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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-11-01
Natures Own Cosmetic.

A New York woman writes to the
Commercial Advertiser congratulating
northern girls that they have at least
awakened to the use of watermelon
juice as cosmetic. Their sisters in
tho south have for generations, she
adds, beautified their compilations by
the aid of the melon. "After a long
drive. sail or any summer outing
nothing is so soothing to the face and
hands as the water from both the pulp
and rind. The first crushed by dainty
hands and rubbed on the face. takes of
all sunburn, while tho application Of the
cool white pulp next to the red meat
removes the sickness and gives a
softness to the skin of the melon bather
that can be obtained from nothing
else. This is natures own cosmetic "
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-11-01
How She Kept a Diary.

Near me on the fore deck sits wo.
man whose whole soul seems devoted
to the prosecution of a daily record OF
events. She is writing in the flat black
book which her friends will know too
well some day. 1t is her diary.
This morning this same woman sat
close to me while was grinding out a
column for newspaper. She wanted
to know what l was doing. She asked
me. said was writing. She hasn' I
spoke to me since.
| know she suffered frightful tor
ments all the morning trying to divine
what l was writing. At first / guess
she thought | must be writing a simple
business letter. Then as page after
page was covered she decided l was
writing to my father or mother or a
dear friend. But as still my pen ra n
on a satisfied look came over that In
quisitve feminine face She has de-
cided that l was writing to my sweet
heart. / knew that she longed to tell
me that she had solved the conun-
drum. but l would not give her the
chance.
L have said so much for her by way
of excuse for showing up her fraudu-
lent proceedings in connection with
that formidable diary of hers. She is
sitting near me again just now. as
have told YOU, is VIZ ting in black
covered flat book. her diary. Open on
her lap beside the diary is corpulent
red and gilt guide book. Twice have
passed by her to be sure that my sus.
picions are we'll founded.
She is copying sentence after
sentence from the guide book, which
is open at the chapter on Paris.
Thrifty woman, she is preparing her
diary ahead and to be sure of her
facts she is transplanting them from
the guide book to her original record.
That is very safe way of complet.
ing diary. Not very honest you
thinkP A diary constructed with entire
honesty usually follows the pattern of
that of the young woman whose record
for seven days voyage was as follows:
Sunday. sick.
Monday. very sick.
Tuesday. awfully sick.
Wednesday, do do.
Thursday. do do.
Friday-just elegant-ate dinner
Charlie F. certainly is very attentive.
Saturday, Liverpool.
Or like that of another lady in
which there were only two entries.
viz: First day. think am going TO
die. Second day-Tm afraid / won't.
Pills bnrn DiSnnLch
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-11-01
THE SHARKS DINNER.
How Fooihnrdy Young PennsyI
vanian Courted Destruction.

How FooIhnrdy Young PennsyI
vanian Courted Destruction.
We had been fishing for sea bass in
Great Egg Harbor, says the Detroit
Free Press. and had hauled in our lines
to eat luncheon, when, glancing over
the port-quarter of the yacht. l en-
countered the eyes of a shark His
snout and head were there. of course.
but / scarcely saw anything but the
eyes. The water was as clear rs glass.
and he was no more than two feet
above the surface. Such eyes! They
hada't the fire of a serpents nor the
CLASSY green of Il mad dogs. but there
was something so devilish in the way
he stared at me-somethinG so murder
Gus and malignant-that yelled right
out and was made the butt of ridi cule.
One and all. except the sa Tor in
charge of the boat vigorously denied
that / had seen n shark When he was
appealed to, he soberly replied:
II can not say. but know that man
eaters come i'm here"
We had with us young man from
Western Pennsylvania, tall, raw
boned, demonstrative chap. whose
clatter no one could keep still when
we had our lines out. When we had
finished luncheon he uttered another
sheer AT my pale face. pulled off his
coat and CATERS. and. standing up on
the rail. he crowed like cock and
shouted:
pm going to give that shark a
chance to get good dinner"
With that he sprang overheard and
swan about fifty feet. There was only
ruffle of sea on and he was a
swimmer who would have thought
nothing of a mile pull. The boatman
shouted to him to come back but the
others laughed and the swimmer
laughed with them. l was standing up
in the cockpit, looking over and be-
yond the man, when l saw a black
object riding on the surface. 1t looked
to me like small duck. and / was
wondering how it moved so swiftly,
when it suddenly disappeared. Five
seconds later the swimmer heaved him.
self up breast nigh, flung his arms
over his head. and uttered a scream
which yet rings in my ears. Then he
disappeared. and the awful silence
among US was broken by the voice of
the boatman. saying:
HE has been pulled down by man
eaterr'
The object had seen fitting on the
surface was the dorsal fin of a shark
There was the shriek-a splash-a
swirl-and nothing more. The shark
had his dinner.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-11-01

the saucy wind Is sinking with il. The
skimming canoes move more slowly
and one by ono down come their sailA
The long paddles flash in and out OF
the water, and as each tande m draws
alongside the float she sailor girl steps
ashore and pulls an armf ul of golden
rod and cardinal flowers from the cock.
pit She steps ashore ahead of hep
sailor lad. mind you. for it is canoeing
etiquette that he should remain seated
to hold the rolling little boat steady
for her debarkation.
The canoeing girls are coming in,
but another set of canoeists who are
not sailor girls are just ready to get
under way. The water is still at twi-
light; under the moon it will be level
as floor. Now is tn hour when all
manner of pretty nothings are said. and
their savers speak with freedom on
the river.
This dainty water nymph does not
jump aboard. The skipper of the boat
hOuoS otduuS W. IllO UOW ulu luCIo 10 u
hand at the stern to hold all steady
until sho has settled her draperies.
Cautiously she sets one foot in the
canoe. then the other. With one hand
on the float she sinks slowly on the
cushion, timorously. as if she feared
TO find herself in the water. She won
use paddle, she doesn't know how
aud she is not on exercise bent. The
sailor girls face forward. tandem fash
ion. This ones cushion lies in the
bow and she curls down fronting her
escort. He is very happy and so is she
or would be if the waves did not spot
her dress. Every stray splash has
pangs for her and by and-by she bor-
rows a coat and tucks herself dryly in.
There are half dozen of her out to-
night floating up and down under the
stars.
New York is not bad place in sum-
mer, with canoeing at your very doors.
There are not great many women yet
initiated in the joys of the river, but
there are more this summer than any
wear before.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-11-01

Prince Alexander of Battenberg may
get the Princess Victoria, the sister of En-
peror William, after all. The prince has
long been a sutton for Victor as hand and
there Is every reason to believe she Is
much attached to him. But her father,
the Kaiser, desired her to wed the FARO
witch of Russia. His trip to ST. Petersburg
did not bring about this betrothal, how
ever, and the Princess Victoria may be
said to be fancy free in her maiden medl-
tatiOn. A recent act on the part of Alex
ander may warm the heart of the German
Kaiser 10 him. An atteml I was made 70
publ sh the emperor FreEerick's diary at
Darmsta t. Alexander was staying in the
duchy and he heard of the intention. No
time was lost by him in Fastening to the
GrCnd Duke of Hesse, to whom he repre-
sented that the result of such publication
would be serious misunderstanding with
the Berlin court and that trouble might
ensue. The grand duke at once or'ered
that the publication should be stopped,
and 1t was stopped. Certainly the Prince
Alexander has long head, and such dis
erection should receive its reward. IL is
barely possible that the Kaiser William
may invite him to become his brother-in-
law
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-11-01
Too Old to Be Good.

No Edward, 1t hasn't. You are cor
rect; the flag of our beloved country has
no scars of centuries. 1t is flag with
out history. 1t is no Tutoring diary.
1t is a flag that makes good history,
too. You keep right along with your
studies, and don't grieve because the
flag isn't as old as the grave. The older
flag is the more stains there are on
it; the more wrong it has protected, the
more evil and shame and iniquity,
tyranny and foul abuse it has proudly
floated over. A flag five hundred
years old is very apt to be ashamed of
every thread in its fabric. Would you
compare the vicious old sinner of
eighty years with the laughing babe in
the cradlep
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-11-01
CRUELTY OF PEDDIERS.
An Indignant Housewife Emphati-
cally Demands protection.

An ndignaut Housewife Emphatf-
caIiy demands protection.
Said an avenue housekeeper to the
Chicago Journals sidewalk stroller
lately: "A society is needed for the
protection of housewives and house
girls from tho crueltes of book agents,
peddlers, canvassers, circular distr bu-
tors. beg CARS, buns and beats gener-
ally" Asking her TO relate her ex-
perences, she said: 'Well. it is q fact
that one of the most wearisome things
about housekeeping on nice avenue
and in a nice house is the constant
ringing of the front-door bell by the
class of people whom have mention
ed, and who / think have no more
business to ring it than they have to
fire gun at the house. In my house
the calls sometimes average twenty a
day. and what does It involveP I'll
tell you. From the kitchen in the
back basement, one hundred feet
away. my girl has TO climb flight of
stairs, go through a short hall. din
ing.room, library, middle parlor
and long hall to reach the front
door. there to be confronted and de-
tanned three minutes at least with a
conversation aboHt like this: "Is the
mistress IMP" Yes" Can l see
her?'' "What businessP' Il must
see her myself" But she will not
see you, l think" go ask her to
come here" etc. etc. Sometimes
am reused from sleep. or sewing. or
looking to the children, or entertain
ing friends. only to go to the front
door and sweetly smile and refuse and
waive away the intruder-one or
another of the class mentioned. So l
figure for my girl-extra walking per
day. nearly half mile; loss of time,
over one hour, and say moth ng of &C
cidents to food on the kitchen stove
and wear and tear to carpets. And
now why can't we have some law"
she earnestly added, Ito save us
from these daily pests and help make
home ones castle, rs it should be,
whether in the city or the wilderness.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-11-01
A Drawback to the Place.

II say. stranger. said passenger,
as the train stopped Mt at small
Nebraska station. rs there any show
in this town in the roal estate line.
for man who has got big money to
investP"
''Show." repeated the citizen; "he
can double it very twenty-four
hours
you don't say so! What's that
awful noise down tho street,"
That's our new brass band.r
'Well l guess ] won't get off,
Epoch.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-11-01

a strange scene was witnessed the other
DAY in New York. An old man named
Michael German was released from the
Sing Sing prison after service there of
over thirty-two years for the killing of a
comrade in 1858. He went into prison
when he was 20 and w he is over 81
years of age. He was absolutely stupefed
when he crossed the Brooklyn bridge in an
elevated railway car and in many other
ways his establishment was unbounded.
Think of man serving over thirty-two
years of his life in a penitentiary What
an absolutely cherries retrospect life OF
the kind must have.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-11-01

The Mexican government is considering
a proposition made by syndicate of Mex
leans and Americans TO establish a gam
ing resort in the style of Monte-Carlo in
the diminutive possessions of the Prince
of Monaco. The syndicate wishes to locate
It in the City of Mexico, but the president
Porfirio Diaz, is opposed to this. He has
stated that he sees no objection to the
scheme SO long as the gaming halls are in
some place where the population is limit
ed, and where there is little commerce.
He has suggested different localities in
does not meet the views of the syndicate,
and it is probable that the matter will be
allowed to drop.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-11-01
The Sun as a Curative Agent.

Court the sun. if you are one of the
unhappy ones who lie awake o nights.
The very worst soporilic is laudanum,
and the very best sunshine. Therefore
it is very plain that poor sleepers
should pass as many hours rs possible
in the sunshine. and as few as possible
in the shade. Many women are m ar
tyrs, and yet they do not know it.
They shut the sunshine out of their
houses and their hearts, they wear
walls they carry parasols, they do all
that is possible to keep off the subtlest
and yet most potent influence which
is intended to give them strength and
beauty and cheerfulness. Is it not
time to change this, and so get color
and roses in their pale cheeks, strength
in their weak backs and courage in
their timid souls?
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-11-01

There is still in Dakota government
land open to settlement under the home
stead and presumption laws over 20, 900, 900
acres OF land, or district about the size
Of Maine or Indiana, and larger than half
dozen small states combined. In add.
lion to the public land area there yet re-
mains nearly $4,000, 900 acres of India n
reservation not yet open to settlement and
.everal million acres of railroad land
which is sold on long time at low
squire.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-11-01

In his annual report just handed In to
the secretary Of the interior, General Joseph
T.. Johnston, the commissioners of rail
roads, ates that he has inspected the
Union and Central Pacific and all the
roads in California and Oregon connected
with the latter, and all the railroads in
Washington Territory. "These roads, -
says MI. Johnston, "are all in very good
condition. Steel rails have been substi-
tuted for iron almost everywhere. For
this information the government pays q
handsome salary and sends the commits
sioner on junket tour in special private
car supplied with wines and all the luxu-
ries of the season. And this is called
railroad supervision. Verify what a
farce the national bureau of railroads is,
anyway.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-11-01
That's All.

A pretty girl,
A French boot heel
A section OF
Banana peel.
A sudden slip
And down she goes,
A vision of
Embroidered hose.
A youth who saw,
Though half afraid,
His hand put out,
Upralsed the maid.
Swift to her cheeks
The bushes flew
y y y y n y
A wedding In
A month or two.
Whate' re folks say,
1t is a fact,
Embroideries
Young men attract.
Courier.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-11-01

Two wo len in two states confront the
gallows. Before Nov. Is Governor Ames
of Massachusetts,, must decide whether
Sarah Jane Robinson, the prisoner, shall
die. But one wo nan has ever been exc
cuted In Ohio sther Foster, colored,
who was hanged at Columbus Feb. o,
1874, for beating a white woman to death
with shovel The state is now stirred
up over the question whether Mrs. Gar
rett who murdered her two step-daugh.
tiers near the village OF Spencer OH the
night of Nov, 1, 1887, shall receive capt.
tai punishment Since she has been in
jail Mrs Garrett has given birth to boy.
Isaiah V. Williamson, a wealthy mer-
chant and well known philanthropist of
Philadelphia, has decided to devote sew
eral millions of his surplus riches to the
endowment of a great industrial school,
where boys (and girls also, we hope can
be taught some trade free of expense.
That is form of charity that enables and
makes self-helpful the recipients of boun-
ty, and II the scheme is carried into effect
the name Of the man who devised it will
be crowned with imperishable honor. It's
a blessing to mankind when such men
become millionaires.
The news comes from California that
Chinese laborers are being landed right
along in spite of the Scott exclusion law
Just passed Several of these Cinnamon
were landed Oh the plea that they were
citizens of the United States. 1t appears
very simple matter for Chinese petit
toner to add the names of an alleged
father and mother who will swear that
they are his parents and that he was born
In this country. The American citizen -
loop-hole in the Scott bill is a very con.
venient dodge for the influx of the celes.
liais.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-11-01

The Gamblers "One Touch OF
Nature"
Every man hopes for better days
So does the gambler. Boston Post
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-10
SUCCESSFUL MARKsMEN
Presented With Proofs of Their
Skill.

1t was semi-official holiday at Fort
Smelling yesterday. on the occasion of
the presentation, by the department
commander, of the prizes won in the an
nual rifle competition for the depart
ment of Dakota, concluded Wednesday.
The garrison of the post was paraded for
the ceremonies and, under command of
Colonel Mason marched to the rifle
camp. General Ruger, accompanied by
Adjutant General Vincent, Captains
Bates and Groesbeck, Lieutenant Col
onel Johnston, Colonel Rockwell, Col
onel Sullivan, Colonel Smith and Cap
tain Floyd, arrived upon the grounds
shortly before noon. The battalion was
then brought to a ''carry," and the de-
partment team, under co mmand of Cap
tain Frazier A. Boutelle. First cavalry,
was stationed opposite the department
commander, who called each successful
marksman to the front and in few APP
propriate remarks presented him with
his prize. The department gold medal
was won by First Lieut.. Wallis o. Clark,
Twelfth infantry; the silver skirmish
medal by Musician Hines, Third infan-
try; the Pioneer Press medal by Corporal
Scully, Fifteenth infantry: and the ri
fies presented by Kennedy Bros. and Will
liam r. .Burkhard were won by SergeantS
McManus and Hanley, Fifteenth infan-
try reSDectlVelV.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-10
Political Opinions On the Sit
uation in Minnesota Free
ly Expressed.
Hon. w. H. H. Russell, Of San
Diego, Tells Of the Pacific
Coast Politics.
Charley Lienau Discovers
That Grashoppep McGill
Has a New Business.
P. H. Rahilly Tells How Doran
Secured the Wabasha
County Delegates.

In one respect this campaign will be
red letter one, and that is in the frank
ness with which the people have ex-
pressed their sentiments ton candidates
and issues.
More than any other newspaper of
the Northwest. the GLOBE has been the
avenue through which these expressions
have come.
Irrespective of party affiliations, the
people have been welcomed to the col
umns of the GLOBE, and will be well
coined as long as their needs demand
publicity.
Samuel ;Oblinger, of Waterville, has
this to say to the GLOBE: 81 do not
favor the adoption of the Chicago high
tariff platform nor the election of Har-
rison. Neither do l favor the candi-
dacies of MeSsrS. Scheffer, McGill and
Merriam. / would not support an in
dependent candidate for governor since
| am in favor Of an unqualified prohi-
bitionist who can stand unfalteringly
by the platform indorsed at Indiana
polls.
Modification of the tariff is necessary
and my opposition to Harrison is not be-
stands on.
Of the three Republican candidates
for governor, each will be pledged to
the same principles as enunciated at
Chicago.
The old parties are courting the sa-
loon and liquor element for the reten-
ton of their power in the government.
The Democratic party has failed to
raise its voice of protest against the
liquor traffic, and it therefore ought to
be hurled from power. The Republican
party has been equally silent, and as a
political party deserves the censure of
all intelligent people.
All who support the old parties be-
come partners to the nefariouS liquor
traffic."
S. Y. Gordon, editor of the Inter-Lake
Tribune, Browns Valley, says:
'Of the three gubernatOrial candi-
dates l prefer Schetfer, and if McGill is
nominated | would support Schetfer as
an Independent"
Senator E. w. Dodge, in regard to fa-
vOring Harrison's election, says:
This depends upon how the Demo-
Gratis engineer the passage or non-paS-
sage of the Mills bill. | would prefer
the nomination of McGill for governo or,
although think Gen. Barrett, of Her
lhdi, Noulu uidht ali eACtlicut duIl-
monopoly governor"
H. G. Prescott, of Herman, declares:
Il am in favor of Albert Scheffer first,
last and all the time, regardless of
party"
p. W. Cooney in discussing a recent
visit to the Pacific coast, says:
Il am just in from the coast, where l
have been since 1873. l am perfectly
satisfied that the Republicans made
mistake in their nominee.
Il have talked with many coast Re-
publicans, and they seem to speak
coldly of Ben Harrison. This coldness
exists in Oregon, Nevada and Califor-
the Chinese. l think from the senti-
ments these people expressed to me
that the Indianian will be nailed to the
cross by them. They say that Cleve-
land will sweep the country"
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-10
WILLIAM WANTS PEACE.

After taking tour of observation
through Europe and gathering public
sentiment concerning European affairs,
the young Emperor WILLIAM has re-
turned to the German capital with his
mind made up that the continuance of
peace depends entirely upon the will of
the cZal of Russia. WILLIAM ex-
presses himself as favorable to peace.
yet quietly intimates that he is not
going TO put himself out to preserve it.
In other words, all Europe is given to
understand that the young German en-
peror carries chip on his shoulder, and
if any of the other royal magnates is
indiscreet enough to knock it off there
Will be row.
That the responsibility for European
peace rests upon the cZar is well enough
understood, and that he has been so
long faithful to high sense of duty is
something of a marvel when we take
into consideration the temptations that
beset him. He was brought up as a
disciple of the Pan Slavist school, and
his natural impulse is to accept the Pan
Slavist ideal which would urge him to
advance upon the road that leads to
the Bosphorus. Those who know his
feelings and his discipline know tfxt
he is even now restraining an impulse
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-10
THE WHISKY TRUST.

1t seems sort of anomaly that there
should be such a thing as a ''whisky
trust'' without Kentucky having a place
in the combination. But such is the
fact according to the testimony taken
by the house committee ON manufac-
tures. The whisky rine-or to give the
technical title of the combination, 'sThe
Western DistillerS and Cattle Feeders
Trust''-is composed of distillers of Il
tinois, Indiana, Nebraska, Ohio, Penn
sylvania and New York, with its head
quarters at Peoria. Of the 7S,OOO,OOO
gallons of whisky manufactured last
gear 100000 gallons were made by the
ring. leaving only 100000 gal
ions to Kentucky and other locali-
ties not included in the combina-
tion. The manufacturers OF the
better qualities of whisky are not ad-
mitted into the Trust" because the
ring can control the prices in opposition
TO their voice in the matter. The
"WhiSky Trust is probably the only
organization Of the kind which has a
moral aspect. Any sort of a combina-
ton that will limit the supply and in
crease the cost of the vile stuff branded
whisky which consumers get these days
merits sympathy.