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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-11
SCHOOL REPORT.

The following is report Of the
school taught at Old Brockway, for the
month ending October 3. Number OF
days taught, 10; number of pupils en-
rolled, 80; whole number of days at
tendance, 6l0i: average daily attend
ance, "a. The following pupils have
not been absent or tardy since entering
school: Nettie King, Laura King, Anna
Crawford aud Ida Shearer.
r. r. WILLoUGHBY,
Teacher.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-11
OUR CANDIDATES,

The Marine City Magnet very coelly
remarks that the people Of st. Clair
county are opposed to third termers,
and as j. ). Duilie has held his position
rs Register of Deeds for four years he
will have to step down and out. Now
the people of st. Clair county are going
to keep Mr. Duiiie just where he is, no
matter whether it is his third term or
sixth, because he suits them In every
respect, and is the man they want. The
voters Of this county are not so foolish
as to put good man out of office just
because he has had it four years. The
longer he has the office the better he
will serve the people, so cast your vote
for j. 5. Dutfie.
Jacob Bernat2 has held the Office of
sheriff for two years, and the very able
aud efficient manner in which his duties
have been discharged has led us to feel
that he ought and will have another
term. Mr.. BernatZ has hosts of friends
all over the county, and his reelection
Will be to the satisfaction of all. When
man no longer satisfies the people
then it is time he should be turned out
and better one installed, but no fault
can he found with Sheriff Bernatz, and
so he should be retained.
We support Charles X. Dodge for
1udUa of prOhata undpr the heliaf that
he will ill the Office more to the salts
faction Of the people than John l..
Black, his opponent, and because we
believe him better qualified His hon
esty and integrity is undoubted, and
his experience is far greater than his
opponents. There is no doubt but
that he will be- supported all over the
county. and his election is certain.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-11
Dissolution Of Partnership.

Notice is hereby given that the CO.
partnership heretofore existing under
the firm name of Mason Il Johnson,
milliners, Is this day dissolved by mu-
tual consent, the Misses Mason retiring
and Persie Johnson continuing the
business. and who will attend tn all
claims and accounts of the firm.
Dated this 10th day of October, 1888
LULU MASON.
MARY MASON.
PBRSIE JOHNSON.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-11

n newspaper and u newspaper editor
that people don't talk about, and some
times abuse. are rather poor concerns.
The men and business that an editor
sometimes feels it a duty TO defend. at
q risk of making enemies Of another
class. are often the very first to show
their ingratitude. The editor who ex-
poets to receive much charity or graft
tude will soon find out his mistake, but
he should 60 on and say and do what
he conscientiOusly thinks right, without
regard to frowns or smiles.
Here Is another triumph for woman's
rights. \ Kansas City court has made
the following decision: There can be
no law which prevents women from
dressing in male attire and appearing
in public therein, 50 long rs they do not
conduct themselves in dsorderly
manner. Any ordinances 10 the con-
trary are illegal 1t is the latest fad
for ladies to dress in the garments OF
the opposite sex, and women are grad
ually coming to it. 1t is the correct
thing, not only for health but for COM
fort.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-11

When you need good, safe laxative,
ask your druggist for box of Ayers
Pills, and you will find that they give
perfect satisfaction. For indigestion,
torpid liver, and sick headache there is
nothing superior. Leading physicians
recommend them.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-03-02

passed Republican Senate, a Demo-
cratic House OF Representatives should
refuse to consider il, or defeat il on con-
sideration, what will the Dispatch do
about IL Or, Suppose II the House OF
Representatives should pass the bill
President Cleveland should veto it ?
Then what will our contemporary have
to say?
Again: Suppose, which is q very
probable case, President Cleveland
should be renominated for President,
and the Blair bill should not be placed
as q fundamental plank in the platform,
then where, oh where, would be our
friend of the Dispatch with his ono en-
thusiastic idea OF the Blair bill?"
We would be standing upon the Demo
cratic platform OF 1884 as quoted above.
But we need not stand there il we shall
choose 10 follow the good example OF
our Lynchburg contemporary and de-
clare, as OF course we are ready to do,
that "let the BLAIR bill go up or go down,
the Dispatch is for the Democratic
party and its nominee" The South
haters won't allow us any liberty OF
choice as between the two parties We
are bound whatever else we do to stand
for the preservation OF the civiliza-
ton OF the southern States against
the efforts Of SHERMAN, FORAKER,
and the other malignants, to bury
that civilization under laws purporting
to be designed to protect the negro in the
right Of suffrage and to punish crimes
against the elective franchise, but really
intended to provide method OF count
ing the votes OF several southern States
for the Republican nominees for Presi-
dent and the national House OF Repre-
sentatives But we must in all cnndor
add that there may be many Democrats
in Virginia who, in the event supposed,
would decline to follow in the footsteps
Of friend GLASS and ourselves.
But Mr.. CLEVELAND has not vetoed
the BLAIR bill, and no one is authorized
to say that he will veto it; and there is
no good reason that we know of why the
Democratic National Convention OF 1888
should not adopt the same plank in favor
of that bill which was adopted by the
convention of 1884. and which we have
quoted above.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-03-02
More Bad ADVICE.

All legislation is the result Of COM
promises. He is statesman who does
the best be can; not he who will do
nothing because he cannot do all. The
Washington Post is an advocate of
tariff reform if we Judge it by its profess
sions, but opposed to all changes in the
tariff if we Judge it by the advice it gives
to the House of Representatives fol-
lows:
ave do not understand that it is the
daty of the House in considering the
revenues, or any other subject of legis-
lation. to inquire or speculate as to what
il will please the Senate to approve.
The House is responsible to the peO-
pie, not to co-ordinatel branch of
Congress. The members of the House
are the immediate representatives OF the
people. The Democratic members of
the present House belong to party that
is pledged, not only by its creed and
traditions, but by long series of ma
tional platforms, to revise the tariff.
Therefore it is the duty of the Demo
cratic members of the House of Repre-
sentatives to revise the tariff. If they
cannot get all they want, they can
surely get better tariff than the exist
ing one. To tell them to insist upon
their own notions aud pay no respect to
the wishes of the Senate is exactly the
same as if the Washington Republican
we're to tell the Senate to insist upon its
own notions and pay no respect to the
wishes of the House Of Representatives.
Such n course would prevent all legisla
ton on the subject and please the adyO
Gates of the present clumsy tariff. 1t
would cause them to chuckle. 1t would
be to postpone tariff reform indefinitely.
The Post wants to make political CAPT
TO relieve the industries Of the
country, nor to reduce the surplus in the
Treasury. But the people might hold the
Democrats who take the Posts advice
for trifing with them and for
failing to reduce the surplus and for
sacrificing their interests in order to gain
a petty party advantage. What, for ex-
ample, would the people of Virginia
say to their congressman if these
should refuse to abolish the tax on to-
bacco because they could not get the
tariff reduced on blankets Or if they
should refuse to reduce the duty on
sugar because they could not abolish
it Or to accept compromise fixing
the tariff on coal and iron ore at SOC. per
ton because they could not get rid of |
the whole duty q?
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-03-02

The Richmond Dispatch deserves the
hearty thanks OF the people Of Virginia
for its patriotic and persistent advocacy
OF the Blair bill. II is also worthy of
remark that few Democratic papers in
the State are opposing that measure !;
some of the same papers, too. which
most earnestly and emphatically en-
dorsed the platform adopted by the
Roanoke convention. The time for dis
cussing the constitutionality of the bill
has passed for Virginia Democrats.
Time and again our party in convention
and otherwise has put itself on record as
favoring it. The people will expect a
fulflment Of these pledges, and we hope
that at last every Democratic congress
man from this State will do his duty, and
if the bill is finally shelved put the re-
sponsibility where it belongs SCOTS
viie Courier.
Senator DANIEL and Mr.. RDDLEBER-
GER both voted for the bill. We trust
that every Virginia member of the House
of Representatives will follow their good
example.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-03-02
Very Much Buried.

A cable dispatch from Constantinople
says the sarcophagus containing the body
of ALEXANDER THE GREAT has been dug
up at Saida. Truly it would seem that
ALEXANDER was even greater man than
the world had thought him, seeing that
if both the cable dispatch and ANTHoN
and DR.. CLARKE are correct, the great
conqueror had the honor Of being buried
in two places, and was unusually rich in
sarcophagi. ANTHoN says the body OF
ALEXANDER was inferred 10y PTo1EMY at
Alexandra in a golden coffin, and divine
honors were paid him, not only in Egypt,
but also in other countries According to
the same authority (ANTHoN) the sarco-
phagus in which the coffin was inclosed
has been in the British Museum since 1902.
1t was obtained, continues ANIHoN,
from French troops in Egypt by DR..
CLARKE, who in 1906 wrote disserta-
ton on it, "fully establishing It's iden-
tity." The Saba referred to in the
Constantinople dispatch is, We take it,
the ancient Sidon, and is some distance
from Alexandria--is, in fact, on another
continent. In this age Of iconoclasm it
will not do to say that ANTON and DR..
CLARKE have not been upset. ALDES's
Manifold Cyclopedia follows ANrHoN
In its account OF the place and manner
of burial of ALEXANDER, but neither the
American Cyclopedia ncr the Encyclo-
pedia Britannica says anything about
the disposition of his remains.
This latter fact we must con-
fess, excites the suspicion that
the pretty story We learned in our youth
about the golden coffin has travelled
the way of many others of our pleasant
delusicns. There is another thing cal
culated to shake faith in the claim OF
Alexandra TO the honor OF being the
sole burial-place Of the man who is
credited with having grown lachrymose
over the thought that there were no more
worlds TO conquer. About the time that
the sarcophagus OF EsHMUsAzAR, king
OF the Sidonisns, was discovered in the
ruins OF ancient Sidon, several pots of
gold coins OF the age OF ALEXANDER
THE GREAT were also unearthed in the
II AIRxASDER's educa-
ton was as far in advance OF his time as
some suppose II was he would doubtless
have preferred TO be inferred in whole or
in part near his money. However,
We have one consolation. II both
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-03-02

by that body. and signed BY the Give,
nor. He had waived all private mate,
in order that the business fox the general
good might be disposed Of
Mr.. Waddill moved 10 pass BY.
Agreed to-ayes, As; noes, Il.
RELIEF.
Senate bill to relieve Fannie Z. Harv,,
from taxes enormously charged va,
passed.
THE CONVICT BILL.
The bill "to provide STATE conv,o..
free 10 counties 10 work on public ROAD,
to provide further employment for al
convicts, and 10 repeal an act ent,lej
an act TO employ convict labor on conn,
roads and other works OF internal h.,
provement, approved March G. Issss
came up on its engrossment.
Mr. Elan, Of Louisa, the patron q,
tho bill, spoke in its favor, explaipin,
its merits and the difference between r,
and the Van DOran law. he srgDei
that the bill would not throw the con-
yicts into competition with honest Aio,
Mr.. ID. ". Anderson had mover s0.,
conyicts put to work anywhere but uI.t
they came into competition with hou,.t
labor, whether Ia the shoe shops ID ,.s
penItentiary or on the roads 81 IONS,
county or any other county. II thers
were no honest men in Louisa who va,
10 work on the roads he was wiling N
vote for the bill.
Mr.. Buiorl favored the bill He k.s,
by personal experience that COW
labor when organized Was the hestt.t
could be gotten.
Mr.. AlleDsworth wanted no sugar 1
his. he wanted no coag.cts 10 D.,
county. He said he believed fle Old
was merely question raised 20 dodge
question, and was intended b cater O..
sentiment which 1t was piop0,. g.,
work IN the fall campaign.
Mr.. Ryan said the poor people Do o..
counties were only too glad 30 cet s -s
on the county roads, and tie hll R....
conflict with them.
MIR. Pedigo said the convict ia f.
country WAS a tsrror 10 the chilr.a
going TO school and the women going t.
church, and he didn { want any convict,
where he lived. He thought itR...l
be better TO put them 10 work on he.e
Isle and send what they manunctgr-l
abroad
Mr.. Elau termed all this opposition
"ancient and worthless ch,.,lus
Such objections had been raised up
years, but the intellect OF the Rorl
would back his proposition. The road,
OF Europe were worked by convch n
their descendants. and the objection.
which had been urged were cheap aal
ridiculous The peoples vocation vn,
not woodworking IN the country and ~
that reason it would not compete pil
honest labor.
The pending question WAS aai., ora
the bill was ordered to II, engr0,sue.t
HOUSE BILLS PASSED.
Giving the consent Of tine State tote
purchase by the United States of a I.t
OF land in the city OF porismouia ~
the use OF the Lighthouse Board
For the relief oil q. W howU,r. =
Roanoke county.
Adjourned at 7:l5 p. VI.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-03-02
The Virginia Exposition.
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DANvILLE, VA, Feb. q, 1888.
Ashton Starkc, Esq, President VJr-
giaia STATE agricultural Society,
RichmOnd, "a:
Ny Dear Sir,-l write to congratulate
you on the progress you have made in
pushing forward the States grand expo
sition to be held at Richmond next fall.
The exposition, if successful, will do
more for the State and the city of Rich
mond than anything that has been done
since the war. All the elements neces-
sary for success are within reach, if they
can only be united and vitalized. To do
this there must be a general uprising OF
the people. The whole press Of the State
must take hold of the matter and push it
with vim and snap that will not only
enlist all our people in the great work,
but fill them brimful of patriotism and
State pride, so that they will to man
rally to the support of the enterprise and
public spirit of the generous leaders at
our capital, who contribute their money
aud time to this grand undertaking.
The exhibition will show what we
have, and what we are doing, and the
vast possibilities of our State. II will
not only encourage and stimulate our
own people TO still greater efforts, but
will attract to us thousands of people
and millions OF dollars from outside
people who will, with their money, skill,
and industry, unite with us in making
our grand old State what she is justly
entitled TO be, the leader in commerce,
manufacture, and agriculture Of all the
States of the "New South"
BE not discouraged, but go forward
with renewed efforts. Where there is
will there is way, and pluck and en-
ergy have and always will find the way.
II our sister State. North Carolina,
will, as suggested, unite with us in the
display, she can with the energy and ro-
bust practical common sense OF her peo-
pie be great help.
If | can spare the time it will give me
pleasure to be with You on the 9TH of
March and help you along as far as | am
able.
You have made q good start, and il
You will follow it up l feel sure the peo-
pie OF Richmond and the State will back
you IN your efforts
With kind regards and my best wishes,
] am yours truly, w. I. SUTHERIIS.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-03-02

ABOUT SUGAE. response to the
question of q subscriber we state that the
customs duties on "sugar Of all kinds "
are from l 40 to 81 cents per pound.
We add that the quantity OF sugar i'm
ported during the last year, for which we
have the figures, was 2,5O9, 2S7, 699
pounds 1t is an unthinkatle quantity.
It's value was S7l,311,090. The duties
amounted to $50, 265, 53S, or 70 per cent.
al UaiOrem. Total consumption, /, O97,-
AS tons of 2,24O pounds, of which
Louisiana furnished 23l, $50 hogsheadS
of ], 137 pounds net each, or 26l 1857, 700
pounds, or just about one eleventh Of the
quantity consumed.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-03-02

The Philadelphia Enquirer says
"There is a bill in Congress to permit
ex-Confederates to hold commissions in
the regular army. There should be no
more waving of the bloody shirt when
ex-Confederates all want to help wave the
flag OF the United States" Practice what
you preach by helping the good people
of the country to kill off the malignants.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-03-02

WEST VIRGINIA DISTINGUISHES HER
sELF.-In the little book of Mr.. COOK S
which We noticed yesterday, entitled
"Trusts," he says waggishly that "the
incorporation of companies for the pur-
pose of enabling them to do all their
business in other States seems TO be one
OF the chief industries Of that young
but enterprising little State West Vir-
ginia." Again: "The snug harbor Of
roaming and piratical corporations is the
little State Of West Virginia" Again ::
cit is clear that it is legal for a compa-
nv to incorporate in one State and do al!
its business in another State"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-03-02
THE RICHMOND DIsPATCH-FRIDAY, MARCH 2. 1888

the Constantinople telegram and
AsrHoS and DIR. CLARKE are right there
is double dead certainty that such q
man as ALEXANDER THE GREAT did exist.
We have the satisfaction OF knowing that
the world is not entirely hollow that
the baby is not entirely stuffed with saw
dust, and that there ia no chance OF the
discovery of cipher which will prove
that ALExASDER's battles were fought by
some general OF the nineteenth century.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-03-02

"Nlr. CLEVELAND Is bound in honor TO
regard his letter as a pledge" He was
his own master when that letter was writ
ten. He has married since.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-03-02

The size OF the situation in Europe is
that Russia wants to be managing editor
of Bulgaria and the other self.constituted
stockholders in the Balkan enterprise
will not consent.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-03-02

The York EVcnimg Post says: "SrEP-
N1AK's wife is graceful, gracious, viva
cious, intelligent Russian lady, with a
most sympathetic countenance, two large
dark eyes, short, curly black hair, and
fair skin" 1t is fortunate that she has
two large dark eyes.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-03-02
New ROOik.

Morimina. BY Don ABMANDo PALAcIo
VALDEs, author Of 1.-The Marquis Of
Penalta" Translated from the Spanish
by NATHAN HASKELL Dole. New
York: THOMAS Y. CBowELL a Co.
For sale by the publishers.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-03-02

Nothing tries the patience OF man
more than TO listen TO hacking cough,
which he knows could easily be cured
by investing 70 cents in bottle OF DR..
Bulls Cough Syrup.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-03-02
BRIEF COMMENT.

An esteemed western Republican con-
temporary wants to dethrone Queen VIC
ToRIA. Why doesn't our contemporary
undertake the contract?
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-03-02
The law stands unchanged.
AGRICULTURAL FEES.

Mr.. Dupuy moved to add to the APP
preparation item agricultural Commls-
sioner, contingent expenses of Office,
$1,000" and the words land all sums
realized from fees for analysing ferti-
lizers by the Department OF Agricul-
ture." Agreed to.
This will amount to about s., 600 per
annum, Mr.. Dupuy said.
The House in putting this in had in
view the probable defeat OF the agrlcul-
tural bill in the Senate.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-03-02

Lord Rothschild lost $4,000 worth
of pictures the other day by fire in a
furniture van. One OF the paintings
was worth $4,000. The Baron was
moving works Of art from his suburban
villa TO his town house.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-03-02
10 House agreed to strike ont.
PHYSICIAN TO CITY JAIL,

Mr.. Tyler moved to increase the salary
of the physician of the city Jail from
$500 to $500.
Mr.. Tyler stated that for many years
the salary WAS 81 1000; in recent years it
was cut down to 5000, and now IT is to
be cut down TO S500-nieanwhile the du-
ties and responsibilities OF the office are
constantly increasing.
Pending its consideration the hour Of
$50 arrived, and the chair was vacated
till 400 z. NJ.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-03-02

1t was WATTERsoN-no HALsTEAD as
We stated yesterday-who suggested that
perhaps Mr.. BLAINE retired i'll 1888 in
order to reappear in 1892.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-03-02
CLERK.

Mr.. Saunders moved 10 strike out the
item "Board of Public Works, secre-
tary's salary, s220.' Agreed to.
Mr.. Waddill here attempted to reopen
the question of what should be appro-
priated for counsel in the coupon litiga-
ton. He offered several amendments,
and the subject was again discussed, but
no change was made.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-03-02
DLAIR's CHLoRAL THYM0L
ID has proved itself 10 DO

II has proyented the spread OF CONTAGIOUS
diseases. particularly DipAtheda and SCARLET
Fever. ia families; it has modired bal synP
toms, and has often afforded comfort In -lck
rooms by It's agreeable and thorough deodoriEins
propertieA II has saved nves In this city.
For sale BY druggis.A Price " eeoe o0,AA
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-03-02
ASSOCIATE COUNSEL.

Mr.. Waddill then moved to strike out
the paragraph appropriating $500 for
counsel to assist the attorney for the
Commonwealth in Richmond IN appeal
cases, and $500 TO attorneys who assist
the Commemorative attorney in each of
the counties
The House agreed to strike out.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-03-02

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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-03-02
CALyANIC BATTERIES.

q VI INV On : -'''''-''
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BArTERlEs--simple compact effective, dura.
bic, and can readily be carried Ia tho poeAst wlia-
cut inconvenience.
Ask for descriptive circular.
Price for 0NE-CELL BATTERY, $50
Price for Two-CELL BATTERY, si1
For sale by HUGH BLAIR.
n. ROBERTS BAKER,
and PURCELL. LADD a CO.
Druxrl.ts