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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-01-09

make it go-brain sluggish, body eAH
feebled, and final destruction near at
hand.
''Well, sir. swore to get out the
work that was demanded of me, but
I'd keep it off, nerveless, helpless and
no, not hopeless. The last day came
around and still 1 had not produced a
line. Then / fully realized what mis-
cradle victim / was. One morning
while I lay in bed, staring as usual at
my boots, 1 suddenly resolved that I
would never drink another drop of al
cohol. dressed, went down to the office,
told the business manager that / was
ashamed of the manner in which | had
failed to respond to his necessities and
added that he probably would not see
me in the office again for three days.
Didn't say word to him about my
resolution on the whisky question,
IAN that day | smoked necessarily,
spending most of the time on the docks
walking bareheaded with my face
against the breeze. The weather was
warm, and l was full of fever; but l
held out and at eleven o'clock went to
bed. Next morning to my great sur
,rise / was able to eat a small piece of
porter-house steak-hadn't touched it at
| breakfast before in twenty years. That
WAS a hopeful incident. At noon l ate
fair lunch. That was better. At
night slowed away well man din
ner That was best of all; for when q
that he is not lost In three days
| 70 orfn c.on1 on1 COLD
food had flavor that was delicious.
My recovery was quick.
Ibid not your craving for liquor con-
tinue for some timer
II think not 1t was moral as we'll
as a physical overturning IN my case.
That is, the better condition to which I
had come so soon was a cause of more
pleasure and exhilaration to me than
any quantity of alcohol could make
possible. l simply couldn't afford to
put in peril that nationally happy con-
dition.
''Do you never feel a desire to drink
at this stage of the fight?"
Possibly do. At least and at most,
along about four o'clock in the after
noon, feel deep depression-not for
want of a nip so much as because | am
tired with work. The natural impulse
then is to stimulate, but | beat it down
without great effort, and in little while
it passes.
Il am absolutely certain that if I
were to take one drink | should lake
forty. Alcohol runs through my veins
like quicksilver.
mo, do not believe l shall ever re-
sumo. l inherited cast-iron conStitu-
tion-Ought to live one hundred and
thirty years in all, but | threw away
thirty years by dissipation, and SO 1
shall live to be only one hundred.
Fun? Well, no. Can't say that a
sober man has much of the sort of fun
that the drinker has; and it may be
doubted whether many reformed drunk
ards ever enjoy mere physical existence
after reformation with the same eager
zest they knew in more conyivial days.
Why, when used to 90 over to Chase S
and get in four or five drinks | owned
all that side of the street On ten drinks
had quite a comfortable balance of
ready money in bank. At the twenty
stage of my drinks | owned the whole
city of Toledo. Haven't been very
wealthy lately from that point of view. "
Detroit Free Press.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-01-09
HIRING CHINA.
Not the Heather Chinese, but Dinner and
Tea-Scts of Dishes.

Not the Heather Chinese, but Dinner and
Tea-Sets of Dishes.
''It takes lots of chinaware for these
swell receptions, said a china dealer to
the Star man the other day, as the por-
ter passed out with basketful of plain
white china.
Yes I suppose you sell consider
able said the scribe.
"Sell! Well, yes, we sell some;
but then he stopped and smiled
curiously. "We]l, it isn't all sold that
goes out 1t comes back in most cases.
That is, what isn't broken comes back.
That's why it's plain white Haven't
you noticed that all the china at these
receptions is white? Well, that's the
reason-it comes back" Then he put
his mouth close to the scribe's ear and
whispered.
"What! For a1 these large recep-
tons? Cabinet ministers too? You
don't say that they
Eyes, all of them nearly hire their
china for such occasions. You see at
some receptions, such as those given by
the Cabinet officers, Foreign Ministers,
Supreme Judges, and tho like, there are
four or five hundred guests present.
All have to be served. Now, you don't
expect them to keep china store. No,
no, they hire their service. That's
going to, but / guess not; | won t
tell you where. If you go there, you
may eat out of that plate, and to-mor-
row night you may eat from the same
| somewhere else. See!'
:" Don't it get broken?"
"Yes, receptions break china very
FAST but we get paid for all that, and
charge percentage on its value for its
use. There is hardly reception given
in Washington where there is not hired
china on the table. It's cheaper to hire
than to own. Some people put away
their light fancy china on such occa-
sions, because it is too expensive to have
broken and is hard to replace Others
don't have it. What we hire is nice
china, but, as | said, it is plain white.
We seldom hire any other kind, and
when we do it is never the same set
! twice. !"
"Why is thatq' asked the scribe;
I" don't they like the colored?n
Well, no, they don't like it. I
guess not Now, you go to AS to-
night; you see a set of china with pc
culiar Japanese figures on it. You go to
BIS next evening. More Japanese fig
ures. Again, Cfs chocolate IS served in
Japanese. All the rage! All! Jap
anese figures are just the thing in china,
now. You mention it to Mrs. Been
there. She draws you to one side; puts
her fingers to her lips in a sly fashion,
and whispers close up into your ear
Hired! Now, you see, that wouldn' t
do. If they are all alike they must be
white plain white. Then, too, it is
easier to replace when broken. Yes,
all the first-class stores have china to
hire. - WASHINGTON Star.
--------k e-ss--------
Youth discounts the future, but age
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WHAT SHE BROUGHT ME.


This faded flower that you see
Was given me year ago
BY one whose little dainty hand
Us whittier than the sEow.
H3r eyes are blue as violets,
And she's a blonde and very fair,
And sunset-tints are not as bright
As is her golden hair.
And there are roses in her cheeks
That come and go like living things;
Her voice is softer than the brooks
That flows from hidden springs.
She gave it me with downcast eyes
And rosy flushes of the check
That told of tender thoughts her tongue
Had never learned to speak.
The fitting words had just been said
And she was mine as long as life.
gently laid the flower aside
And kissed my blushing wife.
She took it up with earnest look
And said: "Oh, prize the flower,
And tender tears were in her eyes
1T is my only DOVER"
She brought me faith and hope and truth,
She brought me gentle thoughts and love
a soul as pure as those that float
Around the throne above.
But earthly things she nothing had
Except this faded flower you see.
And though tbs worthless in yoxr eyes
IT'S very dear to me.
-EUerp Other SATURDAY.
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A New York woman promised a
boy five cents if he would run an errand
for her. Upon his return she tried to
put him off with cent. He picked up
her pet cat and made off with it, saying
he would keep tabby for security. A
policeman captured him, but the Judge
discharged him and required the
wsman to pay oyer the four cents.--N
I, tribune.
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WIT AND WISDOM.

Think of your own faults the first
part of the night (when you are awake),
and of the faults of others the latter
part of the night (when you are
asleep = Chinese ProUerb.
Traveller, to railroad newsboy:
"Can you get me 'Anderson's Antiqui-
ties sonny?" eyes, sir. Next sta
tons an eatin' house, and you can get
a sandwich for five cents Golden
Days,
-"Mr. Smith, do you dye your
hair?" asked the small boy. "No; why
did you think O?' 30, I dunno, only
it's black, and sister said she reckoned
you was born light-headed. y Chicago
Tribune.
-''Mary, you played me a shabby
trick last night" Glow, John?"
''You said you'd accept my company to
the party and then you went with Bob
Cityman" ''Why, he's visiting at
your house, isn't hep eyes" "Well,
then, didn't l accept your company?"
John Rural killed himself, and well he
might. N. Z. Ledger.
-''Did you hear any disturbance or
cutlery on the street last night, about
twelve o'clock?'' asked Kosciusko Muir
ply of his friend Gilhooly. t'No, 1
didn't hear anything in particular. But
why do you ask?" Il was going home
from an oyster supper, and / slipped
and fell right in front of your house. I
thought perhaps Freedom shrieked
when Kosciusko fell -1eras SJt-
mas
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She Beats Them All.

There's the girl with the smiling face,
The girl with the witching eye.
There's the girl with stately grace,
And the girl that is modest and shy;
There's the girl with the winning air,
The girl that's reserved and cold
There's the girl with the curly hair,
And the girl that is rather old;
There's the girl that is grand and TALL
The girl with the dimpled chin,
But the girl that beats them all
Is the girl that has got the tin.
All hopes blasted: jerks '.Ah,
Blinks, glad to see you. How is Mrs.
Blinks and the baby?" Blinks-"W Well
very well; only am little disappointed
in the baby" disappointed! Why,
it's a boy, isn't it?' Eyes, but you
know the desire of my heart has been to
have son to succeed me as editor of
the Evening Clarion" eyes, and no
doubt the youngster will inherit his
fathers talents" "But he won t. {"
''Won't?" mo; | shall never be able
to make anything but a morning paper
editor out of him. He sleeps all day
and stays awake all night. PhiIadeI-
phiG Call.
Painful Suspense y DEAR" he
said as he entered the house, ''who is
that gentleman across the, street," II
am not sure, but / think he is an old
beau of mine" ''How long has he been
waving his handkerchief '-Oh, more
than half an hour is he trying to
flirt with you?' That's just what an
noys me. He may mean it for me, or
for the lady in the bay window above
If it's for me l ought to know it, and if
it's for her I'll never speak to the shame
faced thing again as long as live! Oh,
George! you don't know how vexatious
and uncertain it is to have roomers
above you! / wish we had a little cot
tage of our own. "--Detroit Free Press,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-01-09

The Pilgrims celebrated their first
Thanksgiving Day in 1921, and for
many years Massachusetts was the only
part of America in which the holiday
was observed. The Governor of New
York issued Thanksgiving proclama-
ton in 1917, and Pennsylvania was the
next State to adopt the custom. In the
South, the observance of the holiday
has progressed less rapidly than in the
North. Boston Journal.
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When Maud S. made that mile in
81 at Lexington, 9 the ladies rushed
into the course and kissed her repeat
eddy" says correspondent The
jockey must have felt very much sights
ed,-Phiiadalphfa CaR
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Youth discounts the future, but age
offers premium for the return Of the
past R1atebaE gssaes, :
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We POUNDS REwARDl

.
SToLEN--On the 14th inst outside Euston
Station, favorite pug-dog, answering to the
name of Pink. The thief was rakish-looking
| man, dressed in grey suit, and carrying
| black leather bag. The above reward will be
| paid to any one returning the dog to MRS.
Grass, 10 Sherry Gardens, N. w.
N BIZ the conviction of the offender he
procured, the reward viii be increased to SEE.
| EN- POUNDS!
went home, and told my wife what
| had seen, only emitting the libelous
description of myself as a "rakish-look-
ing man."
"Well," said my wife, "we can now
find out which the strange dog is, for I
know its name. The dogs are in the
garden now"
Going to the window, she opened it,
and called Pink! Pink" / watched,
with intense interest, assure you, the
result of the experiment.
Would you believe itP The moment
they heard the sound of her voice both
dogs started for the window. / never
saw more perfect ''dead heat in my
| life. TIE two noses came in side by
side, neither one inch in advance of the
other. In my annoyance and disap-
| pointment almost imagined thatI saw
| thSn Nluh oh CACn OlueI. H6N GGI-
tainly wore an unmistakable Don T.
you-wish-you-may-get-it sort of ex-
preston.
sat down on the sofa without saying
a word, and my wife looked a little dis
concerted. She was, however, too
good general to own to defeat, and
at once executed a flank movement.
There is only one thing to be done.
Horatio. You must go and see Mr..
Slowly, and get his advice. It's his
business to get people out of difficult
ties, and he will get you out of this
one. y
Well, Immediately after breakfast a
cab was fetched, and | got into it and
drove to the office of my solicitors,
Messrs, Slowly & Slick, Furniyal's Inn.
/ Slowly was within, and was at once
ushered into his private room. He
beard nay tale with great attention,
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He Took tho Others.

Y0ulhG Companion.
A gentleman who paid the best prices
for his provisions, and who liked to live as
well as did his neighbors, wasoncedeceived
by his poultererin theag ofsoma poultry he
bought. Meeting the dealer a few days
aiterward, he walked up to his wagon and
inquired
SCOT any geese to-day?"
"0h, yes, said the p1ulterer "alnelot."
How many have you got?"
"a dozen-niCe ONES. " The customer
turned them over, and then he added
CHOW, you see,P We got pesky lot Of
fellows at my house, an they eat great
deal of poultry. Haven't you got any
tough ones?"
"Well, yes" said the dealer, picking
them over. =" There's one, two, three,
four. five Of EN-"
us that all thetough ones you'vegot2 2"
eyes, yes; that's all, said the seller
separating them. /.
swell, then, reckon on the whole,
concluded the buyer, III take the othel
lot" The poulterer looked thoughtful
and, like most thoughtful people was
silent.
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INDIGESTION Cured /!

IFuiIered for more than Ave years with Indiges
tiOn scarcely able tc retain the simplest food OF
my stomach. The burning sensation was almost
Intolera6le, and my whClc system was deranged
was wakeiul and could not sleep, aud cOuse
quently more or less nervous al! tho time. l de-
cIiued in feel, and SuEei cd all the usual depres
zion attendant upon this terrible disease. In a
word, was mIserRble. ANlaGt, failing TO fnd re.
lief Iii anything else, commenced the use oil
SwIlt'B Specific. began to improve at once The
medicine toned up the stomach strengthened the
digestive organs, and soon all that burning ceased,
and could retain food without difficulty. Now
my hea,uI Il good. ard can eat anything In the
shape Of food, and digest 1t without the slightest
difficulty mTat CheeFlully bear this testimony,
because there arc hundreds suffering as was, and
am sure they can be as readily healed. Take the
prescribed dose after eating instead OF before.
JAME7 MANN, No. II Ivy St
AtlantA, Ca, May 10, 1885.
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pouLrrY POINTS.

England imported eggs to the value Of
Sl2,50O0O0 dmring 1888.
Keep few grains Of copperas in the
drinking vessels. A few drops OF tincture
Of iron is even better.
Sprinkle little sulphur or insect pow.
der over the back and wings OF the hen
that has brood. 1t will pay.
Ladies' who apply themselves closely to
the business are almost invariably among
the most successful poultry raisers.
Watch the turkeys that they do not
wander into the woods and become victims
l-Of malicious or careless sporismen.
1t does not require great quantity Of
water to rear ducks successfully; indeed
they must not be allowed freedom to 1t
while small.
Nest boxes should either be thoroughly
cleansed and white-washed, or else burn
ed and replaced by new ones quite fire.
quently.
Give your hens all the skinned milk
and butter.milk that you can. They will
repay you for it fully as well as will the
pigs.
Be sure and sprinkle little pulverized
charcoal about the poultry quarters. The
fact that 1t soon disappears Ia evidence
that more is required.
When hens are still confined to their
yards, do not fail to supply them with
fresh grass aud weeds every day. Plan
tain is very acceptable TO them.
1t is said that France exports more
geese than any other country in the
world. What is it the French do not
produce? Their habits Of production and
economy arc enough to make thriving
nation.
Feed the young chicks often il you
would keep them growing rapidly; but do
not feed more at time than they will eat
up clean in u few minutes. A little bone
dust mixed with tho feed will give vigor
and strength.
Destroy the old nests rs soon as the
hens have come off with their chicks.
Don't be satisfied with throwing the nest
out in the yard. Burn it, and then il
there be Yermin all will be destroyed.
Sprinkle a little sulphur, also lime or
copperas, about the position OF the old
nest box.
The eggs laid by an active, healthy hen,
supplied with good, fresh food, are much
superior to those laid by hens that are
the common scavengers Of alleys, back
yards and pig-pens. The difference in
color, smell and taste is very evident to
one who has given the matter little at
tention.
It costs no more to keep thoroughbred
hen than scrub, and the extra eggs she
will lay by the time abe is one year old
will nearly always pay the frat cost. Then
when one remembers that there is Il con-
slant demand for pure stock at good prices,
and one can soon calculate the loss sus.
tanned by breeding poor fowls.
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In the fall OF 1854 was taken with a case Of ma:
Isriai fever which Frustrated me both body and
mind. was dragged after the old fashion with
mercury and other mlneRl mixtures. bus wilt no
good results Ny health was shattered aud my
energy gone. Ny legs and feet won d swell, and I
had What everybody thought was dr0psy. these
symptoms alarmed me, and vas ready grasp at
any remedy suggested. A friend advised me 70
Try Swift Specific. lprOcured three bottles aud
commenced itS use The swelling soon subsidized.
have taken the three bottles, which have made u
perfect cure, and feel like Il new man to-day.
There nov, was Il rOri meritIrlous medicine Of
icred TO suffering humanity. 1t has wrought Won
den for me- WILLIS JONES.
LceSbnrg, Lee county, Ga, March Il, 1886.
For sale by all druggists.
Treatise on Blood aud skin Diseases mailed free
the SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.,
MY, l57 ". sd st. Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga.
For Sale by Laughln Bros. & Co. and Logan & Co
fVIlnLW
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PTrnBuRGH, Pa, Oct. l.-Petroleum dull but
steady; National transit certificates opened a
q OF: closed at 81 oOsti highest q oihi low
estSl0o1{.
highest q 0lk; lowest 81 OK; closed At 81 coz
shipments l0lSO0 baIrclsi charters S0IS67 barrels
NEW YonK.. Oct l.-Peroleum steady; United
closed At q OK
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San FrdnetscO Chronicle.
He got on "bust" once, and when he
came 10 the end Of his tether he found
himself SOLDERING up in Carson. Having
but one suit OF raiment, he hung up his
shingle outside the door OF his room in the
hotel and went to bed while his costume
was being renewed for wear. He was in
the depths Of slumber when knock
aroused him. He requested the knockel
to enter, and Carson man, in somewhat
rough attire, walked in.
"Are you lawyer"
ayes" he answered, from the pillow.
owe gotta case for you."
He sat up in bed, drew the bedclothes
around him in an instant, and assumed
IN interested air.
estate your case"
"Well, you see, ! rented q field for graz,
ing from man. 1put horse on 1t and
the horse died."
"Indeed Well?"
swell! Hain't got case against that
MANI"
ENTHUSIASTICALLY. But, tell me, what
did the horse die OH"
"You see, a rattlesnake bit him, and he
died"
"Ahemw
"Can't sue the man for the value Of
that horse? He hadn't any business to &C
and rent me field with rattlesnake in
it, had he?"
you're right, sir, perfectly right. Dc
you want me to take up the case"
ayes, OF course do"
"Ahem! what-what amount-What fec
do you propose to offer?"
swell, haven't got any money. I'll
give YOU'LL give you halfthe value ofthe
horse"
VERY good. What, may l ask-what
do you consider the value Of the beast?'
at wasn't very young. 1t had beer
kicked by a mule, and the gophers had
nibbled at 1t, aud it had fallen down 6
shaft, and 1t had been fifteen or sixteer
years drawing quartz from mill. Well
it wasn't-well, l should say it was worth
about So"
The lawer gently lay down in bed ant
prepared TO 90 to sleep. He gave one last
look at the client.
"Good morning. lam engaged for thu
snake!"
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An Ahla snaks Story.

NeW loFg sun
The sblest snake story Of the season
comes from Henderson, Houston county,
Ga. 1t was q race between q feet-iooted
dog and black snake. The dog chased
the snake three.quarters OF q mile down q
lane. TITS long lane that has no turn"
and the snake appeared in good spirits.
Just at the end Of the lane the snake
made sudden turn and found It's hole
under bottom rail, The snake went
down the hole head Grat, when the dog
seized II by the tail, The snake was pre-
pared for the emergency, and gave up its
outside covering or skin, which peeled Cd
as easily as the akin Of roasted potato,
It Is supposed that the snake suffered nc
inconvenience from the loSS Of Its outside
covering, as the shedding season had ar
rived.
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JOHN K1Sx1E, No. 455 West Fifty.seventh
street, New York, suffered with inham-
nation OF the ear, which. was very much
swollen and so painful that he did not
sleep for three nights. Everything was
done for him without avail. He took
nine Brandreth Pills which acted power.
fully, pains ceased and swelling greatly
reduced-took six pills the two following
nights aud was well. MwF4w
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American Better Than English workmsn,

American Better Than English workmSn.
BoHOn Heru'd.
For interior wooden decorations the
builders OF large passenger steamers on
the Clyde have sent across to the United
States to obtain workingmen, paying them
three or four times the rate Of wages that
they would give to men in similar trade
in Scotland, for the reason that results OBJ
tanned, both in finish and economy, fully
warranted this seemingly large and IN,
necessary expenditure. Mr.. Sargent, the
hardware manufacturer OF Connecticut,
stated last winter that, after going through
the hardware factories OF Germany, he
was prepared to believe that he could
manufacture his goods In the United
States cheaper than they could be made
in Germany, even II the German opera
tiyes work without pay.
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Tho Great mys;ory Of tho North.

Harper Ikdh) TImes
The finest electrical display we ever wit
messed was Visible in the Southeastern
heavens Monday evening about o'clock
The whole canopy, from the zenith to
the horizon, was almost solid blazs OIL
light, while the forked flashes and light
ming bolts darted in every direction. Al
times bolt could be seen to drop straight
down, then again it would dart sidewise
and writhe through the atmosphere. The
scene was simply grand, and those who
saw it may claim to have witnessed an
exhibition decidedly unusual in this sec
ton,
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Advertising Cheats!!!

at has beco ire so common to begin an article In
an elegant, interesting style,
"rhcn run 1t into some advertisement, that we
avoid all such.
"Aud simply call attention 70 the merits oil Hop
BI,ters In as pIaIp, honest terms as possible,
'.T0 InduCe people
80 give them one trial, which so proves thctr
value that they will never use anything else"