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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-16
The Oldest Twins.

The Oldest living twins in the United
States were born in this century in
Philadelphia county. Their names are
John and Samuel Nice, and they bean.
such resemblance TO each other that it
is almost impossible to distinguish
them apart. One resides in German
town and the other in Jenkintown.
They were born on May II, 1905. They
both learned cabnet-making, and in
1928 they opened an undertaker's
establishment at the corner OF Main
street and Washington avenue, Ger
mantown, and remained there until tho
close of the civil war. They have
long since retired from active business
pursuits.
Both men have married twice, both
are widowers and each has the same
number of descendants. Within the
past few years they have become quite
deaf. They enjoy comparatively good
health, and are as active as men in the
prime of life. Neither has ever used
tobacco in any form or tasted of liquor.
This, they claim, is the cause of their
long life. Besides being the oldest
twins they believe that they are the
Oldest undertakers in the country and
to have owned the Oldest burial
establishment in the United St1tes. it
dating back TO 1869. --Philadelphia
Record
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-16
SINGING in the Home.

Cultivate singing in your family.
Begin when the child is not yet three
years old The songs and hymns your
childhood sang-bring them back to
your memory and teach them to your
little ones; mix them together, to meet
the varying moods that in after life
como over us so mysteriously some.
times.
Many time and oft, in the weary
whrl of life. some little thing will
wake up the memories of early youth,
and VIC almost see again the ruddy
cheeks, the smiling faces, and the
merry eyes of the schoolmates, some
gray-headed now; some mouldering in
the grave; and anon, 1.-The song my
mother sang" springs unbidden TO our
lips, and soothes and sweetens all these
memories.
At other times, among the crushing
mishaps of business, II merry ditty OF
the olden time pops out its little head,
breaks in upon the train of thought,
throws the mind into another channel,
and light breaks from the cloud in the
sky, and new courage is given to us.
The honest man goes singing to his
work; and when the days labor is done,
his tools aside. and he is on his way
home, where wife and tidy table and
CHEEKY fireside await him, lie cannot
help whistling or singing. daughters
of America.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-16
THE sCRIeBLIN0 FEVER.
Manuscripts for Magazines Greats
err Than the Demand.


The managers Of Lippincott's Maga-
zine have, it is said, sent out circular
TO contributors, announcing that they
have already on hand manuscripts
enough to supply that periodical for
more than three years. This state
ment, If true, will carry sorrow TO in
Vulnerable hearts, for each year it be-
comes more literally true Chat every
body writes. The actual number Of
manuscripts really used by any maya
zine in year cannot, as anybody may
sec who will reflect moment, rise
above five or six dozen; but this small
number contains infinite possibilities
for the eye of the great race of maya
zine writers.
We are continually told that there
should be new channels opened through
which literary folk could dispose OF
their wares; but in the first place, the
supply is pretty nearly infinite, and in
the second place, every fresh effort to
provide for the old writer's calls into
DtlilB a nO5b VI new ones. Inc ulStdSc
of scribbling grows by what it feeds
upon, until there is danger that we be-
come nation of scribblers, than which,
perhaps, no greater misfortune can be-
fall literature.
Writing is, to be sure, safety-valve
by means of which our super-nervous
people vent their excitement and bring
themselves down TO working level,
and on this ground should, perhaps, be
encouraged. But even of this good
thing there is danger lest we get too
much. There is, of course, no way out
of the danger but to leave time to
bring about the inevitable reaction,
and to restore people to Il more com
nonsense view of the whole matter.
OF course the Overcrowding of the
magazine offices with manuscripts is
discouraging, but the genuine discour-
agement will come from a realization
of the fact that with all the magazines
in the country receiving manuscripts
ut their usual rate, the supply at pre-
sent produced would still be far in adj
vance Of the demand. Boston Courier
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-16
The Great Baptist University.

That big university to be endowed by
a pious New Yorker in the interest of
religion and letters may come to Chica-
go afterall. BUTT isn't to represent an
endowment of $40, OO0,O 900, or anything
like that sum. The gentleman who has
this muniicent gift in his mind is men,
Der of the Baptist denomination, and
the occasion of the Baptist anaiver-
saries to take place at Boston early next
May will be utilized as the best oppor-
tunity to bring the matter into detinit 6
shape. The members of the provisional
committee to arrange ways and means
for the erection of a Baptist university
at Morgan Park will go to Boston with
the strongest possible backing and at
the anniversary meeting of the National
Educational society of that denomina-
ton the entire matter OF education in the
west will be taken up and thorou ghly
ventilated. The promoters of the en-
terprise for the new university have
strong hopes that they will not only re-
ceive cordial support from the donom-
ination at large but that they will be
able to return we st with a financial guar
anty which, while far shorto of 100000
600, will nevertheless be sufficient to in
sure the establishment of really great
institution. Chicago Times.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-16
A Wild Romance.
Absurdities of Conventional Funerals

Absurdities Of Conventional Funerals.
Miss Kate Sanborn writes to the
New York Tribune to protest against
some of the absurdities OF conventional
funerals. She says: When an old club
man and sport, blase rounder, worn
out with dissipation and excuses,
gives Up the ghost Eigh-priced quar-
tet secured for the occasion MARBLES
Nearer, Ny God, to Thee bursting
into triumphal climax at the close as
if eXulting over the victorious release
OF some noble saint; or Abide with Me-
is selected, or Lead, Kindly Light
which is audaciously blasphemous
under the circumstances. Mourning
garb is often grateful protection from
publicity, but TO what q conventional
climax even this is now carried. If
really prosprated by grief how are we
TO be expected TO stand up TO be fitted
for gowns, wraps, bonnets OF the latest
style, and the appropriate depth OF woe
and added trial for aching head,
weary feet, and sorrowing hearth Oft
en- the best lessons TO be gained from
affection are lost in n mass of Grape,
and what hypocrisy is sometimes
smothered beneath its fold.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-16
Too Big a Job.

Foreign Count-"You are a society
man, and you are poor Twill pay you
a large sum if you will introduce me
to rich and beautiful American girl,
and / succeed in marrying her."
Society Man (meditatively) -"Um
i can introduce you to plenty of
rich girls and plenty of beautiful girls;
but-but to find you girl who is both
rich and beautiful think, sir, you had
better apply TO Pinkerton's Detective
Agency. New York Weekly.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-16
Against Smoking.

In the October number of tho Young
Man, in answering the question "Shall
We Smoker" DIR. Oliver Wendell
Holmes replies, Certainly not. Smok-
ing is liable TO injure the sight, to
render the nerves unsteady, to enfeeble
the will, and enslave the nature TO an
imperious habit, likely to stand in the
way of duty to 9 performed.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-16
A Method in His Applause.

In Kanses City theatre. Visitor
(to usher)--"That MAI back there
must be enjoying the play. never
saw anybody applaud with more en-
thusiasm. Who is he, any way?"
Usher-"The manager of the COM
pany that's playing. "-Arkansaw
Traveller
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-16

The New York and Michigan salt
companies have sent representative
to England to negotiate with the En-
glish salt trust for the means to per-
feet a similar organization in this
country. The proposition is to give
English capitalists a large interest in
the American companies, thus des-
troying, or at best reducing to mini
mum foreign competition. 1t is sail
that the preliminary details OF this
monopoly have already been agreed
upon, and it is safe to predict that n
a few months the price OF salt viii
be materially advanced.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-16
eminent.

On the authority of recent scientific
experiments, DR.. Hudson of Stockton,
Cal, controverts the popular opinion
that whisky is an antidote to rattle.
snake bite. The virus, after being
mixed with alcohol, was injected into
the veins of animals, and its power
was found to be undiminished. Whisky
administered to a person poisoned by
snake-bite may be useful in sustaining
the tagging powers while the poison
is being eliminated by the cxcretory
organs, but it does not in any manner
neutralize its effects.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-16

No better evidence of the fact that
prohibition does not prohibit is
needed than is supplied by the
internal revenue statistics in
regard TO the liquor traffic in Kansas
These statistics show that in 1881, the
last year OF license in that state, the
number OF tax stamps issued to liquor
dealers was less than nineteen hun
dred, while in 1887 the number was
nearly three thousand, there havin ,
been steady annual increase FROM
the second year of prohibition. 1888.
To the most ardent prohibitionist
these figures show that there has been
more drinking since than before pro-
hibition, except during the first year
of that policy. Figures are indisput-
able, and show that in Kansas at least,
prohibition has been good thing only
for the revenues of the general gov
eminent.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-16

the old boyish days when he first came
wooing you
God bless the big boys OF all homes,
and preserve them to those homes
Harllley Harker, in New York Weekly.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-16

The lady whose portrait will be
found above is the wife Of the Presi-
dents private secretary and, according
to all accounts a very agreeable lady.
She has been married about nineteen
years and has one child, n daughter,
seventeen years old. The position
which her husband occupies, also
gives to her certain prominence in
society as she is of course brought in
To close personal contact with the
Presidential family. All the world
knows how well the Lamont family
stood in the estimation of society, and
the Halfords, or rather Mrs. Halford,
will no doubt also play conspicuous
role in the social life of Washington.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-08-02

cent cigars daily their sons may be counted
upon TO smoke as many 0ne-cent cigarettes.
Like father, like son. 1t Is good example,
not prohibition, that is wanted in this mat
ter.-New York Graphic.
EXCESSIVE railroad building, paralleling
and stock-wateringh have brought about the
present bad condition of the railroad busi-
ness. Like blunders and abuses would
cause trouble in any other business. and
the legitimate consequences Of fraud and
folly.-Chicago Tribune.
If England wants to share in the work of
protecting the seal from destruction. there
can be no objection to coming to some
agreement with her. But until other ar
rangements are made the seal must DE pro-
tected. and the government is doing lust
right in carrying out the instructions of
Congress and in adhering to the claims we
have set up In the past.-Philadelphia
Press.
The French copper syndicate had at
command many millions of capital, but a
shrinkage of quarter in the worlds con-
sumption of copper broke down the combi-
nation in year. Any American can, with
out serious deprivation, cut down his pur-
chases of sugar more than q tenth hut q
shrinkage in consumption to that extent
would soon put the Sugar Trust into diff
culties.-New York Tribune.
THE progress of republican ideas in Great
Britain is gagged by the action of Parlia-
ment in the matter of the royal grants.
shows the constant growth of republican
sentiment. The mOnarchists are largely In
the majority as yet, but there seems to be
no reason to change the prediction made
years ago that Edward VII will be the last
King of England.-Philadelphi Inquirer.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-08-02
COMMENT AND OPINION.

MAINTAIN the tariff on sugar till the
teeming acres of the West supply the de-
ficiency of the cane-sugar products of the
South by myriads of tons of beet sugar. and
the great American Sugar Trust will die ill.,
continently. Inter Ocean.
THE kind of stupidity and folly which
offers TO the impOstor who comes in the
name of religion, no matter how absurd
may be his professions. fruitful field to
work upon, is unfortunately not confined
to any particular variety of the human
race-Mlwaukee Sentinel.
WHEN the higher offices of the public
seryice--the pOstmastersnips and collector
ships in our large cities-sball also cease to
be the rewards of party activity, the public
will have confidence in the impartial ad-
ministration of the civil-service law, and
not till then.-Philadelphi Record.
SLAVERY was trust, and its effect was
to give the Shareholders absolute control of
the labor and products, as we'll as the
sentiment and conscience, of the South;
but way was found to smash it at last.
Notwithstanding the determined resistance
of the Democrats. North and South.-St.
Louis Globe-DemOcrat.
The temperate use of tobacco by men
would lead to the same restrictions on youth,
but as long az fathers smoke FIVE and ten
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-08-02
PLYMOUTH COLONY.
How the Pilgrims Left England and Estab
lished Themselves I'm America.

How the Pilgrims Left England and Estab-
lished Themselves I'm America.
New York World
In 1905 the PILGRIMS who later landed at
Plymouth, left their homes in the vicinity
of Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England, to
escape religious oppression. and went to
Amsterdam, Holland. One year later they
removed to the town Of Leyden, twenty
two miles from Amsterdam. Here they re-
manned, ably sustaining public worship in
accordance with their own ideas until
July q, 1920 when they embarked from
Delft Haven in the Speedwell, sixty-ton
vessel, for the port of Southampton.
England. The Speedwell joined the May
flower, a craft OF 40 tons, at this place. and
on Aug. 10, 1920. the two vessels. freighted
with Pilgrim emigrants. sailed for America.
After being four days at sea the Speed
well was reported to be leaking. Both
vessels returned and put into Dartmouth.
Sept. another start was made, but when
500 miles from shore Capt. Reynolds AGAR
announced that the Speedwell was leaking,
and once more the vessels returned to Eng
land, this time putting into the port OF
Plymouth. The date of their arrival there
is not known, but after twelve of the
Speedwelrs Passengers had been trans
returning to their homes, the latter ship,
on Sept 16, again sailed for America, the
Speedwell remaining behind.
One hundred and two persons In all sailed
in the Mayfower. The following is a list
of their names:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-08-02
THE PRESIDENTS COMING VISIT.

1t is now reasonably certain that Pres
ident Harrison will attend the soldiers
monument cornerstone laying, on the
ED inst. He is shaping his engagements
to that end, and will come if something
unforeseen does not occur to prevent.
Even without his presence the occasion
would be a notable one, but his coming
will make it peculiarly so. The monu-
ment will be the first of its kind to be
built in this country, and will be essen
TALLY State work. 1t will be distin-
guished as a work of art and source of
pride to all Indianians. The corner
stone laying will be an event of peculiar
interest to old soldiers and to all who
share or sympathize with them in the
memories of the war. The attendance
of the President will add in every way
to the interest of the occasion. 1t will
be his first trip West since his inaugur-
alton, and, of course, his first visit to his
old home. He will come in his official
capacity as the Nations chief executive
to give the approval of his presence to
this notable expression of gratitude to
the Nations defenders. The people of
Indiana, and especially of Indianapolis,
should unite in showing honor to the
President. When President Cleveland
came here the town put on holiday at
tire and the people, irrespectiveO of party,
united in doing honor to the head of the
government. 1t should be so when
President Harrison comes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-08-02

THE chairman of the Democratic COM
mittee in Fayette county, Kentucky,
where Lexington is situated, has issued
a circular warning Democrats that there
is great danger that Captain Sharp,
Democratic candidate for State Treas
urer, will lose the county in the ap-
preaching election. AS that is Captain
Sharp's home, the situation is peculiarly
distressing. The chairman says: "The
spectacle of man (and particularly such
A gallant Democrat as Steve Sharp, as
piring TO the Office of Treasurer of the
State, and yet losing his own county to
the Republicans, would surely be morti-
flying to Captain Sharp's friends and to
the Democrats of the county, No
doubt. The danger is attributed to
Democratic apathy" a convenient eu-
phemism, which means that Kentucky
Democracy has run to seed. The fact is,
the Tate defalcation has led a great
many sensible Democrats to think it is
about time for a new deal in State
affairs.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-08-02

To the Editor Of the Indianapolis Journal
What are the present boundaries, geo graphy,
history, etc., of the Congo Free Statef
ANDERSON, Ind M.v.F.
The Congo Free State originated in a
suggestion of the Belgian Society of
African Exploration. which was encouraged
by the King of the Belgians, and by ex-
plorer Stanley. Its object was to open the
upper Congo country to trade, to prevent
its annexation by European powers, and to
oppose the slave trade. 1t would take too
long to relate the various steps and pro-
cesses through which the project matured.
1t was finally recognized by different
European governments, by the United
States government, and by an AT
rican conference at Berlin, in which
nearly all the governments of Europe were
represented. This conference virtually es-
tablished form of government for the
free state. This was in 1884. King Leo
pold, of Belgium, is the head of the govern
ment, which is now fairly well established.
The state embraces strip on the north
bank of the Congo from the mouth of the
river to Manyanga. Its area is estimated
at Lose. 200 square miles. and its population
at 100000. The creation and establish
ment of this state has been one of the most
interesting incidents of recent history.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-08-02

THE last Legislature appropriated
$4,000 to defray the expenses of series
of farmers institutes, to be held
throughout the State, under the super
vision of the faculty of Purdue Univers-
ity, ''for the purpose of giving farmers
and others interested therein instruc-
tons in agriculture, horticulture, agri-
cultural chemistry and economic ento-
mclogy.n 1t is rumored that ex-Gov-
ernor Gray is trying to have tariff reform
added to the subjects to be taught. II
seems incredible that he would attempt
to manipulate the Institutes for political
purposes, but it would be quite in keep
ing with his methods. He will bear
watching all the time.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-08-02
THE MAYFLOWER PILGRIMS
Dedication ola Monument to Those Who
First Set Foot on Plymouth Rock.
Ceremonies and Addresses by Prominent Per.
sons-Ups and Downs Of the Pilgrim Fathers
During Their Existence as Colony.
THE DEDICATION.

Masonic Ceremonies at the Monument-Ad-
dresses and Poems by Distinguished People.
PLYMOUTH, Mass, Aug. 1.-The grand
national monument in honor of the Pilgrims
was dedicated to-day. The sons and daugh-
tiers of Plymouth were here in great num-
bers. also visitors from far and near. The
weather of the early morning was unpro-
pitious. 1t was necessary to view the pa
rade from beneath umbrellas. The cele-
bration began az sunrise with a salute from
a battery and the ringing of bells. The
morning trains brought vast numbers of
strangers, and great throng surrounded
the new monument at $50. when the dedi-
catory exercises were carried out by the
Masonic Grand Lodge according to the ritual
of their order. These exercises were very
interesting. The band rendered a
choral by John X. Paine, following
which the song of praise written by
Thomas Power was sung by the Temple
Quartet. Following the song came the adj
dress of the president of the Pilgrim So
ciety, Ex-Governor Long; the response Of
the grand master. Henry Endicott; procla-
nation by the grand marshal. George III.
Rhodes; reading of Scripture selections by
a.
ner; prayer by the grand chaplain; report
on the examination of the monument. and
a libation of corn and wine by the junior
and senior grand wardens, respectively.
The libation of oil by Deputy Grand
Master Samuel Wells was followed by the
invocation by the grand chaplain. Grand
Master Endicott then delivered an address.
The assembly then sung an appropriate
closing hymn by Thomas Power to the
tune of America" The exercises con-
cluded with proclamation by the grand
marshal, benediction by the grand chap
lain and the Pilgrim chorus by the band.
Meantime the procession had been FORM
ing, and at IL o'clock moved over the ex-
tensive route in seven divisions. At the
completion of the parade. the officers and
members of the Pilgrim Society, with tho
orator. poet and invited guests, took their
places In the great dining tent and the feast
provided for the occasion was discussed
for an hour.
Governor Long, the chairman. introduced
the orator of the day. Congressman Breck-
lnridge, of Kentucky. Mr.. Breckinridge
arose. and. amid appreciative applause, be-
gan his grafton. 1t was q lengthy and
scholarly address on the hardships en-
countered by the Pilgrim fathers, and the
good resulting FROM the wise but strict
the address John Boyle O'Reilly, the poet
OF the occasion, was introduced. and read
his poem, 1.-THE Pilgrim Fathers After
the reading of the poem addresses were
made by Acknowledgements Brackett. on
behalf of the State; George +. Hoar. Hon.
Hon. +. A. Morse Hon. VIM. L. Davis, Hon.
Frederick L. Halge and others.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-08-02

WITHIN the past few years Irish lead
ers have had ample reason to doubt the
trustworthiness of the government
mails, so far as theirown correspondence
was concerned. Many important letters
and documents have been 'lostr in
transit, and many movement of the OPP
position has, according to all accounts,
been based on information that could
only have been obtained surreptitiously.
The Irish charge that this course is sane
toned by the British government has
not been proved, but indications are that
high officials have not been unwilling to
profit by the acts of superserviceable
postal employees willing 10 tamper with
private mail. A letter to the Lord
Mayor of Dublin bearing the stamp of
the executive mansion at Washington
was too tempting to the curiosity of