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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-27
Forefathers's Day.

The New England society Of BROOKLYN, COM
posed OF citizens OF New England birth, cele-
brated the 263d anniversary Of the landing Of
the pilgrims on the night Of December I'll In
the Brooklyn academy of music by dinner.
President Arthur and Gen. Grant were the
most distinguished guests. After an elaborate
dinner the toasts were followed by speeches by
Mr.. Beecher, the Rev j. p. Newman Grants
great friend), Mayor Low, State Controller
elect Alfred .. Chaplin and others. Patriotic
sentiments and compliments abounded The
most important topic discussed was the Nor
mon question. Mr.. Beecher said there we're In
Utah quarter OF a million OF people who be-
lieved in the Mormon religion more sincerely
than most men before him believed In the
christian religion. IL could never be wiped
out by force. Moral influence and civilization
md education would do the work. Mr.. New
man said moral suasion was no good. Force
might have been used 30 years ago. He ap-
proved heartily OF all Mr.. Arthur said In his
last message. In responding to a toast 10 thu
President OF the United States, President Ar
thur said: heartily wish, Mr.. President, that
oy brilliant fash Of silence | might illumin-
,te your mind aud the minds of all my New
England brethren here assembled with a sense
OF INV gratitude for the too 1attering reception
you have accorded nae. know that the toast
just offered is naught In itself but loyal and
respectiul tribute which at these annual festi.
vities you are wont 10 paw TO the national
executive. In the nature Of things TO night II
has wider and more personal significance, for
with yourselves, am son OF New England
and citizen of New York. We are bound
togethe by ties Of lineage and association
and are alike proud Of the home of our birth
and the home OF our adoption. God love the n
both and protect and defend them ever, ano
grant 10 the society and its members length OF
days and vigor OF health and an OVERLOOKING
measure OF prosperity.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-27

the audience by Mr.. Chandler, secretary
Of the navy. That official conducted himself
In such manner as to leave no room for doubt
but that he was intoxicated. Mr.. Arnold feels
insulted, and thinks his lecture was turned In
To burlesque. President Arthur II shocked at
the whole proceeding and will ask Me-. Chan
dler TO explain himself.
Secretary Teller ADVISES monthly payments
OF the pensions.
President Fillmore's aristocratic manson In
Buffalo is TO be used for boarding house.
The explosion of two boilers In Pittsburgh
oil refinery resulted In serious iujnry to six
men.
George Orr, the 16-year old boy at Palo,
Kansas, who murdered an old blind man and
his wife for their money, has been captured.
The mayor Of New Laredo, Mexico, has been
arrested on charge OF instigating the recent
train robbery.
The German Diet does not regard favorably
the taxation of incomes derived from personal
property.
Prince Victor, son of Plon Plon, has written
TO his father disavowing opposition to him as
the head Of the Bonaparte family.
In tie senate postoffice committee Mr.. Palm
er Of Michigan will have charge Of nomina-
tions from Michigan, New YORK, Ohio and
Kentucky.
Gen. Cecil Clay of West Virginia is chief
clerk in the department Of justice.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-27
The revised Old Testament threatens

The revised Old Testament threatens
to provoke even more criticism than the
revised new one. Joseph's coat is no
longer a "coat of many colors," or
''crazy pattern" but "a tunic with
long sleeves" The hippopotamus no
longer "drinketh up river and hasteth
not" because The trusteth that he can
draw up Jordan into his mouth" but
Though river swell he is not afraid /;
fearless though Jordan washed into his
mouth" The "chariots with flaming
torches" seen in vision by Isaiah are
"chariots with flashing STEEL" The
woods are not full of ''satyrs" and
dragons" but "goats and jackals."
The "nation scattered and peeled whose
land the river has spoiled" is "the
nation tall and shaven whose land the
rivers divide" In fact the old version
as compared with the new reads as if
the proof-reader had been through the
ancient book and changed it to suit
himself, and put the Intelligent COM
positor' into bad hole.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-27
0'D0NNELL HANGED.
He Meets Death Firmly, Dying for Ire.
land.u

Every effort of the counsel and friends of
ODonnell, the murderer OF Carey, the inform
or, to secure respite or Communication Of SEN
teIce failed. The authorities said that thus
far no reasonable grounds had been presented
why the sentence OF the court should not be
executed, and at 7:4s on the morning OF Dec.
IL, the prison bell began tolling and similar
warning was heard from the belfry on ST.
Sepulcher's church on the Holborn viaduct.
Immediately afterwards, the governor OF the
Jail, with the head warden, entered, aud
O'Do2nell at once was led TO the Iinioning
room. Here he found awaiting him Binns,
the executioner, together with the sheriff OF
London, three wardens and the prison doctor.
Binns deity bound O'DonnelPs arms with
leathern thongs, the convict submitting quiet
ly, smiling and seeming Indifferent to his ap-
preaching fate. He expressed 10 the governor
of the jail regret at the scene he had made
In the dock after his sentence. The process
sion then formed, the prisoner being In the
center, and slowly marched to the prison yard
In which the scaffold was erected. O'Donnell
walked firmly to the galiows, He made no
statement on the scaffold. Binn's lost not a
moment In placing the white cap over the vie
TINS face and adjusting the moose, and mo-
ment after O'Donnell disappeared, and the
quiverin9 cord was all that remained TO show
where h. had stood. The fall was about eight
feet, anu death was instantaneous The gov
ernor and doctor gaged for a moment into the
celar-like pit in which the convict's body
swung, and then turned away, and the outside
crowd dispersed. After the black flag was
hoisted, about 20 police were drafted inside the
jail and constables posted around the walls.
The body, after hanging an hour, was cut
down and an inquest held when the usual
verdict was returned. The interment then
| took place, the remains being placed in q
quantity of quicklime and buried under one
Of the Aags of the corridor known as "Bird-
cage walk" O'DOnnell's brother paid him a
| farewell visit on Saturday before the execu-
ton, when they spoke in Irish, so as not TO be
| understood BY the warden. The brother Is re-
ported as having stated to che prison authori-
| ties that O'Donnell said he never felt any re
greet for killing Carey and felt none now; that
| he would so state on the scaffold that he died
| for Ireland; and that the wealth of London
could not tempt him TO "give anyone away"
| The brother did not witness the execution, but
remained outside the prison walls praying ex-
citeLly,
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-27

Detroit few days ago, the following
dates were decided upon: Ohio state
fair, week beginning Sept. /; tri-state
fair, Sept. 8; Michigan state fair, Sept.
Is; Indiana state fair, Sept. 22; North
eastern Indiana, Sept. 20; Northern
Indiana and Southern Michigan, Oct. 6.
The agricultural college students and
alumni of Eaton county are preparing
for a reunion and banquet, to be held in
Charlotte on the third Friday of Janu-
airy, 1884. The students and alulnni of
the neighboring counties will probably
be invited so far as they are known. A
similar good time will be held in lonia
county sometime during the long win
ter vacation of the agricultural college.
The total tonnage of vessels seeking
shelter inside the harbor of refuge at
Sand Beach during the season just clos
ed was 1923 926.04, an increase of more
than 100, 200 tons over last year. The
who'd number of boats foots up LAO,
an increase of about 100. The average
capacity of each boat being nearly 800
tons, shows large gain in the class of
the craft seeking refuge. The harbor
is frozen over and navigation may be
said TO have closed,
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-27
REALIZING the dis astrous effects O

REALIZING the dis astrous effects of
much of the literature that is so eager
ly devoured by the youth of our land,
the Cincinnati Times-Star with enter
prise and forethought truly commend.
able, has adopted plan which will
have tendency to cultivate in the
minds of the young taste for more
useful and entertaining reading. In
their Monday editions the publishers of
the Times-Star will devote about two
columns exclusively to class of matter
for the young. This department is in
charge of S. IL. Patterson, an able edu-
Gator OF that city 1t is the intention
Of this gentleman to pass over the whole
grodnd of young folks literature, call
ing attention TO authors and works of
interest. He starts out with United
States history, aud from this will 60 on
to other subjects. The plan is an adj
mirable one and worthy of imitation
by other publishers whose journals en-
tiers the home circle, and forms potent
factor in the education of the youth of
our land
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-27
SECOND EDITION.

For thirty cents in cash or ten three
cent stamps, we will mail to any address,
postage prepaid, an octave illustrated
book Of 1l2 pages, with handsome illum-
mated cover, entitled Donald Mckay +,
or, The Last War Trail ofthe Modocs. This
bool is true exponent ofthe old saying
Truth is stranger than felton," and
contains the romance of the life of Don
aid Mckay, the great Scout and Chief Of
the Warm Spring Indians. The story is
founded on facts, and is the only true his
tory of the capture of Captain Jack, the
Chief of the Modocs, the warrior who
defied the United States troops in the
Lava Beds; and every incident men
toned therein can be corroborated by
Donald Mckay, who is still living, and
for whom this book was published.
Address the Publishers,
@. p. SOULE & CO.,
175 MONROE ST., CHICAGO, Ill.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-27
The Spiritual Effects of Drunkenness.

An editorial in Topics of the Time, p"
Of the December Century says: This
loss of self-respect, the lowering of am
bition, and the fading out of hope are
signs OF the progress Of this disease in
the character. 1t is a mournful specta-
cle--that of the brave, ingenious, high
spirited man sinking steadily down
into the degradation of inebriety; but
how many such spectacles are visible
all over the land! And it is not in the
character of those alone who are noto-
rious drunkards that such tendencies
appear. They are often distinctly seen
in the lives of men who are never
drunk. Sir Henry Thompson's testi-
mony is emphatic TO the effect that
the habitual use of fermented liquors.
to an extent far short of what is neces-
sary to produce intoxication, Injuries
the body and diminishes the mental
power. If, as he testifies, large
proportion of the most painful and
dangerous maladies of the body are
due to the use of fermented liquors.
taken in the quantity which is conven-
tionally deemed moderate, then it is
certain that such use of them must re-
suit also in serious injuries 10 the men,
tai and moral nature. Who does not
know reputable gentlemen, physicians,
artists, clergymen even, who were
never drunk in their lives, and never
will be, but who reveal, in conversation
and in conduct, certain melancholy eff
fccts of the drinking habit? The brain
is so often inflamed with alcohol that
its functions are imperfectly perform
ed; and there is a perceptible loss of
mental power and of moral tone. The
drinker is not conscious of this loss;
but those who know him best are pain
fully aware that his perceptions are
less keen, his judgment less sound,
his temper less serene, his spiritual
vision less clear, because he tarries
every day little too long mt the wine
Even those who refuse to entertain as
cetic theories respecting these bever-
ages may be able to see that there are
uses of them that stop short of drunk
enness, and that are still extremely
hurtful to the mind and heart as well
as the body. That conventional idea
of moderation, to which Sir Henry
Thompson refers, is quite elastic; the
term is stretched TO cover habits that
are steadily despoiling the life of its
rarest fruits. The drinking habit is
Often def nded by reputable gentlemen
TO whom the very thought of debauch
would be shocking, but to whom, IL it
were only lawful, in the tender and
just solicitude of friendship, such words
as these might be spoken: 1T Is true
that you are not drunkards, and may
never be; but if you could know, what
is too evident to those who love YOU
best, how your character is slowly los
ing the firmness of its texture and the
fineness of its outline; how your art de-
teriorates in the dclicacy of its touch /;
how the atmosphere of your life seems
to grow murky and the sky lowers
gloomily above you,-you would not
think your daily indulgence harmless
in its measure. 1t is in just such lives
as yours that drink exhibits some of its
most mournful tragedies"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-27
Some Englillmel Abroad.

To English gentlemen resident in
America nothing is more CALLING than
the misconduct of too many of the
"swell' English visitors. A very prom
inent member Of the committee of the
New York Union club complained TO
me bitterly of the behavior of some of
the young Englishmen admitted there.
"Why in the world do YOU let them
in?" / asked. Well he said, "--'s
name came up Yesterday for an extern
sion of his honorary membership, and
moved its rejection. Young Lord
L. went in Il morning coat to II dinner
party in New York. but his host was
equal To the occasion. 'Ah.' he said,
| see you don't know our ways. | will
wait with pleasure until you have
changed your dress. Lord w. did
the same thing at very smart party
Mt Newport. Lord NJ. gave n check
for considerable sum, which was re-
turned dishonorcd. This year matters
seem worse than ever. Some of those
who went west rs guests in the party
of Mr.. Hatch seem to have outraged all
decency; and very severe reflections
are made, especially on the two young
descendants of our eminent law-lords,
which they should surely, for their own
credit, refute if they can.
Comment is made, too, of the pre-
posterous airs which some English and
Irishmen give themselves on the At
lantic steamers. Lord III. Cthe identi-
call Irish peer who was thrown in n
state of irrepressible Indignation when,
by an accident, his wife was sent down
after some lady of lower rank at n
Brighton dinner party, and exclaimed
eXcitedly, to the CONSERVATION of the
company, Lady ii. must have her
rights. assumed on the Adriatic airs
such rs all the queens sons put togeth-
er never gave themselves in their lives.
81 want bath by g." his lordship said,
imperiously, to the barber. you can t
have it, sir; it is engaged" "But l
must have it, said the magnifco of the
peerage of Ireland. ''Do you know who
l amp mo, sir Il am Lord Ii. ~
'Ah, indeed" pleasantly rejoined the
barber; ''glad to make your acquaint-
ance, / am sure" and in n trice the
barber gripped the lordly paw and Wig
orously shook the same, to the ecstacy
of the bystanders and the ineffable dis
gust of the shaken. 1t is really bless
ing when such men as the dukes of
Buckingham and Switzerland, Lord
Dunraven and Elphinstone, and men
of that stamp visit the United States as
a set-off TO the miserable specimens of
the peerage and sprigs of nobility who
bring discredit on their order there. -
Edmund Yates IN Me London World.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-27

AT the annual meeting of the county
agents in charge of Juvenile work
throughout the state, held at East Sag
inaw, Superintendent Cover was called
upon for some information about the
boys reform school at Lansing. Among
other things Mr.. Cover said that many
boys were sent to the school who had
no business there-boys who were nei-
ther unmanagable nor vicious and who
did not need the sort OF reformation
dealt out there. He also said that maLy
boys were kept there longer than they
ought to be, and gave it as his opinion
that boys who were kept in the institu-
ton for period of five years seldom
amounted to anything. MIR. Cover
thinks that county agents are 6erelict
in the discharge of their duty in allow
ing boys to remain so ling, and that
when the school has done what it could
for boy then the thing to do Is to find
= home for him. where he may be taught
the practical, every day duties of life.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-27
A Candidate for the Hangman's Rope,

One OF the most brutal crimes reported for
several days occurred at Joliet, H., few days
ago, which win In all probability result in the
death OF the woman. George Freestune, 90
House In that city, entered the room of the
head cook, Jane Haycock, bound her head TO
prevent her screaming and then outraged her
When he started TO leave the room the woman
gave the alarm, when Freestune ran back and
cut Ler throat with knife and fed He was
crested while his hands we're still covered
With the blood OF his victim, and afterward
confessed the deed, but declared he was In
toxicated He was taken 10 Jail amid threats
OF lynching from an angry and Infatuated mob.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-27
ALMOST daily LARGE manufactures of

ALMOST daily large manufactures Of
various kinds are banking their fires
and closing their doors, throwing
hundreds of men out of employment.
Whatever such a state of affairs may
mean to business men and capitalists.
to the thousands of men who earn the
necessaries for the wives and little ones,
the picture is indeed gloomy one of
sorrow, and in many cases of untold
suffering.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-27

IN the very nature of things, it would
seem that if there was any one thing n
man ought 20 be allowed to do in peace,
it is to pray. But things have come to
such pass over in England that that
holy privilege is no longer vouchsafed to
William EvarJ Gladstone, tie great
English statesman, the telegraph bring
ing The news the other day that 1.-TWO
policemen attended Gladstone at pray
er." 1t is devoutly to be hoped the
policemen were benefited by the per-
Torrance of such an unusually strange
duty.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-27
An 0bdurate Fellow.

Three or four dock-wallopers, led by
man who had a 81 bill in his hand,
entered the Office of a prominent tug
owner the other day, and the spokes-
man announced:
Say, captain, the boys out there
have been blowing around about the
speed of tugs. and I've finally made
'em put up.
'How?"
'Why, I've got bet of n dollar that
you have "A tug which can break the
biggest hawser made, on square
pull"
"Wellp"
"Well, | want to win it. If do I'll
divide with YOU"
The captain not only refused to send
10 Buffalo for the tug mentioned, but
would not pledge himself to buy new
hawser for the trial. In fact he dis
missed the matter so frigidly that the
stakes had TO be returned and the wa
ger declared off. That's just the way
with some men after. they get few
dollars ahead. Detroit Free Press.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-27

SARAH BERNHARDT is in a rage. A
former friend of the ethereal actress,
Maria Colombier, by name, published a
satirical biography of Sarah, describing
her as a "She Barnunl." This incensed
Sarah, and she asked the police to
seize the book. This could not be dore,
however, and Sarah, in company with
her son, proceeded to the residence of
Colombo and gave that individual a
thorough horsewhipping.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-27
FOREIGN
The French Victory.

Admiral Peyron, French minister of marine,
has received the following from Sontay, dat ed
the 18th: "Sontay Is ours. The outer en-
ceirte was carried by assault at O'Clock Sun
day evening. The attack began at IL In the
morning. An assault was made at 3 In the
evening, with bravery above all praise. by the
foreign legion, together with marine, infantry
and sailors. The fotilla assisted the lombard
ment. The citadel was evacuated during the
night and occupied on the morning OF the 18th
without nQhting. We do not yet know With
or the Black Flags, rebel Annamites, and Chi
nese have ned. It is impossible to learn their
losses. We lost about Is killed, including
one officer, and 90 wounded, including five
officers.n The Chinese lost heavily.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-27

labor committee will also be appointed, a reso-
luton TO that effect having been adopted. Mr..
Calkins Of Indiana offered resolution which
was adopted, calling on the secretary of state
for all communications, documents and papers
In his possession relating TO the trial, conyic-
ton and execution OF the late Patrick O'Don-
nell by the British government. Mr.. Morrison
OF Illinois, offered concurrent resolution for a
holiday recess from Monday, December "a,
until Thursday January 8. Agreed co, l43 to
II, with the understanding that no business
will be transacted Monday except the appoint
ment Of committees.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-27

DR.. Samuel Hlrsch, Il noted Jewish
rabbi, has publisho declaration that
he does net think the Jewish faith
would be compromised if the Jewish
synagogues should generally substitute
Sunday services in the place of Satur-
day services. 1t would ut once relieve
Jewish men of all sorts of disability
under which they now labor by reason
of being at variance with the prevailing
customs of the world, while it would de-
vote the same amount of time--one day
in seven-as now to rest and religious
observance.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-27
Philadelphia Politeness.

Tho Philadelphia youth is growing
more and more precious. An uptown
grammar school boy became so obstrep-
erous yesterday that his teacher, new
in her vacation, young and pretty,
determined TO try the plan Of keeping
him in. After school she sat with grim
determination untiliit became dark, and
then she let him depart. What was
her establishment at the gate to find the
youth awaiting her! He greeted her
with; ''It's too dark for young lady
to be alone on the streets. Will you
allow me 10 see YOU homepn
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-27
Death Of Congressman Haskell.

Representative Dudley G. Haskell of Kansas
died In Washington Sunday, Dec. 10, after a
long Illness. Mr.. Haskell was a prominent
member Of the ways and means committee of
I'll, last Congress, and those who knew him best
say no member Of the House was more indie
The remains were sent to Lawrence, Kansas,
accompanied by Messrs. Russell, Kasson,
Brown, Ryan, Lefevre, Barnes, Hancock and
Grayes.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-27

1t is mistaken idea of agents and 9TH
ers that they are doing their duty by
getting as many boys as possible in tho
reform school. With a little more OF
the "charity that suffereth long and is
kind together, with the exercise OF
wise and careful discipline, these boys
can be trained into good and honest
men.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-27
Will Have TO Foot the Bill,

In the celebrated Maclean-Scripps
libel case, the Supreme Court of Michi-
gan has rendered decision affirming
the decision of the lower court, and the
defendent will have the snug little sum
of $4,000 to pay to DIR. Maclean.
Judges Cooley, Graves and Campbell
majority of the court-voted in favor
of Maclean, and Judge Sherwood dissen-
ted from their opinion.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-12-27
THE NEWS.
DOMESTIC.
Lost on Lake Superior,

The schooner Mary Ann Hubert went down
In Lake Superior during a severe gale the 9TH
er night with &c men on board, all OF whom
were lost. The schooner was being towed by
the kincardine and during the storm sprung a
leak. The crew did not know how to manage
her, and the tug, 60 save itself, Was obliged to
cut the line and send the schooner adrift, " hen
she Immediately went down. The schooner
was valued at AZ 600