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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-10-24
She Can Take Care of Herself.

One of the amusing and perennial
summer topics in the newspapers is
1.-The sweet girl graduate" And the
burden of the comment is summed up
in the question-what are we to do
with her? What folly? Better ask the
question what size will do with us. 1t
must be remembered that it is the man
who proposes and the girl who dis
poses. And the American girl gradu-
ate knows how to take care of herself.
She is as sef-dependent' creature as
is to be found in the universe. We can
well worry about the boys-the boys
whom we train to all kinds of impracti-
cal things-but for the girls there need
DO no anxiety. They can adapt them
selves To anything. One girl goes
from Vassar to be the mistress of y
cattle ranch where she must do every
thing, and yet where she is at
once a center of light and brightness.
Her classmate crosses the water 10 DO
the lady of some massive castle. where
are traditions of centuries of noble
blood and breeding and she acquits
herself as one to the manner born. Her
versatility knows no limits She can
econOmize, il it is necessary. and APP
pear like n princess on tinery that she
has made over or she can help her
husband scatter his riches with Oriental
prodigaity. In every station of life
the American girl can do her duty and
can ill all positions with credit and
grace. 1t is not the mems part to
trouble themselves about the girl
graduates. The years will expand
their capabilities. 1t is the flood of
boy graduates coming upon u world
where there is only room for those who
know how TO hustle that demand
our attention. The girls can take care
of themselves. but what can we do for
the boysp-C Cincinnati Times.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-10-24
THE ECCENTRIC MlcHlcANIAN.
How He Used to Bother the Dudes In
London.

julius NJ. Case of Marquette, Mich,
who died suddenly at the Victoria
hotel recently from the bursting of o
bood-vessel in his brain, says Lon
don cablegram TO the N. Y. Sun. was
very popular among his friends, al.
though he cultivated one or two
amusing eccentricities to n degree that
was somewhat objeetional to the
British. One of Cases fads was his
collection of walking sticks of all
manner of odd and bizarre patterns.
The more grotesque a stick was that he
saw in a shop window the surer &c
was to buy it. One OF his sticks had
the head of bulldog, life size, and
Case would calmly carry IL in the
street. unmindful of the fact that
every passer-by stopped to look at him.
Another cane had the head of a
monkey. which, when a spring was
touched. stuck out it's tongus and
winked its eyes, and Case was fond of
walking down Pccadilly with it under
his arm, blinking and lolling its
tongue. while he appeared absolutely
unconscious that he was attracting at
tention. Others of his sticks con-
tanned perfume fountains, jack-in-the-
box whistles, and similar Instruments
of torture.
Cases favorite cane, however, was
one that served as sign in umbrella
shops. 1t was something like five
feet long and had buckhorn handle
six inches in circumference and at
least three feet il length. With this
small tree it was Cases delight to go
out in Pail Mall and Piccadilly in
search of dudes. Whenever he found
gilded youth carrying walking
stick by the ferrule end. with its handle
downward. after the fashion affected
by the London masher, Case would
take his big stick by the extreme tip.
holding it up with elbow akimbo. put "A
small eyeglass with a black rim in his
eye, and ranging himself about two
feet in the rear of his victim, follow
him until he reversed his cane or got
into a cab 10 escape his tOrmentor. @If
the hapless masher attempted to tire his
pursuer OUT the Michigan man. never
looking to right or left, and with inn
passive countenanco and solemn mien
would follow the other from Regent
street TO Hyde Park. or until more
exaggerated specimen of tho genus
was flushed. SO regularly did Case
avail himself of this amusement that lac
became. during his three or four
months stay in the metropolis, quite a
well-known figure in several promi-
nent thoroughfares. and tales Of his
persecution of the masters have more
than once appeared in the London
newspapers. His wife was with him at
his death. but his four children were ut
his home in Michigan. lie was the son
of former acknowledgements OF
Michigan. and was graduated from
Ann Arbor university. He leaves a
fortune estimated at $500 900, aud his
life was insured for $3.50. 600.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-10-24
PlE.PAN RUFFLES.
Delicate Rice-Paper Frills for Ornament
ing Game Pies and Puddings,

Esthetic housewives are often both
cred to know just what to do with q
pan of game pie, fruit pudding, or bak-
ed custard that comes from the oven
with ragged edge. No matter how
delicious the puf-paste may be or how
light the heart it covers a brown spat-
ter-work along the rim of the dish or a
caving-in of the crust is certain to de-
tract from the merits of the pie, for
the reason that the eye is a guide to
the gustatory taste of the gourmet.
The vulgar savagery of hunger has but
one sense, but the epicurean must be
tempted. 1t is this knowledge, says
the n. Y. World, that leads n well-bred
butler to dress the fish with lemon
wheels, to garnish the chops with
crosses, the tilet with cubes and truf-
fles and cylindrical olives and TO scat
ter rose leaves over the souille and
ices. Baked beans, delicate buildings,
and game pies which are served a In
buffet and cannot be transferred to an
ornamental dish without detriment are
sunk in n larger receptacle-a silver
punch-bowl, an ice globe, often a jar
dniere, or else silver-plated adjusta-
BILE rim is attached and the brown or
white earthen dish placed on a salver
and sent to table. This gastronomic
artist, so def in the manipulation of
table linen. will more frequently bind
a napkin about the unsightly bake
dish and pin it with rose or carrot,
whitfield into bodkin. However, in
private home the damask is more
carefully handled, and an economical
housekeeper will hesitate about using
her fine linen for dish muller to he
stained by peach pie, cherry pud-
ding, or the rich wine from straw
berry loaf. If she serves the pastry
herself it is different thing but the
most careful of husbands is liable to
get giddy in the heat of conversation.
and spill the few drops that ruin the
precious Irish loom. For those who
cannot afford. or do not fancy the
plated lake dish cover and rim. there
is a pretty springy paper novelty
known rs the pie-dish frill. or the pie
pan rulfle. which decorates dish much
better than linen, and is more econom.
ical. The frills are made OF amber,
cream, aud delicate opal rice paper in
rope pattern. and being elastic can be
stretched to fit dishes Of various sizes.
l. ike the japanese napkins they arc
firm. tenacious. and cheap, costing but
80 cents dozen. Those made OF
heavier paper with sprays of painted
blossoms are more expensive and less
desirable. as a second using is moi
nlpa sine
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-10-24
A Mine of Beeswax.

No one has ever been able to gives
an authentic account of how such
enormous quantities of beeswax came
to be deposited on the beach near
Nehalem. Specimens are found along
the beach in various places, but it is
most plentiful near the mouth OF the
Nehalem. As the sea shifts the bars,
pieces of it are washed ashore and
large quantities are found by plough
ing in some of the low land near the
beach. There are spots where the sea
has never reached in the memory of
the oldest settlers, and which are
covered with a goOd-siZed growth OF
spruce. where deposits of the wax may
be found by digging. Specimens OF
the wax may be found at the house OF
any settler on the beach, and TO all APP.
pearances it is genuine beeswax.
Several tons have been unearthed and
one man shipped large amount to
San Francisco once. for which he re-
ceived $500. In quality it is as good
as anv in the market, and has retained
its familiar odor through all its rough
usage aud age. 1t is supposed by
some and so stated. that it came from
the wreck of Spanish vessels over a
century ago. Others say it came from
a wrecked Chinese junk. These ira
ditions in regard 10 the wrecks come
from the Indians and are not reliable.
1t is possible that this beeswax is real
" ''lOst treasure" which people are
digging for on the Nehalem. -1iLia-
moo. <Ore.) Headlight.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-10-24

gan their work. While the man OF
God prayed long and earnestly, his
busy fingers explored every portion of
the reading-desk. They found each
nail that had been used in the uphol
stering. dwelt upon its head with a
gentle emphasis, as though distinctly
10 indicate it to the congregation-who
certainly followed the preachers
fingers much more generally than his
prayer-every junction of the plush
was traced back and forth as though to
find possible entrance for the per-
sistent fingers ends; and when finally
a small rent in the covering was re-
yealed, it seemed from the fond per-
sistence with which the aperture was
fondled, coaXed together. drawn apart
and explored. that the object of all the
research was at last realized. OF all
this ridiculous fumbling the perpetra-
tor was. entirely oblivious-and that
was the worse phase of the matter;
the habit had become fixed. and is
doubtless lifelong possession-such
as it s.-GO0d Housekeeping.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-10-24
Our Habits with Our Hands.

What to do with the hands, especially
on important social occasions. is with
many persons even of cultured habits.
often disturbing problem. No one
likes to appear awkward. and frequent
ly the very dread of doing so precipi-
lates the result that was feared. Quiet
self-posscssion. especially amid I'M
wonted scenes is the solution of all
perplexing matters of this sort; but
unfortunately the command to be self
possessed is much easier 10 give than
to obey. What TO do with the bands.
therefore, is hest solved by doing
nothing with them. they will naturally
lake care of themselves. in u manner
that will attract no attention and give
no modification to the possrssor. One
thing. however. should he early in
stilled into the practice Of children. as
it is then most easily made rule of
conduct; keep the hands ut rest when
there is nothing for them properly to
do. The practice of necessarily towing
with whichever may he within reach is
one of the most annoying imaginable.
in that class of habits which do not
directly affront other people; and Is
not Ivy any means confined to those
who might be classr,l as ill-lred.
An incident in point i'll illustrate
the practical phase OF this habit. The
writer once noticed u Clergyman. whose
fingers were never nj rest. No sooner
was his prayer begun, thaa they De-
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-10-24

boy who is going the old mans gait.
Still he felt it incumbent on him to
check the youths career, and so he
devised a plan TO brighten him. He got
a stick of phosphorus and wrote on
the wall opposite the boys bed: Pre-
pare to meet thy God" The letters
were, Of course, visible only in the
dark. and the old man was careful to
have the room well lighted when his
son came home the next night pretty
well loaded, rs usual. He and COM
panion turned in with gas turned up
full, and soon they were sound asleep.
Then the old man went in aud put
out the light. He then made noise
sufficient to wake the boy out of his
drunken sleep, and as he sat up in
bed his eyes caught the handwriting
on the wall. With a bound he sprang
out of bed, and striking match. he
began an examination of the wall, but
it was blank in the light. The gas
burned all night. and the next morn
ing the young man was very quiet and
solemn. The old gentleman erased the
warning from the wall, and is pleased
to know where his boy is ut night.
The father says that he learned of the
trick from prominent preacher of the
city, who was frightened out of his
naughtiness in this way.-LOuiSrilLe
Commercial.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-10-24
Cocsar's Ideal on Marriage.

The Young wife died; but when
Caesar again thought of marriage the
political skies had changed. He had
held firm to the CHINA marriage. and
he new eonciliated the Sylla faction by
marrying Pompeia. the granddaughter
of Sylla, and a kinswoman OF Sylla's
pet. Pompey the Great, then ia the
zenith of his popularity. It seems to
have been from the beginning mar
riage of politics, and not of affection.
Pompeia was not beloved. And the
political skies went on changing. The
star of Sylla sank beneath the horizon,
and the star of Caesar mounted higher
and higher. When all advantage that
could spring from wedding Pompeia
had beeu reaped, Caesars thoughts
turned elsewhere. The plots of Syla
against Caesars Cornelia must seal the
dead lips OF Sylla against reproach.
should Cesar rcpudiate Pompeia. But
it was not the dead that Caesar re-
garded. 1t behooved him only to have
a specious case to present to the
living.
Caesar made short work of his part
in the transaction. He divorced Pom
peia. II Is not certain that Pompeia
knew of Clodius's plan. though it is
possible. 1t is not certain or probable
that Ciodius. rs bad as he was, meant
anything more than an impious and
impudeut frolic. 1t is not impossible
or altogether improbable that Cesar,
Aurelia and Clodius were ia collision
against Pompeia. 1t is certain that,
when Cesar was called upon to testify
at the trial of Clodius. he declared
that he knew nothing of what was
alleged against himl 1t is certain that,
when Clodius afterwards became u
candidate for high Office, Caesar. as
chief UNDERSTANDABLE VS. say President
took an active and successful part in
furthering his election. But he imme-
diately divorced Pompeia. And he
could offer no better reason, saturated
all through and through as he was
with immortality. than the cruel
sophism. "Cesar's wife should be above
suspicion"
The world has taken him at his word.
has forgotten outraged Pompoia. has
failed TO discern in this glittering aud
sounding generality the base pretcxt
OF man who was hunting for pretexts
10 divorce his wife. has accepted it. ut
Cesar's own valuation. as the lofty
requirement. of n lofty soul.
trust that Caesars moral nature has
so far righted itself in the spiritual
world as to make him rejoice that his
sin has found him out in this, even at
so late day.-GatI Hamilton, in North
american ReUieU.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-10-24
How Fast a Locomotive Can Travel.

In regard to the much discussed
question as to the rapidily with which
II locomotive can run. some interesting
official figures have been given by Mr..
Stretton. mn eminent English engineer,
showing briefly that the highest speed
ever accurately taken was with n Bris-
tol and Exeter broad-gauge engine.
having nine-foot wheels. and which
was. ms long ago rs 1853 officially
timed ut II speed of just over eighty
miles an hour for short distance,
this occurring in the case of n falling
gradient and with light load. He
also distinctly asserts that this speed is
the maximum that can possibly be
obtained with locomotives of the pres
ent type, the cause of this being. he
declares. that at sue speed rs that
the resistance of the air. the back pres
sure in the cylinders. and the friction
altogether have become SO great that
they absorb the whole power of the
engine, while the pressure on the
wrong side of the piston becomes
greatly increased by the fact that the
exhaust steam can not be got out OF
the cylinders fast enough. -Eiet.rical
ReUiciO.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-10-24

WINTER wheat may be called a
biennial plant. Although ii natures
In about ten months from the time Of
seeding. remaining dormant nearly
half of the time. yet 1t cannot be sown
aud harvested in the same season or
the same year 1t will be remembered,
also, that it does not make its growth
in the hottest season OF the year and
that intensely hot weather is not fav-
orable to its development 1t is sown
after the heat OF the season has de-
parted germinates ut quite low tenn
perature. makes the greater portion of
its growth ut moderate temperature
and when hot weather comes. ripens
up pretty rapidly. 1t continues TO
grow in autumn up until the ground Is
frozen quite solid and frequently re-
sumes growth during winter thaws
and during spriu mon this when other
vegetation is slow In starting.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-10-24

SPECULATION in farm products is
severely condemned by Chauncey NJ.
Depew, who thinks it has done more
than anything else to bring India and
Russia and Australia into competition
with the farmers of the United States.
Mr.. Depew also illustrates the middle
man evil by the prices of milk. The
farmer gets from two to three cents
per quart. The railroads carry it for
less than ever before, but the city GUS
toner pays the middlemen'5 combina-
ton eight cents per quart, as hereto
fore. Organization to bring the pro-
Queer ard the consumer into direct
relation should be persevered in by
the farmer.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-10-24
Pbosphorlc Religion.

A well-known merchant of this city
has son who Is very wild young
man. He seldom comes home before
midnight and frequently wears n
heavy jag rs the result of his conviv-
iality. His companions make his room
sort of sobcring-up station. and two
or three of them roll in" nearly every
night. The old gentleman was one of
the boys in his younger days and,
while he Is now very pious and
proper head of cultured household,
he cannot entirely forget his early in
discretion or steel his heart against the
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-10-24

The census returns show that like
the Indian and the buffalo, range cat
tie are becoming "a thing OF the past.
With the constant encroachments of
the homesteader and the farm. the
mining towns and cities that are
springing up all over what was once
the almost boundless range" the
days OF the vast herds, and to a great
extent the cowboy, are numbered.
Thus the evolution goes on; first the
savage and the native buffalo; then
the half-wild cattle with their half
civilized attendants; and then the
farm, the city and civilization. Where
the vast territory in its wild condition
supported few. millions under civiliza-
ton will lead peaceful and happy
lives Ring out the old, ring in the
newn
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-10-24

THE best specimens of the grains
have been brought to their excellence
by judicous care. Fruits and vege-
tables were originally wild and worth
less. Apples were the native wild
crab; tomatoes not larger than cherries.
and potatoes than peas. Then on the
down grade, we have the wild carrot
and parsnip; the former the result Of
attention and the latter of negligence.
There is no improvement without
attention, and there is always deteriora-
ton with negligence.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-10-24
LIFE FOR LIFE.
The Queer Workings OF "a law OF the Ma
tives of Alaska.

An Androscoggin county lady, who
recently returned from Alaska, where
her husband was employed by the
United States Government us teacher
among the natives, gives some interest
ing particulars OF the country and peo-
pie. While at Chilcott the lady wit
messed tragedy and its consequences.
which illustrates the peculiar code Of
justice among the natives.
A party of white miners were Mt the
supply agency preparing to start off on
IA prospecting tour TO the Yukon or
some other distant mining locality.
Several Indians wanted TO accompany
them. but objection was raised by
others. Liquor had been freely drunk.
and bad blood was in the ascendant.
An old chief, much respected by the
whites. excited the ire of chief of
another tribe. and the latter sought to
vent his wrath by striking the otker's
son, who CHANGED TO be present. The
father retaliated by knocking the ag-
gressor down. Tho latter thereupon
drew his revolver and fired, the bullet
penetrating the old chiefs lungs.
Knowing that the custom of his
countrymen demanded a life for life.
he at once darted from the scene of the
ARRAY and fled directly for the house
in which the white lady was stopping,
hoping, if he could once gain an en-
trance, to be enabled to secure immu-
nifty from punishment. She stood in
the doorway as he approached, but he
was destined never TO enter. 1t APP.
pears that his dissipated. quarrelsomo
habits had already placed him in bad
odor with his own tribe, and one of the
heet-footed young men intercepted him
when almost at the threshold, and
with n terrible cut with huge knife
almost severed his body in two.
Now comes the singular part that
Justice had to take in the affair. In
stead of the actual murderer paying
the penalty of the crime, according to
their judicial code the life of the old
chief, as the assumed prime cause of
it. was to be forfeited, notwithstanding
he had at first acted mainly on the de-
fensive. and had already been perforat-
ed with the bullet of his enemy. He
sought protection from his white
in sympathy with him. they did not
ucem III pIuuCuJ 10 lulcIleIe Id tue
matter. Seeing no hope in that direc-
ton. be turned from them with the re-
mark: "Me show white man how
brave Indian die" and gave himself up
TO be shot"
After his wife had adjusted black
cap to his head dozen or so men OF
his own tribe drew themselves up for
the execution, but their hands trembled
so. or they so disliked to shoot their
beloved chief, that in firing the bullets
that entered his person only mangled
him, and did not at once prove fatal.
He begged them to kill him outright.
but they desisted. and he was carried
to his hut to slowly die from his
wounds. Thus he fingered for nearly
two weeks, suffering the greatest
agony. His wife would 20 to his bed
side night after night aud plunge
knife into his side TO hasten death and
his release, which seemed so long
time coming. During his suffering the
lady visited him almost daily, and he
seemed very grateful for her solicitude.
Finally he died, and Justice" was
satisfied. journal.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-10-24

THEY have natural born boy orator
over in Indiana. In the language of
the south he "was five years old last
grass, and going on six" He is the
delight Of his parents, the pride Of all
his old maid apnts and the pet Of tho
neighborhood where he was raised.
He is being taken to various school
houses, where he wins applause by
speaking pieces.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-10-24

LEARN to listen well. and very soon
you will find yourself speaking the
word in season and surprising your
self. as we'll as others, by the quick
ness with which your thoughts will be
well eXnressed
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-10-24

THERE is u movement on foot aim
Ing at the enactment of a sort of
patent law for the protection of orig
inators or discoveries of new plants,
shrubs and trees. We see no pecessity
for such move. The copyright laws
now in force give to plantsmen all the
protection they need, and will serve
their purpose just as effectively as the
system proposed.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-10-24

The large steamers across the Allan
tic cannot fiud room enough TO store
the coal needed to maintain their high
est rate OF speed. Either a more con-
densed fuel, the storage OF electricity,
or a lighter vessel, caused by substitute
ing aluminium for steel ia steamboat
building, must be had before the trip
across the Atlantic can be much short
ened. The time now made is about all
that the present conditions will allow.
1t also makes passenger rates on the
fastest roads necessarily very expen-
sive.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-10-24

AN actress has refused to play in a
Buffalo theatre because the stage was
too bear OF scenery. The manager
probably believed that the scenery
should harmonic with the nudity of
the actress