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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-04-03

In last reports from the consuls OF
the United States, II. F. Merritt, OF
the United States consulate at Chem
nitz, offers 10 the farmers Of this coun-
try some highly interesting informa-
ton and advice about beet culture. In
the first place he shows that tho
United States annually sends to the
German empire fully SIG, 900. 900 for
sugar made from beets grown in
Prussia. Then he shows that in that
part OF the territory in this country
lying between the thirty-eighth and
forty-second parallels, there are mil
lions of acres just as well adapted to
the raising Of beets as in the richest
part Of Prussia There is no reason
why the SIG, 900, 900 sent to Germany
every year should not be kept in this
country and go into the pockets of the
farmer and the men who make boots
into sugar.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-04-03
SHE WAS BUSINESS"
But She Had n Tender Feeling Deep
in Her WomAn's Heart.

A rickety old wagon, drawn by a
pair of lean old mules, came around
the corner of the freight house. A
little old woman was holding the lines
and three or four tow-headed children
were behind her.
"Hee-up, Jerusalem!" she called TO
the off mule, who SHE'D at a freight
car. and with twitch and yank and
a cut she wheeled the team around and
backed up to the platform.
"Whar's the express fellerP" she
asked as she jumped out and came
along cracking her whip. "Oh, you
are the chap? Wall, the old mans
thar in the wagon. want to ship him
up to Erin"
Il don't see him." replied the agent,
as he looked into the wagon.
HE 'un's in the coffin thar? I'm
going up with it to Erin. How much
to payp"
They went TO tho office and arranged
matters, and the coffin was taken from
the wagon and placed on a truck. Then
the woman returned to the wagon and
said to the eldest boy:
Nov you RUDE, you drive slow aud
don't worry them nevis, and the rest
of you all behave yourselves. Come
down fur me Wednesday, and bring
jag OF con to sell with you. Hee-up,
now!n
When the wagon had gone she
turned TO US and eXplained:
g(ll1 nH e,,11av
and I've had to move lively. He 'un
wanted to be buried at home, and l
wouldn't disappoint him."
Your husbandPn asked.
"Sartin. Lived together nigh on TO
thirty years. Reckon you all are
amazed that 1 don't cry and take on
but thars heaps 10 see TO, and it all
falls on me. Only half an hour afore
the train and I've got twenty things
to think about"
We voted her full of business, but
rather hard-hearted, but we had to
change our mind about that. She sud-
denly disappeared and as we walked
along to the cotton bales piled high on
the platform we heard a grieving and
sobbing and then voice of lamenta-
ton cried out:
"Oh, Jim, old man, it's the Lords
will, but can't abide it! I'm holdin'
up and tryin' to be brave, but my old
hearts being drownded out by tears
which the eyes won't shed! I'm
a-watin' till L git back home whar /
kin slop down and hev it out with my
sorrow!"
And two minutes later she was stand
ing at the ticket window and saying:
Reckon these kivered kyars never
do be on time, but l want no fussin'
around in this case or somebody IL get
sued. Hain't got but two days to put
him through and git back home"
Now York Sun,
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-04-03
TruIhfuIncss.

Is II not little odd that people arc
inclined TO expect more from their
children than they concede to their
own dutyP II all fathers and mothers
were truthful, the result might not be
to extirpate the race of liars, for liars
must have originated and may well
originate again, but it would surely
diminish them. When these children
of careless parents come to grief, there
is the inevitable talk Of ingratitude.
Cakes and ale do not bind a son TO
decency or a daughter to purity. 1t
is that subtle something which subsists
In maternal care and fatherly love.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-04-03

IDEAS rule the world. They take
possession of mans minds, and whether
founded on fact or fiction the results
are the same Few individuals origin
ate opinions Of their own, for they are
invariably obtained from those ex-
pressed by other. 1t is this condition
of affairs-a condition and not theory
which has been the rule in life from
the days Of Adam to the present time.
And it is this condition which causes
the widespread complaint OF hard
times" which greets the car whichever
way one turns. In all ages, in all coun-
tries, rapid development Of the re-
sources OF n new country, increased
population, etc, cause outlay OF i'm
mense sums of money and consequent
great prosperity as long as capital is
being invested. But this gait cannot
be kept up indefinitely, n limit must
be reached some time or other, and
then a reaction sets in which is very
keenly felt by all classes. And when
the reaction does come, dissatisfaction
among sthe people, and particularly
those who have been unfortunate in
speculation, follows.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-04-03
HIS Badge OF Honor.

The face of Preston 3. Plumb,
senator from Kansas, not handsome at
best, is pitted by smallpox, says the
New York Telegram. Said a man the
other day who knows him: Zach one
of these smallpox pits on Plumb's face
is medal of honor. In the early days
of Kansas, Emporia was q booming
town and Mr.. Plumb was an impecun-
ious printer. He gathered money to-
gether, however, to start little week.
ly newspaper in the town and was
doing fairly well with it and had al
most paid up his debts. There ran a
rumor through the new town one day
that II strange tramp had been suddenly
smitten with the smallpox and the cpl
demic was in danger of spreading. The
rumor meant ruin TO the embryo
municipality, and so the friendless and
stricken man was hurried out on the
prairies, far from the city, and left
there in log cabin to do the best he
could for himself. There was no one
to care for Kim, and OF course, it was a
wrestle with death. In dingy, one
room editorial and printing. office
Preston B. Plumb heard the story. He
closed the place. started out to the log
house where the sick man lay, and for
weeks nursed him and cared for him
until he was saved from death. Then
he lay down himself, stricken by the
disease; but hearts had grown tenderer
in the Kansas towns and kindly hands
ministered to him until he, too, was
saved.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-04-03

study or bad circulation fromnny cause.
for excitable women and those hysteric
subjects who make their friends lives
a burden if not their own, the simplest
remedy is a cup of strong dandelion
coffee three times day, made from
the roots, fresh as possible, not The
dried stuff sold as dandelion, which is
half bread crumbs and the other half
any age with the life roasted out.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-04-03

To REGAIN a financial and CONNER
cial equilibrium it is necessary that
common sense and conservative views
should rule. TO expect to get any,
thing in this world without labor, or
the products of labor, is wild and
dangerous theory. Laws cannot be
passed TO put money in ones pocket
but they can be adopted so as to keep
It from being taken out unjustly.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-04-03

In consequence OF the New French
law compelling seminarists to serve in
the army the French bishops have
taken measures for their protection
during the trying period of service.
There is to be seminarists' home in
every garrison town, where they will
spend all their leisure moments. They
will, so far as possible, observe the col
lege rules and continue their theologic-
al studies.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-04-03
A Humble Nerve Tonic.

Dandelion is the coming nervine for
women. More than one experienced
physician tolls OF its use in cases of
nervous depression and melancholy al
most suicidal. Hysteria with indiges-
ton are most successfully treated by
dandelion alone, using a strong decoc-
ton OF the roots. For school girls
growing green and black from over
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-04-03

THERE were employed about 4S, 600
census enumerators for last years
United States census, and the average
pay was about seventy-four dollars
apiece, or So. 552, 900 in all, or about
five cents head Of our populatio n.
There was neither time nor money
enough spent on it. 1t had the disad-
vantage of being legitimate object
for the utmost hberality.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-04-03

IT need not necessarily cut down
hext years crop Of wheat to inform the
agricultural world that an acre of ba-
nonas will support 25 times as many
ES..-ons as IN 600 ~ wha~t Oro thou
sand Square feet of land, growing bGl
nanas, will produce 1000 pounds OF
nutritious substance. The same space,
devoted to wheat or potatoes will pro-
duce only SO pounds of wheat. or 90
pounds OF potatoes.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-04-03

IT is said that the chinese have no
straight street or walls, because they
believe that the devil travels in a
straight line. The best evidence in
every mans life sustains the belief that
his satanic majesty seldom beats
around the bush, but that like Santa
Clause in the poem, he always goes
straight to his work.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-04-03

STENoGRAPHERs and typewr4ters can
be had in New York In punches at "a a
week. Cooks at $50 month and
board can not be found to supply the
demand. All of which shows that the
girls of the period would sooner be
dictated to by man than by a woman.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-04-03

THB largest gold coin in circulation
in the world is stated to be the gold
'Ioof" of AMMAN, the French colony in
eastern Asia. 1t is fat round piece.
worth sixty-five pounds sterling. The
next in size to this unwieldly coin is
the Japanese "obang," which weighs
more than two ounces and a half,
about equal to ten English sovereigns.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-04-03

FOREIGN powers are about to adopt
the electrical welding method for max
ing shells for artillery. How would 1t
do TO use the electric process to cement
an agreement of peace between the rot
ton old aOnarchiesP
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-04-03
re DIdn,t Hest.

The desperate of the olden mining
days hardly led dolce-far-niente sort
OF existence, II he did take life
easily .-St. Joseph News.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-04-03
sA-A Q.
Suspense.

- suspense.
Elysium Is as far as 70
The very nearest room,
II in that room a friend await
Fecility or doom.
What fortitude the soul contains
That it can so endure
The accent of coming foot
The opening of door.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-04-03
4 Matter Of Color.

How many men feel called upon
How many vainly choose
To paint the town q glory red
To get rid OF the blues.
New-York tribune., 1891-05-15
n,rn ~ THE AGoyIEs OF L0CKJAW.

uenrv HammelL a carpenter, residing at Gut
.o,hnr7 " L. while at work q building there last
Monday morning stepped rusty na which penetrated
his shoe and pierced the centre Of his right foot causing
nanful wound. He paid attention TO his mishap az
the time but by the afternoon the foot hao s"oe uns
ts.o 50 nainfu that he could not his shoe, and
his wife Lena brought him TO this city for medical treat
ment at Roosevelt Hospital There the physicians con-
s,dered his wound serious that Dr. Kemp was especially
detailed To attend him. The doctor feared locka" anu
aid all that was possible avert IT, on Tuesday Ham
mes laws began To close the muscles Of his body grew
rigd and It that nothing would save his lite
wooden used to pry his Jaws open ana IN tha'
way little food passed into his system, out on
Wednesday jaws could not be opened at all ana ne de
in horrible agony the hospital yesterday morning
New-York tribune., 1891-05-15
CUSTOMS BROKERS AS CoNsIGNEEs.

SECRETARY FOSTERS STRICT REGULATIONS
GOVERNING THEIR BUSINESS.
washington May l4.-Secretary Foster mas Wrlleh
letter to Collector Erhardt, at NewYork, on the sub
ec Of the entry of goods in the of the custom
house brokers who are merely consigneeS In review
ing the law on this subject he comes to the conclusion
that its intention is to require that entries of Imported
merchandise shall be made only by individuals fully
conversant with the transaction from the ume Oh pur
chase or consignment to the time when 1t passes rom
the control of the Government. This knowieuse 10
necessary to enable the consgnee to make the deca
ton legally and truthfully, and must necessarily DO
wanting at customs brokers' and commission agents
Recent investigations show that frauds nave peeh pe'
petrated by double invoices on goods consisneu 10
custom house brokers. He concludes:
"You are therefore directed to refuse entry OF goods
in the name Of the customhouse brokers or Others VINO
are merely consgnees, above stated, unless they
disclose upon the etty the name OF the ultimate con
sicnee or purchaser, file certified copy OF the lnvoiee
by which settlement for the purchase OF the merchan-
SIse is made and disclose all the facts and cncnn-
stances necessary TO SATISFY you thal Ihe unsSo -
free from the taint OF fraud
New-York tribune., 1891-05-15
THE WINNERS AT LOUISVILLE.

Louisville May 14-For tho second day Of the spring
meeting the Louisville Jockey Club had pretty weather
and bright SUM- The city is crowded with visitors and
the attendance numbered fully 600 persons The fe1
ures Of the programme the Hustbourne Stakes or
two.year.od flies which won easily by Scoggan 5
and the running Georgetown In the fourth
race Many persons. up yesterday thought he woua
be the Derby winner. -
First race-Purse $500; maidens Of all ages one
mile Shpmate won by lengths, Tarquin seconu'
length before Virgin lid, third Time-lAo.
second race-Sellng purse s4oo Tor t"o-yearou O'
40 ooo. onabs,f mile Ceyerton won from Maud How
and Helen n. third. Time-0:5O. 9,
Third race-The HurstbOurne Stakes, for two-yeaf-oa
nlies 1000 added; worth to winner ABOUT nVe
furlonrs Chaperone by short head from Aoadia
while Ignite was a head before American Lady, lime
:03.
Fourth race-Club purse, $500; for all ages mie anu
seventy wards Georgetown troubled and won
by half length Tom Rogers who was TWO lehgths
before Little Annie. Tme-1 492.
Fifth race-Handlcap; purse $780, for threeyesr-oos
and onward: one mile and one hundred yards. Hamlet
won from Glockner Fairy Queen third. Time-l 'oo2'
New-York tribune., 1891-05-15
THE STRIKERS STILL UyMovED.

At the headquarters Of the Lumber Trade Association
M "a Broadway great indignation expressed yester.
av AZ the published reports that their boycott noe
altogether thorough The dealers assert that not
Zoo, Of building lumber has been delivered since Monday
There is no change tho boycott but there seems to b
no lumber famine as yet.
The iron manufacturers did open their factories ye
terday but instead pasted up notices that they would en-
ploy any Of their old VINO s wished 10 return 10
work.
At meeting OF the striking housesmiths In Clarendon
Hall a strike benefit Of 81 so given TO each man.
Resolutions were passed 10 stand Arm all summer aeo
sssayy.
New-York tribune., 1891-05-15
RACING AT GRAvESEND.
OPENING OF THE SEASON OF 1891.
PROBABLE STARTERS IN THE BROOKLYN HANDi'
oAp-AN ATTRACTIVE PROGRAMME.

,porApIE STARTERS IN THE BROOKLYN HANDl-
oAp-AN ATTRACTIVE PROGRAMME.
1na law Of New York permits racing to-day with
netting and the Brooklyn Jockey Club VIII open lts
rates TO raceloving people who have been thrsuns
n.se two months for return Of the great game The
grounds and buildings about the quarter-stretch VIII
accommodate comfortably $4,000 men ana women ana
- ono 6oubts that II the weather remains clear az
,sast that number will the running Of the first Oh
,he lannon's spring races, the Brooklyn Handicap This
ao. uill be called about O'Clock. 1t is the fourth
race on the programme which is published below The
erst t,,ree races which Of minor importance, VIII
serve to wet thoroughly the appetite OF the racegocr
and prime him for contest whob promises to be- on
one of the most evenly contested and exciting
s.rugeles of the year. Secretary Mcintyre, always
clever has been in this instance unusually successful
IN adjusting the weights to confuse the most ex
mart Judge OF public we'll private form, ana III
IA dangerous for any writer to attempt 10 name ''
winner Of the big prize, the gross vslue OF wmch Is
guaranteed to be $4,000. The field is OF high cass
some of the best handicap horses In America beins
named among the probable starters. ANY one oi
five or six that might be mentioned is naoie W
pass the winningpost in advance OF MS comPeu'orS
The Tribune has diligently and with great accuracy
r.uorted the work OF all the candidates, ana no reader
of the racing column can say that ne is III INC u'h
concerning the chances Of any morse hsneu as
starter We abhor tips. Any man with luogmens
and all racing men are supposed 10 nav S~n
he able 10 select for himself the horse that has done
the best work, that has shown the best forn, ana
thst has the best chance OF winning. Let us have
GOOD track and we shall have great race Anu may
the best horse win - .
The programme from start to finish Is hignly az
.sctve one and the interest OF the spectators VIII
No sustained throughout the afternoon Some smart
Youngsters viii appear in the third race the Expecta-
ton stakes at half mile The other races are over
night purses and handicaps.
Many admirable improvements have been mace
BY the club TO its grounds and buildnes anu 'io
accommodations are now second to none
II is understood that there will be no interference
with the poolrooms The proprietors will obtain all
the information that they care to pay for, ana WIN
resume business under the auspices OF Rollins rel
lows Hummel & Co.
These are the entries in full
rIpsrr -SXEEPSTAKES. so EACd, &1,VVO
New-York tribune., 1891-05-15
TRoTTERS AT BELMONT PARK.
YORKER. vEsTA AND MAMBRINo HANNls CAPT
IRE THE THREE PURSES.


Philadelphia May IA (SpeciaD.Three more races were
ouckv over at Belmont this afternoon, making the
third day Of the Spring Circuit meeting tro ol
rotters improved their records G. f. Isemnger getting
into the fast list with 25s Martin X. was the seiec-
ton for 40 class. but could not Keep up ue op
set by Yorker and Isemnger Yorker had matters IN ms
own hands after the second heat when he knocAed
second of his Baltimore record The :27 class was
concession to Vest had shown fast trial ana was
allowed to run IN SLOW time. Happy could nave gov
the third after Vesa went to pieces on the pacA
stretch but Turner showed up and the hVofte hau no
one TO dispute with after she passed Gipsy GIRL
There was unge of excitement at the outset OF he
ZIG pace. Elva Medium, who led the betting Deins
unable 10 save her distance after number OF bad breaks
Turner sent Mambrino Hannis along and got the hrst
two heats Gray Harry finishing so close In the second
that the spectators thought entitled to it Monkey
Rolla struck lively gait and, going to the half In the
third heat at 2:16 clip was not headed in Zizl3
He was at once favorite but it was merely ruse OF
to drop the and get better odds on Hanns
for after Gray Harry carried Monkey Rolls to the half
in oe In the fourth heat the bay geding drew up and
beat them cleverly In 2:18
The meeting ends tomorrow with the 2 20 trot snd
q. Sunm
New-York tribune., 1891-05-15
rWO-YEAR-OLDS

sJoEn THOMPSON ON THE HANDICAP-A
TRAINERS NOTES.
Gravesend, May 14.-FOr the Handicap 10 moriv"
Tenny is a pronounced favorite with moSo Oh lno
trainers that haven't horse in 1t. But all make
woyiso such as q" 1t don't rain" IL ne IS hot !oeueu
and cut off, he is carrying crusher and must nave
almost clear sailing to win" sencrita is handicapped
with the rain provlso but with good track will Re
close up Prince Royal aud Tea Tray are In the sans
notch in regard TO their work. and with good track
sbould win in 09 with most Of the trainers In favor
Of the Prince.
With a wet heavy track Eon is able to stand OH
Tea Tray at any distance as lie has 40 muoh speeu'
and when pinched Eon swerves and Tea Tray suiks.
Judge Morrow is an honest truerunning horse, ana Is
at home on any kind of a track. His work has been
as good as that of any horse engaged
burlington will have all he do TO beat Saunterer,
the one that the stable thinks the better. Banquet
Is ft and sure to his level best. lie Is good
jn any kind Of going Demuth Is good ON any hind
Of a track and with Mclaughlin up will be hard
horse 10 beat Leighton, with 104, is hardly
Handicap horse but his work right off the cars from
Tape Charles entities him TO consideration. he
porters friends praying for rain and snonio he
porter get off well he Will be In IT the wpole OF the
wsy. Russell VIII hardly do, unless he fooled the
BOYS in his work yesterday. Loantaka Is good in
the nnd Cousin Jeems is not IN 1t in any kind OF
track Uncle Bob Is a good mud horse, and can go
very well over a good track. Castaway was as good
a horse as ever he showed in his work yesterday
With mud and Taral to help him he is In it, Riley Is
good ON any kind of a track. Carroll, the member
from Monmouth. has not done anything in his work
that makes him look as il he had a chance. King
Thomas viii start, hoping to win by nuke.
aJoeS Thompson the Australian, let loose last night
and bet s5 900 that neither Tea Tray Tenny nor
seaorita would win the big race Dave Johnson TOOK
the bet The Australian told by would-be friend
that he had the worst of it, He then loosened up ana
went 10 the ST. James and laid the following DEUS ::
$500 that Tenny not rst $500 he was not second
200 he was not third, Tenny TO start with sol
Iichtensten sol" had to give Thompson S2S Tor tle
bet Thompson then bet 81 900 against Tenny beine
arst 81 600 against his being second, $1,000 against
his being third, with James Murphy Of omcaso,
Pufers former partner giving Thompson 600 SV nnv y o
bet lie then offered $4,000 against Sl0.oO9, Iemny my
with no takers The entire Tenny deegauoa otSes we
there, ]. Murphy, Kirk Gunn William Riley & ain o hi
Chicago sports. Bets were offered ana hoI 'a>oH '"'
Tenny would not be favorite al the post; l.. o,rors
Thompson saws that he will lay ponies 70 n2so{S n
with the boys I'm this country and make pig DOoA, s
Ing any kind Of money. That sounds WE'LL put alter t
meeting or two the boys know without guesSs a W.
tisaa ~ Il. ~ ~ .oa ~ io.4ipg J. G.. {.
New-York tribune., 1891-05-15
HOW THE NEW 70 CERTIFICATE WILL LOOK

washington, May 14.-The committee appointed to
design the new g. certificate has completed its work.
and the Bureau of Engraving and printing viii soon
have the plates ready for the printers There viii not
be so much lathe work on it as there Is on the OLD
series of 81 bills and much more of the white back
ground will be visible There Will be vignette Oh ne
Iota Secretary Window In the centre of the certi1-
cafe and bright carmine seal will be substituted ior
the brown seal which appears on the old notes ms
oI S viii he puf I'm the right lower quarter OF the
bii About $40 600 900 of the old 81 certificates are
ouistauding and fast as they are received at INC
Treasury they will be marked for destrucuoh'
New-York tribune., 1891-05-15
TICKET BROKERS APPLAUD ALroy.

Kansas City, May IA (specal.-At the afternoon sesa
.,on Of the Ticket Brokers Convention Mr. Mckenzie.
OF ST. Paul introduced resolution In which the Chicago
and Alton was auded for the position had taken
che eommi sson question The Eastern trunk lines
condemned in strong terms for the boycott that they
had insttutsd against the Alton. The resolutions Do
ared that It was OF the Association OF Amer
can Ticket Brokers that every member OF that body stack
h,s cb,ps or the Alton. Isaac Frank, Of New.Yosk,
soconded the motion, and It unanimously carried
o,,taa