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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-09-25
Wa. Jlm,- Hair Cun

Town meetings in Maine are some
times pretty lively affairs, vide this
from the Belfast Age. "A town war
rant was tackled upon the school house
door in a neighboring town recently
ordering a town meeting for some
issue therein stated. Some wag. MOTTO
ing II, added among the articles of the
meeting And to see how much the
town will appropriate to have Jim
Blanks hair cut meaning u we'll
known character whose hair had never
been cut. The srticle was read by the
moderator in a business-like manner
with the rest, and he inquired what
action should be taken on it before he
discovered anything wrong. Jim was
there himself and it was all the town
could do to keep him from cleaning
them all out.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-09-25
CHAPTER Win.

Above the floor on which Sir Philip and
his companions now stood was loft, which
was reached by n rough ladder. There
was good view, job Heston said, from
the window up there; and lima went up,
accompanied only by Sir Philip.
The loft seemed TO have been used at
one time for stacking corn; but IL had not
served any purpose for years, and seemed
dreary place Indeed. One lattice, small
and deeply sunk In the wooden wall, look
ed out over the landscape; and lima gazed
through the open loop-hole--for there was
no glass In it---at the river flowing bright
ly in the sunlight, the tumbling weir, the
fields aud woods, the turrets Of the
Larchcs, and the red walls OF the Grange
peeping from the clustering trees; and
through the summer air the voices Of Rose
aud jamie Sabine foated upwards. For
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-09-25
TO BE CONTINUED.
Mr.. Dusseldorf and the Water Pipe.

Hans, dot water bipe gifts no water
alretty. und you vos peter sent oop
dot blumber to viX id vonce more"
This remark was addressed to high
ly respected German citizen as he sat
in front of his cosey CRATE. He receiv-
ed the announcement with evident dis
favor.
"Vot! Dot water pipe again? / vas
shoost congratulatin' meiuself dot pc
ice wagon comes no more. und dot new
hat vos paid for, und dot Christmas
vas long ways ahead, und now Won off
dose plumbers! l,Iein gracious. Crotch
en-, / got no money for plumbers.
| vixes id myself. Joer' ADDRESSING his
ten-year-old son. were vos dot leakp"
Then Joe proceeded to explain that
the leak was under the house, where
the stout frame of his worthy ancestor
could hardly 90.
''Nelfer mind, neffer mind. You
gets me some pipe and a monkey
wrench and | save dot plumbers bill
So the next day jockey got the pipe
and the monkey wrench, and his father,
having Invested himsolf of all surplus
garments, entered the hole. pulling the
pipe after him. 1t was tight squeeze,
and after lying on his back to conven-
fence his position. he proceeded to dis
cover the leak. Very little water was
now coming from it, rs he had taken
the precaution to turn off the tap. He
hadn't turned it quite tight enough
and yelled:
Turn of de water"
"All right, fader." replied Joe.
Joe didn't know his right hand from
his left, nor the philosophy of screws,
and turned it on.
The old gentleman's mouth was nm
der the leak. He was wedged in. He
sputtered and swore and swore and
sputtered, but his wild yells TO Joe
were muffled by the sound of deluging
water aud Joe was intent on "A dog
fight across the way. as he set on an
empty nail key and chewed gum.
He looked over his shoulder and saw
the old man with face of mud. spat-
tered red. shining angrily, creeping
from the hole. His clothes chung limp
" to him and trickliug streams mean
dered down his neck.
Joe appreheuded danger and sped
away mt pace that left his corpulent
father far in the rear. As the boy sped
out of sight Mr.. Eisseldorf gathered
himself with supreme effort and sail
ed the mot .ey wrench at the fleeing
form. crying; Mine gracious. do You
dink vas tam duckg"--From The Oh
city Derrick.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-09-25
swiss watches.

The Swiss watch trade has under
gone a complete transformation during
the past fifteen years. owing to the
work being done in large manufacture
les instead of at the homes OF the
watchmal1ers The result is that there
are much better watches at less cost
and greater sales There are schools
for teaching matchmaking at Geneva
NeuchateL La Chaux des Ponds, Locie,
Bienne, St Inner and Porrentruy. In
the last six years the number OF watch
es exported from Switzerland has in
creased from 2.734. 234 in 1885 to A. :
431. 301 last year, these figures not in
Guiding the works and cases exported
separately. Altogether the value of
the exports last year is calculated at
$40, 900. 900.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-09-25
Francis Joseph VIII Travel in style.

The railway companies of Austria
Hungary have presented the Emperor
Francis Joseph with q train de luxe
for his own personal use during his
frequent and lengthy journeys. There
are eight carriages, van for the
lighting apparatus and other mechan-
isms. a complete kitchen wagon. a
luggage van, two carriages for SER
wants, double saloon for the suite,
and two carriages connected by a
passage) for the emperor. which in
clude a bed. dressing and bathrooms:
a dinning-room, with tables for twelve
persons; writing saloon aud smok-
room. The train is lighted through
out by electricity, and the lamps are
ingeniously arranged so that they can
be moved at WILL and each one can
be altered to give more or less light as
required. The compartments of the
emperor's day saloon have beautifully
painted ceilings. and the whole train is
a marvel of comfort and luxury. The
entire cost of the train was less than
$1,000
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-09-25
THE TWO LOVES.
SONG.

Love is often deaf to those
Who love her deeply;
Deaf and blind as death may DO
To grief or gladness.
All, that love should hold heart
At best but cheaply
Such a heart as none can lure
To cruel madness.
Love, alas is born of earth,
And drifts supinely.
Now she finds bitter joy
In vulgar measure.
Now she sings with open throat,
And sings divinely,
Passion-sweet in all her dream,
In all her pleasure.
OIL when Love meets Love In guise
Supremacy tender.
just as crystal song meets song
In perfect blending,
Then she scars among the stars
To her surrender.
There is neither pain for her
Nor ending.
--Harper's Bazaar.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-09-25

GERS and would havo killed them at
once had not the captain and mates
restrained them by sheer force. The
cook and Kanakas were ironed and
put under matches. With these
wretches out of the way, the halyards
were at once repaired the sails were
set and n man was put at the wheel so
that the ship was soon under control
again.
The captain went aft and called to
the Portuguese through the open sky
light but receiving no reply, three
men and the mate were sent into the
sailroom by the way of the BOBBY hatch.
Here they broke in the bulk head that
separated the sailroom from the cabin,
and entered and unfastened the cabin
gangway doors to let the captain in,
then began a search for the Portuguese,
which resulted in finding him locked
in the captains stateroom. The fool
was beside himself, and so frightened
at the failure of his horrible plot that
he was incapable OF action. Had he
kept his nerve he could have made it
hot for his pursuers for in a rack over
his head were a carbine and four Load
ed muskets. while in the cabin hung a
dozen more muskets, and there was
plenty of ammunition in the captain S
room. The cowardly brute was Gagged.
He had locked himself in, and re-
fused TO open the door. But the cap
tain Immediately pried off the blind
panel from the upper part of the
state room door and they were con-
fronted with the defiant Portuguese
crouching in corner and holding an
ugly knife. A change came over him
when the mate suddenly thrust the
muzzle of a loaded musket into his
face. He at once dropped his knife
and begged for mercy. christening
the door, he was dragged forth and
ironed. 1t was the intention of the
mutineers to run the ship ashore on
the coast of Australia and take all
they could carry of value in two of the
ships boats, coast it down to Mel.
bourne and Sydney, and claim them
selves shipwrecked sailors. But theil
rascally plans were foiled by the wide.
awake and active cabin boy. Had the
mutineers succeeded in getting the
ship before the wind the boats could
never have caught her, as wholesale
breeze was blowing, and increased as
the sun went down.
After the skipper had delivered a
sermon as long as the maintop bow
line on ''Mutiny at Sea" and the decks
had been thoroughly cleaned and the
dead men sewed up in canvas ant
quietly dropped into the sea all sal
was made for the Sandwich islands
where the mutineers were duly handed
over to the authorities. They were
Immediately tried, found guilty anC
executed. There was not the leas
delay. Quick-handed justice was meteC
out TO the black-hearted wretches. anC
no government official there sought TO
them pardon.
The cabin boy was not forgotten
Upon his return TO the States h,
was handsomely rewarded for his in
trepidity in saving the ship. -Cincin
natl Times.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-09-25
"witne.. Wv Isand.,,

In the early days only few schol.
airs. priests and clerks knew how to
write. 1t was then customary to sign
a document by smearing the hand with
ink and impressing it upon the paper,
accompanied by the words: Witness
my hand" Afterwards the seal was
introduced as substitute for the hand
mark, and was used with the words
above quoted, the two forming the sig
nature. This is the origin of the ex-
preston as used in modern documents.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-09-25

Il suppose you have an easy time of
il now that you've got servant girl.
What time do you get up in tho morn.
ing?"
'.At z o'clock"
And at what time does your girl
get upp"
''At a quarter past q"
'Graciousl Why do you get up be-
fore she doesP"
ITO call her IN. Y. Truth.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-09-25
Dro.... or Gold.

The costliest dresses in the world
are worn by the women Of Sumatra.
They are made of pure gold and silver.
After the metal is mined and smelted
It is formed into fine wire, which Is
woven into cloth and afterward made
into dresses.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-09-25

Miss Oldegyrl-"I have great re-
spect for age"
Miss Winslow- That is only self
respect, isn't it. ClaraP"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-09-25

Boston Transcript; "A reticentcr man
than railroad official after an occident
would be hard to find. Compared with
him a clam is loquacious
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-12-18
OLD WORLD NOTES.

Pere Hyacinthe, it is said, has become
a Theosophist, and will deliver lectures
on his new faith.
The king of Siam is attended by body
guard composed exclusively of 1000 of
the prettiest young women in his realm
PHOSPHORUS is now being made by cleo
tricity The principal mandatory is In
England where it is anticipated fully
/, 900 tons will be made annually.
There are more women workers in the
United Kingdom, Great Britain and Ire
land. in proportion to the population, than
in any other country in the world Twelve
per cent of the working classes there are
women.
Patti has very elaborate precautions
against burglars In her Welch castle.
| Unless a certain lever is raised 1t is i'm
possible to open window at night with
| out causing the ringing of innumerable
| bells in the cottages OF the gardeners and
In the stables, while the same current OF
electricity releases large dog from his
! kennel.
A good deal of the bad feeling which
exists in Paris with regard to the English
is due to the utter disregard for French
manners and customs and preJudices
which the free born Briton displays on the
Joulevards and elsewhere. You can never
persuade an Englishman when he is abroad
it is not the native but himself who Is
"the id foreigner. Pail Mall Budget
The las indian census shows that in the
past ten years the natural growth OF
midas population has been 21,50O, 600
The population now numbers ESQ, 600, 600
India contains more people than al
Europe exclusive of Russia. Its provinces
are as populous as great European states
Bengal contains population larger thar
that of the United States and al
British North America, and fully one-Eftt
Of the entire human race lives upon thi:
little peninsula jut'ing out from the coas
of Asia into the IL liam ocean.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-12-18
THE LEARNED PROFESSIONS.

Rev. w II. Quillian of the English
church in Liverpool has embraced Mo
hammedanism There is a Moslem insti-
tute in Liverpool.
Professor Totten, in military lecture
Mt Yale remarked that the average age
If the 10 men in the class was twenty
,ne wears, and he added: Upon gradua-
ton you will have before you about forty
eight years apiece"
A Minneapolis lawyer entered a de-
murrer to an indictment against n pris.
oner. charged with having shot several
One hogs belonging to n neighbor, on the
-.ound that the shooting of the animals
ncreased their value. as it saved the
owner the expense of killing them.
There is nothing uncertain about the re-
port on temperance adopted 10y the lndi-
ana conference of the African Methodist
church THE want of the church and
the world to-day" it says, lis divine
dynamite TO shatter to pieces the place:
| of sickedness, to tunnel these mountain:
of corruption, undermine the stronghold:
of Satan and blow up the gates OF tell
Bishop Fowler. OF the Methodist Epis
copal church, recently gave this advice (
some candidates for the ministry: Don
come into tho pulpit with a lot of empty
platitudcs and glitterug geueraities, bu
be equipped with something that VIII IN
terest and help your congregations
don't want you to copy from the books
but IL in order TO have something To say
1t becomes necessary to steal, then steal
but couragsously acknowledge the thsfs''
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-12-18
DRIFTING AT SEA.
Why sailor, Prefer n Storm TO n Dead
Calm.

On the 4th of May all but two OF the
feet were again under way, if drift
seward with not air enough to pre-
vent a ships canvas from hanging
idly against her masts can be so called.
And drift. drift, drift it was, Tor days
and days, the coast of Chilli lying along
In full view to the northward and east
ward, and the ship rolling helplessly
from side to side in the long, heavy
swells OF the CLASSY ocean.
They that go down to the sea" in
steamships in these days of ocean
steam navigation do not realize the
luxury of \ storm at sea as compared
with the helplessness of a sailing ship
in dead calm, when every roll
threatens to jerk the spars out OF her
and leave her helpless wreck.
Two days out from Valparaiso we
had a strange experience. The ships
Montreal and Edward Everett drifted
into uncomfortable proximity. each
moment visibly lessening the distance
by which they were separated and
increasing the prospect that the yes
sells would grind each other to splin.'
ers. A collision seemed inevitable,
and men stood facing each other or
the decks with pale faces and com
mon expression Of infant helplessness
And all the while the sea was CLASSY
the sky placid an2 the atmosphere
beaming with sercnit..
As the ships approached to within
half "a ships length tho Everett a
though impelled by a mysteriou
power. seemed to forge ahead slowly
while the bow of the Montreal swung
as slowly to starboard until, with he
! jiD-boom fairly over our port quartz
and for moment foul with our spank
err gait she swung clear and the tw
ships drifted apart and out of DANCE
TO either. twas hair-breadth escape
Tho Century.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-12-18

Senator Carlisle of Kentucky Is
anxi GUS for the democracy to 90
into the next campaign with the tariff
as the leading question. Senator
Pugh of Alabama is confident that
if the party follows Carlisle's plan
it will meet with defeat and he is
anxious to have it tackle the question
of free silver. 1t is more than
likely that the party with its custo'
mary perversity will straddle both
questions and meet another defeat.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-12-18
VHIMS OF THE DAY.

While nature gives most gorgeous plu-
image TO tho worthless peacock, she tries
to down the goose. --Picayune.
fhe man who plays tho bass drum in
paui al ways thinks the music would be
better II he saa moro TO do.-Ram's Horn.
Boarder-"It looks now as if the wealth
err had settled" Landlady-"Ye it has
set very good example boston Ca
zette.
81 wouldn't object to tn ELEVATED rail
roads SO much" said che Few alderman,
'if they wuz on'y undher ground. "
Washington Star.
Cross eyed Man, in a crowd, -"You've
got my umbrella, sirl" Fourteen Men,
simultaneously and somewhat confusedly,
-"Whoi me .'-Chicago Tribune.
'1sn't it rather cool in herer' he hinted
the log fire having gone out. Yes, )" she
said lit is. l think some one OF the thea
sers would be much warmer. Harper 5
Bazaar.
is he really an Arizona mans Why,
his speech ism bit picturesquep' 'Well,
you see he hasn't had chance to study
Western dialect in the humorous papers. "
Puck
Stranger to Bridget, scrubhing the
! front steps,-"While you are on your
Rnees, Biddy, pray for me-" Brdget-"O
Lord, make this fellow gintlemonp ~
Harper's Bazaar
"We've got to economic, Maud" said
Henry 1T is absolutely necessary.
Every we'll" returned Maud, Il shall give
up your cigars" And Will do without
a fall bonnet said Henry. Harper !
Bazaar.
Eyes; my wife is learning Delsarte, my
daughter is learning elocution, and my
boy is learning the mandolin. On
we shall soon be the most accomplisheC
family in town" "'Wep What are yo'
learning prayP ITO endure. Indian
apolis Journal.
The Old Hadley Jimmy
run up stairs, quick, an ask your mothe
for tn Home Book of Ettiketty'" Jlmm.
-"Whatcher wanter find" The Land
lord-"That gent has jest asked fer som
connysummay, an want ter find wheth
er it's bird, beast, r jest napkin. Judge
"What have you to say to Pompey
charge, Rastus, that you stole his chick
enr' ''Jedge, doan pay no 'tention I
the insinifcations CD envy, hatrid an
malice. Jest because got dat ar her
an ct i'm up, dat ole Pomp he gonen 20
jealous Darfo', jedge, l amt got nuftir
ter say. "--Harpers Bazaar.
Poppiniay-'Yo ungnoodle has larS
bump of curiosity" Ponsonby-"Neve
noticed it" Poppinjay hes, though
Some time ago he bought nickle cloc
guaranteed for a year but it really ra
accurately for two years" Ponsonby
, "What of thatl' Popping well, b
had to break the clock to pieces to sc
what was the matter with it. '-Jeweler
Circular.
, This occurred in a city Sunday schoo
The teacher had been reading the story
the centurion who had great faith, an
whose servant was healed at the Lord
words. The teacher had dwelt on the lie
: son of the story, and had seen that TIT
= was properly enforced, and then she sa
, to a bright boy in the class: And no
I can you tell me what a centurion Isl
a Yes M" said the boy very prompt
q sit's horse with a mans head on him
. Christian Register.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-12-18
when Our ship Comes In.

We all have ships on the wide, wide sea
OF afterawhile; and wo watch aud wait
And we wonder what their stores will be
Or early or late
Some see their ships in the morning gray,
When over the pillows first breaks the
light
While Others, longing, wait till the day
Fades into night.
Still others wait through the long Away,
And wait where the fortunate ones have
been,
For their absent shias. Alacka-day,
They never come in.
Nv. j. hampton
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-12-18

It is a matter of small surprise,
when one comes to look closely into
the subject, that leading democratic
papers in the south are opposed to
making the campaign of 1892 upon
the issue of free trade. One can
easily find reason for their opposition
by looking over the new manufactur'
ing enterprises just started. The
Manufacturers Record, published at
Baltimore gives the following list of
the larger institutions that have late
ly gone into operation: A $4,000
phosphate company at Atlanta, Ga,
100000 lumber company in Pitt
county, y. c.; a$125 600 manufact-
uring company at Baltimore, Md;
s22, 900 improvement company IN
Hale county, Tex. a $4,000 fish
handling company at Galveston,
Tex; $500, 900 oil and gas company,
as25, 900 improvement and construc-
ton company, a $4,000 coal and
coke company, all in West Virginia,
and $4,000 cotton seed oil company
at New Orleans, La; $4,000 sale
oe phosphate land in Florida, and
several new phosphate companies IN
the same state, 100000 vitritied
brick company at Cloveport, Ky.
woodenware factory at Bristol
Tenn; an $780, 900 furniture factory
company at Texarkana, Ark, SO,
900 tobacco factory at Morristown
Tenn: s2O0,0Or canal company IL
Florida; S35 900 canning company
at Newburn, n. c.; the building o
1000 new coke ovens, the construc
ton of a new railroad into an un
developed timber section and tn
proposed erection of large lumbe
mills and the sale of a tract of timbe
land for $4,000 cash, all in Westerl
Virginia; 100000 chemical an
drug manufacturing company a
Monroe, La; and furniture factor
at Athens, Ga. Not one OF tn
enterprises mentioned above bu
what's benefited by the protec
i've tariff hence the feeling in In
south in favor of it as a measure.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-12-18
REcoLLEorIoNs OF LIBBY.
A Veteran Tells How tho Eoyi sang Nss
tional Airs on the Fourth.


.Twenty-seven years ago l was one
Of 800 union soldiers who sang the
Star spangled Banner Hail Column
bia,' and other national airs in Libby
said Captain circuit recently 10 Pitts
burg Dispatch reporter. "One OF the
bows had concealed about him n small
FLAG which had escaped the scrutiny Of
the guard. We placed it on the top oil
n pole. and rallied around it like lob
of schoolboys. We occupied the third
story of the building which was IN
one room. When we looked through
the grating on tho windows we could
see the angry guards below and they
didn't hesitate to shoot when face
was presented. The bullet would fire.
ouontly strike the ceiling ond go up
through the roof. The prison authori-
ties tried to stop us, but our spirits
were too buoyant That day. We hadn t
been reduced much at that time from
starvation and exposure. They pun
ishod US by giving AZ nothing to eat
for four days. and then we received a
pint of course meal apiece.
II didn't remain long at Libby, and
soon was sent To Ander5onville. |
served nine months during the war in
prison. Many and many time |
ionged TO be in the penitentiary.
ANYTHING was better than that terrible
confinement. / used to lay awake for
hours and think of the swill my father
gave to his hogs when | was boy,
and | often wished | could set some OF
( it for i. was a good deal better than
the fare we received. 1t is strange
that under such circumstances
that soldier wouldn't think o.
feasts, etc., but | did not The
men. however, suffered the most
from exposure, and there was no ex.
cuse for this at Andersonville. 1t was
downright bartarity. The prison wa:
surrounded with forest of pine trees
and we would have been glad to builC
shanties and cut the wood for fuel bu
| they wouldn't permit it. | have seer
as many rs five of the boys freeze to
gether in heap. They had NJ
clothes to wear, and | did not have ;
fire during my Imprisonment Twie'
DfOhO AWAY buS NtNo ti~NASN -.
bloodhounds and brought back. Th
first time ! heard them coming | go
into a tree, when four men on mule
came up They ordered me down, AM
l told them l would come as soon a
they took the dogs away The.
threatened to shoot me- but for som
reason they didn't. At another time
F while on the way to Macon. jumpe
off the train in a swamp with fou
others. We were out for two days befor
recaptured.
Il was one OF the principal witnesse
at Washington against Writ after tn
war. Sickness prevented my testifyin
, against Bob Duncan the quarterma:
3 ter in Georgia. I remember we wer
in the stone Jail at Petersburg whe
Grant shellcd the town. Two OF tn
$ shots struck the building and W
/ howled for the Union troops to CON
. on. The boys did not care If some
them were killed by their friends
the balance could only escape froI
rebel captivity"