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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-12-31
J. e. BLAINE.

There are but few if any public men
in whose movements the people of the
United States take deeper interest
than in J. G. Blaine. 1t is stated he
will not visit Washington this winter,
thus avoiding annoyance of being
constantly interviewed by newspaper
reporters and others. He is now at
his home in Augusta, Maine, and has
been collecting materials for writing a
history of the war of 1912. He has al
ready wide reputation as a historian,
and his book will unquestionably be
in much demand. He has made his
arrangements to go to Europe next au-
tumn, where he has received invita-
tions from distinguished statesmen to
be their guest. He will visit Ireland,
where it is expected his presence will
produce great enthusiasm. as it is
known he is in favor of home rule for
that country. 1t is furthermore said
that his purpose is to return home sixty
days before the holding of the next ma
tional Republican convention. Such
is currently represented to be his pro-
gramme, whether fully authorized by
him or partly suggested by his friends
is perhaps subject to amendment.
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seminary are now on trial for heresy,
or at least for teaching doctrines con-
trary to the creeds..of which that theO-
logical Institution claims to be the ex-
ponent, much interest has been excited
in New England as to What the out
come will be. 1t is not local ques.
tion, but is of as much interest in the
West as in the East to all who care
for doctrinal controversies in a great
denomination. 1t is probably general
ly known that the present controversy
grew out of the teachings of the belief
that the millions who never had an Of
fer of the gospel. and who die ignorant
of the way of salvation, will not be
consigned to everlasting punishment,
but will have an opportunity, some
where in the great future, to believe
on Him of whom they never heard Of
in this life. This is what is now call
ed the doctrine OF future probation, !"
belief that has produced much COM
motion in many churches. The charges
on which the Andover professors are
now on trial are fifteen in number, the
more important of which is connected
with future probation, although the
last one charges a departure from the
teaching of Calvin. John Calvin has
been long dead, and it has been sup.
posed his doctrines we're no longer gen.
orally held. inasmuch as they have been
eliminated from the articles of faith in
the orthodox churches. The funds con-
tributed for the endowment of Andover
Seminary were, it is said, on the condi-
ton that the teachings in that institu-
tion should be in accordance with the
creed. The question is. have doctrines
unauthorized by the creed been taught
The professors deny such charge. The
decision of the council to determine
the matter will not be final; let the
case be decided which way it may, it
will be appealed to the Supreme Court
of the state. There are legal questions
in the matter, involving the rights and
uses of the property, which cannot be
permanently settled outside of the
courts. The construction of church
creed in one of the higher courts is
something unusual in this country.
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SCARCITY OF FEMALE HOUSE
SERVANTS.

1t is quite number of years ago
since there came the complaint of scar
city of female house servants: the de.
mand for this kind of help has been
slowly and steadily increasing This
growing lack of female help is not be-
cause there are less females in proper
tion to the number of males now than
years before. A half century ago there
was not only full supply, but sur
plusage of this kind of workers. The
time was when women were more gen.
orally producers than now; young
women in most households in the
northern states were trained to domes.
tic employments. The mother who
had one or more grown-up daughters
would never have thought it neces-
sity to employ extra female help unless
herself and family were disabled by
sickness. Times have wonderfully
changed. A large per cent of the
young women now, especially in the
cities, are non-producers. They con-
tribute much that is valueless in the
market, but nothing to the general
stock of the nations wealth. They
subsist on the earnings and incomes of
others. To wash, iron, scrub, and do
the domestic work of the kitchen is
turned over to that indispensable APP
pendage of the family, the hired girl"
Fifty years ago girls belonging to
families of excellent standing went
out to service to earn enough to clothe
themselves genteely, or to obtain lit
tie pocket money; by so doing they
did not lose caste in good society. In
these later days there are those who
would almost as soon drown themselves
in Lake Michigan as do kitchen work
away from home for compensation.
In the present order of society families
desiring servant girl help are obliged
to rely chiefly on foreign supply. But
should the time come, which would
not be singular, when the foreign sup
ply will be exhausted, then who will
do the washing, cooking and kitchen
drudgery of our numberless genteel
families?
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CHURCH CREEDS.

Creeds in the Christian churches are
infallible. Many people believe creeds
have lost much of their power to con-
troll the religious world, but it is a
mistake to suppose they have become
obsolete and no longer authoritative:
they still bear rule in many commu-
mites and demand enforcement. A
case directly in point is that of the
Professors in Andover Seminary.
prominent school of theology for the
education of students for the ministry.
The facts in this controversy have be-
fore been stated in the TELEGRAPH,
end inasmuch as the professors in that
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PROGRESS OF WISCONSIN
CITIES.

At the close of the year the villages
and cities in the northwest are giving
summary statements of what has been
accomplished in the way of improve.
ments, public and private, during the
past year in respective localities.
From these accounts of progress, it
must be inferred that the past year has
been more than usually prosperous in
the growth of the cities. The north
en half of Wisconsin, particularly,
has been rapidly developed in the
building of business establishments
and the increase of various industries.
The prospect of Wisconsin becoming a
great and powerful state is more mani.
fest now than at any period in its past
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nal life? Consummate tact and won-
derful common sense marked the Mas
ter's reply. He eyed the insignia of the
Diplomat lawyer, pointed with his finger
at the words and symbols of the law EN-.
broidered On his broad phylacteries, and
retorted, What is written in the law 7
How readest thou? Jesus compelled
him to answer his own question, and
the professional teacher could not escape
it. He replied with all the assurance of
one who practices what he teaches,
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with
all thy heart and with all thy soul and
with all thy strength and with all thy
mind and thy neighbor as thyself. Je.
sus told him he had answered rightly, to
do this and he should live. His answer
carried conviction to the conscience CT
the lawyer that he had failed to do this.
To escape from his dilemma the lawyer
changes the subject and asks But who
is my neighbor? With consummate
skill Jesus compels the lawyer 70 answer
his own question again, and the lawyer
defines a neighbor to be one who shows
mercy, even though he be hated and
despised Samaritan. The reverend
speaker at this point dropped the exposi-
tory line and earnestly enforced the
practical teaching involved in the great
question: What must I do to inherit
eternal life? He put these questions to
his audience How do yoI read this
law of love to God and to neighbor
How do you turn it over towards your
selves? What do you do with it?
There was keen interest throughout
not alone on the part of the speaker, but
of the audience as well. A large audi
ence is not only an inspiration to the
speaker, but proves to be inspiration as
well to the listeners. An interesting
feature of the occasion was the render
.ng of beautiful Christmas anthem by
The choir, under the leadership of Mr..
L. M. Thayer.
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PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

The closing of the Kenosha public
schools prior to the holiday vacation
occurred on Friday last. Public exer.
cises were held in the High School
room in the afternoon, at which there
was a fair representation of the friends
of education. The programme consist
ed of a variety of entertaining subjects.
The scholars who had parts assigned
them acquitted themselves with much
credit. The first public free school es.
tablished in Wisconsin was in this
place. During the many years that
have elapsed since that time, the
schools, especially the High School, has
generally been favored with Principals
OF superior merit. The High School,
now under the supervision of Prof.
Leach, maintains the rank the school
sustained in some of its best years in
the past. Rev. Mr.. Thompson and
Rev. Mr.. Stein made brief congratlla-
tory remarks after the close of the
school exercises. The first and second
assistant in the High School, Mrs.
Bradford and Miss Olcott, are both
teachers well fitted for the positions
they occupy. The other departments
of the school in the different buildings
are reported in good condition. Miss
Laura Andre, who has been the organ
list i'll the High School department for
several years, was presented with a
handsomely.bound sketch book. The
presentation address was given by
Miss Lottie Schroeder.
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TRUESDELL.

A dancing party was given Tuesday
evening at Geo. Reynolds, in Somers.
The Uihlein Bros. have broken ground
for their monster stables, and are busy
having the materials drawn to the spot.
The hay press took another vacation
this week.
We are glad to state that Mrs. Halsey,
who has had light attack of bilious
ever, has entirely recovered.
Mr. George Bush and his youngest
daughter are seriously i'll with consump-
ton.
There is a rumor that our minister is
to be married this week. We hope it is
true, and wish them all the joys, etc.
Water is getting rather scarce in many
portions of the country for stock, and a
man doesn't know how to appreciate a
good well of water right at his barn till
he has to drive his cattle half mile to
water when it is 20 degrees below zero.
Several of the railroad water tanks
are dry on account of the water famine,
but there is a plenty at the old reliable
Truesdell water tank.
Willfred Bush is learning biography
at Truesdell, under the instruction of
Thomas Hartray, night operator.
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SALEM.

The thermometer marked twenty.
two below zero on Monday morning
Two below on Tuesday.
Mr.. Phillip DeLaunty came from
Chicago Friday evening to spend
Christmas with his friend, Homer Hol-
lister.
Mrs. Anderson, of Wilmot, spent
Christmas with her mother, Mrs. Faber.
The ice harvesters are very busy at
Camp, Hooker and Silver lakes. At
Hooker lake about seventy-five men
are employed, or enough to be filing
four rooms at once. At Camp lake il
is said they cannot get men enough to
keep two rooms going. The worst &C.
cident so far is reported from Silver
Lake, A man had his hand or hands
caught in the pulley and all his finger
nails taken off. If spectators think it
is not dangerous to be around the
slide when the men are at work they
had better ask Grandpa Minis. He
narrowly escaped being killed by a
falling cake of ice while passing under
the slide at Hooker Lake Tuesday.
The funeral of C. K. Maynard took
place last Thursday, at IL A. NJ, from
the Congregational church. He was
laid to rest in the Liberty cemetery
The Genoa Junction school closed for
the day and about twenty-five of Mr.
Maynard's old pupils, accompanied by
their present teacher, Mr.. Young, at
tended the funeral. Also a number O:
other friends from Genoa were present
The funeral services were conducted
by Mr.. Harebell, Congregational min.
lister from Genoa Junction.
A fine evening and fairly good sleigh
ing drew fair crowd to the oyster
supper and Christmas tree. The re-
ceipts for the evening was something
over seventy dollars. Many pretty and
useful presents were on the tree, but
not any very costly ones.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-12-31

Christmas was made holiday of un.
usual activity througout the country.
The express Offices in many instances
were reported oYercroWded with bust
ness, and there was often necessarily
delay in the delivery of packages.
Thousands of families were made hap
py, some expectedly and some unex-
pectedly. In this city the day was
generally observed by a cessation from
work and given to &isiting. The in
fluenCe of Christmas is calculated to
revive old friendships and allay as
arrangements of long standing. Good
dinners of course are Oh Christmas
programme. The principal business
places i'll the city were closed, except
the saloons were kept open to satisfy
class Of people who are always apt to
be thirsty on a holiday.
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FRIDAY. DECEMBER 81, 1886.
GEN. JOHN A. LOGAN.

The announcement of the death of
Gen. John A. Logan produced a pro-
found sensation throughout the
Union. Probably among all our states
men no one could have been taken
away whose loss would have been
more generally regretted. Every town,
village and city is anxious to respect
and honor his memory. Preparation
is making in all parts Of this great
country to give expression, through
public meetings and otherwise, of the
high estimation in which lie was held
by the people Of this nation,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-12-31

After trying the value of skinned
milk and buttermilk as food for hogs
and laying hens, a New Jersey man came
to the conclusion that it is worth much
more to feed to poultry. 1t keeps them
in good laying condition in winter and is
as cheap as other food. Poultry can be
kept with especial profit on dairy farms.
Let Tom or Fred have flock and learn
to manage itsright, and make it pay. 1t
will be a business experience that will be
Of value in time to come.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-12-31
INSOMNIA DE SHAKESPEARE.

The literary entertainment in the
Business Mems Club rooms on Wed.
nesday nj ght was the reading of "The
Insomnia of Shakespeare" by the
author, Franklin Ell. Head. Esq. The
room was we'll filled by an audience
composed of persons of intelligence
and responsibility, who manifested
their appreciation Of Mr.. Heads talent
ed production. Mr.. Head is scholar
ly gentleman, and possesses rare tact
and skill in drawing from the half
buried fragments of history plausible
differences in respect to England's great
dramatic poet, which have not appear
ed in print. The little book entitled,
"The Insomnia of Shakespeare" of
which Mr.. Head is the author, has
been in demand, and good-naturedly
commented upon by the press. Prior
engagement prevented our being pres
ent at the reading.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-12-31

A few weeks since we published an
article favOring the 24-hour plan of
reckoning time. We notice that the
Union Pacific Railroad Company has
recently issued orders which are in the
hands of the printers, adapting their
timetables to this system, to take eff
feet some time in January, and watch
makers are engaged in adapting the
company time-pieces to the 24-hOur
dial, This system has been in use up
wards of year by the Canada Pacific
Railroad, and has been universally sat
isfactory. Many of the telegraph COM
panies already use it in order to avoid
mistakes, and also to save telegraphing
needless letters, 1t is stated that the
Western Union Telegraph Company
would save telegraphing 150,0O0,0OO
letters annually under such a system.
We predict shat this plan will become
general within few years, and that
time-pieces will be manufactured and
put upon the market with the 24.hour
dial. Previous to November 18th,
1883, there were no less than seventy
five local times i'll use by the railroads
of the United States, and it is easy to
conceive how much inconvenience and
how many mistakes were liable to oc-
cur under such a system, On that day
the five time standards now followed
were adopted by designated meridians,
one hour apart, and in less than one
year 971a per cent of the railroads and
more than so per cent of the large
towns and cities had adopted the new
standard, and the slight change occa-
stoned no serious inconvenience.
The Astronomer Royal in charge of
the Greenwich Observatory, in an arti-
Gle published in the Popular Science
Monthly, advocates an UlljoerSal time
for The whole world, the reckoning to
commence with midnight at Green
witch, marking absolute time in all
parts of the earth by the same hour,
and advances strong arguments show
ing the advantages to be derived from
the system. Should the world day be-
gin when it is midnight at Greenwich,
80 that Monday everywhere should
coincide with Monday at Greenwich, it
is obvious that Monday may begin be-
fore midnight or after, before sunrise
or after in the forenoon, in the after
noon, or at any hour of the day, ac-
cording to the longitude of the place.
We are not yet prepared to advocate
this system for numerous reasons, as
it would occasion an endless confusion
in practical use, requiring a change of
hours or dates on large portion of the
earth's surface; but the 24-hour system
requires no change of holrs-merely
change of Number for the hours in the
last half of the day. A person who
could mentally subtract II from the
given hour by the clock would obtain
the present standard hour-thus 10
o'clock-I2-7 o'clock 2. NJ; or, for
the convenience of those who are not
expert in such abstruse mathematics,
the present notation might be marked
by figures from to II repeated, the A.
M. and P. NJ. denoted by the first and
second half of the circle, while the
nour hand made but one revolution in
"a hours. 1t would require but a few
days to adjust ourselves to its use,
without hesitation. ID.
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was found to contain a goodly number
of gold coins amounting to $3.50. Rev.
G. J.. Bray was the recipient.
HADDoCK,s MURDERERs.

Another witness, it is claimed, has
been found who witnessed the murder
of Haddock, but refuses to be publicly
known until the case comes on for
trial, for fear of violence. A letter
from Sioux City says there are I'M
doubtedly dozen men who saw the
shooting of Haddock, but who dare not
tell what they know from the appre-
hensiOn of being assassinated. Such,
the letter states, is the reign of terror
in Sioux City.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-12-31
KINDLY REMEMBERED CLER-
GYMAN.

The door bell OF one of our city cler-
gymen was rung OH the night before
Christmas. Going to the door, a yell
low bag was found tied to the door.
knob. On examining its contents, it
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-12-31

The Geneva Herald says that one
hundred of the heaviest taxpayers of
Burlington, Racine county, guaranteed
the Chicago division of the Wisconsin
Central Railroad $1,000, on condition
that the road should be built through
Burlington. The road has been COM
pleted, as agreed, and tax levied Oh
the town is now resisted. Judge
WinslOw decides there is no authority
for such tax and that it is illegal.
This complexities the matter.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-12-31

A Racine paper says it is rumored
that the right of way Is being nego-
tiated through the city Of Kenosha to
allow the Chicago, Evanston and Lake
Superior railroad to pass through the
city. We are not authorized to con-
firm the report, but doubt not our
citizens would be pleased to have
another railroad.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-12-31

The Walworth county papers report
religious revivals in some of the towns
in that county. In the village of Elk
horn about one hundred have signiied
a desire to lead a christian life.
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