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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-03-29
THE STATE.
Con. Cnss Dead.

Gen. George w. Cass, a nephew of the
late Gen. Lewis Cass of Michigan, died in
New York few days ago.
Gen. Cass was IS years old. He gradu-
ated at West Point. He superintendent
the building Of the government turnpike
over the Allegheny mountains and through
Ohio; organized the Adams express COM
pany, and was its president; brought into
existence the Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne ~
Chicago railroad, and for twenty-five
years was its president; in 1874 built the
Grand Rapids a. Indiana road, and then
becoming president or the southern rall-
way security company, built sever
al southern roads. After that he was
elected president of the Northern Pacific,
and was one of the original twenty four
to whom the government granted n char.
ter, and subsequently, upon the failure of
Jay Cooke, was appointed its receiver.
Ten years ago he retired from active rail
road life and Travelled extensively for his
health in Europe. His name was present
ed to the democratic national convention
at Chicago for the vice-presidency by the
Pennsylvania delegation in the Mcclellan
campaign, and was prominently mention
ed several times as gubernatorial candl-
date in Pennsylvania, but he never made
an effort to become politically prominent.
The Legislative Association.
Daniel l.. Crossman, secretary of the
legislative association, has sent to the
several district vlce-presidents and secre-
taries circular repeating the resolutions
adopted by the last reunion in 1856, max
ing it the duty of the district secretaries
(the districts are the same as the state
senatorial districts), respectively to secure
by correspondence or otherwise the
names, membership fees or assessments Of
all persons eligible in their respective dis
tricts and forward the same to the central
office. Also assigning to the district vice
presidents tho duty of preparing for the
next reunion June - and l4) obituary
notices of all members who have died
within their respective districts since the
reunion of 1886.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-03-29
Prohibition National Convention.

The date OF the prohibition national
convention at indianapolis has been
changed from June 8 to May 3d. The
former covers the date of the democratic
convention at st. Louis, and the change
is made, the committee says, because tel.
egraphic facilities and newspaper space
could not be obtaine ct that time.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-05-24

young man at that time, from Maine
to Florida, with the wish to give his
life for the cause which he believed
just He had accepted commission,
but ne did not wish to go without his
fathers consent.
Tie took occasion 90 make his pre-
paraGons rather ostentatiously in his
fathers sight, laid out his oificer's@fmi-
form, and tried to attract attention,
but all in vain. 40 lost resort he
seated himself in the room where the
old man was pacing up and down, and
began to polish his sword.
His father watched him, with a face
growing paler and with dim eyes. At
last lac went up to the young man and
said, quietly: Samuel, if thee thinks
thee must use one of those tools, buy
the best and will payforit, Samuel. .
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-05-24
A Strange sec1.

The Beckmanite sect was founded IN
1877 by a woman calling herself Dora
Beckman. She was a ma i've Of Maine,
and after having married and reared a
family Of children, il was then in her
mature age that she astonished the
people in this region by claiming to be
the bride of Jesus Christ. This was
not mt all pleasing to her husband. and
much trouble ensued. Becoming more
and more impressed with her funatcal
notions she travelled about the country
and gave readings and lectures. In
this manner she secured n large num-
Der of converts, Societies of Beck
NANTES were formed in Chicago, Al
pena, Mich. Plumb River, Kansas
City, St. Charles, Bucna Vista, Kings
ton, Mich; Paw Paw H., and Min
neapolis. The members all believed
that she was the wife of Christ, not
Withstaudiug She hada living husband.
Since her DEATH in 1888, they believe
that She has returned to them in spirit
and conducts the meetings which they
hold
Some agitation about this sect is
stirred up over the publication of let
ter here. in which it is stated that the
King of the Beekmanites, George
SchWcinfurth, went to Kentucky a
short time ago and held meetings, in
which he induced two respectable mar
ried women and members Of thechurch
to leave their husbands and come to
this city to Join the sect. The King
says this is not so; that the women
ooi,,a 30 So, him, I,1,t &c t,,;, ,,,-p ft,ao
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-05-24
"a tennessee DEBATING


l have found q rea..
VS. tennessee. write, p;a Il
A'IlIta constitution. vh@4
peoPie are not moving n
'hey are diligently farm.s..
stock Where every miIr
pass q comfortable home
greens and flowers in H.,
Inc most Of them ,aIe IN aa
railroad, and every f.r
i q iI'tIe village with a..
stores and as many chur.b
academy and to this bamL..
ooIlng people gather. ar5
children 90 to school. aud ill.,.
tend church ON the SabmH
prosperous Hei4hborhoad,I
round warm welcome IN
homes. At one place f-.
young people preparing In ...
sawyer as dramatizod. u
they had debating society i,..
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-05-24
GEORGIA HONEY BEES.
Yielding q Barrelinla Day Each and MAX.
ing Their Owners Rich.

Yielding "a Barrciinla Day Each and MAX
ing Their Owners Rich.
Af'cr dinner at Mr.. Miteheirs we
were sitting On bis front piazza, smok-
in@ aud discovered some bees going
in and ont Of knot in one Of the larre
oak trees in front Of his dwelling. This
tree IS known to be over "a hundred
years old. Learned that several years
ago a swarm of bees assembled i'm that
tree az their new home, and they have
worked and lived there ever since.
After they had been there for three
years the colony became very large
and strong, and 10 attempt had ever
been made 20 rob them of their honey.
At last Mr.. Mitchell came to the con-
ciusion that the tree must be full If
honey from seeing large number of
lie, and bees around the root of ,ae
tree; 50 he set TO work TO devise some
means to gctthe honey without cutting
the tree down. After applying all the
tests known 10 bee men, he satisfied
himself that the tree was full. and
then decided to tap it like a fellow is
tapped for dropsy So he got him a
faucet and an auger and bored hole
IN the tree near the root and then
screwed in the faucet and to his sur
prise and great delight a solid stream of
pure and elegant honey as clear as crys-
tai gHshcd forth, and the supply seemed
almost ineNhaustiblc. 1t continued TO
pour out until he had filled six barrels:
and he has drawn each year since that
time from three to four barrels of pure
strained honey from that old oak tree.
and up TO this there seems to be no
signs Of q failure of the supply. as the
bees are still a strong and healthy coll
ony.
The same year that Mr.. Mitchell
tapped the old oak tree there was a new
thick grow 4 sprung up all around the
old oak of an unusual appearance,
having q smooth bark and thick, waNy
leaves one day he pulled of one OF
The leaves and put it in his mouth and
ioaad it TO be very sweet, and upon c>-
mnuiug the place from which he had
p.urked the leaf he discovered that the
plant was blccdingor emitting from the
wound clear. thick-loOking Juice
which. upon taking an examination,
proved to be honey. He then COM
mcuccd to nurse the new volunteer
growth with the tendCrest care and at
tcutjon looking after them daily; and
us The summer advanced the plants
continue 10 grow and in the fall he
selected and transplantcd 500 of them
I'm very rich soil, thirty feet apart, and
they grew very rapidly, making "a
beautiful display with their straight.
A
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-05-24
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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1888-04-07
Despotic Power in Russia.

There was a theatre in st. Petersburg
which was paying its proprietor profit of
two thousand roubles month. The in
spectors decided that it was not safe from
fire, and directed some Improvements.
The proprietor made them in slipshod
sort of way, without regard to the direc-
tions of the officers, trusting to the pop
ularity he enjoyed TO carry him through.
When the inspectors saw how he had
eyaded their orders, and tried to circum-
vent them, they simply closed up the
establishment and took the proprietor to
prison, where he spent several months
rejecting upon the danger of playing
with an autocrat.
On one of the islands of the Neva is a
summer garden, with a magnificent cafe,
and open air theatre, and fine collec-
tion of wild animals, mixture of res
taurant, circus and park. 1t was fitted
up at an enormous expense, was the most
popular place in Russia, and the owner
was Prince, who was coming money
out of the enterprise, which he ian under
the name of his active manager. A guest
at the place was assaulted by waiter
and complained to the police. They in
vcstigated the case, or attempted to do
SO, but found themselves thwarted at
every turn by the manager, who thought
a man with Prince behind him could
do what he pleased. The police directed
that the man who committed the assault
should report at their headquarters the
next morning. He did not come. An
officer came to the garden and asked why.
The manager told him that he thought
enough fuss had been made about little
affair already His opinions changed,
however, for he was at once arrested,
sent to prison, and The place was closed
for the rest of the season, despite the eff
forts of the Prince whose money was in
vested, to have it reopened. A little au-
tocracy OF this sort keeps high state of
discipline in st. Petersburg Chicago
NeWs.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1888-04-07
Unclean WOrshipers.

At three of the CHATS (stairways)
crematories were being made, writes
Carter Harrison from 2enares, India, at
each of the two there was one body be-
ing burned, but at the other five pyres
were burning, and two corpses were
wrapped in white cloth, one lying with
the lower limbs in the water, to be
cremated when the pile should be ready.
A sewer from the city was emptying its
reeking, filthy sewage into the river not
twenty feet above the spot where the
body was lying, and several bathers were
gulping down great mouthfdls of the
water a'out ten feet below the dead
body-strange infatuation Not far from
this and above it was deep tank in
which was as nasty compound as one
could imagine-it was, say, fifteen by
Thirty feet in dimension. Its waters had
not been changed for months. Thousands
have bathed in it, and great quantities of
marigolds and other flowers, milk, and
confections are daily thrown into it as
offerings, until it looks as fetid as cess
pool. yet dainty women, whose limbs are
weighted down with rarest jewels, lay
as de their outer garments of embroidered
gauze and silk aud lave their faces and
forms in the slime, and believe them
selves washed from impurities.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1888-04-07
Dynamite for Building.

Pa~adoxical as it may seem, the latest
thing for which dynamite has been en-
ployed is not the blowing up of build
ings, but, on the contrary, the laying of
their foundations. The new develop
ment is due to Nj. Bonnetond, French
engineer. When foundation has to be
laid in wet ground, he bores hole from
ten to twelve feet deep and an inch and
a half wide. Into this hole he passes
string of dynamite cartridges, which are
then exploded. Not only is cavity of
yard wide produced by the explosion.
but the expansive force of the dynamite
drives the water out far beyond the sides
of this cavity, and it does not return
again for more than half an hour. In
the meantime the workmen clear the
cavity and introduce quickly y-setting con-
crete. SO that when the water returns
again it cannot injure the foundation.
The method has been put into practice
during the building of an enciente at
Lyons, and rapid rate of working is said
to have been attained thereby. = The
Builder.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1888-04-07
THREADS OF LIFE.

I'm weaving my rags of carpet to-day,
And watching the warp as it fills in fast,
While my thoughts are broken like ends that
fray
Shuttle fly inl
How first and last
The coors fling
Through the webbing of LIE like rags and
string
Tight in the loom is the warping of Fate;
Ahl feed in the dark woof certain to
cleave-
Gray, when the years get lonely and late.
Shuttle fly outl
Joyfuly weave
Scarlet and gay,
For yoath when we sang with the birds at
playI -
Mingled for sorrow, and clear when the
heart
Wore with a passionate tenderness
. through;
Yellow, when jealousy tore love apart.
Shuttle fly I'M
Blue for the true
Waited away,
And black when we knelt by the beautiful
clay
Fill rags in the carpet with random rife,
Bright ones, and dark ones, knotted and
tied,
Typical checkers that vary in life.
Shuttle fly outl
White for the bride,
Black for the bier
Warped and woven as life they appear!
-Indd B. Hays, IN Independent.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1888-04-07
Where Peter Cooper Made His Money.

There is an unpretentious four-story
brick building in Burling- slip, bearing a
sign which reads: "Glue, Iron and
Wire" The "Glue" looms up by itself,
the "iron and Wire" occupying lower
line. At the right of the main door of
the structure is an oblong cylindrical tin
sign bca ing the words: "Peter Cooper's
Glue Factory. Glue Geatine and Meats
Foot OIL" These words are scattered
iudiciouSly down the sign, and ''Peter
Coo er's Glue Factory" is prominent in
the silent announcement. A sign between
the second and third stories presents
"Resined Isinglass" Over the main door
are the words "Coopcr 6 Hewitt" in
plain, unassum,ng black. This is the
spot where Feter Cooper conducted the
business which made his fortune and
where his son and son-in-law have con-
tinued operations at the old stand
Inside the house remains just as it was
in eter Coopers day, save where the
carts and wagons were backed in for
loading and unloading, has been 'evened
uo' with the floor and wagons and carts
are thus excluded. The stairs leading to
the offices on the second floor are the
simplest kind of old-fashioned affairs
which one will see in country mills, with
no back between consecutive steps. An
An old-style wooden hand-rail is there te,
meet the grasp. Upstairs are rooms par
titioned off in the crude old style, with
whitewash, apparently, for the only coat
to cover the partitions. The desks, rail
ings and all the "ixings," bear the date
of Peter Cooper's time, even the windows
being composed of panes of glass of We
ancient proportions. 1t is clear from all
the surroundings that the memory of
Peter Cooper is revered on this spot
Men YOrk Tribune.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1888-04-07

cred the Mexicans gave them hot chase
for short distance But they had the
prudence to relinquish the pursuit, as
they were Icing drawn toward tuarez's
camp.
Leo and his companions dashed into
camp, where the 10 ely Tula was placed
under the care of Eznaldo, and the pris-
oners surrendered to Juarez himself, who
found in Col. Fernandez a foe whom he
had long desired to capture.
Leo Gordon's wound was so obstinate
in healing that he was compelled to leave
the service. Before he had quit Mexico,
however, he saw Tula Velasquez and
Eznaldo happily made one. Three years
after, when Leo returned to visit his
friends in Mexico, he met Eznaldo's
handsome and accomplished sister, Val
letta. A love sprang up between them,
and they were soon married, Leo bring
ing his bride to dwell on the banks of the
Pearl. - Yankee Blade.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1888-04-07
Popular Shades from Poplar Wood.

cit is not known outside of the trade,
and not known to everyone in the trade
for that matter, to what we are indebted
for odd but rich and beautiful shades of
yellow, green, orange, brown and red
that are so fashionable and so much ad-
mired in ladies dress goods, aud which
first appeared five or six weeks ago, said
an Uptown dry goods dealer.
what is the secret?" inquired New
York San reporter.
"There is no secret about it." replied
the dry goods man; mo one seems to
have mentioned it, that's all. Those pc
culiar shades are the production of the
common poplar wood in all its varieties.
The young branches and shoots of poplar
trees are used in obtaining the dye. They
are cut up into small pieces and crushed
and brayed in mortars. The pulp they
make is thrown into watts of boiling alum
water. To every three gallons of water
pound of alum is added, which proper
tion of the preparation is maintained to
every ten pounds of poplar pulp. The
pulp is boiled half an hour. The boiling
is followed by slow filtration of the
liquid. AS the filtered fluid cools it
thickens and clears, throwing down a
resinous substance of greenlsh-y yellow
hue. A second, tilterlng is made when
the liquid has become perfectly clear.
Placed in porcelain vessels, 1t is left ex-
posed to the air during three dry, fair
days The light and air oxidize the re-
suit of the two filterings, and leave a
substance of the richest golden tint it is
possible to imagine. This is the primary
color from which all the other shades
mentioned are produced. 1t is in itself
the dye used for those charming effects
in silks and all fancy dress goods of one
golden shade-a shade never made pos
sible by any other known dye, although
ancient fabrics show plainly that they
were tinted by similar dye The pop
lar was undoubtedly known to the
ancients as a rich dye wood.
"The various shades of green, brown,
etc., which are based on this poplar
golden yellow are made by the mixture
of pigments aud dyes which dyers know
how to combine for producing the de-
sired results. The colors made with the
poplar base are not only rich and beauti-
full, but lasting.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1888-04-07
A School Five Hundred Years Old.

The classical school of the city of
Stendal, Prussia, will celebrate the five
hundred and fiftieth anniversary of its
foundation this year. In 1853 the City
ouncil founded the school in opposi-
tion to that conducted by the clergy of
the cathedral Bishop Albrecht, of Hal
berstadt, punished the refractory council
men by having ALI of them excommun-
icated and the city interdicted. Among
those stricken by the Bishop was one
Rudolph Won Bismarck, an ancestor of
the present Chancellor of the Empire,
whose estates were located in the neigh
borhood. But the city school outlived
that of the clergy, and is renowned by
having educated some of the famous men
of Germany. Greatest among them was
Johann Joachim Winckelmann, the critic
and art-historiographer, remembered by
monument erected at Stendal. G.
Nachtigal, the great African traveller,
was from Stendal; andl Major Friccius,
who stormed gate af Leipzig held by
the French on Oct. 1?, 1875.
Nothing except attle lost can be
half so melancholy battle won.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1888-04-07
Strange Re.Union of Brothers.

''When in st. Augustine, Fla, recent
ly,n said Mr.. Lewis Patison, of Newark,
n. j., to reporter of the Atlanta Con-
stitution, 81 had what might be called
remarkable experience. | was out of
work and was rather hard up. So APP
piled to batch of men who were work
ing on new building. They asked me
what could do, and told them l was
a good mechanic and could do carpen-
ter's work. The boss gave me trial,
and / got along very well for week.
/ was thrown "a good deal with one of
the carpenters, who called himself Dun
ming. and the men were always talking
about the remal kable resemblance be-
tween him and me- We got into con-
versation, and l learned that Dunning
was my own brother, whom l had not
seen for twenty years. He ran away
from home when fifteen years old and
went to sea. About ten years ago he
settled down in st. Augustine and has
been doing well. He has made good
living. All the family had long ago
given him up as dead. He still goes
under the name of Dunning, for some
reason he has not explained. This is
what call curious coincidence"
Philosophy triumphs easily over past
evils and future evils, but present evils
4.,,,r,,,1 rvor ~
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1888-04-07
The Religions Life of Washington.

Washington was essentially man of
high religious convictions. Irving says
that ''while Lee scoffed with his usual
profanity at the resolutions of Congress
appointing day of fasting and prayer,
observing that heaven was ever found
favorable to the strongest battalions, ;
Washington differed with him, and saw
that the order of Congress was scrupu-
lousy obeyed. All labor was suspended,
and soldiers and officers were required
to attend divine service, equipped and
ready for action" Washington had
prayers night and morning at his head
quarters, and was regular in his attend
ince at the Episcopal Church, of which
ae was member. At one time it is re-
lated that one of his aides was detailed
by him to read the services when the
regular clergyman was a sent.
Scotland and Ireland together have
141 congregational Churches.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1888-04-07
TWO SURPRISES.
A workman piled his clumsy spade

A workman piled his clumsy spade
As the sun was going down;
The German King, with his cavalcade,
On his Way to Berlin Town,
Refined up his steed at the old mans side
my toiling friend" said he,
"Why not cease work at eventide
When the laborer should be freep
81 do not slave." the old man said,
''And am always free,
Though work from the time leave my bed
Till can hardly see"
'How much" said the King, sis thy gain in
dayg
Slight groschen,n the man replied.
'And thou canst live on this meagre pay7"
''Like King he said with pride.
1.-Two groschen for me and my wife, good
friend,
And two for debt | owe;
Two groschen to lend, and two to spend,
For those who can't labor, you know"
''Thy debit" said the King; said the toiIer.
Eyes,
To my mother with age oppressed,
Who cared for me, toiled for me, many day,
And now hath need of rest"
"To whom dost lend of their daily storep
ITO my boys-for their schooling; you see
When am too feeble to toll any more,
They will care for their mother and me-"
"And thy last two groschen" the monarch
said.
''My sisters are old and lame;
give them two groschen for raiment and
bread,
All in the Fathers name"
Tears welled up in the good Kings eyes,
''Thou knowcst me not, said he;
F. 'As thou hast given me one surprise,
Here is another for thee.
81 am thy King, give me thy hand'-
And he heapad it high with gold
"When more thou needeSt, command
That at once be told
''For would bless with rich reward
The man who can proudly say
That eight souls doth he keep and guard
On eight poor groschen day"
-R. w McAlpine, IN st. Nicholas
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1888-04-07

Philosophy triumphs easily over past
evils and future evils, but present evils
triumph over it.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1888-04-07

Scotland and Ireland together have
l41 Congregational Churches.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1888-04-07

Nothing except ,attle lost can be
half so melanchol, battle won.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1888-04-07

I'm weaving my rags of carpet to-day,
And watching the warp as it fills in fast.
While my thoughts are broken like ends that