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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-05-16
Alcohol as Food.

When alcohol first became a bever-
age it was honestly looked on as, in an
emphatic sense, ''the good creature of
God" The lcftiest figure in the Bible
-''the water of life'' (aqua-vit@) was
chosen to designate it.
When our Pilgrim fathers gave, as
their first gift to the Indians, a full
draught of whisky, they little thought
it was to prove to the latter potent for
their destruction. But it is now claimed
that science has discovered alcohol to
be at least food, and this claim is be-
ing worked in the interests of intemper-
ance.
Even admitting that, theoretically, it
is a heat producing food, as is claimed,
there can be no more heat in it than in
the sugar from which it is always
formed, and eight cents worth of beef
would be likely to contain as much food
as dollar worth of alcoholic drink.
What is the basis for this new claim?
Science formerly held that all the al
cohol imbibed was eliminated again as
alcohol, and hence could be of no serv-
ice to the system. But, in 1874, DR..
Anstie, of England, proved that only a
small part was thus eliminated-o
about one-quarter. The inference was
that the carbon of the portion retained,
like the carbon of fat or sugar, COM
bined with oxygen and was thus con-
sumed, giving out heat, like the latter
heat-producing substances.
Science, however, seldom gets at the
whole truth at once. Richardson, while
conducting Investigations in behalf OF
the British Association for the Advance
ment of Science, experimental on this
matter for three years. He found that,
while it was true that fully three fourths
of the imblhed alcohol was retained and
consumed in the body, it did not pro-
due heat. On the contrary, that the
flush caused at first by alcohol was
merely transfer of heat from within
to the surface, where it was rapidly ex-
pended; that alcohol was from first to-
last, and increasingly so, a cooling
agent; that, not only did it not evolve
heat by the union of its carbon with
oxygen, but that it indirectly lessened
the amount of carbonic acid exhaled by
the breath, thus doubly reducing the
temperature.
He concludes, "Alcohol can not by
any ingenuity of excuse, be classified
amongst the foods of man. 1t supplies
matter neither for construction''-nut
ton NOR for heat. On the contrary.
it Injuries construction and it reduces
temperature. ~ 0uth'S Companion.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-05-16
A Use for Dead Languages.

The following extract from J. 7.
Trowbridge's serial, "The Scarlet Tan
ager,' in the 81. Nicholas is q clear and
simple explanation of the reasons for
giving to flowers and trees, beasts,
birds and fishes, the long and, to many,
unintelligible Greek and Latin names
they all bear:
&c But can't see the use of giving
Latin and Greek names to birds and
things, nowadays said Gaspar.
Perhaps | can explain it to you,'
said the master. Take the pjcus
Gurdtas, for instance. We have seen
that it has several common names; one
of which, certainly, belongs to another
bird. So, if a person speaks of vel
low hammer, how are you to know
whether be means this or the European
-speciesP In ordinary conversation you
may think that is not very important;
but in all scientific descriptions, it is
necessary that such names shall be used
as can not be misunderstood
But why can't men of science
agree upon English names?' the boy in
quired.
" That is sensible question. The
answer to it is that all men of science
are not English-speaking people. There
are German, French, Spanish, Swedish,
Dutch, Russian ornithologists, and
those of many other countries. Now,
it is true, they might all agree upon an
English name for each bird; but it
would be as unreasonable for US to ex-
pect that Of foreigners, as we would
consider it, if we were all required to
learn a French or Dutch name. 1t
really seems much simpler and more
convenient to use Latin and Greek
names, which learned men in all coun-
tries agree upon and understand; so
that a German of science will know
just what Spanish man of science is
writing shout, if he uses correct scien-
tific terf1s Now, take the case of
this very bird. A Swedish naturalist
named ,1inneus, was a great botanist,
and classified and gave scientific names
to plants. also gave names to many
birds Ito this species, [ suppose, among
others; SO that when picas GmrotuS is
alluded to by any writer in any Ian
guage, ornithologists know just what
bird is meant. So, yoa see, these scien-
tific terms that you dislike form sort Of
universal language understood by men
of science the world oyer.'
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-05-16
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

If your silver forks or spoons are
stained from using in eggs Gas they al
ways viii be) rub them with little dry
table salt -EGchange.
oil cloths can be kept like new if
washed once a month in skim milk and
water, equal quantities of each; rub It
in well and polish with an old silk cloth,
and they viii keep for years. - GieOe-
land Leader.
Ginger Snaps: One quart. Of mo-
lasses, one pint lard, one tablespoonful
ginger. one tea-spoonful of soda, one
egg. Mix and roll an eighth of an inch
thick, and cut out and bake in moder-
ately hot oven. albany Journal.
Cake Pudding: Take old bits of
cake (if two or three kinds all the bet
ter, break in small pieces, put them in
a pudding dish which has been previ-
ously buttered; make rich custard,
pour over the cake, bake or steam. It
is made still nicer by adding coeoanut
frosting. and setting in the oven till of
a light brown. - Toledo Blade.
-Unalterable Paste: Take one table
spoonful of -four, add gradually one
pint of cold water; boil slowly and stir
well to prevent burning until it thick
ems; keep boiling till it becomes thin;
add one tea-spoonful of nitro-muriatic
acid, and boil till it again thickens,
when it is ready for use. This paste is
harmless. cheap and viii neither turn
sour nor mold. Scientific american.
--Seedsmen are now giving their own
names to the new varieties of plants and
vegetables they introduce. 1t is done,
it is presumed, for the purpose of adj
yertising, but the practice may lead to
good results. A dealer will not be
likely to give his own name to anything
that is very inferior. If he has doubts
about the value of new variety he will
not associate his name with it and al
low it to injurs his business. - Chicago
Times.
The quantity of food actually
needed by the body depends on the
amount of muscular and outdoor exer-
else. Persons who have strong con-
stitution, q healthy stomach and take
much exercise can eat and digest al
most anything with impunity, but what
is good for one is hurtful to another.
The most unhealthful kinds of food are
those which are made SO by bad cook
ing, such a.. sour and heavy bread,
cake, pie-crust and other dishes con-
sisting of fat mixed and cooked with
flour. Scientific Monthly.
In these days of hard competition
from increasing skill, brains as well as
muscle are required to make any line Of
farming successful. Both are needed,
but brains are the more important. 1T
is brains that make q man better
farmer than his jackass, which has five
times the strength of his master. While
a farmer should not be afraid or neglect
full of work, he should not so exhaust
himself with manual labor as to have no
energy left to give force to his brain.
Too many do this. II would be better
for them to work less and think more;
and make larger drafts on the lower
animals for muscular power In farm
ing nothing pays like intelligence.
National LlUe- Stock Journal.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-05-16
Temperance Items.

A KANSAS jury gave the following
verdict in a case where a man died in
state of intoxication: "Death by hang
ing-round a rum-shop." 1t is YER
dict that might be rendered in a multi
tude of cases, instead of 'a mysterious
Providence. - Chicago Inter ocean.
THREE cheers for Rhode Island
petite, plucky and persistent! Without
petitions or the pressure of persuasive
public pleading, the Legislature has
passed the Compulsory Scientific Tenn
peranee instruction bill. This action
gives us five States arrayed against the
next generation of saloons.-U Union
Signal.
LAST year NAV well be termed a
bad one for this country. for, ac-
cording to the daily papers, there was
an average of two suicides and four
murders a day, and no thinking, OBJ
serving man doubts that in nearly every
case the liquor traffic was responsible.
San Francisco Rescue.
EVERY ONE knows that it is impos3i-
ole to make horse drink when he is
not thirsty, and also that nothing is
easier than to make an ordinary man
AXE drink whether he is thirsty or not;
ind this is what makes tire drinking
saloons flourish and keeps so many
irunkard's households down in poverty,
case the head of the family has 0ot
nanliness enough to resist the tempta-
lion of taking another drink. Home
Gazette.
SPEAKING of home, there is a cry
that comes to as often. 1t is the cry of
the home not only against the saloon
but against the saloon patron. And
when we think of it, is there really any
justification possible for the home
builder who deliberately tears down its
walls and sets them tumbling upon the
helpless inmates. Let us have the other
tide of the appeal rung out over the
world; not only the home against the
saloon. but the home against she driHk-
E,--UaiOv &GRal.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-05-16
"Of course not. Int I was TOO sick.

"Of course not; but l was too sick
even to raise my head. As soon as /
could stand, rushed around to see you;
but you had gone. Dellie Jones told
me you had gone to Chautauqua; SO I
followed you, and here / am.
"Well," | said, very. sternly, "Tn
forgive you this times Fred; but you've
treated me very badly. And, Fred. she
has got a long nose. hasn't she?"
"Shockingly,n he said.
So we were married, and came South
for wedding journey, and-ohl there's
Fred. It's time to start. Amt he
darling? Do tell me-is my bang all
right! Thanks ever so much. By-by.
Julia K. Wetherelt, IN Hazper's Bazaar.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-05-16
Amusing the Baby,

Little babies are often tortured by
well-meaning but inconsiderate nurses
and friends. Ii they show any uneasi-
ness or nervousness, they are trotted
and bounced and iolted till at last, per-
haps, they fall asleep from very ex-
haustion. How would grown people
love TO be tickled on the soles of their
feet; to be roughly clutched in the pit
of the stomach and shaken; to be tossed
to the ceiling, sometimes just after a
hearty dinner; to have their cheeks
pinched and kissed by anybody who
happens to admire them?
Is it sure that the baby likes these
things? He can't speak TO beet if he
doesn't. To be sure he laughs nervously
when tickled, but the laugh is almost
indistinguishable from cry, and j
he becomes desperate, and sends forth
very audible protest, he is called
''cross. y
Poor, much-enduring baby! Your
father would defend himself against any
one who attempted to treat him as YOU
are treated. He considered himself in
suited and abused when tossed in a
tlldlihSc III LIS ScEOOl-UOy uaVS. Inc
sickening sensation when dropping
from height is supposed to be more
agreeable to you than it was to him
then. Your mother counts it bad
night when she dreams of falling down
from some high elevation.
Soma young children do undoubt-
edly enjoy rough play. They are of
the hardy, reckless kind, who will be
endangering themselves continually as
they are growing up, and have number
less hair breadth escapes recorded in
their histories. Ny plea is more es-
pecially in behalf of the sensitive, deli
cate children, who are frequently ex-
cited and rendered wakeful by injudi-
cious strain upon the nervous system.
Such Iced the gentle exercise admins
tered by loving hands, which check
them ere pleasure becomes a WEAKNESS.
Let us be considerate Of the helpless
little ones intrusted to our care. Farm
and FgreSide.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-05-16
ON THE SUNNY SIDE.

Hi and whoop-hooray, boysl
Sing a song of cheer!
Here's a holiday, boys,
Lasting half year,
Round the world, and half is
Shadow we have tried;
Now, we're where the laugh is
On the sunny side!
Pigeons COO and mutter
Strutting high aloof
Where the sunbeams futter
Through the stable roof.
Hear the chickens cheep, boys
And the hen with pride
Clucking them TO sleep, boy
On the sunny side
Hear the clacking guinea;
Hear the cattle moo;
Hear the horses whinny,
Looking out at youl
On the hitching-block, boys,
Grandly satisfied,
See the old peacock, boys,
On the sunny side!
Robins in the peach-tree;
BlueDirds in the pear;
Blossoms over each tree
In the orchards there!
All the worlds in joy, boys,
Glad and glorified
as romping boy, boys,
On the sunny sidel
Where's heart as mellow?
Where's a soul as free?
Where Is any fellow 4
We would rather be?
Just ourselves or none, boys,
World around and wide.
Laughing in the sum- boys,
On the sunny side!
james WhttcoDlb Riley, IN indianapolis Jour
nal.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-05-16

no calling can DO more hoRoEzb7e than
that which is actually and IN fact Che
handspring Of the whole. CbagTega1
ti0nQEiSt.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-05-16

WISE men mingle mirth with their
cares, as help either to forget or
overcome them; but to resort to- intoxi-
,ation for the ease of ones mind is to
cure melancholy by madneSs.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-05-16

In 1888 Samuel Turner dug we'll
at Charleston, w. Va, and a few days
ago he made descent into it to look
after sts cleanliness. The foul cir killed
him,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-05-16
Youths Department.
DAISIES.

Daisfest
Low in the grass and high in the-clover.
Starring the green earth over and over.
Now into White waves tossing and breaking,
Like fOaming sea when the wind is waking
Now standing upright, tail and slender,
showing their deep hearts golden splendor;
Daintly bending,
Airily lending
garlaHds of flowers for earth's adorning,
Fresh with the dew of a summer morning;
High on the slope, low in the hollow,
Where eye can reach or foot can follow,
Shining with innocent, fearless faces
Out of the depths of lonely places
TIL the glad heart sings their praises
Here are the daisies!
The daisieS
Daisiesi
See them ebbing and flowing,
Like tides With the full moon going;
Spreading their generous largess free
For hand to touch and for eye to see,
In dust of the wayside growing,
On rock-ribbed upland blowing,
By meadow brooklets giancing,
On barren fields a-dancing,
TIL the world forgets to burrOw and grope
And rises aloft on the wings of hope;
Obi of all posies,
Lilies or roses
Sweetest or fairest,
Richest or rarest.
That earth in its joy to heaven upraises,
Give me the daisiesl
w ny! tut bHey glow Win Ine Spirit OF youth,
Their beautiful eyes have the glory of truth;
Down before all their rich bounty they fling
Free to the beggar and free to the king
Loving they stoop to the lowliest ways,
Joyous they brighten the dreariest days,
Under the fringe of their raiment they hide
Sears the gray winter hath opened SO wide;
Freely and brightly
Who can count lightly
Gifts with such generous ardor proffered,
Tokens of love from such full hearts offered
Or look without glances of joy and delight
At pastures Star-coyered from morning till
night,
When the sunshiny field ablaze is
With daisieSl
Daisies,
Your praise is
That you are like nlaidens as maidens should
be:
Winsome with freshness, and wholesome to
see;
Gifted with beauty, and joy to the eye,
Head lifted daintily-yet not too high;
Sweet with humility, radiant with love,
Generous too, as the sunshine above;
Sway1ng with sympathy, tenderIy bent
On hiding the scar and on healing the rent;
lnnocent-looking the world in the face,
\ ct fearless with natures own innocent
grace;
Full of sweet goodness, yet simple in art
White in the soul and pure gold in the heart
All. like unto you should all maindenhood be
Gladstone to know, and most gracious to see;
Like you, my daisiesl
-Wide Quake.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-05-16

Prank Fleet, who robbed man Of
fifty cents on the street in New York
hes gone W for ten yesrs.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-10-04
NUMBER 30
Propriety in Politics.

The able editors of the Democratic
papers have worked themselves up to
a fine phrensy over Mr.. Blaine's tour
West. They see with dismay the
surging crowds, the cheering thous-
ands and the enthusiasm of the peo-
pie wherever the Plumed Knight ap-
pears, and sharpening their pencils
to indicative point they cry Hip
podrome" and let slip the phrases of
venom, They preach propriety in
politics in one sentence and in the
next overstep the bounds without
fear or faltering or any sense of the
shame they should feel.
Just wherein lies the impropriety
in Mr.. Blaine showing himself to the
people who expect to vote for him
these sable and sagacious" editors do
naf gDecfiys buS r5b vsesst NJ anosais ssssss
with the glittering generality, "that
it is beneath the dignity of a candi-
date for President of the United States
to travel around making a show of
himself" Why so? Is Mr.. Blaine
begging votes ? He is not, but is
mingling with the people, shaking
them by the hand and allowing them
to see and hear what kind of man
they are going to to vote for. 1t can
not be denied that his trip will re-
dound to the interest of the Republi-
can party, but he is bearing himself
with manly dignity and statesman
like discretion, in great contrast with
the. tail of the Democratic ticket whose
plea from the stump is, 81 want your
votes" If this be hippodroming
then make the most of it,
The wall of these righteous ? edi-
tors has tinge of envy in it. Be-
tween the lines one might read Our
candidate cannot travel around, he
wouldn't impress the people if he
did, and you are taking a mean ad-
vantage of US. You haye the broad
and enlightened statesman, of large
experience in the affairs of the Nation
and extensive acquaintance with the
histories of the coutries of the old
world, while we-here tear-can
only stand up dummy, whose state
manship is confined within the mar
row duties and contracted sphere of
the offices of Mayor and Sheriff. You
have giant brain :; we can only pro-
duce pigmy intellect. 1t isn't fair.
In their littleness they howl in NOR
tification at our greatness. The peo-
pie see it. You can't conceal it,
Wheeling hatelligencer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-10-04
Louisiana Politics.

The Republicans last week met in
New Orleans, healed all their differ
ences, and united on a joint electoral
ticket. There have been three parties
in the field claiming the right to
manage the Republican campaign
the regular or original Republicans
the representatives of the Sugar Plan
ter's Convention, which decided that
Blaine ought to be supported on the
tariff issue, and, lastly, the Blaine
and Logan protection clubs. nearly all
the members of which We're Demo-
Gratis before the present campaign.
1t was decided that each of those sew
eral factions should haye an execu-
tive committee and conduct a cam
paign of its own, to be generally su-
pervised, however, by the regular
Republicans. The electoral ticket
will be evenly divided between the
old Republicans and the new con-
verts, former Democrats, who are
supporting Blaine in this campaign.
The Democrats are threatened with
several ugly splits in the Congression-
al Districts, and the indications are
that the delegation may be divided.
Louisiana may be classed as doubt
full State, with a fighting chance for
Republicans to win.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-10-04
A Verdict from a Superior Jury.

the New York Tribune.l
Now let US see precisely what this
action of the Brooklyn Young Re-
publican Club means. A sub COM
mittee appointed by the govern
ing committees compiled digest of
the official evidence respecting Mr..
Blaine's railroad transactions. This
digest was placed in the hands of
every member, and owing to the high
character and social standing of the
club it is fair to assume that, with
few exceptions. this body of official
evidence was critically examined.
Here, then, is great club, composed
of 1900 of the most intelligent men
in Brooklyn-the very flower of citi-
zenship and respectability-that has
voted to sustain Mr.. Blaine by a very
large majority, after being placed in
full possession of the evidence in the
case. Here is a verdict from jury
of superior dignity and intelligence
to whom the testimony of sworn wit
nesses and the letters of Mr.. Blaine
were submitted without argument
III is verdict of acquittal that ough
to satisfy every sensible and homes
mlan.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-10-04

WASHINGTON, d. c., Sep. 25.-
Senator Davis. who has been the
Democratic boss in West Virginia
for many years, is in the city to- Knight.
Mr.. Davis is interested with Mr..
Blaine in business and is the father
in-law of Mr.. Elkins, who is conduct
ing the campaign. 1t has been fire.
quently asserted that he was not so
anxious to secure the election of a
Democratic President as he has been
in years past, and the Democrats ac-
cuse him of giving Elkins the benefit
of his acquaintance with men and
politics in West Virginia in order that
the State might be carried for Blaine,
of whom Mr.. Davis is personally
very fond. Mr.. Davis was asked by
a friend to day what he thought of
Blaine's prospects, He replied that
if West Virginia and Ohio went Re-
publican in October, Blalne's election
was assured. He would not admit
that West Virginia would go Repub.
lican, but said the Democratic major
ity would be very small. This ac-
acknowledgement is considered signif-
cant from the fact that the Democrats
insist that the Republicans are gain
ing no ground in that State.
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son the Goth instant, the second
note of the loan l negotiated in De-
cember last falls due. The first for
S2,032.50, which fell due March 1-4th,
l was compelled to meet at the grav-
est possible inconvenience to myself.
| drew on Mr.. Fisher for the amount,
but he declined to notice the draft.
The note which falls due on the 29th
instant is for S2,57S.35. 1t seems ex-
tremely hard and unjust that should
be compelled to pay this money. 1t
is no more my debt than the debt of
President Grant or Queen Victoria,
and l cannot believe that you and
Mr.. Fisher, both or either, intend to
leave this burden on me. If you do.
it will crush me-"
81 am in very painful and en-
barrassed situation growing out Of
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