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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-31
Boarding ut Home.

Farmers may secure farm help much
above the common average by building
houses on their farms to be rented or
sold to those desiring small homes.
The advantage of building such houses
is lost if they are always to be rented.
The most rickety and uncomfortable
house will usually find a tenant, but
the character of the occupant will be
largely determined by the kind of
house in which he is expected TO
live. The best class of farm laborers
will not remain in n poor house, nor in
one in which they can have no hope in
the future of making a permanent
home. They should not only be allow
ed but also encouraged to cherish the
ambition of buying n few acres as a
homestead for themselves and their
children. This ambition is at least as
laudable as that of the extensive farmer
in adding acre by acre and farm by
farm to increase possessions already
greater than can be profitably worked.
The farmer owning so, 100, 200 or more
acres should calculate to sell off small
pieces as they are wanted by desirable
men for permanent homes. If the far
mer builds house with the purpose OF
ultimately selling it and few adjoin-
ing acres he will almost certainly build
better than if he intends only to rent il
to employees. He will usually plant
out fruit trees, berries and shrubs to
make pleasant home, for these things
all help to render the premises more
salable and more valuable from the
money-making standpoint. The build.
ing of such desirable little homes fol
farm laborers may seem to involve toe
much trouble and expense, yet it is an
investment that will pay in more ways
than one. Much of the work may be
done at odd jobs and without direct
money outlay. Many years ago agood
farmer built three such tenement hous
es on his farm of $50 acres. He sci
fruit trees around each, and these lat
ter soon became so productive that thu
places were salable at q price far be-
yopd the cost of fitting up. In fact
they were thought too valuable to be
sold, and the farmer, now an old man
has the satisfaction of seeing his chill.
drcn settled around him and living
where they can cheer his declining
days. Had he built poor tenant house!
after the usual pattern, every year they
would have grown less valuable, anC
occupied by poor class of tenants, no
half paying the interest on the invest
ment.would finally have become almos
valueless. -Anlertcan CuttiUdtoT.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-31
Queen yictOria's FayOrite Daughter.
From the Boston Advertiser.

From the Boston Advertiser.
The princess Alice was such a gentle
soul, so much attached to all that was
pure and noble, and touched with that
melancholy which comes of thought,
that anything bearing on her life or
views of life is eagerly welcomed by
the English reading public. Like her
father, it is well known that she had i'm
bibed the German philosophy of Strauss
and others. Like Voltaire, whose life
she allowed Strauss to dictate to her,
she could not reconcile the evils of the
world with Gods existence. She adj
mitted the German thinker to her pres
ence, listened to his beautiful readings,
and drank in his thoughts. Sorrows
came upon her, as they come upon us
all, first or last, and her doubts deep
ened. Charles Kingsley once wrote:
"Were you never not merely puzzled
all thinking men are that-but crushed
and sickened at times by the mystery
of evilP" These were the words of the
author of Westward Hon. long after
he became a clergyman, and they con-
tain the pith OF most mems doubts
about Christianity. But the princess
came to think otherwise. She came to
think that the belief in God and the
efficacy of prayer are good and ccnsol-
ing things.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-31
Agricultural Experimental Station.

C.G Luce, master of theMichigan state
grange, former state senator, and a
farmer of wide experience, writes TO
the Grange Visitor as follows:
The people of Michigan are justly
proud of the state and of its institu-
tons. 1t is our boast that we permit
none of our sister states to surpass us
in the variety and excellence of these.
Our University is the peer of any of its
class. Our Agricultural college is even
| with the foremost of them all. Our
graded and common schools are the
equal of any. We were pioneers in es-
tablishing schools for the care and edu-
cation of dependent children. But sew
eral states are leading us in establish
ing experimental stations. If they are
| not good thing of course we ought not
to invest in them merely because others
| do.
But these stations are no new, untried
experiment. They are of European
origin and have existed all over the
most advanced portions of the continent
for years and are now regarded as a
necessity. Their object is thorough,
patient, methodical, and persevering
Investigations aided by repeated expert
ments, TO further n more profitable
| agriculture
| These expert ents are especially es-
sential in developing the best method of
maintaining the fertility of our soils
| There is not one farmer in thousand
that possesses all the qualifications nee
essary to experiment with sufficient care
and accuracy to establish great agri
cultural truths. 1t requires one of rare
| gifts to do this. These truths must
often be established not by one but by
many experiments. And even then ne
| will be taught as many valuable lessons
| by his mistakes as through success. II
we find the farmer who has the talent
to do this wisely and well. why should
he as private citizen be asked to con-
tribute of his time, talent, and means
to the public good, without recompense
or reward. No! this work is too great
for the individual to grapple with. Not
only this but the good of the people is
involved in securing the highest scien.
tiic and practical agricultural knowl-
edge that it is possible to obtain. AND
it is the duty of the state to furnish the
means and opportunity to acquire it
The development of agricultural truths
is still in its infancy in this country
The annual loss from want and appli
cation of knowledge by farmers of many
single townships in this state woulc
more than pay the cost of an experiment
al station for year. In asking for The
establishment of this station l am no
Iplucking laurel from the, Agriculture
college, nor am 1 underwriting the ex
periments made there. But l am anx
ious to see them extended and enlarg
cd. The state owns the farm: il is larg'
enough for the purpose; it has all varie
ties of soil. Many thinking men wonde
why large portion Of this farm has ro
before now been utilized as strictl
experimental farm
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-31
Chihuahuan Women.

Chihuahua is innocent of sidewalks.
Mud is scarcely known, as rain falls
only sufficiently to moisten the ground,
except in the month of June, when, as
if to make up for its feebleness at other
times, it almost deluges the town, fall
ing to the depth of thirteen or fourteen
inches. 1t rushes down the mountains
in torrent, floating off carts, barrels,
chairs and chicken-coops, if the latter
are sufficiently modern to be made of
wood. The coops are usually made of
mud and stone, hastily thrown to-
gether.
The Mexican women are wonderfully
graceful. This is partly due to the
manner of carrying baskets or bundles,
begun in early childhood. watched u
Mexican girl carry an immense basket
of clothes home to DO laundried. First
she selected from the basket towel,
and twisting it tightly wound it round
and round until the circumference was
the size of her head, ON which she
placed it; then, helped by n companion,
she lifted the basket, weighing at least
thirty pounds, on top of the roll. She
balanced it by touching it lightly, first
with one hand and then the other. At
ter she had gone q short distance she
folded her hands in her shawl walking
with the greatest ease and uncon-
seriousness. She looked back smilingly
at me, showing her pretty white teeth,
still amused at sonora, who thought
her task difficult. Wheeling Register.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-31
When a Man Grows Old.

When man grows old most pleas
hres, indeed, properly SO called, are
dead to him; and II, in spite of natures
warning, he will still pursue them, his
experience Is the reverse of that of
Don Juan, who, instead of spirit
found "her frolic grace Fitz Fulke;" he
finds them the mere ghosts of his dead
follies. There is nothing, for example,
more pitiable than any pretensions TO
gallantry in an old man. Let him
adopt the role of "heavy father, ''be-
nevolent uncle" or whatever best
suits his character, but at all events
discard that of slower" once for all.
The only possible ground for his re-
tanning it would be that his doing so
affords amusement to his fellow Great
ures, Mt the expense, however, of all
who wear gray hair. There is another
pleasure just rs inappropriate, but to
which old age is much more Inclined
that of money getting. 1t has been
said of it, as of whist, that it is the only
pleasure that lasts. 1t may be so-for
unfortunately have never been in II
position to test it-but certainly, TO the
looker-cn, nothing can be more con-
temptible than this piling up heaps of
money upon the verge of the grave. If,
as the wit suggested, one could 'begin
the next world with it," then, indeed,
such solicitudc would be applicable
enough. How little would people then
leave behind them! How small would
be the probate duties! How rare the
requests to missionary enterprise! But
since it must MI be left. and that so
soon, how amazing is the satisfaction
derived from its increase! There is an
idea among the baser sort of wealthy
persons that the more money they can
hoard the more respected" they are;
but as n matter of fact they are the
more dctested for it. How much have
we lived worth?h no: "How much shall
we die worth?' is the question. Corn
hill MdOQzine
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-31

wonder il she had cleaned her husband
out of his mind. II came over her with
sudden force that she had been in the
habit of driving him from pillar to post
at railroad speed and at he end of n
broom or dust brush. He actually
found no rest for the sole OF his foot in
his own house. 1t might have worked
upon his nervous system until he had
become suddenly insane. Horrible
thought! He might have committed
suicide.
She hurried home with the children.
| All was gloom. She went to his bureau
| 10 look for his razor. 1t was the only
| ire arms he possessed-it was gone!
Then Mrs. Skinner broke down and
cried, and the children cried, and it
was indeed scene of desolation, when
suddenly the door of that horrible par
Tor opened, and an apparition-no, it
was Mr.. Skinner himself-stood before
them looking very sheepish.
II oversight myself" he said in n
meek, apologetic tone, looking at the
clock.
81 should say you did" answered
his wife, "and the dinner is all eaten
up, but I'll fix you up something nice"
and she went out taking the children
with her
How much of it Mr.. Skinner ever
knew it is impossible TO say, but there
was an immediate and satisfactory
change that at first amazed and then
delighted him. He could lay down
anywhere when he was tired and his
wife would throw shawl over him and
leave him in peace. He has even been
seen to lie down on the sofa in the par
Tor where he took his Rip Van Wrinkle
sleep, and nobody disturbed him. Mrs.
Skinner was at heart woman of sense
and when she realized that one hair of
that grizzly-gray head was worth more
than all the pillow shams in the world
to her, she put the last one away in the
company of demented lot of superflu-
Gus tides. And they are really and
truly, and not in any geological sense,
a sshannv fomilV'' now
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-31
A Story or Miss AlcOti.
From the Troy Times.

Not long after Miss Alcott's book
"LittleWomen, twas published, a quier
looking lady entered n Boston circu
lating library and asked lady clerk tC
pick her out "a good book that would
rest and amuse her." Naturally "Lit
tleiwomen" was offered and declined
"It's very nice; you'd like it," urged
the clerk. II should not care to reac
it," said the other "But at least lool
at it," mo" came the answer firmly
and, with an odd smile; cit is not
book that | should care to read" Their
the clerk, pretty angry, walked away
to the chief librarian and cried: There's
n woman down there wants book, land
If you want her waited on some one else
must do it, / won't" "Why notP'
"Why she says Little Women ism
good enough for her to read" Don
you know who that lady is?" "No
and don't care" "Well, I'll tell you
That is Louise M. Alcott Now 90 ant
get her book"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-31
No North Carolina Climate for Them.

OF Mr.. O'Hara, the colored Repre-
sentative in Congress from North Caro-
lima, it is related that not long time
ago. in North Carolina, he had intro
duced to him couple of lately-landed
Hibernians who also bore the name of
O'Harra. Having IN him vein of
humor and good powers of mimicry, he
INDUCED in some fun at their expense.
"Phwat did Oh understand that yer
name moight be, gintlemen P" he ask
ed. ''O'Hara. is it Not O'Hara of
Kilmainock Pr
1.-THE same" replied they in amaze
ment, IAN who are you P''
''Oi'm yer kinsman, begorra," said
he, San be the same token the cloi-
mate av this country has been bad for
me complexion, as yer may notice
The two "sons of the sod" have not
been seen in North Carolina since.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-31
An rhe Park.

We must n 20 near the pond, sissy,
Cos there = something's don't know
what-therc.
But heard Mamma talking about IL;
IL is MT exactly n bear
But a stagnant, think Mamma called It;
And she says she = afraid every day
TO live by the Park any longer.
And she wishes they'd take ii away.
never have seen real stagnant,
But guess IL has teeth and would bite;
But don't be afraid, little sissy,
Because, IL IL comes, will fight.
/ d be glad TO see just what IL looks like,
But don't want 10 get very near,
Cos IL might make Il spring of Il suddenl
I guess we had better stop here.
And sit down on one of the benches.
Now, don't make noise;-just keep
muml
And don't take your eyes Off the water,
And We'll watch for the stagnant TO
come"
-Eessie Chandler in st. Nicholas.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-31

Ebenezer, Ca, is dead town. II
was settled in 1874 by immigrants who
followed Oglethorpe's arrival year
tcfore. In 1886 mulberry trees were
planted, and the inhabitants followed
silk-raising with some success so long
rs Ebenezer remained inhabited. At
the time of the Revolution Ebenezer
was flourishing village, but was cap
tured and occupied by the British after
the reduction of Savannah. This
marked the beginning of Ebenezer's
decay, and in 1885 the village was
practically abandoned, the lands in the
vicinity having become worn out. There
is nothing now to be seen but deserted
ruins.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-31

THE dread of the Mexicans, says the
New York Evening Post, is said to be
annexation to the United States. A re-
cent traveller through that country
found that every plan brought forward
for mutual benefit between the two re-
publics is tortured there into leaning
in that direction. Though the proposed
commercial treaty will bring them lux
ries and comforts, the proportion OF
nose who are opposed to 1t are said to
DO about 999 to 1000.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-31

Those persons who do not need Iron,
but who are troubled with Nervousness
and Dyspepsia, will find in Carriers
Little NERVE Pills most desirable arti-
Gle. They are mostly used in combi-
nation with Carter's Little Liver Pills,
and in this way often exert most
magical effect. Take just one pill OF
each kind Immediately after eating and
you will be free from Indigestion and
Dyspepsia. In walls at % cents. Sold
by all Druggists.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-31
He Knew Where He Got That Info rma-
finn

Some of our richest men started in
life in very modest way. and are still
plain, unpretentious people, but their
sons put on a great deal of style, One
of the latter, who was better posted
about other peoples affairs than about
his own family's, remarked, sneering-
lY TO an acquaintance
"Your father was nothing bnt SIM
pie stone-mason.
II know where you got that informa-
tion." quietly remarked the other
''From where did 1 get it Pr
From your father"
Chow do you know that Pr
because your father used to be my
fathers bod carrier"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-31
Loss and Gain.
CHAPTER I.
III was taken sick a year ago
With billions feyer.N

my doctor pronounced me cured, but got
sick again, with terrible pains in my back md
sides, and got so bad /
Could not movel
/ shrunkl
From 22S lbs. TO 100 had been doctoring
for my liver, but IL did me no good / did not
expect to live more than three months. be-
gan to use Hop Bitters. Directly my appetite
returned, my pains left me, my entire system
seemed renewed as If by magic, and after using
several bottles / am not only as sound as a
sovereign but weigh more than did before.
To Hop Bitters / owe my life.n
Dublin, juno g. Isl. r. FITzPATRIcR
CHAPTER H.
Maiden, Mass Feb /, $780, Gentlemen
suffered with attacks Of sick headache
Neuralgia, female trouble, for years in the
most terrible and excruciating manner.
No medicine or doctor could give me relief
or cure until used Hop Bitters.
1.-The first bottle
Nearly cured me;''
when a child. 10
And have been so to this day."
NY husband was an invalid for twenty years
Kidney, liver and urinary complaint,
Pronounced by Boston's best physicians
"Incurabler' 0N
know OF the
Lives OF eight personsn
your bitters, ~
And many more are using them with great
They almost
Do miracesW Mrs. r q, Sl,cL
HOW NO GET SIcK.-Expose yourself day
anu night; eat too much without exercise;
work too hard without rest; doctor all the
Time; take all the vile nostrums advertised,
ana then you viii want to know hOw 20 qet
,oeH which is answered In three words-Take
Hop Bitters
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-31
There is Nothing so Successful as Success

The Detroit White Lead Works. the Hinchman
Dean & Rogers Company, is just closing the third
year of its corporate existence. This compan,
furnishes notable instance of extraordinary success
achieved in short time by enterprise, energy fair
dealing and good goods. They have attained posi-
ton in three that II has taken other houses
quarter OF a century 10 reach, and they now the
leading paint house of Michigan and of the fore
most in the country.-Defyoif Commercial
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-31

Mr.. ID. II. Barnaby, of 0wegc, N. Y, says
that his daughter was taken with violent
cold which terminated with pneumonia, and al
she could not live but few hours at most.
She was in this condition when friend recon-
mendcd DIR. VIM. HALLS BALSAM FOR
THE LUNGS and advised her 10 try IL. She
accepted II as n last resort, and was surprised
TO find that Il produced marked change for
the better, and by perseyering In its use per
rnauenf cure was effected.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-31

Miss Kate Kane, attorney at law, has
besought the Chicago papers not to per-
NIT their court reporters to call her q
''female" lawyer. my mother" she
writes, FINISHED the business at the
christening services, when she called
me Kate instead of John, and If your
reporter had any supplement 10 add he
should have been there at the time.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-31

81 see that an Ohio postmistress ha.,
resigned her position in order to get
married." remarked an old benedict to
his wife. ''Poor thing! l pity her, i"
said the helpmeet, Why SOP" Because,
after the honeymoon is over, she'll have
to sit mp nearly every night and wait
til the male comes in. milwaukee Sen
tinel.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-31

ANYTHING FOR 4 CHANGE. -"oh'
you miserable wretch exclaimed the
partner of his matrimonial ipfelicity'
"I'm just burning with rage"
Eyer are, are yerP" replied the man:
"Well, Betty, thash all right. I'm glao
it amt the beefsteak this time"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-31
Conductor Frost
Of tie MI. McGregor Railroad, Saratoga
The Best FelloU that EUer LiUcd.

The Best Fellow that EUer LiUcd.
well sir, I've been up the Mt. Mctiregor rail-
road. were the first words your reporter heard when
he passed through the gate of the Saratoga depot
mt. McGregor Railroad Where is thatG" thought.
looked about me and the hurrying crowd-saw
the United States Hotel looking as of old. But the
Mt McGregor railroad n new feature. The top
of this mountain is graced with two charming lakes.
Looking about from the one point catch n
glimpse of the Catskills There of the Hudson. Here
of Lake George. There of the Green Mountains
Charming spot" was the one opnon.
The road is finely equipped. "That's Conductor
Frost, the best fellow that lived" said man,
pointing TO jolly, full faced individual collecting
tickets. was introduced. "where do you get all
this glow OF health, Conductor" "well, sir, I'm
looking hearty and feel hearty because I've formed
an attachment for DIR. Kennedys FAvoRITE
REMEDY. Honestly, thinh it's the best medicine
ever given TO man. have recommended 10 again
| and again. with the same results. Why, there's led
Welsh of the Adeph Hotel, (his home l56 w. Sith
street. n. " he came up here and the change of air
| and water had fearful effect upon HIM. His face
broke out in blotches and pmples. had seen the
FAvORITE REMEDY used. told him 20 get bot.
tie He did So and in three days time the rash and
fever entirely disappeared. IL seemed 10 cleanse
the blood with such rapidity. have recommended
DIR. Kennedy's FAVORIrE REMEDY to n great
many persons who were bilious and troubled with
stagnant blood FAvORI1E REAfEDY NEVER fails
to purify and strengthen. know this to be fact
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-31

CHEAP CoMFoRT.-Wbat comfort 1t is 10
know that, in case any of your children are
attacked at night with Group, you have the
remedy at hand in Allen's Lung Balsam. De.
pend upon IL, mothers, 10 cures Group; perfect
ly pure and harmless Keep it on hand
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-31

TIM COMBINATION OF INGREDIENTS used in
making Browns BRONCHIAL TRooHEs is such
as to give the best possible effect with safety.
They are the best remedy in use for Coughs,
Colds, and Throat Diseases. CSC Box
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-31
Z q. Slack.

Old gent-"Ah, Mrs. b., did you keep a dla-
ry during your visit to that country" Mrs b.
indtgnsntly-"No,s sir; didn't. The family
bought milk from the neighbors."
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-31

laughing face OF man ON labels. 5c go Bottles
JERsEYvIILE, ILL.,, April %, 1882.
Dir. PENGELLY:
Dear Sir;-I am more than pleased with the
effect OF your Zoa-Phora in our daughters
case. am surprised to see how she has i'm.
proved. She is gaining in weight and color,
and i think feels better than she ever did her
nerves are steady, and the distress she suffered
In her chest is entirely gone. / firmly believe
that Zoa-Phora is all that has saved her life
am willing you should use my letter, for 1
am not afraid TO tell what a wonderful cure
your medicine is, and would like all who suf-
fer to try It, Yours respectfully,
MRS SARAH RANDOLPH.
shall always remember gratefully the good
health your medicine has brought my daugh-
ter. LEWIS RANDoI,pU
n. B;-This was case OF suppression.
Sold by Druggists
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-31

Forseveral years was troubled with Catarrh
have tried many remedies. Ely's Cream Balm
has proved the article desired. | believe 1t is
the only cure.-L. b. CoBURN, Hardware
Merchant, Towanda, Pa (See adv't)
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-01-31

FAYETTEVILLE, ARK.-Rev. T. j. Reilly SAYS
II used Browns Iron Bitters for indigestion
and chills with entire satisfaction