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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-11-28
How She Got Rid ofa Loafcr.

A young lady living in Windsor was
visiting in Detroit lately, and on her
way to the ferry stopped to rest in
Grand Circus park. She was very
tired and did not notice any ono near
Pretty soon two men strolled along and
sat down on an adjoining bench. One
Of them, addressing the young lady,
said:
"lt's a very pleasant afternoon,
miss"
She was determined not to be driven
away, so took no notice OF him. In a
few moments he repeated his address:
Its Il very pleasant afternoon,
miss"
Still she kept severely silent, hoping
he would see that his attentions were
unwelcome. but he was not to be
bluffed. He jumped up and, going
right in front of her, looked directly at
her as he repeated for the third time:
"Its pleasant afternoon, miss"
The young lady looked in his face
and laid her finger on her lips. The
man stared, then turned quickly to his
companion.
'By the Lord, Harry!" he exclaim.
ed, "the girl is deaf and dumb. Come
on"
The young strategist watched then
out Of sight and then resumed hei
walk. Free Press.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-11-28
KEEPING ENGAGEMENTS.
Other Peoples Time Is Not Yours
BE Punctual.

other Peoples Time Is Not Yours
BE Punctual.
A boy should not make an engage
ment unless it is proper one; but,
having made it, he should keep it. II
an hour has beer named. he should be
there on time, or If not he should have
some valid reason to offer for his
failure to do so. He may have the
liberty to waste his own time. but he
has no right to waste the time of an
other.
The sacredness with which Sir
William Napier regarued an engage
ment, even OF a seemingly trivial char
acter, is shown by an incident One
day he met little girl who was sobbing
violently over II bowl which she had
broken.
you can mend it, can't you?" she
appealingly said to him.
The bowl was past mending, and, on
putting his hand into his pocket, he
found that he had left his purse at
home.
Meet me here, at this hour to-mor-
row, my dear he said. "I'll give you
sixpence with which to buy another
bowl"
When he reached home he found on
his desk an invitation TO dine with
some distinguished gentlemen at Bath
the next day. He had TO forego the
great pleasure because of the engage
ment which he made with the little
girl, and so he notified the host that q
previous appointment would prevent
him from accepting the invitation.
His integrity would not allow him to
break an engagement that involved but
n siXpence, which he might have paid
at some other time.
President Lincoln had been trained
from boyhood to honor every promise
that he made. After he was married
and had family OF his own he was
visited by gentleman of some dis
tinction who, unfortunately, made
promises more freely than he kept
them.
In order TO induce one OF Mr..
Lincoln's boys to sit on his lap the
gentleman offered to give him charm
which he wore on his watch chain.
The boy clambered upon his lap, and
finally the gentleman rose to go.
Are you not going TO keep your
promise with my boy?" Mr.. Lincoln
asked.
What promisep"
"You said you would give him that
charm" reminded Mr.. Lincoln.
"Oh, couldn't" laughed the visit
or. 1T is not only valuable, but |
prize it highly as an heirloom"
Give it TO him." Mr.. Lincoln stern
| ly said. II would not want him to
know that | entertained one who had
no regard for his word"
The gentleman colored, and then I'M
did the charm and handed it to the
boy. We do not know whether the
gentleman received the charm again,
afterward, but he certainly was taught
! a lesson.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-11-28
The Prcttiest Girl In 81. Louis.

Miss Nellie Pratt, who was CHOSEN
by the votes of the exposition visitors
as the prettiest Ut all the pretty girls
in the building, is very handsome
and petite young lady, who carries
her honors easily. She is neither a
blonde nor brunette, having golden
hair, with just enough curl in it to
give pretty effect to the we'll poised
head. Deep blue eyes, which the
owner knows how TO use TO the best
advantage, sparkle saucily beneath
dropping eyelashes, and well-round-
ed outline, with shapely arms and
bust, small but well-formed feet and
hands, coupled with neat dress,
makes an ensemble that is fair to LOGS
upon. Miss Pratt claims 10 summers
to her credit, but to the usual observer
this looks like an exaggeration.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-11-28
Cnlnynn drinking.

One OF the latest iads is cologne
drinking. 1t is common in England
and France and is gaining ground in
America. Cologne can be bought
without exciting suspicion at the drug
stores and its Intoxicating qualities are
OF the most reliable character. The
cologne drinker usually begins by
taking it on Jumps OF sugar and pro-
gressively works up to take it straight
in liberal quantities. AS most OF the
American cologne is made from wood
alcohol, a particularly venomous and
fiery decoction, its effects are more
marked than those OF the ordinary
liquor, and the drinker may indulge
his appetite with n responsible GER
tainty that he will wind up with de-
lirium tremens. But this, instead oil
being an objection to cologne drinking,
is regarded as one of its merits, the
tendency OF bibulous development
seeming to be in the direction OF some
thing more deadly.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-11-28
Tho Oldest OddKellon.

Peter Laing. who has probably only
one senior in years in this country, and
who is certainly the most remarkable
centenarian in Great Britain, was the
other day admitted in his native town
of Elgin member OF the local lodge OF
Oddfellows. At the conclusion OF tho
initiation ceremony the centenarian
sang, with marvellous clearness and
strength OF voice, his favorite song
"Gilderoy," and. in replying to the
toast of his health. gave evidence that
the great weight OF years he carried
had not completely crushed out of him
the rugged humor for which he was
won't to be noted amongst his fellows.
1t having been remarked that it was
not likely the Order could boast, during
the forty years since its institution, Of
member who had a life record OF los
years, Peter wished that all the com
pauy would live another forty years
concluding his brief speech with the
quaint phrase, "An' by that time We
may riddle my ashes through a mil
sieve. Liverpool Courier.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-11-28

Many little articles, indispensable
now in the affairs OF life, are the result
of-not charce-but a happy accident.
An old farmer in the Granite state
started to wind up his great silver
watch, and found that the key was
filled with dirt. He was unable to
dig the deposit out with pin, so he
drilled a hole in the key, and with q
breath blew the matter out. Then he
sat down to think, and as a result Of
his cogitatioAs patented the hole.
There is to-day at Lebonan, N. H., a
large factory running by electric pow
or wherein are manufactured thoG-
sands and thousands OF watch keys OF
every size, shape and design. Each
one OF these keys contains the hole
which the farmer patented. and that
lucky tiller OF the soil is making rapid
strides on the road to fortune.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-11-28
A Partisan Joke.

The many acquaintance of Mr.. and
the First Baptist church of this city,
says the Minneapolis Journal, are tell
Ing an amusing story in which the two
were the chief characters. The scene
is laid in gay Paris. Mr.. and Mrs.
Reynolds recently made a lengthy
European trip. While in Paris they
were patrons of fashionable hotel.
For several months previous TO leaving
for the tour abroad Mrs. Reynolds
assiduously applied all her energies
to studying the French language. She
was an unusually apt scholar. When
the time for leaving home came Mrs.
Reynolds teacher congratulated her
upon the rapid manner in which she
bad mastered the language, and Mrs.
Reynolds personally believed she was
proficient enough TO cope with the
Parisians in their own tongue when
the great metropolis should be reach
ed.
Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds spent many
pleasant day in Paris, and only have
in remembrance one brief halliday of
agonizing misery. 1t happened this
way: In Partisan hotels the attaches
are suave and obliging One alter
noon Mr.. Reynolds journeyed down.
town alone. When Mrs. Reynolds
found herself ready to leave her apart
ments she turned to the bright-eyed
waiting-maid, and, with the best
French at her command, told the girl
to tell her husband, when he returned
to the room, that she had gone down
into the public parlor, where she
would wait for him.
''Oui, madame" replied the girl
with a knowing smile and a low cour-
tesy. 1t was evident the girl had had
such commands given her before.
Mrs. Reynolds passed down TO the
public parlor. She waited full hour
for her husband and by that time be-
came very nervous over his non-appear-
ance. She went upstairs and went out
upon the verandah. When nearly OPP
posite her apartments, she heard
strange sounds from within. Passing
quickly to the window she was thunder
struck to see her husband pacing the
floor at lively gait, gesticulating Wild
| ly with his hands and muttering saw
agely. Ever and anon he would try
the door. Itwould not open. Mrs.
Reynolds ran TO his assistance; opened
the door; the girl was found, and then
followed general explanations. Mrs.
Reynolds French had tripped her up,
so to speak. The girl understood her
to say she should lock her husband in
the room when she returned, and she
obeyed orders. Both Mr.. ADD Mrs.
REYNOLDS afterward enjoyed the joke
hugely.
Thereafter. however, Mrs. Reynolds
insisted that the language Of her fore
fathers was good enough for her.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-11-28

A yoXng Englishman arrived in New
York a few days ago, who has started
out TO "beat" his way across America,
and around the world in the space Of
four months without u cash output.
From San Francisco he proposes 10
stow himself away or work his pass
age to New Zealand, thence ship for
some Chinese port, and journey
through the Balkan Pass TO Russia,
thence 10 Germany, down the English
Channel to England, and ship from
there to New York city. If the rail-
roads observe his proclamation, and
have him spotted" he is liable to
lengthen his schedule of running
time, and to run the chance of being
..'marooned" at some way-station for
thirty or sixty days.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-11-28

cred, a7d We swan to the shore and
began TO haul in the rope.
As soon as the animal felt the strain
of the rope he rushed for the shoals.
The two blacks, armed with the
spears Seguini had saved, attacked
him on both sides at once. while /
drew the rope tighter and tighter. 1t
was curious sight to see the two
hunter maneuver in the endeavor to
strike the spear into the animals eye,
which is the only part vulnerable to
the light spears. AS the hippopota-
mus rushed to one side and the other
to meet its assailant l hauled in the
slack. until at last. in one of his
rushes, he fell forward, dead, in the
shallow water.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-11-28
LUNA AND LUNACY.
The Influences VarI Gus Seasons
on Minds Diseased.

i
on Minds Disc ased.
The old idea that luna and lunacy
have an intimate relation appears to
be not wholly without foundation, slys
the Pail Mall Gazette. This, at any
rate, is dem onstrated by the commits
sioners in lundcy for Scotland: That
the seasons have distinct innue nee on
asylum statistics. The tables OF adj
missions during the years 1897 show
that there are two well-narked periods
one in which the nu mber rises con-
siderably above the average. and the
other in which it falls considerably be-
low. The average mohthly number
for the eight years was ! ,699 During
tho three months Of May, June, and
July tho number was 628 above what
it would have been If the average
number had been admitted. On the
other hand, during the months of
October, Novembe., December and
January the number was 462 below
what it would have been il the average
number had been admitted. The table
shows further that this rise aud this
fall are preceded by gradual fall, the
rise taking place during February,
March, and April, and the fail taking
place during July, August and Septem-
! Der.
The special frequency" the COM
missioners say, with which asylum
treatment is resortei to during the
period from the middle of April TO the
middle Of July corresponds with what
has been observed by asylum physicians
that there is tendency to AN exacer-
baton of the mental disorder OF patients
in asylums during the early part of
summer; and it is interesting 10 notice
also that the statistics OF suicide in the
general population show that this oc-
ours most frequently during the slme
! period"
The greatest number OF recoveries
take place during June, July, and
August, and they re fewest during the
months of November, January, and
| February. The regularity in the rise
and fall of the numbers is twice inter-
rupted by Il fall in April, and the fall
is Interrupted by rise in December.
at is considered probable that these
| interruptions are due to some causes
which recur regularly at these periods,
because they are we'll marked in
] SlltlLiCOSli dllu ~ 10 ouBHcSbcu bQdJ JIle
December rise is occasionei, in part at
least by the annual statutory revision
OF the condition of patients in asylums
during that month. This revision is
made by medical officers OF asylums
with view TO determine whether they
can properly give the certificate of the
necessity for further detention in the
asylum, which is annually required to
! legalize the continued residence OF all
patients who have been three years in
an asylum. The occurrence of the
large number OF recoveries during the
months OF June, July. and August is
/ probably due to the large number OF
admissions during May, June, and
July, as more than 4S per cent of all
the recoveries which take place during
the first year OF residence occur within
three months OF the date of adj
mission.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-11-28

Among numerous reforms which the
president OF the national w. c. T. L.
urges upoa congress are a law prohib-
iting the manufacture OF cigarettes,
and one prohibiting smoking in wait
ing rooms and postoffices. The duty
of congress is very plain. The tariff
and other trivial matters should at
once be "tabied" and the grave,
weighty (P) matters named above
should be carefully scopsidered. u And
while reforms Are IN order, why not
prohibit the manufacture of corsets,
bustles, high-heeled shoes, and the
wearing OF smoke-stack hats in the
theatreP The reformatory crusade
should not be confined to the regener-
alton OF the masculine element only.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-11-28
Perfectly Convenient.

Gould you render a poor printer,
out OF work and destitute. n little as
sistanceP" queried disreputable-look-
ing specimen as he came, in hesitate
ing manner, into the sanctum. Don't
put yourself out" he added hastily as
the editor rose with great suddenness
don't put yourself out" 81 won't !"
said the editor cheeriully. as he rolled
up his sleeves; lit isn't myself that Tn
going 10 put out. Epoch.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-11-28


the choice of the senior class in Har-
ward university for the position of ora
tor on class day, has the distinction OF
being the first colored man similarly
honored. Morgan is the son OF n for
mer slave now residing in West Wash
ington, d. c., and was born in Vir-
ginia almost at the same time as the
proclamation was issued which
made his father a free man. He
graduated from the high school in
Washington, and shortly afterwards
went to st. Louis as Il teacher. He
came to Boston in 1884 and entered
the Latin school, graduating in 1886
with honorable rank. He then enter
ed Harvard almost penniless, and by
working at the BARRIERS trade and
waiting table, has earned the money
TO defray his college expenses.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-11-28

A Providence, r. l., dude of con-
siderable means, who made the ac-
quaintance OF pretty Boston firt,
has been sued for $500 damages
for breach OF promise. The dude
says its mistake, eye know"
but the young lady's legal advisers
say they lave letters TO prove to the
contrary. It's no joke when Boston
young lady allows q marriageble
young man to escape.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-11-28

Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett's
youngest son is the original OF her
famous character OF Little Lord
Fauntlerov." Her eldest son is de-
scribed as .'out-doing in cussedness
any five boys in the neighborhood.'
His famous mother has not written
MIN up yet, although the neighbors
will vouch that she has often been
Obliged to''turn him down"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-11-28
Wanted Something Nav.

II love you, Emeline, with all the
fervor at my command" he said. as
they strolled out East avenue. 'Yes.
George" she replied, II know IL, and
yet would that you told me OF your
love In some other terms. Ihave been
loved with fervor. oh! so many times.
and do want this match TO amount 70
something"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-11-28

Colonel, you owe me a dollar, bor-
rowed mohey,"
Just locking for you that might
pay it," he replied. and he went into
his vest pocket and brought up my
1872 dollar.
Then we smiled and passed on.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-11-28
An rnklnh Cuf-

Editor: can not think and use the
typewriter at the same time" Rival
editor: Then you find the typewriter
no better th an the pen. boston
Courier.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-12-28

Atsvcnade. whoa Al the tasks s~e owsr for
Whom saw and hammss pisk and arau have all
when daylight hides behind rhs rssaarlns
hadow In tho wesL
And night lets down It's curtains wiki the
worlds of toll and REST;
Then. In the din and hurry OF tina sver-erowded
That p~ulsates to tho trsaang Of . million
In broken lines aud numbers and In honsly
There Iastcs to friends and r-sslas ths dinner
pail brigade.
AZ carly morning. ocs the faiating starlight
Or blushlns sunhcams climbed the d~sw-washed
stairway OF the dawn.
The kindly hands whose loving deeds the earth
Provided from an humble store the simple
poon-tlde mesl.
Again before his going did hs unssr at tho
70 say Inc fond rood-by and f.si tbs kiss oI
As memory called back tho day whom she, a
Was mated TO a member Of the dInner-pal bri-
gzdc.
With saw and plane and hammer, and with
lathe and mold and drill,
The workers all are toiling Ct the factory and
mill.
where each is daily striving with an earnest
hand and head
To win The peaceful battles where the victory
A modest. coy cottage is their coveted do
within the hearts Of loved ones is the realm
whero they vould reign,
And fair and HAPPY. pictures are the ones by
Within the hearts OF those who form the dir
ner-pail brigade.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-12-28
Pipe Safer Than Cigar.

Under the heading Of "Fumcz In
Pipe" a Swiss journal has the follow
ing: "A celebrated specialist for dis
eases OF the throat, nose and ear asserts
that tuberculosis is making alarming
progress among cigar smokers. He
does not attribute this to the use Of to-
bacco. but to the manner in which
cigars are manufactured. Rolling the
tobacco leaf Is . craft that requires
neither strength nor intelligence. con-
sequeatly In this branch Of the opera
ton it il usual to find male and female
operatives who are weak and diseased.
and who in consequence of their infirm-
tiles. are economical employees Most
of these suffer from scrofula or tuber-
culosis. They cough and, often give
the finishing touch To q cigar with their
lips. III Koch is right. FL who smoke
cigars thus manipulated INTRODUCES into
their bodies the bacill@ Of tuberculosis.
II the soil Is favorabls. the bacilln
prosper, and 'phthisis' is ~prcsently the
result of smoking these cigars. The
moral drawn from all this Is .Fumez Ia
Pipe because the tobacco does not
come in contact or direct communica-
ton with any of the respiratory organs.
and also because IL has not bean manip-
ulatsd. like tho cigars. by the hands
and lips OF diseased work people
LonGoa Truth.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-12-28
Thought IL Was a River.

For men on a long and wearisome
march, something TO laugh at is apiece
of downright good fortune. The
Thirty-Seventh Massachusetts, Regi-
ment had recently joined the Army of
the Potomac. then in motion against
the enemy. The men were little used
to forced marches, and many OF them
were sadly exhausted before they were
ordered to halt, shortly after midnight.
1t was toward IL o'clock. The regi-
ment was plodding YEARLY along, una
bic TO see what lay before il, when sud-
denly there came a smashing, rustling,
indetinable sound from a point Just in
advance. and extending some distance
away. Somebody cried out that the
leading regiments we're fordiug the
Potomac. and then all hands heard. or
seemed to hear. the splashing Of shall
low water as men and horses went
dashing through it. Still there were
no signs of a halt TO prepare for cross
ing. The men were evidently expect
ed to look u for themselves in this
respect, and Immediately the roadside
was lined with soldiers pulling of their
shoes and stockings and rolling up
their trousers. The rustling came
nearer and nearer as the column sd.
vanced. and before long the smooth.
shining surface Of the river came plain
~ into sight. The officers were already
riding into il. So il seemed. But as
the barefooted stragglsrs came up,
picking their way and looking for the
ford, they discovered, all at once,
that the river was nothing but a big
corn-field, in which the bivouac was to
be made! The sound of the waters was
simply the rustling Of the leaves, rs the
troops in advance had pulled down the
shocks for bedding. The noise. it is
needless to say, was soon drowned by
shouts of laughter,
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-12-28
Rose Thorpe's One Poem.

Rose Hartwick Thorpe, the author
of "Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight"
is now living in the south for the bene-
tit of her husbands health, but as her
own health suffers there, they think of
making Southern California their fu-
ture home. She is now a OF
thirty-nine, and she wrote the WELL
known verses when she was under sew
enteen. An she got for them was a
letter of thanks from the editor OF a
Detroit newspaper 10 whom she sent
the lines She Is a native Of Indiana,
and passed her childhood in great power
ty. She saws: '-Of all dull. prosaic
lives, mine was the dullest and mosl
prosaic." When she wrote "Curfew'
She had no education and no knowl-
edge OF books. though sAe Afterwards
applied herself 10 them and became a
school teacher. But even during her
early married h1s it was more import
ant TO her reputation among her neigh
bors that she should keep house" in
approved fashion than that she should
write well, and she remarks: Until
the year 1880 l was laundrymaid, cook,
seamstress and nurse for my children"
This experience recalls the story Of
Mrs. George Ripley. to whom suspend
ed Harvard students used 70 60 to be
coached. Someone is said to have once
found her listening at the same time
to one boy who was reciting Greek and
another who was demonstrating q pro-
position in analytics, while she shelled
peas and rocked the baby's cradle with
her foot.-Bufdlo Courier.