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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-15
Listen TO Your Wife.

III Manchester GUARDIAN, June Sth, 1888, says:
1. At one Of the
s'Windows'
Looking on the woodland ways With
clumps of rhododendrons and great masses Of
May blossoms -! There was an interesting
group.
II included one who had been q Cotton
spinner" but was now so
.'Paralyzed!l
That he could only bear to Ne In reclining
position
This refers % my case.
Twas first Attacked twelve years ago with
"Locomoter Ataxy"
"a paralytlc disease of nerve fibre rarely ever
cured) and was for several years barely able to
get about.
And for the las. Five years not able to at
tend to my business although
Many things have been done for me.
The last experiment being Nerve stretching
Two years ago | was vot d into the
Home for Incurables Near Manchest r, In
May, 1882.
am no "Advocate: !" FOR anything In the
shape Of patent Medicines.
And made many objections to nv dear wifes
con 'tant urging 10 try Hop Btters, but finally
to pac f. her
Consented
! had not quite finished the first bottle when
] lett c. ange come over me This was Satur-
day, November I'd On sunday morning /
felt SO s rJng laid to my room companions,
III was sure ! could
walk
So started across the floor and back.
l hardly knew how TO contain myself. was
all over the hou,e. ! am gaining strength
each day, and can walk quite safe without any
''St ok -
Or Support
! am now at my own house, and hope soon
| TO be able To earn my own living again Ihave
| been member of the Manchester
'Royal Exchange"
For nearly thirty years, and was most hearth
| ly congratulated on going into the room on
| Thursday last Very gratefully yours,
| JOHN BLACKBURN.
MANCHESTER (Eng) Dec, "a, 1873.
Two years later am perfectly well.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-15
A Queer Recruiting officer.

Recruits Wanted. u. S. Army"
said the sign, and in front of the office
stood fine-looking soldier in new
uniform.
"How is the recruiting businessP" I
asked.
"Poor enough. We are not averaging
five recruits week."
"Then your efforts at obtaining &C
cessions to Uncle Sans army are not
very successfully"
''Successfulp Why, do my best to
keep people from enlisting." was the
startling response.
That's scarcely consistent with
your position" replied.
"But it is with my conscience. 1t is
a cat-and-dog's life, and to any likely;
looking young Teller that wants to join
/ say, Keep away, If you don't want
a life of slavery II 1T wasn't for
liquor should be in a better business
myself"
/ walked on, and pondered the
strange anomaly Of recruiting
soldier who did his best to pre-
Won't the hiring Of recruits. --New Park
Star.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-15
CHAPTER III.

MY uncle was sent to the legislature.
How we did rejoice, not because of his
success, but because he would for a
time be separated from us. / was now
twelve years old and Halle was ten.
During the long time we had lived
with Uncle Jasper. he had never spok-
en- really kind word tn either of us;
and my poor timid aunt, am sure,
never had cause to feel that he had
treated her with the least considera-
ton.
No one to scold us; no unwelcome
footsteps to startle us. We sat around
the log fire. studying the books that
my aunt resurrected from the bottom
of an old chest. One time we invited
neighboring children and had candy
pulling. Halle was the most joyous
creature in the world. / thought. and
when she seized my condy and ran
about the room with it, adroitly evad-
ing my pretended efforts to catch her,
/ thought that my happiness was COM
plete. This happiness, though, could
not last. The legislature adjourned
and my uncle returned home. Par
liamentary rulings had not improved
his disposition. just so soon as he
set his foot in the house, a gloom set
tied over everything.
With pain | noticed that aunt was
daily growing weaker. THAT is the
way my mother began" Halle one
day said when had spoken to her
with regard to my aunt's condition.
"Oh, John, would u not be terrible II
she were TO Il ep'
"He would almost kill u.s." repli.
ed. "Hallie, when we grow up, let US
run away from here and be married. v
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-15
fEHNANDEz DE TAos.~

SAN GERoNIMo's DAY, SEPT. 80th.t
i.
Home of Mexlcl Land OF minesi
Brosc,a, with red and schite, combines.
Pueblos till the tasseled maize,
The rabbit with the parmot plays;
Aud spanish-daggers deity sport
Where Montezuma held his court
The Picurls and Piutes race,
While Pawnees wage warlike chase;
Apaches dance with mad delight
In Mescalero-maidens' sight;
And Sioux their captive scalps bestow
On many fair ouEg Navajo.
III.
Dark Mexican Se,,ords ride,
Gay cdbelleros by their side,
Wooing tue danes In amorous fun,
Who, blushing at their wles, are won;
And lure the dons TO rapt desire,
With flashes from their eyes OF fire.
".
Pueblo-w' men, warm as wine,
For plum'd and painted warriors pine
Their mellow cheeks for kisses ripe,
Their forms OF rare, voluptuous type;
TIE boon they crave beyond all gold
A brave Of braves, In battle bold.
V.
Laud of Navajo and Ute,
OF rocky knoll ard messy butte,
OF Mission San Geronimo,
The garden Of New Mexico!
Here swarm the tr hes In soc al sport,
Where Cortcs Mont yuma ought.
VI.
And there the pale-face, cold as snow
Beside the MGNic's Iropic glow,
With la OF amber, eyes OF steel,
Aud nerves and soul that seldom feel
The thrills OF frTv love and hate
Deemed by the Mescaleros-Fate.
VII.
These are the interminglng hues
That blend within our radiant views
The herry-brown of Mexic broodl
The rub, red OF Indian blood
And blissfully the white Is wed,
To blossom. both In brown aud red
VIII.
The Pawnees with the Piuies race
Will NJ cs wage a wanton chase;
Apache heap in widest JOY
Beforc p cur.-ma dens coy;
AuG s ouX their treasured trophies show
To many a savage Navajo.
TX.
Cline OF Fernandez de Taos
Nature r, wells IN carouse:
Brown, and rcd, and VIII te, entwine,
1 cndr,ls of one human me-
Aud n. neic cit ~ festive Sport
Where vi, ntcZuma held his court.
BILL Y. BU TIES, The CoLoR COWBOY.
Pronounced 7o,t~. tan Annual Festival.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-15

tiers after years OF suffering from dyspepsia.
- ------------,
| Partisan scrbblers have cheerful
habit of writing on walls, benches and other
public places the words, down with the
wealthy"
The senior warden OF an English church OBJ
1ected 10 a new rector on the ground that e
was too young to be the pastor OF a congre-
CATION 20 years old, :"
Whittier, the poet is TO have town named
for him. Clark Whittier has bought 10000
acres OF land In North Carolina and will lay
ont the town OF whittier" In honor of his
brother.
To 10000 ales IN Montana there are only
~, SIS females, In Arizona but 49, 464 In Wyom-
ing but AZ, s07, in New Mexico 1888, In Dako-
Ia 64,257, In Washington Territory %, 39l, I'm
Idaho 49,463, In Nevada 4S, 1876.
| According to the Lancet, the recent visit to
| America OF DIR. Keith, who came to perform a
surgical operation, is the first instance since
the declaration of independence of an Ameri-
can having summed medical aid from the old
| country.
| Edward Everett Hale says Grants book, so
stron and simple in style, will be more read
three centuries hence than any other English
narrative In the meantime everybody
should have handsomely bound copy on the
parlor table alongside the family Bible
The latest linen Of the French dandy is
called the Mower from his habit of swing
| ng his cane Ike scythe steadily and regu-
arly, as he walks alo"g. lie dresses In rural
| fashion, with broad brmmed straw hat. wide
trousers, large shoes with fiat heels, and no
! gloves.
In the town of Rochester, Mimi, "quear''
man has built a monument made from stones
gathered from all Parts OF the Unite States.
| II Is about six feet high and ur in dlameter
al the base II C ntans stones from nearly
every state In tie union and from the highest
| peak In the Rocky mountains
The Rev. II. j. Ellacombe, rector OF Clyst
| St.George, Devonshire, and the greatest Eng
llsh authority on the subject Of church bells,
| is dead. at the age of %. He was IA volumin-
Gus writer on his pet subject Of bells, and IL is
| said OF him that he never made an enemy.
| Nobody could write unanimously on bellies In
this country and not make an enemy.
The salaries of the British cabinet are: Sec
Rotary Of foreign affairs and lord OF the treas
'urv, $50, 600; chancellor Of the exche uer $25,-
000 lord high chancellor, $50, 1000 lo d lieuten-
ant Of Ireland, 100000; lord president OF
prlvy council, $50, 1000; secretary for colonies,
5000; home secretary, s % o. sc rotary OF
war, $4,000; seer tary OF India s25,W0; first
lord of the admiralty, S22, 300: lord chancel
Tor of Ireland, SO, 100; president # the board
OF trade, $1,000.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-15
The Worlds Champion.

Nj Edward Hanlan, the great oarsman, and
until his recent contest with Beach, In Aus
trsla. the champion Of the world, may GER
tainly be looked upon as an authority In every
thing affecting athletic sports. Before leav-
ter In which be stated that he had used St
Jacob OIL with the mot beneficial results lie
found IL a reliable remedy for mus ,ular pains
In the arms and limbs, aud from his personal
experience took great pleasure In recommend
ing it. No stronger proof OF the truth OF
what is claimed for st. Jacobs Oil could be
FURNISHED than this, and IL will undoubtedly
carry great weight with all thoughtful and in
tellipent D. ople
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-15

Relief from Sick Headache. Drowsness,
Nausea, Dizziness, Pain in Slde &c, guaran-
teed 10 those using Caters Little Liver Pills.
These complaints are nearly always causel by
torpid liver and constlpated bowels. Restore
these organs 10 their proper functions and
the trouble cea G., Carters Little Liver Pills
will do his every time. One pill Is dose.
Forty In vial. Price % cents.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-15

CHRONIC CATARRH. The result OF 70 years.
Catarrh;-the bridge, or division of my nose
was about half gone. | obtained bottle Of
Ely's Cream Balm; have used four bottles,
applying II to the affected parts with swab;
previously tried all other remedies on the
market without permanent relief. A.
Wood, 90 N. High Street, Columbus, Ohio.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-15

THE CHn.DREN's HEALTH must not be neg
lected. Colds In the Head and snuffies brings
on Catarrh and throat and lung affections.
Ely's Cream Balm cures at once. II is per-
fectly safe and is easily applied with the fin
ger. IL also cures Catarrh and Hay Fever,
the worst cases yielding to IL In q short time.
Sold by druggists. 80 cents. Ely Bros, OswE-
ao NY
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-15
Ladieu in America

long before they reach middle age frequently md
themselves suffering from some of the complaints
and weaknesses peculiar 10 their sex. For all such,
Kidney. Wort is great boon. 1t induces a healthy
acion of the Kidneys, Liver and bowels. cleans the
system, and strengthen and gives life to all the
Important organs Of The body. 1t is natures great
assistant in establishing and sustaining health Sold
oy ali druggists.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-15
Prosecute the S,UinsfIers!!!

when you call for Hop Btters the druggist hands
out anything but 'ioP BiTTERs" with green cluster
OF Hops on white label shun that
druggist as you would "A viper. and II he has taken
your money for bogus stun ndict him for the fraud
and sue him for damages Tor the swinde and we
will reward you literally for the conviction.
See Y. s. Court Injunction against G. ID. Warner.
Reading, Mich. and all his statesmen agents, drug
gists, and other imltators.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-15

Chang Yul Huau, the newly appointed min
his father was known all over China for his
great riches, so II Is expected that the new Min
ister will not only bring large retinue with
him but make an endeavor 10 dazzle social cir
Giles Of Washington with displays of magnif-
cence He will not arrive until February.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-15
mo Physic, Sir, in Mins!"

A good story comes from boys boarding.
school In Jersey" The Diet was monoton.
GUS and constituting, and the learned Princi-
pal decided TO Introduce some d-,tyle physlC
in the app.e-sauce and await the happy results
One bright lad, the smartest in the school. dis.
covered the secret mine in his sauce, and pus 4
ing back his plate, shouted t. the pedagogue
"No physic, sir, In mine. My dad told me to
use nuthin' but DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Purga
tive Pellets and they are doing their duty
like charmp' They are anti-billious, AID
purely vegetable.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-15
al have often Thought Of CHAT,

uaNo oiton snouBut VI tHut
John"
After this, though we knew very
little of marriage contracts, we con
sidered ourselves engaged. One day
we told aunt. She kissed both of us,
and going to little pearl-covered box
she took out a ring, put it on Hallie's
finger and said:
"There now, little lady, this is your
engagement ring. You must not take
it off until the day you are married,
and then you must remove 1t and
make a wish"
Sand will the wish come trueP''
she eagerly asked,
"Oh, yes"
She clapped her hands and laughed.
just then uncle entered the room.
"What means all this foolishnessp"
he demanded.
1.-THE children are merely playing,
Jasper.
playing the devil. Get out of here
now and find something to do"
My aunt grew weaker and weaker,
and when the spring time came-when
the trees began to grow green-she
was confined to her bed. WANTED to
sit by her bedside, but uncle drove me
out into the field. Every morning
before going to work, would slip in
and kiss her, and one morning, seeing
that she had sunk so much during the
night, l begged my uncle to let me
stay by her. but he drove me into the
field. l had not been at work many
hours when | saw Halle running to-
ward me.
"Oh, john" she almost breathlessly
exclaimed when she had come within
speaking distance, "Aunt Emily Is
dead" Sorrowfully, with tears and
sobs, we went to the house, Several
of the near neighbors who had come
in ere doing the work which none
but tenderest hands should do. Uncle
Jasper strolled aimlessly about the
yard. Occasionally some one would
approach him and ask for instructions.
Once he said:
white dress. You will find it IN
the bottom drawer of the bureau"
The noble woman was buried in a
graveyard near our farm. Uncle JAS
per did not shed tear. When we re-
turned from the burial, he busted him
self with greasing harness.
Oh, how drearily the time passed. 1t
seemed that he delighted in putting
extra work on me, and Halle, poor
child. was compelled to do all the
homework. When the time came,
strange to relate, he was re- selected to
the legislature. wondered why peo-
pie could be so blind, and took the
liberty of asking one of the neighbor, s
prominent voter.
Jasper Prior amt much of family
man." said he, "but he knows how to
make laws. Nobody can shuttle round
him and get him to vote their way.
Look what he done about the infa-
nous dog tax. Why, he went down
there and Knocked the thing higher
than kite, Folks don't forgit such
services.
Halle and |. with the exception of
an old negro woman, lived alone
in the old house during uncle's abb
sence, but SO contented were we with
out him that we dreaded tho adjourn
ment of the legislature.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-15

Were women allowed to vote, every one In
the land who has used DR.. Pierce's 'Favorte
Prescription" would vote 1t to be an unfailing
remedy for the diseases peculiar 10 her sex.
BY druggists.
Bradlaugh says that Cardinal Manning has
kept him out Of Parliment by his In ueLc,
with tie Irish vote.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-15

Lowell has six chimneys of 200 feet and up
ward In height. The great Merrimock shaft,
said to be the most lofty of boiler-smoke shafts
in the country, is 2S3 feet high with circular
fine 10 feet I'm diameter.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-15

eW-PHRFsC1ioN The Scarlet. Cardinal Red
Old Gold, Navy Blue, Seal Brown. Diamond Dyei
gives perfect results. ANY fashionable color Ioc.
at druggists. Wells, Richardson Co., Burlington
vi. -
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-15

right; and you will always do the proper
thing in taking BIglows Positive Cure for
coughs, colds and all throat and lung troubles
Pleasant to take, and cure speedy. 30 cents
and 81
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-15

The purest sweetest and best Cod Liver OIL In the
world manufactured from fresh healthy lyers up
on the sea-shore IL Is absolutely pure and sweet.
Patients who have taken Il prefer TO all others
Physicians have decided IL superior TO any OF the
other oils In market. Made by CAswRLL HAZARD
Co, New York. NJ =
cured by using Juniper Tar Soap, made by CAswELL
XAZARD & CO.. New York.
u.Iso.dc.uca Expressly for family use Only sold
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-15

One word: one step may make or mar ones
whole future. DIR. Jones' Red Clover Tonic 10
the proper move when you have dyspepsia,
bad breath, piles, pimples, ague, malaria, low
spirits, headache, or any stomach or liver
troubles. 30 cents.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-15

My brother-in-law, John w. Neff, who could
rheumatism, took eighteen bottles OF Athlo-
phoros and now he can walk three-quarters of
mile with one cane. Mrs. T. B. Neff, Gala
nina Via
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-15

Two bones of the elephas primogenius, and
Others of some other gigantic animal, have
been found lately IN Colorado. One tusk be
ionred TO monster quarter as large again
ne Jumbo.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-15

DIR. Talmage has discovered TO the English
newspaper scribe the fact that "he guesses,
though he never bets"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-15

The retail liquor license In Fulton county,
Ca, except in Atlanta has been increased to
10 Zoo lust five times as much as heretofore.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-15

The sanitary inspectors appointed by the
Philadephia board of health report 1873
cases OF nuisances found in less tnan $4,000
houses examined by them this seas on-nearly
one In four.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-15
ROUGH ON PAIN."-Liauid

Rough ON Pain" Liquid sOc Quick cure. Neural
gia. rheumatism. aches, pains, sprains, headache
cramps, collie. Rough onPan" Plaster, l5c,
The Gar of Russia keeps dog. In this he
is on an equal footing with the poorest Of his
All hipcts
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-15

The Railway News OF London states that the
number of passengers carried on all the rail-
roads In all parts of the world In 1882, Is es-
timated at 2, 400, C0o,0 600, or an average OF g.
zoo 600 day.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-15

FIND ELY's Cream Balm good for Catarrh
Of long standing.-M. N. Lasley, 1884 West
Chestnut Street, Louisville, Ky.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-15

George Campbell, Hopkinsville, KY, says:
Burdoci Blood Bitters Is the best preparation
for the Blood and Stomach ever manufac-
tured
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-15

letter. Amember Of the Pioneer Press
STAFF, troubled for eleven years with obstinate
letter on his hands, has completely cured 1t In
less than month, by the use of Coles Carroll.
isalve.-[ Pioneer Press, St. Paul.
DR.. Hierme Retsof, German oculist Of
note. says the electric light produces color
blindness
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-15
How Women Would Vote.

Joseph Cook leaves his farm long enough TO
deliver a Sunday lecture to the fashionable
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-15

Many medicines now on the market owe
what virtue they possess 90 the presence Of
powerful and poisonous d ugs. HuNT's Kid
ney and Liver REMEDY is purely vegeta BILE
and will not n ure the feeblest and most deli
cate person.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-15

Don Fernando King of Portugal, is suffering
from throat cancer like to Gen Grants attic
tion
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-15
CHAPTER ~.

Two years dragged YEARLY along.
l was nearly fifteen years old; Halle
had passed her twelfth birthday. I'm
Gle told us that he intended to
marry again and that he would get q
woman who would make us stand
around, but his design was
never executed. He was engage
ed to a vicious woman, woman
so well known for violence of
temper that many of the neigh
bors extended to us their SYM
pathies.
One day, having business a dis
tant part Of the county, uncle
left home on horseback Two days
passed and we heard nothing of
him. At the close of the third day
some one halloocd at the gate. Halle
and went out.
as this Jasper Prior's placer"
Yes" replied.
"Well. / am sorry, but l have bad
news for you. Mr.. Prior, two days
ago, was drowned while trying
to cross stream, and we have
not been able to find his body.
Goodbye"
Halle and /, without speaking, went
back into the house. We sat down by
the fire and for time sat looking into
the blaze.
"Hallie."
"Yes, John"
Il think that he ought to have
died"
at may be wrong to say so,
John. but l cannot help believing as
you do"
"Hallie."
Eyes, John.'
81 love you better than-better than
anybody else could love anybody
else"
"But not better than love you
John"
put my arms around her and kiss
ed her. 1--WE are only children" said
I, "but let us be married at once. II
makes no difference what people say"
1--WE don't care what they say" she
replied. 1--WE love each other and 1t
is nobody's business"
Two weeks from that time we were
married by an old preacher, who, af-
ter the ceremony was over, placed his
palsied hands on our heads and said:
'1God bless you, my children"
That night while Halle and l were
sitting by the fire-our fire-she took
off the ring which my aunt had given
her and said:
"Thls is the first time that l have
ever taken off this ring, and now,
John, am going to make wish.
wish that our married life may be
happy"
Her wish came true. We are rather
old people now-have lived together
many a year-but we are still happy.
One of our grand-daughters was mar
ried last month. Optic p. Read, in Ar
kansaw Traveller.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-15

Lady Dutferin is engaged In philanthropic
effort to introduce lady doctors into India, as
the native women refuse to be treated by doc
tors not of their own sex.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-15

Nine. Calderon de Ia Barca, who wrote a
book on life in Mexico, has become a devout
Catholic and aments that she cannot recall
some Of the things said in her book.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-15

BEWARE OF FRAUDs-Be sure you get the
genuine DR.. Thomas Electric on. It cures
Colds, Group, Asthma, Deafness and Rheuma-
tism.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-15
Don't Eat in a Hurry.

A health Journal says that people ought to
take three,quarters OF an hour for dinner.
This Is wen II there Is enough dinner TO hold
out SO long. The penalty for hurrying meals,
as most people do, Is grievous attack of dys-
pepsia In such case you will have to resort
TO Browns Iron Bitters for cure, as did Mr..
j. X. Pinkston, Shortr's Depot, Ala, who
writes, ~ found relief In Browns Iron Bit
tiers after years of suffering from dyspepsia ~