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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-08-13
NO7A de los precos corrientes que tene estabectda

gruesos en- Ia clase de papel
que Sc quieran, de $5 ep adelante &
10 cajetiilas por. Observation-Disclosures.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-10-02
silk Manufacture in America.

Silk manufacturing has grown won
derfully in the United States in tho
last thirty-iive years, the most remark
able increase being from 1870 to 1880.
when il was 250 per cent. This coun-
try stands second now in this branch
of industry, France ranking first. and
promises to lead before long. The
value of the silk manufacture of 1880
was SAL, 033. 045, New Jersey leading
with $17, 122, 230. while New York fol-
lowed with $40, 10, 140, Connecticut
So, 9Sl. 100, Massachusetts So, 764, 260,
and Pennsylvania $3.491. $40 A num-
Der of branches of the industry received
q special impetus from the Centennial
Exhibition, notably gros grain dress
silks and handkerchiefs, while silk ia
pestry and similar goods arc products
of the last six years. With the growth
of local manufacture tho importation
of foreign silks has fluctuated and of
late years fallen of. the decline from
1882 to 1888 being Sc, 314. 069, while the
decrease will be still greater this year.
Meanwhile the importation of raw silk
has increased, and this country is now
considered tho best market in the
world, suggesting possibilities in Amer
lean cocoon raising which ought not TO
be neglected, rs certain portions of tho
United States are perfectly adapted to
the growth of the mulberry tree. Amer
lean silk manufacturers have several
strong advantages over foreign compct-
itors. They have good home market,
can readily adapt themselves to sudden
changes in fashions, and, while using
more machinery, produce the best ~and
most uniform fabrics. Springfield
(NdSS.) Republican.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-10-02
Tracking His Mothers Murderer.

Fourteen years ago Joseph Comoski,
ST., died in Poland, leaving snug es-
tate, and Joseph Comoski, Jr.. his sister
and the two children's mother. The
hours of mourning had scarcely passed
when Michael Shamolick turned his
eyes upon Miss Comoski. Hc wooed
and won. To possess the estate now
became his unholy ambition. The wild
ow stood in the way of the successful
accomplishment of his foul object. He
meditated and finally determined to re-
sort to foul means for the removal of
his obstacle.
One morning the little Polish village
was excited as it had never been before.
Some one during the hour of sleep had
foully murdered Widow Comoski. Sus-
picion at once attached itself 10 the
son-in-law. Pursued by the law and
guilty conscience, he fled from the land
of his birth, crossed the ocean and
found employment in the mines of
Pennsylvania. Here he considered him.
self secure.
Joseph Comoski, Jr., though but q
boy of IA years. swore solemnly to
avenge his mothers death, even should
the murderer seek the most distant
spot on earth. In pursuance of this re-
solve he babe tender adieu TO his be-
trayed sister and sailed for America.
Fortune favored the brave youth and
after time he found his mothers MUIR
derer at Pottsville. He at once made
his discovery known to the Polish con-
sui at New York and acquainted him
with all the facts in the case. The
sympathy of the official was enlisted in
the boys behalf and he promised his
assistance. The boy kept watch over
the murderer's doings. following him
from town TO town. Finally the fugi-
tive was apprehended while engaged
in the commission of robbery, and
sent to the Philadelphia penitentiary
for n term of three years. The consul,
in the meantime, had written to Poland
and learned of the correctness of the
boys story. He then secured the ex-
tradition papers, and the boy came to
Mount Carmel, where so many of his
countrymen reside, to work while the
three years was passing. He found
employment at the Pennsylvania col
liery as an ash-wheeler. BY his indus
trious habits he earned the good will of
his bosses, and was finally promoted
foreman, position he now satisfacto-
rily fills.
The young man is scrupulously care.
full in saving his earnings, and it was n
knowledge of this, followed by an in
quiry from IN official, that led to q re-
cital of the above facts. The young
man has succeeded in keeping his Sc
cret from his countrymen, and this ac-
count will probably DO to them start
ling. He has collected q snug little
sum from his economical habits, and.
with fire in his eye, one day this week
remarked to our informant that upon
the completion of the murderer's term
of imprisonment the extradition papers
would meet him in the face and tho
villain should swing from the Polish
gallows if it took every cent he earned
ut the Pennsylvania colliery. Mount
Carmel NeUS.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-10-02
Fashions i'm Mustaches.

up to the time of the breaking out
of the war il was the universal custom
for men TO have clearly shaven faces.
This was the case with the rich and
poor alike. A laborer with mustache
would be the butt of his associates.
Military and naval men alone appeared
with the upper lip covering. / suppose
they had a sort of an idea that it made
them appear moro ferocious and was
better suited to their calling. 1t was
the style to be mustacheless. A few
men wore full boards but they had the
hair removed from the upper lip. The
girls looked upon a young man with q
mustache as q fop, and they did not
like him. How different the case is
nowp That is, l have been told that
the lover of the present day is better
received the more magnificent the mus
tache Is. Here is book of eminent
men of the period, covering the years
from 1854 to 1858. There are the steel
engravings of President Franklin
Pierce's cabinet There is James Guth-
RE, of Kentucky; j. G. Dobbn, of North
Carolina; James Campbell, of Pennsyl-
vania; Jefferson Davis. Of Mississippi;
w. l.. Marcy, of New York; Robert Nc
Clelland and Caleb Gushing. Not one
of these men had mustachc, and Da-
Wis only had tuft of hair on his throat
So it was with the rest. Take some of
the leading men of our bar to-day, es-
pccially those who were in practice
years ago. They still adhere to the
custom of the English court. Attorney
General Brewster's face has not hair
upon it. Richard Mutrie's is clean.
Daniel Dougherty has flowing side
whiskers an hairless lip. Eli X.
Price, true to old times, is bereft of a
mustache. Jeorge Junkin, David w.
Sellers, John X. Valentine, Henry M.
Phillips, Isaac Norris. James j. Bar
clay, VIM. b. Mann, John G. Bullitt,
George w. Biddle, and a host of others
who are in active practice can not be
reproved on the score that mustaches
tend 10 impede the wave of sound from
the throat and lips.
'It was never compulsory to appear
mustacheless. Fashion decreed il, and
every one followed the edict of the
tickle dame. During the war period
men became careless in the excitement.
Thousands went TO the front and had
no chance to shave; so gradually the
old style of being Clearly shaven died
out. l hardly know what some men
would do to day without their mus
taches. They pull upon them, comb
them, and give the Empowering con-
siderable part of their leisure time.
Take the youth of the present genera
ton. What is more amusing than
young man struggling with faint COW
ering for his upper lipP Why, if Chief
Justice Cockburn could get hold of him
no doubt he would mete out justice to
him. Philadelphia Record
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-10-02

| II received such q shock that my
chair creaked under me. The solemn
sound vibrated in the chateau as in
an empty cave. turned to the clock
10 see what the hour was. IL was in
the morning. Who could come ut such
an hourp
Suddenly the bell sounded again.
The servants, l thought, would not
dare to answer it. took a light and
descended. was afraid to ask who
was there.
Then, becoming ashamed of this
weakness. slowly withdrew the great
bolts. My heart beats | was filled
with fear. 1 opened the door suddenly
and perceived in the darkness a form
clothed in white. looking like q phan-
tom.
IL drew back dismayed and STAN
mering: 'Who--who-who are youP'
"A voice responded: 1T is ], father
at was my daughter. / thought
was mad. / retreated before the
specter as it entered. Then l raised
my hand rs II TO brighten it away,
making tho gesture which you have
noticed-the gesture which cannot
get rid of.
1.-THE apparition said: Have no
fear, father. l was not dead. Some
one wished to rob me of my rings and
cut one of my fingers; the blood began
to flow, and that terminated me-
"And i perceived, in fact, that she
was covered with blood. L fell on my
knees, choking with my sobs. Then,
when had recovered my thoughts
little, conducted her to my chamber
and seated her in an easy chair.
Then l summoned Prosper in order
that he might rekindle the fire, prepare
drink, and seek help.
'The man entered, looked at my
daughter, opened his mouth in q
spasm of horror, then fell back dead.
cit was he who had opened the
vault and had mutilated my daughter.
He had not effaced the traces of the
robbery. He had not even taken the
care to put the coffin back in its place,
thinking would never suspect him, as
he had my entire confidence.
"You see, monsieur, that we are
most unfortunate people.
Night had enveloped the lovely and
sombre valley, and sort of mysteri-
Gus fear took possession of me in the
presence of these strange beings-this
woman returned from the dead and
her father with that extraordinary zig
gag gesture.
1 could think of nothing to say.
murmured:
'How horrible!"
Then. after q minute, / added:
''Shall we return? 1t seems to be
growing cold"
And we retraced our steps toward
the hotel.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-10-02
Young Hearts.

what though the years are flying fast
And silver sprinklcs through the hair,
And crows feet come aud wrinkles last
In spite OF pride's most jealous care;
Ihat with reluctance we confess
And "GrOwing oldl" escapes the tonguei
so plain truth should not distress
It's nothing If the heart is young.
That we have errors TO regret
Is but the common lot of all;
There's something 20 be lived for yet,
To struggle on, whate'er befall.
It's useless that above the past
The dirges OF rcmorse are rung-
Wen fight old time until the last,
And triumph while the heart is young.
While life exists the light of hope
Should never be obscured by gloom,
But brighten all our horoscope
Until our footsteps touch the tomb.
The Oldest still have truths TO learn,
So faith should never he unstrung;
Our little lamps will CHEEKY burn
AS long as Ger the heart is young.
And how shall hearts be kept in green,
When cheeks are sunk and eyes are dim,
when age brings on the days of spleen
And memory croons funeral hymn?
BY finding means of doing good,
By soothing souls with sorrow stunR;
Thus age and death are long withstood
And thus our hearts are ever young.
-Harper's Weekly.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-10-02

A colored man dressed very sparing-
ly, with girl on his arm, walked into
the Office of Judge Cooksey, of War
rem county, and asked to be married.
Before tho ceremony began he said to
the Judge: Else hard-workin' mig
ger, and don't you think I'd been fool
ish if | had bought fine suit of
clothes just to git married in, Judge?"
"Of course you would" said Cookscy,
as he pulled off his cloth coat and
hitchcd mp the couple. The groom
gave him 50, and, turning to his bride,
said: Now you 60 home, for Ise got
to DO days work before | can git
thar. "-LouiSUHle Times.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-10-02
DuInpy Women.

Women, especially those of the up
per classes who are not obliged to work
to keep themselves in condition, lose,
after middle age, sometimes earlier. a
considerable amount of their height,
not by STOPPING. as men do, but by act
ual collapse, sinking down-mainly to
be attributed to the perishing OF the
muscles that support the frame, in con-
sequence of habitual and constant pres
sure of stays and dependence of the ar
tiiicial support by them afforded. Ev-
cry girl who wears stays that press up
on these muscles and restrict the free
development of the fibres that form
them, relieving them of their natural
duties of supporting the spine, indeed
incapacitating them from so doing,
may feel sure that she is preparing her
self to be n dumpy woman.-Londo"
Lancet
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-10-02
BARGAIN IN CORNER LOTS

Is what most men desire, but to keep
from filling grave in a cemetery lot
ere half your days are numbered, al
ways keep n supply of DIR. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery" by you.
When tho first symptoms of consump-
ton appear lose no time in putting
yourself under the treatment of this in
valuable medicine. 1t cures wien
nothing else will. Possessing, as it
does, ten times the virtue OF the best
cod liver oil, it is not only the cheapest,
but far the pleasantest to take. 1t pu-
rifles and euriches the blood, strength
ems the system, cures blotches, PIN
Piles, eruptions, and other humvrs. BY
druggists.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-10-02
TO THE UNMARRIED:
An Association for Their Beneat ans
What it IL Doing for Them.


There are but few of the many unmarried
persons In Michigan who are aware that an In
sti'ution organized to assist its members upon
entering the matrimonial state, has been In ex-
istence the past year and half.
This association Is known as the Mutual
Marriage Benevolent Association of Marine
City, having been Incorporated under the laws
Of Michigan in 1888, II is the only institution
of It's kind IN the state. The association has
paid In benefits since August 2, $1,000, and Is
paying several thousand month TO Its men,
bers.
The following letters of acknowledgement
are few OF the many the association are re-
ceivlng.
MARINE CITY, Mich, Aug. 9, 1881.
NJ. NJ. Z. Association
Gentlemen-Please accept my thanks for the
very prompt manner In which you have paid
my b.neft, amounting to one thousand dol
lars o. ,00O). This speedy settlement should
make the Mutual Marriage Benevolent As
ISOLATION deserving OF confidence and patron
age of every unmarried person In the state.
have derived larger benefit by being q mem
Der of the association than l ever anticipated.
AS an investment know OF no equal, and
would advise every unmarried person To Join
the asso iatiop, and hopiog that success may
continue to crown the Mutual Marriage. Assc-
citation, and that IL may be the means Of max
ing happy the hearts and homes III thousands
of youDg married people, / am
Yours, thankfully,
GEO. McHANEY.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-10-02
"WORK, WORK, WORK.

How many women there are working
to-day in various branches CT industry
to say nothing of The thousands of pa
tient housewives whose lives are an uu-
ceasiug round of toil-who are martyrs
to those complaints to which the weak
er sex is liable. Their tasks are rem
dered doubly hard and irksome and
their lives shortened, but hard necessity
compels them to keep on. To such
d.. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription"
offers sure means of relief. For all
female weaknesses it IS a certain cure.
All druggists.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-10-02
IL Won are tired taking the LARGE old fasl

II you are tired taking the large old fash
Toned grlping pills, and are satisfied that purg
ing yourself till you are weak and sick Is not
good common sense, then try Carter's Little
Liver Pills, and learn how easy 1t is to be free
from Blliousness, Headache, Constipation, and
all Liver troubles. These little pills are small
er, easier to take and give quicker relief than
any pill IN use. Forty In vial. One a dose.
Price 25 cents.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-10-02
A Hotel i'm the Sea.

A Beyrout, Syria, correspondent of
tho New Orleans Times Democrat SAYS:
The situation of the hotel where / am
stopping is especially charming. 1t is
built over the water, so that the sea
actually passes under the rooms. There
is long, glass Enclosed balcony look
ing seward, from which one never
tires of surveying the blue Mediterran-
mean beyond and below. There is al
ways variety in the movements of the
sea. Now its swash is so gentle and
soothing that it is the most effective of
lullabies when one wishes 10 fall asleep.
Again, the sea is in an uproar, and the
spray leaps up 10 the very windows.
The illusion that we are actually ut sea
is quite hard TO shake off ut times.
The fish have learned TO watch for the
refuse that is committed to the sea
from the hotel galleries, and are con-
sequently very tame. Portly-looking
fellows foot or two long come right
under tho balcony and stare up imper-
tinently at us. The temptation is very
strong to make them atone for their
temerity, and not a few have been
hauled up with rod and line 10 the
broad veranda. One day somebody
got up more enthusiasm than usual.
and cast torpedo from the balcony
into school of inquisitivc marine
beauties. A boy sprang in after the
explosion and brought three fat fellows
to the surface. Many others were
stunned, but not sufficiently to keep
them from evading the swimmer. Nets
are also cast in front of the hotel, and
many bushels of fish meat captured.
The shore along here is very rocky,
like that ut Haifa. Jaffa, and even
along the margin of Galilee. After
each storm masses of salt are formed
in the deprcssions in these rocks.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-10-02

Where other remedies have failed Athlopho.
ros has been found to work like a charm
Jones & Bryan OF Lancaster, Wis, sold bot
tie 10 an old and respected citizen Of that
dies, was cured of rheumatism by a single bot
tie OF the new specific. Price 81 per bottle.
IL your druggist hasn't II, send TO Athlopho
res Co., 1l2 Wall Street, N. Y.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-10-02

HAY FEVER have been a great sufferer
from Hay Fever for Is years ard have tried
various things without doing any good. re6d
of the many wondrous cures OF Ely's Cream
Balm, and thought would try once more. In
derfully helped. Two weeks ago commenc-
ed using 1t and COW | feel entirely cared. 1t is
the greatest discovery ever known OF heard OF
DUHAMEL CLARK Farmer, Lee, Mass. Price
% cents.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-10-02

Young and middle-aged men suffer
ing from nervous debility. premature
old age, loss of memory, and kin
dred symptoms, should send three let
ter stamps for large illustrated treatise
suggesting sure means Of cure. Worlds
Dispensary Medical Association, Buffa-
10, n. Y.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-10-02

An old British coin, dated 1892, was
found by boy, or rather bird, few
days ago at Crawford, Ga. The boy no.
ticed that the bird, rs it liow from stump
to stump, hade something in its bill,
which it would drop and pick up again.
He frightened the bird away and made
the discovery noted.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-10-02

When you visit or leave New YORK City, via
Central depot, save Baggage Exprcssags and
81 Carriage Hire, and stop at the Grand
Union Hotel, opposite said depot Six hun
dred elegant rooms Cited up at cost Of one
million dollars; 81 and upwards per day.
European plan. Elevator. Restaurant sup
piled with the best. Horse cars, stages and
elevated railroad to all depots. Families can
live better for less money al the Grand Union
Hotel than at any other frst-class hotel in the
CITY.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-10-02
THE TRUE RELIEF.

RAILWAYS READY RELIEF 10 the only RENE.
dial agent In vogue that will instantly stop pain II
instantly relieves and soon cures headache whether
SICK or nervous, toothache, neuralgia nervousness,
weakness In the back, spne or Kidneys pains around
the liver, pleurisy swelling of the joints, sprains,
bruises bites OF insects and pains Of all kinds Rad
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-10-02

Two Frenchmen. tho brothers FORE,
have invented n now kind OF harp.
made entirely of wood. Instead OF
strings the inventors use strong strips
of American fir. Tho sound Is pro-
duced, rs in the ordinary harp, by the
contact of tho fingers; but the player
wears leather gloves covered with
resin. The tone of the instrument Is
said to be of remarkable purity.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-10-02
MARINE CITY. Sept. 3. 1885

To the tfficers Of the M. NJ. b. Association:
Gentlemen-l take hisopportuLity OF thank
ing you for the promptness In which you have
paid my benefit, amounting to one thousand
dollars. / am very much pleased with the man
ner In which my claim has been settled, and
wishing the association every SUGGEST remain
Very truly yours,
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-10-02

American farmers, after supplying
the home demand. now have bigger
surplus of breadstuffs in three years,
for which they must find a foreign
market or none, than they did in any
FORTY wears before the war
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-10-02

A clergyman of one of tho midland
counties Of England recently served out
a sentence of penal servitude, and on
his liberation at once obtained clerical
EMPLOYMENT.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-10-02
GOSSamer Garments Free

To introo "Happ, Days" our new NJ page Illus
trated Magazine we will send 60 any lady sending 20
cts In stamps for months s"hscrpton. two Ladies'
Full Size MaterprC of Goss amor Garments with
logue OF other rubber goo, ;, provided they will
show them 10 their friends and Induce other sales.
Address, Pubs happy Days, hartford, az.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-10-02

A CARD all who are suffering from err
of manhyod, &c. VIII send q recipe that viii
was discovered by a missionary I'm south America,
Send self-addressed envelope 70 REV. JOSEPH 4.
lNMAN, Station ID. New YORK.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-10-02

A man in Brooklyn recently commit
ted suicide by locking himself up in an
ice chest and remaining there until he
was frozen to death.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-10-02

The three natural gas wells at Pitts
burg pay $4,000 month profit and
thoy expect to make it pay S150,OO0 by
another year.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-10-02
pratQctfva NJ

Protective. NO
such protectiv q
against chiils and
fever and other dis
eases OF a malarial
type exists as Hos
letters Stom ach
Bltters, II relieves
constipation, liver
disorders, rheu ma
tism, kidney and
bladder ailments
with certainty and
pr o m titu d g. A
change as gratifying
as 10 IL complete
takes place in the
appearance, as well
as the sensation, of
the wan and hag-
gard invalid who
uses this standard
promoter OF heal h
and strength. For
sale by all druggists
ana Dealers gener-
ally.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-10-02
BED-BUGs, nles. reaches, ants. mice. cleared out
by TROUGH ON RATS" l5c.

MENsMAN's PEPToSIZED BEEF TONIC, tho
preparation Of beef containing its entire nutritio
properties. IL contains blood-maklng. force-gener
atng and DEMONSTRATING properties; Invaluable for
INDIGESTION, DYSPEPSIA, nervous prostraton, and
all forms OF general debility; also, In all enfeebled
conditions, whether the result OF exhaustion, ner-
vous prostration overwork acute disease, partc-
ularly I. resulting from pulmonary complaints. CAS-
WELL HAZARD Co., Projectors. New York. Sold
BY p .uRgsts.
SINGING irritation, Inflammation ali Kidney and
Urinary Conn plants, cured by "Buchu- Paiba." 81
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-10-02
MARINr Cnr. Mich. Sent. 10. lss4.

MARINE VT NIICn., otpI. 10, 1871.
X. MCNEIL, sec'y M. M. b. Association:
am In receipt OF benefit on my certificates,
and am much pleased with my investment.
mort gage on my home, leaving me out Of debt
and balance To put Ia the bank for rainy
day. Thanking the association for what Il has
done for me, remain
Very truly YOU'RE,
ORvlLLE w. MCDONALD.
All unmarried persons, OF either sex should
DIN. Write for circulars explaining the plan.
Address the Secretary, r. MCNEIL.
Marine City, Mich.