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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-07-25

THE experts say that the great and
unprecedented prosperity that the peo-
pie of the United States are enjoying
at the present time and the position of
leadership recently assumed in COM
mercia1 and financial affairs by the
United States are largely due to the
Spa war. In that war
the United States made a brilliant rec
with which troops were modified, the
generalship and courage manifested
throughout the whole struggle by both
army and navy, and the unsurpassed
quality of our equipment in the field
and the quality of our boats and their
commanders were all a lesson to the
world and have since been the marvel
of nations. 1t is not difficult to be-
lieve that the present prosperity and
prestige of the United States is due in
no small degree to the influence of
that war.
But what has become of the men
who made that brilliant achievement
possible? Where are Dewey, Sch1ey
and Sampson, Shafter, Roosevelt and
the rest? When the i'll fated Cervera
became the victim of his country's
censure, the people of the United
States were stirred with indignation,
and it was said that if Cervera but
made his home here he would receive
the treatment due a gallant and able
officer. But our reatment of our own
heroes bellies our high sounding words.
Despite of all we owe them we have
raised the hero of Manila Bay to dizzy
heights and then deliberately pushed
him off; we have scathed, vi1lifed,
abused and well Eigh killed Sampson,
and now the authorities at Annapolis
have found it necessary to set aside his
tory of the Spanish-American war be-
cause it called the man who did so
much to end it by sinking the Spanish
fleet off Santiago liar, coward, caitiff,
incompetent and insubordinate. This
is what the people of the United
States have done for their war heroes.
Cervera may thank his stars that he
remained in inquisition bred Spain.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-07-25
Remedy For Heat Prostitution.

The Druggists Circular offers the
following suggestions for treatment Of
cases of heat prostration: eff the tenn
perature is high, we use cold bathing
to lower it, at the same time watching
that it does not go too low and so give
us collapse. A bath should prefera-
bly, be given in a tub, with the water
at SO or 85 degrees to begin with, and
ice at once added to bring the tempera-
ture Of the water down to so degrees
in few minutes The surface of the
body must be rubbed vigorously, rub
bling the extremities preferably toward
the body, and also rubbing the abdo-
men and back The bath should be
kept I'D for Is minutes unless the tenn
perature drops to 100 degrees before
that or the patient shows signs Of col
lapse. Shivering is Of no consequence
Usually the pulse will become fuller,
stronger and slower during the bath,
and the effect will persist after it. The
patient should be dried somewhat, but
without much rubbing, and should lie
under a sheet If neither tub nor rub
Der blanket is available, we may lay
him on an ordinary blanket and sponge
him off with cold water Or rub him
down with pieces of ice wrapped
around with one thickness Of towel. 1t
is we'll to give a little whisky before
the bath. The patient should drink
small amounts of cold water at fire.
quent intervals. If instead of high
temperature we find low one, we
must at once say to the patients
friends that the case is much more serl-
Gus. These cases are, of course, not TO
be bathed in cold water, but are to De
vigorously timulated-whisky, strych-
nine, digitalis, etc. It is almost impos-
sible to overstimulate these cases.
They should be rolled up in blankets
and hot water bottles, hot bricks, ETC.,
put around them to raise the tempera-
ture to normal"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-07-25
Railway Employees on Pension.

The Illinois Central railway has just
retired 200 of it's employees on pen"
sion, under a plan inaugurated by Pres
ident Stuyvesant Fish and General
Manager Harahan. The pensions paid
by the Illinois Central are based on the
average monthly pay Of the employees
during the last ten years Of their serv-
ice, they being allowed monthly l per
cent of this amount for each year Of
their total service. If one Of the men
retired has been employed by the road
~ years and his average pay for the
last ten years has been $1OO a month,
his pension will be 40 per cent Of $500,
Or $40 a month. The age limit is fixed
at 70 years, at which all officers and
employees must be retired. Employees
between the ages Of 81 and 70 years
who are incapacitated by age for fur
Their service may be retired on pen
sion on q finding of the pension board,
created for putting into practical OPP
Grafton this pension system.
A more liberal plan than this for
making provision for old and faithful
employees has, we believe, never been
put into operation, or at least upon
anything like so large a scale and so
systematic a way. It furnishes not
only an interesting object lesson in
humanitarian dealing with the en-
ployees Of a great corporation, but an
experiment in practical economics bas-
ed upon sound business sense. It not
only saves the superannuated employee
from want and relieves his family from
distress, but solves an economic prob
lem in q way that secures to the rail-
road company the fidelity and highest
service of the younger men in it's en-
ploy 1t furnishes an example which
other great industrial corporations
might wisely follow.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-07-25
The Christian Endeavor Convention.

| The Christian EndeaVor Convention.
The twentieth international conven-
ton Of the Young Peoples Society Of
Christian Endeavor, just held at Gin
cinnati, Is perhaps the most important
and significant event Of the year in the
religious world. 1t brought together
| about 10000 earnest, active and enthu-
siastic young men and women allied
by common aspiration and actuated
by common purpose to endeavor to
exemplify the principles of Christianity
in business and social ethics, coming
from all parts Of this country and from
many foreign lands and representing
a constituency Of 100000 young
people like themselves. Such an or
ganization, broad and undenomination-
al in character, yet devoutly recognize
ing the ethical power and uplifting in
f1uence of the Christian religion, is a
wonderful force in the world. No reli-
gious movement Of modern times pos
sesses such elements Of strength, and
none Is comparable to it In the rapidity
of it's growth.
It's membership now embraces 40 de-
nominations Of the evangelical church,
reaching into all lands where Christi
anity has an organized following. Some
idea Of the phenomenal growth Of the
organization may be gained from the
fact that it now has 1,427 societies,
with a total membership of nearly
100000, while in 1891, at the close of
the first decade of Christian Endeavor,
there were only 1924 societies, with
membership Of million.
The organization is conspicuous for
its earnestness and catholicity, and
these are the sources Of it's strength.
It is an active factor in the world, and
the words christian Endeavor" we'll
represent its militant spirit and pur-
pose. Others may claim to be Chris
tians, and still others may be impressed
with the idea that they have embraced
the one creed that stands for the teach
ings Of Christ, but here is a compact
body of 100000 people, with the vigor
and enthusiasm of youth, pledged to
c!31o1vor, to strive, to eXemplify in
daily life the teachings Of the Founder
Of their faith. Such an organization
has, as it deserves, the respect, sympa-
thy and encouragement of all who val
ue the influences which make for good
in the world.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-07-25

Whether authentic or otherwise, the
report that Lord Rosebery is to marry
the Duchess of Albany, widow Of
Queen Victoria's youngest son, is inter
esting, though not at all surprising. In
several particulars Lord Rosebery has
"burst the bars Of circumstance"
which might be supposed to heE !. q
mere Scottish nobleman Of the modest
name Of Primrose. The world is famil-
lar with his realization Of his three
ambitions-to marry the richest heiress
in the kingdom, to win the Derby and
be prime minister. Now, if report says
truly, he will become q member Of the
royal family Of Great Britain and step
father of the reigning Duke Of Sake
Coburg- Gotha. Lord Rosebery is man
of ability, character and deserved prom
inence, and the British royal house
would be none the worse for his admis-
sion into IT.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-07-25

Mr.. BRYAN is panied at the action
of the Ohio Democrats. Not that he
cares in "a personal way, but the
thought that the party have seen fit to
take a step back toward the land of
Egypt after all his Mosaic efforts to
lead them to the promised land is al
most more than he can endure. A
backward step has been taken. 1t may
be policy, but according to the stern
conviction Of Mr.. Bryan and his fol-
lowers it is retrogression Of the worst
kind. But the Ohio Democrats seem
to be satisfied. They are content to
retreat if they can only get to some
thing like a tenable ground. They
have wearied of being driven from
their position and are very much in
favor of abandoning a situation that
lacks every strategic advantage and
going back to a site where Democracy
has been able to make fair fight and
has occasionally won a victory.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-07-25

Eight on" is the watchword heard
in the Boer laagers as the South Afri-
can war enters the last quarter of the
second year. It is evident that there
are to be no voluntary general submits
sions, that there are to be no further
genuine peace negotiations and that
there is to be no effective Intervention
from the outside. There are stronger
indications than ever that it is to be a
fight to the finish. The war of England
against the two republics seems des-
tined to go onauntil it ends either in
their independence or the extermina
ton of their population. Evidently
there will be no peace in South Africa
until the flags of the Transvaal and the
Orange Free State fly with sovereign
title over the veldt or until every
burgher is dead or his person is COM
pletely in the power Of the British ar
my. 1t is literally a struggle to the
DEATH and the picture is one not pleas
ant to contemplate.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-07-25

PROF. FREDERICK STARR, Of the
University of Chicago, is prone to say
startling things. He now alleges that
the American people are becoming In
dams. He says that the only thing
that retards the people of this country
from becoming exactly like the no
madic tribes of Indians in facial char
acteristics is the intermarriage be-
tween residents of this country and
immigrants from foreign lands.
Prof. Starts ''discovery" is not a
new thing. The same idea has been
advanced before many times and is
only the working out of the natural
law. The same thing that makes the
Saxon light and the Latin dark gave
the American Indian a copper color.
The climatic conditions are response
bic and it is not unlikely that the same
conditions that made our Indian red
should make his successors SO.
When Sir Charles Wentworth Dixie,
the great English student of racial
characteristics and the influences OF
climate and geography, visited the
United States he made the same dis
coverY that Prof. Starr has made re-
Gently. Moreover, he discovered that
the conditions in America bore out his
conclusion suggested by other observa-
tions, namely, thats the Saxon race is
the only extirpating race in existence.
Danes and Saxons ama1magated with
the Britons, Goths and Burgundians
with the Gau1s. The Spanish have
never destroyed a people and the Por-
tuguese in Cey1on, the Dutch IN Java
and the French in Canada and A1giers
have given over to the native races.
The universal law of nature seems to
be that the race that has peopled
land from prehistoric times shall peo-
pie it forever. The only exception
seems to be presented by the Saxon
race that today in Australia and in the
United States is surely destroying the
native jewellers on the soil.
But the question suggested by Sir
Charles at the time and repeated by
the observations of Prof. Starr, is
whether the law shall have modified
working in America. Will the Saxon
race, while it extirpates the Indian,
become in turn like him. Sir Charles
said that the probabilityaseemed to be
that the Saxon in America would cease
to be English and become Red Indian.
Prof. Starr entertains the same belief
and the facts are not lacking to bear
them out. The American Indian will
soon be gone. The native savage of
the primeval forests, with his savage
life and institutions, will soon be
lost race. But race of men, that, but
for the records of history, might be
taken, in 24O0 A. D., for the native red
men, civilized and christianized, will
probably survive him.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-07-25

IN the name of heaven, gentlemen
desist. This is the summer season
the thermometer is unusually high
there is no Legislature in session, and
no great and pressing questions are
just now knocking at the door for con
sideration. Furthermore, there will
be a Legislature in session all toe
soon, another election will be on hand
before a great while, and, in short
there will be ali the opportunity in the
world to talk about the Governor and
what he has done or is likely to do,
While he himself is willing to be com
parative1y quiet, what is the use OF
stirring the matter up.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-07-25

WHAT are these whisperings? What
is their significance? They are waited
to us occasionally on breezes from all
chimes. But they are increasing in
frequency. Are they some portend of
a great coming event? In the course
of two years the breezes may become d
gale and the whisper may grow to be a
great shout. Then we will know just
what they are and just what they
mean. At present we can only con-
lecture, the whispered sentence is only
half audible, but one word is quite dis
tinct and it sounds 1ike-Spooner.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-07-25

editor, there is still hope in the minds
of those who have built their hopes on
woman redeeming the world. The
average man, defeated in his candi-
dacy for an appointive Office, would
entertain no doubt. His mind would
be freed at once from the clouds
that had obscured his clearer vision
and he would be able to see his former
idol in all the grossness and perfdy
and dup1icity of his diabo1ica1 nature.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-07-25

WE hear good deal about principle
nowadays, but when it is submitted to
close scrutiny it looks too much like
policy to be attractive. The sudden
change that has taken place IN the
convictions of men who not long since
were exceedingly, vociferous in their
denunciations of everything pertain
ing to capital and have recently fallen
upon riches, leads one to believe that
principles are after all too often only
skin deep.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-07-25

1t was morning, and as he glanced
out of the window he was surprised.
why, it rained last night" he re-
marked.
There was a flash Of indignation in
his wife's eyes as she turned on him.
"Rainr' she exclaimed. 'Well,
guess it did rain. And 1 had to pull
up the awning and put down the win
dows.''
But you needn't have done that.
Why didn't you wake me?"
II tried to-" she answered coldly,
"and l found the other an easier
Job"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-07-25

BAD precedent seems to rule the day.
Another mans plumbers and wrongs
are made the excuse for some one
e1se's misdeeds. IF labor makes a
harsh demand, they can usually point
to precedent in the conduct of their
main antagonist, capital. If city,
county, state or national official makes
miss move or adopts vicious pol
icy, he can usually and does usually
find numerous precedents for his act.
If the ordinary every day relations of
trade are disturbed by trickery or dis
honesty, it is usually due to the use OF
similar tactics by those in more exalt-
ed station. If perjury and injustice
rule in the lesser courts, they find ex-
ample enough in the higher. If po1iti-
cal perfidy and chicanery reign in To-
cal politics, the most responsible rep
resentatives of politics may be held up
as the misleading examples.
In the present strike the demand OF
the unions impress one as wrong and
Unjust. The effort to coerce labor on
the part of the unions is not in keep
ing with the spirit of the Constitution
or the traditions of the Republic.
Rank interference with the rights of
others is absolutely incompatible with
the basic principle of the Republican
form of government. But what can be
done? Labor is seeking to hold its
own with capital. 1t may be more
than doing it, but the degree of its
success in it's struggle is no criterion
of the right or wrong of its methods.
The criterion adopted by the unions is
evidently that which has been charac-
teristic of capital. Capital has CO.
creed labor and has also coerced con-
sumner likewise, and labor being a1so,to
large degree, consumer retallates
whenever and however the opportunity
presents itself. Now, it demands that
capital shall compel it's employees to
become labor unionists. The demand
is made, of course, in order that still
further demands respecting wages and
other things may be made with greater
effect upon capital. Capital sees what
is in store in the future and argues
that such coercion is not right, but is
record is not clear in this respect. AS
capital had the initiative in the matter
it may be said that capital is reaping
the harvest of it's own sowing. It es-
tablished the methods, it patented the
machinery, SO to speak, which, though
it is inquisitoria1in character, makes it
possible for the unions to prosecute
capital with consistency and with
greater or less security.
By absolute measurements no meas
ures of coercion are right. Then both
labor and capital are wrong. They
are both using wrong and I'm just m eth
DDS. They are both busy establishing
bad presidents for some one else to
copy. 1t is possible that an absolute
rule of right and wrong cannot be ap-
piled to worldly things. To err is hui
man. But when our friends, capital
and labor, indulge in the dse of p1ati-
tudes on right and justice they need
not expect the world to listen with any
great degree of conviction of the sim
certify of either.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-07-25

In order that King Edwards head
may not be too much swe11ed for his
new head gear when he comes to put
ting on his crown Admiral Dewey will
be present to remind him of the eff
cheney of the American navy, and
Carnegie to keep in his mind the com
mercia1 and industrial supremacy OF
the United States.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-07-25

MRS. ADELAIDE KING, editor of the
Waupun Times, up to date a strenuous
La Toilette supporter, and candidate
for the position given Miss Ida May
Jackson, now makes the characteristic
remark that she is not sure whether
she is still for Bob or not. But if there
is still doubt in the mind of the fair
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-07-25

JUST think Of the character of the
population of the Badger State, sand
then ask yourself if you think we are
in any particular danger from spopu-
1ism in Wisconsin.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-07-25

THE Milwaukee Journal is pretty
good evidence of the fact that if the
way of the transgresser is hard the
way of the progresser is d hard.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-05-07
POWER OF BRER SCOTT.
4 Southern Negro Preacher whe
welded Wonderful influence
over His Flock.

Down in the south of Georgia is
remarkable negro preacher Familiarity
known as Brer Hamp Scott. His power
over his congregation is almost ir-
resistibIe, and he seems to possess a
sort of hypnotic influence which does
not detract from his effectiveness. A
gentleman who lives in that part of the
state tells the Washington Star his ex-
perience one evening in the little
church in the woods.
The services, which consisted of
short talks and prayers, seemed to be
about the same as those of any other
negro congregation, and I was prepar-
ing to make my escape when ali old cot
ton-headed darby started camp
meeting hymn. He sang in wailing
minor key that went straight to the
nerves, and before he got through the
first stanza felt the tension in the at
mosphere.
When he ceased, Scott himself
jumped up and began to intone an
other hymn-a typical negro compost
ton, with the refrain: cam de sinner
is Albumin in de pitt" When he came
to the climax he suddenly Strengthened
up and rolled out the refrain like a
clap of thunder. The effect was cleo
| trical, and in five minutes half the con-
gregation was on the verge Of hys-
terics.
AS the hymn died down Scott took up
a sort of chant. All the negroes joined
| in, and whether it was some monoton-
Gus and peculiar quality in the voice
of the leaders or tie weird surround
ings, I can't say, bat the chant soon
had everybody under It's spell.
Some of the darkics fell back, STAR
ing and rigid, like cataleptics, and
others writhed on the floor, foaming
at the mouth and tearing their clothes.
Still others wept and shouted, and all
the while the chant continued, rising
and falling like the wind in the CHM
ney. 1t was really an appalling spec
tacle. 1 have witnessed some wild
scenes at negro camp meetings, but
| this transcribed anything in my ex-
perience. came away while it was at
its height, and it was some time before
I could shake off its influence.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-05-07
vICTORIA's NURSERY RELICS.
Writings aud Drawings of Her Chill
dren Held as Sacred by the
British Queen.

When her children were in their
short frock and knickerbocker days,
the queen made them write a little
daily diary of their doings, which she
passed upon nightly in the royal
nursery. Often the youngsters were
hard up for copy" and used to ap-
peal for help to members of the
household. They repaid their help
ers by giving them sketches made by
themselves, which differed in no way
from the dogs and horses and houses
of the ordinary child. One of the house
hold, now dead, preserved some 40 or so
of these alleged drawings, and, not
long since, an enterprising magazine
made his widow handsome offer for
them, says Herbert NJ. LONE, in Sue
cess. The queen heard of this, and
sent for Lady II
'Please do not dispose of Them, -
her majesty said; 81 cannot bear to
think of things that have so many
tender and sacred associations pass
ing into hands other than ours.'
1t need hardly be added that the
queens wishes were honored, and
Lady H, furthermore, gave the
album which contained the nursery
relics to the mother of the little art
lists.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-05-07
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