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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-12-19
Bristol.

Mention should have been made
of the fact some time ago that Mr..
F. K. Shotliff met with a very severe
accident while moving a building he
recently bought, but through care
lessness on our part we missed to
say anything about it. Although he
has very bad ankle at present
writing, yet we learn ne is improv-
ing.
Appropriate Christmas services
will be held in the church next Sun
day morning. Topic; Old Tesla
ment prophecy in its relation to the
coming Messiah. All are invited to
attend.
Please do not forget that Christ
mas tree and oyster supper will be
given under the auspices of the M.
E. church of Bristol, the tree to be
in the church, the supper in the
Rink Supper to commence at 6
p. m. Fail not 10 come at your peril.
And just before you see the tree,
come in and see what Joe can sell
you for your best girl.
]. A. Rowbottom is now collecting
taxes
The mill of V. r. Richards is now
grinding Tuesdays and we under
stand is doing good work.
The Worth Bros have just COM
pleted a fine job of painting for Mr.
Harms, of Randall, and we learn
they are likely to be called that way
again. "Worth wins.
Frank Carney was home on Sun
dav.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-12-19

Weiskopf Bros. say they want to see
every one of their friends and customers
supplied with first class watch before the
New Year dawns. They are interested in
no "Watch Club" Scheme, but if any re-
sponsible party is desirousI of getting a
good time piece and is willing to pay a rea-
sonabIe amount down, the matter of future
payments can be arranged on the most lib
eral basis.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-12-19

did not get the telegram in time.
Mrs. Holmes is a sister of Mrs.
BuIlamore and reached the house of
the deceased by the kindness of Mr..
n. d. Edwards.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-12-19

dents of Somers, is seriously i'll at
her residence near Kellogg's Corners
Mr.. Lacheur, recent arrival from
Guernsey, is visiting his country-men
here.
Mrs Peter Reas, one of the survi-
vors of the original members of the
Presbyterian church, is now living at
Mr.. Horace De Longs in the enjoy
ment of good health for her age.
The sheds are up at the Metho-
dist church.
The we'll borers are at work at
Mr.. Estburgh.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-12-19

tainment at the M. E. church next
Tuesday evening. Programme: Oyster
supper, literary and musical exer-
cises, distribution of presents from
Christmas tree. A good time is
promised. Everybody cordially
invited.
Workmen's advocate., 1889-06-22
ELECTRICITY, LEGISLATORS AND
 ROPE.

The New York law requiring death sentences to be executed by maens of electricity will probably prove big improvement on the old process. To begin, the 'plant'-or perhaps one should say the electrical apparatus, for after all is said and done, it $ the victim who gets planted, if the doctors don't appropriate his cold corpus-the "plant" costs about $S,1O0, so an Eastern paper says, and that's a considerable advance on the old system, which only required a few boards, nails, hinges and a piece of rope Besides, there will be quite a staff of electricians needed-to show how to kill the man with electricity and another staff of highly scienced (and correspondingly salaried) physicians and surgeons to decide, after the electricians have killed the man, whether he is pro- fessonally dead or not; and if so, to what extent All that means more sal aries, more expenses, and more taxes; and according to the Protection the. ory, the more taxes you pay the richer you get. Seriously, execution by cleo tricity is mere fad-and if one did not know that New York Legislature is capable of anything in the way of fool cry and roguery, one might wonder what induced them to adopt the new process. They-the members-are not scientists, TOT humanitarians. They are, probably, as low down class of bipeds as you could find in the State of New York. In the absence of definite infor- nation we are left to wonder what cor rupt motive or stupid whimsy induced them to make the change. As though hanging were not good enough fol them,-S. F. Adl'efiSey.
Workmen's advocate., 1889-06-22
WHAT OTHERS SAY.
STRIKES.

lhlTNGS'
 Chief Arthur has announced himself, according to the Associated Press, as unequivocally opposed to strikes. Well, then, Chief Arthur is in the wrong pew, that is all.
 'We. too, are opposed to some strikes, but so long as vent-holes are necessary for the pentup indignation of men, and the only means except re- course to arms and force for the wage slaves to get their just dues in this country, we prefer to see a strike to a revolution. Strikes are just as neces- sary at times as organization, and even though lost in nine cases out of ten, every strike is gain, inasmuch as the suffering entailed will teach men that other -legislation-must be re- sorted to.
 Take the right to strike away from the American workingman, and you will eventually make an anarchist out of him, and to this we are opposed.
 We always did think Mir. Arthur an overrated labor leader, and his last ut terance certainly places him below the estimate we had of him, If he vii kindly inform the working people what he proposes as a substitute for the strike we may alter this estimate and bow down in humble ignorance, but like tht people who threw the tea overheard il Boston harbor one hundred years ago we still maintain that strikes are ne cessity under our present conditions Baltimore Critic.
Workmen's advocate., 1889-06-22
CANNY CARNEGIE.

The June number of the North Ameri- cdn Rerier contains an article by Mir.
 Andrew Carnegie on "Wealth," which is evidently the etfusion of a guilty con science. He started with urging the question of how to properly administer wealth, that society may not fall to pieces. An entire revolution has taken place. In former ages the outer condi- tions of life were about alike. The mighty lived in as primitive conditions as the common lot; even in our day he found the same conditions prevailing with the Sioux Indians, the wigwam of the Chief in little differing from those of the tribe; and he claims the contrast of the palace of the millionaire of to- day with the hovel-he calls it cottage of the laborer, is simply a measure of the change civilization has produced. But he welcomes this change as highly beneficial and claims it "as essential for lIlt pIbSltSS UI tilC hlCN, dhb 10 PNA
 fectly happy in the thought "that the houses of some should be houses for all that is highest and best in literature and art" although this is at the sacrifice ot all that life may be worth to the rest oi the race. We are, with him, of the opinion that the light of our civiliza ton is blessing, but claim q share of i for dH. We do not propose ito get bacl to the conditions of the good old times. l We thoroughly believe in the adyan tages that are thus far secured for tht race by and through the intellectua development of the race. He charge
 that the Socialists are attacking tn, foundations upon which civilization rests. He admits that what has beer attained is the result of the industry O
 the race as fructified by this age O
 science and inventions" The forme
 primitive mode of production in isolated homes was, of course, too great vast of time and energy, producing onl! small results. To-day, in the concentra
Workmen's advocate., 1889-06-22

this at once threw Paris into a flutter of excitement the French Bourse felt the strain. and stocks and bonds fell All because Strasburg once belonged to France, and the French looked upon Kaiser Williams act in bringing Hum- bert, his visitor, to the conquered city as an insult and menace to them. Hence the tumbling of stocks and rcateS At a dinner given last week at the peterhOtT Palace at St. Petersburg, and in honor of Princess Militza, of Montenegro. who has been hctrothed to the Grand Duke of Russia, the Czar of fered a toast to the Prince of MOntene- gro, whom he declared to be the only sin cere and faithful friend of Russia, This caused a sensation all over Europe, and stocks in Berlin ant Vienna took another tumble. When will the Euro pean people get sense enough to arouse themselves out of that chronic night mare dread of war by abolishing kings ana kaisers and standing hordes of pro- fessiOnal cutthroats, and live as human beings should who claim to be civil ized In many things men have fal l less sense than any other animal in ere atiOn, -.SOUH Hest
Workmen's advocate., 1889-06-22
SINFUL SYNTAX.

We received from one of our Ameri. can comrades a copy of the leatlet enti- tied Flight Hours Standard k.day,' purporting to have been issued in ac- cordance with the instructions of a Congress of the $. L. P. In the leatlet we find some ridiculous anarchistic clap-trap, following upon the words: If this be true, some one says, what is the use'
 Form your batallions; to arms X Fling the police in the gutter x Blow up the infamous legislature" etc.
 The unfortunate part of it is that the author, being German, and, at the time he wrote it, much less acquainted with English orthography and syntax than he is now, and the Executive Com. mittee also being Germans without a sufficient knowledge of English to un- derstand such matters, the party itself, besides, being then pretty well sprinkled with class of people who are now out, namely, the fiery revolutionists, " such pamphlet could be issued, We cannot conceive the reason for quoting so much 'blood and thunder" unless il was to pander to the undeveloped spirits mentioned, which can easily account for the bad English and the absence ot quotation marks. We should advise our comrades to withhold the leatlet in question from circulation, and we ad wise our National Executive Committee to take steps to prevent the issuance oi any more of such unreyised material.
Workmen's advocate., 1889-06-22
KINGS PUPPETS.

Whenever one of the European em- perors, kings or kaiSers has toothache or an attack of dyspepsia, and looks cross or uses cuSs words, the fact Is telegraphed to all the capitals, and at once stocks and bonds tumble and the money bags clutch their treasures, in fear of impending war, And tinanciers and business men wait with bated breath for turn in affairs. Last week it was suddenly announced that the German Kaiser and the visiting King Humbert, of Italy, were going to Stras- burg to review the German troops, and
Workmen's advocate., 1889-06-22
NOTES.

MT, Patrick Egan, President Harri- . sons swift choice as an American rep . re-entatiye in Chili, is also one of the immalculate CIan-na-Gacl chcrub.. liar rison must be deep in the councils of dynamitards. It is better to derive economic wis dom from such a pamphlet, for in- stance, as the Communistic Mauifcs- to" of Marx and Engels, than to be in- debted to Proudhons verbose tonnes for mental anarchy.
 Little Switzerlands government has been cautioned by the great powers" to increase her severity against social ists. We should like to see the impu- dent and bullying warning placed be- fore the Swiss people for a vote aa to its similarity to Geslers hat,
 A contemporary desiring to system ize and classify all reform thought" may put Us down as Socialists; our 'thought' is being reduced to action through the proper means. Thus we may be classed as practical Socialists, and our materializing thought may be denominated as practical Socialism.
 The Denver Arbitrator seems to desire a chip knocked from its shoulder, so to speak. Now, we are not in a quarrel some mood, but we'll take look at the chip:
 Every person has natural right to do whatsoever he wills, provided that in the doing thereof he infringes not the equal rights of any other person"
 The editor wants to know whether the ADVOCATE questions the soundness of the ''principle" quoted above. Ger. tainly not, if it carries with it all that is necessary to make it really principle But as it is printed it is nothing more than a gIttering generality. If civiliza' tion has not modified natural rights nol created social rights and duties, ther mere natural right is only equivalent tc might is right" and the equal natura rights of others are only bounded by their natural physical strength or cun ming, Just think this over, neighbor and then take look at the Sociais Platform.
Workmen's advocate., 1889-06-22
ists, and combination is the order of the

ists, and combination is the order of the day,
 Thus, as the Socialist Platform pre- diets, we can zee that by the continued evolution of capitalism, "the proletari- anized masses will have opposed to them comparatively few industrial despots, and when that condition is upon Us, there will be an argument of fact that will not require mass-neetings to teach,
 Meanwhile, there is another force at work, which, though sma' n numbers has within it's platform 'nu principles the elements of strength. This "still, small voice. is that of the Socialist Labor Party. The Socialists also advo- cate shorter work-day not confining themselves, however, to an eight-hour work-day. They propose a "reduction  in the hours of labor H1 proportion t0 hr lrogcsS of prodUctjou,' and in their suggestion for a present reform they propose this;
 establishment by Congress of legal work-day of not more than eight hours for all industrial workers, and corresponding provisions for all agricul. tural laborers.'
 But the Socialists do more than this. They do not rest with merely adrocat- ing shorter hours, they have formed themselves into political party, and use the American citizens 'weapon of equality" the ballot, as a means to ac- complish their objects, and among these the shortening of the hours of labor is by no means the principal one, They advocate the establishment of a co. operative society, abolishing the wage system, and in their Platform make this declaration;
 "The basis of cooperative society stipuates the substitution of public ownership for private ownership of land instruments of labor maChines, fac tories, etc.,, and with it cO-operativ, production and guarantee of share il the product in accordance with the ser vice rendered by the individual to so ciety."
 When this grand object is accom- plished, then will the shortening of th
 hours of labor be a matter of publi policy: nor will such demand iron
 the people be subject to refusal. Tn people, owning the means of produC ton in common, can then decide hoy and when their labor shall be utilized, Back of all these proposed reforms however, there must be method for ol
 taining them. That method in thes United States is already established b. law and custom, and it is that methO which the Socialists have adopted-ir dependent, political action, as nece' sary accompaniment of agitation, edr
 cation and organization.
Workmen's advocate., 1889-06-22
JUNE 2'! .!, ISS9.
A SHORTER WORKDAY.

 In his day Benjamin Franklin de- . clared that if all men worked at pro- ductive labor four hours labor per day . would be sufficient to produce the same l amount of wealth then produced by the |. long days of labor of the wage workers. l Franklin was q thinker and a cOnserva~ tive man, yet he was far ahead of the ''labor leaders" of the present day W h0 are clamoring for an eight-hour work day. If four hours of labor per day could produce the wealth of a century ago, certainly the same amount of labor performed by the able bodied workers of today with the additional force of improved machinery, the scientific divi- sion of labor in vogue, and intelligent administration, or industrial captaincy, could have at least equal results.
 So we must admit that when work men propose an eight.hour workday for themselves they make very modest proposition. But when one considers the conditions under which this propO- sition is made, it seems as if something were wanting.
 Suppose we look facts in the face:
 The workmen who are asked to shorten their workday to eight hours do not work upon their own premises nor on their own account. They depend upon others for an opportunity to work. The machines they tend do not belong to them-they are the private property of someone else,
 Private property may be held or dis posed of, as the owner elects.
 The workmen generally Concede indi- viduals the right to own factories, ma chlnery-capital. The leaders in the proposed "eight-hour movement ac- knowledge that right when they recog- nize the wage system.
 The owners of capital claim all the rights which their employees and the "economiC leaders" of their employees concede. They claim the right to close their factories if they so please, They also claim the right to hire whomsOevel is willing to work for them. This righ, is also conceded by the great maiorit, of workingmen.
 The government protects capitalist in the possession of private property Let any man or organization of mel attempt to take from the owner 0 property that which is conceded to b his, and the government forces, iron the local constable to the national army if necessary, will be called out to defen the property owner aganst robbcrH
 Under these circumstances, wha method shall he adopted to introduce a eight-hour ork-day generally
 Let us see what claims to the supper of Socialists the idea of general strik has.
 A general strike means that the worE
Workmen's advocate., 1889-06-22

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Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1889-07-13
Manufacturing Notes.

Mr.. John Adj returned recently from a
trip to Niagara Falls and the West. He went
chiefly for pleasure, but combined business
to some extent as he journeyed, and brought
home number of orders for work at his
mandatory. He went as far as Cleveland,
Ohio. Work at his mandatory is quite
brisk for this season of the year. The shop
shut down for week on the Fourth of July
week. Mr.. Adj, when he removed to Grape
vine Point to State street, not far from Neck
bridge, was thought by some to be getting
too far out, but the locality is growing very
fast, many houses having been erected in
the neighborhood, while at present one of
the largest school buildings in the city is be-
ing erected only block off.
The work of putting in the big new boiler
at B. Shoninger G Co.'s piano and organ
factory, which 1t was thought would be COM
pleted by Thursday, was not finished, owing
to the amount of work involved, until last
night. Mr.. I. Buck, ;. representing the noted
firm of Babcock & Wilcox, New York, max.
ers of this kind of boilers, had charge and
pushed the work through with his usual en-
orgy and executive ability. The big new
boiler which, with Its setting is nearly as
large as an ordinary one store house, is all
ready for service, and steam will be got up
to-day. A part Of the the force of employees
has been at work for day or two, and those
whose work requires steam power, can now
follow. The work of building three more
big kiln drys will now be begun at once by
@. d. Kinney, builder, and they will make
eight large kiln drys in all.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1889-07-13
AT HIGH ROCK GROVE.

The Calvary Baptist sunday Schools
Annual Picnic-EIght Cars Filled
with Sunday school Children-A
Pleasant and Much Enjoyed Occa-
sion.
At precisely ten minutes before o'clock
yesterday morning the special train of eight
cars filed with the children of the Calvary
Baptist Sunday school, bound for High Rock
Grove, pulled out of the Union depot. Only
three stops were made on the way, and about
a quarter after 10 o'clock the train arrived at
the grove. Immediately after the arrival
grand rush was made for the boats and those
whiled away the time until the dinner hour
at the glen and other places of interest. After
dinner, which was served at 12 o'clock, there
were several races between boys of the Sun
dav school. The winners were as follows:
100 yards dash, Edward Anthony; 100 yards
walking match, Edward Anthony; three-
legged race, Henry Schiller and Willie Elkins;
blindfold race, Willie Monroe; jumping, Her.
bert Bennett.
Among those who enjoyed the day at the
grove were Rev. Mr.. Poteat, Superintendent
Potter, Dewitt Weed, William Crossley, II.
J. Augur and wife. Mrs. R. g. Loveridge.
Miss Sarah Loveridge, Miss Ida Brown, the
Misses Turney, Miss May Loveridge, Miss FL
len Lombard, Miss Maude Howe, Miss May
Mansfield, Miss Kate Leland, Miss Nina
Whaples, Miss Nellie Fields, Miss Ella
Brown, Miss May Rathgeber, Miss Eta Blu
chanan, Miss Lizzie Yawger, Miss Parker,
Miss Fannie Hunt, Miss Florence Fowler,
Mrs. S. g. johnson, Mrs. Potter, the Misses
Potter, the Misses Sadie and Grace Bright,
Mrs. j. j. Wooster, Mrs. Brown, Mr.. William
H. Miner, Mr.. James Walliss, Harry Littell
Edward Fox. Willie Brainerd and Willie
Brown.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1889-07-13

Not the house of wood, or brick, or stone
in which you live, but your bodily tenement
may be in terrible danger from smouldering
fire which you make no effort to quench. The
great danger from impure blood is that 1t
debilitates the system, and the digestive or
parilia combines the best kidney and liver
inyigorators, with the best alternatives and
tonics. all from the vegetable kingdom, care-
fully and understandingly prepared in con-
centrated form. 1t purifies. vitalizes and
enriches the blood, and tones up the system,
giving the whole body vitality and effectually
guarding II against attacks Of dieeass.