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Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-06-05

SAN FRANCISCO. June 4th.-H. Brewer,
ii. Dreyer and H. Mangels have been in
dicted by the United States Grand Jury for
using cancelled stamps on packages of fer
mented linnnrs
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-06-06
Events Favor Boulanger.

Boulanger is ordered out of Belgium.
1t is not the habit of that country to
offer asylum to characters who are
Objectionable to other powers. In
1871 Victor Hugo was treated in th g
same manner. The faint of communism
then chung 70 the garments of the i'm
mortal old man.
Boulangcr, following the examples
OF many political exiles, betakes him
self to England. There, where
Garibaldi, MaZzini, Kossuth, Kosciusko,
Pozzo di Borgo, Bourbons, the Bona
parties, the Orleanist, the Republicans,
the Socialists and the Nihilists have all
bided their time. the famous blow-bag
will wait for the present regime to
pass away. He will doubtless he tried
by the senate and sentenced as Bazaine
and other men have been sentenced
TO death, IN c0Rl'tmGcium.
1t is much pleasanter TO be sentenced
to death that way than TO be at the
prison of La Roquette and have thu
guillotine run out at sunrise. Wher
Boulanger shall go back he will doubt.
less be president and then dictator.
The affair puzzles the wisest com
memtators. This France is the home
of liberty. Here the equality OF man
has been Il triumphant dogma. Once
to wear the blouse and red cap of labor
was to win civic applause. To renounce
the vanities CT life was TO grow in ma
tional regard. Yet here an impOstOr
like Louis Napoleon proSpered by pure
imposture, ana here the methods of
Boulanger are pushing him ahead Of
all other Frenchmen.
Are human liberty and private am
bition so closely allied with each
other? Because Boulanger is a Bonn
bastes, like Louis Napoleon, does that
ct him for use in the evolution Of ma
tions? Must war always cure the
world of its ''plurisy of people ?'-Chi-
cago Herald.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-06-06
The Oklahoma Craze.

AS the time approaches when, by the
proclamation Of the president, the peo-
pie may go in to possess the land OF
Oklahoma, great crowds OF "boomers"
are gathering on the borders of the
promised land. Everywhere along the
line mems nerves are strung to the ut
most and. like dogs held in leash, they
are waiting impatiently for the mo-
ment of release, when the clock shall
proclaim the hour Of noon on the 22d
of April. Then will come rush and
struggle in which the weakest will
be trampled on and pushed aside, "and
they will take who have the power,
and they will keep who can" The
Winchester and the revolver will make
short work of all differences about
titles or corner stakes, and the readi-
est man in getting the drop will proba-
bly, be the most successful in making a
disputed entry.
1t is singular there should be such
craze over this land, for there are mil
lions of acres just as fair and fertile
awaiting the labor of the husband
man throughout the entire west.
Doubtless it is good land and needs but
to be "ticlSled with the hoe to make it
laugh with the harvest but as much
may be said of the land of Washing
ton, of Oregon, of California, not to
speak of Montana and the Dakotas.
That there will be disaster to many
and much bloodshe1 in taking up these
lands needs no great provision TO fore
tell. There are about Is, 900, 600 acres
open TO settlement. and If every acre
could be entered there would be IL, 250
homesteads of 100 acres each. AL
ready it is estimated there are over
| 10000 armed men ready to go in, and
companies are being formed almost
everywhere in the United States which
expect TO reach the promised land on
the opening day 1t is no exaggera-
tion TO say that at least $1,000 per-
sons will endcavor to homestead land
which at the very best will only sup
ply about 1000. Quarrels and blood
shed can only result from such q state
of affairs.
In the struggle about to take place
for the possession OF these lands there
are some who think that the race will
be won by the swift and The battle by
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-06-06
The Mexican WAY,

Like the alcalie OF Lagos" Como
ell alcalde de Lagos, is an expression
current throughout large part OF
Mexico to denote any trying or lu-
dicrous position that a man is placed
in because both his hands are full.
The story, according to Scribner's
Magazine, runs:
Once went an alcalde OF Lagos to
church. And in his right hand he
carried his staff of Office, and as he
entered the church he lifted off and
held in his left hand his hat. Then
he sought to put the holy water upon
his forehead; but this he could not do,
for both his hands were full. Then in
awhile a bold resolve entered his
heart, and he plunged his head into
the font.
Before the plaza That is in the midst
of the town OF Lagos was set in order,
as il now is, there was in the middle
of it a deep and wide hole. And this
hole cost the towl council (Ayunta-
miento) much concern, for they per-
ceived that it was a dangerous place,
into which the unwary might fall in
in the dark and be killed or manned.
So meeting of the council was called.
and it was decided that the hole should
be filed. And, to get earth to fill it,
hole was dug beside it. And behold,
when it was full, there was new hole
as deep and as wide as that which was
filed! Then in the same way did they
set about filling the new hole, and
again was the same result, only now
the hole no longer was in the middle
of the plaza, but over at the side of it
in the street that goes out toward the
north. And again they filled it. and 81
continued, until at last the whole was
far out in the northern suburb OF the
town. And there they suffered the
hole 10 remain, for it did no hlrm.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-06-06
Male Chanerones.

A few days ego Washington cor
respondent clipped the following adj
vertisemcnt from the Star of that city.
Three tall, handsome young men.
who can furnish best OF reference,
will accompany ladies to theaters,
balls, etc, at reasonable rates. Cor
respondence strictly confidential
/ had heard OF this sort OF thing in
New York and one or two other cities,
but | had never before seen an an
nouncement of this kind. NY curiosity
was aroused. and got lady friend to
copy an answer to the advertisements
which | wrote, asking terms, and
mailed this TO the address given. In
due time / received reply, requesting
an interview. but OF course | drew tho
line there. The writer stated that they
would furnish the highest testimoni-
ais TO their honor and integrity. Their
terms were five dollars each per night
for doing escort duty. the lady TO pay
all expenses OF admission tickets, cabs
etc., which would seem to be very
comfortable arrangement for them. 1t
will he understood that such q scheme
would only be adopted by a lady who
wanted TO 60 without regard TO caste,
and was so unfortunate as to have no
male friend to accompany her. But it
is novel and pleasant way for a young
man to make living-a good deal
easier than hoeing corn or saving
wood.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-06-06
Lessons of Antiquity.

A man who knows his language, and
all that is implied by it, stands on a
foundation of ages. He fells the past
under his feet, and feels at home in the
world OF thought, loyal citizen of the
oldest and widest republic. 1t is this
historical knowledge of language, and
not of language only. but OF everything
that has been handed down from father.
to son. it is that kind of knowledge
which | hold that our universities and
schools should strive 20 maintain. It.
is the historical spirit with which they
should try to inspire every new genera
ton. As we trace the course of
mighty river back from valley to val
ley, as we mark its tributaries, and
watch its meanderings, till we reach
its source, or at all events the water
shed from which its sources spring, in
the same manner the historical
school has to trace every cur
rent OF human knowledge from
century to century back to its fountain
are so many things TO learn that stu
dents must be satisfied with results,
without troubling themselves how the
results were obtained by the labors of
those who came before us. This really
would mean that our modern teach
ing must conine itself TO the surface.
and keep aloof from what lies benea,h.
knowledge must be what is called cut
and dry, if it is TO prove serviceable i'm
the open market. My experience is.
the very opposite. The cut and dry
knowledge which is acquired from tho
study OF manuals or from so called.
examiners is very apt to share the fate
of cut flowers. 1t makes a brilliant
show Tor one evening, but it fades and
leaves nothing behind. The only
knowledge worth having, and which
lasts us fer life, must not be cut and
dry, but on the contrary, it should
be living and growing knowledge.
knowledge of which we know the be-
ginning, the middle aud the end,
knowledge of which W. can produce
the title deeds whenever they are call
ed for Professor Max Muller In the
Fortnightly Review.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-06-06
A Storm on the Prairie.

There is one thing beyond mans con-
troll, and the granduer OF a prairie
storm can only be imagined by those
who have not seen it or witnessed a
storm at sea. Such storm swept over
the prairies in August last. The morn
ing was warm and bright, but shortly
after noon there came an lndefnable
change. The sun still sbone, but its
rays threw an altered light and
brought the prairie flowers into brigh-
ter relief, while it cast a darker shad-
ow where shadows fell. Away toward
the horizon the wavering glimmer that
curtained the meeting place of sky and
plain became more tangible, and thin
black hue framed the landscape. Grad
ually it grew broader and higher, as it
overlappcd the bright, blue sky, the
birds few hurriedly from before it, and
such cattle as were in sight drew closer
together for protection.
Gusts OF wind that shook the train
followed each other at intervals that
grew shorter and shorter, and the
frame OF black was once in awhile IL
Illuminated with flashes of summer light
ming, which, rs they came nearer,
threw heavy banks Of ulphurous-looG-
ing clouds into bold relief. Still there
was no rain, and the thunder of the
train was all that broke the stiffness.
For nearly two hours the clouds main
tanned the same approach, and left the
spectator TO run fancy free and imagine
the out-stretched fingers OF some great
ghoul to be slowly closing in TO crush
him. So strong did the feeling become
that the more nervous passengers drew
back and shuddercd at each succeeding
gust, while others clustered round win
dows and gazed, fascinated, at the COM
ing storm. AS last it came. One huge
cloud shot out from the approaching
bank and for moment poised in mid
air.
Fleecy clouds, that looked CHASTITY by
contrast, hung round it like fringes on
funeral pail, till with a crash that
outweighed the roar OF the train, it
seemed to be rent in two with one
streak OF fire that turned the entire
cloud into gold. From that on and for
nearly an hour it was one continuous
rumble. broken occasionally with u
sharper crash and accompanied by the
patter of the rain that fell in torrents.
Both sheet and forked lightning play
ed continuously, and while the former
turned the clouds from blackness into
light, the latter seemed TO rend them
in fragments and stand out in lines OF
fire for seconds at time.
At last it passed away, and the flick
ering flames that illuminated the
southern horizon seemed like the volley
firing of retreating army, but SO
great was the expanse of prairie that
| they were never entirely lost sight OF,
but again grew more and more vivid,
until eighty miles further west the
storm again crossed the track, moving
northward with diminishing force.
Slowly as it appeared to move, it had
! in five short hours traversed the half
of circle not less than one hundred
miles i'm diameter, which would give it
rate of upward of thirty miles an
hour.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-06-06

serve il, and love begets love-" tina,
man floats with the current, and al
things assist him TO his goal, however
distant il may be.
lie who refuses TO believe anything
or anybody, and fancies that cruel or
selfish motive undcrlies each overture,
must bar his own pathway toward pro-
gress. Should the flowers close their
petals against the overtures OF the
priest-like bee, distrustful OF his sting,
or against the wind, distrustful of his
noise, the floral family would degener-
ate and become extinct.
Should all the hidden germs of trees
and plants refuse TO answer TO the suns
call, fearing that his purpose was TO
destroy them by his scorching rays,
how devoid of verdure the earth would
becomei When men refuse to believe
in one another, how barren becomes
existence!
Give me the exuberant oVep-conf-
dence and cgotism of youth, rather
than the over-careful and distrustful
young cynic The first will make
friends and mistakes. he will confde
himself too easily, suffer in conse-
quence, learn wisdom from experience,
and strength from the sorrow. Ho
will taste the joys of true friendship,
the pangs of misplaced faith, the rap
ture of love, and perhaps the agony OF
loss. He will scale the heights and
descend TO the depths Of feeling and
know what life means
lie will find hands held out to assist
him. lips ready TO praise him, eyes
ready to smile upon him, for the joy
Gus, confiding, and faithful nature at
tracts to itself its own attributes.
The young cynic, on the contrary,
will make no friends and 40 progress
He will not fail. because he will not
climb. He will not suffer from mis-
placed affections, because he will not
love. He will spread gloom and de-
preston wherever he goes and keep
ing on the level plains with careful
feet, he will exist, but never live.
| wish we could introduce a profesg
or or preceptress of optimism int
every school in the world. | would
rather see "a child taught the science of
loving humanity than all the dead
languages or higher mathematics.
Why not introduce this branch of in
structiou into our nurseries and homes?
1t is sorcly needed. Ella Wheeler
Wilcox, in Yenowine's Sunday News.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-06-06
"PISA THE DEAD"


A Place with a Once Zine Hnrbor
Now Seven Miles from the Sea.
Pisa, in Italy, famous for its leaning
tower, is called pisa la Morte" by the
Italians; its commerce, once splendid
has been gradually taken from it by
Leghorn, and it has declined in popula~
ton and Importance until it is little.
more than place OF resort for travel
ers from all over the world, who come
TO study its splendid architectural mon
umeuts of the middle ages and enjoy its
delightful climate.
The prosperity of Pisa has, indeed,
received so great blow that the city is
in state of bankruptcy. The Italian
public was lately shocked by a state
ment that the town house or city hall
OF Pisa was likely TO he levied upon by
the city's creditors TO satisfy their debt
More lately still came the news of
another and even still more startling
suggestion. One OF the members of The
municipal council of Pisa proposed
lottery to raise funds TO discharge the
debt, and, in order 10 offer sufficiently
tempting prize to attract investment
from all over the world, he suggested
that the famous Leaning tower should
be the first prize. To possess as ones
private property the leaning tower Of
Pisa, which has stood for more than
700 years, would, this Pisan councillor
thought, be distinction which all the
world would seek after. He did not
indicate what he supposed the owner of
the tower could do with it.
Fortunately, this original project did
not meet with favor from the Pisan
council, and some other way must be
found to meet the city's difficulty. Pisa
is still the center of rich farming dis
trict, and its university is one Of the
best in Italy.
The decline Of Pisa is largely due to
q singular circumstance. In medieval
times it possessed fine harbor, Porto
Pisano. at the mouth Of the River Arno.
With the cutting away OF the forests
upon the Apprentices vast quantities OF
earth, no longer held in place by the
protecting trees, were washed to the
plains below.
This wash gradually filled up the
harbor of Pisa. In 1442 its depth had
been reduced to four feet; century
later only row-boats could enter il; it
was soon abandoned forever There
are now no traces of this old harbor
and even its sight is disputed. Pisa's
distance from the sea is now about
seven miles.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-06-06

the strong. Fleet horses have been en-
gagged ready for mounting on the APP
pointed day, and on those the boomers
will speed away and thus distance their
more slow-golng competitors. The
most ingenious device, however, Is
that Of party of Hoosiers, who have
encamped near the border OF the
promised land with balloon. At the
time appointed they expect to ascend
high enough TO obtain a good pospect
OF the coveted country; then, picking
out a good spot, they will descend and
possess il. This will all be very fine II
wind and weather favor, but if these
are unpropi.ious they could easily he
blown over into Texas before being
able to make a descent.
IL this raid would end the matter
there would be little to say, but it is
only the beginning. For years the
longing and cOvetous eyes of the
border whites have been cast upon
the Indian territory, and now a sop
has been thrown to them. like a bone
to a hungry dog. 1t will not satisfy
them, nor will anything satisfy them
short of the complete possession OF the
Indian lands. Notwithstanding the
solemn treaty by which the United
States guaranteed the possession of
this territory to the Indians forever,
the whites are bound TO have these
lands. The opening wedge has now
been entered. 1t Is only ques ton
OF time when all that country will be
possessed by the whites Chicago Her
al]
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-06-06
Charity by Machinery.

Poor Man -"Wud We be so kind, sir,
as to stop moment! 1t wa3 you, sir,
that saved my wife's life last year by
givin' me dollar fer some medicine.
Please, sir, she's sick agin, an the
same way"
Mr.. IIighmind-''L have recently
been convinced OF the folly OF indis-
criminate giving, and | now distribute
by donations through the Business
Mems Charity Trust, organized for the
purpose of investigating each case.
left dollar with the secretary not Eve
minutes ago. Go to him, and tell your
story"
Mr. Highmind Gan hour late) J.
''Ah! Did you go to tho secretary, as
l directed?"
81 did, sir, an he gave INC "a five
cent piece wild hole in it,"
"EhP Is that ALP"
eyes, sir. / told him about your
dollar, but he said the other 80 cents
was kept for salaries an expenses."-
New York Weekly,
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-06-06
A Hearty Commitment.

Mrs. Magujness-"Phat's thin pic
turs in the paper, Milxe?"
Mibe-"Thim's Photographs av some
o. the New York. Boord av Alder
min"
Mrs. Maguinness examining them)
-"Moy, moy! Them's handsome
enough TO have been bourn in ould
Oirland. New York Weekly.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-06-06
The Attractive Ball Player.

at is now or never with me, Charley.
Delays are dangerous Mt this season OF
the year, and I've made up my mind
to propose to Miss Simpkins this very
evening""
Charley-Delays are dangerous!
What do you mean by that?
''Why, stupid, the bail season opens
pretty soon, and if | don't nail her now
she'll get mashed on ball player"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-06-06

The official report of police opera
lions in Ireland for the first three
months of the present year is an in
terestiIy document received at the
state department. Crime is classed
under thirty-eight heads, ranging
from murder to threats. Next to muir
der, in the opinion OF the official COM
piler, assaults on the police are con-
sidered the most heinous OF crimes,
and two instances were recorded in
three months. When one considers
the autocratic power of the police, the
cruel eviction practices, the searching
raids on homes, and other provoca-
tions, the moral restraint and patience
of the people is surprising. The rec
ord shows total of one hundred and
twenty live crimes. and seventy OF
these were sending threatening letters
and intimidation. 1t is doubtful if
there is another five million people on
.he globe that can show cleaner and
more creditable record than that
compiled by the political enemies o.
Ireland.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-06-06
The Value Of a Reputation.

"Why do you look so sad, Miss
Ethel?"
SISTER Helen is goiag to marry Tom
Barry"
1.-THE worthless young reprobate! No
wonder you are sad"
"Oh, it is not thPt. / wanted to mar
ry him myself. "-r life.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-06-06
Literally.

Policeman-What the dickens are
you throwing all that trash into the
alley for?
CitizeT-To get it out of the yard. of
course. Didn't the board OF health
isGue orders for all back yards to be
clcanedp
Policeman-Yes but they didn't
mean for. the order to be taken litter
ally Dies) .-Terre Haute Express
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-06-06

In the May number Of the forum
Elizabeth Stuart Phelphs says it is
an undecorated fact that if Jesus
Christ were to enter almost any Of
our influential churches to-day He
would be shown into the back gallery,
and that He could not obtain admission
to our parlors without q letter of in
PRODUCTION to our "sets"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-06-06

julius Goldschmidt OF Milwaukee,
who is going to Vienna as consul gen.
eral to Austria-Hungary, is one of the
leading representatives Of the German
population OF Wisconsin. He has al
ways been firm believer in the re-
publican party and refused to follow
Carl Shurz, when this gentleman left
the republicans to become mug
wump. Mr.. Goldschmidt was born in
Germany in 1847, but came to this
country when { lad nineteen years old
and settI u in Milwaukee, where he
soon made his fortune, gaining at the
same time the esteem OF his fellow
citizens. He is possessed of fine eXecu-
tive and business ability, and his active
management OF the Brand Stove COM
pany of which he is vice president,
has made it one OF the most successful
of its kind in the northwest. AS con-
sui general he is at the head of our
consular staff in Austria, and he will
no doubt make an efficient govern
ment agent, contributing his share to
the development of trade between
Austria and the United States.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-06-06

"For the present." says Postmaster
General Wanamaker, referring to the
proposed reduction of postage to one
cent, II prefer to conduct the business
OF the department on the principle of
the sleeping car companies, not to re-
duce the rate but to improve the SER
vice" That's all right. Let the i'm
provement proceed, for there's GER
tainly a need of it.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-06-06

Minnesota is trying to enforce law
making drunkenness a crime. Artful
dodgers who have been escaping the
penalty for their misdeeds under ex-
.cuse OF drunkenness will have to emil
CRATE.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-06-06

Gladstone has refused an offer o!
$25, 900 for the writing OF twenty-five
articles for a newspaper syndicate,
saying that he has reached an age
when the energies do not wax, but
rane, and cannot undertake sustain ed
work. He may have thought, al
though he did not say, that he owes all
that Providence has left him to the
comprising of greater end than
money getting.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-06-06

The Argentine Republic is possessed
with the spirit of enterprise. Buenos
Ayres is expanding 500, 100000 on its
port, and the largest ocean steamers
which were previously compelled to
anchor twelve miles away, can now
load and unload at the city's margin
in twenty-five feet Of water. Statistics
show that nearly 10000 steam vessels,
aggregating 100000 tons, entered
the ports of the Argentine Republic
last year, and, to the people of this
country, the humiliating feature is
that there was not one merchant YES
eel flying the flag of the United States.