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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-03-07

Lot them honor with solemn services the
most holy mother Of God under the national
name Of Guadalupe as our patron and pro
tector, but in their conversation and preach
ing let them not speak of the apparition OF
Tcpeyac'."
This pastoral letter was called forth amid
the general excitement aroused year ago
by the proposed temporary transfer OF the
Guadalupe painting to the cathedral OF
Mexico. Archbishop Labastida desired to
make extensive repairs in the Guadalupe
church and afterward To restore the sacred
figure To it's bcautited resting place He
had a precedent for such action in the SINH
lar measure taken in 1886, when the paint
ing OF the Virgin was for time in the con
vent of the CapuChins. But il was strongly
suspected that the archbishop was deter
mined TO give the great demons rations,
sure 10 be made on such an Cccas'o on, pc
lltical turn. 1t was feared that the scheme
was trump card of the roactionary party.
Consequently great opposition TO the plan
was manifested. Prominent liberals petit
toned the government 10 prohibit the in-
tended public procession, erection OF lrrum-
phal arches, coronation OF the Virgin, etc.
What steps the government took is not 0ccu-
rately known; but the archbishop was, In
some way, led 20 defer the solemnity, VIII Oh
had b zen fixed for the 3lst of last Deem
Der, until a time when, 10 use his own
words found in the edict which he issued,
''thc public mind shall have calmed.n
Tamuulipas has been compelled to eat his
own words. A second pastoral letter on the
Guadalupe Virgin appeared under date Of
Aug 5, 1888 IT runs as follows:
"H;s eXcellency Cardinal Monaco, secrc-
tary of the Sacred Congregation of Rites of
the Roman and Universal lnquistion, in an
official note OF July 9, just received, writes
as follows: Their eXcelicicics the cardinals
inquisitors general have severely condemn
ed thy manner of condnct and speech in OPP
position 10 the miracle or appariton OF the
Most Holy Virgin Mary of Guadalupe And
inasmuch as we have never intended to sep
arate ourselves by 80 much as u iot from tho
preaching and determinations Of the holy
see, or of its worthy tribunals or congrega-
tions, we say 10 all those who may have
read our writings that we also severely con
denim our manner of conduct and speech in
opposition 10 the miracle or appartiOn of
the Most Holy Virgin Mary of Guadalupe,
and that we recall, annul, and disown all our
writings in which anything may have APP
peared, express or implied, against the mir
acle or appar.tiOn of our Lady Of Guada-
lure. -
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-03-07
The Most Popular Song.

The Cincinnati Enquirer answers cor
respondent by saying that the most popular
poem in the English language is Clement G.
Moore's might Before Christmas. We do
not know that we concur in this opinion. Is
Moore's poem moro popular than "Mary
Had Little Lambl" BY 'most popular"
we take II, the Enquirer means the most
widely known and the most frequently ro-
peated. The Moore poem is popular only at
a certain short season of the year; there are
other simpler lyrics that are taught TO chill
dren every day of the year. The poem about
Marys lamb has been parodied oftener, per
haps, than any other English poem; IT has
come to be a necessary part OF ones educa-
ton. An other universal poem Is Watts
Let Dogs Delight" etc, and another,
Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star" These
verses arc known wherever the English
language Is spoken. Chicago News.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-03-07
COunt the Mercies,
Count the mercies count the mercies
Number all the gifts of love;
IEcn,, a Lnil,. rniihfnl rncnrd

Count the mercies count the mercies
Number all the gifts of love;
Keep a daily faithful record
OF the comforts from above.
Look at all the lovely green spots
In life's weaiJ desert way;
Think how many cooling fountains
Cheer our fainting hearts each day.
Count the mcrcies count the mercic5I
See them strewn along our way
Count the mercies, thong III the trials
Seem to number more each day;
Count the trials, too, as mercies,
Add them 10 the grand array.
Trials are God s richest blessings,
Sent to prompt our upward flight,
AS the eagles nest-al broken,
Makes them fly TO loftier heights;
Count them mCrcies count them mercies
That bring heaven within our sight
Let US number all our jewels,
Let us estimate their worth;
Lot US thank the gracious Giver,
Strewing blessings DER the earth.
Let our hearts o'erllow with gladness,
Let us toll the wonders DER,
Till our multiplying treasures
Seem a countless, boundless store.
Then let praises, grateful praises,
BE our language evermore.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-03-07
I he Naval Attache.

A naval attachc is one of the most inter
esting persons you can meet. His business
Is apparently to survey the scene of human
activity in broad and noble spirit, taking
a large and disintcreste1 view of the pro
gress of civilization. He shines in the par
lor and bubbles over at the banquet. He is
the most candid, open. hearted and childlilke
man in every company. Men and women
envy him. He never seems to be burdened
with work-an elegant, idier sent among
foreigners out of pure good nature.
Az a matter OF fact n naval attache is the
eyes and ears of the military branch of the
government. His midnighs arc spent in
writing down the process of foreign nations.
No detail is too small TO escape his watchful
mind if it be new and vital. He never must
forget, even for moment that he is moving
among the possible future enemies of his
country.-New YORK Herald.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-03-07
SOMETHING OF A GIFT.
How a Typical New York Young
Man Can Distribute Wealth.

Man Can Distribute Wealth.
Let me give YOU one more instance of how
money goes when a typical young New
Yorker is directing the distribution, writes
Blakely Hail.. 1t was shortly before 10
this morning, while was on my way down
town, that saw man whom knew stand
ing on the curb at Fifth avenue and Thirty
sixth street, with his hands in his pockets,
a cigar in his mouth, and his hat tilted for
ward. He had heavily lined and dis ,ipat-
ell face and he was unquestionab'y little
shalSy from rising so early in the morning.
He nodded his head toward coachman
down the street, and stopped me with mo
ton Of his land.
1--WE little present for the duchess here
See if you think it will please her"
The Duchess as everybody in New York
knows, is the particular young woman on
the New York stage who enjoys the friend
ship Of the millionaire's son. a clatter of
hooIs and then the most perfectly appointed
brougham that have ever seen drove up
and Stopped in the middle of the street.
1T all goes TO her. said the young mil
lionairc, shortly, "hor5es and man includ
ed.
The brougham had body of dark green,
with claret colOred wheels. and the whole
interior was beautifully upholstered III pink
silk The windows were beveled glass set
in silver and the coachman's livery was bot
tle-green, with silver buttons, corduroys,
and pipe clay boots; but the wonder OK it. all
was the team of sorrel horses. They were
less than fifteen hands high with arched
necls, small heads banged tails, and legs as
delicate as fawns. They were built like
race horses. They were as perfectly
matched as two peas. Their hCofs We're
blackencd and polished till they shore like
mirrors, and the flakes of foam that fell
from their lips whitened their forelegs in
places like snow. They reminded me more of
a beautiful pair of fox terriers than horses.
The man on the box was about half the size
of an ordinary man, and in thorough con-
sonance with the rest of the outfit.
Rather decent present. said the OVID
or, motioning the driver away and starting
toward his cab,
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-03-07
Rudeness i'm Speech.

Some pride themselves upon saying
rude things. They fancy they have
done smart thing when they have
given a rugged, coarse rebuff. We
have known some Christian men to be
very unchristian in this particular. All
such ought to ponder this remark, made
by one OF the greatest of great men:
'Sir, man has no more right to say an
uncivil thing than TO act one-no more
right to say a rude thing to another
than 10 knock him down.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-03-07

bows were wel forward and the should
ers more bent even than in the swing
ing STYLE. The fashion of holding the
feIrule down followed, then OF grasping
the stick by the middle with the ferrule
pointing forward and now the cane
should be carried by its middle with the
handle forward. The material foi.
canes is even more varied than the
styles of carrying them. The bucl1horR
handle and plain stick is about rs pop
ular now as anything and is
the result of the reaction against
canes are made from imported
woods, the celebrated whongee sticks
coming from China, where they are
celebrated for the regularity OF their
joints, which are the points at which
the leaves branch of. The orange and
lemon are highly priced and are inn
ported principally from the West
Indies, although Florida is supplying
many of these ut the present time. The
orange stick is known by its beautiful
green bark, with fine longitudinal
markings and the lemon by the
symmetry OF its proportions and both
prominence and regularity OF lis knots.
Myrtle sticks have n value on account
OF the popularity of their appearance
and are imported from Algeria. Tho
raiah stick is another importation and
is Il species OF palm grown in Borneo.
Those canes known as palm canes arc
distinguished by an angular or more
or less fiat surface, are brownish or
spotted in appearance and have neither
knob nor curl. The most celebrated Of
all palm canes is the malacca, which
doubtless will never lose its popularity
with men of middle or advanced age.
The malacca stick Is cut from species
OF calamus, a slender climbing palm,
and does not come from Malacca, as
the name would imply, but from n
small town on the opposite coast OF
Sumatra- Other imported canes are
of ebony, palmetto, rosewood, thorn,
cactus HARDWOOD, partridge wood and
lots of other varieties. The manu-
facture CT canes is Dy no means the
simple process one might imagine it to
be. In Jersey many families support
themselves by gathering sticks, fit for
canes, which they find in the swamps,
Strengthening them with an old wise,
steaming them over common iron
kettle, and after roughly scraping
them, sending them in bundles TO the
city manufacturers. Many imported
sticks come in their native twisted or
crooked state and have TO be straight
ened by mechanical means in the fac
tories. The process is to bury them in
hot sand until they become pliable. In
front of the sand are boards about six
feet long fixed at an angle inclined TO
the workman and having notches in
their edges. When stick is pliabe
the workman puts it in notch and
bends it in an opposite direction TO that
in which it is naturally crooked. 1t is
then left awhile to set. To form an
artificial crook or curl for the handle
the workman places one end in a wise
and then bends it, mt the same time
pouring on the yielding wood con-
slant stream of fire from q gas jet.
Sometimes the wood is charned, but
this is rubbed smooth by sandpaper
There are lots of other interesting
points about canes, which | have not
time 10 cnlighten you upon just now.
Come in again and I'll tell you some
ore."-BroolIlyn Eagle.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-03-07

The reported threat of the Chinese
vice-rOy that he would exclude Ameri-
cans from the Flowery Kingdom in re-
taliation for our expulsion act must be
taken with many grains of allowance,
observes the San Francisco Chrenicle.
The Chinese government has always
expressed disapproval of the immigra-
ton OF its people across the Pacific.
1t prefers that they should colenize
the PHILIPPINES and Slant settlements
where the can get control of trade and
be near home, Nine-tenths of the
coolies who come here are from the
provinces near Canton and Hong Kong,
and were natural nomads. The vice
roy is governor OF Chilli, one of the
most nOrthernly provinces, and he can
have no feeling in regard TO the eXclu-
sion of a few thousand of the tramp
and criminal classes. He is also
shrewd enough to know that the bal
ance of American trade has always
been in favor of China, and it would
be poor policy to cut off this lucrative
trade for matter OF national seEti-
ment
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-03-07
No More Privacy,

And now ameddlesome, interfering doctor
has gone and invented some kind of a
"scope" or something through which he
looks into fellows eye, without asking him
a solitary question, and knows right away
whether or not the fellow smokes, how
many cigars day, and about the kind of
clears. It's getting to be 80 that it's no
earthly use TO lie TO a doctor. And by and
by the preachers will begin to find us out the
same way, and then we'll have to be honest
ali around or go to the dentist, have our
backbones extracted, and ioin Robert Els
mere.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-03-07

II is urged, as special feature of
the proposed corn exhibit at the Paris
exposition to be undertaken by the
New York produce exchange, that eff
forts be made to educate the people OF
Europe in the art of preparing corn
for food. Despite the annual heavy
shipments Of corn products. there is
amazing ignorance in foreign countries
rs TO the best way to prepare corn for
edible purposes.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-03-07
A Ialk On Canes.

"The fashion in canes as we'll as in
the way of carrying these necessary
concomitants of stylish dress" said a
dealer in these articles to an Eagle re-
porter, changes from year to year.
When our fathers were lads the proper
caper was 10 carry whalebone or ma
lacca stick. The dandies of those days
apparently never learned that a cane
should be carried In any other way than
by its handle. II remained for the
young men of the present day TO invent
the aesthetic style OF swinging stick
that is delicately balanced between the
thumb and forefnger, while the prop
or accompanying gait was the
springing walk with bent knees and
arms akimbo. Then came the genuine
aesthetic style with all its limpid limp
ness, by which the languid cane was
held in front of the body, while the ell
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-03-07

Commissioner Wright OF the nation
nj department of labor has an interest
ing chapter on working women of
manufacturing centers in his last re-
port. From a mass of statistics he
finds that the average age is but TWEEN
ty-two years, and of the whole num-
Der reported seventeen thousand five
hundred, more than one-half are en-
gagged in their first trial at self-sup-
port. .&s rule, the working women
are u;iln arried, supporting not only
Themselves but giving their earnings
largely to the support of parents and
dependents at home. Ten thousand of
the number under consideration
not only work at their daily occupa-
ton but assist in household duties at
home. More than two-,hiris of these
women live at home and are under
home influences. If Mr.. Wright's
testimony can be depended upon it
must be confessed that the life of the
average working-woman is not SO
black as it has been painted.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-03-07
Vanderbilt and Hayti.

Rumors have been current that Mr.. Van
derbilt's yatch was about TO be sold to one
of the Haytian governments. II such deal
should be consummated the island would
probably be turned over 10 Mr. Vanderbilt
In part payment.-Baltimore American.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-03-07

In some parts of Africa youths are
purchased in the interior slave mar
kets, and are dealt with as
we deal with young sheep and
oxen which we turn into weathers and
bullocks-are deliberately unsexed so
that they may fatten quicker, and are
then fed upon yams and nourishing
food till they are ready to be killed
and eaten. The cessation of the slave
trade has increased the prevalcncy of
cannibalism.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-03-07
Has Got Lots of Sense.

John Wanamaler spends 5000 aweck for
advertising, which shows that he has goo
more sense than many men who have be-
come cabinet officers. Leader.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-03-07

Attention is being directed in the
manufacturing cen5ers of the country
TO the possibilities to which the waste
products Of corn can be put. One OF
the latest discoveries is the manufac-
ture of paper and cloth from corn
husks. 1t is claimed that the linen
made from the long fibre of husks
gives an excellent substitute for the
coarser grades of fax and hemp and is
superior to jute, gunny cloth and sim.
liar products, while the shorter
fbres of the husks are most admirably
adapted for the manufacture of paper
which is stronger than papers of like
weight made from linen or cotton
rags.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-03-07

Nevada may be trihe "woolly,"
and that sort OF thing, but bill now
before the legislature is sufficient to
show that she means to look out for
the comfort Of her people. The bill
in question, makes it a misdemeanor
for a lady to wear hat more than
three inches high, at any place OF
amusement Is this bill passes, it SIS
only fair to presume that the gentle
men, on their part, will endeavor to
break themselves of the habit OF
crowding out between the acts.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-03-07

The ministers of Worcester, Mass.
made such a row about Mrs. Shaw
whistling on Sunday in their city that
the mayor compelled her to toot only
Psalm tunes, at which Rev. Hugh o.
Pentecost remarks that 'you may al
ways be sure that when the average
minister goes on a crusade he will take
along Krupp gun and never fire il
except at gnats. What about tn
drudgery of poverty that makes Sun.
day the peoples only holiday? l,
there one minister in Worcester who
objects to that? And if so, will the
mayorproceedagainstit? o, Pharisee
ism! phariseeism! long is thy robes,
broad is thy fringe and rotten is thy
heart
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-09-21
Poisonous DYES.

The Berlin Medical society at a recent
meeting discussed at length the effects upon
the skin of dyes used to color wearing APP
parel. DR.. Weyl, a general practitioner of
high repute, told about his examination Of a
dress waist which had caused an obstinate
and painful skin disease to the woman wear
ing it. He found the red cotton goods with
which the collars and cuffs were lined satu-
rated with a poisonous red dye. which came
Off whenever brought in contact with per
spring skin.
Another woman of Dr. WeyIs acquaint-
anCe poisoned her skin by wearing blue stock
ings which she herself knit. The first day
she wore the stockings her feet began to
swell, the second day the inflammation ex-
tended to the calf, and the third day to the
knee. When Dr.. Weyl was called the woman
was in bed with large swellings aud erup
tons on both legs. She recovered after be-
ing treated for two weeks
DR.. Weyl said that much of the velvet
which, for instance, is often worn around the
neck by young women, causes irritation Of
the skin and roughneSs of the whole face.
Ore piece, which he procured directly from
a dyer and manufacturer, produced eruptions
after it had been worn but few hours.
Every bit of cotton or wooden Undertaking,
according to DR.. Weyl, should be thoroughly
boiled, soaped and rubbed before it is put on
for the first time. Colored silk underwear is
not so dangerous as other colored underwear,
because the fiber of silk holds the dye much
more firmly than the fibers of other goods
Chicago Tribune.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-09-21
Giving and Keeping.

To a Frenchman studying English, as to an
Englishman studying French, nothing is so
hard to acquire perfectly as the idiom-the
very part of the language which comes most
natural to native. The difficulties of our
own tongue in this respect are illustrated by
the following dialogue between foreigner
and his English teacher:
when you give thing" asked the for
eigner, you cannot keep it, too, can you?"
Certainly not"
But when an honest man gives you his
word he always keeps it, doesn't hef"
Certainly"
But when he gives his word how does he
keep it? Does he take it back?'
Certainly not. When an honest man gives
his word he never takes it back"
But if he keeps it he does not give it."
"Oh yes, he does"
Then if he gives it he doesn't keep itn
why, certainly he does Because, if he
doesn't keep his word, he is no longer an
honest man."
''Oh, l begin to see! Having given hia
word, and never taken it back, he keeps it all
the whileF'
Certainly"
What a beautiful language is the English!n
Youths Companion.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-09-21
CITY WARD BOUNDARIES

FIRST Wards bounded on the north
by W. Commerce street, east by San An
tonic river, south and west by center of S.
Laredo street and AlaZan and San Pedro
creeks.
SECOND WARD-IS bounded on the north
by w. Commerce street, east by center OF
S. Laredo street and AlaZan and San Pedro
creeks, south and west by city limits.
THIRD WARD-lS bounded on the east by
San Pedro creek, north by Fredericksburg
road and city limits, west by city limits
and south by W. Commerce street.
FOURTH Wards bounded on the north
by city limits, south by w. Commerce street,
east by San Antonio river, west by San
Pedro creek and fredericksburg road.
FIFTH Wards bounded on the west
and north by the San Antonio river, east by
Alamo and Madre bitches and south by w.
Commerce street.
SIXTH WARD Is bounded on the west
by Alamo and Madre bitches and San An
tonic river, south by +. Commerce street,
north and east by city limits.
SEVENTH WARD In bounded on the
north by K. Commerce street, east and south
by city limits, west by center of Water and
Mill streets and San Antonio river.
EIGHTH Wards bounded on the north
by +. Commerce street, west by San AntO-
MO river, east by center of Water and Mill
streets.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-09-21
lie Killed 1t.

The Mt Desert Me- Herald recalls prank
of an old captain of Cape Rozier fame who
shipped eggs and other goods to Boston, an0
who once saw an old woman slyly slipping
egg after egg into her pocket as she talked
with the grocer with whom the captain was
jealng. After seeing six disappear the jolly
Sid tar turned to the woman and gave her a
Killing slap on the thigh saying, My good
woman. thought that something must have
crept up your skirt, and think I've killed it
by the way your clothes look" The womanS
re,!Iarks OIL his kindness closed the scene.
A MYSTERIOUS PLANT.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-09-21
Skin Troubles.

For those having thick, oily skins, broken
by pimples and comedones, or black headed
worms, there is no alternative but a careful
diet, if they would have it grow smooth and
fine grained. Bur little butter must be eaten,
no fat meat, and the food consist for the
most part of vegetables and fruit. A table
spoonful of sulphur taken every other morn
ing for week, then omitted three mornings
and taken again, VIII clear the complexion in
a couple of months, hut will probably make
the black specks look more numerous for
week or two. A mixture OF powdered brim-
stone or sulphur in diluted glycerine rubbed
on at night, with the other treatment, will
soon cause them to disappear Wash of
carefully in the morning with soap and water
in which there is a little ammonia After
this, if the face seems oily, wash it at night
with spirits of camphOr reduced with half as
much glycerine and a few drops Of ammonia.
In the morning battle the face as before in
water with ammonia in it, and after wiping
it careful" sHouge it over with camuhor and