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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-29

OURS is government OF law, and its
liberty is the noblest freedom Of the
earth because it is conserved by law.
Such a government has no place and
no use for the vicious idler, the brutal
pauper or tho fugitive criminal from
Europe, and the time has come when
the law must assert its mastery over
the hundreds of thousands OF lawless
immigrants in our midst In this ef-
fort every honest American working
man. whether native born or natural
lied should heartily join. American
workingmen are the sovereigns OF the
republic; they are the custodians of the
priceless liberty we enjoy, and they
are most of all interested in resolutely
maintaining tho liberty of law.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-29
Won sro,,ks and Napoleon.

The Paris correspondent Of the
Times relates n hitherto unpublished
story about Count Won M)ltko. Dur
ing the counts visit TO the Paris ex-
position in 1867 with the emperor and
Prince Bismarck he dlned one day az
st. Cloud with Emperor Napoleon,
and In the talk after nner Napoleon
told Marshal Random, the minister OF
war. that Won Moltke claimed to be
able to fight tho French army with
the needle gun. Marshal Random
laughed al0u3 and in voice In which
all in the room could hear responded /:
Pardon me, general, but In spite OF
the high opinion l have of your
Judgment am unable to share your
belief"
After the departure OF Emperor
William Napoleon was so struck with
the words OF the tact,turn strategist
that he busted himself in overhauling
the equipment Of the French army,
the result being the adoption Of the
Chassepot gun. --Cincinnau Times.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-29
A Pension Dacision.

Assistant Secretary Busy has re-
verseI the decision OF the Commits
sioner OF Pensions on the appeal OF
Jane Nj. Smalley. now Greenhorn,
widow Of Richard I. Smalley, Co. i,
Goth Illinois. The record of the case
shows shat the so der was accident
ally wound ed by the Lieutenant OF his
company in 1862, and died in Janu-
airy. 1868, OF abscess OF the lungs,
wh.ch. according TO the medical tes-
timony, resulted as "a sequence OF the
wound. The Commissioner of PEN
sions rejected the claim on the ground
that the soldier was not in line OF
duty at the time no received the
wound; but the Assistant Secretary
In his opinion holds that. in the alb
sence OF proof to the contrary, it must
be assumed that he was in the per-
Torrance of his duty, as it was GUS
tommy for soldiers during the war to
go en- SHIRT expeditions. This decis-
ion is Ia Earmony with the line OF
procedents OF the Department.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-29
NOTHING NEW IN GAMES.
They are All Nearly as Old as the Oldest
Hhls.

Hhl5.
That there is nothing new under
tho sun" 10 aptly illustrated in the
games now in use in the civilized world.
With few exceptions they can be
traced back TO times of remote anti
guilty. and many games have existed
through centuries without material
change.
Kite-hying began in China centuries
ago, and it is still practised there most
extensively. Ball-playing has been a
universal custom all over the world.
The ancient Greeks, who delighted in
perfection in even the smallest thing
practised ball-tossing while dancing
with an accompaniment of music.
From this custom are derived the word
"ballad, ballet" and ball, mean
ing II dancing party.
Polo is an ancient Persian game
and it was played always on horse
back. The origin OF dice is not
known. but we find some form of the
game practised in every country. In
China five-sided nuts are used; the
EsQuimaux use pieces OF ivory cut in
the form of various animals. and
among the Indians deer bones are
used.
The game OF parcheesi is found in
India, asia and among the Aztecs of
New Mexico, Tittat-too is OF Chinese
origin and chess, OF which checkers is
4 low variety. was originated in India
TO illustrate in q game the ordinary
mode of warfare. The game as now
played in China and Japan is much
more complex than our own.
Jumping-rope and blindman's buff
are found all over the world, with an
infinite number of variations.
Lacrosse is an Indian game, and
whole villages took part in it. The
old English games of the most promi-
hence were boar-hunting and hawking.
These were succeeded in popularity by
cock-fghting. bull-baiting, sham bat
ties and skating, the skate being made
of deer bone.
Archery vas "a necessity more than n
recreation up 20 the time that firearms
were invented, but since then it has
been one Of the most popular sports.
Archery clubs, which had been kept
up continuously since tie time when
the soldiers we're armed with bows and
arrows, are III existence today in Eng
land
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-29
Grants Travels.

General Grant Travelled but little
while president going only now and
then to Long Branch or New York.
He started out on his trip around the
world however, just after he left the
white house, and no man has ever had
such tour as that OF his around the
world. All men.-all nations tried To
do him honor. He was received like a
king. and he formed IN intimate nc
quaintance with the greatest statesmen
tho world over. He came back to the
United States with many new ideas OF
government and had nc been re-elect-
cd president for a third term the coun-
try would have greatly profted by the
results of his experience and observa.
ton.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-29
Queer Pastures Of women.

Have you ever seen girl sit on her
footP heard ut Miss Chreiman's class
the other day, Cousin Madge tells Lon.
don Truth, thst it is favorite attitude
of the young women of the period.
She puts her foot upon the seat of q
chair and Immediately sits down on il,
the other serving as a prop and bal
ance, being firmly planted on the floor
When you come to think OF it very
wonderful arc the attitudes in which
girls often sio. Sometimes they win
screw up their knees until they almost
touch their noses, holding them tightly
around with clasped hands, while they
devour book perched upon the knees.
The position is highly insecure. The
slightest touch would knock them over.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-29

WHILE tho volume of desirable i'm
migration. including tho Saxons tho
Celts and Gauls, is decreasing, the
Latins Huns and Slavs are rapidly
multiplying in this country and arc
pouring in from Europe in an uninter-
rupted stream. These people with all
of their dangerous race traditions OF
blood and violence. innoculate the
body social and tho body polite in
America with the deadly virus which
has contaminated the European govern
ments furnishing this class of immi-
grants. The result is seen in the Malta;
In anarchy and socialism. which de-
mics the right of property. and in man
ifestations OF lawlessness. Those evils
are the logical outgrowth OF lenient
policy which admits, without question.
the refuse population of the Old World.
and extends hospitality without dis
elimination to the outcasts of Europa
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-29

The cruel persecution which the
car OF Russia is waging against
the Jews is disappointing to those who
had begun to hope that this autocrat
was going to become an enlightened
ruler. Instead Of this, he is placing
himself with such blind despots as
Louis the 14th, who in bigoted zeal for
creed inflicted an irreparable blow
on the strength Of his kingdom. We
suspect however that the car has not
even The poor excuse OF the fanatic
but is influenced solely by a mistaken
view Of state policy.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-29

DURING the past year there have
been, in round numbers, SO, 900 people
wounded and 1900 killed by the rail-
roads in the United States The rail-
road managers say that compared with
the number OF people transported. ii
Is a very small percentage. True, but
there have been as many killed and
wounded as would have resulted from
q summer campaign with an army OF
10000 on one side, In which as many
as ten pitched battles have been
fought. That would be very consid-
cradle OF n sensation from a newsman's
standpoint.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-29
How Polk WINS KILLED.

President Polk was killed by anxiety
and hard work. He was laid in his
grave by the Mexican war. In some
way he got the idea that the RESPONSE
bility for that war rested upon him.
He was conscience-strick and felt
himself responsible for the lives lost in
il. This feeling preyed upon him. and
the anxiety and hard work connected
with his position brought him to the
grave. When he entered the White
House he was young, straight black
haired and about fifty years Of age.
When he came out he was a stopped,
wrinkled old man, whose hair was
gray and whose step was feeble. lie
went back to Nashville and he died a
few months after he left the presi-
dency.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-29
LIVED ON 50 A YEAR.
The Methods OF Life OF nm Aged Mlser Of

Lislo.
The Widow Paret, 70 years old,
starved TO death in Lisle four weeks
ago. She left a fortune OF $l75, 600.
AS q thoroughbred miser she was with.
out rival. Twelve years ago when
her husband died, she had only a few
hundred dollars. She invested her
money judiciously, and set about get
ting more with unsurpassed energy.
Size sewed, begged. and did Il hard.
est manual labor whenever VA oppor.
tunity was offered to her.
Her savings were almost identical
with her earnings, for her living cost
her only 50 annually. She GO, her food
from the refuse heads at vegetable
markets and from the garbage OF hotels
and restaurants. She gathered the
Goals for her fire usually Gt the docks
where freight ships were loaded and
emptied. Every morning rain or sun,
she appeared at the wharies with her
coal basket on her arm. When unable
To fill her basket there size pilfered the
desired supply from nei ghboring coal
yards, and by this practice got herself
several times in the Lis.e police courts.
Last fall her only sol, an unsuccess-
full miser, died OF hunger, leaving one
child, n girl of sixteen years. This
young woman is ths sole heir OF the
fortune. She is orc of the frivolous
creatures of Lisle, and is said to be
making great preparations for the
speedy dissipation of her grandmoth.
ers hoard.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-29

Two meno OF Palmer5ville. Tenn. re-
Gently cut down tree. On the trunk,
about eight feet from the stump, was
q gnarl which covered little hollow
On cutting into the hollow, which had
been completely overgrown, they
found inside frog which was lifeless
but well preserved. By counting the
grains it was estimated that the tree
was at Least thirty years old. The
frog had been preserved for years in
his air tight home.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-29

NOTWITHSTANDING the supposed
preference Of English papers to unfay-
CRADLE criticism of American affairs ii
Is noticeable that even the most con-
sentative of her great papers, the
Times, and majority of others de-
nOunced the Maia ard defended the
people Of New Orleans even more
warmly than the most pronounced OF
the American press.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-29

RUSSIA does not carry on public
works on n small scale. She is about
to construct trans-Sioerian railroad.
which will be pushed TO speedy COM
pletion. When completed it will bO
A.785 miles long. How a road like
that must make tho American railway
magnate's mouth water. The pick
ings and stealings ought to make half
a dozon Goulds and Vanderbilts.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-29

PROBABLY the newspaper writer's in
Italy. England, Germany and France
who SO lightly referred to the 'fmper-
fections" of the United States constitu-
ton and tAe necessity for its amend
ment were hardly conscious of their
sublime impertinence, but there is rea-
son TO believe that they will presently
perceive their folly. t
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-29
InscrIptIon ON a snn ninl.

70 is said that not many years ago in
the temple was ~ sun dial with the
motto, "Begono about your business. y
and that this unususl inscription arose
from the builders man. calling &c
receive orders about il when the
bencher in charge was so busy that he
did not listen, but said. BE gone
about your business" which the man
took as his answer and forthwith en-
rraYed
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-29

In certain parts of Africa crickets
are said to constitute an article Of COM
merce. People rear them, FEED them
in confinement and sell them. The
natives are very fond of their music.
thinking that it induces sleep. Super
stitions regarding the cricket's chirp
are very varied. Some believe that ii
is ominous OF sorrow and evil, while
others consider it to be harbinger OF
JOY.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-29
EIn7n,nIfInd Pens.

A parcel which seemed to contain
dutiable goods was ta,-@- cut OF the
mail brought from Liverpool recently
and detained by the customs officials
at New York. Word was sent 10 the
person TO whom the parcel was ad-
dressed and he called at the customs
bureau in the postotfice. According to
the regulations he was required to
open the package on the spot. He
carefully undid the wrappings, and
disclosed TO view a number OF peas of
a peculiar purplish color. In his anx-
iety 10 examine them he dropped the
whole parcel on the floor. In a second
he was cropping on the floor looking for
the peas as eagerly as if they were
pearls or diamonds. After diligent
search OF half an hour the man found
twenty-three of the peas. thus leaving
one unaccounted for. He said they
had been sent to him by friend in
England, who, few years ago, had
found two or three peas in a cloth which
was wrapped around a mummy. He
had planted these peas, which were
undoubtedly 3, 900 5r 1000 years old,
ana had sent twenty-four of their pro-
duet TO his New York friend. The
man said that he intended to plant
them on his Long Island farm and
raise Egyptian peas in great numbers.
The peas Were not subject to duty.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-29

bridegroom. the girl would never havo
gone insane. But she had grown to
almost believe her story herself, and
being remarkably high-strung sensi-
tive being was as much affected by tho
denoument of her imaginary love
affair as she would have been were it
real. -
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-29

TaE memberships the universities
Is found to DO increasing from decade
to decade in a much larger ratio than
that of population, But the increas-
Ing membership OF the great school of
experience overshadows them all
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-29

THE time when the Mortimer raw
agedth coasts OF Great Britain, Ger
many and France IL called tho ''bar-
barrie age" These same nations now
shell the villages OF the helpless ma
tives of the South Pacific isles in the
name OF civilization 1t all depends
upon whose tiger is loose.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-29
To Be Entered.

1t is reported at Port Townsend that
eleven American scaling schooners
have gone TO Victoria. b. c., TO be en-
tered under the British flag and theirs
are three more on the way.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-05-29

The spacious armament IN high
With all the blue ethereal sky
And spgngled heav'ns. a shining frame,
Their Great Original proclaim.
In reasons ear they all rejoice
And utter forth gloriou. voice
Forever singing. NJ they shine,
The hand that made us Is divine.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-10-31
COURTS.

NHANCERY-Si 4th Monday in May and
II November; w. S. Bearden, Chancellor
j. C. Biles, Clerk.
OIRCUIT-Sits LIST Thurday after Second
u Monday in January and May, and Srd
Monday in September. NJ. D. smallman
Judge; W. V. Whitson, Attorney-General
l. w. Smith, Clerk.
OOUNTY-Sitsby quorum LIST Monday in
v every month; full court every quarter
f. NJ. Womack, Esq. Chairman; A. r
Hammer, Clerk.
OTHER COUNTY OFFICIALS. /
" Rheay, Sheriff; W. W. Mullican, Regis
ter; VIM. G. Ettet, Trustee and Tax Col
lector; John F, st. John, Tax Assessor
o. F. Bruster, Ranger; |. h. Rheay
Jailer; w. N. Mitchell, tySuperintend
ent of Public Instruction,
MUNICIPAL OFFICEBS--Mayor, w
NI C. Womack, Aldermen, Geo. W. Hood
enpyl, John b. Biles, /. W. Smith, }. &
Jones, Thos. Black, G. II. Scales; Recorder
l. W.. Smith: Treasurer, j. L, Jones; Mar
shal, II. p Maxwell.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-10-31
Mahoney's Cow.

Detroit News,
"Say, Pm the durndest fool out
side Of Canaday. Jest lift me one
for luck, will ye?" said old Farmer
Mahoney, as he climbed from his
wagon at the corner of State street
and Woodward avenue, and backed
up to patrolman, holding his coat
tails apart. Lam it to me. Pm a
fool"
whats the matter with you, old
man?" asked the officer, politely.
Pm fool, l tell ye."
"How so?
you know that brindle COW Of
mine? No? Well, she is the best
cow in Wayne county. Leastways
she was yesterday. This morning l
went out to feed the stock, and what
do you think l found?"
II can't even guess"
"Why, OF course not. Well, sir,
you may shear me for a sheep at a
shillin' a pound if that there brindle
COW want layin' by the barn with
her leg through the bridge, broke"
"What, the cows leg?
"Naw, the bridge. What do YOU
think / did ?"
81 couldn't say"
"Well, sir, it come into my head
that l could get that there COW up
and onto her legs by histing her with
the hay tackle. l got rope round
her, run it through the block in the
gable o. the barn, hitched horse
onto the other end, an there | was,
the all-flredest fool ye ever laid eyes
on in your born days"
81 don't see it. That looks to me
like a sensible scheme"
Cant seeit? Gosh all hemlOck
| kin. What in Sam Hill do you
s'pose happened then? What could
happen? A suckin' baby ought tC
know better" "a.
What did happen ~
Happen! Why, the minute
started the horse that there cusset
COW commenced to bl'at an heller an
the horse he run an yanked the COW
clean up to,the peak o. that barn, an
then the rope broke an down sh,
come, thirty,two feet in the clear, an
broke her neck. She's deader'n {
door nail, an | hain't been able t,
get within gunshot o. the horse since
He's rammin' around all over tn
back lots, actin as if he thought tn
day o. judgment had come an tn
devil wanted to ride him in the pro
cession." a.s
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-10-31
Typhoid Fever.

The New York World gives the
following instructive lesson regard
ing typhoid fever:
"There were siXty-nine cases of ty-
phoid fever reported in the city last
week This is Il greater number than
has been reported in any one week
for several years, but it affords no
grounds for serious alarm.
Typhoid is disease of the
Peyer's glands. These glands lie
along the Intestinal tract, and when
attacked by the typhoid fever germ
they become inflamed and liberated,
and if the disease is not checked
perforation Of the bowels and death
ensue.
"Tbe disease is due solely to the
presence of its specific germ in the
system at a time when the system is
not in condition to resist its baleful
action and cast it out. The germ
enters through the stomach, and
usually in drinking water. But food
exposed to an atmosphere where the
typhoid germs exist becomes inn
pregnated and transmits the disease.
"The time that elapses between the
lodgment of the germs in the system
and the appearance of the disease is
extremely variable and usually long.
Several weeks pass in almost all cases,
and several months in many, before
the disease appears. The presence
of typhoid in city, therefore, does
not reflect existing conditions, but
rather those to which the afflicted
ones have been exposed weeks or
months ago. t
1.-The majority Of typhoid cases in
New York every fhll-which is the
season of this diseases prevalence
are among persons who have passed
the summer in the country, and it is
well settled as scientific fact that
most of them are drawn fresh and
cool from the country wells. These
wells are fed by undergroun d
streams coming no man knows
whence. They are extremely apt tC
draw snme part of their supply from
unwholesOme places. Their waters
flowing underground, are filtered &c
extreme limpidity, but are not
cleansed from diseased germs by
aeration. Those who drink from
them make the matter worse by
taking the water fresh drawn for the
sake of its coolneSs.u t.l
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-10-31
CHURCHES.

Methodist-R j. I. Curry, pastor
Preaching every Sunday morning and
night. Sunday.school at $50 am. Pray
er meeting every Wednesday night.
Presbyterian-Rev. j. D. Murray, pastor
Preaching every Sunday morning and night
prayer meeting every Wednesday night
Sunday.school at $3.50 a. m.
Observation-Disclosures every Sunday morn
ing and at night. Prayer meeting every
Wednesday night. Sunday'school at
a. M.
Cumberland Presbyterian-Dr. G. T
Stainback pastor;servicesevery Sunday. ant
at night; prayermeeting Wednesday night
Sunday school $3.50 a. m.
Baptist-Dr. A. D. Phillips. pastor
Preaching every Sunday morning ant
night. Prayer meeting every Wednesda!
night. Sunday school $3.50 a. m.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-10-31
Mails.

lullahoma to Observation-Disclosures 1910 p.
M; leaves 500 a. M, daily except Sundays,
McMinnville to Sparta-AEives $50 am;
leaves 1900 pm; daily except Sundays.
Through mail to and from beyond Tulla-
homa, arrives 500 a. M, leaves, 12.0Om.
Beersheba Springs-Arrives $3.50 PM
tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays leaves
900 a. M, same days.
Smithville (route No. 1886 y arrives 1900
M, Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays
leaves 100 pm, same days. .r.
Woodbury-Arrives u M, Wednesdays
and Saturdays; leaves Loo p m, same days
Horse Shoe Falls--Arrives1 1900 M, We'd
nesdays and Fridays; leaves ZOO p. M
same days.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-10-31
LODGES

El&A. M.-Wamen No. 125-1st Thursday
Il night in every month, in their hall over
the court room. J. G. MCGUIRE, w. NJ.
DOYAL ARCH CHAPTER-3r Thurday
n nightin every month.
w. w. FAIRBANKS, II. P.
T 0. 0. F.-McMinnville, No. 146;every
|. Tuesday night, in their hall over Won.
ack & Colville's store.
T. s. ARLEDGE, n. G.
S. T. LIVELY, Sec.
Rebekah Degree, meets First Thursday
night in each month.
MRS. w. s. LIVELY, N, G.
Mrs. }, II. SHEERILL, Secretary.
KNIGHTS OF HONOR Mountain City,
N No. lao; meets in Masonic hall I'd aud
4th Monday uightsin every month.
THos. BLACK, Rep. W. G. BRITAIN, d.
RNIGHTS AND LADY'S HONOR-2nd
n and 4th Thursday nights in every month.
s. 7. LIvHLY, p.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-10-31
Getting Rid of Pleas.

a correspondent of the Washing
ton. Star, who has been studying the
subject Of getting rid of fieas, gives
this as the result of his investiga-
tions: If those who are troubled
with this insect will place the COM
mon adhesive fly paper on the floors
of the rooms infested, with a small
piece Of fresh meat in the center of
each sheet, they will find that the
fleas will jump toward the meat and
adhere TO the paper. I completely rid
a badly infested house in two nights
by this means.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-10-31
OUR VERY BEST PEOPLE

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One hundred and fifty (l50) worms
from two doses of Dr.. f'enner's Pleas
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Money refunded if satisfaction not
given. For sale by j. d. Tate & Co.
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