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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-01-05

WANTED---Lady or gentleman to cam
vass this place for good selling article
useful in every household. Excellent
inducements to the right party. Adj
dress for circulars, terms ETC., Fernando
b. Smith, Canton. Ohio.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-01-05

FARMERS NOTICE-The subscriber
has two thoroughbred Berkshire bears
at his farm II miles south of Moore's
Corners for service. Terms ST. at time
of service. 3lm2 THOs. L. COLLINS.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-01-05

For SALE-An improved farm Of 80
acres. we'll watered, good buildings, and
good orchard. For further particulars
inquire of Jason Clark, Brockway Cen
tire. Mich. 81
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-01-05

TAxEs--Wm. IIodgins, township trea-
surer, will be at Joseph Effrick's office
in Brockway Centre every Saturday
during December and January for the
purpose Of collecting taxes.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-01-05

WANTED-Anyone having loose or
baled hay can find sale for same by call
ing at Holden Bros, Brockway Centre.
Mich.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-01-05

FOR SALE-Not being able to attend
to my dray business will sell the same
cheap for cash. Write or call on
Frank Rapley, Brockway Centre.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-01-05

~ FORGE w. BELL. AUCTIONEER.
~ Brockway Centre, Michigan.
Real Estate. Personal Property or any kind Of
Sales promptly attended to Orders left at the
EXPObITOR once will receive prompt attention.
Corrsspondsnce solicited. Auction Bills printed
at the abevs.named ONCE with neatness and dis
patch at Reasonable Rates. Give us call.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-01-05

At 4. H. Braidwood's. The place to
sell your butter and eggs.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-01-05
TREMENDOUS CASH
Slaughter Sale,
AT THE
BOSTON STORE,

DOG % 5OS Huron ave. next the Bee
Hive, PIT. Huron, Mich.
Wishing to reduce our very Large
Stock of goods before taking inven-
tory, we willoffer the following dis
counts on all goods purchased over
fifty cents.
20 per cent off on LADIES' and
Misses Cloaks, Wraps and Jackets.
10 per cent off on dress goods,
velvets, ginghams, fancy and staple
flannels of all kinds, cottonades,
shirtings. waterproof, table linen,
ticking, toweling, napking, comfort
ers, blankets, cotton batting, cur
tains, yarn, hosiery, gloves, mittens,
silk handserchiefs, toboggan caps,
muffs, fpfs, shawls, ribbons, lace
and ladies' underwear. Gents fur
nlshing goods, hats, caps, under
wear, shirts, pantaloons, overalls
jackets, suspender, hose. nee kties,
neck scarts, collars, cuffs, gloves,
mi.ts, etc. Boots and shoes for Ia.
dies misses and children, rubbers,
felts, etc, and other articles too
numerous to mention. Our goods
were already sold very cheap, and
this sxtro discount reduces the price
below all competition. Give us a
befor buying.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-01-05
Get the Latest and Best.

II IL an ipyaIiabic companion IN every School,
and at every t9r"s'd". Specimen RACES and
testimonials sent prepaid op application.
Published by c. 4 c. MERRIAM & co.,
Sp.inJne'd, Mass, y. S. A.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-01-05

Don't lose moments time until you
have secured some of those
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-09-29
UNIONS AND SOCIALISM,

A member of the London Society
of Composltors, in criticizlng the
Twenty-frst Congress of the Eng
lish Trades Unions-this "poor, de-
voted assembly of Labor's delegates,
who have plodded on at the heels of
trade technicalities and workshop
customs-concludes his remarks IN
London Justice as follows:
"No lasting good will ever be accom-
plished by any trades union congress
while they fold themselves in the mantle
of isolation and say, only unionists are
considered What hope, then, is there
for realization of even a fractional
part of what this tight-laced assembly
considers desirable If it were depend
ent upon trades unions rs at present con
stituted, we should say none; but we
see a cloud, no bigger than mans
hand, rising in the distance. On the
horizon of labor there is the cloud of
international sympathy and solidarity,
frightened with the silver lining Of
Social-Democracy. Stay it you cannot
Soon, very soon, it will burst; its life
giving showers will revive the dropping
spirits of the toilers of the day. Life
will be made endurable; labor will be a
pleasurable relaxation; the curse of ma
chinery will become a boon and bles-
sing; the patriotic bigotry of nations
will be gone, and all the world be one
brotherhood. This we hope for; this
we look for; this we work for. Let
every toiler whose life is not wholly
scared and blasted by the present-day
selfshness unite with us in our struggle
for this emancipation day. Congresses
and conferences without this object in
view may go on forever, and the
worker remain where he is, or starve
and die. But with thorough determi-
nation, a resolute action, and demo-
cratic organization, such as is presented
in the Socialist Party, another twenty
one years of half-hearted Legislation by
congresses of delegates of labor aristo-
Gratis will never be realized. The Social
Revolution, which is destined to sound
the knell of all weakened panderers, will
also herald in a universal convention of
the workers"
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-09-29

Chinese boat-living people, the popula-
tion of England may at length increase
till it brings them down to the said level.
Thus we see what influence the standard
of living has upon the well.being of the
British workmen. Hence say the true
and permanent remedy of low wages is
the raising of the standard of living,
which can be accomplished by the spread
of good general education. If am not
mistaken, can safely say that for true
prosperity of the Industrial classes
which means the liberal reward of
labor-educate your children by all
means in your power instead of resort
ing to uni0nism."
How very near this japanese OBJ
server comes to the line of truth
without apprehending its proximity,
He says that:
1.-The wages of labor are the encour-
agement of industry, which, like all
other human qualities, improves in pro-
portion to the encouragement it re-
ceives. Plentiful subsistence increases
bodily strength, and hope in man of
bettering his condition animates him to
exert that strength to the utmost.
Where wages are high we find workmen
active"
Now, how is it that the writer
quoted has not managed to come to
a sensible conclusion in the way of
remedy? Evidently he has taken
his views on the subject of labor
from the comfortable heights of the
bosses observatory. Some practical
knowledge of the wage-workers'
lot and study of Marks "Capital"
and Gronlund's "Co-operative Com
monwealth" might make difference
with the japanese paper maker.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-09-29

mans interest is in deadly antagon-
ism to every other. Liberty, Yes;
the liberty of Hobson's choice.
Nevertheless, rire le paraplWie!
But after all, our metaphor is not
absolutely watertight. The UNI
brella Is social product, and was
once an innovation as hotly decried
by the stick-in-the-mud Listeners"
of the eighteenth century as the
sidewalk canopy is to-day. Nay, if
we want complete figure for indi-
viduallsm, we must 90 behind not
only the umbrella, but the clothes
themselves, to pre-social times, when
man was a naked savage. The side
walk canopy would only be an ovo-
luton on the same line of gregarious
instinct which rendered necessary
clothes and the umbrella. Let
"Listener" be consistent or 90 on
listening until he is.
W. II. HoRN.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-09-29
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LASSEZ-FAIRE PLAYA. y OUT,

Lord Bramwell appears to think
that the dishonesty of mankind
springs from ''pure cussedness."
He does not consider what great
effect the economic systematic way
in which business of all sorts is car
ried on-has upon every mans
character. AS to his doctrine Of
1alssez:talre Qeave alone) )-he is one
of its surviving defenders--we may
as well quote the opinion of a Tory
paper: Lord Bramwell's pleasantly
simple view of human nature and
human actions is well enough for
the study; but when you try to ap-
ply it to practical life there are
drawbacks. 'LaisSez.taIre, laissez
passer,' is an excellent sentiment,
especially when it is taken as a
moral axiom. Leave every one to
seek his own happiness in his own
way, provided he does not injure
Others Precisely; but the whole
difficulty begins when you come to
ask, What is injuring others, and
at what particular point are you to
begin to prevent the individual
seeking his own happiness as he
pleases? One mans happiness in
clines him to set up sweating den,
and work his toilers (who, IN a way,
are pursuing their own happiness
too), for fifteen hours a day. An
other mans happiness would be at
tained, at any rate so far as the ac-
cumuation of a vast fortune could
effect it, if he were allowed to sell
chicory for coffee, and beer made of
rice and sugar for beer made of malt
and hops. "-LOnd0n Justice.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-09-29
BELGIUM.

The Partisan workmen's delega-
ton to the Copenhagen Exhibition
visited Brussels on their return
journey recently. The delegation
were received at the station by rep
resentatives of the Belgian Socialist
Workmen's Party, and were con-
Quoted in procession with red ban
ners and flags, to the locale of the
Belgian Socialists, the NaiSOn du
Peup7e, where they met with an en-
thusiastic reception.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-09-29
THlCk-HEADED MAGONE,
Bound to Send Oscar Falleur Back to
Europe.

Lawyer f. G. Gedncy, counsel for
Oscar Falleur, workman, who arrived
from Belgium last week and is de-
tanned at Castle Garden, submitted
his case to Collector Magone last
Wednesday to obtain a reversal of
the order that Falleur should be re-
turned to Belgium. Falleur had
taken part in strike, and was ar
rested by the Belgian authorities,
just as many an American has been
arrested here. Having been "par-
doned," he came to America, but
the Collector of the Port, Magone,
refused to permit him to see more
of this Gree" country than Castle
Garden. His counsel cited the cases
of kossuth, Garibaldi, Carl Schurz,
O'Brien, O'Donovan Rossa and
prominent members of the French
Commune, who, being political
refugees, have been allowed to
land in this country while unpar-
doned in Europe for their offences,
and many of whom have become
good citizens of this country. Col
lector Magone nevertheless decided
that Falleur must return by steamer
Etruria to-day.
On Tuesday delegation from the
Socialist Sections visited Falleur at
Castle Garden. He appreciated the
visit, and sent his fraternal regards
to his comrades.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-09-29
A LEAkY EMBLEM.

1t appears that in Boston there is
paper called the Transcript. This
paper has contributor signing him
self "Listener. Well, this ellis
tener," it would seem, has been
reading Looking Backward" and
acre IL what he has TO say touching
the sidewalk canopy of the twentieth
century:
"Now, the Listener is perversely reac-
tionary enough to maintain that the
nineteenth century is ahead Of the last
year of the twentieth in this respect.
The difference between the individual
istic umbrella and the socialistic side
walk canopy is precisely the difference
between freedom and servitude. With
an umbrella the citizen is free to come
and 90 where he pleases; he can walk in
the middle of the street if he likes, etc,
etc. The umbrella serves very well as
symbol of civilization, because it is the
emblem of individual effort"
A very good symbol, truly, of
very wretched civilization, which
stands as a self-confessed failure be-
fore the world to-day; but by all
means the collectivist will gladly
accept the umbrella as the emblem
of indiyidualism. The figure is as
complete as any metaphor well could
be.
Does the umbrella inspire conf
dence as an effective protection and
shelter under a downpour of rain !?
No; else why do we see pedestrians
by the hundred shut down the mis-
cradle pretension and take refuge in
a store?
So with individuallsm. The in
dividual, when put to the test, dis
trusts isolated effort and takes refuge
in combination. Vjve le para-
p7uje!
Does the umbrella stand the stress
of wind and weather? Hardly; UNI
brellas have a naughty trick of
turning inside out, leaving the poor
freedom-loving morta! exposed not
only to the pitiless storm, but to the
laughter and jeers of every passer-
by.
So, too, with individualsm. IN
der the stress of circumstances it is
too apt to leave him like Wolsley in
his old age, ''naked to his enemies.
But-Viue 1e ParapIule!
Does the umbrella facilitate free
dom Of movement in a crowded
street?
Freedom, indeed. Picture the
familiar scene-see the storm tossed
individual in a sea of umbrellas,
neither able to take his bearings or
make headway against the heaving
waves Of gingham.
But how well this chaos symbol
Lies the planless void Of individual
ism. What wretched infatuation is
this that babbles of liberty under
such circumstances, where each
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-09-29
THE INSTAuLMENT PLAN,

One of the minor curses which beset
the working people is the army of sharks
who infest the factories and workshops
of the country and dispose Of their truck
on the lnstallment plan. They are gen
orally sent out by business concerns in
the large cities, and their stock in trade
usually consists of bibles, albums, clocks,
rugs, pictures, books, and the like. BY
making their terms apparently easy they
secure many victims who, thinking that
twenty-five cents down and twenty five
cents week is of trifling importance,
will frequently put themselves under the
obligation to pay seven or eight dollars
for an article that could in many in
stances be purchased for half that
amount if the local dealer was patron
lied. Then each succeeding week the
collector appears, and if the quarter is
not forthcoming, demand is liable to
be made for the return of the article.
In most cases the goods thus pur-
chased are not needed and many of
them are discarded long before the last
installment is paid. A good maxim for
wage earners to adopt would be never
to 20 in debt for anything unless it is
absolutely necessary. If you want a
three dollar album lay aside your
twenty-five cents each week, and when
you have the desired amount purchase of
a dealer Iii your own town or city, and
with the other four or five dollars, which
would be paid if bought on the install
ment plan, you can procure much that
is useful and beneficial.-Aetc Britain
independent.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-09-29
READY FOR PRESS.

and you are certain that you love
me, Arthur" said the pretty editress, as
her lover hung over her in the bay win
dow of the mountain hotel; you are
certain"
81 am" replied her lover. with an en-
phasis on the Am"
"Will you say it again." she asked
"not necessarily for publication, but as
a guarantee of good faith"
81 say it again" he said, II love you"
''Then," said she, Il am satisfied, and
we may now go to press."-BoSton
Budget.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-09-29
says she could have kept her former EN-
ployment if she had not testified before
the Ford Committee.
FREE TRADE BRITAIN.

The Darlaston gunlock filers have is
sued an appeal for aid. Their average
wages when fully employed after paying
for pins, files, oil, shop rent, etc, not
exceeding Is. I'd. per day of fourteen
or fifteen hours. In consequence they
have made application for an advance
of I'd, per lock, and the application not
having been responded to, they have
turned out on strike. Even at the ad-
vanCed price they could not earn more
than los. to lis. per week (S2.5O to
$40.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-09-29
ABOUT THE TARIFF.
AND ABOUT FREE TRADE IN
ITS GLORY.
Free Trade Women Blacksmiths and
Dying Tarifl'ed American Boys.
The Same Story of Suffer.
ing and Oppression in
Two Countries.
PROTECTED AMERICA.

A pale, emaciated girl gave the re-
porter an account of her experience in a
Third avenue store bakery, She said;
"My wages were SO per week, and had
to work from seven o'clock in the morn
ing until late at night, with half hour
for lunch, but never had any appetite to
enjoy it, as the atmosphere was so close
and sitting. Sometimes had to work
until midnight, but got no extra compen-
sation. Once or twice told the boss |
could not support myself on those
wages, but he only laughed, and told
me if | did not like them to go else
where, as he could get hundreds of girls
for the same wages who would be only
too glad to obtain the situation.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-09-29

A glance at the birth rate of Boston
for the past month will convince the
most skeptical that our "infant industry"
is not "skeered" by the tariff.-Labor
Leader
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-09-29

In a tive-shilling-a-week stuffy little
room in Whitechapel Uondon). a Star
reporter found poor, worn-looking
tailor hard at work on postmans
tunic, for which he would get 2s. for
making it in his own home. He had
daughter working in factory who, the
week before last, earned 3s, 10d. Of, out
of which there was I'D. IF. stopped for
reels, She finished three great coats for
postmen at sd. each and six blouseS for
telegraph men at sd. Of, each. The
sweater paid Is. ID. for the entire max
ing of a great coat.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-09-29

An inquest was held at Sheffield upon
Thomas Howard, who, it is supposed,
died from want. The deceased was
sixty three years of age and worked for
a sweater (sub-contractor). Although
he worked every day he did not earn
more than 9s. per week, out of which he
had to pay 2s. Cd. per week wheel rent,
Is. per week for the hut in which he
lived, and Is. Cd. for grinding stone and
tools His work was grinding and glaz-
ing Of penknife blades, for which he was
paid at the rate of Is. per gross, receiv-
fourteen blades to the dozen.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-09-29

| visited the blacksmith shop where
the men and women were at work in
equal numbers. -Four women We're at
work making a chain in one shop, each
at forge One of them stated she was
forV-fve years old and had twelve chill
dren, of whom five were now living,
three of them being now at work in this
same shop, while her husband also
worked at the furnace. He got 3s. per
day for his labor; she gets As. per week.
The entire family work from a. m. to
p. m. bought a chain from her
eight feet long, for which she gets i'd.
for making and which requires one
hours labor. The son of this woman
makes chain that weighs 224 pounds,
and for which he gets Is, Sd; he pays
out Of this Cd. to boy for blowing the
bellows
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-09-29

In the House of Commons Mr.. Monk
asked the representative of the Ecclesi-
astical Commissioners whether it was
the fact that on one of the Commission
er's estates of 1900 acres there was no
cottage and that in this parish ten per-
sons slept in a room. The answer showed
that this had been so while the Dean
and Chapter of Norwich held the prop
erty, which had but recently come into
the hands of the Commissioner. 1t was
onlya fair sample of Dean and Chap
ters' estates. None were in a worse
plight.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-09-29

Another shop close by had four fur
naces, A young woman, probably twen-
ty-two years of age, was making chains
at one of the forges. She said she could
make Cd. in a day of ten hours.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-09-29

Inayard abutting on the same street
/ found man and his three children at
work; while he swung big hammer his
son stood on one side and daughter on
the other, both helping in the work.
The three of them working together
at this forge every day until after dark
can average 2Ss. per week. He Informed
me that he had struggled for forty-six
years at this forge, with the result that
he can have meat once day at dinner;
but for breakfast and supper only bread
and butter and tea.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-09-29

The foregoing statements have been
clipped from the capitalistic press of the
two nations that lead the world in indus.
try. Can there be any more convincing
proof than this that the question of high
or low tariff is but incidental to far
more embracing and dominating system
and that is capitalism-or, more cor
rectly, mercantilism? And yet there
are prophets and leaders of men who
would have the people of this country
believe that reform is to come through
"A high or low tariff. But the school
master is indeed abroad, and there are
unmStakeable signs that the real light is
beginning to dawn, and that the next
great movement of the people, north
and SOUTH east and west, will be for the
abolition of the wage system and the
inauguration of the cooperative COM
rnonwealth
Working people of the world, unite"
j. E. II.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-08-11

FAST MAIL-DAIIY.
Leaves Hillen Station, Baltimore, at 4l0 a. m,
Glyndon 451, Westminster SIG, New Windsor $50,
Union Bridge $40, Mechanicstown Cos, Blue Ridge
Summit $50, arriving at HagerStown, c. V. D., at
712.
Leaves Hagerstcwn for Baltimore at 11.55 a. m,
Blue Ridge Summit 1921 Mech anicstownl2.5l Union
Bridge LIS, New Windsor LOB, Westminster 1.36,
Glyndon 210, arriving at Hillen Station, Baltimore
at $50 p. m.
Train leaves Hillen Station for Emory Grove and
intermediate stations at q % p m, arriving at En-
DRY Grove at 3.25. Returning, leaves Emory Grove
at OILS D. m, arriving at Hillen Station at 1115.
SUNDAY TRAINS
Going East, will leave Union Bridge for Baltimore
and intermediate Stations AZ 625 a. m 42S and
Westminster at 705 a. M and ASS p. m Going West,
will leave Baltimore for Union Bridge and inter
mediate Stations at $50 q. m, and 2S3 p. m. and
Westminster at 11.12 a. m. and Az p m
Trains South will leave Emmitsburg at $50
Ridge at 900 a. m. and 355 and els p. m.
and 4.02 and 6.S6 p. m, arriving at Emmittsburg
Ills a. m, and 4.32 and 7.06 pm.
BALTIMORE AND CUMBERLAND VALLEY r. R.
Trains leave East daily, except Sunday. shippens-
burg us a. m, 200 and ABB p. m. Waynesboro 752
a. m, 237 and 500 p. M. arriving at Edgemont $40
a. m. and 255 and Sis p. m.
Trains west daily except Sunday. Edgemont
65S and IL AZ g. M, and 1855 p m, Maynesboro 7l5
q. H. and II m. and 7.54 p. m, Chambershurg 1851
NJ, and l240 and S3j p. m, arriving at Shippens-
burg S27 a. m, and lilo and 9.05 p. m.
Frederick Division Pennsylvania Railroad, daily
except Sunday.-Trains for Frederick leave June
ton at 1882 a m. and sos p. m. Trains for fancy
town. Lttlestown and York leave Junction at 9.5S
a.. m. and sos p. m.
Through cars for Hanover and Gettysburg and
points on Baltimore and Harrisburg Division leave
Baltimore daily, except Sunday, at 9.45 a. IN. and
400 p. m.
orders for Baggage calls can be left at Ticket
Office, 2l7 E. Baltimore street,
J. NJ. HOOD, Gen1. Manager.
june9 B. H GRIswoLD GENT Passenger Agent