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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-08-29
HQPralE Florida.
J. O HART
Wishes to announce that he is 60
ing South the first of October and
will sell his entire stock of goods
consisting of
Glassware, siavsN, ersskary, Wall
Paper, Groceries, Etc.
Also Store Fixtures, such as Show
Cases, Cheese Safe, Oil Tank,
Scales, etc.


This is an excellent chance for any
one wishing to go into the 99ct and
Notion business, as this is the only
store of the kind in town. Will
rent store cheap. He would also
say to anyone who wishes to buy a
business site that he has S2@ feet
front on Main street which he will
sell cheap. The whole or part to
suit purchaser. For particulars IN
vuire at the 99ct store, Yale, Mich.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-08-29
Oysters and Game in Season.

I am prepared to pay the Highest
Cash Market Price for HIDES.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-09-24
Cnnnhn.. Mrnlnl.

Those who are in the habit Of con,
siderIug Canada as an Arctic and ste.
rllc country win be surprised to hear
that She has ouc-iourth more land fit.
ted TO wheat cultivation than the
whole United States. Ia 1857 the
yield Of wheat in our own country
was u little over twelve bushels per
acre, In the same year Manitoba
alone raised ~, 500, 900 bushels, and ay.
eragcd twenty seven bushels per acre.
The climate Of Canade does not hind,
er, but contributes to, the wealth and
enterprise Of her people. She has
more timber Of every possible descrfp.
ton than both she aud the United
States could consume in a hundred
years. She has more iron and coal
than any other country in the world.
She has probably more copper than all
other countries combined, and there is
no telling what lies hidden under the
snow and ice Of her northern coun-
tries. New York Letter.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-09-24
ola..maliuE and rundncs,.

There is one terrible circumstance
in connection with the Venetian glass
industry, and that is that after many
wears OF work. when these good
people are between 80 and 80 years Of
age, they begin 10 lose their sight, and
after a short while are wholly blind,
There seems 10 be no remedy Tor this
unfortunate state OF things, for many
protective devices have been tried
without success. The blindness is
caused by the excessive heat aud also
by the glare Of the never ceqsing
flames from the glass furnaces. II is
some comfort 10 know that these poor
victims TO art are content 10 live very
simply, and as their wages are high
they ire able 10 save large sums. Thus
their declining years, although passed
under such sad conditions, have not
the additional misery which want en-
tails. Chambers journal.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-09-24

AW1ul ihe visitors iu Amsterdam
"a: Vac pl.scat tHH"arc two reHlarialblg
iadt... twins Who arg probably the
oldest tgiu rnH u0G living They
agctsg Wc-i- Yl as Supervisor il1ud,
One Il idnm, hi,s Elulrr Bennett OF
FuGj D. tlr ma'hvr of MYs. Band.
aaA t...o,l0ris Ngs Almiru CoGkiiug
gll.gHl0m E1"g were bora In Dl0ues.
burg, schenectady county, Sept. 3.
l5Il aAi iIruceaus SO years old. They
uru uamur.mb.y preserved, aud arc ~
active and cheerful a, il bat two score
years bad PASSED over them. They
ALSO uI IuG write a4 well rs Y 4
sister. Mrs. Abrams. now living near
Duuucsn burg. will be 90 wars old this
fell. while brother, Marvin Strong,
Of schenectady. has reached - years,
Lewis j. Bennett, Of Buffalo. who nc.
compJuicd Maj, 4. Y. Morris on his
Mexican trip is a son Of Mrs. Bennett.
The New York World is on a hunt for
the oldest twins in tie country and up
to date Harvey and Henry Newton,
al EIrlyIIle, y. T., who were born in
Colchester, Conn. Nov. .. 1880, hold
the twin banner as brothers. Mrs.
Bennett and Mrs. Couklmg, however,
aTc tlle oldest twin sisters, $50 far a.
known. Henry and uogw Fonda OF
Fonda. aru only d month older than
they. Amsterdam LN. ~ Recorder
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-09-24

Tlrr, l.r.s .uaNi.' r.a. -.gliau
of this tyuIa4Gf.I r.alfr "a aa.Hil
lie I.s vrg.u.I a.. Iu|.fr-a suiIn
and revolver fu l.-.i. .n.a. nT taca.
die. 7r7 Is cy.. gi., ,.. ..a Ri
exBeg...r iy g. ..tr.a. TI
man ,...a Irsa rl..l... .r-r r-.gur5.
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animal fn., r.. s,.. 90. ..l r.t.,.
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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-09-24
THE ENGINEERS STORY.
Which Caused Justice to BE Done to the
Extent OF Nine Dollars.

Which Caused Justice to BE Done to the
Extent of Nine Dollars.
In the smoking car, along with half
a dozen OILERS OF Us, WAS an engineer
wL.o was going down To Peoria, and
after u tlme the judge started 10 draw
him out by saying:
Il presume YOU have had your
share of close shayeS, along with other
engineers
Il have, sir" was the reply.
Been in many smash upsi'
IA full dozen, | guess"
ANY particular adventure that
might be called wonderful
why, yes, | did have one" replied
the man after relighting his old cigar
stump. Il didn't think il any great
shave myself, but the boys cracked it
up as something extra.
let Us hear about IT," said the
judge. as he passed him u Havana.
We'll, n day about three years
ago WIS coming west with the
lightning express and was running 10
make up lost time. Down here about
twenty miles TWO roads eros, rs YOU
will see. and there are n lo;ol switches
and SIDE lraCEa. had just whistlcd
for the crossing aud pat Ou thc brakes
when lac coupling between the tender
and tue ragguEe car broke"
Il See. lsa muruurcd the Judge
AT the same moment something
went wrong with old No. 50, and |
could not shut of steam. She sprlng
away like a flash, aud rs She slrack
the crossing she left the track and EN-
tered q meadow Killed. with S,umps.
Good heavens.
"Shc krp, straight course Tor about
forty rods. smas. ing lac s~iumpScv"ry
second. and then lsuprl a ditch,
Strucl: tHe rail, Of tin u. aud r, road,
aud after q wabbie O Two settled down
and ran for Two mih
".AmuZlit-' .Amagiug,'
Then, at "a CRUISING, She left the
metals cutereda DlruIeld. ann, bear
ing 10 l3c righ, plVwcl her way
across The county until size came To
our " road again, She hId Il long
jump 10 make a,cr a marsh. hut she
made it, struck .Ge rails, and away she
went
'luu-dou -Say-so'"
81 was now behind my train. and
after a ran Of TWO miles / got control
of the engine, ran up and coupled to
the palace Cgr, and went into Ashton
pushing tie train ahead Of me"
20 'Gggat scott! And vas no one
hurti'
mot a soul, and not a thing brok-
ell. The superintendent played a
mean trick on me, though
How
why, the farmer who owned the
meadow paid the company SIS for the
stumpS | had knocked out for him,
while the cCrnlicld man charged 50
for damages. The superintendent
pocketcd the balance of the money"
The scoundrcl, And how much
are You paid II month";
Ninety dollars
That's for running on tue road!'
Yes
And nothing for lying|
mot a rcd
That's nm outrage. The supoviB-
tendcHt is an old friend of mine. and
I'll % that yUl get tive - on the
stumlara end "A s8laryol %20Ja month
as loug rs y0u live. II is such men rs
you VINO make 81 Inc pyguIur'-NeT
York sun.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-09-24
FACTS ABOUT ELECTRICITY.
Twenty Questions aud answers Are
Worth Reading and Remembering.

Twenty Questions aud Answers That Are
Worth Reading and Remembering.
/. How Stroug "A current is used 10
send a message over an Atlantic cablei
Thirty cells of battery only. Equal
to 80 volts.
. WHAT'S the longest distance over
which conversation by telephone is
daily m%aintainedi
About $50 ulileS, from Portland, Me-,
10 Buffalo, n. Y.
3. What is the fastest time made by
an electric railway
A mile a minute by a small expert,
mental chr. Twenty miles an hour
on street railway system.
4. How many miles of submarine
cable are there in operationl
Over 100, 600 miles, or enough 10
girdle the earth four times,
5. What Is the maximum power
generated by IN electric motori
Seycnty-hve horse power. Expert,
mcnts indicate that 100 horse power
will soon be reached
6, How is II break in a submarine
cable lucatedl
Ey m~easuriug the electricity needed
to charge the remaining uubrokcu
part.
l. Eow many miles Of telegraph
wire in operation in the United States
Over a million, cor enough to circle
the globe forty times.
= How many messages can be
transmitted over n wire nj one timer
-Four, by the quadrcplcX system now
in daily use.
3 How is tclcgFaphiug from u NOV,
ing tram accomplished!
Through a circuit from a car ROOT
inducing a current IN the wire on
poles along the track.
~, What are the most widely sopa,
rated points between which il is posi-.
Die 10 >uda tr.uEramt
British Columbia and New Zealand,
VA America and Europe.
IL. How many miles of telephone
wire in operation IN the United States
More lhnn 10000, over which
l,Oj5, uJD messages are SEM daily.
u. What is tho greatest candle
power OF are light used IN a light.
house;
Two million, in light house at
Houstholm, Denmark.
-, How many persons in the United
States are engaged in business depend
ing solely on electricity
Estimated. 25U. 900.
II. How long does il take 10 trans.
NIT a message from san Francisco to
Hong Kongi
About Is minutes. Via New York,
Canso, PenZance, Alden, Bombay,
Madras, Penang and Singapore.
10. What is the fastest time made
by an operator sending messages by
Morse systemi
About ~ words per minute.
~. How many telephones are in
use IN the United States!
About 800, 600.
IL. What van vessel has the most
complete electrical planti
United States man-of-w ar Chicago.
Is. What is the average cost per
mile Of transatlantic submarine ca.
bic.
About 81, 900.
~. How many miles OF electric rail
way arc there in operation in the
United Slatcyi
About $40 miles, and much more
under construction.
~. What ,yvHgth Of current is
dangerous 10 human lie.
Five luUtrud volts, bai depending
largely upon p iral conditions
N'r,alg II-aEl0,.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-09-24
GRAND nOlTNlY HRlNiiG.
Al the Academy Of Music. New Orleans.
Tuesday. Oct. IS, 1899.
CAPITAL PRIZE 100000.

100000 Tickets at Twenty Dollars
Each; Halves SlN 40; Quarters s.;
rtuth- s.; TWtnrrihs 81.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-09-24
One for His Honor.

A sarcastic lawyer, during the trial
OF a case, made use Of the expression;
Cast not your pearls before swine"
Subsequently, as he rose 10 make the
argument. the Judge facetiously re-
marked, "Be careful, Mr.. s., not 10
cast your pearls before swine" Don't
be alarmed, your honor; / am about
20 address the jury, not the court" -
Irish Times.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-09-24

Eyes, sir" said the old actor, 81
have had many triumphs on the stage.
! remember way back in the forties
there was a crowded house 10 see my
Hamlet. AT the end Of the first aci
the audience got up and left the thea
ire" THAT was hardly a triumph,
was itF' Certainly IL was; they
couldn't stand any more Ali l was
n powerful actor in the forties. "-Ro'
chester POST Express.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-09-24

H0UTu from the diary VI tour
MllPH\ lists, commercial travels
| LII err, business men and
Others has revealed:
That the Wisconsin Central has the
unqualified end rSCnput of all,
Thgt tue Wisconsin Central has Today
the most popular line between Min
neapolis, Sc. Paul and Milwaukee
aud Chicago;
That the Wisconsin Central is daily
adding "a It's admirers rs the reCog-
nized Pullman line between Minne-
apolis, 81, Paul and Milwaukee and
Chicago;
That the Wisconsin Central touches
the most prominent points In WIS
cousin, and that IL has more IMPORT
ant business centers On lis through
line than any other railway in the
Northwest;
That the Wisconsin Central has made
an enviable reputation with its peer
less Dining Car Service;
That the Wisconsin Central runs fast
trains on which all classes OF pBssen-
gers are carried with commodious
and distinct accommodation for all;
That the Wisconsin Central has repre-
sentatives distributed throughout
the country, who will cheerfully
give any information that may be
desired and that It's terminal Agents
are specially In structed TO look after
the comfort Of passengers who may
he routed via its line.
For detailed information, apply 70
your nearest Ticket Agent or to repre-
sentatives Of the road.
VIM s. MELLEN, JAMES BARKER,
General Manager. Asst. Gen : fassr.& TkAgt.
LOUIS ECKSTEIN,
Asst. Geni, Palsr. q lkt. Agt.
MILWAUKEE,, WIS,
Z II, ANS0N, Northwestern Passenger Agt,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-11-20
Chinese Floating Gardens.

The following description Of the man.
ner in which floating fields and gardens
are formed in China was condensed for
publication in The Garden from an ar
ticle by DR.. Mcgowan, which originally
appeared in the China Review: SIN
the month of April, bamboo raft, ten
to twelve feet long and about half as
broad is prepared. The poles are
dashed together with interstices of an
inch between each. Over this a layer of
straw an inch thick is spread, and then
coating two inches thick Of adhesive
mud taken from the bottom OF a canal
or pond, which receives the seed. The
raft is moored to the bank in still wa
ter, and requires no further attention.
The straw soon gives way and the soil
also, the roots drawing support from the
water alone. In about twenty days the
raft becomes covered with the creeper
(IponaOeG reptd1as), and its stems and
roots are gathered for cooking. In
autumn it's small, white petals and yell
low stamens nesting among the round
leaves present very pretty appearance.
In some places marshy land is profta-
bly, cultivated in this manner. Be-
sides these floating vegetable gardens
there are also floating rice fields. Upon
RATS constructed as above weeds and
adherent mud were PLACID as flooring,
and when the rice shoots were ready
for transplanting they were placed in
the floating soil, which being adhesive
and held in place by weed roots, the
plants were maintained in position
throughout the season. The rice thus
planted ripened in from sixty to seventy
in place of loo days. The rats are
cabled to the shore, floating on lakes,
pools or sluggish streams. These float
ing fields served to avert famines,
whether by drought or flood. When
other fields were submerged and their
crops rotten, these foated and -four
isned; and when drought prevailed
they subsidized with the falling water,
and while the soil around Was arid, adj
vanced to maturity. Agricultural treat
ises contain plates representing rows of
extensive rice fields moored to sturdy
trees on the banks of rivers or lakes
which existed form rly in the lacus-
trine regions of the Lower Yangtsze and
Yellow Rivers.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-11-20
A Burdette Dot.
From the Brooklyn Eagle.

"Eneas, DEAR" murmured the beau
tiful Queen of Carthage, this state, as
one summer evening, with expansive
thought, they wandered on the sugar
beet shore" Eneas" Speak queen
of the SEAS" the goddess born replied;
.'Say on, was whilst her haben gehabt
hahen already?" ''Tell me one thing"
she said, and her wistful eyes looked up
into his like dreams of starlight and one
thing and another; tell me one thing"
"But one, Phmnician Dido? A thou
sand" he replied, ''come cheaper; thir-
ty of for all orders over 800" ''Nay,"
said the unhappy queen, "but one"
Sc Unus, sed buster" said the pious
Eneas, quoting from 4Esop's grammar,
which he had read when boy, "or, a
sollaker; eyther is correct" Silent a
moment was the wretched queen, and
then she spake her thought: eff a bill
ly-goat is a butter"--Eneas respondit
non, sed looked at her as though he had
been caught between third and home,
and che went on. "Would you call a
nanny-goat q buttress?" He, with
strange frenzy fired, said that he just
remembered it was lodge-night, and
with head-long haste he sneaked
aboard the first grip outward bound he
saw, and beat his way to Rome by way
of Herkimer.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-11-20
FARM AND FlRESlDE.
An Old-Time Quilting Bee.

Yes, we held a grand reception and had every.
thing in style,
With MOVERS everywhere and fruit as high as we
could pile.
The aristocracy was there all gorgeously ar
rayed.
And every body acted just as if twas dress pa
rade.
Lucinda-she's my wife-appeared in dresses
rich and rare,
With turbe ows and flounces and with flowers in
her hair;
But somehow as I looked at her couldn't help
but see
The scene when first met her at the old-time
quilting bee.
How mem ry will keep running back to other
days and scenes;
sometimes quite forget that part of life which
intervenes
Between the years when all owned was youth
ful nope and health
And later times which brought me more of wor-
riment anc wealth.
And so at the reception in the midst OF beautys
glee,
Her face though old and wrinkled was the
sweetest picture there
The one whose smile of friendship has forever
welcomed me
Since first met her glances at an old-time quilt
In those days which we old folks call the happy
long ago."
The girls would IN the morning meet and gaily
chat and sew:
They d keep it up till evening, when the neigh
Dor boys would come,
And hold party OF 8 dance before they left for
home
And when the quilt was finished then theyd take
the old house cat
And place it in the middle while they loudly hol-
loed "Scatp
The two the cat would jump between, twas said
that she and he
Would be the first 10 marry who were at the
quilting bee.
And SO that night speak of when the quilting
all was done
The girls were eager then TO see which way the
cat would run.
won't forget Lucinda, as she stood there by my
side,
Nor how we blushed crimson as they called us
groom and bride.
said 1t was an accident and so I've always
said;
But anyhow before the year had passed we two
were wed.
And to this very day there are scenes SO fair TO
As mem ries of that evening at an old-time quilt
ing bee
--(bicn0o Herald
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-11-20
I comforted her as we'll as could

comforted her as we'll as I could
but she went away sobbing. That night
/ dreamed of being on an island in mid
ocean, and of walking down to the beach
and seeing corpse lying there. It was
that of boy of 10, lying on his back
and his blue eyes wide open and star
ing at the blue heavens above. As |
looked at him his lips moved, and /
caught the word mother % Then,
still in nv dream, l hurried away, and
lourneyed for days and days until /
found the old woman who was ever and
ever hoping for letter. [ took her
back with me to view the body of the
boy, but it had disappeared, and her
walls OF anguish broke my slumber.
Two days later I entered the post
Office to find my poor old woman wait
ing for me. A letter was handed out
before | could say a word, and as /
placed it in the mothers hands l.knew
it was from her boy. She was too ex-
cited to read it, and too impatient to
wait minute, and 30 read it for her.
1t was from Tom and mailed rom a
town in Texas and carefully folded in
side was post-office money order for
$50. He wrote that he was well and
was doing well, and should hereafter
write regularly. He expressed his con-
triton, asked forgiveness and wrote
like boy who had made up bis mind
to do right in all things.
And as | read little crowd gathered
around to listen, seeming to realize how
it all was, and as I finished The glad
tears of the mother reflected their
moisture, and the general sentiment
was APPLY expressed by a messenger
boy, who said:
"Say! let me out of here afore my
sand gives way"
Since that letter came / have not
once seen Toms old mother, but l
know she is weeping tears of Joy, if any
at all, and that her prayers to God have
a tone Of rejoicing. May her fond old
heart-the heart of true mother
never have to grieve again for her last
born.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-11-20

and here be. / don't know 80 much
as where their bones do lie, nor I
haven't these thirty years."
There was a dead silence. Nobody
felt like breaking it; but little Ray, who
had listened, with her sweet blue eyes
wide opened and her lips apart, put
both her arms around Aunt Hannah's
neck, and, with child's quick wisdom,
gave her a resoun ding kiss.
THAT done me real good, dearie, !"
she said. II KEEP a school for children
twenty odd year. [ don know but what
[ should ha' died but for them. Wasn't
it work, now, tell we; but hain't got
nothln' to wait for now-only for the
sea to give 'em up, and that's pretty fur
ahead"
The others said nothing. Doubtless.
they too had their sorro WIS, but they
would sound tame after Aunt Hannah's
recital. When dinner was over thew
gathered about the drawing-room fire.
and tea was served. Soon atterward
the carriage took them away in relays,
and Harriet Saybrook sat down in the
library and hid her face in her hands.
What had she to be thankful for !?
Living, affectionate children. a long
sweet memory of love and care lavished
on her of complete happiness, an am
pie provision left-not only tor her
needs, but her comforts. How terribly
ungrateful, how unthinking, how sim
full she had been. Only one cry could
burst from her lips: IT do tfank
Thee Lord, be merciful to me, sim
ner."
And neither she nor her guests of
that occasion ever forgot her first but
not her last, widows Thanksgiving
Festival"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-11-20
Uncle Sans Horses.

There ara nearly 10000 horses in use
by the United States army. Of this
number about 10 per cent. are sold an
nually because of their unftness' for
further cavalry or artillery duty. and
about per cent. are lost by death. So,
in order to maintain the standard, it is
necessary to purchase about 500 ami
mails every year. 1t is said that France
expends annually $4,000 IN the i'm
prOvement of her horses, with a view
of obtaining hardybred animals, whose
endurance makes them especially valu-
eble for such irregular services as are
required of the Cossacks of Russia, the
Uhlans of Germany, and our mounted
infantry. The United States does not
spend nearly so much, but it secures q
class of horses high above the average,
and, by proper and humane treatment.
loses but small per cent. OF them.
Moreover, the animal when it be-
comes the property of Uncle Sam
fares better than its fellows, and ordi-
narily its life is continued in the service
for some years beyond that of the
horses OF other armies. Congress annu-
ally appropriates about 100000 to be
expended in the purchase of horses.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-11-20
THANKSGIVING DAY.
BY MARGARET =. sANGsTER.

BY MARGARET E. SANGSTER.
I'll te IL you about it, my darling. for Grandma's
explained 1t all,
So that understand why Thanksgiving always
comes late in the fail;
When the nuts and the apples are gathered. and
the work in the field is done,
And the fields all reaped and SILENT are asleep
in the autumn sum-
II is then that we praise Our Father who sends
the rain and the dew,
Whose wonderful loving kindness is every morn
ing new;
Unless we'd be heather, Dolly worse, we
must sing ana pray,
And think about good things, Dolly, when we
keep Thanksgiving Day.
But like It very much better when from church
VEAL go home,
And the married brothers and sisters, and the
troops o. cousins come,
And we re ever SO loug at the table, and dance,
and shout and play.
In the merry evening, Dolly, that ends Thanks
giving Day.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-11-20

applied in the fall teaches away and is
lost, or thaS its essential elements
vaporize. On the contrary, we know
that the best results come from appli-
cation in the fall, and the more vegeta-
bic matter the soil contains The more
complete will be the retention of the
soluble ingredients. In barn yards the
soluble materials may pass into the un-
DERIVING soils or be carried down cutters,
but in compost piles which are Jour or
five feet high, or even less, it is doubt
full II the rainfall of any season is suffi-
Gent to wash away the elements of ter-
tillty. But we do not recommend COM
posting manure; there is no necessity
for such an operation. But the refuse
of the garden, the vines of squashes,
potatoes, tomatoes, the trimming of
cabbage, celery and vegetable refuse,
become valuable when composted. Of
numerical substance, no doubt wood
ashes, finely ground bone and nitrate
of soda are the best for the gardener.
But ashes are often Of doubtful utility
and should be purchased cautiously.