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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-25
y ork producing material during winter
mon tbs in regions where extensively
,trown.- Mirror and farmGr.
A Word OF u1>Slc.

Just now your wives. sister, and
-nOthers are busy at what you call the
FOOLS hness of canning fruit, etc. You
look sour when YOU are asked TO get a
dozen glass jars at the store, you are
impat ent when dinner is five minutes
late; YOU think it small business when
Z, see jars of fruit ut the fair; you
laugh in your sleeve when the canned
fruit is found TO be moldy insthe win =
ter-that is. some of YOU are guilty of
all this. But 1t is all meanpess. You
get as tired of dry Goldfish and pota-
toes in the winter as any of the family
do. You relish fruit sauce as well and
will eat as much of it rs any one. You
know that such things are conducive
of health aud save PURCHASE ng SUBJ
slitutes. Then why not be more con
sistentP
Rhubarb and fruits are going TO
waste. and next winter you will want
them on the table. Oh, Yes!
You have enough to do on the farm,
aud so does your wife have enough to
do in the house without searching the
hills and swamps to get something for
you to eat in the winter; but. hard
work as it is, it is an agreeable change
to her, and she should DO assisted and
encouraged in it. A word of encour-
agement fow minutes help and an
appreciatve manner would go far to-
ward tightening her labors; add to the
happiness of the family and make
your own course much more consistent.
Stop turning up your nose at the small
things your wife wants to do or stop
making SO much fuss over small things
she may happen to leave undone, like
darning stockings. sewing on buttons.
etc. Begin now. Mirror and Farm
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-25
Household Hints.

A clean kitchen was George Eliors
favorite ROOM
Hartshorn will usually restore colors
that have been taken out by acid.
10 take out INK or IRON mould stains
wet them with milk and cover with
salt.
Mix little sugar with stove backing
and it will give Il better polish and not
burn oil so quickly.
Burning coke in the kitchen and laun-
dry stoves saves many a big bill and
makes better fire for such purposes.
The kitchen window is the best Of all
windows for plants; The steam from
boilers aud kettles keeps the air mo ST.
A little ammonia aud borax IN the
water when washing blankets keeps
the flannel soft and prevents shrink
ing.
The rooms of house need ventila-
ton in the day time us well as the night
in the winter as well as in the summer.
Casters made OF leather are new
ih'OhNiOh, SuiO w PAO'O uoOAuh "A
sound leather castor will save many q
rug or carpet
Fred tripe--Roll the boiled tripe,
cut in squares, in egg, then in cracker
crumbs, and fry to a nice brown. Serve
with catsup.
Windows and mirrors can be made
to shine without long polishing If after
being washed in hot soap suds they
are rubbed dry with u newspaper
Graham pudding-Two cups of
graham flour, one cup of molasses, one
cup chopped raisins, two teaspoonfuls
soda. Steam three hours
Colored and black stockings if wash
ed before wearing at all, and q little
beefs gall put in water. will never
faSe or change color either with wear
ing or washing.
A suds made with pure white soap is
the best liqu d in which to wash color
ed hosiery. r nse in plenty of water.
slightly sailed, and dry and press on
the wrong side.
Boiled tripe- When the tripe is well
boiled cut in pieces that can be accom-
modated upon the gridron and broi-
quickly. Season with plenty of butter,
salt and pepper to taste.
To take spots of paint from wood
lay thick coating of lime and soda
mixed over it. letting it stay twenty
four hours, then wash off with warm
water and the spots will disappear.
A Belgian gardener contends that,
after trying the various special manu-
featured insecticides, he is convinced
that tobacco juice. in its different forms
is still the best remedy.
TO keep the color of black Saline or
Bingham dresses dip them before wash
ing into strong solution of salt and
boiling suds. Draperies should be
ripped off and washed separately.
Hang in the shade.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-25

the weeds should be continued until
the appearance OF frost instes.a OF
giving up the land to them as sooD As
the crops are of.
Every farmer knows taat ten ncres
OF good meadow are much better than
twenty acres of poor that produce no
more than the ten OF good, yet the
average on most farms is not above
the poor meadow that rarely gives
more than half the full crop.
IL there are no shade trees In the
hog pasture artificial shade should be
provided. Cheap!y constructed sheds
answer the purpose well. but they
should be built to turn driving wind
and rain storms These sheds should
not be allowed to become dusty and
filthy.
The farmer who thinks there can
be nothing new in agriculture should
remember that thirty or forty years
ago his grandfather thought the same
way Meanwhile the world has been
jogging along at rapid rate. aud agri-
culture has made more advancement
during the past ten years than any
other ten years of the worlds history.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-25
Then Lawrence Was Larry.

Away back in the ante bellum days,
when every city of any pretenslon had
its own stock company which support
ed the few stars who travelled in those
days,J. II. McVicker visited Cleveland,
Ohio. in order to fill an engagement
for an eminent actor who was under
his management
With the aid of the local manager
he cast the piece for the opening night
from the regular stock company. but
found that there was one small part
for which there was no actor left.
LARRY can play that part all right"
said the local manager; "Pll send
over for him. Here. you Jim! run
across the street and tell Larry to
come right over here as quick as can
be"
who's LarryP" inquired MIR. Nc.
Wicker.
''Oh! he's a Young fellow who works
in printing Office here and occasional
ly plays small parts for me- He'll do
it all right"
In few moments Larry arrived. He
was short of stature and of cadaverous
features. He was in his shirt sleeves
and his hands bore evident traces of the
composing room. which he had just
left. Small men are apt to carry them
selves very erect in order to atone. if
possible, for their lack Of height, but
Larry carried himself 80 straight
that to use a nautical term, he 'Taked
aft"
do you think you can get your
self up in this role by tomorrow
night?' inquired Mr.. McVicker, hand
ing him part of about two lengths.
Larry cast glance of ineffable
scorn at the manuscript, threw his
head q little farther back, and ex-
claimed: Learn itP 1 should hope
could.
The part was handed to him and he
made dignified exit
what name shall put down on the
billP" inquired Mr.. McVicker.
Lawrence Barrett" said the local
man lager" -Ne,0 York Telegram
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-25

must beg you to give me yonr individ
cd attention; indeed il il absolutely
impossible that on could form a true
idea of the hideous an NAL of which
we are about to speak. unless you keep
your eyes fixed OH me-" A certain
preacher, discoursing upon Bunyan
and his works. caused litter among
his hearers by exclaiming: In these
days, my brethren. we want more
Bunyans." Another Clergyman. plead
ing earnestly with his par shioners for
the construction OF IL cemetery for their
parish, ask them to consider the "de-
plorable cond ton of thirty thousand
Christian Englishmen living without
Christian burial" Still more curious
was the clerical slip with which we
conclude. "A gentleman said to the
minister: When do you expect to see
Deacon $ again. Never" said
the reverend gentleman, solemnly; 1.-The
deacon is in heaven"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-25
Farm Notes.

A scrub COW. plug horse and a
plug hat are three not very profitable
properties on the farm.
Sow winter rye or flat turnips on
every vacant place about the garden
for sheep and calves ate in the season.
Investigation of the swine plague
show that. of all farm animals. swine
more than other. should have pure wat
or from a well.
1t is now conceded that for heavy
soils superphosphate should be used
in preference to ground bone. but on
sandy soils ground bone is better.
Hurry and worry in farm labors
are reasonably sure 10 be accompani-
ed BY waste, and even more sure to be
followed by excessive wear and tear
1t is very poor economy to continue
the use of Il dull pillow point that inn
poses extra tax on team and plowman,
besides certainty of defective preform-
ance.
Give the boys trades. Only eighty
nine of the 500 convicts received last
year in the Eastern Penitentiary Penn
sylvania had trades when brought
ther2
Short grass crops year after year in
dictate necessity for renovation of soil.
enriching. supplying moisture. or in
some way providing suitable conditi-
ons for growth.
A spirited horse may soon be made
slow and spritless by constant nag
ging, twitching the lines, peev-
ish urging and many other wear
ing processes that fretful drivers
invent the practice.
A writer in the Michigan Farmer de-
clares that :he wool clip of Michigan
can never become uniform in character
until it is sheared without washing and
before the flock is turned to pasture.
OF all the eompensations in farm
life that is the poorest VIII CHI seeks
rest in loa6ng with immoral company
about tho public or private resorts
where depraved tastes set the standard
for amusements
A farmer who would practice wise
economy cannot afford new single
roof for his barn once in dozen ears
so long as he can get iron or slate al
about twice the cost and have the ROOT
nearly indestructble.
The hardest work OF farming is tc
keep down woods and grass. Much Of
{ his labor could be saved II fighting
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-25
Flowing the FnlI.

A stiff June grass sod intended for
planting ground next season should
always be fall plowed. and the earlier
the work is done the better will be
the result. Only by fall blowing can
the ground BE- got in good filth the
subsequent season. OF course ais
sod cannot be replowcI in the spring,
as it will not be rotted sufficiently,
but if left rough IN the furrow through
the winter there will be a mass of fine
soil on the surface that can be easily
narrowed or cultivated down so as to
effectually smother the June grass be-
meath. Where quack grass or Canada
thistles have a foothold fall blowing
will undoubtedly make them grow
more vigorously, simply because the
soil is in better filth aud adapted to
pushing all plant life with greater
vigor. The farmer must be more
promptly at work in his hoed crops
where the land is fall plowed, but
corn or potatoes Will start so much
more quickly that he can easily do
this. We have too often seen late
spring plowed sod on which the crop
started so slowly that it was nearly
midsummer before the latter was large
enough to cultivate or hoe. 1t is only
by blowing such land the previous fall
that it can be got in shape TO produce
a crop the following season. -Practi-
cal Farmer.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-25

The weeds and grass that you pull
from your garden will make the pigs
grow, and they will relish them. too
The profitable line of production is
to maintain good health with early
maturity; and the stronger the empha-
BIS put on this. backed by vigorous
action. the greater the profit
1t would DO we'll for farmers 10 con-
slider more earnestly the fact that every
day that n hog is kept longer than is
necessary to fit him for market increas-
es his cost and the risk of total loss.
Preventing diseases among hogs is
much easier than curing them. AL
though naturally hardy. swine are gen.
orally an easy prey 10 disease. and
many of the diseases which they are
heir to are fatal.
The swill tub for the pigs may be
called a saving bank of the farm.
Many dollars may be saved each year
by having swill tub convenient enough
to catch all the Stops and offal from the
house.
In his experiments in pig feeding,
Professor L. f. Hunt, of the Illinois
College Farms. concludes as follows:
1t required 1880 pounds of skim-milk
to produce one pound of pork when
fed with corn meal in ratio of IL to
fattening hogs unless it was waste
product which could not be otherwise
utilized. 1t required, on an average, 4. IL
pounds, or 1854 bushels of shelled
corn TO produce one pound OF
pork during an average period
of four weeks, or one bushel
produced 1876 pounds. 1t required 4. 81
pounds of corn meal to produce one
pound of pork, or one bushel of corn
made into meal and fed dry produced
1873 pounds of pork. When fed dry,
shelled corn is more economical than
corn meal to feed to fatten hogs. II
requires 1856 pounds or 23 bushels o.
ground oats to produce one pound OF
pork. when fed with equal parts, by
weight, of corn meal. One bushel oil
corn is worth nearly three bushels oil
oats as food for fattening hogs. Corn
fed pigs gained about As pounds per
week, and ate about twenty-one pounds
Of corn per 100 pounds of live weight.
The gain for the amount of food con
sumed decreased during fattening.
Pork was produced during cold
weather, with corn at 20 cents pei
bushel. for less than cents per pound.
An insufficient food supply for two
weeks caused very considerable loss
in feeding thereafter. We believe In
dian corn to be the most economical
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-25
A Profitless Undertaking.

Gentleman-Uncle Rastus. what will
it cost me to get my barn whitewash-
edp
Uncle Rastus--Two dollahs an n
ha'f day. sab.
Gentleman mean what will you
10 the job for?
Uncle Rastus-Well, 1 jess tell how
L am, Mistah Smif Yo' see, when
yo' has fggered out de cos oh de
whtewash an de pals, an dc wal
an tab on do brushes. sab, yo'll fin
da is no money in it b. dc job. -
Epoch.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-25
Relations of a Married Couple


A matrimony looking German wo-
man. a rosy checked German lass of Is
and blue-eyed German youth formed
an interesting group in the marriage
license Office yesterday. The youth
blushed when he gave the name of
Joseph DUR aud said that he wanted
the license TO marry the buxom lass.
whose name was Catherine Durr.
'How's that--you're both the same
namep' asked Clerk Nichols.
"Oh," said the matron; "this is my
daughter. l was widow when l
married this Young mans father"
Clerk Nichols gave the necessary
papers. but sighed as he figured out
the numerous family complications
liable TO ensue from the marriage.
The groom's stepmother will be his
mother in-law, and his father will be
his stepfather-ip-law. He will be the
husband of his stepsister whose moth
er will be her stepmother-in-law. The
couple will be the stepuncle and step
aunt of their own children and
the children will be not only
brothers and sisters, but step
cousins to each other. The bride will
be her own stcpsister-in-law and the
groom his own stepbrother-in-law. -
PHILADELPHIA Times.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-25
The Shy Gre atures.

Friend-Where did you get that
bruise over your eyep
Mild Sport-My horse SHE'D; but on
bet l m going to trade him of for o
bicycle,
Same (next day)-And now you'W
got your nose smashed in; what's hap
penedP
Mild sport--The bicycle SHE'D. -
Chicago Tribune.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-25
When the Iron Entered His
Soul.

She's young aud she's pretty, too,
Is Maud, but, truth to tell,
She's very far from being what
Folks call spirtuelle.
The fact is, that of sentiment
She's lowered with a dearth;
And tho she looks an angel, she
Is earthly OF the earth.
Her little head Is haloed round
With gold, just like saints,
Tho saints don't dye their hair, she does,
And powders too and paints.
But yet, but yet l almost thought
I'd like her for a wife,
Until she ordered sauerkraut,
And ate it--wlth n knifei
M W b., u, Boston Globe.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-25
FARM AND HOME.
pn,ry aud Creamery Butter.

Creamery butter is that which is
improved methods are used for sep
Rraling the milk and cream, as well as
churnIng sailing and working into but
tor. Unlike the method in use on dairy
farms. where the cream is skinned
from the milk. the invention of the
separator enables the manufacturer ut
tha creamery to separate the milk and
cream by centrifugal force in a few
minutes. Formerly dairy butter COM
manded the highest price in market,
but of recent years the creamery pro-
duct has been in greater demand. This
is partially due TO the fact that at L.--a
creamery large quantities can be made
-: the same time, thus insuring uniform
ity in quality. while each dairy has its
own method. and the product varies
according to the skill and care of the
manufacturers.
At one time the dairymen complain
ed that the creameries were doing
great damage TO their interests. just
as is now alleged against oleomarger-
inc; but they soon found it profitable
TO carry their milk to the creameries
instead of churning it, not that but
ter-making had become Improbable.
but that the creamertes turned out n
superior article, and did much of the
work by machinery. But good butter
does not depend entirely upon the use
of machinery. The Improvement in
quality was effected by the enforce
ment OF stringent rules in the matter
of feeding and caring for the stock.
The farmers were made to properly
cool their milk when drawn from the
cows. and the stalls kept clean and
free from filth. The enforcement of
these rules did much to prevent bad
butter, and the farmers were induced
to do what they might have done
themselves to their own advantage.
The creamery system is simply an
organ zed method of dairying. in
which discipline is used 10 secure
uniformity and high quality.
1t is we'll known that but few per-
sons use the curry comb or brush on
the COW, and she often becomes filthy
and dirty in her stall. The straner
cannot prevent the soluble filth from
passing with the milk into the can,
while the management of the milk
after it leaves the milkman varies ac-
cordiDg to the commences of the farm.
But the creamery inspectors demand
not only that the COW and her stall
shall be clean but that her food shall be
of the best quality. The milk must DC
properly managed and be delivered at
the creamery every morning. The far
mer. therefore. who wishes to pro-
duce butter of superior quality can on
ly compete with the creamery by en-
deavoring 10 make a superior article.
There is no "gilt-edged" breed of cat
tie, although many suppose the best
butter comes from certain animals
The "gilt-edgc is the management of
the COW. her feed and stall. and the
handling of the milk and butter until
it reaches the purchaser. Practical
Fla nlsr.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-25

There is some talk about the Chinese
excluding American kerosene in retalla-
ton of the law excluding the Chinese from
America. The Celestias will be simply
biting or their own noses by such
course, fer kerosene has become indis-
pensablo even in China. Having acquired
the kerosene habit the Chinese, if prohib-
tied by an imperial edict from purchasing
American oil, will be driven by the neces-
stiles Of the case to patronize the Russian
oil Of the Caspian region, which is mach
more dangerous, because it is refined less
perfectly.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-25
Two of a Kind.

Buyer: How much are these trous-
ers, Mr.. SolomonsP' Mr.. S.: well,
mein freund, We are yust givin' dose
pants away" Buyer (effusively):
'Thanks-thanks! I'll take tn s pair"
Exit rapidly with trousers. Life.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-25
Couldn,t Adjust the stop.

Acquaintance TO amateur singer
What made your voice quake so in the
concerto
Songster--I have tremulo in my
knees. - Chicago Tribune.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-25
No Danger Whatevar.

First burglar-Well, let's tackle tn
house. know there's some money in
il.
Second burglar-Will it be safe
jobP
You bet; no danger of discovery. >
"Who lives hcrePp
"Phippen, the detect We. "-AebrdSka
Journal.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-25

In ten years the ratio of marriages in
the large cities of the north has decreased
eight per cent. This startling fact has
brought out many explanations, but the
one generally accepted is that so many
men are crowded out of work by the cheap
labor Of women that they cannot think of
MARI age The ratio will continue to de-
crease until only the rich can afford mar
rage.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-25

"Of all the nulsances on Gods green
earth, 4" said General Sherman at recep-
tion the other night, "the shaking of
hands by Americans is the worst" And
immediately after making that pleasant
little speech, all the members of the club,
his former comrades in arms, formed a
procession and proceeded at once to shake
hands with the General.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-25

Red Shirt, who has been hob-nobblng
with English royalty, was much disguised
recently when he went to White House
reception prepared to make few re-
marks, and the president passed him on
Immediately after shaking his hand.
The Interpreter remarked by way of ex-
plantation that sometimes the pale faces
come 10 Washington and wait an entire
moon before seeing the president, to which
Red Shirt replied: ''Humph, white man
heap damn foil"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-25

Burdettc, the humorist, is now a
licensed preacher Of the Baptist faith.
The Rev. Sydney Smith of England had
a similar experience, and wicked wits
said of him after his translation that he
mixed the two professions, and his jokes
we're sermons and his sermons jokes.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-25
An Easy Way to Get Ahead.

Farming is one Of the best Of occu-
pations for young man. Even cab
bage culture will enable struggling
youth to get ahead -Harper's Bazar.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-25
perfectly.

1t appears that old Libby Prison is to DC
hauled up TO Chicago to serve as frame
work or a museum. The first crowd
that went into the scheme paid S11, 900
for their experience, and failed to maze
prisoner Of the prison. A patriotic and
far-sigh.ed Cincinnati physician bought
the building when it was offered at auc-
ton fen S11, 200, and fresh Chicago syn
dictate have just purchased his interest
for S24,o Considerable cash has
charged hands for the possession of this
sold building with history"
The republican and democratic state
committees of Indiana have agreed that
in all election precincts where the inspec-
tor is democrat, a republican judge and
clerk shall be selected and in pre-
cincts where the inspectors are republi-
cans democratic judges and clerks shall
be chosen. Tho democratic committee
alss makes proposition for the appoint.
ment Of a committee of 100-forty five to
be democrats forty five republicans and
ten prshibitionists-to discover and pun
fish election frauds.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-25

In B,s.on the election OF a president
has becmHe matter of seconda cOnsid-
era.jon. The burning question in the
Hub is sonnected with the administration
OF the public schools. A reader compiled
by the we'll known John Swinton was OBJ
jected tO, and the objection was subse-
quently sustained, because it contained
a foot note intimatlng somewhat ambig-
uously that the Catholic priesthood sold
indulgences which were not only pardons
for the sins which had been committed,
but virtual absolutiDn for sins yet to
be done. The flct that the objection was
sustained crouSed very bitter feeling
among the Protestant woLien of Boston,
and as they can vote up school ques-
lions numbers determined to register and
elect school boar that should be dis
tinctly Protestant. When knowlege of
this Increased registration came to the
ears of The atholic women of the Hub,
they Immediately proceeded to register
also, and up to lae 20, 149 women have
registered with an estimated Protestant
majority of ,00J.