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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-05-29
The Grocer Who Cavcd.

There was, up TO year or two ago,
a man in the grocery business in one OF
the villages of Western Michigan who
was famous for his hatred of drum
mers. Travellers for Chicago. Detroit
and other houses were ordered out OF
his store in the toughest manner, and
several were assisted TO leave in style
more hurried than graceful. The boys,
however, rather enjoyed it, and sort
of ring was formed among them with
a solemn agreement to keep calling on
the grocer until he gave some one an
order.
! On day, eight or ten months ago, an
agent for Detroit house entered the
grocery prepared for the worst, but
what was his amazement to be received
with smile of welcome. This was
followed by kind words, and later on
by an order for about $500 worth OF
goods. The agent was so elated that
he telegraphcd the news home and to
several of his acquaintances, and 1t
was week before he recovered his
equilibrium of spirits.
land did he continue 10 buy of your
house?" asked one who had listened to
the drummer's story.
well, nc"
"Why not ?'
Because, within ten days after he
got our goods he failed and couldn't
pay five cents on the dollar. detroit
Free Press.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-05-29
Fairy Lodge.

The following description of an ideal
children's playhouse, by Mary A.
Lathbury, In st. Nicholas for April,
may be found to contain helpful hints
for some of both of our grown-up and
growing-up readers:
'On the level brow of a mountain,
within hundred miles of the Office of
ST. Nicholas, stands u lovely home.
There are many beautiful and interest
ing things in and around the home,
gathered from foreign lands and from
our own. and nothing has been left I'M
done that could help TO make the six
children of tire home wise and happy.
But the happiest thought of all was the
building of the little log cabin, called
Fairy Lodge.
"There was great deal of pleasure
got out of the building and the settling
of the Lodge. ! think the great CHM
ney must have been built first, for that,
when the logs are ablaze in ii, forms
the heart and lungs of the house. The
fireplace almost fills one side of the
.living-room, and all the old-time
crane, the tongs, the bake-kettle, the
iron tea-kcttle, while the bellows hangs
by the chimney-side.
There are no modern antiques in
Fairy Lodge, and everything is bit of
history. The cupboard at one end of
the fireplace is filed with rare old
odds and ends from many broken set
of china. On the right of the e-place
stands the spinning-wheel, and the
great armchair is drawn close to the
braided rug before the ire. Then
there are chests and dressers with
brass corners and handles, and chairs,
and tables with spindle legs; old-time
mirrors, and u clock with tme-worn
face; and, in n corner, the big wool
wheel, the swifts, and the reel.
There arc interesting pictures on
the log walls-miniatures of men with
high, rolling collars, and of women
with short waists and puffy sleeves;
and there are documents of historic
value, yellow with age and heavy with
seals, in frames of tarnish gilt There
are books also, in which the SIS are all
rs as one of the six children said -
and psalm books full of 'quavers,'
'semi-quavers, and demi-semi-quav-
ers.'
There is kitchen, opening out of
the 'living-room,' which has the mod
ern innovation of q cook-stove. The
two elder girls practiced cookery at
the Lodge. and could not reach the
best results with tin bake-oven and a
long-handled frying-pan.
ION those long and lovely days
when there are guests at the home, the
Lodge, as you may imagine, is coy
retreat for the girls and their friends.
There is the last recipe from the Cook
ing Club to be tried in the morning,
and a tea at five o'clock. There is no
hurry. for there is no heavy work to be
done before company comes.
There is an old-fashioned flower
garden in front of the Lodge; and the
Old-fashioned flowers have had the hon.
or of going, each summer, with the
flowers from the home Conservatives,
in thousands of bouquets. through the
Flower Mission, 10 the city hospitals
and the sick-rooms of the poor.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-05-29
a Perfect Gentleman.

"Who is that man who has just gone
outP" asked traveller of bar-keeper
in Dcadwood City the other day.
That" replied the bartender,
"that's perfect gentleman-one of the
most perfect gentlemen in the camp"
'lndced," said the surprised stran-
ger.
why. the other night, over at Jack
Bowie's game, he Killed man for
something or other. and the next day
he paid the undertaker's bill out of his
own pocket and sent the widow bar
rel of flour. 1t is true he made big
winning and all that, but how many
men do you meet nowadays with a
great big heart like thatp He's per-
feet gentleman, sir. Columbus (Ohio)
Home Gazette.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-05-29
Yokohama, Japan.

In this commercial capital of Japan
everything struck us as curious, every
fresh step afforded increased novelty,
every new sight was revelation,
while all about us were tangible repre-
sensations of the impossible pictures of
the cheap fans, the lacquered ware OF
commerce, and the school-books. The
partial nudity of men. women and
children, the extremely simple archi-
lecture of the dwelling-house, the vege-
tation, the extraordinary salutations
between the common people who meet
each other upon the streets, the trading
booths of bazaars, and the queer. toy
like articles which filled them, children
flying kites in the shape of hideous yell
low monsters each subject became a
fresh study. Men propelling vehicles
like horses between the shafts, and
trotting off at six-mile pony gait
while drawing after them one or two
persons with ease, was ut first sim
gular aspect to stranger. So were
the naked coolies, by fours, bearing
heavy loads of merchandise swung
from their shoulders upon stout bamboo
poles, while they shouted a measured
chant by which to keep step. No beg
gars were seen on the public streets,
the people without exception seeming
neat and clean in their remarkably
scanty covering.
Tho houses were special examples OF
neatness and Of toy-like size, being sci.
dom more than twenty feet square. AL
persons, foreigners or natives, took of
their shoes before entering upon their
delicately -lacquered or polished floors.
This we not only did out of respect to
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-05-29
Is IL Wrong To Kiss?

rs & wrong 10 kss?" asked timid maid
Or the shimmering sands that border the
deep,
j., 10 answer he Got, SD 80 the wavolets
played
A roundelay gay as they kissed her feet.
she asked the sun, but he only turned
His saucy face from the eastern sky.
And kissed her cheeks Till they fairly burned
And tear OF vexation dimmed her eye.
She asked the wind as IL came from the south
The selfsame question. The answer came,
For zephyr sprang up and kissed her mouth
And ruby red lips till they seemed afiame.
She asked youth who had CHANGED along
And the moral question was solved in a
trice;
For he answered. 20, maiden, il may be
wrong,
But"-here he proved it-"its very NIGEL"
II the sea, and sun, and soft south wind
Kiss unmolested by bolt or ban,
Where the heart Is eager, and lips and mind
Are not reluctant why shouldn't MANI
Toronto Globe.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-05-29
In the Lime Kiln Club.

The Chairman of the Committee on
Applications arose and said he desired
TO make a statement. Two days pre-
vious to the meeting his committee had
decided favorably upon a batch OF
thirteen applications, and he had tied
up the letters with piece of rope and
placed them in his bootleg for safe
keeping.
"Au' dey am now missin'?" asked
the President.
Eyes, sab, reckon dat at de time
was run ober by q milk sleigh an had
two ribs splintered dose applicashuns
mus ha' bin lost in de snow"
''Brudder Juneberry Gosport, no
mans ribs mus be allowed to inter-
fere wild de regular bizness of dis club.
Thirteen people anxshus to jine to us
am delayed an disappointed bekase
you stopped In de middle of de road to
h'ar de band play an was run ober by
a spotted milk boss an left fur dead.
In de fucher all papers belongin' to de
club mus be left at de hall, an kin
only be removed in case of fiah. De
froh Free Press.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-05-29
Those who can command themselves
others.

Many who long suffered from indie.
scribable feelings Of distress, lame back
aching joints sores, swellings, weakness
of the urinary and digestive organs, un.
natural feelings of veal mess, headache
nervousness, despon 1ency, sleePlessness,
disturbing dreams, partial insanity, etc.
after doctoring liver, kidneys, nerves and
brain, with the various quack nostrums
of the day, and being nearly frightened
to death by their alarming advertisements
quietly began using DIR. Guysott's Vel.
low Dock and Sarsaparilla, and were
agreeably surprised to quickly find them
selves restored to perfect health. Nc
other remedy equals IL.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-05-29

/ COULD SCARCELY SPEAK; It was almost
impossible to breathe through my nostrils.
Using Ely's Cream Balm short time was
entirely relieved. My head has not been so
clea- nor voice so strong In years. recon-
mend this admirable remedy TO all afflicted
with Catarrh or Colds in the head. q
TICHENoR, Shoe Merchant, Elizabeth, N. j.
price so cts.)
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-05-29

Without mounting up by degrees. a
man cannot attain to high things; and
the breaking of the ladder casteth a
man back, and maketh the thing weari-
some, which was easy Sir p. Sidney.
Luck" said Garfield, lis an ignis
fatuus. Yo1 may follow it to ruin but
never to success. $50 Things don't
turn up in this world until somebody
turns them up
There is tint of purple noticeable
in all the new blue fabrics, and. some
satins and silks are of an intense pur-
pie shade. White satin, brecaded with
purple velvet pansies, is exceedingly
rich, and is used for panels, vest, and
tablier in combination with Ottoman CT
other heavy silk material.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-05-29

No one can be i'll if the blood is pure.
Yellow Dock and Sarsaparila root have
long been recognized by physicians as
blood purifiers. Don't be humbugged by
the advertisements of the many quack
bitters, but occasionally use DIR. Guysott's
Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla, and you
will live to good old age free from all
distress of mind and body. Many Of our
best citizens who long suffered from bad
blood indicated by weak kidneys, indi-
gestion, sores, aches, etc, owe their re-
covery TO the use Of this remedy.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-05-29
ST. Cloud, Mimi, Nov. 5, 1883.

DIR. Pengelly
Dear Sir-I have recently moved here from
Mason, Mich. | had been taking your Zoa-
Phora, -'Woman's Friend" and WI n got
here, much to my disappointment, was un-
able TO find II here.
have for four years been u sufferer from
female diseases, brought on by ten years of
hard work on farm. Much OF the time have
fed that With few v mor bottes ~ vonr msd
cine shall be a well woman.
enclose pay for two bottles. Please send as
soon as possible. Mrs. K. L. Rowe.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-05-29

MENsMAN's PEPTONZED BEEF TONIC, the L.
preparation of beef containing Its entire nutritious
properties IL contains blood-makng. force-gener
lNDiGEsrIoN, DYSPEPSIA. nervous prostIatidn, and
all forms OF general debility also, In all enfeebled
v21. prostraton. overwork or acute disease partic-
ulafy (. resulting from pulmonary complaints. GAS.
WILL HAzAIiD Co., PROJECTORS. New York Sold
D-uRQists.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-05-29

The Toronto Globe credits many
young Canadian women with the good
sense of no longer regarding domestic
service as mental, rs women generally
socln 10 believe, and prefer the drudge
rY of the kitchen to the drudgery of The
factory. The resu of this change of
feeling is that good domestic servants
can be obtained at moderate wages,
which, for plain cooks, range from Ss
to $40 month, and for house maids
from Sc to IS. If more American girls
could be made te see domestic service
in the same light these Canadian girls
do, they would be better fed, better
clothed, better housed and happier.
Those who can command themselves
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-05-29

No truer words we're ever writ, =
than these.
Don't Judge man by his family re-
lations, for Cain belonged to a good
family.
Don't judge a man by his speech,
for parrot talks, and the tongue is
but an instrument of sound.
Don't judge man by his failure In
life; many man is too honest to sue
coed.
Don't Judge man by the house he
lives in, for lizards and rats often in.
habit the grandest structures.
Judge a man not by his acts alone,
but by the motives of those acts.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-05-29

Hops e. MAI
B,rrERs.

1T SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE THAT A REM
EDY COMPOSED or SUCH SIMPLE IN.
GRADIENTS As HOPS. MALT, BUCHU,
MANDRAKE, DANDELION, sARsAPARIL-
LA, ETC, SHOULD PERFORM SUCH
WONDERFUL CURES, BUT WHEN PEo-
PIE OF ALL CLASSES, YOUNG AND OLD,
RICH AND POOR, TESTIFY To HAVING
BEEN CURED BY THEM YOU SHOULD
BELIEVE AND DOUBT NO LONGER.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-05-29
The MILLION"

Received $500 subscribers its
first two months and wants its
readers in every state of the
Union. It's success is unprec-
edented; no better proof is
needed of the interest the
American people take in the
question of Free Trade.
"The Million" is publish.
ed weekly at so cents a year,
and is approved and recon-
mcnded by the leading writers
on political economy. 1t is the
best as well as the cheapest
political paper in the country.
The Tariff question must be the
leading issue in politics for years
to come and the American PEG.
pie want the facts from an in
dependent source such as "Ihe
Million" which belongs to no
party.
Hon. David A. Wells, says,
at ought to get 100000 sub
scribers in a few months"
"The Chicago Times says
''It's by far the best paper of its
kind in America"
The New York Free Trade
League and the Brooklyn
Revenue Reform Club recon-.
mend it.
Send a postal card requesting
sample copy, or remit at once
so cents for one years subscrip-
ton.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-05-29

CuEAP CoMPoRr.-What q comfort II 10 TO
know that, IN case any Of your children are at
tackled at night with Group, you have the rene
DIV at hand IN Aliens Lung Balsan -~Depepd
upon it, motbersSif cures cyoup; perfectly pure
aud harmless Keep II on hand.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-05-29

Perfect sympathy Is the key to courtesy
BE courteous to all. Do good TO all
men. Speak evil of no one. Hear be-
fore Judging. Think before speaking.
Henry George, who has just returned
ID the United States, proposes to write
his experience Of his lecturing tour n
Great Britain.
IL is with some good qualities, as it is
with the senses: they are Incompetent
sible and inconceivable to such as have
them not --Rochefault.
In his essay on Friendship" Emer
son says: Friendship, like the immor-
tally of the soul is too good to be he
l:eved."
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-05-29

A Medina, n. Y. youth has been
drawn all out of shape by an over in.
diligence in cigarettes.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-05-29
How to Judge q Man.

Piso's Cure for Consum ption is not only p,easan
Ia take, but IL Is sure 10 cure.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-05-29

The acrid and poisonous humors that creep
into the blood and permeate the system cause
the swelling of the joints and Inflammation Of
the muscles that are designated az rheumatism.
This, with its twin disease, neuralgia, can
that goes 10 the source OF the trouble. In
Athlophoros q sovereign remedy has been Sc
cured. Il restores the blood TO healthy state
and drives disease away. Price, 81 per bottle.
Athlophoros Co., 112 Wall st., N. Y.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-05-29
.HL1lLH
Ladies Remember 3 Facts:

lst 1t is positively proven
that Zoa- Phora CDR. PEN
gelly's Women's Friendly.
is the best known remedy
for all complaints peculiar
10 Women, young or old
2nd-- Any Lady needing such
4 remedy and postponing
the use of Zoa Phora,
makes a dangerous (per-
haps fataD mistake.
3rd-Every Woman, sickly or healthy should
read our book on Diseases Of Women and
Children Free 10 any lady reader Of his
piper. Postage cents. Address,
X. PFNGELLEY * Co.,
KALAMAZOO, MICH.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-05-29

Don't make the mistake Of doctoring
liver and kidneys 10 cure consumption
Ify YOU will lay all other remedies aside
and put your trust in DIR. Wistar's Bal.
sam of Wild Cherry, it will surely bene.
fit you. Try it for coughs and colds, and
see what an excellent remedy IL is.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-05-29

A jury of seven women and five men
in Washington Territory heard the case
of a bar-keeper charged with keeping
n disorderly house. The female end Of
the jury was solid for conviction and
the other for acquittal. Being unable
to agree, a new trial was ordered. The
women say they know where to find
five of the biggest fools in the country,
and the men declare they will emigrate
before they will serve on another jury.
Newly imported scarfs for gentlemen
nre not as gaudy and brilliant as they
were-a fact men Of refined taste will
appreciate.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-05-29

We think we can cure bad case of Back
ache quicker with one of Carriers Smart Weed
Backache Plasters, than by any other applica-
ton, and after the Backache is cured, you can
still wear the plaster without discomfort for
two or three weeks or longer. This combina-
ton of Smart Weed and BelladonHa Is great
lift, and Il is hard to End any pain or ache that
will not yield TO II. Price % cents. Sold by
Dru0Qists everywhere.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-05-29
Go be contsnsled.)

Over 10000, eco cent pieces were
coined In the United States last year.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-11
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL.
Interesting Little Flashes from tn
Wires Printed In Cnndansad Fnrr,,

Wires Printed in Condensed Form.
A synopsis Of the November crop report of
the Department of Agriculture will Sc sent
out on Nov. 18th. Returns have been slow
in coming In, and many have not yet been
received.
President Arthur has modified rule 10. of the
Civil Service regulations, specifying ofieers
exempt from examination, SO as to include in
the list disbursing officers having the custody
of money, who give bonds.
At Charlotte, N. c., Squire Thomas, col
Ored, convicted OF burglary on Sept. 10, and
sentenced to be hanged next Friday, has been
reprieyed to Feb. q, 1885.
President Grevy has published decree
will open May 5, 1889.
Eighty persons have been arrested at Ros-
tor, Russia, for political offeDses MANY
aristocrats and ladies are found to be impii-
Gated in Nihilist plots.
In a gale on Saturday night the British
schoOners Northern Light and Elsie collided
on North Head, Catalina, and both sank Two
OF the Elsle's crew, named CARPENTER and
Ford, were drowned.
At Balti more, yesterday, Asbbury Jarrett,
one OF the seven remaining survivors Of the
"Old Defenders Association" died aged
years. He was father Of Henry G.. Jarret
the well-known theatrical manager, now n
England.
One million dollars in bullion was shi9 ed
from France to the United States durin he
past week.
The steamer Pedro, from Wilmington.
G., has arrived at Liverpool. She has ye
fever on board.
The French Government has appointed a
commission to inquire into the system of
betting on race courses.
A. n. Alree, Acting Telegraph and Express
Agent at Parenley, Ark, committed suicide
last Friday night. He was short in his ac-
counts with the telegraph and express com
pany both.
The funeral of the late Postmaster General
Fawcett occurred at Cambridge, Eng, yes
terday. Fully $4,000 persons were in attend
ance.
The steamship Ems, Europe. brought
$6OO,OOO In gold bars and coin to New York
bankers yesterday.
In the French Senate yesterday the remain
ing amendments to the Senatorial election
Dill were rejected. The bill then was passed.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-11
ENGLAND's PARLIAMENT.
The House of Commons Passes the Fran
chise Bill Without Amendment.

LONDON, Nov. lO.-The franchise bill was
passed by the House of Commons to-day in
the whole without amendment. The result
was greeted with cheers.
In the House of Commons to-day Premier
Gladstone stated that Sir William Harcourt,
Secretary of State for the Home Department,
was primarily responsible for preserving
peace in the Isle of Skye.
Sir Evelyn Ashley, Under Secretary for the
Colonial Department, replying to an inquiry
by William 5. Cain, advanced Liberal, said
that 1t was true that Mr.. West, the British
Minister at Washington, had been instructed
to negotiate reciprocal commercial arrange
ment whereby America should remit import
duties on West Indian sugar. and the West
Indies should take off the duties on certain
articles imported from America: but no ar
rangement was contemplated, and no propo-
sal had been made, whereby the West Indies
should impose differential duties on English
as opposed to American manufactures.
The Parnellltes voted with the COnserVa-
tlves IN rejecting Mr.. Stanley's amendment to
the franchise bill, providing that the bill shall
not go into operation until the scheme of re-
distribution shall have been adopted. The
question upon the third reading of the fran
chlse bill will be taken up on Tuesday, and
the bill will probably go to the House of Lords
Thursday.
The result of the Warwick election. by
which Mr.. Lloyd, Conservative, was elected
by large majority, has decided the Conser-
vative leaders to resolutely oppose the passage
of the franchise bill in the House of Lords.