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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-17
B0ulanger Onre More.

Paris correspondents of London papers
have been furnishing good deal of sensa-
tional stuff lately. The alleged news flowing
from these sources must be taken with pre-
cautionary salt. The alarmistis abroad in the
land. He is Boulangist. In hisprofessed
opinion things are rapidly going to dectrur-
ton, and only one way remains to prevent
chaos-exalt Gen. Boulanger. When the
facts are calmly considered the purpose of
all this uproar, its origin and its absurdity,
are quite apparent Boulanger is the only
hope Of the reactionists. The plot to dis
credit the government, bring it into Disgrace
and overthrow the republic canonly succeed
under the guise of q reform" crusade led
by glittering demogogue. All the foes of
republcanisn are therefore bowling for
Boulanger and furioUsly snorting about "a
conspiracy TO suppress him which has no
existence outside of their own fertile brains.
lncompetency, tyranny, extravaganza and
corruption are among the general charges
made against the present administration.
They come from the revolutionary gang.
We do not fancy that France is in bad
way. When Boulangerism dies, as il win,
though too slowly, the republic will DO re-
leved of its greatest emparTassment Other
obstacles and problems are far less serious
than those which confronted the French re-
public dozen years ago.-Cincinnati
Times
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-17
Found Pirate Treasure.

James NJ. Eddy of Providence, II. l.,
has been digging for Capt. ID treas
ure, and t rned up an iron kettle full of
span sh silver coins on he beach adj DIN
ing his farm Cpposi the sumuer les TT,
WestpOIt
He denies that his grandfather ever had
anything TO do with pirates, or that his
father ever told him OF the buried treas
ure. IL sail that two ears ago h be-
came the pOssessor OF a piece Of parch-
ment that al parent had served a. a
drum head, an which had been nve t.
ed into chart purporting o describe the
10 a,ion of three lots OF burr gold 81 eE
and o.her vel IableS cached by pirate
man years ago.
lie declares t will be an easy matter TO
find the rest OF the wealth. Tne of he
two undiscovered treasures Is st ted n
the chart to be sold coin and the O her
d anon Is or .ewelry. The unearthed
treasure, Mr.. Eddy says, will stay where
1t Is until he cts ready to secure II. 7 he
da es on The silver ranged from 1871 10
l 81, showing that ii is not part Of
Capt Kids lOng-souGht tieasur Mr..
Eddy will not tell his theory, but says it
is pila treasure.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-17
To strairhten the Missouri River.

General McCook OF Fort Leavenworth IL
considering plan for the Improvement OF
the Missouri River at the fort, and tho con-
sequept salvage Of thousands of acres Of
bottom land lying opposite Loavenworth
Just above the fort the river makes o
straight eastern bend of over q mile and
quarter, and turning south and west again
makes q gigantic turn, like capital u. The
Missouri side of this bend has been badly
cut for years. Acre after acre Of valuable
land has fallen into tho river. General
McCook win ask permission Of the secretary
Of war TO use the p -ison labor TO cut canal
at the base of the bend. He estimates that
with the use of the military convicts he can
in two months open up this canal 70 depth
of ten feet and that tits, with tho aid Of
the spring foods, win straighten out tho
course of the river. The work will be Of In
calculable benefit q! ~avenworth.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-17
A Sovereipn.

A young man with the breezy air and
the pure, fresh odors o. lawn and hillside
about his vernal CURE came to town fri
d morning and, growing aveary about
noon, chased va rant circus an three
quarters of a mile before he caught it,
and then the door was locked and he
coul n get in. brace up, turned
the badge of his marching club out where
all nigh see IL, ID said at the prOu
and naughty, the pam cred darlingS Of
fortune, the princes and kings and the
mighty ones of earth might ride in str ct
cars IL the wishe 1t, but 'or h IN, he was
free-born and would walk the ear h erect
as one who trOd his own dom In and paid
tribute TO no man, all, ha Md so sa iny,
he wrapped the drapery OF the dewalk
abo { him and lay down to dreamless
dreams -BuIdette.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-17

or two hundred year. should DO The
first TO ote for redistribution of all cap
ital. our play, rgis.
We'll, | am afrai must wish You
good night. Jack said Mrs. Atwood; 'it
Is getting Late. Mind you 81 Q US a call
again, very soon;' and with bow TO
Captain 'turgis, who rose mo politely to
open the door, and pat on the shoulder
( her husband. she left the room.
1t was nearly twelve o'clock, and George
Atwood began to think that his luck was
ne rly good enough I r one night. lie
had won five or six pounds, which, not
withstandng his indebtedness to Sturgis
for much larger sum, he had no hesta-
ton In p0cketlng.
suppose we have glass of grog and
a'smoke, he remarkeI 4; II have had q
rather long da of it and am bit tired. :"
''By all means" replied Sturg!s, help
ing himself to the whisky. SO you GO
in for ocialism. Mr. Delaney | have
always been rather curious TO see real
Socialist, and should like TO hear some of
your ideas on the sub ect. 4"
Not tonight, for goodness sake, :"
said Atwood, laughingly. 'Jack is u
good boy, but you must not stir him up
with a long poe. If you once make him
mount his hobby-horse you won't get to
bed unit daylight "
''Well, come Ound TO my rooms some
night What are you doing tomorrow?
% morrow will suit me. Smoke pipe,
and so on.
'All right, will, returned Atwood,
''and bring clancy with me. Tou shall
come and dine with me, Jack, and we will
go and look up Captain Sturgis alter
ward;' and George Atwood jingled his
winnings in his trousers pocket as he
spoke
Captain Sturzis and John Delaney very
soon took their departure Both tAe r
ways Law for some little distance in the
same direction.
"A pleasant-mannered man." thought
Jack, as his companion, having a.led
passing cab wished him good night. III
wonder what there is about him that
makes me dread him so? | felt tonight,
when l rSt saw him, as IL ! had met my
fate. What can 1t be- Pah am not
we'll! This wretched cold has made me
fanciful and ner Gus.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-17
Tho Presidential Tnrm.

We have no sympathy with the effort 10,
extend the term Of the presidential office. It
is long enough for q republican government.
While we do not shorten the term 70 the
one year which was the term of the Roman
consulate, we would not regard it as a safe
change of the constitution to increase it to
six years, or any term longer than tho al
ready prescribed four years.
But we do believe that it would be good
and safe change to cut or a second term,
leaving but one term 10 each incumbent.
Let no man in that great Office have any mo-
tive to shape his policy to gain support for
another term. There are plenty OF mon i'm
the country who are competent to admins
ter the general government. Let the honor
circulate. The idea that one man is essen
tial TO the preservation Of the commonwealth
is an error which should not be countenanced.
1t is not good republican doctrine. Let us
have one term to each presidentelect, and
no more; and let US have that in the cOnsti-
tuition. so that there shall DO no question
about il.
The repetition of consulships was what
ruined Rome. It ran into dictatorship, for
limited time, and then into an empire In
France the same process was experienced,
and ended in the empire. Their pres dentiAf
term is too long now, and that 10 tho chief
danger 10 the republic
The danger from the frequency OF cleo
tons is small, compared With the danger
from long continued personal political pow
er, either by very long term or by re-elec
tons.
We have no reference in our remarks TO
the term of our presidentelect He has as
good a rieht 10 a second term az any OF his
predecessors, and if the constitution should
not be amended in that respect, restrictinga
president 10 one term, he may have lust
term But whenever the effort shall he
made TO limit the Office to one term we are
ready to support il as a safe and whole
some amendment Cincinnati Times
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-17

young olanes rs weak, selfish
disposition seemed TO be attracted wi h
out his being aware OF HE ac, by the
very opposite qualities VIII ch Jack pes
cssed.
''if he were not such COMPOUNDED
young R'dical Thought George often
times, ''he might be ONE almost anything
he liked TO try his hand at
If "oln delaney had been born the son
OF rich man, no do bit he would ha o
become great philanthropist. AS 1t was
he had all the desire and ambition TO be-
come one, but not having siXpence
wherewith TO bless himself, his philan-
thropy had taken the form of windy talk
and agitation.
TO BE CONTINUED.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-17
a LESSON IN GEOGRAPHY.

Snow, what is q lakel
You will none of you mako
In a question so easy as this mistake"
And quickly went up every hand.
But never youngster could certainly tell,
Although very sure he had studied il well,
Whether lakes were of water or land.
Alas and alas
That IT should quickly pass
To Pat, at the foot of the class.
He waited triumphant, demurc.
"A lake, thin, is what you'd be askin o. me
A lake, is il what in the wurld would il be
But hole in the tay kittle, sureP'
Sidney Dare.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-17
TO BE CONTINUED.
LIYu DOCS LONG JOURNEY.

New York Chinamen's Preparations to
Make ~ Pleasant.
In the rear of the undertaking es' abllsh-
ment o. 81 Mott street, \. l., the other
morning was presented a strange scene.
Cinnamon. mus cas- and inquisiti, e per
sons OF all nalIonalties ard cree 10 moved
about the dJmly Ugh place ard were
kept In order by half dozen policemen.
The wooden cell ng was hung in black
and white and curi0usy cut draperies OF
plain black ornamented The walls. Necr
the farther end of the room on black
covered dias was caslSet which con ned
the embalme rema ns f Ii IL l. 90. the
general of the Black rlagS. The recepta-
Gle was of red cedar covered with broad
clio h, and the trimmings were of solid
silver a plate on the top read:
Ii Iu Loo.
Died Oct. 10, 1883,
Aged 81 wears.
We meet on the level,
We part on the so are.
BY the side Of the Casket was q long
stick covered with elbow 81 Jth bearing
emDlema &c characters. Thi, was ~ serve
n a ladder upon which the dead general
was To uOunt TO he skies. OblOng pieces
of car board bearing hieroglyphics, were
scattered about the dead man head aud
shoulders. There were also playing cards
there, that the de- arted might pass away
the time pleasant, on his Journey heaV-
enNard. Two feet apart from each other
and in front Of thu casket ere three pine
tables. On the first were dishes of can
died fruit and piles of oranges The Sec
ond Ia lie almost gTOan under the Wright
OF roasted pig. On each side of the
porker were pillows OF chrysanthemuns
and peOnies. Tn the third Ia lie were
serN ell bowls of rice in which stood burn
ing osS sticks and sc era ordinary wax
candles. OhOpsucks an diminutlve tea
cups were laid OH tn other side OF the a
BILE. All that the sfirst and second tables
contained Will be placed on the grave Of
Gen. 90 hat he Il a no want for food
shOud lie awake.
About . o'clock a number of China
men began to dress themselves in lon :
muslin : was. Four of tnem were blue,
with white belts. The others four in
number, also donned SUPPLIES, with bla k
belts Thee were the relatives of the
dead man, and the peculiar costumes were
meant to indica O their great sorrow.
These chief mou-ners ranged themselves
along the side " the room and soon began
chanting wicTd song. Suddenl the
band started he dead march from saul
and contin ed playing for 10 minutes.
Meanwhile additional Oss site were
placed in the rice bowls and the Cinnamon
bowed low and chanted dirge.
Tie music at racted gr at crowds, and
Mott street for cons derable distance
was lined with people. Every wind W In
the ne ghUorhood was open, and heads
We're thrust from them. When the "Meli-
can music had ceased a chinese band
played a funeral march which was al
most deafening. This was cont nued,
with fire. uent inter- p ions to allow the
chief mourners time 10 make their de o.
tions, until o'clock, when the funeral
procession arted. from the undertake
ers the procession proceeded to vergreen
cemeter. where the intermept took place.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-17
The Proper Gamer.

IL you want to be fashionable this win
ter you most call a b. net 'posy, peak
of feminine walking shoes as boots, Of
rubber overshoes as 'goloshes and VI
rubber overcoats as ma kintoshes. Never
say dress, but always gown and always
say top coat instead OF overcoat.
IL you do not, you will be marked down
as plebeian and relegated to the ranks
OF those who have never crossed the big
pond and imbibed proper English ideas.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-17
The Pith Of Advertising.

Mr.. Don y. Nc onald, advertising
agent for one of the la gest business es-
Establishments In America expresses the
central truth of the scien of advertising
as follows
''Chancng criticism for egoiism | must
say that experience las salts ed me most
forcibly and fully that schemes prove
profitable only at very, very rare inter-
walls and that the best. most direct, and
most remunerati,e medium Afforded ad-
vertisers Is the newspapers
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-17
STRIVE QUIETLY.


o striving soul! strive quietly,
Whate'er thou art or dost;
Sweetest the strain when in the song
The singer has been lost;
Truest the work when it's the deed,
Not doer, counts for most.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-17


upon my word, said Jack. 81 think
that sound proposition. ink he
meant to make hon Irable treaty."
Every likely" admitted gorge At
wood; 'but our accommodation Is limited.
and we have no other room to spare for a
nursery. We can't rope the children up
every morning, that's very certain. He
can shift his p ano-l can shift my nur-
sery; so suppose the brute will go on
with h '.umpity-tum' till further orders. I"
'Call u Oh him, suggested Jack, 'and
settle your fIerences somehow. py-the-
by. who Is this Ca tain Sturgls whom we
are going to see tonight"
''oturg 8? h, no end of swell OTIS
Of money! He and are great chums.
Rather fast lot, you know but you don Z
Ilay, Jack, so that doesn't natter"
John Delaney was silent Much as he
liked Atwood for his kindness to him, he
could not help seeing his weaknesses. It
was strange that George Atwood
should have taken such a liking to
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-04-23
NEWS OF THE DAY.

1t is not yet known whether the new
census bureau comes under the Jurisdiction
of the civil service law.
Mr.. J. T. Odell, formerly with the Chesa-
peake aud Ohio, is mentioned as possible
general manager of the B. and o. railroad.
The steamer Persian Monarch has been
chartered by the Hon. W. F. Cody to take
over to Havre the entire Wild West show,
which is going to the Paris Exposition.
The Baltimore council committee on ways
and means yesterday reported 81 90 as the
tax rate, the democratic members objectiDg
to the appropriation for the new loans.
The proposed prohibition amendment to
the Massachusetts constitution was defeated
at the election in that State yesterday by q
majority which will probably reach So 0OO
Union soldiers who were discharged from
Office by the Cleveland administration com
plain, that because of advanced age and
civil service rules, they arc prevented from
getting back.
The League baseball championship season
will open tomorrow. the Philadelphia club
playing at Washington, the Boston at New
York, the Cleveland at indianapolis, and
the Chicago at Pit. sburg.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-04-23
VIRGINIA NEWS.

A E Frazier. well known citizen OF
Bedford county, committed suicide yester-
day by cutting his throat with knife.
Col. F. A. Armistoad, a native of Eau
quier county, died last week in the Central
Kentucky Lunatic Asylum, where he had
been confined for several months.
Thomas Mason, agsd - yenrs, son of G.
B. Mason, merchant, of Woodyille. Kappa
hammock county, was killed Saturday even
lag by the accidental discharge of q guc.
The report that discovery of gold has
been made in Franklin county, about eight
miles from Rocky Mount, is causing consid
cradle excitement in that immediate vicini-
ty. ia asserted that it is the richest fud
ever made in the State.
Cards are cut for the marriage of Miss
Florence CHARTERS, daughter of Mr.. y. \
Charters, and Mr.. John A. A!sop, to take
place on the 18Th proximo at Clifton, the
residence of the expectant brides father, in
Spotsylyania county.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-04-23

a STRANGE AFFAIR, -Monhimore Riley,
an old coored man, died yesterday evening
in South Washington from the effect of iu-
juries inflicted by some unknown ssssilants
on Sunday night. According to his own
statement before death he WAS assaulted by
three coored men near the corner of First
and L streets southwest. His throat was
cut and he was thrown into pond ofwater,
where he lay for several hours When be
recovered consciousness he dragged himself
to his home, in Aliens court, where he died
The only mark of violence that could be
found on him was deep cash in his throat
that seemed to have heen inflicted with a
knife. Three colored men have been arrest
ed for the crime.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-04-23

GEORGE WAsHINGToN's KINsMEN.-
Among the numerous letters which the New
York centennial committee has received
from persons claiming kinship with the fam
iIy OF George Washington is communica
ton from an acquaintance of Robert Wash
ingtop, who is a well known but modest
lawyer of Westmoreland county, Virginia
The author of the letter proves rather
conclusively that Mr. Washington is
much more closely related TO the Mount
Vernon family than some of those
who have received invitations from the com
mittee to be lheir. quests during the centen
NAL celebration. Bob Washington, as the
Westmorelaud country lawyer is Familiarity
known throughout the Northern Neck Of
Virginia, is regarded in that region as one
oil the nearest living descendants ofthe Wash
ington family. 1t is there claimed that he
is about Sd near the immortal George as q
great grand. ns pbew and it is, therefore, the
more surprising that the committee should
have overlooked him. Claimants, how
ever, ara bobbing up from every quarter,
and it is evident that the committee will be
unable to comply with therequests ofsll the
MISUNDERSTANDING
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-04-23
Letter from Occonuan.
Correspondents OF the Alexandris GAzI

Correspondence OF the hlexandris GAZETTE
OCCooUAN, Va, April 23.-Miss Maggie
Reese, handsome young woman of about
IS, whose parents came from the North
some months ago, settling near here, left her
home very suddenly last Wednesday, and
nothing further was seen or heard of her IN
til her return yesterday. She had been to
Washington and from thence came to Guam
tico. She gives no reasons for her exploit.
Two barges are now being loaded with
railroad ties for the North. About dozen
men are engaged in loading each OF these
boats.
The sale of the Lash place. on the Fairfax
side between here and the railroad, will
take place on Saturday next. 1t will be of.
fered at auction here by MIR. George w.
Hunter.
The schools have closed for the season.
Very little damage was done hereabouts
by the recent storm.
The Janney mill is doing good trade at
present. 1t is now patent roller MILL The
whole interior apparatus s of modern make.
Some talk is INDUCED in as to who shall
have the county Offices. They will he dem
ocrats at any rate.
The roads are now being worked in vari-
Gus portions of this part of the county. A
road machine is being used between here
and Woodbridge.
The trees are budding and blossoming,
the hawthorne, violets and forget-me-nois
are in foil bloom. and the falls give their
spring time roar.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-04-23
Foreign News.

STOCKHOLM. Apr % Princes Eugenie,
sister of the King, is dead. She was born
April "a, 1890.
BERLIN. Apr. 23.-The Emperor and En-
press have gone to Dresden to visit the King
of Saxony.
The Empress of Austria has arrived at
Wiesbsden, where she will undergo the
massage treatment
CAIRO. Apr. ga battalion of Egyptian
troops under command of the Governor Of
Suakim, and two gunboats have started for
Port Halaib, which was recently captured
by force of Soudanese. The object of the
expedition is to make an attempt to recap
ture the place.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-04-23
Fore yotcs.

The Gar, it is reported, is suffering from
extreme nervous excitement, being in con-
slant dread OF attempts upon his life.
It is said that ex King Milan has become
g monk of Jerusalem with u view to
eventually becoming Patriarch OF all the
Seryias.
The Duke of Edinburgh, commander in.
chief on the Mediterranean station, is pros.
trate from fever and is returning to Eog!and
on board the Alexandra.
IL is rumorei at London tba: the Times
Intends to pay g 0G0 in court az damages in
the snit brought by ParneIi, thus acknowl-
edeirg me libel and leaving the court TO de
eide the full amount Of damages.
The Pope celebrated mass in the consisto-
ry hall in Rome yesterday. Many strangers
were present at midday he received pre-
laies and others. At the coming consistory
he will create seven cardinals.
The riolng in connection with the strike
of the tram carmen was renewed at Vienna
Yesterday. The strikers attacked the cars
and succeeded in smashing many Of them.
The cavalry were again called out, and
charge was made upon the rioters, many of
whom we're wounded About one hundred
strikers were arrested.
A friend of Gen. Boulanger, who is in
London, declares that the immediate cause
of his seeking n foreign land was not so
much the political prosecution as the dis
covery of an official conspiracy against his
life. The friend says Boulanger was 70 have
been shot by the police in pretended effort
to prevent his recapture, and failing in that
was TO be condemned to death.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-04-23

6 y. m. of the same day We sailed from st.
Michae's with 1865 people from the Dan
marx. We had fine weather all the Way TO
Philadelphia, and a remarkably small
amount of sickness on board. We had plen-
ty to eat on tbs voyage from st. MlchaePs
here, having taken on supply atthat place
amply sufficient to last u.s."
Capt. Murrill was rendered reception in
Philadelphia this morning and was present
ed with q gold medal by the Pennsylvania
Humane Society, a sprig Of ivy which came
from Westminster Abbey, and beautifully
bound mioiature copy of the Constitution of
the Uoted S ates.