Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-02-28
OF all the numerous and varied COM

or all the numerous and varied COM
binations for controlling the product
ions OF the industries of the country.
mono has less reason to change its
character because OF public hostility,
than the whisky trust, Like other
organizations, it has not imposed an
additional burden upon the consumer.
but its gains have come out OF the
pockets OF the dealers. The retailer
may have had to adulterate more, but
the drinker, while his beverage may
have been not quite so strong. has had
to pay no more for it, For these rea-
sons there has been no such popular
antagonism to the whisky combine as
has been shown toward all other trusts.
Notwithstanding its immunity from
persecution" the whisky trust has
decided to change its character, not
because the business has not been sat
isfatorily successful, or that the man
ayers have not faith in this way of
doing business, but simply because
managers propose to stake time by
the forelock," and surrender graceful
ly, before compelled to do so by the
enforcement of the laws against such
organizations. Thus they acknowl-
edge that as combine" they have
no existence under the law, and SO far
confess the justice Of the public de-
mand for the suppression of all organi-
cations of that nature. So the whisky
trust is to be changed and placed on a
legal footing by Incorporating under
the laws. The method of doing bust
ness may not be materially changed,
but it will at least be formed in the
letter, if not in the spirit OF the law
to which it will hereafter be amenable.
Men who have travelled much in
Africa urge all intending missionaries
to acquire Come knowledge Of medi-
zine before they start, as they can add
much to their influence by ministering
to the needs of the physical nature.
There is diversity OF opinion, how
ever, among explorers, as to the value
of medical knowledge in helping
them through the country. One
gentleman who has recently re-
turned to England, says that on a
Journey from the Upper Niger to the
Gulf of Guinea, he found it extremely
difficult to try to cure the natives OF
their ailments. If he succeeded, he
was regarded as a sorcerer, and
looked upon with awe and fear, and
once or twice when his drugs failed he
barely escaped with his life. How
ever, in most regions the natives
think the successful white doctor is a
great and good man, who deserves to
be well treated, and many explorers
say they have seen the time when
their reputation as pill dispensers
was their only guarantee of safety.
Wyoming enjoys the distinction OF
being the only section of the country
where the right of suffrage is enjoyed
by both sexes, and there the women
have all the rights they want, and they
exercise them with decided effect.
Their influence is felt in the legisla-
ture. To the women belongs the
honor (P) of securing the introduction
in the legislature of a bill "to bring
both sexes into close, harmonious re-
lations." 1t is proposed to tax all
men over thirty years of age who are
not married; or in other words, make
the "lords OF creation" pay for the
privilege of being bachelors, Omar
ny. At present there are more men
than women in the territory, conse-
quently the measure will stimulate
immigration and create a lively fut-
ter among the retired maidens in the
east.
To the managers of the Peabody
Normal School of Nashville, Tenn,
belongs the honor of inaugurating an
admirable method of properly heating
and ventilating the class and study
rooms in that institution. The whole
matter is entrusted to a committee Of
students, whose duty it is to familiar