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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-08-01
Temperance Reading.
IHAHE DRANK MYLASr GLASS.

No, comrades, thank you. not any for me,
ny last chain is rfvens henoeforward I'm
win go to my home and my children to
night,
With no fumes Of liquor their smiles to
blight
And with tears in my eyes, I viii beg my poor
10 forgive me the wreck have made of her
life;
I've never refused before-let that pass;
For I've drank my last glass, boys,
I've drank my last glass.
Just look at me now, boys in rags and dis
With my bleared, haggard eyes and red
blotched face;
Mark my faltering step and weak. palsied
hand.
And the mark on my brow that is worse than
Gains brand;
See my crownless old hat and my elbows and
knees,
Alike warmed by the sun or chilled by the
breeze;
Why, even the children Will boot as pass,
But I've drank my last glass; boys,
I've drank my last glass.
You would hardly believe, boys, to look atme
That mothers soft hand was once pressed
on my brow
When she kissed me and blessed me. her dar-
Ere she lay down to rest by my dear fathers
side;
But with love in her eyes, she looked up in the
Bidding me meet her there, and whispered
''Good-bye;"
And I'll do 1t, God helpingl Your smile let
For I've drank my last glass, boys,
I've drank my last glass.
Ali reeled home last night it wasn't very
For I'd spent my last sixpence. and landlords
On poor fellow who's left every cent in their
till
And has pawned his last bed their Golfers to
I'LL
Oil the torment felt and the pangs I en-
And begged for one glass; just one would
have cured,
But they Kicked me out of doors. /, too, let
For I've drank my last glass, boys,
I've drank my last glass.
At home my pet Susie, with her soft, golden
hair,
saw t6ro the window, just kneeling in
From her pale, bony hands her torn sleeves
were strewn down,
While her feet, cold and bare, shrank beneath
her scant gown:
And she prayed for bread--for poor crust Of
bread,
For one crust, on her knees my pet darling
plead,
And heard, with no penny to buy one, alasl
But I've drank my last glass, boys,
I've drank my last glass.
For Susie. my darling, my wee six-year-old,
Tho fainting with hunger and shivering with
cold,
There on the bare floor asking God to bless
me,
And she said; Don't cry, mammal He viii,
for you see
believe what ask fory' Then sobered
crept
Away from the housed and that night ~
slept
Next my heart lay the pledge. You smile,
let 1t pass,
But We drank my last glass, boys
I've drank my last glass.
Ny darling child saved mel Her faith and her
love
Are akin to my dear sainted mother above.
will make her words true or I'll die in the
race,
And sober I'll go to my last resting place.
And she shall kneel there and, weeping, thank
God
No drunkard lies under that daisy-strewn
sod.
Not drop more of poison my lips shall e'er
pass,
For I've drank my last glass; boys,
I've drank my last glass, !
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-08-01
What Men will Do When Drunk. :

A labOrer twenty-nIne years old, of
Wallabout street, Brooklyn, returned to
his home under the influence of liquor
one night last week, commenced to
abuse his wife and mother-in-law. who
was living in the family, and ended by
driving both out of the house and three
of his children with them, threatening
to kill them all with an ugly lOoking
knife with a fve-inch blade which he
flourished about wildly.
While driving the family out of the
house one of the children, girl two
and one-half years old. frightened at
her father, fled to the bedroom and
crept under the bed to get out of dan
ger, but without any one at the time
knowing it.
After he had elected his family he re-
turned to his rooms aud barricaded the
doors against all outsiders. He then
procured can of kerosene oil, gath
cred together a lot of clothing, saturat-
ing it with the kerosene. Then laying
the butcher-knife on the edge of the
bed, under which was his child, so as
to have it handy, he proceeded to set
fire to the clothes.
In the meantime the screams of the
women and children in front of the
house brought roundsman OReilly, of
the Thirteenth Precinct, to the spot.
After a hurried recital of the case by
the women the roundsman attempted
to burst the door in, but failed, owing
to the barr;cade inside.
Going around to the rear of the house
to make another attempt to enter. the
roundsman could see the flames from
the clothes. When the roundsnan
rushed in upon him and had him hand
cuffed, the cries of the little girl then
showed the danger she had escaped
from, and the inebriate next day in
prison learned the horrible deaths he
had tried to inhict on his wife and chill
dren.-ITish World.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-08-01
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

Repeated sovings of fodder corn
makes 8 continuous supply of green feed
at the close of the growing season
N Y Herald.
To brighten the carpet, dampen .
sponge in water, having few drops of
ammonia in solution, and wipe off the
dust Troy Times.
The reason why a hen that steals
her nest always matches is because her
eggs are good, but when we place them
under the hens ourselves we use any
thing that has shell to it, and then
complain that there is no benefit derived
from management. -Erchdnge
After the early garden crops are off
the ground is usually left to 60 to weeds.
This is very injurious, as the seeds of
the weeds remain as disturber Of the
next years crops It will pay to spade
up all vacant places and keep them
clean, whether intended for another
crop or not.
"A novelty in the baking trade is .
loaf of bread that does not require cut
ting after it is baked. It is shaped like
Vienna bread, and so made as to form
layers or slices of uniform thickness,
which by pulling gently are detached.
thus avoiding the use of the knife
Chicago Times.
"A towel folded several times and
dipped in hot water and quickly wrung,
and then applied over the seat of the
pain in toothache or neuralgia, will
generally afford prompt relief. Head
aches almost always yield to the stimuli
taneous application of hot water to the
feet and back of the neck.-Boston
Globe.
"A delicious pudding is made in this
way: Chop pineapple quite fine; take
some cake which is little dry, rub it
fine in your hands, or crush it on a
kneading board; put it into pudding
dish in alternate layers with the pine
apple, sweeten abundantly, moisten
with cold water, and bake in mode
rate oven for an hour and three-quar-
ters.-M. 7. Post
In feeding potatoes or roots to stock
it should be borne in mind that such
food is not perfect. Although adding
bulk, which is necessary, something
more concentrated, such as meal, bran
and oil-cake should be given. For COWS
hay should also be allowed plentifully.
Root-crops are used more for dietary
purposes than for their actual feeding
value. -PrGirie Farmer.
-Geraniums are special favorites for
beddefs, as they are so free Towering,
with every shade of pink, crimson, scar
let and white. Their only drawback is
their lack of perfume, which can be
supplied by edging their beds with mig
nonette or sweet alyssum, or with
plants of purple and white heliotropes.
Snow-wreath is the latest acquisition in
heliotropes, and Juliette the darkest
purple. -Nea0 York Herald.
DIR. Bennett, in his address before
the Nova Scotia Fruit Growers Associ-
alton, said he preferred cultivating
orchards during the whole period in
which the trees are being prepared for
fruiting. When they reach full bearing
the land may be laid down to grass, but
even then there must be no failure of
surface-feeding and mulching applica-
tons, without which the fruit will dwin-
die to small size, and become spotted
and fungus-marked.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-08-01
The Chicago Dude in Burlington.

e A realEChicago dude could have been
Seen on the streets of Burlington Sunday
It was dressed in a gray suit, gray hat,
gray CATERS, gray necktie, gray gloves
and gray celluloid eyeglasses. 1t was
accompanied by a young lady to whom
it made the following remarks. which
were overheard by a Hawkeye reporter:
s'Ah, howwible! You doan't suppose
that can wide in howse cav. Shock
ingi What would my fwiends remawk
if they should heah of it. The society
in which [ have the honah to move
would no longah countenance me. Oh,
deahl People in small places awe
howwibly annoying! Now WEAKLY, ma
chere, do you evan VIDE in tue howwid
howse caws? What q society! Twuly
it would affowd me great pLaiSir to have
q VIDE with you, but | weakly can not
entail a howse cav. You must excuse
me. When you come to Chicago will
you do me the honah of taking wide
in nv cawwiage?' The young lady
remarked something about apes, and
left the dude standing on the street
corner. We saw it in the evening, filled
to its utmost capacity with forty-rod
and buttermik, and as it entered the
eastern-bound train it said what q
mash | made on that bewtiful cweatah,
and what an impwess on ] pwoduced by
my wemawks on the hoWse caws! Oh,
deah! '-FaUkeue.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-08-01

approached the COY who stood on The
brink of such fearful death.
'lf he touches him, Tom will fall, "
whispered Louis Raymond.
Low as the whisper was, Ross heard
1t, and half turned his head towards
Louis, parsing an instant as if 10 think.
Then he MAIDS quick. firm step for
ward, and throwing both arms around
Toms waist, dragged him backward.
1t was all over in an instant. In the
face of fearful and imminent danger
Ross saved his enemy, and slowly.
carefully, for every step was peril,
drew him back to the steep1e, and With
the help of the other boys got him IN.
side once more, white as corpse, it Ia
true, and utterly t1nnerved, but safe.
There was little said by any one. In
silence Ross helped Tom descend the
winding stair, and then walked home
as quickly as possible.
Il don't feel well enough to 60 to
school again this afternoon" he said to
his mother, $50 I'll weed out your
fower-beds for you.
''You are pale" said Mrs. Carson.
'.I'm afraid you study too hard
Ross did not answer, but threw off
his coat and began to weed the beds,
hoping by hard work to overcome the
nervousness which had possessed him
ever since leaving the new town-hall.
He was still wedding, a couple of
hours later, when he heard the tramp
Of many feet, and looking up, he saw
about dozen of his schoolmates COM
ing in at the little wooden gate, Tom
Lane first of all.
1--WE come to ask your pardon, Ross
Carson said Tom, holding oft his
hand. you've taught me this day
what true courage is, and made me see
what cowardly sneak I've BEEN"
Toms lips quivefed as ne made this
humiliating confession, and his eyes
were moist with the tears which he
could restrain with only the greatest
effort.
Ross took the preferred hand in .
warm and hearty grasp as he said: 'Td
have done as much for any one, Tom.
Don't make so much of it. But I'm out
and-out glad to be friends with you"
And friends, fast and true, they were
from that time forth, and no one ever
again even whispered that Ross Carson
lacked courage. The story of that
brave deed of his on the scaffolding
about the new hall had borne testimony
to his courage which was sufficiently
convincing, and the people of Hillsboro'
were proud of their young townsman.
In their eyes he was hero. But think
that the noblest thing about his brave
act was that he risked his life to save
that of his enemY,-HIuStrated Chris
tan Weekly.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-08-01
Our Young Readers.
THE GENEROUS SPRLNG.

O the happy, happy spring.
Paved with white and glisteuing sands
What a lovely life it lives!
All itself away it gives,
Gladly answering all demands
0 the pleasant, sparkling springi
Where its crystal waters slip,
GrasS-engirdled, vine-enlaced,
Woodland creatures come to taste.
Rabbit shy, with thirsty lip,
Many bird on airy wing,
STOPPING, wheeling to the brink,
Chattering squirrel, brisk and small,
Human folk-'tis good TO all;
leone, "itlwhispers, ''come and drinkr
So they flock their needs to bring,
Yet it never is bereft.
Every moment that it lives
All its life away it gives,
Yet there plenteouS measure left.
What sweet, mysterious thingl
Though so generous and free,
LaviShing from morn till night
Wealth of waters pure and bright
Yet it knows not poverty.
O the happy, happy springl
Beautiful the aims it gives
With its clear, refreshing flood,
Even to leaf and flower and bud.
Blessing everything that lives.
Celia IhdrteT, in Wide AlUdlte.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-08-01
Selr.Made Poverty.

would not say hard words against
poverty; wherever it comes it is bitter
to all; but you will mark, as you notice
carefully, that, while few are poor
because of unavoidable circumstances,
a very large mass of the poverty of Lon
don is the sheer and clear result of pro-
fuseness, want of forethought, idleness,
and, worst of all, drunkenness. All,
that drunkennessi that is the master
evil. If drink could be got rid of we
might be sure of conquering the devil
himself. The drunkenness created by
the Internal liquor dens which plague
spot the whole of this huge city is APP
palling. No, / did not speak in haste
or let slip a hasty word; many of the
drink-houses are nothing less than in
fernal; in some respects they are worse,
for hell has its uses as divine protest
against sin. but, as for the gin palace,
there is nothing to be said in its favor.
The vices of the age cause three-fourths
of the poverty. If you could look at
the homes tonight, the wretched homes
where women will tremble at the sound
of their husbands foot as he comes
home, where little children will crouch
down with fear, upon their little heap
of straw, because the human brute who
calls himself "a man. will come reel
ing home from the place he has been
INDUCING his appetites If you could
look at such asight and remember it as
it will be seen ten thousand times over
tonight think you would say: "God
help US by all means to save some"
Since the great ak to lay at the root of
this deadly upas tree is the Gospel of
Christ, may God help us to hold that
ak there, and to work constantly with
it till the huge trunk of the poison tree
begins to rock to and fro. and we get
it down, and London is saved from the
wretchedness and misery which now
drips from every bough.-C Il. Spur
aeon.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-08-01
A Duel Expected.

Frederick Van Slyck is a young New
York iterateur, belonging to one OF
the wealthiest families on Fifth avenue.
He has written quite a number of
poems, which he has had inserted in
the local papers by paying for them at
advertising rates. He attended social
gathering not long since to which a
cynical old cuss named Timble had
been invited. Timble despises Van
Slyck. During the evening Van Slyck
put on heap of style, and among
other things he said very ostentatious-
ly that he was born on the very day
that Washington Irving died.
"Both of which occurrences. re-
sponded old Timble, "have had very
depressing effect on American itera-
ture.''
AS both gentlemen are members Of
the Union Club, hostile meeting is re-
garded as inevitable -Teras Ssfttngs.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-08-01

Prof. William H. Brewer. of New
Haven, Conn, protests. in the interest
OF the sick and suffering, against the
firing of salutes within the city. He
says that, in his belief. death has been
hastened in many cases, if not actually
caused, BY the noise. Hartford RaSt,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-08-01

They say the upright ''choker'' col
lar for men is gradually going out Of
fashion, which viii be pleasing intelli-
gence to thousands of its victims. The
gallants of Queen Elizabeth's day were
afflicted by similar starched cuffs, which
finally attained to such enormous pro-
portions that the fashion died ont
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-08-01

On the Stony Gutter Road, near
Danbury, Conn, is a white oak tree
that is the largest known in Connecti-
cut. Its height is in the neighborhood
of one hundred feet. The circumfer-
ence of the trunk is twenty-five feet;
the circumference at the first limb is
thirteen feet. The spread of its branches
is eighty-three feet. The age is esti-
mated ii TWO hundred years. Hartford
COura1st.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-08-01
She Appreciated the serenale.

VIII Haven serenaded his girl last
night, and when he got through singing
the first song female Irish voice was
heard at front upperstory window, rs
to-wit
..Is that you, Bill?'
"Yes. Where's Maude p''
Faith an she hain't got home from
the ice-cream saloon yit wild Mr.. Arch
er. Give Us another song, Bill; the
ould tolks are out, too. Give us 'Swate
Aiolets -Keatucky State journal.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-08-01
..Is that you, BillP''

Rev. Dennis Osborne, a native
born missionary from india, says his
peopla have 5S3,0O0,0Q0 Gods.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-05-17
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the hard lslAf II eIlHhlnn . tall
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afonn1 Ne and bfheIi faai'l ON
flump, faEla, luga, etc., IHnIin ~
fafia4a slkas AID ages h9ih iHala
and female W. h#l boeH iiiefs
only 4 short llAe when, behold
B drug eaHo befufe Uif vision,
loaded With lue, lemuiis, &C. pre-
sentcd ny s1mc hiai and consider.
ate Young gentlemen who Werc
present, and We tender ~ them
uuf most grateful thanks for thair
th0uEhtulneas. Then, various
plays were commenced by that
estinmblc and accompli lhed Young
lady, Miss Mobile Duyal, the kind
donor " the picnic, who, "a usual,
took great interest ia seoiug that
all the little ONES enjoyed them.
selves hugely. After several dif.
fercnt games, icc.cold lemonade
was prepared, Of which you may be
sure We took q hearty share and
great care was taken by all that
none Of It should be wasted then,
rcsuming our plays, with more
yigor than ever, we spent u very
pleasant while until dinner was
announced, which we, as amateur
writers, could not attempt b
describe ; but suppose IT "a suili.
cient TO say that we left the table
feeling as though we would need
nothing more to eat for a month
Then, for the third and last time
we resumed our plays which We
kept up until late in the afternoon
the sun was getting low before We
thought it time TO turn our faces
%homeward. Then, witho minds
filed with pleasant thoughts of {
pleasant day just spent and many
kind thoughts Of Miss Mollie, wh'
we all know never does things by
halves, we took our baskets anC
again climbed the fence, with mor'
weariness this time than before
1t is. our earnest desire that w
may be the happy participants o
another nice little picnic yer,
soon. For fear Of ~wearying you all
we close for the present.
Yours truly, 6 AND Z.
Sardis, May II, 1884.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-05-17
WALL 81 LACEY.
AuFNtH r0g ritg
Buckeye CuilaiOrs and plOS
SaIklaS !
4 Car.loud Ju'i Received

Every Grmct, Y ho wants Ia
Nuke money, should 30 mlgpt one.
New doipns TIA furniture Fifty
sunny south Cooking Stoves iust
IN Barhrd Wire, carload Full
limos Of hardware and agricultural
implements always on hand
Read what your noighbors say
about the BrcKEyE:
sarlia, Mirs, August !, 1854
Wall 4 Lacey, Agents buckeye Culti-
valor, snnlis, MiW
After having given the Buckeye Guilt.
yators and Plow sulkics, purchased
OF you. q fair trial, 1t Affords
~ pleasure 60 certify To their ok
ccllcnt qualities. They save labor, time
aud money. are simple In construction
and can he handled hy amy plowman aud
one pair ri mules will pull them readily.
The attachments that we have used per
form their work we'll, We hope 10 scc
the Buckeye Culliwtors generally used
and ARE satisfied II farmers will try then
they viii not wgrot Il. Farmers, by al
means try one next year. \ pair @
mules and q good man will plow from
five to eight acresa day, Respectfully,
q W Dyer y NJ Boxley, John Bryant
II K Williams, $ u Caruthers, 7 J. Tntc
j T. Heath, $ u Harris. L II Taylor, J !
Dickens, J NJ Kyle, W 4 Baxter J
Gates. mch2D
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-05-17
DUACAN'S BLOOD SYRUP.

NJ fcinady has sear hon onsfed that squalls THE
nsN ani s8tHlrdul Medicine A. q TlfihT Of ihe hiopd,
nruiutinF and cleansing ii Of ai ts Impurities uisl
Ie.i 10 y Aany n~nsiehiiy %tfupfilus N the skiH and
90 anru taf4lsH the Huifs sYfirin aud lmr1lf The
e,aefsi hsslih. Nifhlut rnfu llrYi sgoi hrslihi Il I'M
lsssihls SD dia.Hss II some Us esfiain. The main
csuar n the most aFaassisi hirri iiaeafr q, ~ al
suHsfsfs III HirIii. neglect 81 d. ini syinpioms Il
l. ~tlafaisfe iesi 10 thfrk tAs ifuAhle Al ouot. 10 do
this. nrafiy 10 ~ eases one ~ twa luiilrs ~ the
hlsa.i pufinsf viii b. f%rniesnti IN eases u Ions
standing. mnfs " The remedy l. Hrcflstty. 1ts
preparation I. entirely Fegetshlr, ati htfmhsa 10 the
mast delicate constellation. We depia u scarcely nee
sss1fy 10 enamrrais he lsas list u di.sssss isf
ahirh this zfrft e~eurnunf + = rrefiHci but u may
i~ relied upan q, fufs and sf#lifsis = tiffiF sny IN.
particles 1T ihr hlifh ef troubles VI auY Hti1fs afisins
thsfsfmn. We have countless serl1raiet tom All
over ~ Tinted States ffHm cass ~ N%cfaiuls, -
King Xvi, tle~fs. Oh Aafss, fyziFslsa. Irifefs
Hkin U4aasss. iinnsfs, umpiss, Hetfhff, krnpilans.
hhFHfnaiisu. Swelling ,hrffms. hinTsnfn, f~lstuless
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The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-05-17
Mr. Farloy's Death.

This community was panied to
hear Of the death Of Mr.. J. D. Far
ley, which occurred at his home,
two miles west Of Sardis, on Tues
day evening last he was about 90
years Of age. For a number Of
months he had been dangerously
i'll, and, no doubt, death was a re-
lief to his severe suffcrings. Mr..
Farley was a true christian gentle
man, a devoted husband and a
kind father, and will be greatly
missed by his many friends in
and around Sardis. We extend
our heartfelt sympathy to the be
reayed family.