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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-04-23
Strong Drinks.

We hear good deal said nowadays
about strong drinks, and after a good
deal Of thinking l have found out why
they are called so, and have found they
are strong on the wrong side always.
Why are they called strong?
Not because they make people
strong, for they make them weak; but
because they are strong to make honest
men thieves; strong to make good peo-
pie wicked; strong to make industrious
people idle; strong to make rich people
poor; strong to make men reel about
the streets; strong to make healthy
people sick; strong to make kings beg
gars; strong to make men commit
murder and suicide; strong to make
sailors steer on rocks; strong to make
wise men foolish; strong to make pee
pie forget God; and sometimes they
are SO strong as to make people see
two things when there is only one. =
Christian at Work.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-04-23

Mr.. PowDERLY, Master w orkman of
the Knights Of Labor, says that he has
been importuned hundreds of times
during the last year to depart from
their rule excluding liquor-dealers from
that organization. He says that strong
drink is the greatest enemy that the
laboring man has; that the saloon and
not capital has crushed every labor
organization that has gone down here
tofore; and that there is no hope for
the laboring man, who persists in fire.
quenting drinking places.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-04-23

A little maid walked smiling on her way,
Bearing white lilies on an Easter Day:
Herself lily, pure and fair as they.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-04-23

SILVER CERTIFICATES.
SO, Robt. Morris.
$40, Com. Decatur.
$50, E. Everett.
S100, Jas. Monroe.
$500. G. Summer.
$1,000, w. L. Marcy.
GOLD NOTES.
$50, Garfield.
$50. Silas Wright.
500, Z. II. Benton.
$500, Lincoln.
81, 600, A. Hamilton.
5000, JAS. Madison.
$40, 600, A. Jackson.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-04-23


out of my eyes ] had forgotten all
about Brown; | never knew he had a
daughter. If he had lived I would
have paid him the money soon as Twas
fairly on my feet, and he would have
muddled it away in tom-fool specula-
ton, too. Don't go off in huff. Come
| breakfast with me and we will look
into this matter over bottle of white
wine.
His guest hesitated and fingered the
door-knob irresolutely. 1t was well
that the other could not see his face,
| for 1t wore an expression of mingled
scorn and disgust. He conquered his
repugnance, however, and presently
accompanied Mr.. Hallow down Fifth
avenue. 1t was Sunday morning.
Early for men who had been to stag
dinner the night before--late for those
who were going to church with wives
and daughters. In Delmonico's break
fasts were dawdled over by lonely,
languid gentlemen, but those two
talked earnestly across corner table, a
bottle of wine and sundry pretty little
kickshaws between them. When they
parted they shook hands.
| Now you see / am not such low
bred scamp said Mr.. Hallow ex-
pansively. 'I'll fix it up brown this
week, ha! ha! hal Yes, and I'll write
the brown maiden the softest letter she
ever read, unless she has sweetheart.
She's fetching lass, isn't she, old
manPn
The old mans fair nioustache
twitched and his brow contract6E
Don't mix me into the gushing
epistle,h he said; s'bear that in mind.
"Oh, won't, since you make such a
| point of it. But don't you forget that
| always meant to pay that money, only
had rather lost sight of Brown
1--WE have all lost sight of him, y
echoed Mr.. Gray White with a soft
laugh.
Then he sauntered away alone and
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-10-28
NOTES OF THE FASHIONS.

In silks the finest novelties of the
season are in the combination suits of
failie franchise, with plush and velvet
and embroidered stripes, panels, and
trimmings. One of these fine combina-
tions consists of frise astrakahn plaid
plush on plain rich plush background.
Pekin stripes On plush of the new
heliotrope shades are also effective.
In silk and velvet the novelties all run
to stripes this year and combination
suits, and the stock is complete. Some
Of the most brilliant are plain silk
plush background, with a byjadere stripe
of beaded plush and frise velvet; blue,
brown, green, or olive background, with
graduating stripes and panels of plaid
plush, and frise plush with beaded frise
stripes.
All attempts to comb the hair. of the
forehead so far have proved fruitless.
While the thick bang of one year ago is
no longer in vogue, light fluffy waves
over the forehead are considered au fait.
The back hair is coiled low on the back
of the head, made into French twist, or
all mounted on top of the head, coiled
fat, and held with shelled or jeweled pins.
The PONCE silk with frise stripes of
contrasting colors are really pleasing
change from the plain ecru so long worn.
Little girls are given coats, outside gar
ments of check or plaid, to be worn over
plain-stuff frocks.
Tho frocks of girls of thirteen and up
ward are simply modified duplicates of the
dresses of their older sisters.
Costumes for children are made mostly
in blue or white. White wooden goods
especially make lovely, yet simple, toll
cts for little girls, silk and lace being ban
ished.
Girls of 10 and 15 wear their hair in
soft fluffy bangs over their forehead; the
rest is all combed low in the neck, and
held by banded bow of ribbon.
The tournure is not worn at all in Paris,
and only very small in size in England.
Any attempt at restoring the crinolet has
met with great opposition; no one seems
to want it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-10-28

exceedingly because of you, but the word
| of God burdens me because of your
| grOsser crimes, for behold thus saith the
Lord: This people beginneth to wax in
lniquity; they understand not the scrip
! lures, for they seek to excuse themselves
IN committing wheredoms, because of
the things which are written concerning
David and Solomon, his son. Behold
David and Solomon had truly many
wives and concubines, which thing was
abominable before me, saith the Lord
wherefore thus saith the Lord: / have
led this people forth out of the land of
Jerusalem, by the power of mine arm,
that I might raise unto me righteous
branch from the truth of the loins of
Josepa, wherefore l, the Lord God, will
not suffer that this people shall do like
unto these of old; wherefore, my brethren,
hear me and harken to the word of the
Lord; for there shall not any man among
you have save one wife, and concublnes
he shall have none, for I am the Lord
God, delighteth in the chastity OF WON
en-"
This passage has disappeared from the
present Mormon bible, which pretends
to be an inspired revelation, and Mr..
the present leaders of the Mormon church
have endeavored to obtain possession of
this early document. This is shown in
the following passage in the interview:
SIN 1879 two of the Mormon apostles,
Orson Pratt and Joseph F. Smith "a son
of Hiram Smith, who was killed with the
prophet visited Richmond for the ex-
press purpose of obtaining these time
iruCr chn IL
prepared to pay for them. Mr.. Whitmer
| received them courteously, and Apostle
Pratt said
Father whitmer, we desire to pur-
chase the manuscript, and we are au-
thorized to say that you may name your
price, and with patronizing air) be
sure you put the price high enough, for
| the church has plenty of money in the
treasury, you know"
at was a brilliant overture, but it
failed. Old Mr.. Whitmer replied, with
quiet emphasis: Elder Pratt, there isn't
gold enough in the world to buy it." The
apostles went home empty handed, al
though Orso Pratt would have willingly
paid 100000 for the manuscript. Much
! speculation has been INDUCED in regard
ing the particular reason for this anxiety
on the part of the church to possess this
relic, some going so far as to assert that
is traceable to an important difference
which is said to exist in the text touching
on polygamy, as between the original
manuscript and the present reading OF
the Book of Mormon. In glancing
through this original manuscript the
notable text, which so completely annihi
lates the morality which the Mormons
| claim for polygamy was discovered.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-10-28
WOMAN GOSSIP.
BRIGHT Bits for the Girls.

The difference between a hired girl and
the lady OF the house is that the girl has
some time she can call her own.-Wash-
ington Critic.
A bachelor of East Grand Forks gave
a dance, Among the guests were twenty
unmarried young women. During the
evening the host proposed marriage to
fifteen of them. They each one declined
with thanks.-Fargo (Dak.) Argus.
bright little six-year old girl in a
town near by, who was to give party,
remarked to her father the morning of
the eventful day that she thought the
children must all be coming, for she
hadn't received any 'sregreterations."-
Cortland Standard.
little nine-year-old daughter of f.
McGinnis, of Randolph, Cattaraugus
county, fell from chestnut tree one day
last week about twenty feet to the
ground. She fell upon her head, and,
springing to her feet, exclaimed: "I'm
dead; good-by," and expired instantly
Rochester Democrat.
The other day Capt. George Hays took
his little daughter, eight years old, into
the government building. The child
gazed upon the long haired sons of the
forest,who were there attending court, with
great interest. Finally she exclaimed:
Papa, shouldn't think the policemen
would allow these Indian women to wear
pants. st. Paul Pioneer-Press.
SIN what way do you fulfill your sacred
duty to leave the world better than you
found it?" said pious female visitor to
a charming young lady somewhat noted
for her willfullness the other day. II
spend my time in calculating the vir-
tue of submissiVeness," said the young
lady. "Ah, I suppose you set the world
an example of meekness?" "Not exact
ly. can't submit myself, but I am the
cause of submissiveness in others. In
that way I think manage to do good
deal of good"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-10-28

question of natural gas in the United
States.
"No," he said, ''you will not find the
assertion that the earthquake affected the
flow of gas in Pennsylvania approved by
any men of information upon the sub
ject. 1T may have been started and sus-
tanned by certain quacks, for there are
quacks in our business as we'll as in med
cine, but to man who knows anything
about the matter the idea is ridiculous.
Although it is true that earth cracks
we're produced in the Charleston region,
no evidences of any are to be found in
western Pennsylvania, and it would be
unrea sonable to suppose that any would
occur in that section. The pressure
of gas at the wells has not shown
any more variation since August
81, than for the same length of time
prior to that date. The cause of the late
decrease in the flow of natural gas in
western Pennsylvania has been due to
entirely different causes than earthquakes
and the decrease was observed long before
the late earthquake. which did so much
damage to Charleston and attracted such
universal attention throughout the
country"
s
haustion is going on, which will soon cut
off the Pennsylvania gas supply?"
mo. On the contrary 1 am greatly
surprised that any intelligent alarm
should have been entertained as to the
exhaustion of the Pittsburgh gas supply.
All the natural gas which can ever be
COTTON out of western Pennsylvania rocks
is now held in porous sandstone beds,
which serve as reservoirs to hold the gas,
performing the same service as gaso-
meter at one of our gas works. The sup
ply is in an inexhaustible quantity
but there is probably to-day, blowing in
to the air in the entire state of Pennsyl-
vania more than twice as much gas as is
being used for fuel. The gas companies
are now shutting into the wells the gas
which is not needed for use, so that the
waste is gradually diminishing. 1t is
strange that this method of saving gas
was so tardily adopted by the COM anies,
but even now it is not adopted as widely
as it should be. The extreme waste of
gas going on to-day, should be stopped.
The example of the Pittsburgh compan-
les in shutting off the veins which they
are not using has been emulated by some
and should be by all. If it is not done the
subject should be taken in hand by the
Legislature.
with due allowance for the waste that
is going on, and the increase of consump-
ton, [ believe that no alarm need be en-
tertained as to the exhaustion of the gas
sands of Pennsylvania for many years.
You may rest assured that earthquakes,
consumption and waste of gas will cause
no alarm to intelligent manufacturers in
the PittShucp district Moreover T not
only believe that the gas has come to stay
many years, but even if it should be ex-
hausted, artificial fuel gas will be manu-
featured at such price as to warrant the
positive assertion that the manufacture
ing and domestic consumers of gas in
the Pittsburg district, either for economy
Or convenience, Will never return to the
general direct consum psion of COAL"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-10-28
ELECTRIC SEARCHERS.
Naval Practices that Startled Passengers on
the East River Ferry Boats.
New York Herald.

The United States, first in inventive
genius of the people of the earth, has
been the last to adopt one OF the latest
additions to the science of war. But that
she has at last done SO was manifest on
the East river, to the establishment and
wonder of the passengers on all the fer
ries above the hook last night.
Slender flashes or rays of light extend
ed up the East river from the navy yard,
temporarily binding those who gazed at
their apparent source.
Electric searchers have long been in
use in Europe, and scarcely warship or
maritime port but has its searcher mount
ed for effective use, as occasion requires.
Even army corps on the eastern side of
the Atlantic are supplied with these sub
stitutes for sunlight.
The second electric searcher used by
the United States government has been
! placed on the new cruiser Atlanta, and
the officers of the ship were engaged in
trying it last night.
Capt. Brunce, commander Of the At
lanta, was engaged in booming the craft
| a few feet further from the dock, in order
to experiment with her engines, when
The Herald reporter ''came on board"
and consequently referred him to Lieut..
L OhOlOGOu, WIZ hdd VI U10 Low
electeical apparatus. The latter courte-
ously exhibited the searcher, which is an
| arc light within intensely powerful re-
| Electors, the whole inclosed in metal
case, exactly resembling the breech block
of a rife gun, and, TO still carry out the
resemblance, is attached to a pivot in the
port circular casemate forward and star
| board casemate aft.
"This is the second vessel in our navy
supplied with the searcher,' said Lieut..
Pendleton, "the Trenton being the first.
! But all the other vessels, especially the
new ones, Will have them as part of their
| equipment. By their means we can pick
up everything within a circuit of two
miles. Black is the only color that gives
US any difficulty in searching, but vigil
ance will enable US, by means of this limo
walton to see anything dangerous even of
color. We have been experimenting with
the light and are sorry if we have dis
turbed any one by SO doing. These
| lights are useful too in entering harbors,
as everything can be plainly distinguish
ed, shipping can be plainly seen and the
best anchorage picked out. In our ex-
periments everything in the East river
up to Blackwell's island could be plainly
distinguished from our deck"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-10-28
Advice to WouId-be Journalists.

The thousands of young men who are
turning their faces towards journalism,
will find the old editors words that it is
Hard work, poor pay, and early de-
cline," expressed in other but equally dis
couraging words by the editor of the
Middletown TRANSCRIPT, when he says:
-Four hundred dollars per year is sasd
to be the average salary paid to the edi-
tors, reporters, and printers of the Uni
ted States, engaged on newspaper work.
Young men, you who are longing to
join the band of public opinion moulders
just think of that. Four hundred dollars
year for the best slice of your life!
Hadn't you best stick to the farm, the
counting or learn good trade,
that, when you become tolerably prof
Gent in it, will pay you remunerative
wages? Hundreds have learned that
moulding public opinion" is mighty
poor business. Moulding stove lids pays
much better, and don't cause half the
wear and tear on the moulder's sys-
tenn. A good many people think news
paper work is just as easy as falling
down on ice, or finding girls lips in the
dark. We used to think so ourselves, but
that was when we were bigger fools than
we are now. We knew a young man
once, out west, who for two years longed
for place on newspaper as reporter,
and at last he got it. The first day he
was required to report a horse race, a
temperance meeting, and a fire seven
miles out of town. After he had done
all this the managing editor told him he
might write Washington letter, giving
a summary of the political situation at
the national capital, and then he could
go out and get some points on the pork
market for the next days paper. He
wanted to know of the managing editor
how In the dread future he could write a
Washington letter at point seven hun
dred and fourteen miles from the ma
tional capital, and when he had never
been there in his life. The managing ed
itor coolly replied that, ''if he couldn' t
write letter from any point in the known
world on fifteen minutes notice, he'd
better quit the newspaper business be-
fore he disgraced it." Re resigned the
same evening, and went back to his
old counting house stool, and his old
time, independent ten-dollars-a-week air,
and never asked to be Journalist
again. Some men seem to be born to do
newspaper work, and they will do it if
they have to live on cold hash and button
their coat up to their chin while their
only shirt is in the wash. And they will
be just as happy, too as the son-in-law
of a monopoiist with bad cough. They
would never be contented in any other
calling, even if it paid them ten thous-
and dollars year and fre-wood. All
others should keep out of the journalistic
field.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-10-28
FASHION NOTES.

Sand color is new shade, which COM
bines we'll with bright red
There are a number of neat checks
shown in wool dress fabrics; a pretty
mixture is of blue and gold.
Patent leather, though not favorabIy
looked upon by many, is to be worn in
many grades Of shoes, boots and slip
pers.
Pretty breakfast caps are made of
colored silk handkerchiefs, fully draped
and edged with two rows of anticipated
lace.
Cashmere and camels hair are used
IN combination with fancy woolens for
young women, and with watered silk for
older ones.
Violet and heliotrope are favorite
colors, pretty combination for costume
is a soft grey CLOTH with trimmings of
violet velvet.
Faceted pearls are used in the forma-
ton of high standing military collars, with
scarf ends of lace attached, pearl-beaded,
to correspond.
Evening gloves in delicate shades have
lace openwork tops reaching far up the
arm. These are very becoming to a hand
some arm.
Among the novelties in jewelry are
gold crochet hooks aud knitting needles,
tipped with small stones, pearls and bril-
llants being mostly used.
When hooks and eyes are used to
fasten the bodices of dresses they are so
placed amid the fullness of the plastron
waistcoat as to be invisible.
The new shade of black promises to be
very popular. 1t has peculiar Indian
blue tint which has a suspicion of gray in
1t, and is invariably becoming to all COM
plexions.
A pretty hat in rich shade of golden
has an embroidered net crown and brim
of brown lace plated, bows of picotedged
ribbon, and cluster of golden brown
feathers in front.
Many basques are now simply outlined
with a silk cord in contrasting color to
the dress fabric. A marine blue cloth
tailor made suit, outlined with a gold
cord, was simple, but lady-like and
pretty.
Many toilets for dressy purposes will
be of the new wooden fabrics striped with
velvet. The grounds are in all colors, and
the stripes are wide or narrow. Suits of
these materials are always combined with
plain fabrics.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-10-28
IN QUEEN FLORA'S DOMAIN.
The Moon Flower. CT Evening Glory, POpu-
lar Fayorite.
New York World

Inc M00n-ti0 or Evening glory, a POpu-
lar Fayorite.
New York World,
The most popular flower to-day in the
whole length and breadth of the land is
the ''moon-fower, or evening glory" Gpo-
mea nocit1philon). 1t is now in full
bloom in many sections of the land,
adapting itself to every latitude. 1t is
claimed that in the south, where it has six
months to grow, that the moon flower will
climb, if ''given rope enough" 160 feet
in one season. 1t blossoms on moonlight
nights flowers five inches in diameter,
pure white, and starry in shape. Its flow
ers are very fragrant and produce d
charming effect shimmering in the moon
light among its profuse foliage. So pro-
life is the plant that it will be grown
next season in boxes on the roofs of
houses and allowed to trail down in cur
tains of green where foliage shade is de-
sired for windows. Moon-hower is not
hardy anless in extreme southern states;
it must be carried over the winter in slips
inegreenhouses.
From Rosehill Conservatives now
comes a red Mermet rose. The color is
intense and the flower sweet scented. A
new and curious orchid has also appeared
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-10-28
The Consumption of Meat.
London Telegraph

An interesting calculation was made
some time ago as to the amount of meat
which is consumed during the year in the
various civilized countries of the world.
The result, with the ordinary allowances
for the fallibility of all statistics, was
that every man, woman, and child in the
United Kingdom ate 10 pounds of
butchers meat annually, or something I'M
der ounces day. For the United
States the figure was 120 pounds, thus
putting the Americans at the head OF all
civilized people for meat-consuming ca
pabites. Next to the United States Came
England, and a long way after France,
with only sc pounds annually per head of
population, until the incredible minimum
was reached in Portugar, whose contented
and prosperous people manage to get on
and wax fat although each individual con-
sumed only twenty pounds. In the cur
rent number of DR.. Richardson's maya
zine. The Asclepaid, we are reminded
that figures such as these apply to the
countries as a whole, but that if the great
cities are taken as unit of calculation,
then the amount of meat eaten increases
enormously. Thus he says at the time of
the Lancashire cottan fame, while the
average daily consumption in England
might be put down at seven and half
ounces, in London it would be as much as
twenty two ounces. The saLIe is the case
for France, three ounces being the average
diurnal ration of meat all over the coun-
try, and nine ounces for the more Pam
pered Partisan. Statisticians will, of
course differ as to whether figures such as
these are correct or not; but there can be
no doubt whatever of the enormous part
which animal food does play in feeding
the English speaking race.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-10-28
A Friendly Warning.
Fligende Bletter.

Lieut. enant-I would like very much to
have a leave of absence for about three
days.
Colonel-Going on picnic?
eyes, colonel, we are going to have a
little fishing party out in the wood"
"Going to be ladies in the partyr'
eyes, colonel, quite a number of young
ladies Will be in the party
"You can go, and hope you will enjoy
yourself, but for heavens sake, young
man, be careful. 1t was on just such an
innocent picnic that I came to ,be COB
bled up by the old lady in there"