The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-03-16

to certa1n persons names? II a nan il
truly reverend, it is not from his title
hnt from his character We know q
cIeroymen who inspire very little rever
ence we know of laymen who inspire {
great deal Why attribute to one wha
h. does not possess, aud deny 20 anOthe1
what he does: There might, for instance
be propriety in saying the Rev William
Cullen Bryant, even though this good mai
is not minister but the fitness of thing
is violated by afixing an artificial lever
ence to some clergyman who has no Other
claim to it han from the office which h,
holds. And as to the conventional sane
tity attaching TO the clerical function
the "divinity that doth hedge minis
ter-we cannot see what there is more
sacred in one mans standing IN pnlplt
than in another's sitting IN pew. Why
should priest, any more than parish
Toner, be called reverend ?" Certainly ii
is rare fact in the history of any church
when the minister proves himself to be
the best nam in the congregation. He
does not derive his fattering title from
any real or supposed moral superiority
over his bret hren, many If whom are more
than his peers and he ought therefore to
refuse designation winch makes bin APP
parently say to his fellow-man, !" | am ho-
lier than thou" We know of very many
high minded clergynen who feel fettered
by their fardels, and who would gladly
disentangle their names of such uncomely
ornaments But there is no Objection t
calling a religious teacher a Doctor OF
Divinity. This designation exactly de
scribes his vocation. We suggest that
clergymen ehGuld abolish TIL un rue pre-
tx Rev" and affix the truer title Cd.
Theodore Iitt0ns Golden Age
SPONTANEOUS CoMBUsTIoN.-The Jour-
nal of ChenastrU says:
MANY fires ascribed to incendariam
have owed their origin to spontaneous
combustion. Such combustion diff, rs from
ordinary burning only in that the union
of combustihle substance with the oxy-
gen of the air is more gradual. When a
log of wood rots in the forest,it is as real
~ burned up as when it blazes in the fire
place, only the process is SO slow that the
heat is not perceptlble. The rusting Of
metals is another form of slow combustion,
and, if the rusting is sufficiently rapid, the
rise of temperature is readily detected
In infammable substances, when slow
combustion begins, the heat set free caus
ss the oxidation to go on faster and faster
antil the mass bursts into fame. Oily
rags used by painters, ard cotton waste
used for wiping machinery, are common
causes of spontaneous combustion. Oil
split on dry sawdust has been known to
sol in hi hat
readily, like cotton seed oil, are especially
liable to take fire without apparent cause.
Hay, cotton, tow, fax, hemp, straw in ma
azure heaps, all are Liable to take fire
spontaneously when stacked in quantities
in damp state These are facts which
every one northumberland, as the knowl-
edge of them may, in many instances,
lead to precautions of the utmost impor
lance
JEKRY AND HIS acknowledgements peo-
pie, who get their politics, by rote, some
times help party as much by their
'blurders, as they hurt it by their votes
During the Presidential canvass of
1919, the Federalists supported the
claims of Dewitt Clinton Party feeling
was strong. Those who favored the ad
Eninistration, had re-nominated President
Madison.
In thriving town in Oxford County,
what was then the district of Maine,
lived hard working, well meaning man,
aamed Jerry Phillips, who had hereto
fore voted with the Federalists.
He knew as much about politics as he
did about geography of Jupiter; but
his vote, nevertheless, counted as much as
the next mans During the autumn IT
this year, Jerry was at work for Mr.. No
bls-and Mr.. Noble WAS rank Republi
can. He told Jerry he must be patriot,
AID vote for Madison and he explained
how necessary 1t was that the government
should be sustained in the midst of the
aatlon's perils by sea and land.
Jcrry's heart was fired, and he prom.
iaed to vote for Madison.
But said he, little obviously, we
know, sqire, I've alters voted t'othel
way. When they ask me what for I'm
going to vote for Jim Madison, what
shall tell 'em,'
Tell Them replied Noble, that yor
are bound to vote for the only man whe
will support our navy, and stop insar
rection.'
Jerry NODDED, and went on his way
Not long afserward, at the village store
he Was approached by Federal polis
ician, and asked how he intended tc
vote.
For Madison, answered jerry
promptly
But, Jerry, thought you were .
true patriot
So be-
Then how can you vote for Madison
Because, said Jerry, with 10 ty enthu
siasm, he the on y u an that W I supper
asdcery, and step the resurrection"