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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08
THE ONE NAN POWER.

More interest attaches throughout
the Union to the man who will be
chosen speaker of the new House of
Representative than who will be the
Democratic candidate for President
The choice Of good presiding officer
is a matter Of minor conse-
quence, compared with other con-
siderations. The speaker Of the
House has more power in shaping the
legislation Of Congress than the Presi
dent or any other officer of the govern
ment. The speaker has the appoint
ment of forty-tWo standing commit
tees. These committees have a con-
trolling influence on measures of legis-
lation, which are brought to the con-
sideration of the law-making power.
Every important bill introduced is sent
to a committee to be reported before
being finally acted upon. The majority
Of the members of each committee ap-
pointed by the speaker are in the in.
terest of the party in power. ALI bills
introduced which are adverse to the
policy of the party having control may
be referred and reported from the mi
nority, but with slender hope of adop-
ton. 1t is not singular, therefore,
that such interest should be manifest
ed by all the political leaders in re-
spect to the new speaker, although his
election will not occur before Deem
Der. 1883, one year hence, unless there
should be an extra session of Congress
called. There is no other representa-
tiveg government, outside Of the United
States, where the speaker or presiding
officer has such controlling power in
shaping the policy of the government
as in ours. The rules in the British
Parliament authorize the Speaker to
stop debate when it reaches that stage
where it is clearly intended to obstruct
the business of legislation. The Chris.
tian Uation defines the difference in
the Office Of Speakers in England and
the United States as follows:
"The American speaker is an adoo-
cate, while the English speaker is
Judge. The American speaker is elect
ed to give the party every advantage
he can in the transaction of business;
the English speaker is elected to act as
an impartial judge between the two
contending parties. 1t is therefore safe
to confide arbitrary powers to an
English speaker, such as reasonably
attach to judicial officer. The main
object of the rule is to prevent OBJ
struction, to bring debate within rea-
sonable limits, to enable the majority
to close debate and insist on a vote: in
short, to give the House less the aspect
of a meeting for talk, and more the
character of body for business &C
tion."
AS much as it would be for the pub
lie interest to arrest debate when it is
manifestly carried on solely for the
purpose of delay, it would be unsafe
for partisan speaker of the House in
this country to be invested with the
power of the speaker in Parliament.
Minorities in Congress will continue
to hinder and obstruct legislation until
some method is devised to remedy the
evil.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.

The message Of President Arth ur
will be found in our supplement paper
From a hasty reading OF the message,
we are not prepared to bestow indis
criminate praise upon it, but notice
nothing of Importance for disapprcyal.
Some of the suggestions of the mes
sage are too important for cursory
mention, and will be referred to here.
after.
The President calls attention to his
efforts a year ago to arrest the terrible
war between Peru and Chilli. In April
last he sent special message to Con-
gress, asking an expression as to the
holding a peace Congress in the city of
Washington, and inviting the participa-
ton of every nation on the American
continent. No response to this sugges-
ton was received from Congress. On
this humane measure for arresting the
horrors of war the President utters
the following sentiment "I trust that
the time is nigh when, with the uni
versal consent of all civilized people,
all international differences will be
settled without resort to arms, by the
benignant power of arbitration"
In the matter of internal revenue
taxes the message suggests that these
taxes be abrogated, except the tax on
distilled spirits, provided the govern
ment can safely dispense with them
and meet the national expenses. The
of revenue taxes will |
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08
GOANFNDABLE LITERARY EN-
TERPRTSE.

The publlc-spirited citizens of Bris-
t9l, In this county. have an organized
Lyceum and Library Association.
One hundred and thirty well-selected
books have recently been ordered. 1t
Is proposed to have lectures during the
winter at stated periods, thus proyid.
ing intellectual instruction for the peo-
pie. This is sensible movement. and
worthy of imitation by other towns.
The questions proposed for discussion
by the Bristol Lyceum are of import
ance, and can hardly fail of being
mutually profitable to all who partici-
pate in them, as well as those who are
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08

The statements which have been SO
widely made in the papers, that the
prohibitory liquor constitutional
amendment in Iowa is a failure, be.
cause declared unconstitutional by the
Court, may not prove true. The de-
fects In the law of the legislature it
appears were purely clerical errors,
caused by. the carelessness OF clerks.
The question Of the legality of the law
has been taken to the Supreme Court
Of the State, and 1t is possible those
who were so happy over the defeat of
prohibition in Iowa may yet be made
unhappy.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08
FRIDAY. DECEMBER 8, 1882.

1t is stated on reliable authority that
10000 miles of railroad will have been
built in the United States during the
year preceding January /, 1883. The
total number Of miles in the country
at the end of the present year will be
equal to the distance three and two
thirds times around the world.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08
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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08
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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08

The boiler of the steamer Morning Star
exploded on the morning of the 9th below
New Orleans, causing the loss of about fifteen
lives by drowning and scalding.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08
PREPARATION AND RECITATION,

The teacher who cannot at anv rec.
tation step into the class and recite ia
better than any pupil in the class hal
better change places with the pupil
who can do better than himself. an,
we know that many teachers could no
stand this test for lack of preyiou
preparation to know the lesson. to saw
nothing of planning how to teach it
Ability to recite we'll is but preparation,
to ability to plan the recitation we'll
and the two should occupy fair share
of the teachers time outside of tn,
school sessions, for every lesson. how
ever humble, should have a clearly do.
fined end in view. to reach and to ciincl
which a regular campaign needs
planning and skillfully executing. Few
teachers regularly and coolly consider
achGt is the purpose of this lesson, and
hoaO to reach it best. Made up work
outside the text book, is not yet common
enough, though it need not be of the
teachers authorship alone, as pupils
can put on each other as sharp points
as need be in most branches of arith-
metic, grammar, history, geography,
orthepy, ETC., and there is nearly as
valuable training in stating a query
clearly as in answering it.
Many times while visiting schools |
notice teachers prompting, showing,
suggesting and asking questions which
put words into the pupils mouths for
replies, and the inference is that the
pupils do not know what they are
talking about, and that the teacher is
reciting for them to repeat, or the
teacher is doing the brain work while
The pupils are doing the tongue and
niger work only. Besides disgracing
he teacher, such work is doing the
pupil a two-fold injury; he is being
weakened mentally by faulty habits Of
thought and expression, and he is being
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08

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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08
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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08
TO CONSERVATIVES.

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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08

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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-10-18
INDIAN SUM En-

Thele IL u time, Just when the fosl
Begins TO pave old Winters way
When Autumn, In q reyery LOST
The mellow daytime dreams away
When Summer comes, IN musing mind,
10 gaze once more on hill and dell,
10 mark how many sheayes they bind
And sec II all are ripened we'll
With balmy breath she whispers lowi
The dying flowers look up aud give
Their sweetest incense ere they co.
For her who made their beauties liVe'
She enters meath tho woodland shade'
Her zephyrs lift the lingering lear
And bear II gently where are laid
The loved and lost ones OF its grief
At last, old Autumn, rising takes
Again his sceptcr and his thronei
With boistcrouS hand the trees he shakes
Intent on gathering all his own
Sweet Summer, slghlns, files the plain
And waiting Winter, gaunt and grlm'
Secs misor Autumn hoard his grain,
And smiles to think It's all for him.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-10-18
Llme.Klln Club Life.I

"De Odder mite DO old man halefalus
Brown dropped ober to see me-" began
tho old man as Pickles Smith got
through swallowing ten penny nail,
which he was holding In his mouth to
cure the back ache, "ile sot down
wild q groan and remarked that times
had 50 changed dat he didn't dare to
lib anoder day, II made me nervous
TO ha'r him take on aud tell how moder
folks war dyin' oii'-modern houses no
better dan coiIins-modern food pizen
to do systcm-aad dat ninty'nlne men
out Of every hundred war liars, cheats
an thieves.
"Almos' ebory day h'ar some oh
you takin' on bout do good ole times
when nobody died and do front dooh Of
cbcry house stood open, You doant
know what yer talkin' bout In dc
good ole times do common house was
bout as comfortable as do common hog
pen. More people had to ride ten
miles for u doctor dan q less distance,
an when hc ArrovC he didn't know
bran from broomsticks. Any sort OF
man who knew Moses Aaron was
good 'nufr for u preacher, aud dc man
wild dc loudcst below was dc best law
yer. Women wur Rcckled aud men
went bariutcd to church, and dc ladder
who didn't bring up his sons wild a
great deal of stern dignity and blue
beech cad mixed togcdcr expected the
boy to turn out pirate.
"In dc good old times men stole and
cheated an lied an played hypocritc,
lest the same as men do now, an ct dc
women didn't Cad quite so often dcy
gossipcd iist as much. De man who
sighs fur dc good old times, am irowin
away his brcui, and dar am u dim sus-
picion in my mind dat he am lazy and
shiftlcss. Dc pusson who cant play
his hand wild dc world of to day am
either light in de head, or wobbly in dc
knees. furder desire to add dat dc
next time h'ar II member Of dis clnl
wishin' for return of dc day whcl
only one family on road ten miles
long had an umbrella to lend, and moi
one family outen sixteen could lend {
cupful of sugar widout scrapn' dc bot
tom of dc box, shall purcead him
lecktur dat will slant his ears at an an
gle of fo'ty.scben degrees"
Sir Isaac Walpolc desired to stat'
that he had occasionally sighed for ole
times, but it was the old times he ha'
, had hunting coons, stealing watermel
ons, gathering pcrsimmons and lyln!
in shady fence corners.-l Detrol
, Free Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-10-18
Whole No. 209O.
A Heart Rendlng Scene,

No novelist ever devised more ln'
tensely dramatic aud plllful situation
than was witnessed last week beside
the track Of the Southern Pacific Coast
Railroad near Alameda, California,
There was an accident on the road,
owing to tho sinking Of q part OF the
track, The engine was overturned,
aud tho fireman, Dan Drlscoll, was
caught by two Iron bars, one Of which
crossed his breast aud the other one OF
his feet, lle was not severely injured
by this, but the bars held him ineStri'
cably fast, and meantime, on both
sides Of the track which 1T this point
lies on u low trestle bridge built acrass
long stretch Of marsh land, the salt
tide pouring IN from the Bay Of San
Francisco was rapidly rising. II was
evident unless speedily removed he
would be drowned, Six men labored
with desperate energy to save him.
They wrapped sheets around his body
and exertcd their combined strength TO
pull him from beneath the bars that
pinned him to the track. lie cried pit
cously that they were killing him,
They Tied again and again but with
out avail. A lcvcc was built around
his head to keep the water from reach
ing him. Buckets were brought, and
as the water oozed in il was bailed out.
Then they raised his head and held it
rs high as possible above the water,
For two hours these labors were cease
lessly continued, but at the end Of that
time the lcvce broke, aud the friends Of
the doomed man found that they could
do no more for him. The water rose
rapidly about his body and reached his
chin. Then all caught hold Of him
and huggcd desperately, but in vain.
| A friend held his hand over the unior-
tunate mans mouth, but the water rose
to his nos,rils, and lac was drowned in
the presence OF the helpless crowd.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-10-18
The Hickory Nut Dodge.

A certain laborer attending plaster
er who was "iirst coating on the
third story of II house found that he
had too much to do; for, work us hard
as he could, the plaster.board was al
ways empty and the plastcrer waiting
when he got up. At last he fell upon
u novel way Of tightening his labor.
He purchased three cents worth OF
hickory nuts, and, putting few among
the mortar in the hod, he emptied it on
the board. The plasterer, seeing Il
nut sticking among the lime as he was
laying it on the wall, picked it out, and,
cleaning it with his apron, cracked the
shell and ate the kernel. A repetition
of this several times took up so much
of his time that, when the holman
came up with the next hod, very little
of the former one had been used. The
hod man put in few more whenever
he was falling behind, and at night
told his boss that if he would add a
quarter day to his wages he would
keep any two plasterers going.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-10-18

For 20 years the american Agricul-
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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-10-18
PLAIN
TRUTHS

The blood Is the foundation OF
life, Il eireulales through every pan
Of The body. and unless II Is pure
and rich, good health Is impossible
II disease has entered the system
the Ouly sure and quick way 70 drive
il out il TO purify and enrich the
blood,
These simple facts are well
known, and the highest medical
authorities agree that Nothing but
iron will restore the blood 10 It's
nalhtal condition and also thai
all the iron preparations hitherto
made blaeken The teeth. cause head
ache, and are otherwise injurious
BRows's IRoS BITTERs willihoI'
oughly and quickly assimilate win
the blood. purifying and strengthen
Ing Il, and thus drive disease ifom
any part Of the system, and y VIII
na blaeken the teeth, cause head
ache OF constipation, and Is posi-
lively HOi Injurious,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-10-18

An old man with the palsy went out
to shoot squirrels, taking his son with
him to carry the gun. Spying half
dozen in a tree the boy took aim, fired
and missed several times in succession.
The old man took the gun in his shak-
ing hands, put in fearful charge of
powder and shot, fired and brought
down three. "There! That is the
way to shoot squirrels. ''Well," Ian
swered the son, 81 might have done
as we'll if had fired all over the tree
at the same time.'
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-10-18

The FIRST AMERICAN CRCUs.-The
first circus in the United States started
out of Putnam county, N. T., in 1927
or 1928. 1t had eight or ten petorm-
ers, as many horses, neither tents nor
seats, and advertised only by marching
through the villages invested, with
man ahead calling out the place of ex-
hibitions. etc. The programme includ-
ed feats of strength, leaping, etc., and
riding without saddle, and the ring was
pitched in yards wherever convenient.
After a time an elephant was added,
and from this grew the menagerie ad-
dition. In 1882 the first tent was
used in New York city.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-10-18
WOODSTOCK, VERMONT, OCT 49, 1882.

and he laid his hand on his manly
heart, My quaint, brave down'easler,
lie who lashes tho sea Into fury, and
lets loose tho tempest, will care for
thes The storm may rage without,
but In thy bosom peace aud sunshine
abide always,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-10-18

Mrs. Partington honored us with a
call this morning. She is looking well
and she says she is like the windows Of
a renovated house-all the old panes
are out of her and the pneumatics are
things Of the past.-CBuston Star.