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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-04-10
Tender-HIearted

Judge @, who once presided
over criminal court down east, was
famous as one OF the most compassion
ate men who ever sat upon the bench.
says the Youths Companion. His soft
ness Of heart however, did not pre-
vent him from doing his duty as q
judge.
A man who had been convicted OF
stealing a small amount was brought
into court for sentence. He looked
very sad and hopeless and the court
was much moved by his ccEtrite APP
pearance.
Have you ever been sentenced to
imprisonment" the judge asked.
'Never-neverm exclaimed the pris-
oner, bursting into tears.
Don't cry--don't cry" said Judge
@ consolingly; you're going to be
now!"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-04-10
The Panorama.

The panorama was invented by q
Scotchman named Robert Barker, who
obtained license in London in 1887,
and erected rotunda on Leicester
square. He was associated with Robert
Fulton, the practical inventor of the
steamboat, who introduced panoramas
into Paris in 1896, bu. resigned in
favor of Thayer, perhaps in order to
give his attention to the application Of
steam to boats. Thayer raised q
rotunda on the Boulevard Montmartre,
whence cores the name of the Passage
des Panoramas. Bonaparte caused plans
to be drawn up for eight panoramas,
In which bis conquests were to be
shown to the Parisians, whom he al
ways tried to impress with the magni-
tude of his achievements in order TO
keep them faithful TO his star. But
these projects were never realized.
Barker was imprisoned for debt at
Edinburg in cell with ono opening
only, in one corner of the roof of the
dungeon. 1t was so dark that he could
not see to read, but he found that by
placing the paper near the narrow
shaft Of light that fell through the hole
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-04-10
IN DARKEST AUSTRALIA.

Marriage Ceremonies or the snvago5--
Their Queer Diet and Buperstitlons.
Tho marriage ceremony OF the Aus
tralian savages consist often in the
simple process of stunning a stray
female Of neighboring tribe by means
OF a club. and then dragging her away
an unresisting captive, just as the males
Of the larger species OF seal are said TO
attack and temporarily disable their
intended mates, writes Felix l.. Oswald
in Good Words. Another still uglier
analogy with the brute creation is their
Indifference to the welfare of their
own children after they have once out
grown the age OF absolute helplessness.
An Australian mother will coddle her
baby with apelike fondness and hardly
ever let it stray out of sight for the first
four years, but as soon as the toddling
little imp seems able to take care Of
itself its debt of gratitude to its pro-
genitors has to be paid by the worst
kind of slavery. At the first sign Of
INSTRUMENTATION half-grown boy is
apt to be kicked out if not killed, by
his own father, while the older squaws
maltreat every pretty girl as a possible
rival, 80 much SO, indeed, that the ap-
pearance of club-armed sutton must
often be welcomed as an agreeable sur
prise party. The marriage OF near
relatives is discouraged with strict
ness not often found among barbarians,
and polygamy, though sanctioned by
public opinion, is restricted by the
difficulty of providing for the wants of
large family.
At distance from the crab-swarm-
ing sea-coast famines are rather fire.
quent, but the natives have developed
II faculty for starving or half-starving
for weeks without permanent injury,
and rely on the experience that
sooner or later nature will renew the
supply of spontaneous food. Within
100 miles of the east coast perhaps no
native in an uncrippled condition has
ever died from lack of digestible food
"a rather comprehensive term in q
country where fern-roots are boiled
like potatoes and snails and grasshop-
hers are considered tidbits. Strange
to say, the martyrs Of that horrid diet
get old, as a proof that freedom from
care is, after all, the main condition Of
longevity. A similar phenomenon
may be observed in the villages of CEN
trail Russia, where mental stagnation
prevails in its ugliest forms, but where
charity and parish poor laws protect
every native from the risk of actual
starvation.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-04-10

THB London Times says that a novel
application Of electricity has recently
been mede in elephant catching. II
relates that "at a recent CAPTURE OF
forty Of these animals, when tho last
Of their unweildy bodies had passed
the entrance into the khedda, the
signal for barring their exit was given,
instantaneously and without word
spoken, by means of an electric wire. v
II electricity is useful in capturing
elephants, why should the people OF
India longer live in mortal terror oil
tigers, lions and snakesP Thirty or
forty thousand natives are killed by
these animals every year, when, az
every Bostonian and New Yorker
would tell them, a few olive wires''
judiciously distributed would In no
time destroy every snake, lion and
tiger in the country.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-04-10
A story OF sherman,s March.

f. X. Martin, who followed Sherman
through Georgia relates an army Incl
dent illustrative OF the stern necessities
which confronted the hero of the
March to the Sea-" who has now
joined his comrades gone before in the
silent tenting ground beyond. During
the campaign preceding the fall of
Atlanta General Sherman was greatly
annoyed by the mysterious disappear
ance OF number of Union sentries who
were guarding railroads within his
lines. Every morning for a number
of days a man was missing. Every
night the sentinels went on duty with
the belief that before morning one or
more Of their number would be in the
hands of the guerillas or dead man.
No precaution or device of the federal
officers fathomed the mystery or pre-
vented its occurrence. So old Tecum-
sch, his indignation at boiling point,
issued q retaliatory order substantially
like this:
IF any more or my railroad guards
men are made away with by rebel
guerillas / will issue matches to my
cavalry with instructions to apply them
for seven miles on either side 9f the
army's line of march"
This threat, however, failed to have
the effect the general hoped for. Every
morning one man was missing and that
sort OF duty became terror to the
stoutost-hearted soldier. There was
nothing for the Union commander to
do, II he would maintain discipline, but
to issue the matches and that he did
without hesitation. Barnes and houses
were burned for miles. Magnificent
mansions went up in smoke and less
pretentious homes lay smoulderirg in
ruins. Desolation and distress such
as war only witnesses or justifes was
spread far and near. An effecting cir
cumstance was the destruction OF a poor
woman's house with all it's contents.
AS the soldiers marched by she stood
within the glare of the fierce confla-
grafton drying her streaming eyes with
an apron. This particular regiment
had received their pay that day. The
boys could not restrain the promptings
of their better natures as they witnessed
this sight and with ono impulse they
reached into their pockets and filed
the weeping woman's apron with Uncle
Sans greenbacks. Such is the shadow
as well as the sunshine of grim visaged
war
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-04-10

THB telephone is about to havo O
new application-that of foretelling
storms. A new discovery has been
made as to ono Of the properties Of
this means OF transmitting sound. By
placing two iron bars at seven or eight
meters distance from each other, and
then putting them in communication
on ono side by q copper wire covered
with rubber, and on the other side
with telephone, a storm can be pre-.
dieted at least twelve hours ahead
thrc5gn a dead sound heard in the
receiver. According as the storm
advances the sound resembles the
beating at hailstones against the win.
sows. Every fash of lightning, and,
Of coa-se, every clap of thunder that
accompanies the storm, produces q
shock similar to that of the stroke of q
stone cast between the diaphragm and
the instrument
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-04-10

IT is just about one-half OF the world
who think the other half is OBJ
iectionable. And it would put the
wisest head into the insane asylum
trying to decide which one of tho two
halves is correct in its estimate OF the
other. Can any one tell why intelli-
gent human beings are so prone to
gauge things, great and small, from
the standpoint Of personal inclination
and experiences? With intellect there
should be balance-wheel that opens
the eyes to the fact that the very little
space occupied by ourselves in this
world must necessarily be a most
minute part OF the whole. But, some
how, the smaller the circles in which
we ourselves float around, the less
hesitancy we have in trying to crowd
the rest of the universe within the
line.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-04-10
Woman,s Conclusion.

She-"Isn't it horrible about Mrs
TinsleyP"
He-"Yes. What could have in
duced her to elope with her butlerP"
She--'Thats the saddest part Of it.
She called at her husbands Office and
was told that he had gone to the mat
inee with his new typewriter. That
caused it all, And it now turns out
that his typewriter was man. Chi
cago News.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-04-10
Ineubators for the Alligator Trade.

lucuDatOrs IOr the AluSatOr Iriues
Quite business has sprung up in
Florida OF Matching alligator eggs by
an artificial incubator, says the Globe
Democrat. 1t seems that the demand
for alligators was SO lively that the ma
tives could not catch enough to supply
the market. Some genius conceived
the idea of saying himself the trouble
of splashing round in the water after
young alligators, so he got lot of
eggs, put them in an incubator, and
Matched out as fine lot OF young rep
tiles as any one would wish to see.
They were as wicked in disposition
as the oldest and ugliest alligator that
ever scared a pickaninny or devoured
a yellow dog. He fed them az first on
oatmeal, and after few days of Scotch
diet taught them to eat meat by chok-
ing them until they opened thor
mouths and then dropping a bit down
their throats.
The idea OF raising gators for the
market took well, and now several in
cubators are always at work Matching
out the ugly creatures, and half the
little darkies in the villages are poking
in the sand banks all day long getting
eggs for the artificial hatchers.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-04-10
The Pure I'm Heart.

The pure in heart, the pure in thought,
Shall learn the law the Master taught,
Shall turn from i'll and earthly strife,
And seek the SUBMITS high in life.
The pure in heart, the pure in deed,
Shall SOW each hour some fruitful seed,
Which, falling here and falling there
Shall plant for harvest rich and rarel
The pure in heart, the pure in word,
Make music, sweetest ever heard,
And wake the tones of grocious good,
The tones of peace and brotherhood
The pure in heart, the pure in prayer,
Shall feel Gods presence everywhere;
Shall see His work on every side,
And know that life is glorified.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-04-10
A WAR INCIDENT,
How Admiral Porter Fooled the Cons
federates Mt Vicksburg.

federates Mt Vicksburg.
Admiral Porter was never so busy
that he could not devise joke, and
during the attempt OF the navy TO run
the Vicksburg batteries he played a
little trick that caused the confederacy
TO expend about 500, 900 worth OF
ammunition, and to destroy some good
fighting material. One day he devised
a bogus ram, and it took but a little
time to build it and set it afoat. On
an enormous scow was erected a super
structure that resembled terrible
ironclad. With boards and fence-rails
was made an imitation of an ironclad
casemate gunboat; Quaker" guns pro-
truded from the ports, and the
chimneys, built OF pork barrels, looked
as If they were made to last till the
crack of doom. Right under the
chimneys was made a hearth of earth,
on which was built fires of fuel which
would make the blacklist OF smoke.
The fires were lighted, and. this bug
aboo, without engines. gun or screw,
was set adrift one morning from "a
place a few miles above Vicksburg.
Vicksburg itself is in a cove opposite
the extremity of a narrow point several
miles long. OF course it floated-it
could not help it-and within an hour
it was near Vicksburg, "bows on
and threatening to pass. 1t was the
custom of both sides to expect an at
tack in force at daylight, SO the con-
federate sentries saw the demon
in time. The batteries were quiet
until point-blank range was reached
by the dummy. Then began noise
such as Vicksburg never knew before
or afterward. All Of the confederate
guns opened at once, and Western
cyclone is a mere zephyr compared
with the outburst, which lasted for
full hour and consumed 500, 900 worth
OF ammunition. Shots went through
it, raked it, hulled it, but the floating
humbug could not sink. Finally the
current brought the craft directly in
front OF Vicksburg, where in the sun
light of dawn the besiegers read in big
letters painted on the side OF tho craft,
the injunction painted in large capital
letters:
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-04-10
Not New 60 Him.

New play" said Brown one night
last week as he put his shoes on the
mantel and laid his watch on the stove
hearth. bin 20 she new play; splen-
didl'
What was ftp" asked Mrs. Brown,
looking at him with suspicion.
New play. Bin ter she it. Ten
Bar-rooms in One Night Great play"
"'PshavW said Mrs. Brown, YEARLY.
II don't see anything new for you
about that. Sunday Call.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-04-10

ONE of the interesting facts of phys
lology is that the human b ody gener-
ates enough heat during tho day to
melt forty-four pounds of ice and raise
II to the boiling point. A politician
discussing one of the leading questions
OF the day can develop an equal guam
tity OF heat in thirty minutes.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-04-10

THE Finn belongs to a race which
was active and civilized before the
Greek or the Indian, the Hebrew or
the Persian was heard Of; race one of
the branches OF which worked in
metals. built Babylon, practiced the
arts Of magic there, and enacted laws
In favor OF women's rights long before
the first Semitic king took his seat.
And now the Firms are hocking TO
America as the best place in which to
renew some OF their lost mental
polish.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-04-10
One Satisfaction.

The reporters were supposed TO have
lied, the lawyers acknowledged that
they lied, and it was proven that the
witnesses hed-but the account of tho
divorce suit was the most interesting
thing the public had read in many day.
-Munsey's Weekly.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-04-10

In these daye OF so many alleged
cures for consumption, oysters are
commended and are given to oonsump-
tive patients because they contain
iodine. The treatment is quite COM
mon in the south. 1t is alleged to be a
dodge to knock the letter r out OF the
oyster trade.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-04-10

SWALLOWS in dry, clear weather fly
high because the insects which form
their food are high in the air during
such weather. When the weather is
cloudy and damp the insects settle
nearer the earth, and the swallows OF
course follow them. There is nothing
like science explaining time honored
weather prophecies.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-04-10

IT is sometimes astonishing TO note
how far people go in pretenses OF
pedigree. The Arab ponies which the
sultan recently presented TO the three
elder of the German emperor's six
sons are said to have a pedigree which
dates back to the sacred mare" on
which the prophet fed from Mecca to
Madina
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-04-10
. . - - . . - .
IisLpJDED PEOPLE CAVE IN. &.

Tho warning was not acted upon,
but in the meantime the enemy in their
fright had sunk one good ironclad and
run another on a mud fiat far up a
creek. This little joke cost the con-
federacy about $1,000, 900. The time
was not ripe for joking-in the south
yet the incident struck the funny
spot" of many confederate editors. and
some OF the comments of the affair,
which were republished in the Herald
at that time, were quite amusing to
those who had no money at stake on
the combat.-New York Herald.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-04-10

THE coming newspaper will be water
proof. A special kind of paper has
been invented which, it Is alleged. ia
absolutely impervious to water, and
will even stand boiling. The water
proofng can be .--,rried out either after
the paper is made or during the opera
ton Of making it.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-04-10

In the ceiling the letters OF the writing
became surprisingly distinct. This set
him thinking, and after he was released
he began experiments on pictures
strongly lighted from above in dark
room.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-04-10

FICToN that follows the scientific
thought of the times is VOL enough;
but fiction that follows the social waves
that clash on the shores of humanity
Is neither elevating nor entertaining.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-03-31
G5rnrral advertisements,
Insurance Notice

The Agent for the British Foreign Marine In
surance Company (Limited) has received in
structions to Reduce the Rates OF Insur-
ance between Honolulu and Ports IN The Pacific,
and is now prepared to Issue Policies at the
lowest rates, with special reduction on freight
per steamers. THO. II. DAVIES & CO.,
1898 ly Agents Brit. For. Mar. Ins Co. Limited.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-03-31
PaiIroaf Accidents.

The President and Directors Of
the New York. New Haven and
Hartford Railroad have all been
arrested and placed under heavy
bonds 10 answer TO the charge Of
criminal neglect Of duty, whereby
the accident and loss of life recent
IL occurred in the Harlem Tunnel
on that road. Even the genial
ChaUucey N Depew was required
10 give bonds In $4,000 10 answer
the charge. The arrest Of so many
prominent men created something
OF = sensation. Heretofore : care
less engineer or conductor has
sometimes been placed temporarily
under arrest for au accident occur
ring on railroad. But II Is = rare
circumstance that any serious pun
ishmeuJ has followed. The loss OF
life for which arrests have recently
been made was traced 10 the use OF
stoves in the cars. which set them
on fire. Il was repetition Of the
old story. First Z collision, then !
fire from overturned stoves, which
roasted the passengers. - Bulletin
The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-03-31
Efnrnrs for Columbus.

When Christopher Columbus WAS
leaving Spain In despair after the
Juu,a had pronounced his eNplora-
ton scheme 10 be "vaiu and i'm
practicable" he halted At the Non
as,erv Of La Rabida, near Palos, TO
ask for bread for his boy Diego.
There he poured his sorrows into
the sympathetic ears Of Juan Perez,
who had been the Queen : confesSor.
The monks influence 1t Court was
still sufficient 10 regain the ear Of
ROYALTY for Columbus and not far
from tins spot, where his despair
WAS changed to hope, the marvel
Gus voyage Of discovery was CON-
menced in 1892. Fer this monas-
terry Of La RabIda the Spanish
Ministers Of the Colonies and Public
Works. with Government engineers
and architects. set out with the
view Of settling on the spot plans
for the raising Of ! statue TO COlum-
bus, for restoring the famous con-
vent. and for preparing accommo-
dalton for IN American Congress.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-03-31
KALAKAUA's MONUMENT.
Sculptor ScLnid Going 20 Ha-
wall 10 Submit His Model

Sculptor Schnid Going 70 Ha-
wall 10 Submit His Model
Rupert Schmid, the local sculptor,
viii lesye this city on Wednesday
next for a trip to the Hawaiian
Islands. He Is to consult Queen
Liliuokalsni and Colonel Mscfsrlane
about the sculpture of 8 statue of the
late King halaksua. The sculptor
endesvored to take death mask OF
the King, but in the hurry and con
fusion OF the ceremonies the oppor-
;unity was missed. He was, how
ever. provided with q number OF
photographs. and. having net the
King N life. be has since prepared
3 model Of the monarch. The monu-
ment Is TO cost $4,000, an organlZa-
ton IL Honolulu having been formed
expressly for the purpose OF erecting
this tribute Of respect TO hslakaua.
The figure viii he OF heroic size and
Is to stand on a plainly inscribed
pedestal
Mr.. Schmid's model stands about
Two feet high and Is 2 remarkably
fine niece Of work. The bearing OF
kalakaus Is msieStic and noble. He
i REPRESENTED IN an erect position,
with his kingly robes artisucally
thrown back. the left leg slightly IN
clined forward and the right hand
and arm extended. In his left hand
he holds that treaty with the United
States which the Hawauans value as
the best act Of their Kings life. The
sculptor's idea i TO place halakaua
before his subjects IN the act Of con-
ferriug on them that benefit. The
work as far d portraiture Is con-
cerne6 Is excellent There Is repOse
and dignity IN the handling and the
figure Is the work q an able sculp-
tor.
There are TWO OF three marble
busts of King halakaua extant, but
this VIII be The first full figures.
/. Chronicle.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-03-31
Nm advertisements.
FOR SALE.

ONE LARGE. BEST BINOCULAR
" Microscope with SIX object glasses.
msgnlfving from - TO 300 linear dimen-
SONS. Also. one PolariscOpe with outfit
". E. ROWELL.
2-22-It lSSS-Sr Honolulu.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-03-31
Population Of Japan.

According 70 the recent japanese
official return, the population of the
country on January 3Ist last was
4O.0I2.0 20.of which 20,2+5.336 were
males. and l9,S25.6S4 were females.
The number Of inhabited houses
was 7.S40,S72. Arranged according
10 social status. there were > S25
mobiles. Of whom 593 were the
heads OF families, 1898, 637 shizOku.
or members Of the old military
class. Of whom 430,41I were the
heads OF families, and 3S,074.55S
- common people 7,136.764 being
the heads OF families. There were
5.A5,lI9 married couples. During
the year the number Of births was
l.209.910. 1868 Of the children
being males, and 592,047 females.
The deaths numbered sos, $50.
There were SAG. AS marriages, and
l01.47S divorces. while 1911 Jap
anese emigrated abroad.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-03-31
Give the Boy a Chance.

We mean YOUR boy; the little
follow Won left at home this morn
inc when YOU started for the store
or Office. Don't forget he has
wants, as real and tangible to bin
as yours are TO You.
Remember he Is no more 4 born
saint than Won were. And il You
lust reflect little You will be
ashamed TO think how lar from 1t
Won were. Don't forget him as
soon rs his " good-by papa fades
away behind YOU. Didn't he ask
YOU for something? 4 jaok-knife or
q hammer or new slate or some
pencils or something or other: II
YOU love your hoy and wish TO
Show him that you, do. You might
better forget 4 business appoint-
ment down town than forget his
request.
II he asks YOU for something
your better judgment says ne
should not have, don't be content
with simply ignoring the boy 5
wish. but take the time and trouble
to explain your reasons. Boys,
even pretty young ones, are quicker
than you may think to see = point.
Always give = reason for refusal Of
his request even if it Is the one you
TOO often give, that you can't afford
II. And be careful how You give
that reason.
Ifhe has lost or broken his jack
knife. and asks YOU for new one,
don't scold him. Albeit YOU may
give him little lesson in careful
ness. but don't tell him You can't
afford TO give HIM ten cents for :
new one. and then before You leave
the house pull out your oigar-case
and light 4 ten-cent cigar.
The boy will be drawing inyld-
ious distinctions before YOU know
it-TBusineSs Chronicle.