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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-02-23
You Nav if You Choose.

A statement made by u wise man is,
that "eyery honest man has II hobby. "
The man in question did not use these
precise words. but they amount to the
same in substance.
Every young man ought 10 have
some particular study or pursuit (per-
haps moro than onc), TO which he de-
votes his spare time. Every man
needs some such matter, and he is
bound to have it. Should his desire in
this direction be thwarted it will find
vent in some other way, aud often does
express itself in II manner not 1T all 10
the PERSONS advantage.
A man who is always tnkermg
around, making something or other ~
the mechanical line, is never found
spending his leisure hours in a gin N II
or saloon. The young man whose
hobby is study will be found ut his
books as soon as his days work is done
and supper is swallowed
"The chap who has Emusic on the
brain" will be putting or scrapping his
instrument early and late. and we al
most wish this one would quit his hobby
and relegate himself to the rumshop.
Many young men ride a mechanical
hobby aud arc often building ex-
pcrimental machines. and making
young" steam engines. To such mon,
electricity possesses most enticing
field. There is no end TO the directions
in which thought NAV be proftably
turned in connection with cloctr city.
Well developed ~ it il. electricity is
as yet an almost unknown thing. which
will require lifetmes of study to reduce
to the full understanding of all. Eec-
tricity is the future power of tho world.
as it has ALWAYS been its life. although
unknown and uncomprehended for
ages.
That n young man will waste hours
and days of his life in doing worse than
nothing, whom he has such field be-
fore him. is scarcely to be comprehend.
ed. but it a disgraceful fact Let tho
young men awake to the idea that the
advance of the world depends upon
them personally; that the years to come
may be better or worse as they choose
to study or to idle. and it seems as if
they would quit beer-drinking, dice
shaking and card shutting, instantly
to avail themselves of the privileges
before them.
A man may be about what he makes
himself NOWADAYS. and il he chooses to
become q sot the way is open. II he
chooses to become power in the land.
he can do so by going to work in that
direction and Ike eping at it.-American
CuLttUdk0r.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-02-23
THE FIRE OF HOME.

| hear them tell Of far-On climes,
Aud treasures grand they hold
OF minister walls, where strained light falls
On canvas, rare and Old
Ny hands fall down, my breath comes fast
But an, how can | rOami
My task / know, 10 spin aud sew,
And light the fire Of home.
Sometimes / hear OF noble deeds,
OF words that move mankind;
OF willing hands that TO other lands
Bring light 10 the poor and blind;
| dare not preach, | cannot write,
fear to cross the foam.
Who if ! go, will spin and sew,
And light the fire at homei
Ny husband comes rs the shadows fall,
From the fields with my girl and boy,
His loving kiss brings with it bliss
That has no base alloy
From the new plowed meadow, fresh and
brown,
"llcart, do not fret, tits something yet
To light the fire at home"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-02-23
The Life of a Convict.

1.-THE study of human nuture," said
Principal Keeper Patterson, of the state
penitentiary OF Trenton, N. j.. to re-
porter, in the lobby of the National
hotel last night, inside prison walls
is more interesting than pleasant The
class of human beings one comes in
contact with is usually so depraved and
hardened that it oftentimes surprises
even those accustomed to the life. We
believe our system to be as good as any
in existence, and yet we arc not as Sc
we're in some ways as the people of the
Eastern penitentiary.
"Are there not a number of criminals
sent you who instead should 60 to asy-
lums? Do you not have many cranky
characters to contend wth?"
"Well, we do in certain sense.
Criminals are. as rule, ones ded char
acters; their moral character is so to
speak, lop-sided. But it is not the men
who 60 into the prisons that are men,
tally unbalanced; it is those who come
out. The fact is, man who serves n
five or even q three year sentence out,
is apt TO leave the penitentiary unsound
in mind, if not in both body and mind
Imagine, for instance, the life they lead,
day in and day out. To the mess room
in the morning, where they can not
say word to anyone; TO the workshop
for the day, where talking is strictly
forb ddcn; TO the mess room again for
supper. where the same order is en-
forced; end then to solitary coniine-
ment in their cells. where there is no
one to talk to. Think of it. Such u
life for years! Is II not enough to drive
a man insane? Why, man alive. you
can not realize it; but the percentage is
simply frightful of those who go to jail
strong in both mind and body and who
come out wrecks in one or both. -
h dshiHqtoR Post.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-02-23

should be a filter place for Jabez to
1.-Two in during the winter if he pers ST.
ed in his determination TO I've there.
That part of tho job attended to, the
board turned its combined atlent on to
Jabez personally. They stripped him
of the clothing no had worn contrnu-
ously night and day for no one knows
how long, and then at tho house pump
with liberal supply of soap and
several scrubbing brushes. gave him
the washing he SO badly needed. and
cleaned out the matted hair and beard
that had known no brush or comb for
years. Then they gave him new and
clean clothing, and allowed him to ro-
turn to his hut cleaner but a no less
soured and obstinate hermit than be-
fore.
The story OF tho washing of Jabez
was quickly noised abroad throughout
tho town. and the action of the Board
of Health was applauded by Clintonites
generally. They knew there was no
cruelty in it. for they knew that Jabez
was not insane. He was SIMPLY
obstinate and foolishly so, and deter
mined to make every one about him
uncomfortable simply because his
shrew of a wife had made him so in
years gone by. But Jabez' brother
looked upon the action of his neigh
bors in complaining of Jabez as Il
nuisance and upon the action of the
Board of Health us an impertinence
He stormed great deal, did some
threatening, and now he is going to
get even with Clinton's Board of
Health by suing them for malicious
assault on Jabcz. ami for trespass on
his grounds.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-02-23
Ventilation of Stables.

The necessity of pure air is rs urgent
and il is fact that the wants of ami
mails in this particular are quite as fire.
quently disregarded. In some respects
brute animals have the advantage; in
others human beings have. The stables
of brutes are seldom made as tight, as
exclusive of external air, as the dwell
ling Of man, and they do not have such
exhausters of oxygen and manufacture
ers of carbonic acid gas as stoves to
corrupt and poison the atmosphere they
breathe. But then, on the other hand,
they stand and lie in their own eXcre-
ments and are forced to breathe the
ammonia and other mephitic gases rising
therefrom. Besides this, II horse or
COW, having much larger lungs and
consuming much greater volumes of
oxygen. eXhausts the vital properties of
the atmosphere much more rapidly.
There is another consideration too
generally disregarded in constructing
stables for farm animals, and that is
the placing of the haymow before or
above the animals so that the fodder
receives their breath with all the inn
pure eXhalations of the lungs. Few
stop 10 think that there can be any
thing wrong in this, yet there can be
little doubt that the quality and health
fulness OF the hay is greatly affected IN
in this way.
The question of the proper ventil-
alton of human habitations, and espec-
tally of school rooms, churches and
lecture rooms, has always been Il per-
picking one, and is far from being set
tied now after years and centur es OF
discussion. How to eXpel the vitiated
air and admit pure a L, without. nj the
same time. admitting n dangerous
draft, has been the source of pCrpleX-
ity. We know that Il portion OF the
emanations from the lungs and skin is
lighter than the atmosphere, carbu-
retted and sulphuretted hydrogen ris-
ing to the upper part of the rooms or
stable, and another portion, carbonic
acid gas, is heavier. sinking TO the lower
part; how shall ventilators be arranged
so as to conduct the yitiated air from
both the upper and the lower levels.
These quest ons are much more easily
asked than answered. a perfect sys-
TEN of ventilation is yet to be devised.
-PydctiCaL faT1llCT
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-02-23
Baekwools Wi.lom.

The smartast boy ut school amt nj
lcrs the sleadiest hand ut worE.
Good looks amt no recommends
ton. y ugly cow gives rs much milk
a. purity one.
Don't say mans "a fool cause he
don't think like YOU do. P'rapS it's
YOU jnst.d O him.
Bit amt easy matter ter 81 over Il
life time prejudice. A old dog learns
new tricks mighty slow.
A heap o people d rather live in
town than in the country. They don t
have tor git up so airly ter see the cir
cu~.c> come ~.
Folcrin the fashion is sortcr like
tryn' ter catch runaway boss. The
head o the procession : alters diSap-
pearin 'rouad 4 corner.
The money whats locked up in the
chist is sortcr like blood. Fl hit don't
cirlllate hit works Il Injury ter them
what has il.
The man what alters has his hands
in his pockets has tarnation good eX-
cuse. He never hits his thumb with u
hammer when he ortcr be dr.yin' nails.
With cold weather comes hog KILN
time. an then everybody's hungry for
fresh meat. Them what hain't got no
hogs ter Kill goes visitin', an one pore
little shote is soon gone G0oadLFs
Sam
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-02-23
Very Like His Pa.

He was the son of worthy Chicagoan,
and he had just returned from college.
The father was n brusque. matter of-fact
man, who had no liking for anything
dudish, and he noticed with sorrow
that his son returned with bangs and
various other insignia of dudedom. The
old gentleman surveyed him critically
when he appeared in the Office, and
then blurted out:
Young man, you look like fool
just at that moment and before the
young man had time to make fitting
reply. friend walked in
"Why, hello George, have yen re-
turnedp" he asked. "Dear me, how
much you resemble your father
80 he has just been telling me-" re-
piled the youth. And from that day TO
this the old gentleman has found no
fault with bangs. Chicago Rambler.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-02-23
Cheating q Coal-Dealer.

BhnTkins-See here, Buffers. You
asked me this morning what I'd charge
for enough coal to start fire in your
room.
Bluffers-Yes.
you said your stove was no bigger
than water-cooler, and answered 8
cents. "
That was right"
Right! Great Scott! man. You have
nearly emptied my coal bin"
''Well, | had to-"
For stove no bigger than water
coolerP"
"Yes-a depot water-cooler. - md-
ha World.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-02-23
In the TrapeZiumi

The great Lick telescope is at work.
A late report from San Francisco says
that few nights ago Captain Floyd
and others were looking at the constel-
lation Orion, when he detected little
star in the trapez um. which is in the
sword of Orion. Mr.. Clark, on look
ing, also said that he saw the STAR No
star has ever before been seen in the
trapczium.
This IS important. but it would be
interesting to know what this star as
dong in somebody's trapezium-how it
got into such a place, and how il is go
ing to get out As "no star has ever
before been seen In the trapezium," it
Is clear that this one was on a lark.
No such telescope rs the great Lick
had ever before been turning It's dark
lantern on that suburb of the heavens.
Hitherto no policeman had been on
that beat after dark. The star was no
doubt unprepared for such raid. and
was making night of it, In a mo-
ment of thoughtlsss hilarity ana jubi-
lation it had gone into the trapezium.
where no star had ever boen before.
Most likely that was the very reason
he got thereto show that he could.
The trapezium will no doubt DO cleaned
and repaired Immediately, and the Of
Tense will not be repeated for the credit
of the family of tho delinquent, which
has always stood high. - Chicago Times,
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-02-23
Three of q Kind.

Three things to love-Courage, gen.
tleness, affectionateness.
Three things to admire-Intellectual
power, dignity, gracefulness.
Three things to hate-Cruclty, AFRO.
gance, ingratitude.
Three things to reverence-Religion,
justice, sclf-denial.
Three things TO wish for-Health, q
cheerful spirit, friends.
Three things to like-Cordiality, good
humor, mirthtulness.
Three things to uspect-Flattery,
puritanism, sudden affection.
Three things to avoid-Idleness, flip
pant testing, loquacity.
Three things TO govern--Temper,
impulse, the tongue.
Three things to be prepared for-De-
cay, change, death.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-02-23
Her Brand.

1.-THE smoke from that cigar is very
offensive" said lady to her husband.
my dear it is of the finest brand of
imported cigars"
"That may be, but you know you are
married man and should not smoke
imported cigars in the presence Of your
wife"
"Well. what kind of cigar would
be appropriate for for me to smoke
when l come homep"
Domestic my dear" replied the
lady. Carl PretzePs Weekly.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-02-23
Puss Remembered an Old Trick

Puss Remembered an Old Trick
1T was white cat, "said q towns.
man last night, ''and every one in the
family thought a great deal of it. II
was considered q knowing cat-onc OF
those felnes quite capable of taking
care of No. 1. One day it was missing.
Great was the grief, especially of the
children. Just five years aftorward
that cat came back TO the house. 1t
was first seen walking on stone wall,
as it had often been seen walking there
before it so mysteriously disappeared.
1t recognized members OF the family
and purred with great satisfaction.
Some one suggested that after all it
might be another cat, and test was
made which proved IL was the same
one. The original cat had been
taught to open. ono of the doors by
jumping up and striking tho latch
with his paws. Puss was put in the
room and the door closed. In few
minutes it was heard to strike the latch.
The door opened and the cat walked
out. "-K,ngSton (D ~ Freeman.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-11
no REFORM la NILLA.
THE PARENTS FoILED AT LAST.
A Girl After Many Defeats, Escapes
With Her Lover and is Married.

from me Neb OfE ITtOule'
KANSAS CITY, Feb. S.-A little over a
year ago Miss Patti Alexander, the daugh-
ter of C. A. Alexander, banker of Paris,
KY, fell IN love with Owen l.. Davis. But
as Davis was only poor clerk in an express
office and as Patti was only sweet sixteen,
the parents objected, and the girl was sent
to Paris in order that the excitement of that
gay capital might drive the thoughts of
love in a cottage from her brain. Absence
did not curb her passion, and as an attempt
was made to elope, the parents sent Patti to
make prolonged visit to her uncles
Messrs. Hall and Kelly Brent, of this
city. Here all went well until about
three weeks ago. One morning Miss
Patti left one uncle's house ostensibly to
visit the other, and when evening came
telephone message announced the fact that
she would remain all night On Mr. Brent's
arrival home he was told of the circum-
stances, but he at once suspected that all
was not as it should be- and he called up his
| brother who informed him that the girl
had not been there The two brothers at
once began a search for the truant, and at
| last found her at the union depot, just ready
| to take the train in company with young
| Davis The uncles at once demanded that
| she return to the house, but Davis put a
| veto on it by saying that they were married,
| and his vile SnOulu go Win nlln lie was
| asked to show the wedding certificate, but
refused. He was then given the alternative
of being arrested or of going quietly to the
house. He wisely chose the latter, and it
was then learned that they had not been
married, but were on the way to have the
ceremony performed Davis was driven in
disgrace from the house, and the next day
Patti started back to Kentucky in charge of
one of the uncles.
On the morning of Jan. 20 the servants
announced that Miss PATHS room was empty
and rope ladder hanging from the window
| showed the means of escape. The uu-
daunted lover had struggled a ladder to his
fair one, and in the dead of the night the
pair had braved the dangers of river full
of floating ice, and in a frail skiff had gone
| to Aberdeen, O., where at Z o'clock in the
morning they found solace for their many
trials and were made man and wife The
parents yielded to the inevitable, and now
the young couple are happy in the bankers
J hOma
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-11
THE GREAT EAsTERNs FATE.
She is Still in the Market, but yet May
be Broken Up for the Material in

She is Still in the Market but yet May
be Broken Up for the Material IN
Her.
From the Ne,c York sun.
Messrs. Henry Bath & Sons, of Liverpool,
the owners of the Great Eastern, apparent
" think that Mr.. P. T. Barnum doesn't
move quickly enough in his contemplated
purchase Of the famous steamship. A few
weeks ago negotiations between Mr.. Bar
mum and Mr. D. B. McCulloch, Of Liver
pool, the agent of Messrs. Bath q Sons,
were carried on by cable, and the great
Snowman announced that he had made the
vendors an offer such as they were not
likely to refuse Yesterday, however, let
tiers were received from Liverpool inquir-
ing about the standing of certain American
capitalists who have recently opened nego-
tiations for the purchase Of this snip.
These possible buyers are not connected
with the show busin s., and one of them
has made a catch offer Of $l75,0OO
Another offer has also been received from
the representative of a railroad syndicate
of $50. 900 and a coterie Of oil speculat rs
profess their willingness to put up S3O,OOO
rs a margin for the privilege of refusing
the leviathan within forty days. What the
owners of the snip consider the best offer Is
one from a syndicate Of Italian capitalists,
who think they can use the Great Eastern
with profit in carrying grain and other
freight between the ports of the Mediterra-
mean.
The price originally named to Mr. Bar
mum, S250,000, is now considered by the
owners TO be an inadequate one, as the ex-
penses of keeping the ship afoao are very
heavy and constantly increasing. The firm
of Bath 81 Sons are divided into two parties,
one wishing to sell out at fair profit, and
the other believing that more money will be
realized by breaking up the big steamer.
Their estimate of its value for this purpose
is $3.50, 900 gross, and S275, 600 after paying
all the expenses of breaking up. They have
also received over a dozen offers for the hull
after the ship has been gifted" and, so
far as present indications go, this is likely
to be the fate of the biggest steamship ever
constructed
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-11
Whispers from WAYS.

WAYS, GA. Feb. 10.-Work has been
again commenced on the artesian well at
this place. 1t is expected that a good flow
will be obtained at the depth of 200 feet.
j. X. Nelson, of the Savannah, Florida
and Western railway, was hurt by piece
of steel hitting him on the cheek while at
work on an engine.
Oysters are being taken from here in
large quantities by the Belvedere Oyster
Company, which is located on the Ogeechee
river.
A large area is being planted in Irish po-
tatoes etc, C. P. Haskell being the largest
planter in this line.
Z. B. Sutton has branched out in the
poultry business and expects to make a
good thing out of 1t. ~
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-11
FIORIDA,s METROPOLIS.
Personals in Paragraphs-At the SCo-
Tropical-LaVilla to be Reformed.

| Personals in Paragraphs-At the SCo-
/ Tropical-LaVilla to be Reformed.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA, Feb. l0.-Judge
Emory Speer and Marshal Lamar, of the
United States Court Of the Southern dis
/ trict of Georgia, went over to st. Augustine
this morning.
Judge Settle returned TO the city from
Tallahassee this morning and opened the
/ United States Court but did nothing except
| confirm the sale of land made by the Clerk
last Monday.
| A. NJ Jones, appointed a few days ago
| to succeed Frank Sollce as Registry Clerk
| in the CITY post-ofiice has resigned, as he
/ found the duties too heavy for a man OF his
! age to perform and maintain good health
! Mr. Sollee Will remain until his successor
| qualitie-.
! Theodore Frederick Cumming, young
| German and a stranger, 10 confined IN the
! county Jail as lunatic Night before last
he broke all the glass out of his window
and Jaler Falon was compelled to put him
! i'm another cell Last night he sat upon the
floor with his head in his hands and wept
most piteOuslv all night. He is TO be sent
to the asylum tomorrow. His great desire
is for a gun TO go TO shoot birds.
Miss Rosa LEngle daughter of DR.. j. c.
L'Engle, is very i'll and hardly expected TO
live.
T. T. Stockton, business manager of the
News-Herdid and a prominent business
man, is critically ill.,
j. D. Doyle, wealthy Boston gentleman,
died here yesterday The remains will be
forwarded to that city to-day.
EXPOSITION DOTS.
The forces of fernando, Citrus and
Pasco counties are busily engaged in pre-
pairing the display Of woods for those
counties. Forty one varieties were received
recently and they are now being faced,
oiled and shellaced. Among some Of the
rarer kinds are the tubular gum, red elm,
merchantable .wahoo, quassia, sea ash and
ironwood.
Lake county has sent on some huge sweet
potatoes. some of them weighing ten to
fifteen paunds each.
relic of Indian days is shown in the
Citrus room in the shape of 4-gallon clay
pot, found in the Homosassa region.
A unique photograph of the first steam
creek is displayed in the Sumter county ex-
hibit
Citrus county has some bones of the
manatee or ''sea COW" on exhibition.
Commissioner Eichenlaub, of Citrus
county, will receive a fine collection of
fishes from the Homosassa section. They
will be preserved in glass jars.
TO REFORM LA VILLA.
Mayor Bowden proposes to inaugurate a
moral crusade in LaVilla soon. He has or
dered all disreputable houses on the best
streets to close, and given notice that only
on Word street, an unfrequented thorough
fare will he permit them to be opened.
The Mayor says he will enforce this order
by fines and imprisonment, if necessary, as
he intends to make LaVilla model town
Third Assistant Postmaster General
Stevenson and family arrived yesterday.
They were at the Sub Tropical the first thing
this morning, and Mr.. Stevenson expressed
great admiration at the display made
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-11
Married at Madison.

MADISON, FLA, Feb. 10-Thursday night
j. Emmett Pound and Miss Mary A. Nc
Daniel were married at the residence of the
brides parents, Rev. T. J. Nixon, of the
Methodist Episcopal church, officiating
The bride is the eldest daughter of William
Mcdaniel, of the firm of Mcdaniel e.
Hlgdon, handsome, accomplished and of a
genial disposition. The groom is the editor
I'd proprietor of the Madison Recorder
Among the numerous gifts to the bride and
groom were some that were very valuable
and costly