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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-07-13
SECRETS OF THE TOILET.
Reliable Recipes for Preventing and r.
moving Tan and Sunburn.

Reliable Recipes for Preventing and Re-
moving Tan and Sunburn.
Remedies for tan and sunburn are
many, and the reader may take her
choice. She must not feel discouraged
If the first attempt fails. She must try
again and keep on trying, remember
ing the difference in skins and consti-
buttons, and that remedy which in
one case is highly beneficial may fail
entirely in another. 1t is with lotions
as with prescriptions-not the disease
alone, but its cause and the habits and
disposition of the afflicted have to be
considered. The recipes selected are
excellent ones, each having proved
efficacious in one or more cases.
To remove sunburn. l. Battle fire.
quently with equal parts of lime or
lemon juice and olive oil. or equal
parts of lime water and olive oil. Try
both. For blisters on the hands and
arms and to remove all smart of sun
burn make soft paste of well-slaked
lime and sweet oil or olive oil. Apply
literally. 1t is cheap.
2. Steep alder flowers in hot water.
When cool strain and apply. This re-
moves the redness and makes the skin
white, but does not alleviate the smart.
Bruise alder flowers and steep in but
termilk. This is a very cooling and
healing lotion.
8. Battle at night in sour milk and
in the morning with weak bran tea and
lite eau de cologne. This is more
of a preventive than cure.
4. The famous Creme de Venice is
made from two drains of borax, one
dram of Roman alum, one dram of
and pound of ox-gall. Mix and stir
well for ten minutes or so, and repeat
this stirring three times a day for a
fortnight, till it appears clear and
transparent. Strain through blotting
paper and bottle for use.
5. Milk of almonds is frequently rec
commended. 1t is made from half an
ounce of blanched bitter almonds and
uetlI a. PIuU VI oOIU WdGSL. Dctb UIlo dl-
monds and water together and strain
through a piece of muslin.
Nos. and are also excellent reme-
dies for tan. To prevent sunburn,
powder the skin heavily with rice flour,
corn starch or magnesia, but use none
of the preparations containing white
lead. Prevention is much better than
cure.
To remove tan. 1. Battle the face
with a mixture formed of one gill of
sweet milk and the juice of one lemon.
Apply three or four times daily.
2. Mix magnesia in soft water so as
to form paste. Spread it over the
parts affected and leave for two min
utes. Wash off in suds made with
CASTLE soap, and then rinse in soft
water. This is a speedy remedy.
3 an 4. Try the Creme de Venice and
milk of almonds if neither 1 nor give
satisfactory results. Y. World.
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finished and the second witness for the
prosecution had appeared Colonel
Monk again beckoned Mr.. Blake ovec.
to him and engaged him in earnest
conversation. At the end of five min
rites the young lawyer stopped down
and whispered in his ear: Colonel
Monk, nothing save your unconditional
consent to my marriage with your
daughter can get you out Of this court
room before one o'clock. =
The Colonel gave great gasp. He
was due ON the platform at one pre-
cisely. The hands of the clock now
pointed to twenty minutes past twelve,
and it was fve-mile drive to the
fair grounds.
Again grooming in anguish Of spirit
the unhappy man broke the seal Of
another envelope messenger boy
brought him. It read: 81 have about
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BOWIE AND HIS KNIFE.
How He Came to Invent the Famous
Weapon of Offense and Defense.

How He Came to Invent the Famous
Weapon of Offense and Defense.
The bowie-knife was the invention of
Colonel James Bowie, a famous from
tiersman, who was born in Logan Coun-
ty, KY, in 1896. In 1914 he settled on
a small piece of land, where he lived
by numbering, fishing and hunting,
soon afterwards made considerable
money by specializing in negroes and
in real estate, removed to Texas and
married the daughter of Ex-Governor
Berrymenda. In 1S29-30 he engaged
actively in the revolution in that coun-
try, and closed his career in the bloody
battle of the Alamo. His knife is said
to have been invented while he was con-
fined to his bed in the city of Natchez
from the effects of wound received in
a border fray. He was a man of much
mechanical ingenuity, and whitfield
from piece of white pine the model of
hunting-knife, which he sent to two
brothers named Blackman in the city
of Natchez and told them to spare no
expense in making a duplicate of it in
steel This was the origin of the dread
ed bowie-knife. It was made from {.
large saw-mill file and its temper after
ward improved upon by the Arkansas
blacksmith. 1t is said by Durand in
his History of the Philadelphia
Stage" that the knife which Edwin
Forrest used,in "Metamora was the
original bowie-knife, and he tells this
story about it:
Very many years ago Bowie owned
a plantation at Bayou Terrebonne. A
Spanish neighbor constantly annoyed
the Colonel with petty insults until at
last his conduct became so UNDESIRABLE
that Bowie challenged the naughty
hidalgo. The latter accepted and
| named knives as the weapons to be
used, and also stipulated that the COM
batants were to be seated vis-a-vis
astride of a trestle, as on a horse, the
| four legs of the trestle to be buried
about foot in the earth, so that it
could not by any possibility be over
| turned. Each of the principals was
| permitted to use in the duel whatever
| kind of knife he might select. Bowie
| had short knife, with a broad blade,
sharp at the point and with razor's
edge made for himself. When the COM
batants met on the ground named,
Bowie's knife excited the ridicule OF
his adversary. The result, however,
| proved the superiority of the bowie
knife to the long Spanish couteau-de-
chasse used by his antagonist. The
men took their seats on the trestle,
both naked to the waist. At the
| agreed-upon signal the Spaniard drew
| back his hand, armed with the long
| knife, to make a lunge. Bowie, how
ever, thrust the knife straight forward
into the body of his enemy and then
drawing it quickly across, disem-
| boweled the Spaniard in the twinkling
of an eye. Bowie presented the knife
he used in the duel to Edwin Forrest
| during a visit the great tragedian
made to the Colonel at his plantation.
| -Anaerica'a Notes and Queries.
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given up hope. The people say you
are afraid. BIS admirers have taken
the horses from his carriage and are
dragging him about the grounds. y
Perhaps at that instant a vision OF q
tear-stained little face that bid him
goodbye that morning rose before the
Colonel, because he dashed his hand
across his face as he muttered: Course
your ingenuity, yes; I'll consent; there's
my hand upon /" He walked rapidly
over to the clerk of the court, handed
him fifty dollars and apologized to
the judge for his display of
temper. At the same instant, Mr..
Blake informed the court of a sudden
discovery on his part that the Colonel's
testimony would not be needed. Where
upon the judge magnanimously forgave
Colonel Monk, RENTED his fine and
permitted him to depart, which he did
with a rapidity that took the bailiff's
breath away. No one seemed bit
surprised when Mr.. Black suddenly
COuCluuou W oWlJCA CtUOuU dIlu Jl0du
guilty, submitting with great grace to
sentence of six months imprison-
ment; which, in view of the heinous-
ness of his offense, was exceedingly
moderate.
Colonel Monk was elected the follow
ing day by 1,463 majority. Adele and
Albert were sitting side by side on a
sofa in the library as he came in from
the balcony, where he had just been adj
dressing a few thousand triumphant
Democratic voters. 1t is to be feared
the Colonel had for this once departed
somewhat from his wonted abstemeous-
ness, because he swayed almost imper-
ceptibly from side to side as he regard
ed the guilty pair, murmuring:
you're very shmart flow, Albert;
y ought to go int politics, me boy; y
ought, really. HAROLD r. VYNNE.
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A Drinking Wife and Mother.

"I'll never forgive you as long as l
live," said Mrs. j. M. Sexton to her
husband, as she stood in the prisoners
dock at the Chicago Avenue police
court this morning.
''But, my dear, I'll come out and
see you every Sunday, and you can
have any thing you want except
liquor" he replied, his chin quivering
with emotion.
Its for your good" explained the
justice, as he wrote: twenty-five
dollars to the Martha Washington
home"
''She is the best woman that ever trod
shoe-leather, said Mr.. Sexton, ''when
she is sober. When she came out of
the Presbyterian Hospital she didn't
drink for fifteen months and kinder
wife and mother and a better house,
keeper never lived. But when she is
drinking she isn't herself. She abuses
the children and drives them out of
doors, and I'm afraid she'll hurt them
or herself if she isn't sent where she'll
be taken care of. My boy and myself
bring in $14S month earnings, and it's
all we can do to make the ends meet
when she drinks. She sends the little
ones to the saloon after. beer"
II do send them after pint or may
be two pints, y said Mrs. Sexton, 'but
it's because I'm weakly and must nave
it. Oh, Joe, don't send me out there"
Mrs. C. G. Holt, for the Woman's
Protective Agency, appeared to plead
for the children that they might be pro-
.tected from the mother, as it was feared
she might go insane from drink and
harm them. Mrs. Sexton was taken
to the home this morning.-Cbicago
Nogee
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RATHER PRIMITIVE.
A Connecticut Wedding Whose Simplicity
Was Simply Astonishing.

was Simply Astonishing.
A Hartford Comm paper gives
outside of its society column an
account of a wedding that occurred in
town near there few days ago.
The parties consisted of a middle-aged
man, who owned small tract of poor
land and united the business of raising
garden vegetables with that of making
and selling charcoal, and woman of
about the same age, who for many
years had been employed as domestic
in a farmhouse. They rode to town
in a market and coal wagon, which
was decorated with lilac and apple
blossoms and was drawn by pair of
patient oxen. The prospective bride
and groom were dressed in their best
clothes, which represented the fashions
of 1870. The latter helped the former
out of the wagon, and after giving the
oxen a batting of hay took her hand in
his and proceeded into the house of the
clergyman, making known the object
of their visit These simple persons
did not know that a marriage license
was required before the ceremony could
be performed. They accordingly
walked hand-in-hand to the Office of
the town clerk and obtained the needed
document, The minister read it and
calling in his wife and daughter as wit
nesses pronounced the lovers man and
wife according to the statutes of the
State.
They then went out to the wagon,
took from under the seat tin pail of
bread, cheese, cakes and dried beef,
and sat under the branches of an apple
tree and ate them. The repast being
finished, the husband drew from the
well some cool water for his bride and
oxen and put the pail back in its for
mer place. A box was then placed on
the ground to render the ascent into
the cart more easy, and the bridal tour
commenced. There was no reception,
no flowers, no presents
Quite likely the future of this couple
will be brighter than that of many who
are married in style, on whose dresses
thousands of dollars were expended,
whose bridal presents filed large
room, and who set out on their mar
riage trip in a yacht or private car. It
is not likely that we shall ever .hear
one of them applying for a divorce or
giving cause for scandal. They have
no ssdear five hundred friends to COM
ment on the match they have made.
Most likely they will live for them
selves and contribute all they can to
each others happiness. They will
never live in hotel or fashionable
clearinghouse, and the money they
ding will be expended in procuring real
comforts. Chicago Times.
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irresolute, there was q whfrr of deli
cate draperies and patter of slippers
on the marble thing of the hallway. A
young girl stood beside him and, as
she nestled close and placed a fairy
like hand confdingly in one of his
big strong ones her two dancing eyes
voiced the query that her lips refused
to utter.
ats no use, Adele" he announced,
mournfully. GIVE talked to your ia
Their until / am tired. l talked in the
most reasonable, practical strain you
have any idea of. / told him l wanted
nothing on earth but a pledge from you
and his sanction to that pledge, with
the proviso that if in ten years l am
not able to come to him and demand
you as my right, | am to relinquish all
claim to you. He not only denied this,
but said it would be best, now that
matters have gone this far, that see
you less frequently-it would be the
easiest to bear that way, he said. Only
fancy, Adele, he says I must not see
you oftener than once month"
Preposterous," murmured the girl,
Nesting Still closer. "But what else
passed, Albert?"
"Well, | spoke of my prospects. I
told him had hopes of building up
good practice in a year that / had lots
of clients now and would soon have
more. Then he remarked that he de-
spised ministers and lawyers, anyway.
That made me angry, which I am
afraid did not mend matters. But I
couldn't help it, and told him that for
u man Of his years, and for politi-
clan, he had less sense than any man I
knew"
"Oh, Albert, how could your" was
the frightened response, land what
did he say then"
well, f" rejoined the young man,
darkly, he told me he didn't believe
could see you at all. He muttered
something under his breath that sound
ed like " shyster and had to go; if l
had stayed l should have hit him."
The young people separated few
moments later, with renewed pledges
of fidelity 1t may or may not have
been that the young man S departure
was accelerated by the sound of heavy
footsteps crossing the room he had
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on, ALBERT, HOW COULD your"
lately quilted. But, in any event,
he looked as though he meant it, as he
observed, on descending the steps: eff
he knew himself he would settle the
old man yet" or words to that effect.
Colonel Monk, or rather Congress-
man Monk, for he was o member of
the National House of Representatives
was a politician from the top of his
polished head to the soles of his ample
CATERS. He was Cemocrat of the
courtly Jeffersonian school, and
wealthy. The one object, outside of
the political arena upon which his care
and attention was lavished, was his
motherless daughter Adele. He had
watched her childhood with care and
devotion and was now as proud of her,
in her delicate eighteen-year beauty,
as is usual with doting American IA
theirs of the period. He had denied her
nothing until now; but he could not
bring himself to give her to this strug-
Cling young lawyer, Albert Blake, and
so upset at q blow his vague but fondly-
cherished dreams of much prouder
alliance. He liked the young man ex-
tremely much better than he did the
scores Of shallow-pated sons of his
wealthy neighbors who clustered about
his daughter. But have Adele Albert
should not; this much he was resolved on
unless the next year witnessed some
mighty and unloolzed-for alteration IN
the young mans prospects.
The weeks went by rather monoto-
nously, young Mr., Blake adhering re-
hglously to q resolution, formed di-
rectly after leaving Adele the last
time, not to seek her presence until
some sort of reconciliation had been
patched up with her father. Taking
him all in all he was rather honor
able young fellow and preferred caus-
ing himself and his sweetheart a pang
OF regret or SO to doing any thing he
would have been ashamed to have the
Colonel discover. He worked hard
very hard-and had the daily satisfac-
ton OF noticing an increase in his
c,ientage that evidenced an eventual
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TEMPERANCE READING.
A TEMPERANCE TOAST.


We pledge you, in a glass of pure water to-
night
Success to our cause, the cause of the right.
No red ruby wine or amber cup cleaning,
Fraught with destruction, with misery teem-
ing;
But the white sparkling drop from the soun-
tain that flows,
Or CLEANS, like gem, in the heart of o rose.
In the dewdrop that glistens on grass blade or
flower,
The cataract's foam or the sweet gentle
shower,
The icicle's glitter in the SUMS golden shine.
We pledge you, we pledge you, but not in the
wine.
Not IN the wine, whose poisonous breath
BLASTS manhood's honor and soul with death;
But in pure water We pledge you tonight,
Success to our cause, the cause of the right
Mrs. H. b. EeIlu in Toice
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MY LOVE.

She's just little blue-eyed maid,
With dimpled cheek and chin
And lips as red as berries when
Midsummer days begin.
Her hair is sunlight sifted fine,
And blown this way and that,
And as she runs she tuclss in vain
Heavens gold beneath her hat.
Oft lies her little soft white hand
In mine, and by some way
O'erarched with murmuring leaves VIC walk
At close Of summer day.
Sometimes she lifts her wond' ring face
Childwise (she is but severn,
And asks large questions, as they do
Who lately are from Heaven.
And then away she lightly SKINS
To chasea butterfly,
Or pluck a dreamy violet,
Enamored of the sky.
Oh, how I love this little maid!
And does she love me? All
Answer-soft arms around my neck,
And lips that lisp papa"
james Backlta1p, an Hqrper's Young Pops
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Easy to Please.

The following dialogue shows that a
very shrewd mother may have a very
Supplemented child. Probably the
little girl took after her father.
( Aunt-Cod-liver oil is pretty hard to
swallow, isn't it, Mary?
I Little Patient-It tastes horrible; but
mamma gives me five cents every time
for my savings-bank.
{ Aunt-And what do you do with the
money?
Little Patient oh, mamma buys cod.
liver oil with Fliegesds Blatter.
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THE new railroad bill which has
passed the Canadian Parliament has
the following clause: every person
who sells, gives or barriers any spirit
uous or Intoxicating liquor to or with
any servant or employee of any COM
pany while on duty, is liable on sum-
mary conviction to a penalty not ex-
ceeding fifty dollars, or to imprison-
ment with or without hard labor for
period not exceeding one month, or to
both ;,
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LIE INTERVIEW ndQ
been a very trying
one and the young
man looked crest
fallen enough as
he emerged from
the library door,
closing it softly
after him. As he
did so he glanced a
little sheepishly
about him, but had
not to look far; for
even as he stood
4bara Uloon1v and
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-07-13

BREWING beer is more lucrative than
brewing books. Coupled with the an
nouncement that Matthew Arnold's es-
tate amounted to only about S., 600 we
find the announcement that the will of
Mr.. George Henty, brewer, of North
lands, Chichester, puts the value OF
his personal estate at over million
and half of dollars.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-07-13

"A very thin Goa. of what is known
as French picture varnish will restore
chromos and oil paintings to theirorig-
inal brightness.
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COLONEL MONK.
Written for This Paper.l

,-sar.u,,nvz,,e - HE interview h
haan a va,,yy +rvi,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-22
Striking Switchmen.

DENvFR, Decemb' r 21.-All switch
men in the On on P cifc ya"fs about
seventy in number. are out on strike.
The men demand an increase of wages
of 5 cents per hour; that they be given
six additional men, and that Local
Agent Smith, under whose directions
they are now working, be removed and
hey be placed under yardmaster.
Tie strikers are holding a conference
with officers of the road, end the prob
abilities are that the difficulty will be
amicably settled within the next TWEEN
ty-four hours.
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Their Business Booming.

Probably no one thing has caused such
a general revival of trade at A. G. Smith
IL Co.'S. Drug Store as their giving
away to their customers of so many
free trial bottles of DR.. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption. Their trade
is simply enormous in this very valuable
article from the fact that it always cures
and never disappoints. Coughs, Colds,
Asthma, Bronchitis. Group, and all
throat and lung diseases quickly cured.
You can test It before buylngsb GETTING
trial bottle free, large size 81. Every
bf,Lt.s warranted
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"A HAPPY NEW YEAR.

Merry Christmas truly you can make for everybody
in your household you will visit our store at your earliest
opportunity and how little money is required this
son to purchase of love friendship for all who may
be near and whom wish in particular to
remember upon this occasion.
Shall we begin tell you what have to offer to you?
To the many useful and pretty things would re-
qure space than the newspapers could grant u.s.
From among the thousand and different things we
will mention Smoking Sets, Toilet Sets Perfumery Sets,
Fancy Stationery Shaving Cases. Travelling Sets for Ladies
and Gentlemen Mirrors Picture Frames, Match Safes Ink
Stands Jewel Cases. Silk Umbrellas, Dolls Picture Games
Picture Blocks Drawing States Building Blocks Magic Ian
terms Tool Chests Stauary Work Baskets ETC., etc.. etc.
beg call particular attention to aline OF Silk and
Linen Handkerchefs imported especially for holiday trade
line Childrens Wraps Wooden Goods Toboggans Gloves
and many articles in the line of Wearing Apparel com
bnng thds useful with the ornamental will attract
attention.
Fer making your purchases do not fail to call upon Us,
knowing that we you from Is to % per cent
This is the very time of the year when the dollar
should be made to go far possible We have for the
past three months studied reach that AIM and simply
ask for an opportunity to verify what we here say.
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A Brutal MIL.

New YORK, December 21.-An unu-
sually brutal prze fight of twelve
rounds, took place this morning at Bay
Ridge, l.. l., between Jack Mullin and
lin Bates, both of Brooklyn, with
bare knuckles. Mullin had the best OF
the fight to the last round, when NJ
broke his left wrist over the head of his
opponent, and WAS compelled to throw
up the sponge. It was brutal slug
ging match of the worst character, ano
both men were covered with blood.
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Ringing Noises

In the ears sometimes a roaring, buzz
ing sound, are caused by catarrh, that
exceedingly disagreeable and very COM
mon disease. Loss of smell or hearing
also result from catarrh. Hoods Sar-
saparilla, the great blood purifier, is a
peculiarly successful remedy for this
disease, which it cures by purifying
the blood. If you suffer from catarrh,
try Hoods Sarsaparilla, the peculiar
medicine. 263
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When Baby was sick,
We gave her Castoria.
When she was Child,
She cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss,
She chung to Castoria.
When she had Children,
She gave them Castoria,