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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1890-12-18

Foul poisons that accumulate in the blood
and rot the machinery Of the system, al c
eradicated and expelled by using PIickly Ash
Bitters, medicine that will not irritate the
stomach or bowels. 1t acts in a gentle man
ner On these delicate organs, and restores
health in every case,
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1890-12-18

mo harm to do this, and no harm TO do
thatn generally means to take another step
toward IerditioD.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1890-12-18

A SORE THROAT OR CoUGH, If suffered to
progress, often results in an incurable throat
or luug trouble. browns Bronchial
1rochesn give instant relief.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1890-12-18

Trades and Occupations.
THE YoUTn's COMPANION for 1891 will
give an instructive and helpful Serious OF
Papers, each OF which describes the charac.
ter of some leading Trade for Boys or Occu-
patton for Girls. They give information ms
10 the Apprenticeship required to learn each
the Wages to be expected, the Qualities
needed in order to enter and The prospects
of Success. To New Subscribers who send
sl.'5 at once the paper will be sent free tc
Jan. l, 1891, and for full gear from that
date. Address,
THE louTu's COMPANION, Boston, Mass.
How much did the man owe who robbed
Peter IN nay m all1
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1890-12-18

oN II E&J " -
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the svs-
TEN eAectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro.
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
csptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances,
Its many excellent qualities COM
mend it to all and have made it
the most popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in SOC
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Amy reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept
any substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG syrup co.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. Ky. NEW YORK. M
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1890-12-18

The tattooed man is the man whose neigh
boris boy has drum.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1890-12-18

SWEDISH ASTHMA CURE never fails. Send
your address. Trial package mailed free.
Collins Brothers. Drug Co., st. Louis, Mo.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1890-12-18

Illinois voters must have been happy when
they fired Cannon.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1890-12-18

Garfield Tea acts on blood, renovating the en-
dire systemi brings the hue OF health back TO faded
checks.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1890-12-18

When some men can't have anything else,
they have habit
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1890-12-18

Marriage, unfortunately, sometimes prove!
to be an nnti-dote.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1890-12-18

UOImnn's liver Pnds.
fIolman's Liver Pads cure MALARIA.
Homan's Liver Pads cure BILIoUsNEss.
H0man's Liver Pads cure INDIGESTION.
Pamph ct free with full Instructions and commendn-
TONS. HOLMAN LIVER PAD Co., z. o. Box 2ll2, MY.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1890-12-18

Dyspepsia is said to be unkn own in Japan
So are boarding houses.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1890-12-18

II the Ethiopian could change his skin II
would threw good many men out OF en-
ployment i'm politics
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1890-12-18

In Texas now they track horse-thief on
hoss-trail-ian system.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1890-12-18
THE LUXURY OF TRAVEL.

Molecules are very small-rtarly as small
as the souls of some people.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-07-04
Unlimited Credit.

A country schoolmistress had much
trouble with her pupils and to avoid it
made her examples placed before them
of an explanatory character or illus
trative, says the Young Ladies Journal.
The effect was often unexpected. In
going over their usual reading lesson a
line was chosen by the lady upon which
to test the merits of the scholars. The
line read: And he was man OF I'M
limited credit in business.
Now, John, can you tell me what is
meant by the word credit when used
as in this lessonp"
Thus she addressed one of the Stun
bling-blocks of the school.
II dunno. marm, 50. d Johnny, look
Ing sheepishly.
''You don't kuowP" said the mistress.
''Well, look here. Suppose your moth
er was to become short of money at
the latter part of the week and needed
provisions, ETC., now what would she
do?"
She was satisfied that her illustration
was plain and awaited the correct reply
and il came thus:
"Well. marm," replied Johnny, 81
dunno what she would do unless she
pawned dads Sunday coat"
The subject was instantly dropped
and the teacher has lost all faith in that
style of illustration.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-07-04

Hio parable: "And that servant viii h
knew his Lords will and prepared not him
self, neither did according to His will, shall
be beaten with many stripes" Theories in
reli gion have a beauty of their own, but IL
they result in no warmth of Christian life
IL is the beauty of born blende and field.
spar. DO not call such GOODNESS and hard
ness religion. The river OF life rever
freezes over. Icicles never hang on the
caves of heaven. Soundness of intellect
ual belief is beautiful cloak, we'll woven
and we'll cut, but In the hour when God
shall demand our souls IL will not OF itself
be sufficient TO hide our iniauities.
My friends, can II be that / have been
unkind, and torn from you some hope upon
watch you were resting for time and etcrn-
ityl Verify, would be unkind IT, having
taken away your cloak, did not offer you
something better. This is a cold world and
you want something TO wrap around your
spirit Christ offers you q robe TO day. He
wove IL Himself and He will now with
Ii IS own hand prepare it just TO fit your
SOUL The righteCusn IS He offers Is like
the coat he used TO wear about Judea, with
out seam from top TO bottom There Is a
day Of doom. Coward would be il | did
not dare to tell you this 1t shall
be q day of unutterable disappointment
TO those who have trusted in their official
dignity, in their elegant manners, in their
outward morality, in their soundness of in
tellectual belief. But see soul standing
before God who once was thoroughly de-
led. Yet look at him and you cannot find
a single transgression anywhere about him.
How is this, you ask Was he not once
Sabbath breaker, biasphemer, roOber.
a periurer, thief, murdererl Yes, but
Chriat hat nlaunua1 i'm ri hat
Ii ted him up. Christ hath rent off his rags.
Christ hath clothed him in spot
less robe OF righteousness That is
the reason why you cannot see
his former degradation. This glorious
hope in Christs name is preferred to-day.
wandering and Maynard soul, s not this
salvation worth coming for, worth striving
Tor! Do you wonder that so many with
bitter weeping, have bcsought it and with
q very enthusiasm of sorrow cried for
divine compassionl Do you wonder at the
earnestness OF those who stand in pulpits
beseeching men TO be reconciled to Godl
Nay, do you wonder at the importantly Of
the Holy Ghost who now striveth with thy
souli In many OF the palaces OF Europe
the walls are mosaic Fragments Of shells
and glass are arranged by artists and
aggre lated into pictori Il splendor. WAT
made out Of broken shells and broken
glass Oh, yes; God grant that by the
transforming power OF His Spirit we may
all be made a part of the eternal palaces,
our broken and fragmentary natures
polished and shaped and lifted up to make
part OF the everlasting sp.endors Of the
heavenly temple
For sinners Lord, Thou cam'st to bleed,
And Pm a sinner vile indeed
Lord, | believe Thy grace is free;
Oh, magnify Thy grace in me-
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-07-04
Mongrellsm at Linn.

Lima. the capital OF Peru, is pro-
nounced to lie the headquarters of all
the worlds mone reldom. Its popula-
ton is the product OF three centuries
OF race-crossing, and "a scientific inves-
tigator finds easily distinguishable
among the inhabitants the following
crosses: Cholo, offspring of white
father and Indian mother; mulatto,
offspring of white father and negro
mother; quadroon, offspring OF white
father and mulatto mother; quinteroon.
offspring of white father and quadroon
mother; Chino. offspring OF Indian
father and negro mother; Chino Cholo,
offspring of Indian father and Chinese
mother; Chino Oscuro, offspring of
Indian father and mulatto mother;
Sambo Chino. offspring Of negro father
and mulatto mother; Sambo, offspring
of mulatto father and Sambo Chino
mother; Sambo Claro, offspring OF In-
dian father and Sambo Chino mother.
These are the most noticeable crosses,
but there are many others.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-07-04
Bold Ben Thompson,

All over Texas Ben Thompson's
note was negotiable paper, says a
writer in the St. Paul Pioneer Press,
and no man who ever presented him
with a bill was treated with any
thing but polite business courtesy.
Twas introduced to Thompson at
Austin, Tex, and the meeting was
not in saloon, gambling-house
nor ever a hotel. The place was a
quiet, orderly ice-cream parlor, and
Ben Thompson and his wife were eat
ing strawberry cream ut table near
by to a coterie of high-school girls
one of them being daughter OF ex-
Governor Ireland of Texas.
Thompson was a small-sized man,
yet not slender. He was elegantly,
get not SLOWLY, dressed; his clothes
indicated Il correct taste, "a diamond
stud and a thread of gold watch
chain comprising all his personal
iewelry He was a handsome man OF
forty-fve, with small, black mustache
and hazel eyes.
Yet this man had record of hav-
ing killed thirteen white men and
twice that number OF half breed Mex
leans and Indians. A few months lat
er he was himself killed in San An
tonic, along with Kingfisher, in a
hand-to-hand conflict with two other
men in the Vaudeville Theater.
He was never known to take anun-
fair advantage of an enemy, q num-
Der of his victims having had the
first shot at him. Once in Il st )reIhe
ordered q man with whom he was
engaged in lively dispute togo out
side and pass around the block to
the right; he would pass around to
the left and meet him. They did SO;
the man blazed away at Thompson
with shotgun loaded with buckshot,
missed, went into the air at the crack
of Ben's revolver, and fell Il corpse.
And thus with every case OF Thomp-
sons numerous killings the prelimin-
aries were always favored with q
dash of dramatic sensationalism.
AS Thompson and his wife passed
out of the ice-cream bazar | noticed
that she had but one arm. The 9th
err had been shattered by Winches-
ter ball in Denver, when she threw it
across Ben's head upon discovering
COUGHING form drawing bead on
him. AT the time ofhis death Thomp-
son was city marshal OF Austin.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-07-04
The House in Which Abraham
Was Born.

Not far from Aleppo is situated the
little town of Orfah 1.-THE ancient Ur OF
the Chaldess), which is of great his
torical interest, it having been the
birthplace of the patriarch Abraham.
There are few Jews in the place, but
the Arabs still point out small
building, lying outside the town,
which they declare TO be the house
wherein Abraham first saw the light,
and which they therefore term Belt
El-Chaltl (the house of the friend of
Cod. 1t is most improbable that
the actual house should have stood
for thousands of years, but there is
no doubt that the building in ques-
ton is Of great antiquity. BY its
present owner, an Arab peasant, as
we'll as the Arabs generally, it is held
in utmost veneration, the more so
since it is feared that within few
years it will fall to the ground n vic
tim of natural decay.-St. Louis Re-
public,
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-07-04
Just the Man Needed.

Stranger Say, have you any per-
jurers locked up here?
Prison warden-Why, yes, of course
but
Stranger-Auy regular Judas Is
CARROTS, weather prophets, o
Prison warden-Yes, we have some
pretty hard characters - men who
would rather lie than eat; but
Stranger-Got man who would just
as lief swear that Benedict Arnold
was the first president of the country,
or that
arden-Yes, but what on Garth
Stranger-l should like TO talh with
the worst liar you have, if you please.
What for? Who are you"
Stranger-I'm the proprietor OF q
summer hotel, and want him TO write
the prospectus for it.-Lawrence
American.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-07-04
A Tunnel Through the Fog.

The steamer on which Capt. Sar ah
was working was coming through
one of the Newfoundland coast fogs
some years ago, behind another
steamer, which was miles ahead. AS
the first steamer passed through the
earth clouds, it tunneled as clearly
and as clsanly as q gang of men
would tunnel through the earth.
Seeing this, the comms nder of the
second boat steered his steamer in
to the tunnel of mist, and could
plainly see the steamer ahead, while
everything on the sides was obscur-
ed. After being in the clouds for
some hours, it closed on the steam
err, filing the decks. The steamer
carried a load of the fog into London,
and thousands of people visited her
while in port to see her phenomenal
deck load.-Baltimorc American.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-07-04
The Bride and the Drummer.

A bridal couple took our train
from Buffalo for Philadelphia, and it
was generally remarked that they
conducted themselves as well as
could be expected under the circum-
stances. After about four hours
ride the groom got off at station
where a short stop was made, saying
to the bride that he wanted to speak
to man, but saying to one of the
boys on the quiet: "When the train
starts I'll get into the car behind,
and she'll think / was left. Then
look out to see her go into fits. I'll
appear on the scene in time to pre-
vent consequences. The program
was carried out. AS the train start
ed drummer rushed into the car
and pumped himself down beside
the bride without a question, and in
five minutes he was talking about
the weather and a dozen other things.
She grew interested at once, and did
not even appear TO think oi her new
ly-made husband. The latter waited
quater of an hour, and then sneak
ed into the car. He expected to find
her half dead with anxiety. but she
wasn't. She was talking in very
animated way, and when he came
forward she looked up and said:
THAT you, James? thought you
were left. Sit down dack there some
where" And fer two hours he ''sot,"
while that drummer held the fort,
and everybody was tickled to death.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-07-04
biblical Units.

Biblical units have the following
equivalents: A shekel of gold was IS.
A firkin was seven cents. A talent of
gold was $13,S0 A talent of silver
was S53S,30. Ezekiel's reed was nearly
eleven feet. A cubit was nearly TWEEN
ty-two inches. A bin was one gallon
and two pints. A mite was less than
"a quarter Of u glass. A shekel OF sill
yer was about fifty cents. A piece of
silver, or penny, was thirteen cents.
A Sabbath days journey was about an
English mile. An ephah, or bath,
contains seven gallons and FIVE pints.
A days journey was about twenty
three and one-fiith miles. A hands
breadth is equal to three and FIVE
eighth inches. A fingers breadth is
equal to one inch. A farthing was
seven cents.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-07-04
How Shot Files.

When standing within a few yards
OF the guns muzzle at the time OF dis
charge, person would be amazingly
astonished were he only able to see
the shot as they 60 whizzing by. Ex-
periments in instantaneous photogra.
ply have proved to US that the shot
not only spread ont. comet-like, as they
fly, but they string out one behind the
other to much greater distance than
they spread. Thus, with cylinder
gun. when the first shot of a charge
reaches target that is forty yards
away, the last shot is tagging along ten
yards behind. Even with the choke
bore gun some OF the shot will lag be-
hind eight yards in forty.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-07-04

THE voracity of the silkworm is
great, consuming as it does in its life
OF tbirty-five days sixty thousand
times its primitive weight; yet It's
weight on merging from the egg is but
the one hundredth part of grain
(about forty thousand silkworms to an
ounce), and its entire food during its
life weighs less than one-half of an
ounce Of leaves.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-07-04

IT is likely that the real fight over
revision will be after the changes rec
commended by the general assembly
are submitted to the several rresby-
teries. In all country churches many
strong doctrinal sermons will be de-
livered. Country people are conserva-
tive and lovers OF strong religious and
and political doctrines. Doctors do
not administer castor oil to them in
capsules and the pills they take are moi
sugar-coated.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-07-04

THE poets hyperbole upon the death
of a king, Hung be the heavens in
black; yield day to night" serves very
we'll as a figure of speech, but tho
universal law is memorable, and the
death OF any human creature, how
ever distinguished. is but the opera
lion Of that law, calm, placid, remorse-
less. The new generation is ready to
20 on with the burdens of life, and the
human race as whole makes pro-
press.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-07-04

' A New YORK gossip, writing OF
William Waldorf Aston, says that since
ns inherited his fathers million he
has lost his old cheerfulness and is be-
coming haggard and querulous under
the weight OF money bags. 1t is moro
likely that Mr.. Astor's temper is being
spoiled by the mistaken solicitude Of
his many friends who would like to
relieve his shoulders of his burden.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-07-04

IT is certain that the machinery OF
the Interstate Commerce law is fatally
defective. and that so far as it is pro-
ducing any effect whatever, that effect
is wholly bad, especially in the region
west of Chicago, where the long and
short haul clause bears so heavily
upon the granger communities.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-07-04

THE sealskin buffalo made by cross.
Ing polled Aberdeen cattle on the wild
stock have fine, glossy fur, as beauti-
full as that of the seal, and much
thicker. The hump on the buffalo al :
most entirely disappears on this cross,
and with it the shaggy man for which
buffaloes have always been noted.
There are now twelve OF these seal
buffalo and the cross promises to bo-
come a successful and valuable breed.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-07-04

BosToN culture is making rapid
strides 1t used to confine itself to
draping Venuses and Apollos in the
interest OF morality, but to-day it has
taken holder step and has concealed
the wickedness OF rum-shops under the
respectable name OF cafe. True the
rum-shop is still there, and so is the
wanton and shameless Venus, but the
proprieties have been observed. Great
is the reform OF the Bost onians.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-07-04
He Didn,t Know tan, Artcr All.

Yellowly: "Whitely is a very intelli-
gent fellow, isn't hep" Brownly; HE
pretends to be-" Yellowly; HE knows
lots" Brownly: There's one thing he
doesn't know" Yellowly: What is
thatP" Brownly: He doesn't know
that he doesn't know eyerythinS."-
Boston Courier.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-07-04

THE Georgia editor who says that
he will run farm in connection with
his newspaper, doubtless intends
delicate hint to country subscribers
that he can raise all the pumpkins his
family requires, and that subscriptions
will not hereafter be payable in apples.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-07-04
AM 0hsrnrltr In ana ronrne.

Occasionally the English tongue
does present an inherent obscurity
that battles the punctuation mark.
Take that definition Of "Goutleman-
one who does nothing we'll" How
are you going TO punctuate that so as
TO clarity its meaning as: One who.
doing nothing '---- is wellr
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-07-04

THE grip, though it DESTROYS fewer
lives than some other epidemics, is one
Of the most distressing plaques thate
afflicted human beings. The work OF
the malady is yet visible. Thousands
CT people are still suffering more or
less from the lingering effects OF its
dread hold upon them, and many
curious results due to it are coming to
light
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-07-04

BISMARCK is restless and uneasy. He
upends his time playing solitaire and
In writing letters which he reads and
destroys. He is probably prepared to
.ook upon life as failure.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-07-04

A GROWING city like an increasing
family, requires a larger expenditure
of money every year. Only a town
that has passed into a condition OF de-
cline can reduce its annual expenses.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-07-04

SUGAR cane, according to Mr.. d.
Morris. is nowhere found wild, and it
has been supposed to have lost its
power of producing seed. In speci-
mems received at Kew Gardens. how
ever, seeds have been found. This
discovery is important as it is antici-
pated that cross fertilization and selec-
ton OF seedlings may greatly improve
the plant.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-07-04

THE London Lancet recomme nds n
beverage made from the new kolanut
as a substitute for tea ana coffee. 1t
contains very little tannin. not much
more caffeine, and its power o. reha-
bilating after fatigue and allaying the
pangs Of hunger are such that it might
be used by an army on the march in
place of regular ratlons.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-07-04

AN English journal OF aristocratic
tendencies has been discussing the
possibility OF distinguishing "high and
low born blood" by means OF the
microscope. There are many other
more fictitious aids that may help to
make the distinguishing marks.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-10-09
HORTICULTURAL HINTS.

PTNCu back the grape vine that was
planted last spring.
MANAGING an orchard without a force
pump IS a good deal like attempting to
grow corn crop without plows, harrows
or cu'tivators-
YOU may easily see the eggs Of the
tent caterpillar if you will look, and the
twigs on which the eggs are found
should be cut of and burned.
Throw aside all wormy apples when
gathering. and feed them TO the stock,
for the Larvae escapes from the apple in
time, and fresh eggs are laid.
TREES sixty feet in height. have been
transplanted IN a Chicago cemetery.
They were moved on rollers, the trees
being kept in an uprirh. position.
Cut of the black knot on the plum
trees, trim them and apply kerosene to
the surface Of the cut Caution must be
taken not to let the oil touch the healthy
bark.
STUDY carefully the habits of insects
There is u period in the life of every
insect when it can be most easily de-
stroyed and we shall never learn when
that is without study.
IT is said that Mr.. Vanderbilt's cab
bages cost him dollar head. We do
not know which Vanderbilt is meant
The old man would not have eaten many
cabbages that cost that
IN answer TO the inquiry Of a CORE
spondent we would say thai we do not
advise grating the pear upon apple
trees. But those who inform him that
such gratis will never live are in error.
IT is possible TO transplant large.
even full grown trees, but it should
never be attempted, except under un-
usual circumstances. A tree that is,
say one inch in diameter, is as large as
tree should be to transplant ordi-
uarily