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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-01-09
FREAKS OF FAsciNATlor.
Handsome Women Are Not Always
the Most Attractive.

the Most Attractive.
Dame Nature plays strange freaks
with mems minds. II one Of the many
enterprising newspapers OF the day
was to inaugurate a competition in
which every man had to give an accu-
rate description of the kind OF women
most prone to fascinate him, many
readers would. says writer in the
Brooklyn Eagle, be astonished. The
effect would be greatly enhanced il
each competitor had to write a short
description of himself as we'll. More
than ever, then, would people wonder
how il comes about that some great
strapping Hercules falls in love with
a fragile, ethereal maiden. or that the
puny weakling courts the buxom, strap
ping lassie.
Cupid was ever represented as a
blindfolded boy, and the erratic aim OF
some OF his arrows has surely betoken-
ed this. Who has not seen the man who
dotes on his wife. while she to other
men appears hopelessly ugly, or incom-
parably stupid? How often, too, one
may see a beautiful, intellectual woman
who is totally absorbed in her insig-
niiicant husband! In such cases there
is hidden. deep rooted affinity which
the happy couple themselves could not
define, and which the skeptical eye of
the cynic will never fathom.
Noah Webster's definition OF the
word fascination is, 1.-The exercise of
a powerful or irresistible influe nee on
the affections aud passions, and he
gives as secondary explanations, "Un-
seen, inexplicable influence, witchs
craft, enchantment." In the word S
'inexplicable influence" the learned
doctor seems TO have summed up neat
ly the whole question. Who can ex-
plain what is frequently the case, that
OF two men OF as nearly as possible
the same cast of mind, the one will
find n woman irresistibly fascinating,
while on the other she may not exert
the slightest attractive influenceP Such
a problem is as hard to solve as why
the guileless rabbit, instead OF putting
his best leg forward and making n
bolt, circles round the snake which he
knows Only too we'll intends to make q
meal OF him.
The wise heather, Aristotle. said:
''No man loves but that he is first de-
lighted with comeliness and beauty,
and beauty is for the most part the
bait which lures a victim into the
meshes OF the snare, but not always
Dr. Webster, too. seems to imply by
his definition that in the power of
fascination, whether exercised by man
or woman, there turks certain sexual
affinity.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-01-09
Ice Age OF America.

One Of the most interesting OF re-
cent contributions OF archaeological in
terest 10 Prof. Wright's lecture on the
"Ice age of America" Prof. Wright
shows that the whole backbone of
Long Island is formed of glacial de-
posts, and he takes his hearers all
along the moraines that marks the
farthest points touched by the wonder
full field of ice. The lecture concludes
with description OF the small stone
god recently brought up by sand
pump near Boise City, Idaho, from a
depth OF 800 feet He and many other
scientists think il is the oldest mark of
human life that has yet been discovered.
and believe it TO be the work of the
ante-diluvian man.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-01-09
Intelligent Dogs.

A we'll known newspaper man living
in the upper part OF the city is the own
err OF pointer dog that answers to the
name OF Dash. Dash has never been
broken for the field and is family
pet. He opens the doors and gates
without difficulty, and, under the
tutelage Of the newspaper mans little
daughter, makes known by means of a
set OF wooden blocks his simple wants.
When asked what he would like Das h
selects the letters bone from the pile
of blocks and lays them in regular
sequence at the feet OF the questione
The question, What do you hate ?"
spurs the dog to spell bath. Where
would you like to go?" asks the dogs
little mistress. O.u-t he instantly
spells, and when she adds, where do
you go sometimes that makes master
very angry and gets you whippingP"
he drops his ears and picks out the two
blocks that spell in.
Another newspaper man living on
Walnut street, near Eleventh, is the
owner OF a very intelligent water
spaniel named Prentice. Recently
Prentice was whipped by his master
for some misdemeanor and ran yelling
from the room. He took shelter with
another newspaper man living on an
upper floor and, when tho latter petted
him and expressed regret that he had
been punished, Prentice Immediately
took up quarters with his champion and
now, whenever his old master. with
whom he was always on the best OF
terms, approaches him, he snarls and
snaps and shows every token OF dislike.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-01-09
The naIerata I'm Stairs.


One day when a whole bus full OF
Us drove up TO hotel in Lynchburg,
Va, the landlord remembered that he
had a drummer from New York who
had been suffering terribly with tooth
ache for two or three days. He had
tried every remedy known TO man, ex-
cept that of having it pulled, but moth
ing had availed him He hoped some
one of us might be able to suggest
something, and slowly added:
"Gentlemen. / have heard that a
sudden shock TO q mans nervous sys-
tenn would sometimes cure the worst
case OF toothache. Can't you plan
something's
Six or eight OF us got together in the
reading room, and it was finally do
cided that a man named Simms, who
turned out to be patent medicine adj
vertiser, should go up TO the room and
startle the New Yorker. He was to do
it by claiming to have seen a despatch
to the effect that his wife had run
away with another man. We thought
that ought to cure his headache il any
thing would.
"How big q man is he!' asked the
delegate when ready TO go up.
''Oh, he's rather understood, " replied
the landlord. IF he should get up on
his ear, you can easily slam him all
over the room"
The medicine man went up. We
followed. and stood at the door to hear
the result He found the New Yorker
nj lilo uinly hnrsn. ond affar
introducing himself, he said:
"Sorry for you, old fellow, particu-
larly at this time, but | have bad news
for you"
"No" exclaimed the other, sitting
up in bed.
"Be calm. old boy. It's about your
wife"
as she-she dead?"
Better for you il the was. She 8
run away with a street car conductor. "
There was wild yell, followed by
several whoops, and IL crash. The
the medicine man fell into the hall,
and wild figure dragged him up and
down, and mopped him around, and
made bear fodder OF him. 1t was five
minutes before we could get him of
and get his victim away. We carried
the latter into sample room, sire tched
him out on the table, and had sponged
his face for the third time, when he
opened his eyes.
"How do you feel now?" asked one
of the boys.
Queer. What's happened"
"You went in to see the New
Yorker"
"Oh, yes. He had the toothache.N
He did. and you kindly consented
to shock his mental system. 1t was a
great success"
II cured it. did I?"
you did"
"But, great heavens! feel OF me
look at me; keep on sponging! I'm
nothing but n big splatter of jelly!
Boys, If l die, and l hope / will, I'll
haunt every internal one Of you day
and night until | drive you to hang
yourselve with your own suspend ers."
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-01-09
A Wonderful Lily.

One sometimes hears of the wonder
full productiveness of the golden lily
Lilium Auratum, Lindley. Some years
ago an instance was recorded of one
stalk, under cultivation, bearing no less
than thirty-fve flowers. This happen
ed at Pitlour, in Fifeshire, Scotland, in
1886. The record is quite beaten
by plant in the garden OF a 70 reign
resident at Karuizawa, which is now
bearing no fewer than fifty-seven
flowers on one stalk itself is six fees
high. and toward the upper end Is
flattens out, the buds hanging like keys
on board. The upper extremity i
cleft. Room is thus allowed for the re-
markabe luxuriance of towering just
described. In the Far East of Sept.
16. 1872, it stated: This summer
there grew in the garden OF Mr. G. G.
Pearson on the Bluff (No. 11D, Yoko-
hama, two stems from one bulb. One
was a fair specimen OF the ordinary
Towering OF the plant having eighteen
flowers upon it; but the other. upon a
broad fat stem about an inch and a
half in width, but thin as lath, had
no less than sixty-three buds, OF which
fiity-two were in full flower at one
time. Japan Weekly Mai !.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-01-09
EDITIN' IN OLD KENTUCKY.
The Brilliant Staff OF a Contempor-
airy In Louisville.

The Brilliant staff OF Contempor-
airy In Louisville.
Zone of the queerest newspaper COM
binations l ever encountered" remark
ed an old member OF the profession the
other day, was that employed in 1869
10 in the Louisville (Ky.) Ledger.
The paper was started as the organ OF
that faction which never was and
never can be whipped, be -, sah,'
and the Office was headquarters for
nearly regiment OF colonies without
commands and doctors without patients.
Most of them had adopted journalism
as pastime, but all of them exhibited
all the eagerness OF the tradition al
thrifty Yankee TO see their names
stand over against fat salary figures on
the payroll.
''ln the entire outfit there were but
three men who had had Sufficient ex-
perience TO know that getting out a
daily newspaper was not all play
that each issue meant just so many
hours Of hard, grinding, treadmill
work.
lit was intensely amusing to see one
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-01-09
Getting Acquainted.

This" said the man who was trav-
cling on the cars, as he opened his
valise and took out bottle, lis a
mixture called DR.. Jenkinson's Indis-
pensable. l never travel without it.
1t is the best and most agreeable tonic
now on the market, by all odds"
II am not so sure about that" re-
piled the man who was oc cupying the
scat with him. IL have here, and
he opened his own valise ard took out
a bottle-"a tonic called DR.. Ry DO Ids
Extract. which have used for several
years, and consider it the very best
preparation made. No man ought ever
to"
81 have no doubt it is fairly good
medicine in its way" broke in the
other, "but il you had ever tasted DIR.
Jenkinson's Indispensable you would
throw that stuff OF yours away"
II know all about Dr. Jenkinson's
nostrum. sir. l know exactly what
it's made Of"
"You do, hey?"
Yes, sir; and know DR.. Rybold's
Extract is made from precisely the
same formula, only from pure materi-
ais, instead Of the vile and adulterated
ingredients old Jenkinson uses"
'1ts made from the same formula,
is it?"
Exactly the same"
"You lying old ignoramus, how do
you know what it's made off"
How do l know, you insulting old
scoundrel? I'm DR.. Rybold. sir?"
II am glad have found you out,
you internal villain, am Dr. Jenkin-
son"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-01-09
Words. Words. Words.

Edward j. Phelps, ex-Minister to
England, in his article in the Deem
Der Scribner's says: Never since the
creation has there come upon the
earth such deluge OF talk as the lat
ter half of the nineteenth century has
heard. The crater is everywhere, and
has all subjects for his own. The
writer stayeth not his hand by day or
by night. Every successive day brings
forth in the English tongue more dis
course than all the great speakers Of
the past have left behind them, and
more printed matter, such as it is, than
the contents OF an ordinary library.
We certainly seem TO be approaching
the time when hardly anything will he
left to be said on any subject that has
not been said before perhaps many
times over when all known topics
will begin TO be exhausted"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-01-09
Pertinent Advice.

Professor--''Well, Roberts. have you
selected your subject for sophomore
ex. YETI"
Sophomore-"Yes, SIR"
Professor-''That's good. Now let
me give you piece Of advice. What
ever your subject is let 1t become for
the next two months n part Of you.
Saturate yourself with it."
Sophomore-''Yes, sir. Thank you.
SIR"
Professionally the way, may l ask
what your subject isP"
Sophomore" Alcohol and Insani.
~, sir. Huntington Free Press.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-01-09

THE time was when every cultivated
man needed to have the gift OF learn
ing. The Egyptian of the hieroglyphic
era who could not trace on papyrus or
the walls of tomb, the pictured story
of his race was as clearly illiterate as
is the man who to-day cannot read.
Yet this art as a matter of daily use,
is as clearly among thoss lost, as Is
that of swathing mummies and pre-.
serving them for all times.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-01-09

THERE has been great deal OF mys-
terry thrown around the culture of the
filbert and one has been led to believe
that much skill and knowledged is re-
quired in the matter OF training and
pruning the bush to attain any degree
of fruitfulness. 1t is true that the sue
cessful cultivation OF this nut does
largely depend upon its pruning and
training but it Is certainly not beyond
the skill Of any ordinary gardener or
indeed OF anyone who has intelligence
enough to properly prune and train a
grape vine.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-01-09

AMERICANS are far behind the Eu-
ropeans in the matter of selection,
planting and caring for street trees in
our large cities and rural districts.
Greater interest has been taken in this
work, however, during the past few
years, and there is every hopeful sign
that our roadsides will in time be as
beautiful as some of the famous streets
and avenues OF the older countries OF
Eurone.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-01-09

1T is undeniable that, outside OF a
certain limited class Of scholarly and
thougntful people, the great majority
of all who read anything except the
newspapers, read books OF this descrip-
tion. The statistics of popular and
circulating libraries show that seventy
five per cent of all the books taken
out are novels OF recent production.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-01-09

The Cinnamon in New York are
threatening to depart utterly out of
the great Babel and TO form new
community just on the outskirts, be-
cause their landlords in Mott street are
raising their rents. They are quite
capable of carrying cut their threat
and establishing town of several
thousand persons, "heathen Chinee
in everything.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-01-09
Uncle Remus.

Joel Chandler Harris-Uncle Remus
lis an old-fashioned man, who be-
lieves in the gospel OF common sense,
eschewing new-fangled notions in
general. and constantly affirming that
the Bible and Shakespeare are litera-
ture enough for any man. Though
old-fashioned he is not old. Using fun
as life-preserver, he is joking from
morning till night
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-01-09

IT is probable that all other causes
put together are not so prolific OF di-
vorce among the class in which it
commonly takes place, as the fact that
its women are brought up on novels of
a low grade as their habitual and
almost only reading
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-01-09

RUSSIA, although in many respects a
semi-barbarous nation is making steady
progress in civilization. The announce
ment is made that the infiction OF corr
poral punishment on peasants is to be
abolished in the Baltic provinces. 1t
has been the custom to employ the
lash for petty offenses or as means OF
extracting rent or taxes.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-01-09

The popular but highly erroneous
notion that nut trees are very difficult
to transplant has been the bugbear
that has kept back many from planting
nuts. Nut trees may be transplanted
as safely and as readily as any other
tree with ordinary care but it is better
to grow your own trees in the nursery
than to transplant wild trees from the
woods.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-01-09

THERE has been so much smuggling
into New York of late by vessels COM
ing through He'll Gate and along the
sound that Uncle Sam is going to patrol
the sound with two revenue cutters.
He'll Gate has long needed patrol.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-01-09

FORTUNE hunting is not confined to
the male branch of humanity. 1t is
equally failure with the gentler sex.
And it must be confessed, il the OBJ
server OF the drift of society is to record
the truth, that women carry fortune
and title hunting to greater extreme
than their brethren.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-01-09

In nearly all the European countries
the government has either an entire
monopoly OF the tobacco business or
else raise large sums by way OF excess
and customs duties.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-01-09

A SUCCESSFUL dairyman for many
years gives it as his conclusi on that a
well-fed COW that does not earn her en-
tire value in a single year is not
worth keeping in the dairy.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-01-09

IT would seem impossible for any
candid mind to discover in service OF
five years in our army, sufficient cause
for the discomfort that would account
for the numerous assertions constantly
taking place, and, in truth, it does not
lie with the army. but rather with the
man-
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-01-09

STANLEY discovered an extension OF
a lake, range OF mountains, an al
most impenetrable forest, numerous
tribes of hostile Africans, and tons OF
elephant tusks in the heart of the dark
continent The tusks are valuable.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-01-09

The steward OF u New York club has
invented a new sandwich. 1t is feared
that it is an infringement on the Good
year patents.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-01-09

THE influence Of a good caricature,
whether for good or evil, is only fully
appreciated by those who have been its
victims. They only are familiar with
its corroding bittern ess.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-01-14
NOTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given to all per-
~ sons that on the 30th day Decem-
Der. 1880, a meeting of the stockholders
of the Hawaiian Pacific Cable Co was
held ut the Office of +. o. Hall Il Son.
Limited, Honolulu, and at said meeting
it was voted by said stockholders to
accept charter of incorporation grant
ed TO them under the corporate name
and style of 'Hawaiian Pacific Gable
Coz November Is, 1889, and that the
corporation under said charter there
upon organized themselves and elected
the following officers:
j. Sherman Bartholomew of Honolulu
............ ........... President
Hon. Edgar Grow Baker, NJ. F., of
Victoria, d. ..Nice-Prcsident
+. o. White of Honolulu ....Secretary
Frank A. Dudley ofNiagara Falls, N.
1........ .............. treasurer
VIM. w. Hall of Honolulu. Auditor
Notice is further given that pursuant
to the terms of said charter, ''No stock
holder shall individually be liable for
the debts of the Corporation beyond the
amount which shall be due upon the
the share or shares held or owned by
himself T.. o. WHITE,
All I'm Secretary.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-01-14
NEW ZEALAND MULLET

TN one pound tins, is a delicacy that
i is becoming very popular. The
sole agents are
J, f. BROWN Il co.,
AS iw Merchant street.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-01-14
WANTED
NOTICE.

HAVING bought ont Dir. W. II.
IL Page in the "Honolmlu Carriage
Mandatory" at 1913 Fort street, am
prepared to continue the above business
under the Old name of Honolulu Car
riage Mandatory, and being an old
experienced carriage builder solicit
the patronage OF my old friends and the
public In general. and with my thorough
knowledge of the business and with ex-
perienced workmen and using only the
hest material ! guarantee general salts
faction. Please call and see me before
going elsewhere.
(Bigned): GIDEON WEST.
Honolulu, Oct. 20, 1889. SDi II
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-01-14
Oahu Railway 4 Land Co. 5
TIME TABLE:
REGULAR TRAINS:

Leave Honolulu -No. ID n. IN. ::
Moanalua (2.1G miles) 9:l2; Puuloa
(G.23 miles, 9:23; lIalawa (s.li miles)
$3.50; Aiea .(9.37 miles) 0:3G; kalauao
Q0.O2 milcs) 9:39: Waiau (lO.m miles)
SAB; arrive ut Manana (li.1G miles)
g:iS.
Leave lIonot'lu--No. a.--2 p. III !;
Moanalua PAP: Puuloa 2:2a; llalawa
2:3O; Aiea = ::,G; kalauao 2:39: Waiull
2:l3; arrive ut Manana 2:48.
Leave Manana No. Ill n. M;
Waiau (0.s3 miles, IL :O5: KalauaO
GA miles, IL 90: Aiea (2.39 miles)
ll:l2: IIalawa (3.G2) lis; Pnlloa
(o.53) IL 20: Moinalua @ niles II :a6 /:
arrive AT Honolulu II :4s.
Leave Manana No. II p. M :Waiall
l.r5: Kalanao :0J: Aiea 4:l2: Halawa
4;lS: l'unloa les: Moanalua 1876; ar
rive at Honolulu ! AS.
SUNDAY TRAINS:
Leave Honolulu y 30 u. m, 1890 AMI
3 D M; Moanalua 9:l2 II. M, l2:I2
and 3:l2 p. IN Puuloa 9:53 q. M,
1858 and 1928 p. IN; Halawa 10 II. M.
| and 3 go p. M; Aiea 1906 n. M, l :Ni
and 3 :36 p. M; Kalauao 10 :09 n. IN. d,
O9 and $3.50 p. M; Waiau l0:l3a q. M,
] l3 and 8 :43 p. M; arrive at Manana
l0:ls q. IN :lS and 3:iS p. m.
Leave Manana ] Il. M, :43 and 4 :0J
p. M; Wsiau II :05 II. M, AS and 4:lC
p. III. Kalauao II :09 q. M, ] :52 and
4:l4 p. M; Aiea HAP Il. m, ! :55 and
4l7 p. m llalawa II lis n. III 2:G'
and 1 :23 p. M. Pnuloa II 20 u. m, sos
and 4 80 p. m; Moanalua IL :3G Il. III.
2:l0 and i: ~ p. M: arrive at Honolulu,
IL: AZ a. M. 2:3l and i:63 p. m.
n. B.--Trains stop at knlihi either
way only on signal or to leave pas
scngers.
RATES or FARE:
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-01-14

N. B.-Passengers not purchasing tic
kets before boarding the train at sta
tons where tickets are sold, will be
charged 10 cents additional to the
regular fare for train rates.
~ The above time tables and rates
of fares to take effect on Thursday,
January =. 1890.
w. G.. ASHLEY,
ii2 If superintendent.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1890-08-07

A bootblack walked into the Office Of
Mr.. Armour. He had none of his outfit
with him, but the bootblack was stamped
in his face and all over him. He went to
the gate where a guard stands between
his post and the greatest packer in the
world
"W'eres de old MANI" asked the urch-
in.
The guard told the boy to get out.
''You tell de ole man dat l want to see
him. want to see him alone. l don't
want to bodder you nor de ole man. But
want to see de ole man, an want to
see him right off,"
Mr.. Armour at his desk overhead the
ragged request. "Let that boy come in
here" he called to the young man at the
gate. The urchin approached Mr.. Ar
mour in business like way. There
were no preliminary compliments.
"Say," spoke the urchin, II took nap
out dere in de alley, and vile | was
asleep some o dem kids from the board
o. trade come along and swiped (stole)
my kit an I'm short. want ter borrar
a-dollar to buy me kit an III pay you
back on de 'stallment plan. Seer
Mr.. Armour handed the boy two sill.
yer dollars and told him to go. But the
boy handed back one of the dollars and
said:
Il doan' want but one. I'm goin' to
pay it back. and dere's no use O. man
goin' in deeper'n his head. allus keep
my head above de water"
The truth of the above story is vouched
for by one who saw the scene and over
heard the conversation. Chicago Trl b.
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