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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-03

Have you heard of tho Valley of Babyland,
The realm where the dear little darngs
stay
Till tho kind storks go, as all men know,
And q so tenderly bring them away!
The paths are winding, and past all finding
m BY all save the storks, who understand
The gates, and the highways, and the intricate
Thatlead TO Babyland.
All over the Valley of Babyland
sweet flowers bloom in the soft green moss;
And under the ferns fair, and under tho
leaves there.
Der
Flows DER bed of silver sand;
And angels are keeping watch DER tho
Babes OF Babyland.
The path to tho Valley of Babyland
Only tho kingly white storks know.
III they fly over mountains, or wade thro
fountains,
No man secs them como or 60
But an angel. maybe, who guards some baby,
Or n fairy, perhaps, with her magic wand,
Brings them straightway 10 tho wonderful
gateway
That leads to Babyland.
And there. in tho Valley of Babyland.
Under the moses, and leaves, and ferns,
Like an unfiedged startling they find tho
darling
For whom the heart of n mother ycarns.
tightly
In feathers as soft as q lady's hand,
And OF with rock-a-way step they walk away
Out of Babyland.
AS they go from the Valley of Dabyland
Forth into the world of great unrest,
Sometimes weeping he wakes from sleeping
Before he reaches his mothers breast.
All! how she blesscs him-how she caresscs
him
Bonniest bird in the bright homo band
That DER land and water the kind stork
brought her
From far-off Babyland.
Ella Wheeler in Good Cheer.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-03
Credit Not Good.

al suppose" remarked the tramp, as
he helped himself to n pickle at the
lunch table, II suppose if President
Arthur came in here and said: john
ny, let's nave glass of beer and hang
| it on the slate till pay day, like good
fellow you would let him have the
stuff, wouldn't you?"
''Of course | would, replied the
barkeepcr, with n wide smile. why
shouldn't II"
And yet President Arthur is nearly
1900 million dollars in debt" contin.
ued the tramp. "At least the govern
ment is, and you would have to wait
until that was paid before YOU could
get your nicklc.
lis that sop asked the barkeepcr.
rather staggered by the figures.
You bet! And / suppose if Queen
Victoria walked in and said: 'Ho,
johnny. let's have glass o ART an
'arf. hand Hill tell me Lud o. the but
tonbag TO settle when e gets the spuds,
you'd spunk the wine up with YOUR own
fair hand, wouldn't youpn
Il surely would" returned the bar
keeper.
"And yet Queen Victoria is in debt
nearly three thousand millions; or her
government is, and YOU would get that
ten cents about the middle of the next
century,
LAS much as that?" demanded the
barkeeper, in establishment.
Then there's the Emperor of Ger
many, if he should alight from his spe-
cial horse car in front of your door,
and say, 'Mien Colt, Chonny, give me
schoppen of schnapps, und | will bay
for dot ven l solt mein dog you
wouldn't hesitate minute, would
you?"
II suppose not" said the barkeeper,
rather startled by the information con-
corning the other potentatcs.
"And yet that same Emperor is in
debt over one hundred and ten mill
IONS" continued the tramp, solemrfly.
II don't believe il, exclaimed the
barkeeper.
"It's fact" persisted the tramp.
"And the Car of Russia, suppose he
should come limping in with some
friends, and say, Hi, Johnovitch, put
the mouiik on ice and let the bill stand
over till Christovitchmas, you wouldn't
wait TO come around from behind, but
you'd waltz right over the--bar,
wouldn't you?"
IL don't know" replied the barkccp-
er, cautiously. How is he iiXed?'
"He owes 1000 millions" answered
the tramp.
"Do them people all owe it for bar
bills?" inquired the barkeeper with n
shuddcr.
Most of it," responded the tramp.
"But / don't owe any man on earth n
cent; and yet ldon suppose you would
trust me for glass Of beer to save my
life, would you?''
mo, sir! shouted the barkeepcr.
Il wouldn't trust you for another free
pickle. We liquor dealers are already
out nearly 5000 millions on the crown
cd heads, and amt going five cents
more ON man that hasn't got even n
brim to his hat. Put that pickle back
in the bowl or I'll stop up the rat holes
with you!'
And the tramp went off to work the
racket somewhere else, while the bar
keeper figured up his share of the loss
es on the crowned heads and tucked
something on 10 the bills of his known
TO be paying debtors. Brooklyn Eagle.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-03
Chinese Science.

From ancient times the Chinese have
taken note of natural phenomena.
Their report of solar eclipse is, perhaps,
the most ancient and accurate in the
world. They have more or less elab-
crate works on astronomy, mathemat-
les, botany, zoology, mineralogy, phys
iology, and many other sciences. Yet
there is scarcely any true science in
them. Classification, even in regard
to plants and animals, there is
none. Mineralogy is mainly de-
scription of curious stones. Nor is
there any progress, for the more an
cient works are generally the best, and
as consequence the Chinese to-day
arc as their fathers were thousands Of
years ago. The superstition respect
ing natural phenomena, which are liv-
ing, active truths to-day for all classes
in China, remind us rather of man in
his state of barbarism than of the an
cient culture and civilization of the
Middle Kingdom. The sun and moon
are 20 the Chinese, rs they were TO
primitive man, living things, gods to
be worshiped. The stars in their
courses powerfully influence, if they do
not absolutely determine, all human
events. In them the wise may read as
in a book the destiny of man anu the
fate of empires. Their combinations
make lucky and unlucky days, and we
shall do well 10 note carefully their
signs and silent warnings. Comets are
the precursors of famine, pestilence
and misrepresentation of the wreck
of empires and the tall of kings. Eclip-
scs are the periodic efforts of the drag
on tiend 10 destroy the lights OF heav-
EN-, and every notice of an approaching
eclipse sent by the imperial astronomer
10 the provinces is accompanied by Il
government order 10 employ the usual
methods of gong-beating and so forth
in order TO rescue the threatened lu-
minary. Again, thunder is the roar of
the anger of heaven, and TO be smitten
by a thunderbolt is to be marked as q
thing accursed. Wind is born in the
heart of great mountains, whence it is
sues at the command of the wind god.
Most districts have their wind noun
tains. That at Lung-Shan, in the
northern province of Chilli, is the most
remarkable. 1t has cave at each of
its four sides. The spring wind issues
from the cave on the eastern side, the
summer wind from the southern, and
so for the others. Wind eddies or
whirlwinds are raised by the hedge
hog in his rapid passage from one place
10 another, the dust serving TO screen
him from the vulgar gaze. Rain is
produced by the dragon god, who car
rios up vast quantities of water from the
lakes and rivers in his capacious jaws
md pours il down in showers over the
earth. Every mountain has its spirit
u genius, every valley its nymph, ev-
cry spring its naiad. Hence mountains
and rivers, old trees and curious rocks,
become objects of worship. From Ma
tire.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-03
Postal improvements.

Nothing better shows the progress
of the race than the modern facilities
for postal communication, compared
with tho past. In the ancient world,
among the Assyrians and Persians,
stations were established n days
journey apart and horsemen travelled
with all possible dispatch from one to
another. From the establishment OF tho
Roman Empire down TO the thirteenth
century couriers were employed for
the quick transmission of dispatches.
But the remarkable thing about this
system was that the general public got
no advantage in the way of commune
cation, as it was only government
dispatches which were allowed TO be
sent by these posts. The first courier
to transmit private letters was adopted
in 1916. 1t is worthy of note that when
the Spanish invaders entered Peru, in
1927, they found postal system in
existence by which messages were
transmitted by corps of swift-footed
runners. Our own postal system was
organized in ITO. In 1853, Ben.
Franklin was Postmaster-General, and
in 1850 he startled the country by
running postal wagon from Philadel-
phia through New York to Boston once
week. Since then the income of the
post-ofiice has steadily increased, and
the charges as steadily decreased. In
1916, letters sent under forty miles
were charged eight cents and over 500
miles twenty-five cents. Now half
ounce letter is conveyed to any part of
this vast country for two cents. At this
rate there would be large profit over
tho expense, were it not for the
astonishingly low rate charged for
newspapers and periodicals. The two
cents pound which il the rate on
printed matter is only fraction of the
cost 10 the government, and the coun-
try makes a present to the newspaper
proprietors of some $14, 100000 per
annum. The next reform will doubt
less be the increase of the weight
allowed on each letter to one ounce
that is, the citizen would then be
charged with tho same rate for his
one-ounce letter as the publisher pays
for his pound of printed matter.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-03

rather the worse for liquor Two men
came up to him and took the ring from
his finger before he had time to resist.
He managed to catch hold of them
both, but the prisoner arrived and res
cued them, and they all made OF. He
did not see the prisoner again until
Wednesday night, when he saw him in
the same neighborhood and at once
gave him into custody. He added
that the ring was given 10 him by Gen.
Stonewall Jackson, in America, by
whom hc had been employed as valet.
The prisoner said he knew nothing of
the matter, adding: Before God and
man |. swear | am innocent" Mr..
Hannay said there was not sufficient
evidence to detain the prisoner. The
prosecutor admitted having taken too
much drink at the time, and his memo
~ could not be altogether relied upon.
He discharged the prisoner. London
D0t'y NcWS.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-03
Skillful Surgery
RemOrol Of Urinary Caleule by he knife.
A LUCKY NAN

Mr.. Simeol Tietsell, Of Saugeries, n. Y,
had been treated for seven years by various
physicians for what they call Structure of the
Urethrs, without benefit. He finally consulted
Dr. David Kennedy, OF Rondout, n. Y, who
found his trouble to be Urinary Calculi, or
Stones in the Bladder. The Doctor at once
removed the foreign bodies with the knife and
then gave his great Blood Specific, "Favorte
Remedy" TO prevent their reformation. The
entire treatment was eminently successful, and
Mr.. Tietsell's recovery was rapid and perfect.
While "Favorite Remedy" is specific in all
Kidney and Bladder diseases it is equally valu-
able In cases of Bilious Disorders, Constipation
of the Bowels, and all the class of ills apparent
ly inseparable from the constitutions Of
women. Try 1t. Your druggist has 1t, and its
cost is only one dollar a bottle. The lucky
man is he who puts this advice in practice.
Don't forget the name and address: DIR. David
Kennedy, Ron6out, y. Y.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-03
Wealth of England.

Since the days of the Stuarts the In
crease of wealth in England has been
more rapid than the increase of popu.
lation. In 1860 the wealth of England
and Wales was equal to f45 per head
in 1872 1t was f127, and last year f249.
Public wealth has quadrupled since the
Waterloo epoch, and doubled since the
accession of Queen Victoria. Since
1910 wealth has increased four times
more rapidly than population, which
led Prof. Levi to remark that they dis
proved the Malthusian theory, so far ms
England was concerned.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-03
A Remarkable Tribute.

Sidney Ourchundrc, Of Pit:sburg, Pa,
writes:
II have used DIR. WM. HALLS BALSAM
FOR the LUNGS many years, with the most
gratifying results. The relieving Influence OF
Halls Balsam Is wonderful. The pain and
rack Of the body, incidental to tight cough,
soon disappear by the use Of spoonful &C.
corGing 10 directions. My wife frequently
sends for Halls Balsam instead Of physici an
and health is speedily restored by its use"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-03
Stonewall Jackson's Ring.

Herbert Pope, 20 years of age, a COM
positor, of Barnsbury, was charged
with being concerned with other men,
not in custody, in stealing diamond
ring, valued at fl00, from the person
of John Barnett, butler, on the night Of
the 25th of August. The prosecutor
stated that he was walking near the
Grand hotel, Islington, shortly after
midnight on the day named, was
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-03
A young lady in San Francisco re-
Gently fell dead at her own party. The
cause was tight lacing.
important,

When you visit or leave New York City save
Baggage Expresssge and Carriage Hire and
stop at the Grand Union Hotel opposite Grand
Centrai Depot.
Elegant rooms fitted up at q cost of one mil
lion dollars, reduced to 81 and upwards per
day. European plan. Elevator. RESTRAINT
supplied with the best. Horse cars, stages and
elevated railroad to all depots. Families can
live better for less money at the Grand Union
Hotel than at any other firstclass hotel In the
citv
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-03

a Pike county man, hearing that a
neighbor had come into possession Of q
strayed horse, laid claim to it Us his
own. The neighbor refused to deliver
the an nal up, andahe case was tried
before q justice of the peace. The Court
required the plaintiff to identify tho
properly, and after several Intellectual
attempt to obtain description from
him finally asked whether il was black,
n gray, a roam or n chestnut horse. at
was chestnut" said the plaintiff.
"What do you understand by a chest
nutp" continued the Court. "a horse
with burs in its TAIL" was the answer,
whercupon the Court rendered YER
dict for the defendant.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-03

From Major Downs, Military Instructor, Mt.
Pleasant Academy, Sing Sing, n. Y: During
the very cold weather / was suffering with
Catarrh. My head aud throat ached So severe
ly that was obliged TO keep quiet. Ely's Cream
the first application felt relieved, the pain be-
gan to subside. In few days / was entirely
cured. w. A. DowSs. price so cts)
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-03

Aliens Brain Food botanical extract
strengthens the Brain and positively cures Ner-
vous Debility, Nervousness, Headache, unnat
ural losses, and all weakness of Generative
System; 1t never fails. 81 pkg, 6 for Sat-
druggists, or by mail from j. II. Allen, 3l5
First Ave, New York City.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-03
There is Nothing 80 Successful as Success

The Dstrot White Lead Works, the IInchman
Dean Rogers Company. is just closing the third
year Of lis corporate existence. This company
furnishes notable instance of extraordinary success
achieved in a short time by enterprise energy, fair
dealing and good goods. They have attained posi-.
ton in three that it has taken other houses
quarter OF a century TO reach, and they are the
edng paint house OF Michigan and one of the fore
most in the couniry.-DcfyoI Commercial
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-03

The editor Oh tho ",ccervillc (Cal. }
Democrat, writing from San Francisco,
says: IL am credibly assured that
every night there are more of the way
up fcllows--judgcs, lawyers, doctors,
bankers, merchants, and the likc--tak-
en- home in hacks and coupcs, too drunk
to navigate, from tho clubs and tony
resorts, than there arc DRINKS taken
from the slums TO the lookup"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-03

Il is not understood why druggists keep 10
stock so many kinds Of medicines Tor couRns'
colds and consumption, when II 10 only neces-
sary to keep Aliens Lung Balsam, tnat olu,se s.
liable remedy, which is . pure vefctaple
preparation, and perfectly harmless, as IL con-
tains no opium in any form. Sold every~nere
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-03

Browns Bronchial Troches for Coughs and
Colds 81 do not see how Il Is possible for Q
public man to be himself In winter without this
admirable aid."-Rcr n. NJ Derens, Pocdsset
Haas
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-03
SKINNY MEN. wells Heath Reviewer restore
health and vigor cures Dyspepsia. Impotence. els

The simplest and best regulator OF the Dis
ordered Liver in the world, are Cartcr's Little
Liver Pills They give prompt relief In Sick
Headache, Dizziness, Nausea, &c. prevent and
cure Constipation and Piles; remove Sallow-
ness ard Pimples from the Complexion, and are
mild and gentle in their operation on the bow.
els. Cartcr's Little Liver Pills are small and
as easy to take as sugar. One pill dose.
Price IS cents.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-03

Our country's product of gold this
year will be about S32, 100000, and of
silver S49, 100000
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-03

sTINGINCi. irritation. Inflammation all Kidneys an
Urinary Complaints. cured by "Buchu-Paibe.' 81
For DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION. Depression OF
Spirits and General Debility, In their various forms,
also n preventive against Fever and Ague, and
other Intermittent Fevers the "FKRRo- PHosPHoR-
ATED ELIXIR OF CALIsAYA,n made by Cnswcli. IIng-
ard Co. New York, and sold by all Druggists, Is the
best tonic and for patients recovering from fever
other sickness. 10 mas no equal
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-03

Ladies ard all sufferers from neuralgia,
hyrteria, and all kindred complaints, will hnd
witbout a rival Browns Iron Bittcrs.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-03

FORT STEVENSON, DAKOTA TER.-Rev. James
McCarty says; browns Iron Bitters cured me
of severe dyspepsia
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-03

Ground has been broken at Crystal Park,
Col, for railroad tn the top of Pixies Peak,
H. 200 feet above sea level.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-03

A Young lady of Anderson, s. c., declined
an offer Of marriage ON the ground that her
father already had too large family to sup
port.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-03

Peter Cooper could repeat from memo
nv Pope's entire Essay on Man"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-03

Sleigh bells jingle in Maine, and pine.
apples ripepipg in Florida.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-03

WALKING made easy with Lyons Heel Stiff
euers: they keep your boots u shoes stvzght
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-03

DON'T DIE IN THE HOUSE though on Rat
clears out rats mice. flies reaches. bed-bugs.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-03
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS
IN CINCINNATI

Treating Consumption, Asthma,
Bronchitis, Nasal Catarrh, sore
Throat, Loss of Voice, and other
Maladies of the Nose, Throat and
Lungs.
Dk. WOLFE treats the above named diseases
by Medicatea inhalations. When thus administer
cd remedies are brought face to face" in contact
with the disease; whereas, II they are swallowed
they mix with the contents of the stomach and
never reach the organs of respiration.
OR. WOLFE has, by the judielous employment
of Nedicated Limitations, assisted thousands to
regain their health, many of whom had been pro.
bounced incurabe, and given up TO die by their
family physicians and friends.
Or. WOLFE has pre- pared n INST OF questions for
sick people to answer ~ mail. They are al snarac-
ter the same he would ask he by the bedside OF
the invalid. BY writing answers TO these questions
any one can send an accurate statement of his dis
ease and receive and nhallng remedies at home.
In any part of the United States Canada without
mourning the ex oense and discomfort of making
visit TO Cincinnati. Amy one sending his name and
post-ofce address with threc-cent postage
stamp, will receive a copy Of the Circular OF
Questions" by return mail.
WOLFE has published medical book called
Common sense. Cause and Cure OF Consump-
ton, Asthma, etc." copy Of which he Will send tc
any body who orders It, by mail, and incloses nine
cents In postage stamps with his name and postofce
address. The book Ia OF great value to any one af-
nicted with any disease of the Nose, Throat, or
Lungs.
Or. WOLFE has also published another book Of
81 pages entitled Light about the House we Live
in" which every healthy person well as sick
ought TO read. This book has a special INTEREST,"
persons who have weak lungs. or any symptoms
Consumption, Asthma Bronchitis, Catarrh
sent 10 any address free by mail, on receipt of 6
cents in postage stamps.
Address, DIR. N. u. WOLFF
lrnit
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-03

JACKSON, Mich, Feb 3, 1882.
DR.. PESGEILY:
Please send me $500 worth OF your valuable
medicine. 1t Is doing wonders for some ladies
here, one In particular, who a year ago was con-
fined to her room, and most OF the time TO her
bed. Every one said she had consumption.
/ knew she had diseases your medicine was rec
commended 10 cure, and persuaded her TO try IL.
In few weeks there was decided change; In
a few more she let her hired help 20, and has
done her homework ever since, and walks every
day distance ofamile and a half. Respectfully
yours,
Mrs. GEO. COREY.
Sold by Druggists.
The New York Evening Post says that the
florists Of that city can tel tales OF extrav-
agence that even diamond dealers could not
cIeditn
PENNINGTON, lLL-Dr. NJ. 7. Gamble says !:
81 prescribe Browns Iron Bitters In my prac-
ticc aud IL gives satisfaction
The Sultan has granted gB,000 from his
privy purse for the establishment Of lazar
etto on the Island OF Leros, at which all pill
grims are To stop on their return from Mecca
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-03
Restorers.

IN SHORT, TAKE ALL THE BEST qualities
of all these, and the best qualities Of all the
best Medicines Of the World and you will find
that HOP BITFERS have the best curative
qualities aud powers Of all concentrated in
them, and that they will cure when any or all
Of these, singly or combined, fail. Athorough
trial will give positive proof Of this.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-03

the house,
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-03
He Careful!
JACKSON, Mich, Feb. 3, 1882.

The genuine Trough on Corns' Is made only by
E ~ Wells proprietor of though on Rats") and has
Laughing face Of man on labels. 15c. a 25c Bottles
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-03

The dentist is facilc foreeps in his profes