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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-06-06
Temperance Items.

A SON of Patrick Einnell. of Danbury,
Conn, only six years of age, helped
himself to three drinks of whisky and
died two days later
"BoYs, which is the right side of a
saloon?" asked a gentleman of large
meeting of children. 1.-THE outside,
sir!'' a thousand voices answered at
once.
SINCE its organization nineteen years
AGO she National Temperance Society
has issued more than 600, 900, 900 pages
of Temperance literature, and has
made gratuitous distribution Of $780,
600 worth.
GENERAL SAM CAREY IS to travel over
Maine this summer and urge the adop-
ton of the Constitutional amendment
prohibiting the manufacture and sale of
liquor. He will talk in tent that will
seat two thousand people.
TIE total amount that has been paid
by the United States in Pensions on ac-
count OF the late war is S644, 944, 917. %;
or about two-tbirds as much is paid out
for pensions in twenty years as is an
nually expended for intoxicating liquors.
A PHYSICIAN gotup in the PennsylVa-
niaState Medical Society the other day
and said that there were more rabies
from rum than from mad dogs. If a
man dies of llydrophobia it is an
nounced all over the world: but if u
hundred die OF alcoholic commissions,
Almost Ike those of rabies humans,
nothing Is said about is
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-06-06
The Parasites Of Money.

The Fra'akfurter ZeStung states that
DR.. Reinsch has found, as the result OF
long series of minute Investigations.
that the surface of 50-pfennig piece,
| (sixpences) which have been long in
circulation are the home and feeding
ground of a minute kind of bacteria ant
vegetable fungus. An extended series q
| observations showed that this is tat
case with thesmall coins of all nations
the thin incrustation of organic matter
deposited upon their surfaces in the
course of long circulation rendering
them very suitable for this parasitical
settlement. DR.. Reinsch scraped of
some OF these incrustations, and with s
small scalpel divided them into fraq.
ments, which were subsequently dis.
solved in distilled water. The employ.
ment of lenses of very high power
showed the bacteria and fungi distinct
ly. This is matter of no little i'm.
portance from hygienic point Of view.
1t has now been conclusively established
that bacteria form the chief agency in
the propagation Of epidemic diseases.
The revelation that.they have a chosen
domicile in the most widely circulating
medium which probably exists in the
world presents US with a new factor in
the spread of infectious disease, There
is, however, a remedy. Where coins
have been in circulation for number
of years, if they are washed in boil
ing weak solution of caustic potash
they will be cleansed from their or
ganic inerustation, and so freed from
the unwelcome guests which they har
bored. Scientific american.
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USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.
The growth of grass viii pay many

The growth of grass viii pay many
times for the seeding. Troy Times.
A poultice Of tea-leaves applied TOT
small burns and scalds gives instant rel
lief. Chicago Journal.
-Thistles in grain fields should be cut
below the surface. An old chisel fitted
to q broom-handle is good for this purl
pose.-N r Herald.
"A pasture properly MANFRED, kept
free from weeds, and thickly seeded
with large variety of grasses, may be
as permanent and profitable as any
field on the farm. --EgchGisqe.
The moment ink is split take a
little milk and saturate the stain; soak
it up with rag and apply little more
milk, rubbing It well in. In a few min
utes the ink will be completely re-
moved. Boston Globe.
1T is the estimate of an observing
writer that about seventy-fve per cent.
of all the cattle in America are pure
scrubs, with no infusion whatever of
good blood. A larger proportion of the
grades, too, are of very inferior type;
Some wonder why house plants
thrive better in the kitchen than in the
parlor in winter This is owing to the
presence of moisture from the cooking,
and usually there is more fresh air
enters through outside doors in the
former than in the latter. - Albany
Journal.
The wide-awake farmer is devoted
reader of papers and books that will
| instruct him in his calling. He is not
afraid they will conflict with what his
father knew ssabout farming" He
rather hopes they Will; what his father
knew has been pretty well drilled into
! him, and he wants to know something
more. Detroit Post.
| Delightful Thin Biscuit: Beat very
| light one egg, pour it over a pint Of
flour, add a wineglass of milk, and
chop in one tablespoonful of lard and
butter mixed. Work thoroughly to-
gether; break off pieces the size of mar
bles, which must be rolled as thin as
your nail, sprinkling with dry flour as
Shey are rolled to make them crisp,
stick with fork, and bake quickly
The Household.
"A farmer, who was in the habit OF
rejecting the grains of corn that grow
bn the tip of Che cobs, planted consid-
cradle quantity of them in field de-
voted to beets for the purpose Of mark
ing the rows. It was his intention to
pull up the corn stalks when the beets
required the ground. The corn came
up, but the beets did not. The stalks
OF corn being about two feet apart were
! therefore allowed to grow. They pro-
duced a much larger amount of grain
than the stalks grown from kernels
taken from the middle of the ear
| Prairie FGrn1er
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Temperance Reading.
THE TRAIL OF TIE SERPENT !

In the midnight calm and holy, Wnen tne
world has sunk to rest,
When the spotless dew is trembling Oh sAo
lily's folded crest,
steals upon the ear,
Soft and gentle as an echo waited from an
other sphere,
will leave my heated room, leave the dark.
ness and the gloom,
l will leave the crowded city, quit the crime
polluted street;
Wander through the meadows, where may
breathe purer ar. -
Feel a purer, holier, better earth beneath
my straying feet.
On through silent lanes where rustling trees
are noddng overhead,
Whispering tales to one another of the pleas,
ant summers fed;
On through fields where corn is waving, as fr
In sleep is heard
Some soft authem stealing round it to whose
melody is stirred:
Stars are glistening in the sky, dew drops gilt
ter in reply,
Silent converse with each other violets and
daisies keep:
Robin with the scarlet breast dreams of mis-,
chief in his nest
Flow'rets, tired of being happy, close theirs
petals now TO sleep.
Yonder is a cot half hidden in a robe of red
and green,
Covered o er with countless roses bathing in
the pale moons sheen;
Surely nothing less than angels dwell Within
that cottage there;
Winning fairies must be hiding round spot
so bright and fair.
To the window will creep, through the lat%
tice will peep
Alas that such an Eden should have such
, a hell within;
See the drunken father lie with his children.
weeping by,
And a bower Of beauty blackened with the
awful brand of sin.
Out again'upon the highway, all my heart with
sickness numb,
From that cottage quickly flying to village.
now come;
Rows of cottages. surrounded by green fields
like verdant seas,
Or like hidden treasures crouching in the
shadow of the trees.
But as / am drawing near, frightful noises
greet my ear
Curses like the yells of devils, oaths that
faint the very air,
Never city built by man since the world its
course began
Could eclipse the scenes of horror that With
in that village were.
"Rum again." family mutter, as my FOOT
steps hurry by,
On past sights of drink and riot, evil plague
spots to the eye,
Out again into the meadows, here at least q
may breathe free,
In this solitude of nature no drink traces
shall see.
Rivers gsten calm and bright in the noon
beams spectral light,
Laughing streamlets, never sleeping, leap
down the green hiside;
Now the nightingale's sweet song breaksupon
list'ning throng
OF primroses and fox-gloves:that beneath
the hedges hide. .- :
But the magic note is broken by shrek So
loud and shrill
That the streamletS seem to stagger in their
racing down the bill;
And heard rude clamorous voices, yondeT
by the rivers brink,
| Grewsome curse and ribald laughter-can I
never leave the drink?
Back again into the town, with spirit broken
down,
By the crime that ever meets me wheresO-
ever may roam.
Vainly may strive to flee, still the serPents
trail see
Blasting. running, destroying every spot
i'e''''' ii'''' 0n . u '''O ' @frish World. j
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Only One at a Time.


In the edge of wood, near together,
stood two oaks: One was an immense
old tree that had for many years stood
there, spreading its branches farther and
wider, its top higher and higher, while
the other was only little sapling of a
few years growth. The small tree had
sprung from an acorn that had fallen
from the large one, and so called it
mother.
'.Mother," said the young tree, "shall
I ever be as large as you? 1 seem to be
nothing now. | can not look around to
see anything; the other trees hide me;
they seem to think that I amount to
nothing; they bend down over me, and
call me that little tree down there; the
sheep and cattle nibble my leaves, and
break my branches, and must just
stay down here and take it all; l wish /
were big.'
.'Be patient, my child, . replied the
old tree, keep growing, and some day
you will be as large, yes, much larger,
even, than l."
'What, larger than you? Were you
ever. as small as | amp"
eyes; and much smaller, too; ] was
once only a tiny shoot springing out of
the ground, though [ have almost for
gotten about it; as it was SO long ago"
How strange, " said the little tree,
half to itself; smaller than l; once, but
now the largest one around. How did
you become so largeP'
't;By growing; not only each year,
but each month, day, hour and even
moment Of the warm season | kept
busy gathering whatever would help
me grow, and used all I could get"
& How many years is it since you
were small.''
q can hardly tell. 1t is mxny years;
perhaps, a hundred"
g What, a hundred yearSf Will it
take me a hundred years yet to grow
as large as you? Oh, dear, DEAR l
can't wait; it is too long. One year is
long, very long; and to think of a
hundred times as mucht l can't do IL.
A hundred years! 1t. makes me tired
and dizzy to tn nix of it.
Not q hundred years, nor one; not
even hundred days; no, nor hun
drS1 minutes, but only one minuts at a
time. grew so large by growing
only one minute at time. Remem-
Der, only one minute at a tima Use
each as it goes; give yourself no
trouble nor thought for the next. and a
hundred years will not seem too loag
for growing a large tree.''
"Only minute at a time," said the
small oak to itself; "onlY one at a
time. Yes, I can do that. One min
ute at time; that is easy enough; I'll
try. One at time; one at tlme;'"
and he started with new courage to
grow.
Boys, girls, that is the way to gain
or to do anything; one at a time, and
only the one nearest you. Leave the
future to God; all you need do of a
long, hard, task is to do little at a
time, and that nearest to you; but in
that way you will do all by keeping ON.
ANY boy or girl can do one thing at a
time; those who do will succeed. =
Congrega tionoliSt.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-06-06
Our Young Readers.
THE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES"


Bone little birds lay in a warm sunny nest
Before they had learned to hop round in the
trees,
And auttered, and.huttered each dear little
breast
Singing: sChick-a-dee-dees
We are three, if you please
The mother-bird waited and watched, for she
knew
They only could fly in a soft. gentle breeze.
and she wanted to show just holc they should
Singing: ''Chick-a-dee-dees,
This way, if you please"
But the little birds ventured one beautiful
Found they could fly, with such pleasure and
ease.
And together, the three of them foated away
Singing: "Chick-a decides,
Goodbye, if you please"
But very soon, wearied of motion so new,
Each thought; How unwiseIy little bird
sees!"
And back to the nest in the sunny place Jew,
Singing:. sChick-a-dee-dees,
Mothers wing if you please"
And if little children. when filed with unrest,
Would stop TO look up to the poisoning
trees.
They might just recall three birds in nest
Singing: "Chick-a-dee-dees
Mothers lUilg, if you please y
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-06-06

behind, and a fatal collision was immi-
nent. With scarcely minutes hesita-
ton, the brave and quick-witted man
put on all possible steam, ard the train
dashed through the smoking burning
tunnel at fearful rate Of speed, with
out injuring one of the passengers. The
serious nature of the fire may be con-
jectured from the fact that it took two
months to repair the damages, during
which time the passengers, freight and
mails on the railroad were transferred
in teams. Golden Daas.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-06-06
uIT WAS ONLY YESTERDAE"

1T was only yesterday
That the earth was common clay
Only clay, so brown and bare;
Now the chill, dark garden mola
Is afiame with crocus gold,
Sweet with lilies white and fair.
It was only yesterday
That the fields we're common clay.
Now the clay is waving grass,
Starred all through with many flower.
But who saw the wondrous Power
Through the fields and gardens pass2
Oh, how oft through many a day
We are naugllt but mortal clayl
Then some spirit, sweet and strong,
Breathes around us airs divine,
Touches clay to purpose fine,
And we blossom into song.
-HaTper's Weekly.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-06-06

1t has been stated by Captain Cal
ton, in his work on Healthy Dwell
ings," that new house, containing
100000 bricks (each brick sucking up
from seven to ten per cent. of its weight
of water), contains, at a reasonable cal
culation, 10000 gallons of water in it.
All this quantity of water has to be. re-
moved by evaporation, and the rapidity
of this process will depend on the ten
sion Of the yapor at a given tempera-
ture. The rate of transmission of heat
through building materials depends
upon their texture and composition
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-06-06

An excellent preparation for soft.
ening the hands is made Of equal. parts
of lamb suet and glycerine; melt them
gently together, add q few drops 81
some strong perfume, and use after
bathing; rub little thoroughly intg
the skin. -GIacinaaati 1iaees,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-06-06

Charles GRADER, a farmer near
Pennsburg, Pa, was Mortified recently
to find that a black snake had eoiled it.
self about bis leg. Mr.. GRADER used his
fists with good effect, and then, when b
discovered that he was standing over
two more reptiles of the same species,
and that there was another in his path.
the aarighted farmer succeeded in kill
ing two Of the snakes, two escaping.
The reptile which had encircled his leg
was nearly five feet in length. Pitts
burgh Post.
He was Chinaman and his name
was Hong Kee. He was on tear.
4sMe bustee town wide open, alice
samee Mclean MANI he cried. There
was silence, and they allowed him the
right-of-way of the streets. *Balkeepee,
setemup dlinks. Alice samee Mclean
man. 1t was done. s.Balkeepee,
cliargee up Alice samee Mclean
man. And he was bounced. The
Chinese must go,--peqlver Opinion.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-09-29
Attention. A. q. u. w.

Haley Lodge, No. /, A. 0. L. w.,
meets tonight, at s o'clock, in the
Masonic Hall.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-09-29
A Paying Placer Claim.

}. b. Hunt, a prospector who has
been down on Snake river for little
over year, is making quite sue
cess of his placer claim, earning an
average of 500 per day, with two men,
or about yl7 per man per day. lie is
running but one machine-a cheap
grizzly with burlap sluices, and cleans
up between tl4O and sl75 worth Of
gold every three days. In June he
cleaned up 81, 400, in July 81 800, in
August 81 200, and this month he has
already cleaned up over $1,000.
Mr.. Hunt will have two other ma
chimes in operation in about month,
and his cleanups thereafter will doubt
less aggregate $4,000 per month.
Mr.. Hunts claim is near Salmon
Falls.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-09-29
HAILEY'S WATER SUPPLY.
1t Is Us Clean and Pure as 1t Is Possible
to b..

Yesterday the reservoir of the Al
turas Water Company was drained
and thorough, cleaned and swept. At
the bottom of the reservoir was con.
siderable sediment, the accumulation
of several months, but no dead mice,
dogs, snakes, or old bones were found,
and the bug bear is numbered in the
catalogue Of ''things that were but are
not"
A wing dam was also constructed
SO as to promote 4 steady current
through the reservoir. This will bring
the city water-supp!y fresh and cool
from the springs up Indian Creek,
the reservoir itself only serving as IA
"fouutaln head" giving greater fall
to the head
The head-gate was enlarged and
enough water turned on to give a
steady supply of $50 inches, which is
quite sufficient, and more than has
been used the past season.
After the cleaning and repairing
had been completed, full head was
turned into the ditch, and the n.y.
drants in the city opened to allow the
seasons accumulation of sediment and
sand that had gradually settled in the
pipes to wash out; and now they are
as clean as it is possible for them to
be, and the water as clear as if takcr
from its source.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-09-29
MR.. GiLMAN'S ROAD.
1t May Not be Built Unless Some Of the
EXPENSE Is Guaranteed Here.

John Gilman is in earnest in the
scheme to build railway between
HALEY and Bullion. AS before stated
in these columns, he has over three
miles graded already, and over half
the number of ties cut that will be
required to lay the track. But he is.
owing to the s,ringency in the East,
short of funds, and he desires the
people of Haley and Bullion to assist
him by subscribing for stock in the
road. The road will cost about $780,
600, ready to run, and fully equipped
with rolling stock; but he only asks
subscriptions for about $4,000, or
less than one half. Colonel Wall has
already promised to subscribe &c.,
900; the ldahoan, Mayhower, and
other mining companies will doubtless
subscribe $4,000 more-leaving only
$4,000 to be taken.
These subscriptions are to be paya-
BILE only after the road shall be in OPP
Grafton between the two points named
which will be some time next July
or August. If the road is then open,
construction force will be at once
put on to extend it to Camas Prairie
and Smoky, as money will then be
easier, and there will be no difficulty
in the way Of obtaining the necessary
capital.
The advantages to accrue to Halle,
by the building of the proposed road
are so great that our business men
should do all in their power to secure
it. HALEY being already connected
by rail with the outside world, her fu.
ture depends to a great extent upon
the building of more railways to anG
from this point that will bring here the
trade upon which we will thrive anc
grow.
The above is published simply &c
inform the people of HALEY of wha'
is going 90 in this matter. Mr.. Gil
man will be in town in day or two
and consult with our business men a.
to the ways and means to be adopted
to secure the road.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-09-29
THE DAY OF ATONEMENT.
How II Was Observed in HaiIey-An As.
sembly in Masonic Hall, to Pray and
FNSt-A Banquet Tonight.

The Jewish festival Of Yom kippur,
or Day Of Atonement, began last
evening at 6 o'clock, and will continue
until the first star shall be seen this
evening. All the business houses of
our Jewish fellow citizens were closed
last evening, and remained closed
to-day.
During the time stated all Jews
who live the faith must abstain from
eating and drinking anything but
water, and be in almost constant ador-
alton before their Maker.
The services commemorative of the
day were held here, for the first time
on Wood River, II, Masonic Hall.
They began last evening, and contin-
ued for two hours. Being resumed at
8 o'clock this morning, they continue
until half-past this evening. The
services have been uninterrupted to-
day.
Usually the officiating minister
reads aloud, and is initiated by the
congregation, every member of which
has a prayer-b book. But here, owing
to the scarcity of prayerbooks, one
person reads at the altar, those who
have books repeat the prayers aloud
and the Others in attendance listen
Mr.. Wolf of ketchum, and Messrs
Isador Morris, S. ]. Friedman, Elias
May, and B. Schwartz, of Haley
acted as readers, each in turn to-day
reading about two hours each, one OIL
more at time. They read in Hebrew
About half-past : O'Clock this even
ing the fast will be broken by eacl
person drinking small cup Of blacl
coffee and eating a small piece o
thin, unleavened bread; and half al
hour later the entire congregations
numbering 40 persons-will be enter
tanned at banquet at the Merchants
Hotel by Messrs. Morris and Fried
man.
OF the Jews in attendance, abou
eight or 10 arc from ketchum am
Bullion; the balance are from HALEY
There are none from Bellevue.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-09-29
Do You Want Your Fortune Told, or
COrnS, BuniOnS or Warts Cured!

Miss Theresa Armstrong, young
lady who has already established quite
a reputation in the East as fortune
teller, is stopping at the Merchants
Hotel, in this city, for a few days, on
her way to Portland, Oregon. She
comes here from Denver, Col, where
she lived the past five years and met
with great success.
She also has fine line Of all kinds
of jewelry, Blaine and Cleveland
badges, ETC., which she sells at bottom
figures.
Miss Armstrong is an experienced
corn doctor, and removes corns, bun.
ions and warts in two or three opera.
tons.
She can be consulted at the sample
rooms of the Merchants Hotel, during
the day, from II to 2, and after
o clock p. m. s29t3*
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-09-29
The Boss Oyster Parlor at Wangaman's
Pacific Fruit Depot.

Having had twenty-six years expe-
'rience in the oyster business, | claim
to ne unequaled in getting up fancy
dishes. Come and try me, and you
will be satisfied. have fitted up a
magnificent oyster room in the rear of
the store, and am prepared to compete
with any other establishment in the
country. Prices to sui, the times.
Oysters in every style. Open till Z
O'Clock a. IN.
sSm1 ASA l.. WAuGAMAN.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-09-29
YOm Kippur.

On the recurrence of Yom kippur,
the Jewish Day of Atonement, the
dry goods and general merchandise
store of S. J. Friedman will be closed
from sunset on the 2Sth instant, until
the rising of the stars or the evening
of the goth. Customers should bear
this in mind, and make their necessary
purchases beforehand.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-09-29
Fresh Lime.

Fresh Lime-none superior in the
Territory-fr from 'Iodgman's Excelsior
Lime k'ln-quality guaranteed-for
sale. Inquire of J. S. Waters, Re-
ceiver Z. S. Land Office, or j. II.
Crichton. s25mld&w
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-09-29
Money for the School Fund.

William Butler was brought before
Probate Judge Parsons. to-day, on a
charge of stealinga nut from the axle
of George Richardson's wagon. He
pleaded guilty, and was fined $33 and
costs.
Mr.. Richardson says that he is not
vet through with the thief, as the lat
ter has some property that can be
attached.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-09-29
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