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Packing Fruit for MaI'tsct-
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1t il gli,f to go through our great fruit
markets aud think OF the disappointed ship
pers. All over III. country, people who send
fruit to New York or other markets expect
tMe top prices. They often get I'LL Of ex-
reuseS. Whyt The truit was picKe care
ieS-ly bruiS Il in the handling and packing,
ana, worse than all, great quantitie' picked
too ripe. Thousands OF crates anu baskets
of peaches and pears, tens Of thousands OF
crates OF tomatoes, thousands OF barrels
of apples and melons are thrown
away every year, AMI this year has
been especially hard on fruit of all sorts
The moist weather has forced succulent
growth which perhaps is the reason for the
rayil decay 1he lesson 10 be drawn from
this state OF things is, not Snip fully ripe
fruit; to pack wlth great cure, handling
every article separately, even though they
NAV be apparently hard Time thus ex-
pended Is money saveJ- DO not unjustly
lame the commission merchant for what is
your own fault. 1t matters not il year
after year you hav1 shipped ii the same
manner and rece v ii good returns. In some
conditions Of the market, anything that is
fruit will sell we'll. In times of abundance
the case is quite otherwise. The prime ar
tice sells at feirly good price, while in
ferior goods barely pay expenses, and some
times even net loss
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IuU now Nbbply WI eNcE PVN Suhio~
alive again.
He was killed by railway engine up at
81. Thomas Ont, in Canada, on the 18th
of September. The true Story of his death
is a very touching one. You will thi TX
more of Jumbo than ever When YOU hear
that he lost hi~ life saving that of another
elephant, little fellow VINO lelongel to
the show
The circus had been exhibiting in St
Thomas, and thoT were getting ealy to go
away Keeper Sc Ut led Jumbo and the
SINAI lephant along the car tracks towards
the ircus train. The little ones name was
Tom Thumb. As they were just ON the
track the keeper saw freight train com
ing directly down on them On one side
were some cars that had been switched off
upon IA side track. Upon the other was
an embankmcnt ten feet down. The only
way to save the giant beast was to make
him 90 down the en- banlkment. The keeper
tried to do this. But Jumbo would not
bud.e. although he knew that he was in
danger He merely looked around to see
what hal become of Tom, the baby ele'
phant. Tom was some distance behind.
The splendid old fellow determined to save
Tom at any rate. He turned back and
caught the little elephant in his trunk,
liftel him high in air, and threw him out of
dang n, hey ond the cars, tracks and all.
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He caught the baby elephant IN his trunk.

He caught the baby elephant IN his trunk.
Tom fell upon the safe, open ground, the
keeper said, whining like PUPPY dog with
a sore foot. The fall hurt him, but it did
not injure him seriously. He was saved.
But alas for Jumbo! Wnel be had thrown
Tom over the cars upol the side track he
turned to save himself. But he was too
Late The engine struck him and carried
him along. His great body was squeezed
between it and the freight cars upon the
SIDE track. The crush was terrible. Jumbo's
weight was 50 great that it knocked both
the engine and the cars on the opposite side
from the track The keeper said he was in
a rage when h. saw the engine coming, and
made motion a. it with his head, as Il to
but it off the track. Bat it struck him on
the head, too. His monstrous tusks had
been sawed Off so that only the
stumps of them rema ned The engine
struck these first and drove them into
bis heal, fracturing his skull. The noble
brute had more brains than some men
How many men would have saved the life
of another firsti Jumbo was carried along
in this horrible manner for a hundred
yards, they said He roared with the ter
rble pain, and poor little Tom roarel and
hOwled, TOO, along with his old irienI. But
1t was all over with the brave giant. In
three minutes he role over upon his back
ami di d in agoav. Poor Jumbo.
So large was this great creature that some
scientific men said he was not an elsphau:
at all, but maStolol. This was a mann
moth beast that hvel on tbs earth before
the time OF history, or of man, "a We know
him. But here are no more mastOions left
now. unless Jumbo was one. He was ~
wears old and vas still growing.
The engineer of the train that killei him
is blamed very much. 1t Is tnoug bit he was
dozing, or not paying attention to his bus-
ness, nee he did not try 10 stop the cars
Dir. Barnum will have the skin stuffed
and mounted AMI exhibited witt hi, show
next summer. But boys and girls all over
the country will be almost sorry enough TO
cry, to tbi TX he met lis death 10 such a sad
way.
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Cranes.

Grapes are packet in wooden or paper
boxes, Of three or five pounds, and in neat
covered baskets, for twenty pounos or
NOR. Alter picking expos in trays in
the fruit house Tor a few days, that the
SKIN may tougher before packing. Late
neepers should hang late and when PACKED
lie aep. AT uniform low tempera .ure
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If hcifers have been petted and handed
properly from the time they We're calves,
the chances are nin'ty-nina to one that they
will not turn out kicking cows Ii not,
however, il their you;hfu. education has
been neglected. there may 5e some wild
heifers tina, show disIoSlt"r to becane
k ckerS For these the leel strap In the il
lustration has been devised
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A Preacher Granger,
Southern Cultivator.

Dr.. C. c. Willis, of Muscogee Grange,
Georgia, housed from one-eighth Of an aero
twenty -eigh bushels of Irish potatoes, be-
sides using them for two months for large
family The doctor Is one Of our best far
mers; is not only pastor, hut doctor, friend
ana granger.
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Things to Do and to Know.

Nebra,ka has now about 10000 acres Of
growing forests, in which have beea set
600, OOJ, 900 young trees Besides these,
there have been planted over 1900, 0O1
fruit trees, over 1850, 600 grape vines, q
vast number of berry bushes and plants,
and countless quantities Of ornamer tai
shrubs
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last time, ami he q bright recollection a.
through And he is more than half right.
F. S.-Be it plainly understood that that
summer boarler did not visit any OF the
homes of the readers of this column. lie
had no such good luck.
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''But you wouldn't LEI any bply drown b
for s'our eyes would youf' asked his papa.
That was tough question for the boy.
de didn't stop to argue about it, though,
when 1t came to the scratch, buJ Just jumped
In IN an ins.aIt AMI savel his Uls cousins
life.
Jsromes pare is are very proud Of him
now So are his uncles and aunts, and all
hiS kin. As for una. | am proud Of his
acquaintance, and glad to have the rsiyilege
II telling all you Dung Peopls this story.
ELIZA ARCHARD.
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nR. II. w. WEBS, (Deutchcr l'octor,D late
~ Physician and Surgeon 20 the ST Louis remae
osipta once Stieies Clothing store, corner OF
Main and La sale streets. Residence on south blum,
AZ Mrs penys ap&
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AZ KNEtJSSI4, German DrueglH ana Apothe
vi. cary wholesale and retail, Main street Jtis
wa Ill Importer Of Drug. Chemicals, French COgni'
brandiee. VINES. Ae.
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L. Y. fRIf3S, Druggist, bookseller and Sta
Il. ton err OTTAWA, H. SECOND store In NattiRgert
Block south side OF Court House Square.
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HKNRYhAYo JOHN II. wIDhKR.
MAYO ~ wIDM F,R, Attorney AZ Law -
Iu once In NsttiRgers Block, corner of ~ale
and Main streets front room up sttirs. Ottawa III
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mr.. X. NJ. NIcARrH UR, ottawa, III
~ Ofnc. In the Opera House Block. open from :
O'Clock A. n. 10 O'Clock p NJ Residence on Benton
street south of Illinois Avenue. jan0Te
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u ". LINCOLN, Attorney At Law. once
ID. over No 10 La Sale street, west side II the
Court House. Ottawa. III. JulyJ75
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w. BREW EIS, Attorney and Counselor ~
IL. Law, and Notary Public Rooms q 10 Opera
House Block, OTTAWA III.
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II NJ. GODFREY, NJ. D., l. 4 c. 8
III. Edinburg Once, in ArmOurs new building. Oh
Madison street Residence II Webster Of. sugllTT
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p Nv SIC A N 3 .

DUSH N ELL. * FULLERTON At
ID tOrncys al LAW. ottawa Illinois. once IN Bush
ucn'E block west of Court House iuly2l-y'
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~ GRIaGS, Attorney ana Counselor AZ Law.
~. Office in Lynch's block, Main street. Ottawa ILL.,
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INEOR(fE -. ELDRtIDtiE, Attorney Al
" Law ONCE In POstotice Block ottawa, III april
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mr. q. MILLER, tho well known Ocusr
~ and Aurst, ottawa H. once, 'l5 In Sa!e street,
up stairs. a!r'-diHur'
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n MoDOUCiAIII,A Attorney ut Law, Ottawa
-. III. Office in Gedney's Block. dec2b
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fBrll lFsTER II. sTRAwE. g., W. RUGRR.
DULL. STRA N X RUGER, Attor'
IL news and Counsellors at Law. Once over City
Drug Store corner OF La sale and Madison streets OF
lava Ill Ian26.SI
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mr.. CHARITY SA y DEltS. successor
~ to pT Alrluda Autcu. once over II. \. butter
grocery store, In Union Block Ottawa, H. scpl3
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-02-12
The Evolution of the skate.

Many man of to-day can remember
the long curled toe, steel runner imbed-
ded in a solid piece of wood that form
ed the skate of his boyhood days. To
the wood were attached the long straps
and the screw in the heel that fastened
the skate to the foot. This skate, too,
was guttercd, and the fellow that had
pair of "smooth bottoms" was the
envy and wonder Of all the other boys.
The curly-toe gradually disappeared,
the long straps gave place to the dou-
BILE toe-strap, and the hcel-strap that
with its harness rings always reminded
one of halter, took flight with the old
wood-screw that used to be bored into
the boot-heel. Other changes followed
rapidly. Some bright skater conclud-
ed that better speed could be attained
if less of the steel touched the ice, and
the "rocker" skate made its appear
ance. Another happy thought knock
ed the toe-straps out in one round, and
gave the steel clamps, frightened by
means of double screw and wrench,
in place of them. A plate in the boot
heel, and knob on the skate, said
Goodbye. to the heel-strap, and very
shortly afterward clamps similar to
those on the toe made the heel of the
skate nearly perfect. A mple turn of
the wrist connected the two sets of
clamps with lever, and the skate was
| made -MiilCdukee Globe. The Globe
might have added that the process OF
evolution has to a very large extent
done away with ice skates and substi-
tutcd rollers, which are now all the
| craze.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-02-12
Soothing a Nervous Man.

BARRIERS ought not to make them
selves too agreeable to their customers.
One of this ilk, who is wonderful con-
versationalist, and can operate with
his own chin and on the chin of his
victim at the same time, told refresh
ing story to his victim. The victim
was nervous man, and was always
afraid that some dreadful accident
would happen to his jugular vein when
the reckless razor was rushing wildly
over his countenance. The affable bar
Der saw the condition of affairs and
tried to soothe the poor fellow with a
story. "Sir." he said, in scpuchral
tones, 'the changes that happens in
life is awful. Last Wednesday, sir, a
man about your size was settin' in this
very chair, and / was Shawn him. And
would you believe it, sir, saw him on
Saturday afternoon, yes, sir, on Satur-
day afternoon, regular corpse, sir. "
The lathered man leapcd from that
chair with cash in his face, and with
hasty expression of opinion, left the
shop. Yes, cheerful conversation does
assist nervous man to get over the
rough places in life, without doubt.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-02-12


IL will retire in favor of The
nymph."
mo; l would rather sec you now. "
Dayton S face lighted up for an instant.
Mr. Croydon has gone, and | suppose
everyone else is off enjoying himself, "
continued Ella.
Il thought Mr.. Croydon was n fix
ture; had come on purpose to see you
that is"
Dear me, nor laughed Ella. HE
Is ON his way to Liverpool, He is to
marry my cousin in August, and only
stopped here to see papa"
Miss Tcrrel-Ella-de Ella! /
have been such fool!''
We willimagine the conversation that
followed. Suffice it to say, there were
two weddings in August.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-02-12

rear the sharp ing ON the frosty way.
Ava catch the CLEAN of a cycle bright
SlrSt a glimpse of a form I'm Quaker gray
.Aifd then, the dear boy! he is out OF sinht
an ont and AWAY, ere tho sun is high,
Whhe the early clouds are all rose and
pearl, WV
dry; w
And lm-only girl.
think of the hollows whore leaves lie dead.
Of the gaunt trees shadows against the
sky.
or the cool, clear stretch of blue overhead.
And the low. lush meadows he rnttles by
look on the road with it's dusty track,
where the wind-gusts meet to whistle and
And--yes' may look for his coming back
For I'm only a girl.
may watch and wait all day for the ring
Oi MS pretty playthings glistening steel;
Ana, dressed IN my guyest may sit aud sing
over my work till hear the wheel
Then shall see the eyes O. my lad
And he n check aud droopinV curl:
And-well, yes I'm a little glad
That I'm only girl.
Ruth Hall, i'm Outing.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-02-12

caused and to meet the protestations
which have been mado. The doctor
was cured Jour gears ago and is soeH and
attending to his professional duties to-
day. The standing of DIR. Henion. MIR.
Warner and DIR. baltimore in the COM
munity is beyond question and the
statements they make, cannot for a mo-
ment be doubted. DIR. Henion's ex-
perience shows that Bright's diease of
the kidneys is one of the most deceptive
and dangerous of all diseases, that it is
exceedingly common, and that it can
90 cured.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-02-12
Cushion-Stufin

In the rear of small harness shop ia
New Jersey village, tine other day, the
proprietor was making humping
noise and raising big dust by pound
ing with whip-stock heap of curly
black hair, which he had taken out Of
an old carriage cushion.
'What are you pounding that hair
for?" was asked when he stopped to
get breath and wipe the moisture
from his forehead with a red cotton
handkerchief.
at is not hair" said the man.
"What is it then?n
"a mixture of marsh grass, moss,
and cocoanut fiber. Good imitation,
though isn't it? You see, hair is a
first-class article for stuffing mattress
es, cushions, etc., but it is expensive.
1t is clipped from the tails and names
of horses, dead and alive, from the tails
of cattle, from the bellies of hogs, and
from the human head. 1t is twisted in
to ropes to make it kinky, and when
the kink is set it is used to stuff the
cushion. 1t costs lot of money, even
when freely mixed with short hair.
Most people prefer a genuine hair cush-
ion at 90 cents, to genuine hair cush-
ion at 50. So the manufacturers ac-
commodated them with this mixture.
Sometimes fine split whale bone is put
IN the mixture, and sometimes, though
not often, it is diluted little with hair.
The stuff costs from $50 to $50 ton.
1t packs with use, but the cover of the
cheap cushion wears out about as soon.
We can make new cover and then use
the old filling over again by whipping
it with slender whip to liven it up.
There is no money in such stuff for any
one who handles it, but we've got to
meet the demand. "-NeW York Sun.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-02-12
Can You DO Il?

Last night the cutting winds seemed
to blow direct from the Polar regions.
Vine street was almost deserted and
only few whose business kept them
out were seen walking ut rapid gait
to their several places of destination.
A reporter was slowly sauntering
through the streets in his midnight
wanderings with his big ulster button
ed tight around him, and his sealskn
cap pulled down over his ears, when
his attention was attracted to q party
OF swell society gentlemen, who had
been out for night of it. Il bet you
500, said one of them to companion,
that you cannot drop nickel from
your eye into funnel five times in sue
cession."
The proposition was Immediately ac-
ceptec, when the party stepped into
Billy Gruber's. A funnel was procur-
ed, and placed with the small end run
ming down the waist of the gentleman's
trousers. A nickel was placed on his
left eyepd with the other one closed.
He slowly bowed his head and the
nickel fell into the funnel. "Once."
cried out the friend with whom the.
wager had been made. The second
time the feat was successfully accom-
plished, AS the third trial was about
to be made his friend accused him of
having an eye open. mo, indeed, l have
not, was the reply, but before he had
completed this assurance the friend
emptied pitcher of ice water into the
funnel.
"a bottle of wine, and as much more
as they want" said the man as he
FASTENED to the Emery Hotel, whence q
messenger was dispatched for dry
trousers, etc.-Cfn. Com. Gazette.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-02-12

''She tried her prentice hand ON man.
And then she formed the lassies, Or
what is woman's WORTH" asked q
fair damsel of a crusty old bachelor.
He did not know, so she said: w. o.
man double you o mani. But wom-
an feels worth little il disease has invad.
ell her system and is daily sapping her
strength. For all female weaknesses.
DIR. X. v. Pierce's 'Favorite Prescrip-
ton" stands unrivalled. 1t cures the
complaint and builds up the system.
Send two letter stamps for pamphlet to
Worlds Dispensary Medical Associa-
ton, Buffalo, N. Y.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-02-12
The Paragraph.

alt was thought the paragraph
would make any one an artist" said a
commercial artist as he ran the tracer
of the little machine over the outlines
of peculiarly shaped picture. "But l
can tell you it hasn't. When it was
first invented it was a novel idea to be
able, say in small photograph, to
trace correctly the outlines to a mathe-
NAUTICAL certainty, life size, or any de-
sired size, almost. on another paper. In
other words, to literally trace an en-
larged silhouette from small picture.
1t was capital idea, but artists are
born, not made.
"After the picture was enlarged, and
all the outlines faithfully transferred, it
wasfound that to fill in and give ex-
preston could not be done by anyone
but an artist. The invention of the
paragraph created sensation. Rap
id artists went all over the United
States giving lessons to classes and sell
ing the instruments. Each pupil
bought an instrument and few boxes
OF crayon. Very few were ever known
afterward to succeed in making n pict-
ure that resembled the original, much
less to become artists
Are the paragraphs much used?"
"They are used mostly now 20 trace
maps and irregular mechanical draw
ing. See. am enlarging the interior
view of Pullman palace car, and, in
stead of using a rule to draw the per-
spective lines and get the seats an
equal distance apart, / do it all in q
short time with the pantagraph. ~
Ne,O York Mail and FapreSs.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-02-12
NIAliARA,S ICE BRIDGE.

The ice-bridge generally extends
from the Horseshoe Falls to a point
near the Railway bridge. lasts general
lv from two to three months, and is
crossed by hundreds of foot passengers
during the winter. The ice forming
the bridge is ordinarily from one hum
dred to one hundred and nifty feet thick
rising from fifty to sixty feet above
the natural surface of the river. The
tinee of the waters from the dark green
of summer, is changed to a muddy
yellow; huge icicles, formed by an ac-
cumlation OF frozen spray, hang per
pendicularly from the rocks; the trees
on Goat Island and Prospect Park seem
partially buried; mass Of quaint and
curious crystalline forms stand in lieu
of the bushes; the building seem to sink
under ponderous coverings OF snow and
ice; the tops of trees and points OF rock
on which the dazzling white frost work
does not lie, stand out in bold contrast,
forming the deep shadows OF the en-
trancipg picture; the whole is wild,
savage aspect; grand and imposing.
II one can see Niagara but once it
had better be in winter than in summer.
The scene is one of peerless grandeur,
worth going hundreds of miles to be-
hold.-Lcspinasse's Notes on Niagara.
The Michigan Central is the only
route running TO Niagara Falls N. T.,
and to Niagara Falls. Ont; the only
route running trains directly to, and by
the Falls and in full view of them. stop
ping for the convenience of passengers
at Falls View, almost on the very brink
of the great Horseshoe Fall where the
finest view of the Falls Is ootainable.
skirting the gorge of the river and cross
inc it on the steel double-track canti-
lever bridge in front of the Falls. and
affording the grandest views of the
upper and lower rapids and other points
of great interest.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-02-12

1t is an acceptable theory that no
man knows how to carry a baby, and
that every woman does. The first
proposition is correct, I guess; but the
second is only partly so. Some of the
girls were highly successful in the I'M
dertaking. They encircled the pulpy
mass with their arms as though born to
the service, Struggled it to their breasts,
made pretty shoots at it, chirped it in
to good humor, and altogether perform
ed instinctively like mothers. But there
were others, of whom was disgrace
fully one, who displeased the subject so
thoroughly that it screamed, kicked,
and endeavored to burst all the blood
vessels in his PIGGY, purple face. l
then and there vowed that i would de-
fer the requirement Of culture in baby
tending until such time rs the
knowledge should become of practical
value, Clara Belle IN The Cincinnati
Ennuirer
Our State governments, as rule, are
faithfully and honestly conducted. The
heaviest burden which falls upon the
shoulders of our people is that OF mu-
nicipal taxation. --Ra2sSas CITY Evening
Star.
Joaquin MIXERS real name, az II
.eaks out, is really and truly "Cincin-
eatus Hiner Miller
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-02-12
A CLEAR VOICE.

Mr.. Charles T. Krebs, 738 Madison
avenue, Baltimore, Maryland, well
kno gn in banking circles, certifes to
the excellence of the Red Star Cough
Cure. A few doses cured his niece of
severe hoarseness and sore throat. 1t
is pleasant to take. No one can be
poisoned by this remedy, which is free
from opium, morphia and other dan
9erous drugs.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-02-12
FRENCH VALENTINES FOR 1885

Just imported. The great craze of
the age. For the purpose of introduce
ing these novelties in this country
will send to every reader of this paper
six valentines, all different, upon the
receipt of thirty cents in silver or stamps
to pay postage and cost of importing.
Address Kit Kelvin, p. q. box 226,
Rochester, N Y