a
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Beavers.

What queer little things beavers ares
What strange houses they can build!
They make sort of cabin of branches
OF trees and mud. The mud answers
nicely for mortar. g.E
They have large, strong teeth. When
they are cutting the branches for use
they gnaw them off with their teeth.
They make the sticks just as nearly the
same length as they can. They dig up.
the mud with their paws, for they are
great diggers When they are. ready to
build their cabin, they use their fat
tails Just as masons use a trowel. With
it they spat and smooth the coat of mud
as they put it on. -'i.i
The beavers tail is very short, and
well adapted to this purpose. As the.
wall of the cabin rises higher. it is hard
for the builder to reach the top. What
do you think he does? Why, he props
himself up on it and goes on with his
work. .. .t......,
These little creatures lead an idle sort
of life during most of the summer
months and keep by themselves; but
the last of August they form into COM.
panies and begin to cut down their
timber ' Be- sis# es|
The beavers always select a place for
building close to a stream of water.
To get to the entrance, they must 90
down under the water In order to-
keep the water over the doors Just high
enough, they make a perfect dam.
This dam is also built of branches and,
mud For fear the branches might
move and get out of place, they fix
stones upon them, sometimes of large
size, to keep them down.
Do you see how they can understand
all thisP If they did not have a dam,
the door of the cabin might be closed
up with ice if the water got low in the,
stream in winter. Esal .H.
In this cabin there are two little
rooms. They are shaped like an oven, !
The beavers live in the upper one. and
in the lower they store away their food.i
They eat the roots and branches of
different vegetables in the winter. They
often lay up food in very large quanti-
ties. e. s. .
This wonderful little animal is about
three feet long. His tail is eleven
inches long. He uses it as a rudder in
swimming, as well as trowel. This ]
rudder, with his web feet. enables him
to swim much faster than he can walk. |
So you see that God gives to every
creature certain tools to do his own
work.-Our Little Ones.
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Mary Brown as the suspected thief. be-
cause "she was that drunken Browns
daughter and must have stolen it. y
Rose Smith looked charmingly when
she came few days after to the sun
day-school, but somehow, as She fitted
up the aisle, the scarlet merino seemed
just the hue of the blood in which Josie
Lakes golden curls We're dabbled.
when she was found murdered by her
father, who went mad with delirium
tremens, because he was one of Smiths
best customers.
! couldn't help thinking how much
her gay apparel cost-of the many
hearts that must ache and break, that
one man and his family might roll in
splendor. Morning and Dag of Reform.
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The Girl Who GiggIes.

The girl who giggles is strictly an
American institution. She is found in
all stations high and low, though as a
rule she is more frequently found among
what is known in polite circles as thel
upper classes. She developes usually.
at the age of fifteen, reaches her prime
at twenty-five and approaches the ''sere'
and yellow at about thirty, when, |
though before she was all but unbear-
able, she becomes positive nuisance
and though usually designated as a
kitten resembles full-blown feline.
On first acquaintance her infirnity
does not strike you, but as the intimacy
ripens the sad misfortune becomes pain-'
fully apparent and the feeling of pity I
which first affects one is superseded by
that of annoyance. If one is of nery-i
Gus disposition every tendon of his frame I
is kept at high tension and rendered
painfully weak by unconsciously keep-i
ing on the qui UiUe for her next giggle. .
Let her be unaware of your presence
and be annoying some one else and the
effect is just the same All that is nec-t
essary is that she shall be within heart
ing distance, and try as hard as one
may to pay no attention to her the effect
is just the same.
A milder form of the complaint is
what is known as snickering or smirk-
ing, and though not as annoying as gig
Cling is almost as bad. Whether or not
this unfortunate malady is contagious
is not definitely known, but that 1t is
undoubtedly on the increase can not be
doubted. To the scientist as well as
the medical practitioner the subject
opens a wide field for investigation
which it is earnestly hoped will no long
er be neglected, but receive that atten-
ton which the necessities of the case de-
mand. If a girl will insist on giggling
let her seek a. lodge in some vast wilder
ness and giggle all by Observation-Disclosures
burg (PG.) Patriot.
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Speaking of Aunt Dinah reminds me
OF Ben's attempt to photograph her.
After all the family had been duly
taken, they suddenly thought of Aunt
Dinah, and rushed into the kitchen to
ask her. She beamed with delight at
the suggestion, but said, in a sort Of
shamefaced way:
Laws, honey, yer don't wanter TUX
an ole body like me. - .dt
eyes, yes. we do; come, Aunt Dinah!
come right along!' shouted all the
children in chorus.
"He, her' chuckled the delighted
Aunt Dinah, beginning to divest herself
of her kitchen apron, tsef yhaint gwine
fer to take no 'scuse, s'pose I'll ies' hab
to be tux. But go long, honey, 90
long! rs comm, rs comm sho'; only
jes' stoppin' to find sumfn to frow ober
dis yer noddle." j
Sure enough, out came Aunt Dinah
presently in her best plaid apron and
kerchief, a yellow turban on, and her
gold earrings cleaning in the sun. Ben
sat her on bench in the garden among
the sunHowers, and she made a ffrst-rate
picture much better than Ben had any
idea of, and far finer, after all. than
Miss Molly in all her grand attitudes.
But the moment Aunt Dinah was
seated she began to look grave; she
grew, in fact, more and more solemn
as Ben proceeded to six things,' till
at length when all was ready She had
stiffened into really formidable grim
ness.
Presently Ben had everything ar
ranged to his satisfaction, and coming
to the front of the camera he said, in a
warning tone, and with grand air that
never failed to strike terror to the heart
of the ignorant sitter: All ready now,
take care!" and Immediately pulled off
the little brass cap.
Aunt Dinah had been looking in an
other direction, but at these words
turned quickly toward the instrument,
and whether startled by Ben's action
or tone, or both combined, it would be
impossible to say; but she suddenly
started from her seat and fled toward
the house, looking back over her should
er with terrified face, as she cried:
Run, chill en-! Massey sakes, run!
it's gwine to go off! Seed one O. dem
yer things bust afore now! Done knock
eberyt ing all to nuffinn
The children all laughed and shouted
at poor Aunt Dinah's fright, but moth
ing could induce her to go back and
have her picture taken.
"Dis ole niger seed too many dem
yer shootin' things in de war; she said,
solemnly. "Yo' kin go eff We wanter,
jes' 90 right on, but Is tell yer, honey,
tell yer sho', dat ar's gwine ter go off
one O desc yer fine days, an den whar'll
We be? Whar'll We be den?'' she re-
peated, shaking her head, war1lingly.
Won't be huff o yer lef' to wipe up de
flo. Edacin LdsSetter Byaaner, an st.
Nicholas.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-08-10
Our Young Readers.
LITTLE CHARLEK.

My baby boy. Ger whose golden head
But two short years had their brightness
Had dropped his playthings, and climbed
with care
Til he stood erect in neighboring chair.
With his dainty ankles and bare white feet
Half hid in the depths of the cushioned
seat.
He poised himself as he caught a view
OF the pleasant picture the mirror drew
OF his own sweet face. The violet ewes
We're lifted moment in glad surprise.
As, with smile as sweet as my baby's own.
The other Charley looked kindly down.
= Dot boo eyes, too? dot my pritty dess?
You're the other farley boy, guess"
Then his face was grave, and he nearer
bent,
Stroking his cheek with look intent;
He touched his chin, and the ripe red lips
. Sweet as the bloom the honey-bee sips.
= W hat is it, Charley? what do you see2'
with an air of conscious dignity
Ihls man in miniature turned to speak,
ana SAID, still stroking his rosy cheek,
ana touching his chin with his small pink
thumb:
- Tn loohta' TO see has mn listers tome.r
-AfS. Vary ii. Taylor, in HdTpsr's Young
People.
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THE OLD PIANO.

How still and dusky is the long-cosed room!
What lingering shadows and what faint per-
fume
OF Eastern treasures -sandal-wood and
scent
With nard and cassia and with roses blent.
Let in the sunshine.
Quaint cabinets are here, boxes and FANS
ana hoarded letters full of hopes and plans;
] pass them by. / came once more to see
The old piano, dear to memory,
In past days mine.
OF all sad voices from forgotten years,
It's is the saddest; see, what tender tears
Drop on the yellow keys, as, soft and slow,
play some melody of long ago.
How strange it seems
The thin, weak notes, that once were rich and
strong
Give only now the shadow of a song
The dying echo of the fuller strain
That / shall never, never hear again,
Unless in dreams.
What hands have touched it Fingers small
and white,
Since stiff and weary with life's toll and fight;
Dear clinging hands, that long have been at
Folded serenely on quiet breast.
Only to think,
o white, sad notes! of all the pleasant days,
The happy songs, the hymns of holy praise,
The dreams of love and youth, thatround you
cling
Do they not make each signing, trembling
A mighty link?
All its musicians gone beyond recalI.
The beautiful the loved, where are they all
Each told its secrets, touched its keys and
wires
To thoughts of many colors and desires,
With whispering fingers.
All are silent now, the farewell said,
The last song sung, the last tear sadly she'd;
Yet love has given it many dreams to keep
In this lone room where only shadows creep
And silence fingers.
The old piano answers to my call,
Aud from my fingers let's the lost notes fall.
., soul that have loved! with Heavenly birth
wilt thou not keep the memory of earth,
Its smiles and signs
Shall wood and metal and white ivory 4
Answer the touch of love with melody,
And thou forget? Dear one, not so;
l move thee vet Though how may not know
Beyond the skies.
Little %. Barr, IN Hdrper'S Bdzdr.
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Temperance Reading.
ONE GLASS MORE.

I saw him at the close of day
Stand by the grog-shop door;
his eyes were sunk, his lips were parched,
/ viewed him DER and DER.
His infant boy hung by his side,
And hsping to him seid:
Tome. father, mothers sick at home,
And sister cries for bread
He trembling rose and staggered in,
As he had done before,
And to the landlord faltering said:
Come, give Us one glass more"
The host complied; his purple lips
Then pressed the yenomed bowl:
he drinks while wife and children starye-
10 ruin sinks his soul
A year elapsed; | passed that way;
A crowd stood round the door;
/ asked the cause, when one replied:
The drunkard is no more"
saw his funeral pass along
No wife, no children there;
They. too. had Joined their mother earth,
And left this world of care.
Reflect, We votaries of the bowl
Know We It's Heavens decree,
Thou ger shall taste eternal life
Till from the bowlthou iiee.'
o fee the ale-house-horrid den
Fly from the grog-shop, fly,
Lest you like him neglected live,
Like him neglected die
Southern R1-on1nra
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The tricks Of smueglers are ingeni-

The tricks of smugglers are ingeni-
Gus, but not past finding out A pass
enger who arrived at New York from
Havana recently carried three oyercoats
on his arm. A Customs Inspector was
seized with the idea that it was rather
warm day for such an unusual amount
OF clothing, and an investigation found
the Innings of the coats contained one
thousand dollars worth of iewelry,
which was declared forfeited to the GOV,
ernment,-M \, Iritgae. ii
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A Business Son.

eyes, there's heap of difference in
boys,'' said the old man to the editor,
as he tied up bag of oats. +" There's
my son John, for instance. Everybody
beats him in a boss, swindles him on a
watch dicker and leaves him out in the
cold when he farms on sheers, He's
good-hearted, but there's no bizness
about him. If had to depend upon
John I'd die in the poor-house"
He wrestled the bag aside, seized
another, and continued; -...tf
"And there was my son Philip-keen
as a razor-eyes wide open, and so
sharp that no man in New Jersey dare
offer him a pair of old boots for three
Observation-Disclosures for fear of being
cheated"
eyes, he's gone; and that was the
sharpest trick of all. He found he'd
got consumption, and what did he do
but hunt up life insurance agent, take
out a five-thousand-dollar policy, give
his note for the premium, and come
home and fall off a load of hay and run
a pitchfork clear through him. Some,
sons would have hung on and doctored
around and wanted curTant jelly and
chicken soup for eighteen months; but
that wasn't Phil. No, sir. He didn't
even ask for anything better n a twenty
dollar tombstone, and he said | needn't
git that unless the marble-cutter would
trade even up for a blind calf. - Val
Street Neaos.
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WE OBSERVE that abe usual summer
cry of mad dogs and hydrophobia has
started. Whisky-phobia kills 9 hundred
thousand to every single one killed by
rabid dogs Chicago Inter Ocean
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-08-10

There is delightful novelty about
the summer resorts in Maine, for those
who visit them find rest and recreation
in the endeavor to pronounce their
names, some of which are: Mollychunik-
amunk, Mooselucmaguntic, AybolJoock7
ameius, Magaguadavic, Cobbossseer Cou9
tee, Togus, Tomhegan. KatePskoowye9gans
Brassua. Aziseoos, Ripogenlis.l Nahma7
kanta, Millncket, Monsweag ana Mats
taWamkeag.
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Mr. CAMERON said at Lennoxtown:

Mr. CAMERON said at Lennoxtown:
g In Glasgow just now is man who, at
the time of closing the warehouses,
hangs about the doors to ask loans of
three-pence or four-pence from the en-
ployes as they leave. He was trained
in good family, was well educated,
and got good start in life; but the love
of strong drink got the upper hand,
with the usual results-loss of self-re-
spect, loss of friends, loss of business.
His acquaintance thought he was as
bad as bad could be, and left him to
perish, but stranger took him by the
hand and gave him another chance. He
became a sober. steady man. Having
great natural abilities, he soon got on
in business again, and prospered ex-
Dceedingly until his health broke down,
and he consulted a doctor, who advised
him to take glass Of beer once every
day. Following this advice, he did it
for some time, with apparent good to
his constitution, but soon the beer be-
gan to lose its power to stimulate, and
whisky replaced it. Now he is street
loafer, and mixes with the vilest of the
vile. The only real safety for men and
women is trust in the power OF Christ,
and total abstinence.
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The great American composer has

The great American composer has
not yet appeared. The New York Com
nlerciGl advertiser says it may be that
he bushes unseen amid the symphonies
in green that deck the Hudson River.
OF the movements in lard that rise like
2 harmony in pig from the musical
stock-yards of Chicago. When he does
appear he viii most probably die poor,
end it q not improbable . crank. -;
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KING, Alcohol.

The history of King Alcohol is a his
tory of shame and corruption, of cruel
ty, rage and ruin.
He has taken the glory of health from
the cheek, and placed there the hue of
the wine-cup.
He has taken the luster from the eye,
and made it dim and bloodshot. -
He has taken vitality from the blood,
and filed it with poison and seeds of
disease and death.
He has entered the brain, the temple
of thought, dethroned reason, and made
it reel with folly. gsamtl seAUa 'ae
He has taken the beam of intelligence
from the eye and exchanged it for the
stupid stare of idiocy and dullness.
He has taken the impress Of ennobled
manhood from the face, and left the
mark of sensuality and brutishness.
He has taken the beauty and comeli-
ness from the face, and has left it i'll
shaped and bloated. e 1 7@
Hehas taken firmness and elasticity
from the steps, and made them falter-
ing and treacherous. ......
He has taken vigor from the arm, and
left fabbiness and weakness.
He has bribed the tongue to utter
madness and cursing. mllt .at-.. .ft
He has taken cunning from the hands,
and turned them from the deeds of use
fitness to become instruments of brutal
ity and murder. 4.lS
He has broken the ties Of friendship
and planted seeds of enmity. ~
He has made kind, indulgent father
q brute, a tyrant, a murderer. .
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i A CAPTAIN OF A VESSEL returning
from Australia found that she sprung
a leak soon after leaving Sydney, and
the course did not allow him to. put in
at Cape of Good Hope. Nothing could
be done but to endeavor to keep the
ship afioat all the way home. At first
he issued to the men their regular al
lowance of grog, but he soon found
that they. were running down in
strength. Laboring at the pumps so
constantly fatigued them extremely.
AT the end of the watch they would
drink and turn in. At the end of four
hours they would awake unrefreshed.
He saw that this must be changed. He
stopped the grog and ordered that at
the end of the watch each man should
be given a glass of cocoa and sugar
with his meat. This changed matters
very much. They took this food before
they turned in, and this sugared cocoa
renewed the material of their muscles
and put them into condition in which
they could sleep soundly and awake re-
freshed. He assured me that he
brought his men into harbor, after all
that severe work, in as high condi-
ton as ever a crew came home. --Dr.
Carpenter.