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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-08-09
The New York Dog Catcher.

We wonder II there is any city in the world,
outside Ct New York, where gang OF loafers
ana thugs are licensed to drive a wagon
through the public streets and pick up any
stray dogs that may be found without q
strong bodyguard, to profit by their enter
prise. To capture and destroy worthless ours
NAV be a necessary task In big city like
this, but as conducted In New York the dog
catching business is q disgrace to the author
tiles. Ii seem, To be chiefly In the hands Of
irresponsible brutes who are continually per-
petratlug outrages upon citizens. The law
only permits them to take dogs found upon
the street, without eth er q muzzle or a collar
aud leading cord or chain, but they boldly
enter private yards and carry dogs away, and
they have repeatedly been known to take
pet dogs out OF the arms of women aud
children. Dogs with muzzles on are no more
safe from tbes freebooters OF the boulevard
than without them, and dog license counts
for nothing at all. Perhaps no one but n
brute would become a dog catcher, anyhow
but they should b. subject To authority and
taught that dog owners have rilhts that dog.
catchers are bound to respect ii1H SJt.
ings.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-08-09

In spite Of the efforts of the reforlners
there doesn't seem to be much of falling
off in the number of cigarettes smoked,
the reports from the internal revenue bu.
reau showing that there were 27s, 900, 900
more of the vile little things smoked this
year than last. Along with this state
ment it may e interesting to state that an
article appeared recently in prominent
medical journal lamenting the decline in
the mental vigor of the young men of the
day
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-08-09

New York dedicated ffty-two monu-
ments at Gettysburg. Her force at the
battle was eighty-seven regiments and
batteries The state has paid o. will pay
81, 500 for a monument to every New
York organization that can show 1t was
present, even without fighting, N the
field. The state also appropriated $40 900
for the purchase of monument sites; Sl0,-
600 for engineering and surveying eX-
penses, and $50, 900 for the erection of
general monument to all TIE New York
soldiers who fought there. The commits
siOners who have had the building of the
monuments in charge are General Daniel
+. Sickles, General Henry w. Slocum,
General James Il. Carr, General Charles
A. Richardson, and Genera Josiah Porter,
of Governor Hills staff.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-08-09
THAT OLD SWEETHEART OF
MINE

as one VINO cons Mt evening DER an album al
alono
And muses. on the faces OF the friends that he
has known,
Co turn tho leaves of fancy till in shadowy
IND the smiling features of an old sweetheart
OF mine.
The lampiight seems TO Klinmer with flicker
of surprise
As turn IL low TO rest me of the dazzle in my
eyes,
AND light my pipe in silence, save sigh that
seems TO yoke
Its fate with my tobacco and TO vanish in tho
smoke.
It's . fragrant retrospection-for the loving
thoughts that start
into being are like perfumes from the blossoms
OF the heart;
And 70 dream the old dreams over Is luxury
divine,
When my truant fancy wanders with that old
sweetheart OF mine.
Though hear, beneath my study, like nut
tering of.wings,
The voices OF my children and tho mother as
she sings,
feel no twinge OF conscience 10 deny me any
When caro- has cast her anchor in the harborof
dream.
In fact, to speak in earnest, believe 1t adds
To spice the good a tribe with little dust of
harm
Tor ind an extra flavor in memory's mellow
vine
That makes mo drink the deeper 10 that old
sweetheart OF mine.
A face OF lily beauty and form OF airy grace
Float ous of my tobacco Us the GENT from the
vase;
And thrill beneath the giances of q pair of
azure eyes
AS glowing as the summer and as tender as tho
skies.
can see tho pink sunbonnet and the little
checkered dress
ehc wore when first kissed her and she AN
swered the caress
With the written declaration that, "as surely
as the vine
Grew round the stump, she loved mc"-that old
sweetheart OF mine
And again feel tho pressure of her slender lit
tie hand
As We used TO talk together OF the future We
had planned
When should be poet and with nothing else
put to write the tender verses that she set tho
music TO.
When We should live together in cory little
cot
ud in q nest OF roses with q tiny garden spot,
Where the vines were ever fruitful and the
weather ever flnc,
And the birds were ever singing for that old
sweetheart OF nino.
When I should be her lover forever and day,
And she my faithful sweetheart II the golden
hair was gray;
Ana we should be SO bappy that when others
lips were dumb
They should not snde in Heaven TIL the oth-
cr's kiss had come.
Out, alb! ny dream is broken by step upon tho
stair,
And the door is softly opened, and-my wife 10
standing there,
Yct With eagerness and rapture all my visions
Iresign
20 meet the living presence OF that old sweet
heart OF mine.
I11,.s IVk,fronoh PiL<n
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-08-09

In order to properly perform the stern
and exacting duties pertaining to the Office
of ''chief marshal" at the recent gradual
ing exercises Of Vassar college, the fair
occupant of that position wore "a gown of
white silk en- traine, opening over petit
coat of gold brocade, and carried large
bou4 uet OF Marechal Neil roses" The
swish of that white silk train was doubt
less awe inspiring and kept the girls in
excellent order.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-08-09

Emigration from Norway to the United
States has ALWAYS brought desirable ele-
ment noted for it's sobriety and thrift.
From our consul at ChristiaRa the report
come that the number of emigrants from
that country is increasing constantly since
the year 1885, when the low water marx
of 1000 was touched. The year 1es2
Witnessed the largest exodus OF that PEG.
pie. Nearly 90, 600 came to our shores at
that time. In 1887 the total number OF
Norwegian emigrants was 20, al. and for
1883 the figures will approximate the emf
grafton for the year 1883, when 90, 600
found hone in America. The peculiar
ity of the Norwegian emigration as COM
pared with other European countries lies
in the fact that the rural districts and not
the towns are drained of their inhabitants.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-08-09
Counting In Mexico.

Going along the streets of Mexico
city one day, writes correspondent
/ saw a man Tipping his fingers gro.
tesquely, as though playing an mag
mary tattoo in the air. / looked all
around. but / couldn't see anything.
The next day saw him at it again.
gazing skywa all the time. l went
into the hotel and one of my friends
asked me If had seen the young fell
low yet who was counting that Young
girl. 1 understood at once. and look
ing out saw young girl in third
story window looking out at him and
doing the tattoo act also. Said my
friend: This business has been going
on for two years and neither of them
has spoken word" 1t was so. They
were counting. That's the way they
do 1t down there. 1t was q Irritation,
long protracted. but whether the pan
tomime was translatable into language.
l am unable to say The Earth.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-08-09

Joseph Pulitzer, editor and owner OF
the New York World, is blind. He has
sailed for Europe in the hope Of having
his eyesight restored by rest and treat
ment His vision Is practically gone. for
he can only see confusion OF black spots
The disease is a complication of my oPsy
and paresls Of the optic nerve, and 1t has
resisted the efforts of the best ooculists of
America, who can giv5 TO him only the
falntest confidence of benefit from for
eign trip.
Boston papers arc loud in their praise
OF an article patented by Miss Phelps, the
invention In question being a combination
shopping bag and lunch box. AS care
fui reading OF the description OF the
patent fails to show any place for carry
| Ing powder bsx and an old stocking leg,
to dab the powder on with, some other
woman will have to 60 her one better.
There are still over 800 of tho Chicago
Burlington Il Quincy strikers out OF work.
Take 1t altogether 1t was a most unfortu-
nate thing for 1000 people, and the end
Is not yet Homes have been lest, sui
cides committed, families separated and
nnteld misery inflicted upon innocent ones.
William A. Smith, who died few days
ago in Richmond. enjoyed unique dis
tinction. He resigned seat in congress
because he did not think he had sense
enough to properly represent his constit-
uents. This is the FIRST and probably
the last instance of the kind on record.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-08-09
JIMMY'S RIDE.
A Grand fathers Heroism-An In
cidont In Real Lilo.

w L as long as re
may Jimmy Bowie
will never take sTcl
a ride again and
come out alive ut TIC
end Of IL. On the
pilot of an engine ;o-
ing sixty mics TN
hour, mind you, that
boy WAS taken for
nine hundred yards
wieh no moro injury
than q broken thigh.
The way Of il was
this. When Parker
Boyle lost his sec
ond wife he broke up
his homo and came
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-08-09

The defeated candidates for presidential
honors must get glory and consolation in
having had their names presented in the
convention and ,mblazoned on banners
and badges. Every native born American
may aspire to the highest Office in the ma
ton, bat it is only a select few who are so
fortunate as to Lave their names mcu-
.loned as pc slble candidates.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-08-09

A very pleasant impromptu reception
was given to Mrs. John A. Logan at the
Grand Pacific hotel in Chicago during
convention week. 1t must have been a
grateful recognition to the devoted wife
Of the estimation in which her gallant
and distinguished husband was held by
his political associa es when alive, and
of how tenderly his memory is cherished
now that he is dead.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-08-09

We call attention 10 the advertisement Of
Albion college. II is live, progressive in
situation, and IS doing grand work. II is
rapidly growing, Its present attendance OF
students being about 40. Send for the
Year Book, which is one of the best annual
publications OF the colleges of this country.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-08-09

Teachers during vacation, farmers sons
when work is slack on tho farm, and any
others not fully and profitably employed,
can learn something to their advantage by
applying TO b. +. johnson & Co., 1909 Main
ST., Richmond, Va.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-08-09
Botanic blood Balm.

B. B. d. is the only Blood Purifier that
makes positive and permanent cure Of all
Blood Diseases. For females, troubled with
painful menstruation, ovarian tumors, uterine
ulcers, and chronic troubles, its action Is
speedy and effcctual. One Sl.00 bottle WI
convince anyone. bottles $500. All Drug
gists. Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-08-09

A sand spout 300 feet high and about
fifty feet in diameter was observed the
other day during storm upon the coast
near Colleton, :. G..
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-08-09

feet high, and which contains seven well
developed shoots, six of which have put out
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-08-09

Carbolisalve cures itching and irrita-
tions of the skin and scalp, poisoHs, piles
and ulcers. ures burns and scalds with
out a scar. 25 and 80 cts, at druggists.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-08-09

A peculiar pattcrL u = rter buckles rep
resents "a circular cJrr., ted plaque OF ok
died silver upon which res a coiled SER
pent.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-08-09

Why toll fire alarm bells when a good mar
dice : - Boston Commensurate.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-06-18
1T is A REGULAR MASCOT.
A Relic of Chinese Idolatry That
Seems to Have Curious Powers,

seems To nave curious fOWerS,
''It's going to be tough pull, give me
the hoodoo,' said Manager Barnes, of
the st. Paul base ball team yesterday
afternoon Just before the game between
the home team and Kansas City. Il
want to have the 'hoodoO' out on the
grounds where it Will work WE'LL" con-
tinued Barnes, lit isn't enough to have
it in the grand stand"
The ''hoodOo" to which Manager
Barnes referred is the property OF a
GLOBE man and it is said to have
extraordinary powers. 1t is not
only a ''hOodoo," but mascot.
1t is a Chinese idol made of bone
and represents a Chinaman sitting
in a small chair, with an expression on
its face about such as a base ball UNI
piTe wears when he calls the odd ball
''three Strikes while the grand stand
insists between its teeth that it should
have been five balls" 1t has ii hole in
the back through which a string may be
tied, and often it has been the case that
when at close point in the game the
little bone idol has been let down
through the wires in front of the re-
porter'S stand. the home team has taken
a brace and pulled out Of hole to vic
tory. The GLOBE man produced the
hoodoo from his inside pocket and Man
;ger Barnes took it out to the bench
where he sits with the players. Ten
minutes later the home team had been
to the bat, made two runs and
retired the Blues without single
run. The .'hO0doo" was working.
Manager Barnes kept the bit of bric-a-
brac exposed during the nine innings.
and at the close the score stood IL to in
favor of his men. ''It's good thing"
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-06-18
He Thinks 1t Is Cruel.

D. NJ. Langley, Bourbon, Ind, in a
recent issue of the Chicago Tribune,
says of dehorning: 'Why in humanity's
name is this criminal cruelty allowed to
be practiced by the money-making
sharks who prey on the ignorance and
credulity of the pub lie? Some Berg
should rise up and bring these offenders
to condign punishment for practicing
such cruel and unnecessary horrors on
the dumb animal, when far better and
easier method of dehorning cattle can
be made by any one without cost. pain
or danger. If the calf is taken when
but few weeks old and the little
horns just begin to bud and show them
selves, and white-hOt iron held over
the little horn germ for All instant, no
horn will ever appear, and there will
be no possible danger of INJURY to the
little dumb animal. No doubt the de-
horning man will attempt to laugh the
idea to scorn. as it will abolish his
profitable vocation, but none the less is
it fact worth remembering in the
practice OF denorning cattle.'
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-06-18
Binding TWine.

The sudden change from the wire
binders to cordage on all the harvesting
machines is the cause assigned for the
insufficient supply of twine in the mar
ket the past year OF two. The twine is
made of MANILA and Mexican hemp. OF
sisal-that is the only raw material that
has been regarded as satisfactory, and
the demand is much greater than the
supply. The fiber must be long, strong
and not much shortened in length by
twisting The hard twisted cordage is
affected by the moisture to such an ex-
tent that the length changes. The fact
of this deficiency has induced expert
ments with great variety Of material.
1t is claimed that this want will soon be
met by the use of the fiber of many
kinds of weeds. The GLOBE has seen
samples of this twine which seem to be
a perfect success. Provision is being
made for its manufacture Oh an extern
Siye scale.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-06-18
SILAGE-FED BEEF.

An Experiment Showing That Cat
tie .Fatten on Silage and Lin
seed.
1t is stated that at Leicester, Eng, the
other day, company of agricuIturists
partook of lunch from beef of twenty
twO-months-old steer, which from birth
had been fed OH nothing but milk.
silage, and linSeed cake, and whose car
casS weight when slaughtered was 5
cwt. or. 16 lbs, which at I'd per Id.
would give value of 919 IS. The
quantity of Silage consumed was 2S lbs
per day from the age OF 3 to months,
35 lbs. per day from to months. As lbs.
per day from to 10 months, so lbs. per
day from 10 to IL months, and 55 lbs. per
day from IL to 22 months, making IL
tons 2 cwt. 3 or. lbs. altogether, which
was the produce of u acres of clover
mown twice. In addition to this the ami
NAL consumed s cwt. or. Is lbs. of lin
seed cake, IS gallons of new milk con-
sumed in the first month, and 124 gal
Ions of skim milk in the second. This
was valued at 81 1Ss, the silage at e2
l9s cd, linseed cake, after deducting
one-fOurth for manual value, at G2 los
Sd, and after adding "a It's for labor and
attendance, cost of litter and cost of
calf when experiment commenced,
there was still a balance of Ell los Sd
in the animals favor. The steer did
we'll on the silage and was thoroughly
healthy throughout; and the beef was
considered to be of excellent quality, so
that the experiment may be considered
as having established two very impor-
tant conclusions-first, that cattle may
be fattened entirely on silage and lin
seed cake, no addition of hay or dry
fodder being requisite; and, secondly,
that when so fattened very satisfac-
tory return may be realized, quite equal
to that usually derived in feeding on
roots and hay.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-06-18
Scraps of Sports.

The Lyndales of MiEneaf oils defea
Dispatch team of st. Paul by a score OF
yesterday at White Bear lake. EgaI
pitched for the latter team, was knoci
of the box in five innings. George
twirled the sphere for the Flour City
CATION, and did remarkable work.
well supported by the team through
game. The Lyndales are ready to p
amateur club in the state.
The St, Paul Gray Caps and St
Favorites played game yesterday aft
on the University grounds, the form,
ming by the score of 10 to 1S. Davidss
Nelson were the Gray Caps battery, Il
mer striking out eleven men.
A Chinaman recently called upon NJ
Leonard. of the Tribune ball team, t
arrangements for an exhibition con
the Minneapolis ball park. Leonard
lively declined to play unless the gar
Cured outside of the city limits.
The last of the series between Oma
Minneapolis will be played tomorrow
Flour City boys are putting up greas
and Manager Seele's aggregation will
hustle to win. Hallstrom and Bro
will be the home battery.
The Minneapolis team has got out
last place, or mine hole" Manager
ing said: 1--WE have had it long en-
and if they put the team back there a
will be mistaken"
O'Connell, the first baseman of the @
team, is rapidly recovering from his il
The team greatly needs his batting,
has won many games.
The Northern Pacific and Manitoba s
men played close and interesting ga
ball yesterday at North Minneapolis
ton.
Billy Annis, center fielder of the c
team, played with the Boston club Il
year it won the pennant.
Burns has bad finger on his left
and his late errors are eXcuSable.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-06-18
he said as he returned it, ''bring it over
IT HAS A RECnRn,

IT HAS A RECORD.
This record of ldolatry has not only a
record as a mascot, but history of its
own, before it came to be regarded as a
lucky piece. During the season of 1856
the GLOBE man set it i'm front of the re-
p0rterS' table at fourteen games. which
he witnessed, and the home team
won thirteen of them. 1t was placed
directly in Inc with the battery points
at ten games last year aud at nine OF
them the home team was victorious. At
one game in 1856 the home team WstSS
without run in the fifth inning, while
took the ''hoodoo" in his. hand and
walked down to the players bench and
sat down. A man was given his base
Oh balls as he did so. The next man at
the bat was Jim Duryea and he hit for
one base. Cleveland came next and
tied the score with a home run. Two
more runs were made the same inning,
and then the ''hoodoo'' was taken in.
1t is not only a mascot Oh the ball
fields, but at cards. Out of a series of
twenty-four games of California Jack
the DoSsessor of the ''hood0o" won
twenty-one against an opponent who
had far better knowledge of the game
but couldn't get the cards.
The idol was brought from China
about twenty years ago by & represen-
tatlve of a Boston newspaper, who stole
it from a temple in Tien Tsin. 1t was
official of the Chinese empire in the
sixteenth century, when it was placed
in the temple, and before it the official
bowed three times each day for special
blessings. The officer was finally be-
headed for some crime. and relative
dipped the bit of bone iii some of his
blood. There was also story that from
that date, the peculiar look came upon
the false gods face. Since it Was
brought TO this country it has been car
rled into nearly every state i'll the
Union. The newspaper man who
brought it from China accompanied
Gen. Grant across the continent on his
return home from around the world. He
took it with him on a trip to Mexico. He
carried it across the Gulf of Mexico and
up the Atlantic coast. He had it in his
pocket at the time of
THE CHICAGO FIRE.
He interviewed a man at the old frame
house which stands just north of Wash
IngtOn park, i'll Chicago, two days be-
fore the fire, and that was the only
house on the North side that was not
burned. Iii few years it came into
the possession of a young lady, who
was fond OF calling it mascot. She
had severe attack of typhoid fever,
four or FIVE years ago, and though the
physicians gave up all hope of her re-
covery, she got well, as she insisted
afterward, because little child who
was playing with the curious image
dropped it where her eyes fell on it.
The present owner had it in his pocket
four years ago, when he attended the
national convention at Chicago that
nominated Grover Cleveland
The owner is not superStitious. but
these things seem strange when they
are taken altogether.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-06-18
WOLFF & RANDOLPH, PHILADELPHIA.

CTATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
~ Ramsey-ss. Municipal Court. City of
st. Paul.
John a. Nelson, plaintiff, against j. F. John.
son, defendant.
SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION.
The State of Minnesota to the above named
defendant:
You are hereby summoned to be and appear
before the Municipal Court of the city of st.
Paul, Ramsey county. Minnesota, at term
thereof to be holden on Tuesday, the 18th
day of July, A d. 1888, at the opening of
the court on that day. at Id O'Clock a. m. of
said last-mentioned day, and answer to John
A. Nelson, whose complaint is on file in said
court in a civil action, and who demands
judgment against you therein for the sum Of
Sl3665. with interest from the 10th day Of
May. A. D. 1888, besides the costs and dis.
bursemeIfts of this action. Should you fail
to appear at the time and place aforesaid
judgment will be rendered against you for
said sum of 81 .65 with interest as afore.
said, together with said costs and disburse-
ments.
Witness the Honorable H. W. Cory, Munic-
ipel Judge, at the city of st. Paul, state and
county aforesaid, this 18th day of June A.
ID. 1888.
Munepai M Hi M Clerk of the % Municipal nj hTNi Court
Court. Per II. n. CLoUsE. Deputy.
e. E. MCDONALD. ATTORNEY for Plaintiff