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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-11-28


Johnnie
Thought never afanmsel was one-hah SO bonnie.
Thr farmers boy Albert was equally sure
That MaY-Jennie's sister-hfS heartacne cou1u
And 80 these two sisters, by special request,
Were there to take dinner, dressed up IN Unelr
best
Jennie was pretty, and dainty though vain,
While May was more sensible, homely, and
plain.
sGive Jennie the wishbone," said Johnnie at
last;
Accordingly, to her the wishbone was passed,
And all the while that her dinner she ate,
The wishbone was resting close by her plate.
With united action they all waded in,
Till their knives and their forks made a irregular
dim.
The turkey when finally Iaid. on the shelf,
Was only q wreck of dts once gorgeous sell.
The squash, the potatoes, and cranberry sauce,
And mince pie and pumpkin with crust all en-
Had each done dts duty, and every one
Drew back and declared the dinner was DONE.
Nov, then, who Will wish? cried Jennie, the
fair
AZ high up she held the wishbone in air.
~ .zdlll" said they all, and then came scuf1e
Gras0much that the wishbone was lost in the
shuttle
Nav was the first one the wishbone to spy,
and pursued by Johnnie, she quickly did fly
Clear through the sitting room, into the hall,
In chamber, i'm cellar, in parlor, and all.
Then from sheer exhaustion dropped into d
chair,
With checks all aglow, and tumbIe-down hair;
And Johnnie rushed up, and without much ado,
6Inacked a kiss on her lips, and don't know
but two.
~I4et us WISH" said May 'for I still have the
bone,
1t 10 due you, q think, for your chase to atone"
Now, dear reader, we ought to have told you be-
fore,
JEhat, though May liked Albert, she loved John
ME more,
And her honest wish, when she pulled on THAT
bone,
Was that someday she might have him all for
her own.
They pulled onrthe wishbone, and May won the
toss,
But what was her gain was by no means his
loss,
For from that very minute affairs took a turn,
And Johnnie and May SO friendly we learn
THAT when Thanksgiving Day again takes its
place
They'll havehooked up together for life's rugged
race.
We know not what Alfred and Jennie will do
But the neighbors all think they will get mar
RED too.
Now May is ready at all times to own
THAT there's boundless virtue in turkey e
Wishbone.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-11-28

NEVER gets left--he who always goes
right.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-11-28
LIKED TO MAKE A SHOW.
BY DRIFT.

HE Beggerley's oom-
ing here to spend
Thanksgiving" S aid
Mrs. Nettleby. Not
if I know it."
Mrs. Nettleby Was a
close listed and calcu-
ilating woman, W no
lived in a handsome
house in a S tyl i S h
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-11-28
A THANKSGIVING wrsHBoEE.
BIZ J. W. BURGESS.

Jenny and Johnny,
and Albert q n d
Mary
Sat at the table ON
Thanksgiving Day.
The tur k ey, all
stuffed, and basted
and brown,
Upon q big platter
was turned upside
down /;
With it's legs pointed
skyward, it's wings
pinioned back,
AS old Farmer John
son began the at
tack.
He carved a nice
piece from the rich
steaming breast,
And passed to his
wife tn g fl I s t
piece, and best;
Th en- said, Now,
Miss Jenny, what
cut do you like ?"
40, please give me
just what you hap
pen to strike
Some white.meat, or
dark, or a leg, or q
wing.
She was q guest, and
a sweet, PR ct t y
thing
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-13
NOTHING TO DO.

Nothing TO do" In this world Of ours.
Where weeds spring up with the faires'
flowers.
Where smiles have only fltful play.
Where hearts are breaking every day
Nothing TO do" thou Christian soul.
wrapping thee round I'm thy selfish stole.
on with the garments OF soih and sin
Christ. thy Lord. hath kingdom to win.
Nothing to do p There are prayers u lay
ON the altar OF Incense, day by day:
There are foes 10 meet. within and without:
There Is error 10 conquer. strong and stout.
Nothing 20 dO' There are minds TO teach
The simplest forms OF Christian speech
There are hearts 10 lure. with loving vile.
From the grimmest haunts OF sins defiic.
" Nothing 10 dO'' There are lambs to fec :,
The precious hope Of the Church's need:
strength 10 be borne 10 the weak and faint !:
Nisils 10 keep with the doubling saint.
" Nothing 10 DO 2! and thy saviour said
Follow thou Me IN the path tread.
Lend, lend Thy help the Journey through.
Lest. FAINT We cry, $50 much 10 do"
The Lutheran
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-13

whose plans have been thwarted or dis
arranged by these mists which over
cast their HORIZON, who have not openly
expressed their discontentY No man
has had anything to do with this thu
nudity" against which there has beon
such constant railing, ard all the angry
and impatient words that have been
uttered have gone hcavenward as man 5
impeachment OF wisdom and good
ness he cannot fathom. and has no right
to question. Since the rains ceased and
the drcuth has set i'm, the criticism OF
the providence that dries up the soil
has been even more severe, and the
grumbler and his Maker are wide apart
in their views Of VIA. is for the best.
We have alluded to the weather be-
cause that is aneyer-failiug topic of con-
versation, but it is not the only or even
the chief ministry Of which men con-
stantly complain. There may be fewer
outspoken words, bat far more rebel
lious thoughts, about score of other
seeming crosses and shadows that lie
athwart cur path. And after all not
few OF the complaints that come
TO our ear from others are about an
ticipatCd troubles and Ills that never
lHut l..
the bane Of cheerful spirit. Ii
the cause of our discomfort is in
ourselves, SIM lie dissatisfaction with
it, presence is not a single step
toward its removal. Instead of sit
ting beneath its gloomy shadow and
puckering our lips in sulen discomfort
with its bitter fruit, let u rise in manly
courage and ply our AK with effective
yigOr at its roots. If our fellows grieve
Us. grumbling will not mend the mat
ter. Patience and kindness are the
best remedies to apply to that source Of
trouble. But if, az in most cases, the
ground of our dissatisfaction is the
ordering of a Hand we cannot resist,
then a sweet trustfulness and a rever-
ent submission is the only method Of
relief. The grumbler only breaths the
canker Of discomfort into a sore that
but for this might quickly heal, Leaving
no scar behind it.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-13
ERINs OLD SONG or PEACE.
FROM BoxAR's LAST HYMN.

Round the old manRer-cradle
We gather hand IN hand;
Reneath one Cross we shelter
Upon one Rock we stand;
One holy hiih Is knitting
The kindred West and East;
one Christ the blessed centre
one Table for our Feast.
Peace. peace. from God TO men
Good Will. cool will. Amen
one Pilot through the breakers,
one port to all is given:
one love our hope and refuge.
The boundless love OF Heaven,
tbs love 10 man, the sinner.
Free love TO earth undonc:
The love that knows no quenching-
The love Of Gods dear Son.
Peace. peace from God 10 men.
Good Will. good Will. Amen
our everlasting Gospel
Shines out before our eyes.
one Temple aud one Altar.
One perfect Saciincol
o sons OF men sore burdened
with sins oppressive load,
OF Erin and Of Scotland.
Behold the Lamb Of God"
Peace peace. from God 70 men.
Good Will. good Will. Amen!
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-13
LOST EYE-SIGHT.

was in an eye inirmary in Chicago
some time ago, before the great tire. A
mother brought beautiful little babe
to the Doctors babe oniy few
months old-and wanted the doctor to
look at the child S eyes. tie did so, and
pronounced it blind-blnd for llfe-it
will never see again. The moment he
said that the mother seized it, pressed
il TO her bosom, and gave a terrible
scream. 1t pierced my heart.
and could not but weep.
What a fearful thought to that
mother "Oh, my darling ' she cried,
ARE you never to see the mother that
gave YOU birth Oh, doctor, cannot
stand it. Ny child, my child 1t was
sight to move any heart. But what
is the loss OF eyesight to the loss Of a
soul had a thousand times rather
have these eyes taken out of my head
aud 20 to the grave blind, than lose my
soul. | have son. and no one but
God knows how love him, bat would
see those eyes dug out of his head
tonight rather than see him grow
up to manhood and 20 down 10
the grave without Christ and without
hope. The loss Of soul. Christ knew
what il meant. That is what brought
him from the bosom Of the Father; that
is what brought him from the throne.
that is what brought him to Calvary.
The Son OF God was in earnest. When
he died on Calvary it was TO save lost
world; il was to save your soul
and mine. Oh. the loes of the
soul-how terrible il l., Ii you
are lost, | beseech you DO not rest
until you have found peace in Christ.
Fathers and mothers, if you have chill
lren out Of the Ark, do not rest until
they are brought into it. Do not dis
courage your children from coming to
Christ. am glad to see these little
boys aud girls, here. Dear children,
remember the sermon is for you. The
Son of Man came for you as much as Tor
that old gray-haired man yonder. lie
came for all, rich and poor. young and
old. Young man, if you are lost, may
God show it to you, and may you press
into the kingdom. The Son Of Man 10
come to seek aud to saw you'd. L
Moody.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-13
MUSIC AND ITS GOOD.

The world comes TO us in five ways
and by five senses. But the one sense
by which 1t reaches our emotional ma
ture Is the hearing. Great j. truth
and glorious as it comes through the
eyes; greater and more glorious as it
reaches both intellect and emotion
through the ears. and when not only
by sound. but by the melody and
rhythm OF sound, then its effects are
greater.
The Passover was finished, the Sup.
/ per of the Lord was over on the night
before the crucifxion. and when the
Blessed One and his friends had sung
a hymn they went forth he to his
cross.
We have read it over and over, that
the great Evangelical revival of the
eighteenth century, led by John Yves.
ley. the preacher and organizer, would
have accomplished little had it not been
for Charles Wesley, the singer. As
soon AS the truth Ct the Reformation
took hold of the intellocts Of the Ger
man people they began to sing. Luther
by lj45 had given one hundred and
twenty tour hymns in German 20 his
German people. These were carried by
travelling singers from village 10 vii
lage and sung into the hearts of the pco-
pie Coleridge may have eXagger-
atod. but he declared that Luther
did as much for the Reformation by
his hymns as by his translation Of the
Bible Yet the Roman Catholic theO-
logical Conzenius $500 wrote that the
hymns OF Luther have destroyed mole
souls than his writings and sermons. -
Great are hymns that hymn the good
news if they are set 10 appropriate mu-
si' ard sung with spirit. Then the
truth Of God. coming through the ears,
reaches the heart and influences it as
does nothing else. We are not all in
tollect. God is not all mind, God is
love as we'll, and we need the influence
Of truth upon the heart which comes
mos. through the sense of hearing.
Nlr. Moody has done good by his SER
mons Of half hour length. But those
sermons would have done far less had
il not been for Nc. Sankey's service Of
song. which conveyed like truth through
the rhythm of sou4d and the melody Of
music to the heart.
In the Southern Pacific Tor Indian
ocean there is an island known rs Cele-
bes with a population of nearly one
million. Christian missionaries have
accomplished great changes, but the
account is just before u.s. music has
helped wonderfully. \ traveller re-
marks
Singing is one Of the real blessings |
which missionaries introduce among /
savage nations, whose native chants are /
almost always monOton0us and melau-
choly and the Malay words are adapt
ed to English psalm tunes with good |
en- Ct. a great aid to the preaching Of
the word is a musical instrument &C.
company ing the missionaries on
their village tours. One such
trip in Burma is reported as
having reached twelve different vii
la-es in nine days, where the missionary
preached to congregations of more than
one hundred and Fifty heather in each
place. The people were attracted by
the organ, then remained to listen fur
Their. Custom holds them to Buddhism
more than convection. and many seem
to hold loosely toll. Southern ChUch
ln0u
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-13
T'fTOTGHTS.
Catch them when they come (:
Fasteh them on paper.
or they Will dep1rt

Catch them when they come:
FasteRthem on paper.
or they will depart
Like the morning yapor.
Thoughts are quick and coy,
Sensitive ms lovers:
Tokens Of neglect,
Each shy thought discovers.
Then away It flies
Vain ~ all pursuing,
Vain repentant signs,
Frultless tardy woolng.
only once they show
Their ethereal features:
Catch them when they come
Like swift. wildwood creatures.
Utter them with care:
wher they once are spoken.
They are thine no more
Though thy heart were broken.
For some ruin wrought
by the hasty giving,
Words 10 silent thoughts
That have harmed the living.
Many thought should die
At It's birth. and never
BE remembered more,
Through the long forever.
Let the light Of God
ShiIe upon their faces.
That will show you well
Your new thoughts true places.
AUGUSTA MOORE
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-13
WAITING FOR RESULTS.

Perhaps the severest strain is put
upon our faith by what We consider the
provoking delays on the part of God.
We work for results, expect RESULT,
and yet the results DO not come. What
pastor. what Sunday-school teacher,
what praying parent, has not had his
OF her faith sorely tried in this way over
and over again The trouble Is that we
imagine that we can command tn,
results, when We are no more re-
sponsibe for them than a diligent
farmer Is for next week 5 weather. He
that observeth the clouds shall not SOW,
and he that regardeth the winds shall
never reap. For what We entrust tOGOd,
YOU and | are not responsible. lie is oar
Trustee. Ii is not my lookout, but his,
whether my honest endeavers succeed
or be bafled. Peter was not response
bic for the number Of sick people he
should restore at LYDIA, or of the dead
he should raise at Joppa, or of con-
verts that he should win at Casarea. All
that we are responsible for is UNI
wearied, conscientious discharge Of
duty to its very uttermost; everything
beyond that belongs to God. II he can
wait for results, we can. | often think
of the somewhat blunt but honest an
swer Of the old nurse to the impatient
mother who said to her. Your medi-
cine don I seem to make my dear child
better" The nurse replied, Yes it
will, don't you worry. You just trust
God; He is tedious, but He's sure
The simple-hearted old body blurted
out in her homely way what we minis
tiers often feel, though we should hardly
dare to praise it as she did.
The pull at the oar of duty 10 often a
long and tedious one. The flesh grows
weary and the spirit faints when the
waves smite the bow and hinder our
head way. Impatient and discouraged,
we sometimes threaten to throw down
the oars and "let her drift" But the
voice of the Divine Helmsman utters
the kind but strong rebuke. 20 We Of
little faith, wherefore do ye doubt
And before we are aware, the bow
strikes the strand and we are at the
very land whittier the Blessed Pilot was
guiding us. Or. I. L. Cuyler.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-13

AT THE meeting Of the Synod of the
Presbyterian Church of England, the
Lord Mayor of London extended the
Inequalities of the Mansion House. and
entertained the Synod at special tea.
This is the first time in three hundred
years that the Presbyterian Church has
received this attention. Ever since the
Presbyterian Church Of England be-
came a genuine Presbyterian Church in
doctrine and ecclesiastical order, it has
increased in numbers and influence.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-13

THE Salvation Army began less than
twenty-five years ago, aud is now at
work in thirty-two different countries,
in thirty.f five languages. Other bodies
might we'll initiate the Army in their
zeal. if not in other respects.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-13
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ffer. Observation-Disclosures the aspia-
l.n after perfection, the other, the
longing after iopo-e. In tine harmony
10 tae- Ae, the rest Of the soul Of
nau
THE aspiration after perfection. Ii is
everywhere. The tree towers upward.
aad spreads its i,afy top like a great
temple Of lhe Lord. Every plant re-
spends o. ts culture with an i'm
proved quality and condition. human
Nie feel, the universal stimulus and
tasks ine iniei'ect Go give higher eiii-
cheney io the various methods Of labor
o. simplify their proc.ssts and make
them mo.e productive. IL tolls for
artistic expeuue,-, for professional
power and emineuce. % grasp % wider
influence. % more honorable rcnown.
Scholarship weare- itself to put finer
finish on Dos culture. O. carry ITS Doun-
Diary around another seciion Of the CIR
c.e oi hmtiess knowledge. IL Is the
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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-13

A PETITION, signed by 800 persons in
Madrid, Spain, including Archbishops,
Bishops and Patriarchs, has been sent to
the Pope asking him to honor the name
of Christopher Columbus with the title
OF Venerable
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-13

TABLES recently compiled show that
not only has Brooklyn lost its title,
The City Of Churches, - but that it has
fallen to fifth place, reference being
had 10 the average population TO a
church aud not TO the number of
churches. The first place is held by
Cincinnati and the second by Philadel-
phia. while New York takes the seventh.
La the number Of churches Phlladel-
phia. with 593, stands first, and New
York. with 4s9, is second, and Brooklyn
third. 1t would seem as if all these
cities had churches enough to
accommodate the population, emitting
Young children and others unable to
attend. New York has church to
every = 4Gs persons, and leaving out the
exempts, the others might easily find
room. New churches are not the great
est want Of our cities.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-13

GENERAL SHERMAN's son, Thomas
Ewing Sherman. has just been ordained
Catholic priest, and one of the papers
says.
"Ile is said to possess considerable
ability and this. combined with bis fine
education. had led . TO hopes for a
brilliant future in a worldly life.
The burying Of his talents in religious
work is quite a Disappointment
1t is the fsst and most complete reply
to this that the life of religious teach
er is one which should be assumed with
no ambition for brilliant future, and
that the b.essedncss Of such a life far
more than cOmpensltes for a worldly
future. however brilliant. But it may
be further said that one who enters
the Christian ministry may obtain
q very brilliant worldly future, and
that especially is this true in the Cath0-
lie priesthood. The Catholic Church
offers unusually fine opportunities for
such "a future. The humblest Catholic
priest exerts in his parish power, an
is a person Of dignity and consequence
far beyond what the same man would
have Immediately acquired had he begun
life as q lawyer or physician or
merchant. There is then before him
a series Of graduated honors, with
every possession and display of power
and brilliant dignity, from rector and
monsignor through Bishop and arch
bishop to cardinal and Pope. While
we doubt not that Father Sher
man has entered upon his religious life
with the puresi and most self-sacrificing
motives, yet if he be man of superior
ability and requirement; he will have
before him a career of much more prob
able brilliancy than a. brother who may
onter the army or the law.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-13
CONTRASTS.
BY d. J. D'cAMP.

Toe time OF life at which one enters
God's service is Of prime importance in
determining the character and quality
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-13
RELIGIOUS
OPINIONS

uhasolr things are true. uhafs0rrer nina,
or. 1.4ssf. p sGfsorrlr things are ipt. ,ch.fso-
n. nn0t are pure. frlafs0orcr things az,
,. I.. lt1f,ofreI things arc OF good report II
H.. De- anu virtue. and U n.erc BE- any PRAISE
.f... .n n0sr hmgs Phil. an. sth.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-13

SIR MATTHEW HALE declared, even u
long ago as 1870, that eighty per cent.
Of tho crimes committed in England
were due 10 drunkenness.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-13

ANDREW Y0UYG, author Of the hymn
There is happy land. far, far away
is eighty years Of age and still vigor-
Gus. Ia 1888 be heard an old Indian air
that impressed him deeply and he COM
posed words to 1t. SO the hymn was
made. 1t has been translated into nine.
teen different languages.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-13

THE Rev. DR.. Waldenstrom, the lead-
er Of the Free Church movement in
Sweden, addressed the meeting Of tho
Congregational ministers Of Chicago a
few days $50, stating that since the re-
volt from the Established Church be-
gan in 1870, five hundred congregations
had been formed, with total member
ship Of 10000.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-13

THE Christian Leader says: AT tho
unveiling of the Chalmers bust. on tho
Abbey Craig, both moderators express
ed a strong desire that union Of tho
Established and Free Churches might
soon be consummated. DIR. Laird
was so sangune as to observe that
though he might not see such union,
yet younger men present would. These
ientiments were received with general
applause"
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-13

DR.. LYMAN BEEcnER used to assert
that the reason why his congregation
stood firm in Boston amid the general
ap9stacy % Unitarianism, was simTly
because they had preserved the custom
OF singing the Doxology to the Ever
Blessed Trinity. This had stamped upon
their souls indelibly the Christian doc.
trine Of the Godhead.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-13

4 MISSIONARY is living yet, the yen-
cradle James Calvert, who saw in oua
of the FIJI Islands eighty prisoners
killed at one time and roasted and eaten
by the sayagcs-the king himself seated
at the festal board. James Calvert saw
coDnibalism vanish before the gospel.
lie saw 1850 churches rise in those
islands. He saw the king converted To
God He saw the day when 1913 600
out Of $4,000 inhabitants were regular
attendants upon divine worship.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1889-07-27

A flock Of goats were browsing and
looking for stray oyster cans, sardine
boxes and the like in North Dallas,
Tex, when all at once there was a
commotion among the foremost ones,
which beat hasty retreat. An old
Billy, who had been fetching up the
rear with the solemnity Of deacon,
walked to the front, paused, and be-
gan TO strike the ground right hard in
an odd sort of way with his fore feet,
and at the same time to shake his head
as if going through some sort of super
stitious incantation. He then walked
back in the direction he had come for
a few yards, and, taking a running
start, made long jump, alighted with
his legs punched, and Immediately
on hitting the ground made a second
long jump, far out on one side. The
gentlemen who witnessed this perform
ance, prompted by curiosity, went up
to see what the trouble was, and there
lay big rattlesnake cut nearly in two,
writhing in the throes of death
Times Democrat.