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Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1890-02-25

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Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1890-02-25
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Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1890-02-25

Der 8ert,eter Der Werte I'm 2usau:S eIss
ntsersR cbIenbett1te wurben bic nsuerIi9en
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flung Der 9ebinse. feiten 9obn pom minbs.
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weitere 9eitir3uns Der S9i9t3eit (oisfeIbe
betrdst iett y Stuaben) einiftmmis abses
Iebnt.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-11-07
GAUGES of WakefuIncss.

Continued wakcfulness is n CRYING
call to review ones habits aud see
what is wrong. BE sure the shoe
pinches somewhere and soon it's effects
will be felt in the lfe-ccntres of the
body. There is, perhaps. mental I'M
rest, irritation or ovcrwork, in which
Iaziness is to be assiduously cultivated.
We may depend upon it there is some
want of balance. One chord is played
upon too much. others arc silent. and
SO the mental mechanism is all out Of
tune. Wisdom. then. dictates a recon-
str'lction of habits. At nj events the
wise person will not resort TO opium.
chloral or any other sedative that
steals away life while soothing it. aud
fixes habits which cannot be overcome.
Much depends upon the power OF
dismissng thought and becoming
almost blank. Napoleon had this
faculty and many another noted person.
The late Lord Napier was believed Nv
the British officers to owe his immense
strength and power Of endurance to
the faculty of going TO sleep at any
moment when not particularly engaged.
One of the famous politicians of Mas
sachusetts, now an old man, yet with
the vigor of boy, has the Same gift.
In all these aud in similar eases there
is both concentration and dctermina-
ton.
BY an effort of the will thought ia
withdrawn from its accustomed chan.
ncls and allowed to tribe with fancics,
that come and go like soft clouds in
summer sky. like the lapse of I'M indo.
lent tide upon the beach, or the breath
ing of n slumbering infant. In fact. to
let thought drift upon any one of them
has somniiic influence. There must
be n passive determination To follow
these gentle undu atoms out into space
and lose ones self there. II Is cuti-
vable tendency and becomes Il habit
Good Housekeeping.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-11-07
Peru'S Social Slavery.

Except in families in which English
customs have effected social methods
q ball is conducted as follows: The
senoritas and their chaperons are
placed in q row along one side of the
room; the caballeros in o file by the
wall opposite. The music begins,
the gentlemen sally across the room
20 secure partners, conversation is
limited to sentences which can he eX-
changed while keeping pace with the
music, and so soon as it ceases the
fair one must be returned to her du--
emma in the row.
When Don Miguel desires to see his
sweetheart, he calls upon her father
and is at liberty to gaze at her dur
ing any brief moments in which he
can divert his attention from her
parents, who are entertaining him.
If his loved ones residence has Il win
dow opening on the street, he may
COUNCISc NlUlI anu obuCi
bers OF the family through the iron
grating with which the lower win
dows of houses in the Spanish coun-
tries are always surrounded to pro-
tect them against robbers, lovers
and the like.
After he is accepted he is asked to
dinner at 7, and, rs this meal lasts two
hours and is followed by tea at l, he
can feast his eyes upon his chnrmer
for five consecutive blissful hours; and
ifthere be q number of guests he may
get few minutes talk with her in n
corner. 1t can hardly be possible
that such restrictions Of the sexes is
really necessary to purity, but prox-
unity to the equator may have some
influence in the matter. Here if
young lady is alone with n young
man she is seriously compromised.
A moonlight buggy ride would he
cause for public scandal, the young
lady being the only one to suffer in
reputation.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-11-07
STANLEY Is CRUStY.
A Disappointed Publishers Picture of tho
Great Explorer.

40 say that Stanley's temper is
caustic," IA gentleman in big publish
ing house on Broadway said to N. Y.
San man, lis putting it very mildly.
went across the ocean to see Stanley
in the intesest of our house. hoping to
get something from him for publica.
ton, and my experience leads me to
believe that caustic, as applied to the
African explorer, is an exceedingly
feeble and unimpressive word. l went
to him with an offer that ought to have
made any man feel proud. My propo-
sition was not covered with blue and
yellow ribbons ornamented with little
bells, nor did l attempt in any way
to be dramatic or impressive. AS a
business man of long experience !
went to Mr.. Stanley and laid before
him plain business proposition. Ii
involved the payment to him at once
of very large sum of money and the
subsequent payment during three
years of great many thousand dol
larrs in quarterly installments. II
meant a very large fortune to the en-
plOrer, and. though knew that every
body had been after him, felt rather
glad to have the opportunity of offer
ing him so good a thing. I found a
man with white hair colorless face,
and mouth the expression of which
cannot be described by any other word
than bitter. and eyes that were abso-
lutely lusterless.
He listened to me with an air OF
forced politeness; then he said it was a
curious thing that people did not know
that he had already made arrange
ment for everything he could write
for the next five years, aud after that
he made few comments on the man.
ner in which people bored him with
propositions to write and lecture. He
finished after few sarcastic remarks,
rose, and said that he hoped that I
would consider our interview salts
factory. made short bow, and drifted
out of the room. He seemed to regard
my visit as a piece of impertinence.
and his manner was so magnificent that
l actually put on my hat and walked
for mile before / discovered that /
had forgotten to lay before him the
many points which ! had thought of
on my way across the water. | re-
turned the following morning for this
purpose, but the explorer could not be
seen.
In England there is but one opinion
about Stanley. He is believed to be Il
trine short tempered and somewhat
assertive, but there is no question but
he knows exactly what he wants and
means, what he says when he cares to
speak. Socially he is almost as silent
man as was Gen. Grant. He has
been known to sit through an entire
dinner without uttering more than Il
dozen words, though he listens with
utmost courtesy to the talk of his neigh
hor
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-11-07
In Season..

The early settlers of the vest werc
not men to yield tamely o injustice
or to be easily discouraged by obsta-
cles. An incident related in the "His-
tory of Macomb County," Michigan,
affords n good illustration OF their
spirit. Jacob Crawford had located
in Ray township, and shortly after
ward land speculator appeared at
his house and made no secret of his
intentions to secure the very land to
which Mr.. Crawford thought he held
IL prior claim.
"'First come, first served you
know, is the rule at the land office"
was the mans reply to Mr.. Craw-
ford's objection.
The stranger spent the night at
Mr.. Crawford's cabin. After he had
retired the pioneer said to his wife,
eve got to 20 to the land Office mt
Detroit and get ahead o that feller."
you can't do it," his wife answer
ed despondently. "He'll start in the
morning, an he's got q smart pony,
an all you've got is your oxen"
"But I'll start ot-night: and I'll
beat him-on foot, too"
He set out at once, and made good
progress until, just south OF Mt.
Clemens, he sprained his ankle. But
he was not to be conquered by such
an accident; he cut two saplings
with his sheath knife. and using
these us crutches proceeded on his
way.
The next forenoon, when within
six miles of Detroit, near a tavern,
he heard n horseman coming. He
stepped aside and concealed himself
in the bushes until the horse and
rider, who proved to be the land
SPECTATOR, passed. To his satislac-
ton he noticed the man ride up to
the tavern and dismount from his
pony.
Mr.. Crawford passed around the
house unnoticed and pushed rapidly
on to Detroit. He reached the land
office, made his claim, paid over his
money, received his certificate and
was in the act of leaving when the
Spectator entered.
You herel" he demanded, in sur
prise.
Eyes, Pm here" the settler return
ed dryly. Its first come, first
served you know, at the land office,
an ] reckon I'm all right"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-11-07

PREACHERS have been heard OF be-
fore now who had the faculty Of put
ting their hearers to sleep while ex-
pounding the gospe, from the pulpit,
but clergyman in Pennsylvania pre-
SCENTS the singular phenomenon OF
preaching when he Is sound asleen
himself He is known as the sleeping
pre- ,cher, and while lying in deep
SUMMER on bed he delivers an Olo-
quent discourse OF which he remembers
nothing or awakening. There are
times. perhaps. when u sleeping
preacher is not as desirable rs a wide
awake preacher, but at least he ought
to be rather popular with people who
like TO take II snooze during the
sermon without being seen by the
pastor.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-11-07
just What NIufti Is.

What does "mufti" mean? Is It an
American, an Angicism. Gallicism.
or pure undultcrated slang? In the
days of spelling and definition bees,
fifteen years ago. it would have been
selected rs II good word to torture as
pirants for the prizes.
Briefly expressed, multi, is military
term largely used in Europe and in less
degree in this country for the use of
civil dress or plain clothes by regu-
lar military or naval officer entitled to
wear uniforms at all times, rs was
actually done by officers in the army
or navy of the great nations up to the
close of the last century.
In the present day there seems to be
such burning desire on the part of
officers in the army and navy of the
United States to get rid of the evil
dences of their presumably honorable
calling that the wearing OF multi, or
plain clothes, is IN almost universal
practice. Whether it is for the good of
the country that the objecting to wear
ing uniforms on the streets, outside of
parades or public professions is ex-
tending to the non-cOmmissioned
OiuCcIS anu pIiNutcS VI Iuc Regular Sci-
vice. is n question that is just now re-
ceiving considerable attention from the
thoughtful citizens.
Turning for moment to the philo-
logical issue involved in the word
multi" it appears that the term is of
Arabic origin and was adopted into
the Hindoostan; tongue TO express tho
assumption of plain clothes by the
officers in the service of the old East
India Company. which was COM
mercial corporation invested with
military powers. In the original
Arabic .muftiA indicated n person, not
thing, namely, n doctor or teacher of
religions or Mohammedan law, which
is its present primary Interpretation in
Turkey. The French speak of an
officer "in mufti' rs zen Pekin," thus
again recognizing the oriental origin
of the word. The German army uses
mutt" To express the assumption of
civilian clothes after being in uniform,
and the Russians recognize the term in
the same scnse.-Sdn francisco
Chronicle
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-11-07
4 Broken Knee Joint.

What is commonly called the knee
cap, writes II physician in the Boston
Herdid is Il small, triangular bone sit
uated ut the front OF tho knee Joint.
One of its purposes is to protect the
joint: another is to favor the action OF
certain muscles. When this bone is
broken across the parts are separated
by its attachments. TO bring them to-
gethcr until they are united is always
difficult operation, unless the frag-
ments are wired together.
There are certain fractures that cam
not lie treated in this way. but in those
which can the method should be en-
ploycd. for it promises by far the best
results. Not only is recovery more
rapid than where other procedures are
used, but the victim suffers the least
possible discomfort. When the knee
cap is broken anil the physician advises
wiring the patient ought by all
means. in his own interest. to unhcsi-
tatingiy consent to the operation.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-11-07

AN English newspaper charged q
shire councillor with having "tiddly-
winked the shire funds" The law
was invoked and, after consulting all
available dictionaries without finding
any definition Of the term, the courl
decided that the phrase was not neces-
EARLY libelous. The game of fiddle
wipks, which is now in vogue in this
country. is one Of skill. and an expert
tiddle-winker must be gifted with
sleight of hand. Financial fiddle.
winking is a suggestive phrase, and is
now introduced for the first time.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-11-07
.As THE suns spots remain for tw

LAS THE suns spots remain for two
Or three months on the average before
disappearance, we have been able"
says Ii. Clements, in the Newberry
House Magazine, ito determine the
time that the sun takes to revolve on
its axis. These spots travel from the
eastern to the western edge Of the sun
in such way as to show that they
form part OF, and are really attached
to, the suns disc. The average time
taken by IA great many has been found,
giving about twenty-five days as the
period taken by the sun in making one
revolution on its axis"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-11-07
A Word About Globe 1rotting.
From Scribner.

From Scribner.
For my part, l protest against all
this struggling and globe trotting.
If there was any limit or end or any
legitimate purpose to it, it might
be tolerated. But there is not. 1t
is simply a return to vagrancy and
nomadism. The same people who
are doing all this struggling this
year will be ut il again next year, or
the year after, Mt the out side. Once
the habit is formed they never stay
at home, except for so long us sul-
fees for necessary measures OF f.
nancial reinforcement.
OF course there il some use in tray
ell. 1t is instrutive to have seen the
world and know what is in it. 1t
gives the means of making compari :
sons, imparts culture and opens the
eyes generally. But these contem
porary tramps of ours have long
since passed the stage of learning
anything, Their notion of travel is
rest and repairs, and to have fun
good things in their way, but by this
generation Unfortunately pursued. |
say they are a frivolous lot-our
tramps; that they try to dodge lie;
that by keeping perpetually on the
90 they succeed in evading tho habits
of work and the natural ties that
stay-at-home people have to form,
ano the responsibilities that they
have to share.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-11-07
Swimming for Boys.

II never would allow my boy to
learn to SWIM" said the mother of an
only son; land | never could bear to
have him in boat. Skating / always
detested. and ball playing I consider
vulgar. He had a horse for riding.
and he was always allowed to walk rs
much as he chose" C)
Her hearers understood why it was
that her son had grown up to be n
narrow-chested and delicate man. and
were thankful that he was permitted
to 90 out doors ut all in his boyhood.
Fortunately this young man had
possessed strong love for walking.
and also for study, which had kept him
from inanition. and also out of mis-
chief. But for IN active. full-blooded
boy not decidedly studious, such II
bringing up rs has been described
would have meant either ruin or death.
There is no need to dcscant upon the
manifold attractions and uses Of swim
ming. All proper precautions for his
safety should he taken. but your boy
should learn 10 swim. Never let him
20 into the water unless he is we'll;
neither let him 20 alone or with fighly
boys only. even when he has mastered
the art of natation-cramps aud acct
dents of all sorts arc too common for
that. Keep him away from rapids aud
whirlpools, and impress upon him at
every opportunity, by anccdoic. pre-
cept and example, tho necessity Of cx-
ercising prudence in the matter. Espe-
cially see that he is familiar with REM
euies for cramp and with tho ,po,Irs
of reviving the drowned. Many Il
valuable life has been lost because u
boys companions did nos understand
how to use proper rcstoratives when
his body was first recovered from the
water.-Katc Epson Ciarb, IN Harpt.'s
Da%Qr.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-11-07

THE comparatively high prices fixed
by their owners on the best animals
shown at fairs arc not fancy" and
should not discourage any from at
tempting needed Improvements Of their
own stock. The pure-bred stock in
many cases produces enough more
from the same feed to warrant a
large part OF the price demanded for
it. The rest is abundantly justified
by its ability to reproduce its valuable
characteristics In its progeny. 1t costs
comparatively little for any farmer "a
grade up his stock in any desired di.
rection. and this will always pay.
When his grades show the unexpected
Improvement, and begin to pay. IL will
be comparatively easy to begin pur>
chasing and breeding thoroughbred.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-11-07

A CANADIAN well-digger has been
sent to Jail for pouring water down a
we'll which he was digging for farm
er on a contract which called for sc
much money when water was struck.
If the unsophisticated fellow had only
poured the water into some corporation
stock it would have been a much more
profitable swinule, besides being abso.
lutely safe-and honorable.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-11-07
NcutralizinE Mad-Dog Poison.

DR.. Arapad Bokai, professor of tho
University of Klausenburg, claims to
have compounded solution which
completely ncutralizes the poison in
troduced into the system by the bite If
the mad-dog. This solution consists of
chlorine water, salt brine. sulphurous
acid, permanganate Of potassium, aud
eucalyptus oil.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-11-07

A SCIENTIFIC paper says: The
Fiske position finder at Fort Hamilton
shows an error Of less than one-third
of / per cent in determining the dis
tauce off of a target of any well-estab-
lished point in the lower bay" The
Fiske position finder ought to be a
great thing for officeseebers who as yet
have failed to find position.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-11-07

THE Sioux Indians who are looking
for an Indian Messiah are under the
leadership of an old medicine man
named Red Shirt, who is believed to
be over one hundred years old. He
gets his name from the fact that he
has always worn red flannel shirt,
and his extreme old age is inferred
perhaps from the evident antiquity 0i
that garment.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-11-07

A BALTIMORE preacher puzzled his
congregation the other Sunday by re-
marking without any further expiaua-
ton that they reminded him of the
moon. Perhaps, with thoughts OF the
meager contribution box in his mind,
he meant that like pale Luna at times
they appeared to be at their last quar-
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-11-07

WHEN labor unions dissolve, they
will dissolve themselves. They will
live until their time of usefulness is
passed. and the interior sustaining
force has gone out of them, but they
will never be eXterminated.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-11-07

BISMARCK is an enormous eater. His
supper usually consists OF big Ham
burg steak, lot Of Weiner sausages,
large dish of sauerkraut, number
of Linn burger sandwiches and plenty
of beer. At the close of this light re-
past he might we'll say with Macbeth,
II have supped full with horrors"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-11-07

NEARLY seven million pounds OF
dates were imported last year. What
prodigies we would be if our memory
for dates were as good as our appetite
for 'em.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-11-07

A BUTCHER in San Francisco has
been arrested for selling sharks meat
under another name. He is hardly as
bad, however, as the meat sharks who
are grinding the people with big
trust
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-11-07

DIT ties rs ringing the bell, keeping a
sharp lookout a lad, and watching for
signals are throw in just to keep him
in practice during the few minutes
he may chance to spend on his seat
la
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-11-07
A Prescription.

Many persons are troubled with ey-
cessive perspiration about the face aud
arms. A remedy for this is almond
meal or pastachio meal. This may be
applied to the face dry or in the bath.
1t gives peculiar vclvcty softness TO
the skin and is exceedinginly agree
able. There are few things more un.
pleasant than an oily complexion. and
any simple means to overc"me it GER
tainly deserves to he commanded.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-11-07

The city of Hamburg has surplus
of 81, 100000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-11-12

MRS. JOHN A. CALHOUN vas taken sudden
" i'll last Friday night at the house Of MIR. E.
3. Calhoun. 1t is matter OF congratulatlon
70 her relatives that she is now impr0Vbng bs
friends we're, for q time, apprehenslVe oi Sc
rious result.
MIR. R. E. HILL has bought that part OF the
II. H. Wardlaw estate which Mr.. ]. Allen
one hundred acres. The price paid was 81, 800
Mr.. Hill will build dwellidg house on the
land, and move to IT.
The Honorable ]. J. Hemphill indulged In
the mother-in-law joke at the recent banquet.
We did pot expect him TO do that Speaking
for ourself, We would be much obliged TO some
good mother, If she would consent TO the rela-
tionship.
The officers OF the Farmers Loan and Trust
Company return thanks to the kind friends
who contributed two stalks OF sugar cane TO
the decorations at the Bank on occasion ol
the r. r. Jubilee of last week.
SOME OF the exhibition pieces at the fire.
works were hard to understand, and niger
Gus to fool with" but thanks TO Mr.. Gillian,
no one was hurt and each one went OIL beau.
tifully.
Miss Rosa CARRINGToN left last Monday
for her home in MiiledgeNilie, Georgia. Mis-.
Mamie Seal and Miss Maggie Brooks went
with her as far as Augusta.
Miss ELLEN TRIBBLE, of Donalds. spent q
few days last week with Miss Lucy Moore,
and took In the jubilee.
MRS. HUGHEY, who has been visiting here
for the past three weeks, has returned 10 her
home In Greenwood.
MISS BESSIE CoTHRAN is visiting her friend
Miss Clarke Cothran, having come to the
Railroad jubilee.
Mr. w. A. TEMPLEToN is off to the Fair,
and will be back Thursday or Friday.
MISS IDA DEvLIN spent few days last
week with Mrs. Robertson.
THE trade last Thursday was quite small.