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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-03
A Loye.Lora ChiIcat MaiiOn.

he civilized woman. when she wants
To be wooed, attempts to make herself
attractive as possible. So does the
0hilcat woman; but she hao different
idea OF what is attractiveness. Oie
evening. after all the fishing canoes
came in, l saw young squaw rObed
from head TO foot IN deep-red
blanket, sitting stolidly on the end of
great spruce log a few rods away
from the cannery and at a short dis
lance from where the fishing canoes
were moored. and where the fires of
the Chilcat fishermen had been light
ed. When. out OF curiosity at her
singular costume and position. l APP
preached her. | found that she had
blackened her face until il was blacker
than that of the ordinary negro min
strel. There was not trace of her ma
tive duskiness. but the artificial black
shown as if il were composed and put
on from an article of good French
backing In add ton to that a long
silver pin was stuck in her under lip
and extended out from the chin q
couple of inches, while Il heavy silver
ring hung from her nostris, and u
host of massive silver bracelets adorned
her wrists She was simply belle of
the woods and of Chilcat Inlet, en-
deavoring to make known to the
young bucks around her that she was
in the matrimonial market. according
to the native costume here. After sit
ting for an hour or more aud not at
tracing any more attention than that
prompted by my own curiosity she left
her twilight wooing place. shook out
the folds of her blanket, and walked
with an air OF Indifference TO an old
tent on the beach, wlich appeared to
be her habitatlon. and disappeared. -
Ne,O York Times.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-03
Powerful, Wet Soda Regimes.

At the Baldwin lococomotiye works
there are in course of construction four
locomotives which are designed to run
by soda, which takes the place of fire
under the boiler. Soda has much the
same power as coal. says the Philadel-
phia Record. without any of the oifeh-
sive gases which that fuel emits. The
engines are now nearly finished. and
are TO be shipped within two weeks TO
Minneapolis. Mimi, and are to be run
on the streets of that CITY. where steam
engines are forbidden. The engine has
much the same appearances rs a pas
senger car. 1t is about sixteen feet
long entirely boxed in, with no ST.
BILE smokestack or pipes, rs there is no
exhaust or refuse. The boiler is of
"copper" eighty -four and One-half inches
in diameter and fifteen feet long, hav,
Tag tubes running through it as in
steam boilers. Inside the boiler will
be placed five tons OF soda which. up
on being dampened by jet of steam,
produces an intense heat. When the
soda is thoroughly saturated. which
will occur i'm about six hours. the ac-
ton ceases and then it is necessary to
restore it to its original state by fore
ing through the boiler a stream OF SUI
perheated steam from a statiOnGrt
boiler, which drives the moisture en-
tirely from the soda when it is again
ready for use. The exhaust steam
from the cylinders is used to satuarta
the soda, and by this means all refuse
is used. These engines are tina first Of
their kind that have been built in this
country. and are being constructed
under the supervision of George Kuch.
Ter. German engineer. The engines
will have the same power as those OF
the New York elevated roads. Soda
engines are used in Berlin and other
European cities very successfully. and
they also traverse the St. Gothard tun-
mel, under the Alps. where the steam
engines cannot be used because the
length of the tunnel renders it impos
sible to devise system of ventilat,oI
which will carry off the foul gasset
generated by locomotive. So over,
powering would these gases become
that snffocaiion wonld ensuc.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-03
Put 1t in Writing.

Verbal contracts occasion moro
trouble, dispute and litigation than any
other business transactions. The wise
merchant taught by experiences will en-
deavor to have a writin q executed by
the party TO be charged. IN every cas- e
of importance arising in his business.
THIS is especially necessary of guaran.
tees. A man enters your office whom
YOU know to be perfectly respon ible.
He tells you to sell Brown n thous and
dollars worth of goods. Brown is all
right. he will answer for that. etc.
Make him sign memorandum.
A customer gives YOU large order
for future and instalment deliveries
Make him sign it in writing.
You engage a salesman for q year. or
for "A month, or for trial trip. Have
it all put down in writing and signed.
You save taking your chances before
jury, who nine times out OF ten
proves uncertain and too sympathetic
with that party whom they consider Is
the under dog"
1t is only little trouble ut the time.
but it usually saves a heap of trouble
in the future. - Trade Mdrk Record.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-03

an unchecked and unqualified supremacy.
No tradition of imperial rule, no binding
maxim OF stateerafi, had had time to estab-
lish themselves. Dccmated bv prescriptions
and counter prescriptions and by years of
civil strife, the Roman nobility had, for all
political purposes, ceased 10 exist The SEN
ate, as M institution, was the mere shadow
OF a name; the senators had degenerated in
TO a group Of trembling sycophsnts; the gods
OF the old religion were tottering To their
fall. The Caesar looked around him from his
throne OH the Palatine over all the vast aud
yoceless dominion of the Roman empire, aud
saw no human obstacle to his will. So intox-
icatlng u cup of pow er had never been held to
mortal lips before or since, and II is not to be
wondered at that brpin after brain In heads
encrcled by the imperial laurel became mad
dened with the drHught. Among these I'M
doubtedy was the brain OF Nero; but he
drank no deeper than one at least OF his pre-.
decessors and many OF his successors; nor
was the frenzy OF tyranny which overcame
lin any wilder than, II even IL was as. wild,
as theirs. II was In all probability to those
contrasts OF temperament. to that clash OF art
and savagery, which makes him more inter
estng to the modern than any one except the
great founder OF the empire himself, that he
owes the keener aud stronger impression
which his vices and cruelties produced upon
his contemporaries, and which helped to
raise him to the "bad emiaence" on which he
stands
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-03
The Youthful King of Snain.

An American who has just returned from
Spain brings some interesting gossip concern
ing the infant king OF that country. 1t
seems that his miniature majesty has but
one great passion, which is, strangely
enough, bologna sausage. Whenever lie
sees this unromantic edible he can hardly be
restrained. Stretching forth his baby hand
In an imperious way he exclaims: "His ma
jesty wishes It," But his minister OF the in.
terror takes care that his majesty doesn't get
II. Alfonso is extremely jealous OF his moth
err, aud whenever they appear In public 10
makes him angry to have the people applaud
har
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-03
How Tennysun Writes Verses.

Poetry is n more mechanical ART
than most people believe. Fred Lath (.
am, who Is a cousin of Lord Tennyson
has told me when the laureate is writ
ing poem he constructs rhyming
dictionary of his own. thus: A. b. C, d.
g, f. e. b, |. j, k, ], m, n, o. p. q, I. 8, t..
u, v, W, KY. 2.
When he has written line. say:
Where Caribel low lleth-
He starts down the alphabet hunting
for rhyme. getting ''buveth. !"
.crieth," "dicth," "lieth," "sigheth, !"
''tieth." "tryeth." "vieth." and so on,
out of which, OF course it is the easiest
possible thing to get the line
The oak tree, thick leaved, ambrosial sigheth,
when the proper time comes to intro.
duce that verse into the poem. Usu
ally Lord Tennyson conceals the art
by which he gets to his rhymes by put
ting the Manufactured line first and let
ting the second one carry the real bur
den of the thought. as anyone who
will read 'Locksley Hail." critical y
will see. Henry Dees in Chicago Netos
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-03
CHINESE QUAR7ELS

The Truly Oriental Performances
Which the CelestiaIs Call Making
an Upronr.
Among a population Of such unexampled
density, where families Of great size are
crowded together-three or four generations,
with all the wives and children under one
roof-occasions for quarrel are all prevasive,
says the North China Herald The sons
wives and children are prolific sources Of
domestic unpleasantness. Each wife strives
70 make her husband feel that In the COM
munity OF property he is the one who is
worsted; the elder wife tyrannIzes over the
younger ones aud the latter rebel. The In.
stlnct OF the western with a grievance is 10
get It redressed straight-way; that OF the
oriental is first o! all, to let the world Mt
large know that he has a grievance. A
Chinaman who has been wronged will go up
on the street and roar at the top OF his voice.
The art of halloOing, as It Is called in Chi
nese, Is closely associated with that of reyIl.
ing, and the Oh nese women are such adopts
in both as to justify the aphorism that what
they have lost IN their feet they have gained
In their tongues. Much OF this abusive Ian
guage Is regarded as a sort OF spell or curse.
man who has had the heads removed from
bis field OF millet stands at the entrance
OF The alley which leads to his dwelling and
pOurS IOrIn VOllels Oh aDuSe upon tue uu-
known offender. THIS has q double value
first, as means of notifying to the public his
loss and his consequent fury, thus freeing his
mind; and, secondly, as a prophyiactic tend
ing to secure him against the repetition of
tie offense. Women indulge In this practice
Of "revling on the sireet''from the fat roofs OF
the houses, and shrek away for hours at a
time until their voices fail Abuse delivered
I'm this way attracts little or no attention, and
one sometimes comes on a man or woman
thus screeching themselves red In the face,
with not an auditor In sight II the day is q
hot one the rcviler baws as long as he Cor
she) has breath, then proceeds 10 refresh
himself with a season OF tanning, and after
wards returns to the attack with renewed
fury. fight In which only two parties are
concerned usually resolves itself into mere
haIr-pulliDg; the combatants, when separated
by their friends, shout back to each other
maledictions and defiance. The Quarrel be-
tween Laban and Jacob, recorded In the
thirty first chapter of Genesis, when the lat
ter stole away from Laban's house, is n
photog faphically accurate account of the
truly Oriental performance which the Chinese
call making an uproar.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-03
Bold Muskrats.

One afternoon, walking through the
meadow toward the pond. aud when a
few feet from the water. saw musk
rat running to reach the water. Bring
ing my pole down from over my shoul-
der. where l had been carrying t,
struck him with it as he was running.
The blow did not kill him. but hs
turned over on his back with his feel
struggling in the air, and giving smal
cries OF pain or anger. | start,i
toward him, when from the loose ston(
wall making part of the dam | sau
five muskrats coming for me, with theft
mouths open. and giving every appear
ance of rage aud desire to avenge tho
injury to their companion. Without
stopping at the place where he was
still kicking. they came past him and
at me on the run and after the first
astonishment was over, l concluded that
discretion was the better part of valor.
and started for the house as fast rs
could 90. glancing over one shoulder
to see If they were gaining in the race.
Although they chased me for only q
few rods, | did not feel safe near that
locality until the next day. when l re-
turned and found the pole where | had
dropped it but no muskrats, even the
wounded one being gone. l have al
ways believed that the one which
struck was not severely injured. but
that his cries of rage brought his com
panions to his aid and to fight for him,
Forest and Stream.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-03
Destruction of Georgia Forests

II the lawmakers Of Georgia are wise they
will take steps 10 stop the rapid des tructlon
OF the pine forests of the state. 1t is estl-
mated that from 200 TO 400 square miles of
timber land are cleared every year. Tile At
lanta Lumber company has 10000, and is cut
ting 1OO,O day. Since the mountains to
the southwest OF Rome have been cleared
floods have become very common In that part
OF the state, aud the rapid rise OF water has
caused great damage. 1t is the old story,
and when Georgia is stripped of its trees tie
government win be called upon to replant
the forests.-Audnta Constitut on.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-03
Two Little Gras shoppers.

Once. at White House public recep-
ton, when tho crowd was immense,
Sir Edward Thornton and Lord George
Montague. the last n son of the Duke of
Manchester, tried to'make their way
into the Blue Room along with the
general crowd The policeman on
duty waved them back. ''Do you
know. SIR" said Sir Edward in his
most important manner. THAT am
Sir Edward Thornton" "And L."
said Lord George. who was a meek.
inoffensive little fellow. Il am Lord
George Montague. Go way" res
pended the policeman; don't tell me
two such little grasshoppers as you are
Sir Edward Thornton.and Lord George
Montague.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-03
A Buddhist Mountain.

A missionary who settled In the Province OF
sz-Chuan, central China and visited the
great Buddhist peak, Mount Omel, describes
the temples as still showing many wonderful
works Of art, Notwithstanding CONGREGATIONS
devastating wars, aud rebellious. Near the
foot of the mountain Is a pagoda OF bronze
thirty feet high, in fifteen stories, covered
with an immense number OF figures delicate.
ly cast or figures OF Buddha there are no
less than 400, some OF which have been
mutIlated by collectors of relics
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-03
He Felt IL.

A subscription paper for some reli-
gious object was passed to a Jealous
church member in town recently, when
he remarked. well. 1 can give S5
and not feel it," Then" said the
solicitor. 'give $40 and feel it. The
point was seen ut once, and the 'ten
spot was forthcoming. = Gloucester
advertiser.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-03

The Cincinnati Enquirer says Miss
Lucille Elstun of that city rivals Mrs.
Shaw as n whistler. The Enquirer
says: miss Elstun is scarcely more
than Is years old and is a graduate of
Notre Dame college. In addition to
graduating with honors in her other
studies she was awarded the first gold
medal for the best public examination
in the theory and practice of music,
her average being SO per cent. Ac-
cording TO the statement of her mother,
Lucille could whistle before she could
talk. When she grew into girlhood
her parents tried to break the habit,
but with bad results. She continued
to whistle, and when she began her
studies in music found it great help.
OF late years she has practiced whist
ling instead of singing.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-03
Must Take IL as Il Comes $.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox wants more lives in
which TO love this world. But Ella must be
content Only cats are permitted more than
one life aud IL would be well IL this excep-
ton to the rule could be abolished. Louis
vile Courier..'oarRak
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-03

The increasing prevalence of pneu-
monia with n still greater increase in
mortality has attracted the attention
of both physicians and laymen. Stats
tics recently compiled show that in the
Pennsylvania hospitals the mortality
advanced from ct per cent in lS47 to
49, per cent in 1867 and 81 per cent in
1886. That is TO say, that while forty
years ago one person died for every
sixteen attacked, the disease is fatal
now in one case out of every three. In
the New York hospitals the ratio of
mortality is double now what it was
ten years ago, Notwithstanding the
constant Improvement in medical
science There are some eminent
physicians who say that the increase
in mortality is at least partly due to
an abandonment of old methods for
others that are less efficacious. DIR.
Maraglario, an Italian physician, adj
vocates as a result Of recent expert
ments, the revival OF blood-letting as a
method of treatment in certain cases.
The subject is one which medical men
cannot too earnestly consider. The
New York Medical Record, a high
authority, says that 1.-the management
of the affection at the present day is
far from satisfactory" and that the
mortality from it is every high, so
high, in fact, as to constitute u re-
proach to medical science
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-03

The Hon. j. L. M. Curry, late min
lister to Spain, gave the legislature OF
Georgia some wholesome truth a few
days ago, when he was asked to deliv-
or an address on the race question.
He admitted that the Negro problem
was o serious one, and that there was a
prospect Of Negro supremacy, but he
advised thelegislature to educate all
classes alike, and, then il 'the Negro
develops and becomes in culture, prop
erty, and civilization superior to the
white man, the Negro ought to rule. v
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-03

The engineers of the Montana Union
railroad struck for trades union rea-
sons, and not for wages, or for any
real wrong done to them by their en-
ployer, the owner of the American
copper mine. The railroad is only
about thirty miles long, and it brings
the ore to the smelter from one direc-
ton and wood from another. AS soon
as the news of the strike reached the
owner, Mr.. j. b. Haggin of San Fran
cisco, he at once ordered the mine and
smelter to be closed. Then the engin-
GERS declared the strike off, and are
now praying Mr.. Haggin to recon-
mence work, but this he does not seem
disposed 10 do. The men now see the
absurd folly of their action, and to
realize how foolish it is for laboring
men to discredit the one weapon which
they possess by using itindiscriminate-
ly, and for the most puerile causes.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-03

Mr.. p. w. Scott, an English gentle
man who possesses property in the vi
cinity of Richmond, Virginia, and has
become n naturalized citizen OF this
country. desires to travel in search of
Stanley and is in communication with
the Royal Geographical society OF
England. He has been asked TO sub
NIT his plans, and he has done so, and
is awaiting u response. Mr.. Scott was
vice consul at Tangier during the
Grant administration, and is familiar
with Arabic and with the dialects Of
the Moors and the nomadic Berbers
and Touaregs. Many Americans have
solicited the favor of accompanying
him il his researches, but he has re-
fused upon the ground that it would
be detrimental To his plans. 1t is
thought from this that he intends to
travel alone as a Moorish merchant,
which would not be difficult as he is
extremely dark, with bushy eyebrows
and dark piercing eyes, and he is
thoroughly acquainted, not only with
Moorish, but with the ways of Moorish
merchants. His plan is to approach
from the Niger region, which is partly
in the hands of the fanatical followers
Of the Mahdi, according to the most
recent advices. Mr.. Scott believes
Stanley TO be either dead or aprisoner.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-03

Long, fngerless mitts are a novelty.
They are worn with dinner gowns.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-01
HARRISON HAS A DEFENDER.
Senator HiscOck Declares That Ihe Presi-
dent Will Keep His Pledges.

dent VIII Keep His Pledges.
ESPECIAL TELKeRAM TO THE DIsPATcH.I
NEW YORK, October Ex-senator His
cock was the principal speaker at meeting
of Republicans in the Brooklyn Academy Of
Music tonight. He defended President
Harrison against the charge that he had not
kept his pledge to observe the civil
service law. He said that the removals
made by the President were necessary
because the preceding administration
had filed the Offices with incompetent
men, whose salaries went to swell the cor
ruption fund. IA court is soon to con-
vene," he said, with power to investigate
these things which 1 have charged;
and when it shall have closed
its Investigation q volume will not
be sufficient to contain the instances
of corrup ton and malfeasance in Office, of
which the last administration was guilty. 1
have but feebly portrayed what will be
divulged by this investigating committee. /"
Spea king Of the composition of the coming
Con gress, Senator Hiscock said: "Quite q
proportion Of it holds title to seats by fraud,
violence or murder"
A. W. Tenney, who presided, preceded
Senator Hiscock, and w. n. Williams fol-
lowed. A good many women were on the
stage or in the boxes. Between the speeches
a band played and glee club sang song
whose refrain was: "Good-By, Mayor
Chaplin, Good-By."
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-01
PRISONER GILLETTRS STORY.
He Asserts That Burke Told Him All About
the CrOniu Crime.

nO AoaCEbb 4unt DuEAO 4Oto ANN All AUOut
the CrOnin Crime.
WINNIPEG, MAN, October 31.-To-day
Assistant District Attorney Baker, of
Chicago, and Lawyer Howell ELECTED en-
tirely new and important information from
Gillette, the fellow prisoner of the Cronin
suspect, Martin Burke, while the latter was
in Jail. Gillette says Burke told him
the plot had been to decoy DR.. Cronin from
his house through .Coughlin and a woman.
Burke admitted that he was soft on this
woman and she was also soft on Coughlin.
AfterWard Coughlin changed the plan and
decoyed Cronin by means Of 0'Sullivan's s
business card. The woman in the case kept
lodgings in Chicago on North Clark street,
near Chicago avenue. Burke said this
woman had promised to marry him.
As well as Gillette could remember
Burke mentioned associates with himself in
the affair, Coughlin, Cooney and O'Sulli-
van. The intention was to sink the body
in the lake, but confederate who was to
meet them with a boat failed to keep his
appointment. Burke went twice to law
yer's Office on Dearborn street, Chicago, and
there got money for doing the job, so Gill
lette says. The clothes of Cronin were
brought to Winnipeg by Burke and hidden
in house on Valentine street. Gillette
was pressed to say whether Burke had ever
mentioned Alexander Sullivan. The pris-
oner said Burke had once or twice referred to
q LAWYER named Sullivan.