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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-07-08
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for few minutes and then sits down
on the bottom step of the rear en-
trance TO the city hall She carefully
places the basket by her side, and then
bending her head over it, COOS softly
and taps her fingers gently on the
cover. Then she unwraps her bundle
and discloses an old garment which
she spreads across her lap. She
threads needle with much pa
thence. and adjusting thiSlble
on her finger sets about the
seemingly hopeless task of mcnding the
garment. Pretty som there is a
scratching in the basket, the lid is
forced off, and two little gray kittens
jump out. The old woman stops her
sewing long enough to uncover small
tin can, which she takes from the bas-
ket and sets down. 1t contains bread
soaked in milk. The kittens eat it
greedily, and then play about the old
woman, running across her lap and
shoulders with great glee. Yesterday,
when she appeared, says the Sun, a
little crowd gathered, MS usual, and
stood around and watched the bent
figure of the old woman and the little
kittens with pity and amusement
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-07-08
rwowARs ON FRANCES HANDS.
sa,aory and Behanzin IRE Giving Her
Handful of AfficTp Trouble.

bAnory ana behnhEui Are Gtvipg Her n
Handful of AfficR TrpubIe.
4 The French have TWO little wars on
their hands in West Africa. We have
heard recently of the purpose of the
King of Dahomey to force tho French
again into hostilities. The French
have accepted the challenge, but it is
not likely that we shall hear of hard
| fighting for some time yet, rs this is
the rainy season along that coast and
the time is not suspicious for military
movements. A month or two from
now we may hear of some very lively
doings in Dahomey, and King Behan-
IAN is likely TO learn lesson he will
never forget.
The other war is now going on
making great effort to dispose finally
of the Sultan Samory, their enemy in
the upper Niger region. Samory has
been fighting the French good deal
of the time since 1882. A few weeks
ago the Sun reported that the French
had driven him from his capital, Bis
sandagu, and they thought then that
rope. But he does not relinquish the
game SO easily, and the French career
OF success has not been unbrollen.
Since he lost his capital Samory has
been in the hill country south of his
former stronghold. The French sent
a force after him to insure his defeat,
but he has latsly scored at least one
little victory over his pursuers, and he
took few French prisoners. 1t is
hoped that he has not such faith in his
ultimate success as will lead him to
treat his prisoners with the terrible
cruelty to which re is said often TO
have subjected other prisoners of war.
Gen. Faidherbe, who fought Samory
for years in the western Soudan, de-
scribes him as n monster of cruelty.
Faidherbe says he owed the rapid
ity Of his conQucsts to the terror pro-
duced by his practice of burning his
prisoners of war by the hundred in
fiery trenches filled with blazing wood
and oil. We have not had Samory's
side of this story.
One reason why he is now able to
offer formidable resistance to the
French is because he has quite a guam
tity of repeating rifles in his army.
The French say he has 2,OJO repeating
rifles. and they blame the English for
permitting him to purchase these i'm
proved weapons through agents in
British territory on the coast.
1t is probable that the French will
not put an end to their troubles with
Samory until they succeed in killing
him. Nearly all the troops Senegal
can muster are needed in the war with
this prophet of the western Soudan,
and SO France is likely to have her
hands very full when King Behanzin
of Dahomey assumes the offensive, as
he is certain to do as soon as the
weather permits. In the end, how.
ever, it is quite certain that Samory
will be defeated and his country
turned into a Ere nch protectorate.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-07-08
TOO MUCH HAT.
A Granger Finds Out That 1t Doesn't Do
To Trust N Barber.

A Granger Finds Out That 1t Doesn't Do
tn Trust Barber.
A old granger dropped INTO the
Sherman house barber shop recently.
says the Oh cago Tribune. who would
have proved gold mine if Denman
Thompson could have captured him
for his rural drama Hls hair looked
as il it had not been cut since the last
Blaine campaign. and after he had
passed through the hands OF barber
it is doubtful If his own family would
have recognized him He paid the
check and the porter brushed the hay
seed from his coat and handed him
his hat The old man put on his head
covering and it Immediately sunk TO
the level of his cara practically snuff
fling out its wearer like candle.
'Here See herc Tarnation. that
amt my hat!' he cried. throwing it
down and glaring around the room,
every biz Of ind gnajion in his giant
frame aroused.
Beg pardon, sab; but dats yo hat
sab. shores yo is bohn." said the
highly amused darby.
Don't ye spose don't know my
own hats" snorted the rural visitor.
live worn it every day fer the last
two years. Guess oughter know 1t
purity we'll by this time.
The porter made no reply but stood
holding out the hat and laughing at
the old mans earnestness Suddenly
the latter turned loose" like lorna
do and the language he used would
have made his own cattle Lee in ter
ror. The foreman OF the shop fastened
forward.
II don't want any of you fellcrs ter
think that accuse you OF takin' IT -
exclaimed the ir;lte. customer But
| kin lick tho lowdown sneak who
crcpt in here and stole IL while | wuz
havin' my head shinglod. And shall
hold this shop responsible fer it too.
Cost 81 .6a and kin prove IT,"
.But, Mr. Butler, arc you quito
sure that" began tho foreman. bal
ancing the hat in his hands.
butler! How in thunder did YOU
find out that my namo's Butlcr?r
1t is written on your hat band
here. SEQ? 'Abner ButleE, Piper
City n.y. s
Tue oil man. hastily snatchod ND.
his han, jainnicd' il upon his head and
rushed out into n cola and cruel world
again. saying several things which.
can not DC put into cold type
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-07-08
THE SECRET or YOUTH.


Wise ELDERLY Women Who Refuse to
Grow Old.
1t Is sad TO see how many elderly
and middle aged women take it for
granted that life holds nothing for
them but the role OF grandmother.
Many woman has little time for
study while rearing a family; but
when the children arc married and
gone to homes OF their own. then
comes the time when she needs some
outside interest If she has not some
thing to take her QUE of herself she
will turn To gossip and fancy work TO
keep her busy.
This is just the time for her 10 devote
herself to some study. advises the
New York Recorder Let her take
up the one that was favorite in her
school days. whether it be one of the
sciences. painting or music If she
has no prediction for anything. let
her try several things until she knows
what she likes best
If she never does anything worth
showing the time will not be lost for
the happiness found In these hours of
absorption in a chosen pursuit can not
easily be estimated.
But the middle-aged woman may
surprise herself by making a great
success of her undertaking. The time
would fail me TO tell of the dist notion
that has been won in different fields
by people far from young Schlie-
mann was "a years of age before he
knew word of Greek. George Eliot
was 80 when she put her hand to the
first OF her great novels. Prescott
published the first of his almost per-
feet histories at the age of 30.
Ogilvy. who made an excellent trans.
lation of Homer, began to study Greek
at 0.
The first OF the Waverly novels APP
peared when the author was IL. and
Cowper was nearly 90 when he did
his best work. " hen we think Of
Mary Somerville at 80 writing upon
physical science. OF Gladstone at 80
hewing oaks and studying Homer and
OF Tennyson. also an octogenarian.
writing Across the Bar no one can
hold his hands and say Il am
too old TO do anything of any mo-
ment."
"A man is only as old as he feels. "
says Oliver Wendell Holmes, who GER
tainly carries young heart if his
head is gray.
Numberless cases that are not so.
marked might be cited A woman
whose stories have done an incalcul-
able amount OF good did not dream
that she could write until her children
had gone TO homes of their own and
she began to write to beguile her
loneliness
Another woman. whose songs are
household favorites did not know
anything of the theory OF music till
she was 80. when she began to study
harmony. To-day she is well known
as composer and her music supports
her most comfortably.
A grandmother used to dabble in
her granddaughter's paints and be-
came so interested that she studied
under good teacher. To-day her
pictures have an honored place in the
water color exhibitions
Every woman cannot be an artist
author or musician but every one OF
us can have some wide outside inter-
est We can take up course OF
reading that will sensibly broaden our
horizon; If we cannot travel we can
go around the world in books and
thus CLEAN no small benefit without
the toll Of travel.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-07-08

WOMEN were full professors in the
Italian universities III the thirteenth
century and almost continuously to
the eighteenth when the CONFUSION
of Europe silenced learning in the
clang of arms, They were in chairs
OF science OF canon law. OF philosophy.
That these women are forgotten; that
those institutions are not recalled to
set forth precedent for latter justice.
show how completely high culture
among women has disappeared under
the pretentious modern dispensation
which imagines that it Is granting
revolutionary privileges for women
when it is only reviving opportunities
they enjoyed when the world was
generally supposed to- have been in
the morning dusk of intelligence
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-07-08

IT is a good thing that we increase
our miles of railroads and tons of coal;
that our manufacturing statistics are
immense and our aggregate wealth is
beyond computation. These are good
things to have. But a ration that
has no poetry in its literature misses
in its national life an element of in-
SEPARATION and of beauty that has its
value even though it cannot be meas
ured in dollars.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-07-08

THE prevalent rage for the intro
duction OF foreign habits and usages
in this country is exciting the disgust
of sensible and loyal Americans who
believe that the civilization OF the
new world ought to be symbolical in
all of its features of the ideas upon
which this government was founded.
The customs of any country are-or
at least ought to be-the outgrowth
OF its history. They typify, as a nat
ural sequence. the condition of the
people to which they belong. and arc
the fruit Of. those intimate personal
experiences which affect the most sa
cred interests OF humanity.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-07-08

FREE dogs are only of value to doc
tors undertaters and glove makers
and should have no liberation shown
toward them. The dog. personally.
may not know that it is a source OF
danger tn the public or have any idea
that its taste for palpitating human
ity is anything abnormallY obnoxious
but this is beside the question. The
dog has become too energetic and ex-
citing for this placid world and should
be translated to another sphere where
the fleas cease from troubling and the
muzzle is unknown.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-07-08

o. the mud roads and in the forests
of this country. squadron of bicycles
would not be able to.accomplish much.
But the roads can be and ought to be
reconstructed If the plucky and
hardy bicycle riders succeed in giving
a lift to the movement for the better
ment of American roads they will lay
our armies of the future horse foot
and dragoon. under lasting obliga-
tons
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-07-08

The public debt statement for April,
notwithstanding the prating of the
Democratic organs about deficiency,
shows a cash balance of sl20, 00o, 900 in
the Treasury. The only comfort the
Democrats can extract from the state
ment Is that there is $4,000, 600 less
cash than there was, month ago.
Bankruptcy does not vet stare Uncle
Sam in the face.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-07-08

ONE old saw is giving place TO new.
Less and less are we hearing o. those
who don't knos snougF y sofn wien
it rains and MORE ss Of 1cla as haAe 8t
any better sense than, II lose tbeiy
umbrellas somswhero yefily,' ia
this case is it like that the evil OF the
ancestor is being visited on the chill
dren. ForStnepe's little doubt. could
it be traced out that the folks who
to-day don't know enough not to lose
their umbrellas are the 'lineal descen-
dants OF those tyrants OF the PAST whe.
in the spirit Of Procrustcs. cutting off
and stretching out his victims till
they fit his bed. measured the sense
and brainA of their contemporaries ac,
cordinglyks they merely Yer& Or
were Oot' catghs 'unferelhess ia q
sudden rain.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-07-08

THAT Columbus was sailor OF his
age was not remarkable. and has lit
tie bearing on his position as a dis.
coverer of tho new world. If this
hemisphere had boen obliged TO re-
main undiscovered until some hardy
sailor came along who had never done
any buccaneering. or caught any
slaves. or hunted strange coasts for
precious metal 1t would to-day have
been in the FIRST century OF its colonial
development There were many sail
ors exactly like Columbus in his day.
but his claim to immortal fame les in
the fact that he was the one OF them
all to declare the globular theory of
the earth Assps@s fkk5sGs1iK'Sh sfiie
voyage which gave the American con-
tiuents to as1aHzsswae sftsfs'h6 Y sfifi-
Gus drawback 10 the fame OF Column
bus b., that he aesGaf 3is -
get achieve great success are best en-
ntled 10 their fame.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-07-08
BYall meaps let the. dogs have all

BYall meaps let the. dogs have all
the happy liberty which their owners
desire for them, but in the name OF
commcn sense, let'them have it under
such conditions as Will notmake them
a menace to that portion of the pub
lie which does not care to come into
contact withethe active principle of
bark whd nahere is danger of its be-
ing impregnated with hydrophobic
bacillus
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-07-08
A REAL SUMMER GIRL.
SHE IS ONLY TO BE SEEN ON
HER BICYCLE.
sho Is in Form n Fairy aud I'm Motion
a Cherub on the wing-Divided skirts
and suspenders Compose the ReguIa-
tion Costume.

For the bicycling girl, the nearest
approach to a winged cherub that tan
talizing fate permits within the reach
the safety" Five years ago the
prophet who should have predicted the
spectacle of thousands of 1892 ladies
riding bicycles would have been
mobbed by innumerable Mrs. Grundies.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-07-08
A YOUTHFUL ACTRESS.

She Has IA Success in London Personal
ing an Old Acquaintance.
The accompanying cut is very ac-
curate reproduction of what appears TO
be n faithful photograph of young,
inexperienced ami sweet-faced girl,
who is playing under the name of Mrs.
Langtry, in Charles Wyndham's new
drama, Dangerous Ground" 1t has
been supposed on this side of the water
that the Mrs Langtry that Mr. Wynd-
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-07-08
BRINGS WORK AND KITTENS.
Queer Little Woman Who Frcquents the
City Hall In New York.

About four times week, when the
weather is mild little old woman APP
pears in the city hall park, in New
York, laden with n sGaare cane basket
and n bundle covered with tattered
newspapers. She walks YEARLY about
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-07-08
Necessary.

Ethcl--l couldn't manage to ges
along without art
Maud-Of course mott sach cum
plcxions are inss'orturA
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-07-08

Chandeliers and picture frames, II
rubbed occasionally with oil of laven-
der will not be niured by flies.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-07-08

The heart is never right save when
il is at peace with itself.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-07-08

ham had engaged was the same Mrs.
Langtry with whom American audi
ences are familiar. To judge by the
cut, however. either there is second
Mrs. Langtrv of whom America is not
as yet aware, or the original has dis
covered the secret not only OF original
but of progressive youth, discovery
on which she is heartily to be compli-
nented, and the secret which her sis
tiers on and off the stage win be glad
to have her impart to them.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-07-08

ask yon TO come aud put both feet on
the Rock of Ages " Take hold of
Mississippi leader., 1892-07-21
MORE DEMOCRATIC TREACHERY.

Again have the people been betraye ed
Again has Wall street dictated the
financial policy of the nation. De-
mocracy has been shown up in it's true
colors and free coinage of silver was
beaten in a Democratic House after
having passed a Republican Senate.
The vote stood 136 for the bill and 154
against A few of the 136 were Repub-
licans, but more than one-half of 154
were Democrats.
Tom Read led the fight against the
bill but had some strong Democratic
lieutenants. 1t was nothing more or less
than combination of forces to thwart
the will of the people. The result of
it will be an exodus from the ranks of
the old parties to the party of the Peo-
pie. The people have patience but will
stand and endure no longer. They
cannot live on fresh air and empty
promises and will cease trying.
Mississippi leader., 1892-07-21
AN ADDRESS,
Issued by the Alliance officials
of Mississippi.
Harmony, federation and 10y
atty to Alliance Principles
Eujoined.
n Wise, Conservative and Time
ly Document.

TO the brotherhood Of the Farmers Alliance
and Industrial Union Of Mississippi;
We, the officers of your State organ
ization, having convened at the request
of the President and Chairman of the
Ex- Committee to consider the reported
difference of opinion among the mem
bership in some localities, that some
believed threatened the harmony and
usefulness of the same, after full
and fraternal counciling together,
find the only difference existing is as
to methods, and remarkable and
universal unanimity as to the princi-
pies of the order existing throughout
the entire State, aud we therefore beg
leave to recommend the following:
1st. That spirit of charity, fairness
and harmony should prevail.
2nd. That unity of action in accord
ance with our constitution should con-
troll Alliance bodies.
3rd. Concede honesty of purpose to
all brethren and do not condemn a
brother who adheres to the principles
of the order, but does not agree with
you as to the best methods of enforc-
ing the same.
4th. Do not forget that each and
every brother has the right under our
constitution to choose his own method,
for the method in no way controls the
principle.
5th. All who are members of the
order should accept as supreme the
principles of the organization.
9Th. The obligation upon which our
constitution is predicated says, THAT
it shall in no way interfere with your
religious or political liberty" There
fore, as an order, we can take no sec
tartan, religious, or partisan political
action.
7th. We believe it duty of every
member to work for the election of
men to the National Legislature who
are unquestionably in harmony with
our principles, but we believe the
methods for securing such representa-
tion should be left entirely to the
conscientious convictions of each
brother.
Sth. Finally we urge and insist that
above all things, there should be no
feeling among the brethren on account
of difference of opinion in what party
lines he may think most good can be
done, but according to each and every
one the right of individual thought
and action in the capacity of citizen
ship, and impugn no brothers motives
in the carrying out the purposes of the
order. Fraternally,
j. H. JAMIsoN, Pres,
For the Conference.
Mississippi leader., 1892-07-21
THE PEOPLES PARTY.
District and County Meetings
in Mississippi.
PEOPLES PARTY IN ATrALA.
A Regular Land slide from the q. o. 7

A Regular Land slide from the q. o. p.
RatIim Endorsed by His Couniymcn for
Congress.
Editor Mississippi Leader;
Attala county sends greetings to the
Peoples party men of Mississippi. In
response to call, the farmers OF this
grand old Democratic county as
sembled i'm the court house in Kosci-
usko on July 10th and effected a county
organization of the Peoples party.
Hon. Chas. f. Brister was elected chair
man and the writer secretary, both
having served in the same capacity in
the recent Democratic mass meeting.
On taking the chair, Mr.. Brister said
that the National convention of the
party which he had affiliated with
heretofore, had repudiated his wishes
and ignored the principles he adyocat-
ed, which he believed we're essential to
the further prosperity of our govern
ment. hence he had now cast his lot
with the Peoples party, and was there
to stay until those grievances of which
we so Justly complain, were righted.
This of course voiced the sentiment
of the writer, and of most every man
under the sound of his voice.
Ringing speeches were made by
Hons. w. p. Ratliff, our present Repre-
sentative in the Legislature, and L. j.
Fowler, County Superintendent of Ed
ucation. in which they declared faith
in, and allegiance to the Peoples party,
stating that the Democratic party, of
which they had been lifelong members,
was not under the leadership of Cleve-
land. the party of the people. Talks
were also made by Capt. Henry Jami-
son. B. I'll. Barrett and Revs. A. L. AL
len and w. NJ. Commander. They we're
each disgusted with the latter-day
Democracy and advised the laboring
people to vote together for their own
interest.
An excellent Executive Committee
was appointed, Capt. ,Jamison being
among the members, and when he
heard of it. he arose and stated that he
had been lucky, having served on the
Executive Committee of the Democrat
ic party for about 80 years, and wished
he could serve that long on the Peo-
ple's party.
Hon. w. p. Ratliff was endorsed as
the Peoples party candidate for Con-
gress from this, the fifth district.
Everything went off harmoniously
and all sympathizers of the great re-
form movement were well pleased with
the proceedings. The county will be
thoroughly organized at an early date,
and we expect to carry it by at least
500 majority.
JAMES T. BUCK.
Kosciusko, Miss, July 10, 1892.
Mississippi leader., 1892-07-21

1t is pretty sure sign that party
is in an advanced stage of decomposi-
tion when it cannot find men of re-
spectability to manage its canvass.
Both the Republican and the Demo
cratic National Chairmanships have
gone begging. The Republicans have
placed the odoriferous j. s. Clarkson
first on their Executive Committee, but
are still hunting for chairman. We
don't wonder that nobody cares to sue
ceed Quay, Clarkson and Dudley. The
Republican party expects the same
qualities in new set of officers, but
cannot guarantee different reward,
namely, snubs from pious President,
faint praise or open abuse from a
thankless press and political oblivion
or worse after one term of faithful ras-
cality.-The Voice.
Mississippi leader., 1892-07-21
+. q. o. Eckford, Chairman:
FAIR PLAY.

1t is hardly fair to class the
Third Party people in this State
as being opposed to white SUI
premacy. Such small slanders
lack a great deal of being argu-
ment. Since the adoption of our
new Constitution there is not the
slightest danger of white supre-
macy being jeOpardized. The
people may safely divide into as
many parties as they see fit. On
local affairs and the currency
they have a perfect right to differ
with the Cleveland contraction-
lists. Vicksburg Commercial Herald
(Democrat).