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The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-09-21
for Infants and Children.

liant to the reasoning faculties; but Prof.
Greathead says that tobacco Is in every
way injurious. How do you account for
that diherenceYn
madam. Prof Greathead does not
smoke. and consequently he can neither
think straight nor reason correctly"
Give 1t to Him and Keep Him Quiet.
Mistress:-sW What is little Johnny cry
ing aud yelling for? Give tim what ne
wants. I must write a letter, and want
it quiet. =
Nurse.-*Pl Please, ma'anl, he's yelling
for his drum an horn. - Street & Smith $
Good Nszps
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-09-21

The transition from long, lingering and painful
sickness to robust health marks an epoch IN the
life Of the individual Such a remarkable event
is treasured in the memory and the agency
gratefully blessed. Hence il Is that SO much IS
heard in praise of Electric Bitters So many feel
that they owe their restoration to health TO the
use Of the Grrat Alternative and Tonic II you
are troubled with any disease Of Kidneys. Liver
or Stomach, OF long or short standing you VIII
surely find relief BY use OF Electric Bifters Sold
al 50c. and 81 per bottle at George H Whites
drug store-Adv.
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-09-21

all city houses are pretty much the same,
although desire for the Individuality
seems to be takipg possession of those
who are building houses now. EIDDA
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-09-21

Aad now to having your dresses made
o:if. We ali know about broken prom
iscs. narty and ball dresses that are not
worn IS the iatcnded party o. bail,
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-05-02
A Four-Footed Railroad Hand"

A valuable railroad hand" who, in
spite Of his services, probably receives
no salary, is thus described in the
Scientific american. He resides at
Salida, Col, and belongs to an en-
gineer OF the Denver and Rio Grande
Railroad.
Napoleon has been engaged for the
past two and a half years in helping
his master run locomotive No. Sc. His
apprenticeship began at the age of six
years. and he can now go into the
roundhouse where twenty-eight engines
are kept, single out and mount his
own machine, and, in the absence of
his master and the fireman. defend it
against all intruders. He rides on the
fireman's side of the cab. with both his
front paws and his head hanging out of
the window, intently watching the
track.
He often scents cattle at long dis
lance. When they appear in sight. he
becomes greatly excited, and looks first
at them and then ut his master, as
though trying TO make the latter under
stand the gravity of the situation.
On nearer approach to them, he
gives :: cry similar to that of human
being. If it is found necessary to. come
to Il full stop, he bounds out of the cab,
runs ahead, and drives the trespassers
out of harms way.
When it is desirable to communicate
with the pumping-stations, frequently
at long distances from the tracks. a
note is written and given to the dog.
who delivers it, and speedily returns
with reply.
He readily interprets signals to start
from his own engine. but pays no more
attention TO the whistles and bells of
other locomotives than TO the cattle
which are safely grazing by the road
side. II accidentally left at any of the
stations, he returns to Salida by the
next train.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-05-02
THE NEWSPAPER REPORTER.
A witty Journalists Definition OF the
Three Stages OF Development.

At the annual dinner of the Pitts
burg Press Club, George 5. Welshons
(St. Geo., one of the best-known and
wittiest newspaper men of the State,
got off the following in response to the
toast THE Reporter:
There are three grand divisions"
Mr.. Welshons said. lin newspaper
work-journalists, reporters and edi-
tors. Speaking more accurately, there
are three stages of development. A
journalist is a calf reporter. He is a
reporter in the miniature tadpole
stage, when his head is so big that it
takes all the rest of his person to shove
it around. If he is lucky, by and by
he becomes a reporter After a re-
porter's legs wear out they make an
editor of him. The final stage of a
frog, you know-the extreme removal
from the tadpole-is the bullfrog, too
stiff to Jump, too old and tough to eat.
who just sits on the bank and bellows.
This is an editor.
'In the old days the editor called a
man chicken thief nowadays the re-
porter finds the feathers in his back
yard. The weapon of the old-time
editor was the epithet; that of the
modern reporter is the evidence. What
the editor used to assert the reporter
now proves.
IF the people who complain of what
the reporter writes about them would
only consider what he does not write
about them. they would shrine him in
the friendliest corner of their hearts.
The waste baskets in daily newspa-
per of any town do more to keep its
citizens in good repute than any other
agency, excepting the fear of the law
and the hereafter. Not all that the
reporter writes is truth. He is not
infallible himself, and those who are
the source of his information are much
less so. There are very many men
who can not tell straight story.
There are others who do not try To-.
The man who tells the story to the re-
porter is usually an interested party.
He has a purpose to serve in met
amorphosing this or suppressing that.
The reporter has no desire except to
get the truth accurately and complete
ly, and to write it quickly and enter
tainingly
"All men DO not love the reporter.
and am glad o. it. The fear and
hatred of bad men is chapet above
his brows. 1t is the assurance of his
honesty to his badge of honor as a
servant of truth. If time ever comes
when all men love the reporter. it will
be time to bury him. He will have
forgotten his mission, betrayed his
trust and shamed the noble fellowship
of men who have made the white cross
of the Pittsburg reporter the decora-
ton of a legion of honor"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-05-02
A MARTYR TO FAITH.
1T was Only a Dog. but He was Better
Man Than His Master.

II have never let any Of my dogs re-
trieve birds since an experience l had
with a cruel sportsman over on the
Delaware river one day last fall" said
a Scranton bird shooter the other day.
The man owned splendid pointer
that knew good deal more about some
things than his master did, and we
were both shooting quails over him
along the banks of the river. He was
harsh with the dog. and the poor Great
ure was often compelled to do what he
knew TO be senseless things, just be-
cause he felt certain that he would be
licked like the mischief if he didn't
obey. Each side of the river was frozen
over out TO the main channel, where
there was a strip about a foot wide that
wasn't covered with ice. One of the
quail that l shot started to fly across
the river, and dropped dead on the
thin ice within few inches of the open
channel. Ny companion ordered the
pointer to 60 and get it, and the obedi-
ent dog dashed out upon the ice until
it got within couple of yards or SO of
the dead bird, when he halted, for the
ice had begun to crack under him.
Then he looked back at his master and
wagged his tail, and his actions told us
as plain as words that he knew it
would be dangerous for him to proceed
any further. begged the man to call
the dog back and let the minks have
the quail, but he wouldn't listen to me.
Again he ordered the dog TO fetch the
quail in, and again, the dog made an
effort TO reach it, but the ice cracked
and he turned about, whined piteously.
and in every way that he knew how
begged his master to call him back.
But the heartless man was determined
to make the dog do as he said, and he
yelled savagely at the pointer to get the
dead bird. Then the dog sprang for
ward and seized the quail. The ice
gave way under him. the current was
swift, and out of sight the poor thing
went. with the bird in his mouth. That
was the last the cruel man ever saw of
his obedient dog He hunted down the
river for long distance. but it was
useless. for the dog had persisted under
the ice while faithfully performing his
duty. The man was sorry then, of
course, and indeed the poor dogs death
taught him lesson he never forgot"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-05-02
Jake Cump."

Speaking of Gen. Sherman reminds
one, says the n. Y. EUeHing Sun, of a
story told by a member of The family
concerning the way in which the hero,
when youngster, came to be a men,
Der of the family of Thomas Ewing.
There was distant relationship be-
tween the two families, and so. when
ex-Gov. Ewing heard, at his home in
Lancaster, of the death of the father
of the Sherman family, he at once had
his carriage brought up, and drove
acrose the country to where the Sher-
mans lived. There was big family of
children, and they were very poor, so,
after consultation with the widow and
the eldest daughter. it was agreed that
Mr.. Ewing should take one of the boys
all little fellows-home with him for
the present until the family fortunes
seemed more certain. So the three
elders walked out into the yard where
half a dozen of these "unbreeched
morsels of humanity" as Stevenson
would call them, were tumbling and
playing about in the grass.
well, which one of 'em shall
takep" asked the ex-governor; "they
all look alike to me-" The fearful
mother was unable to respond, but the
daughter, with practical foresight, said,
snatching one OF the gingham-skirted
youngsters up in her arms and holding
him out: "Well. Mr.. Ewing, If you
must take one take 'Cump. cause he's
the smartest."
"All right, then. 'Cump' it is" said
the governor, taking the child in his
arms and placing him in the carriage.
"Cump" went home with Mr.. Ewing,
was placed with his own boys, edu-
Gated with them, and finally married
one of the daughters.
And Gov. Ewing never ceased to
congratulate himself on the chance
that led him to take Cump,' cause he
was the smartest."
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-05-02

with his head close to the ground, as II
attempting to recover the trail of some
thing, which is characteristic of the
lobo. He did not perceive the donkey
till he was nearly on him, and it was
not till then that the latter, raising his
head, saw the wolf but the moment
their eyes fell on each other hostilities
began. The wolf, with his jaws snap
ping and growing ferociously. made
ut the donkey, which wheeling sharply
around let ilv at his enemy with both
heels, sending him tumbling over and
over. The performance was repeated
again and again until the wolf began
to realize that things were not going
lust his way. The last kick from the
burro's heels had sent him with a sick
ening crash against the hard rock that
walled in the dell, and actually stunned
him for a moment; so on rising he
seemed to deem q change of tactics ad-
yisable.
Running up to the donkey he waited
until those terrible heels were in the air
when jumping around with remarkable
agility he evaded the kick and made
for his enemy's throat. but he found
the donkey's other end also armed for
battle, and before he could lay hold of
any part of that lively animals anatomy
the bnrror had caught him back of the
neck between his powerful teeth and
cracked the bone. Though the wolf
was, of course, killed instantly, the
plucky little jackass refused to re.
iinquish its hold, and occupied itself
for some minutes with beating its van
pushed foes body up and down on the
ground. When satisfied at last that it
was dead it flung the lobo's carcass to
one side quietly resuming its grazing
till the owner came and drove it home.
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-05-02
Whence Women Came.

Woman's first appearance has been
fruitful subject for the legend-mon.
gers. The Phenician myth of crea-
ton is found in the story of Pyamalion
and Galatea. There the first woman
was carved by the first man out OF
ivory and then endowed with life by
Aphrodite. The Greek theory of the
creation of woman, according to Hesiod,
was that Zeus, as cruel jest, ordered
Vulcan to make women out of clay,
and then induced the various gods ane
goddesses to invest the clay doll with
all their worst qualities, the result be-
ing lovely thing with witchery OF
mien. refined craft, eager passion, love
of dress, treacherous manners, and
shameful mind. The Scandinavians
say that as Odin, Will, and We, the three
sons of Bor, were walking along the
sea beach they found two sticks Of
wood one of ash and one of elm. Sit
ting down, the gods shaped man and
woman out of these sticks, whiting
the woman from the elm and calling
her Emia.
One of the strangest of stories touch
ing the origin of women is told by the
Madagascarenes. In so far as the Gre
ton of man goes the legend is not I'M
like that related by Moses, only that
the fall came before Eve arrived. At
ter the man had eaten the forbidden
fruit he became afflicted with boil on
the leg, out of which, when it burst,
came a beautiful girl. The mans first
thought was to throw her 20 the pigs;
but he was commanded by a voice
from heaven to let her play among tho
diggings until she was of marrlageble
age, then to make her his wife. He
did so, called her Baboura, and she
became the mother of all the races of
men. The American Indian myths
relative to Adam ahd Eve are numer-
Gus and entertaining. Some traditions
trace back our parents to white and
red maize; another is that man, search
ing a wife, was given the daughter of
the king of muskrats, who, being dip
ped into the waters of neighboring
lake, became a woman.-LORdon TAB
lei
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-05-02
Death Before Marriage.

English and American girls occa-
sionally commit suicide through disap-
pointment at not getting married, says
the N. Y. Morning Journal but il will
surprise them to learn that the Chinese
young ladies have such n dread of the
matrimonial chain that they frequently
prefer death to marriage.
''Of all people," said Confucius
"wOmen are the most difficult to man
age. If you are familiar with them
they become forward, and if you keep
them at a distance they become dis
contented."
So many are the disabilities of mar
ried women that many girls prefer 60
ing into Buddhist or Tanist nunneries,
or even committing suicide, TO trusting
their future to men of whom they know
nothing but from the interested re-
ports of go-betweens.
Archdeacon Gray in his work on
China states that in 1873 eight young
girls residing near Canton, ''who had
been affianced, dressed themselves in
their best attire, and at IL o'clock, in
the darkness of the night. having bound
themselves together, they threw them
solves into a tributary stream of the
Canton river"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-05-02

The superstitious belief that human
beings should sleep with their heads
towards the north is now believed to be
based upon scientific principle. The
French Academy of Sciences has made
experiments upon the body of gull
lotined man which 20 to prove that
each human body is in itself an s;ectric
battery, one electrode being repruSent-
ed by the head and the other az the
feet. The body of the subject upon
which experiments were made was
taken Immediately after death and
placed upon pivot free TO move in
any direction. After some vacillation
the head portion turned towards the
north, the pivot-board remaining sta
tionary. One of the professors turned
It half way around, but it soon re-
gained position with the head-piece
to the north, and the same results were
repeatedly obtained until Organic
movement ceased.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-05-02

she writes in her diary. But now l
loved them, and knew well that they
loved me. Good evening, my little
toadies, =" said. "Do you want to see
my babyP" Then the room was full
Of the faint little toad music, and lift
ed my Celestine and held her up, and
one by one the toads hoped to the bed,
looked at her. hoped down the other
side and out of the window
"Mme Toad was the last OF all, and
made obeisancc as in the garden. Her
four toadlets remained upon the floor
and looked up at us.
Before the nurse returned the room
was empty again. but lying at my elbow
found string of exquisite, jewel-like
beads-a chain or necklace such as
had never seen before. The toads had
brought it TO me, and wore it at my
Celestine's christening. where it was
remarked what numbers of toads
hoped across the church floor and
seemed to stop to listen to the music.
But no one can tell me what the Jewels
are.
mo one has ever been able TO tell
that madame continued the speaker.
But my ancestress now felt that she
must tell her husband all, and so she
did, and after that the toads were fed
every winter rs long as this Nine.
Valois, of whom | have told you, lived.
Also Nine. Toad maintained terms OF
the most intimate friendship with the
family, us far as toad might. Even
yet the toads are always fed in the win
ter at the Chateau Valois, and the neck
lace is given to the eldest daughter.
So it came to me, and it is l who, hav-
ing read the account of the jewels in
the heads of toads given by your Shaks-
peare, know of what the necklace of my
ancestress is made. Mary Kyle Dallas
az F!reSide Companion.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-05-02
One Word Told the Story.

Here is one of the stories that A. M.
Palmer brought back from his sum-
mer's trip to Europe. He overheard
an animated discussion in the Victoria
Hotel, London, between an English
man and Yankee" as all citizens
of the United States are called on the
other side. The dispute, of course,
was relative to the merits of the dis
putantS' respective countries. 1t hap
pened that the American was n bit the
reader with his tongue, and maintain
ed his ground so stubbornly that the
Briton at last gave it up with the re-
mark.
well, you Yankees are getting so
bumptious that we shall have to send
over an army pretty soon to take some
of the conceit out of you"
The Americans reply was one word:
''Again?"-N y. San.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-05-02
Profrcred Assistance.

Years ago Jeremiah Hacker was a
successful school teacher. Though a
quaker and strongly opposed to fight
ing, he had no religious or conscien-
tious scruples against thrashing dis
orderly Pupils severely. An Irishman,
half intoxicated, was one day digging
well near Hackers school. Hearing a
fearful bowling he made for the school
house, pickax in hand, and knocked
loudly at the door. When asked his
errand he replied: Il name no harrum,
Misther Schoolmaster. 1 thought We
were tryhyin' to Kill the lad an 1 come
over TO see if We were wantin' help
The proifered assistance was declined
with thanks. j e,Ciston Journal.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-05-02

must be true, and the universal verdict OF
those who have used Hibbird's Rheumatic
Syrup and Strengthening Plasters is that
there is no doubt of their curative quail
ties. e. LarZelere,' agent NJ. G.. II. r.,
Albion, Mich, says he twas cured OF
Brights disease" by the use of Hibbard's
Rheumatic Syrup.
Mrs. M. f. Jones, Prairie City, Iowa,
says: "For three years have been afflict-
ed with intlammatory rheumatism and kid
ney and liver troubles have taken Hib-
bard's Rheumatic Syrup and applied their
Plasters over my stomach and am entirely
cured. 1t is the greatest remedy that
have ever used"
First ask your druggist, should he not
keep II we will send on receipt of price,
tl.OO per bottle or six for 500.
RHEUMATIC SYRUP Co.,
jackson, Mich.
The Presbytery of Troy. N. ", has
Voted In favor of creed reVigsnn
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-05-02
Burro Too Much for the Wolf:

A combat of most unusual character
occurred near Paso Del Norte a short
while ago. The participants were a
burro, or little Mexican jackass. and n
wolf of the large species known as lobo.
The burro had broken out Of his
stable during the night, wandering
several miles out into the country. and
his owner going to seek him was an eye
witness to his fight with the wolf.
This man, who is an unusually intelli-
gent Mexican, states that the donkey
was quietly grazing in a little grassy
dell lying between two walls of jutting
rock when the wolf came trottiDg along
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-05-02
A New Wrinklo.

Paint from potatoes is a new.wrinkle
in the arts and sciences. Kuhiow'S
Trade ReUieW gives the manner OF
preparation. Boil kilo of peeled po-
tatoes in water; after MASKING dilute
with water and pass through a fine
sieve. Add two kilos of Spanish white
diluted with four kilos of water, and
the result will be n color of beautiful
milk-white. Different colors can be
effected by the addition of different
ochres and minerals. Apply with a
brush. 1t adheres to plaster aud wood
very well, will not peel, and, best of
all, is cheap.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-05-02
Napoleon's Army.

Napoleon's grand army has dwindled
down to small company. 1t has been
ascertained that there are now only
112 men who wear the medal of st.
Helena and whose name appear on the
pension list of the Legion of Honor for
1890. In 1883 there were l428 of
these veterans still living. The next
year there were 500 less, and in 1887
thers were only 224.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-05-02
Denfncss Can,t he Onren

by local applications, as they can not reach sA
diseased portion Of the ear. There is only ons
way TO cure Deafness and that is by constitu.
tional remedies. Deafness Is caused by an in-I
famed condition Of the mucous lining of the
Eustachan Tube. When this tube gets in
famed you have a rumbling sound OF imperfect
hearing and when IL is entirely closed Deaf
ness Is the result and unless the inflammation
can be taken out and this tube restored TO its
normal condition, hearing will be destroyed
forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by
catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed con
dition OF the mucous surfaces. Wewill give One
Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness
(caused by Catarrh) that we can not cure by
taking Halls CatarIh Cure. Send for circulars,
free. f. j. CHENEY Il CO., Toledo, o.
gfs Sold by Druggists, zoe.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-05-02
A Terrible Loss.

They say Mrs. Smith took on terri
bly, at Smiths DEATH"
Yes; poor thingl she could scarcely
be reconciled to his loss"
did she get much insurance."
mo; il was total loss. All hi:
policies had lapsed. Judge.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-05-02
FIVE THOUSAND DOLL AIRS FOR ST.
A Lucky Number Makes Hioated Bond
Holder or "a Kalamazoo Man.

Kalamazoo Mich Telegraph, March %:
The sire of luck that placed s5 600 in
cold cash in the hands OF Cody Phillips OF
this city from tie treasury OF the Louisian a
State Lottery, has created considerable
stir Mr.. Phillips held one-twentieth OF
ticket No. 4,794 that drew the second prize
of $100.000 in the drawing OF March II.
Mr.. Phillips is 20 years Of age and mem
Der of the firm Of Richmond Il Phillips, sa-
loonists, of this city. When questioned as
TO whether he had tried his luck before, re-
piled that he had regularly invested one
dollar each month for the past three years
and had drawn three smaller prizes during
this time.
rShar sou retire from business, Mr.
Phill.ps:;'
''Oh, no: shall watch for good oppor-
tunity TO invest this money, and keep try
ing my luck until strike another bundle
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-05-02

An Australian legislature has passed
law taxing all married couples living
with their mothers-in-law-$9 5000 IL re-
residing with the husbands mother-in-
aw and 1920 IL with the wife's.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-05-02

Professor Jonn S. Newberry, in q
lecture at Columbia College, recently,
on the Geological History of Man, ("
said that there arc signs that man lived
80. 900 years ago.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-05-02

The Baldwin Locomotive Works OK.
pect this year to turn out nn. less thaB
1000 locomotives.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-05-02

Mrs. Dros Ickes, Of Columbus, Ohio.
Is fourteen years old and widow.