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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-06
Horticultural Hints.

All kinds of climbers need trellises.
Poultry and sheep in the orchard
will consume wormy fruit and insects.
The peach will readily appropriate
the virtues of lime and wood ashes.
Cultivating the garden frequently
keeps the soil moist and cool, as we'll
as clean.
Do not let the strawberry vines
bear fruit the first year. Pick off
the blossoms.
Do not prune your grape vines
after the sap is started, whoever may
tell you to do SO.
Dissolve one ounce of hellebore IN
two gallons of water for application
for currant worms.
A tablespoonful or two of ammonia
TO two quarts of water makes a good
stimulant for plants.
Pack fruit so that it will not move
about in the box, basket or barrel
while on the way to market.
Remove undesirable limbs from
the trees of the orchard as soon as
they make their appearance.
The good gardener makes successive
paintings so as to have supply of
vegetables all through the season.
1t is money in the pocket of the
fruit grower to know how to pack
and send to market in the best condi-
tion.
The men on the large broiler farms
who kill and dress the birds for
market, get as their pay five cents a
bird. Out Of this amount they pay
two cents a bird to women who re-
move all the pinfeathers.
A writer says that when boiled,
the white of duck egg is never
curdy, like the white of fresh hens
egg. Duck eggs are excellent for
omelets, buildings and pastry, and
for such purposes find ready sale
in the carly spring.
An experienced orchardist has
come to the conclusion that rye is
better for an orchard than grass; and
if the poultry yard is near il will
often furnish good winter pasturage
for the fowls. But it should be
plowed under in the spring. Grass
holds growth in check by it's millions
of roots which demand nourishment.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-06
Ahnnt Killing Pntatnns.

Most farmers hill their potatoes.
They do this, as we have done our
selves, when convinced that killing
is always injurious, and in a very
dry season is almost always fatal to
the crop. 1t is impossible for mod
crate summer rain, or even violent
rain. to penetrate the potato hill so
far as to furnish moisture to the
roots. A rain which fell slowly for
"a hours might do this. but summer
rains are not often OF that character.
The rain falls heavily, compacts
the surface and runs off in the fur
rows between the rows made by hill
ing. These burrows are just where
the feeding roots of potatoes should
be if the loose soil were not earthed
up around the hills.
Why do farmers thus run counter
TO the plain laws of potato growth?
1t is usually to keep the potato from
growing out of the ground and sun
burning until the larger part are
worthless for marketing Some po-
tatoes naturally form tubers nearer
the surface than do oCher varieties.
even those sorts that were most
Objectionable in this respect we would
not hill up as is usually done. 1t is
comparatively light task to go over
field that has had level culture and
draw with hoe little earth above
potatoes that appear above ground
rather than to use shovel plow
tearing to pieces the feeding roots Of
potatoes between the rows on which
the future growth OF the tubers de-
ponds. If, as usually happens. the
shovel blowing is delayed until tubers
are formed. the growth of these tubers
is at once arrested. and the result at
best is two crops of very small pota-
toes in each hill
Too shallow planting of potatoes is
the common mistake. The shallow
planted potatoes undoubtedly come
up quicker. and if very early pota-
toes are planted deep on wet ground
they may rot in the soil and not
come up at all, especially if fresh
cut But by partially drying the cut
potato seed it may be planted four or
five inches deep in April and come
up every time. This deep rianting
has its advantage in allowing early
cultivation before the potatoes are
up. We commonly talk OF dragging
the potato ground A cultivator is
set to scarify the surface fully an
iLch above the set Then the har-
row may be put on TO leave the sur
face as smooth as possible and keep
the ground moist
Tho chief cause of light or ops oil
potatoes is drouth, and this is always
most injurious to potatoes that are
shovel plowed and hilled. More than
once have we seen acres OF potatoes
whitening and dying in few days az
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-06
IIOuseIloId Helms.

The white of an egg, with a little
water and sugar is good for children
with irritable stomachs
A quart of milk in which the juice
of three mandarin oranges has been
squeezed is said to be refreshing
lotion for the complexion.
If u mirror be placed where sun
light or very strong light falls
directly upon it, the quicksilver will
be liable to dissolve, leaving dark
spots on the glass.
After the juice is squeezed from
lemons the peels are used for rub
bling brass. Dip them in common
salt, rub the brass thoroughly, then
brush with dry bathbrick.
Don't have too much of one kind
of decoration in the house; two
rooms upon the same general pattern
are quite enough-an individual
scheme for each apartment is better.
To prevent the cracking of fruit
jars when filled, rinse the jars with
clean cold water, then dip towel in
cold water. double it three or four
times. lay it smoothly in a dripping
pan, and set your cold jars on this to
fill them.
To stiffen ginghams, muslins and
calicoes, drop piece OF alum the
size of hickorynut into the starch.
The alum is dissolved, then stirred
into the starch. The fabrics so
treated will retain their beauty of
coloring for long time.
BY adding whisky to any quantity
of common glne you will have an
article thas is always ready for use,
says an English trade paper Put
both in q bottle, cork it tight and
put it by for three or four days, when
il will be fit for use without the APP
plication OF heat Glue thus pre-
pared will keep for years and it is at
all times fit for use. except in very
cold weather, when it should fret be
set in warm water
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-06
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
RESULTS OF OLD AGE WITH
NOTHING TO DO.
Leaving the Farm-AbOr5 Killing Po-
tatoes Fruit Trees on Their Own
Roots - Raspberries - Horticultural
Hints aud Household Helps.
Retired Farmers.

There comes q time in the farmers
life when he is strongly tempted to
leave the farm. Growing infirmities
remind him that he is not the man
physically that he used to be. He
feels that he has worked hard enough,
long enough, and has abundant
means to make his old days comfort
able. and determines to move to
town. He pictures before him
green old age with all the comforts
of life, and rest from unceasing toll
and grinding care. These expecta-
tions are seldom realized in full, and,
as matter of fact, we believe that
most farmers who do this shorten
their days. and after the first year
or two, or perhaps after the first six
months, are more Discontinued than
they would have been under any
circumstances on the farm. The
reason is not hard to find. To man
who has been active either in mind
or body for thirty or forty years,
idleness is misery. No man of this
kind feels satisfied with himself I'M
less he has some responsibility to
occupy both head and hands. When
he has nothing to do, life
ceases to have much interest. He
misses the stimulus which work in
the open air gives. He misses the
healthful occupation of mind or in
terest in events of the farm. He
ceases TO read agricultural litera-
ture because he regards himself as
no longer engaged in agriculture,
and the result is with him, as rule.
a loss of happiness, and visible
shortening of life. There comes a
time in the farmers life when it is
exceedingly difficult, to know how to
manage the farm. That time is when
he can no longer manage it without
more exertion of body than he is
capable of performing. and when he
does not feel that it will pay him 10
procure efficient help even If it could
be had. Happy is he who has son
or son-in-law on whose broad shout
ders he can roll the burden, still re-
tanning enough of his land and stock
to occupy his mind and give him
the exercise he needs. Under these
circumstances he may spend a green
old age and give to his children and
grandchildren the fruits OF his
ripened experience. We always feel
that our friends are making a serious
mistake when they leave the farm
for town.
There are unpleasant things in
connection with farm life in old age,
and especially the difficulty of at
tending church, but these are less
than the evils connected with break
irg up all the old associations, and
attempting to form new ones. No
man knows how intimately his life
is connected with his friendship I'M
til he breaks up those of a quarter
of a century standing, and under
takes to form new ones with people
whose experience is in lines different
from his own.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-06

No trace was found of his money,
and he was compelled to return to
Montana almost peuniless.
Antonio is known TO but few of the
secret service men, but many OF the
old-time detectives of the larger cities
know his record thoroughly. Antonio
is said to be the illegitiuate son OF an
Italian countess, and his right name
is said to be Gustelli.
When in funds and flying high, he
is apt to turn up at some heightened
hotel and register as Count Luigi Gus
tell of Florence. He has served
terms in Sing Sing, Columbus and
Joliet prisons.
Christopher Tallman, alias Long
Chris" is another expert at picking
pockets that may be seen almost any
day haunting the gates of the EXPOSE
ton.
Many of the robberies that have
been perpetrated upon strangers
might be traced to him. He has been
arrested times without number, but is
clever enough never to be caught in
the act or with the plumber on his
person.
One of the worst thieves here i a
newcomer to Chicago, named Barney
Burch, alias Walden. He practices on
the cable cars that run to
the Exposition on the Cot
tage Grove avenue and State street
lines. Detective Norton recent y
caught him in the act of robbing
lady on car. The officer rabbed
the thief and was holding him until
the arrival of patrol wagon, when
Burch dropped one hand into his
POCKET and drew forth a handful of
red pepper, which he dashed into the
detectives face Blinded with pain,
the officer had to let go, and the Grim
inal darted up an alley and escaped.
Richard Preston. alias Windy Dick"
alias Omaha Kid" another daring
thief, has made several trips to the
Fair, and is undoubtedly responsible
for some of the stealing that has oc-
Cured. Preston generally operates on
the railway trains, and leads what, in
thieves parlancc, is called push =
that is, a gang of thieves-who create
sham fight and cause great excite
meDt in a crowd. At such times the
mob of pick pockets get in their work
on the interested spectators.
George Carr, alias "Mother Empy's
Kid" is one of the bes. known thieves
iu the country, wi h criminal record
in most large cities. He is now out on
bail for crimes committed in Chicago
During the past year Carr and his pal,
George Bockman, alias Little Dut ch,"
have been arrested for diamond steal
ing or pocket picking in dozen differ
ent cities. They were in Denver and
Kansas City together last summer,
getting in their work on the Knights
attending the conclaves at those points.
They were arrested in Washington
last spring during the Inauguration
ceremonies, and later in New Orleans,
where they worked in the Mardi Gras
crowds.
When the Worlds Fair opened they
came here, and are supposed to be the
thieves who got the $1,000 diamond
shirt stud from DIR. Baxter recently.
A Boston police paper recently pub
lished the portraits of two clever for
e ign crooks who came from London.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-06

THE calling together of a parlia.
ment of religions in Chicago is an
event in the worlds history that the
most liberal and sanguine believer of
a hundred years ago could never
have dreamed. 1t has flavor of
the glories of the promises millen-
ium. 1t is fitting feature of the
winding up OF the enlightened nine
teenth century 1t is another case
of the lion and the lamb lying down
together, and the lamb is not inside
the lion. either A hundred years
ago such an assembly would have
been impossible in any other way
than under the agis or flag of truce.
and then every delegate would have
been armed to the teeth. The world 8
progress was never more forcibly
presented.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-06

One of the articles of necessary
equipment besides torpedoes in which
our new war vessels are deficient is
armor-piercing projectiles. At the
time of the Gillian trouble the navy
department hastily purchased a sup
ply OF these proJectiles abroad, out
the war cloud blew over before they
could be delivered. Now, the manu-
facture of these steel war bolts has
been domestichted in this country,
and the tests of lot of the so-called
Holzer proJectiles produced by an
American firm have been remarkably
successful Our ordnance officers say
that on the first attempt we have
turned out tougher and harder armor-
piercing shells than have ever been
made in Europe.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-06


his roll and began counting it, when
one of the gang snatched SIS from his
hands and ran away with it,
George McEadden, a visitor from
Idaho, came TO Chicago with 81. 600
and two fine diamonds in his shirt
front. He made the acquaintan Q
of two nice gentlemen. They es.
corted him about the city, showed him
the sights on the levee and treated
him to all the wine he wanted At
n late hour that night they escorted
him into the web of Mike
Bauer. an ex-convict, who ran a saloon
on Wabash avenue. There dose of
drugged wine settled Mr.. McFadden,
and he was found the next morning
wandering about, near Garfield race
track in dazed condition minus $500
and his diamonds. The thieves are
still at large, but Bauer's place has
been closed by the mayor.
Hardly a night ps sses but the COM
mand, Hands up" startles some be-
q day at the Fair.
The Chicago jail is overcrowded with
criminals awaiting trial. The police
stations are overlooking from day to
day. The Black Maria" is cramm d
full every noon when il starts for the
workhou e, and prospects are that by
the time the World Fair is over the
state of Illinois will be compelled to
increase largely it's penitentiary &C
commodations if half of the cri inals
now being arrested are convicted and
rewarded with pr son sentences.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-06

ter the killing had been finished, even
though heavy rains had fallen, which
on level surface would have main
tanned growth for several weeks.
1t is probably true that killing
makes easier digging, and it is partly
owing to the fact that in the hill the
potatoes are fewer in number, and
are necessarily punched in heap.
When they have more room to spread
the crop is increased, and proper
tionately the labor of digging. All
kinds of potatoes, even those whose
tubers are punched, will spread their
roots through the whole surface be.
tween the rows if the soil is not
scraped out SO as to leave burrows.
In that case, of course, the roots are
cramped and he crop is accordingly
lessened.-American Cultvator
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-06
Eating From the Same ni-I,.

In former days it was usual for a
couple seated together to eat from
one trencher, more particularly If
the relations between them were of
an intimate nature. or again if it
were the master and mistress of the
establishment Walpole relates that
so late as the middle of the last cen
fury the old duke and duchess of
Hamilton occupied the dais at the
head of the room and preserved the
traditional manner by sharing the
same plate. 1t was token of at
tachment and tender recollections Of
nreturnable youth.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-06

THE decree issued by the French
government announcing that an in
ternational exposition will be held in
Paris in 1909 removes any doubts
which may have existed regarding
the willingness of the French to
enter into competition with the
tremendous show now open in Chi
cago. They are going to try to beat
the magnificent achievements of this
year, and there is no reason to doubt
that glorious exposition will be the
result
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-06

AMERICAN firemen recently went
to London and opened the eyes of
that somewhat sleepy city to the
possibilities attainable by the fight
ers OF the fire fiend. Now some dis
tinguished foreign commissioners
have been shown how American ap-
pliances facilitate the gathering of
great harvest, a square mile of
wheat being cut and bound while
they were watching the operation.
Amer lea has unrivaled resources and
the most approved methods of realiz-
ing upon them. There is no chance
for hard times to continue long in a
country so blessed. If it's legislators
do their duty.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-06

THE uncertainty of the next great
war Expresses military Europe like a
nightmare. No such change in the
conditions of war has ever before
come in peace. The effective rifle
fire in 1870 was limited to 900 to
800 yards; it is now 1920 to 1900.
Artillery opened then at two mile
range; it does the same work now at
four. The best rife could kill then
at a mile; now the service weapon
will bore two men two miles off.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-06

Miss ANTHoNY-there is but one
says that she was impelled to remain
single because of the custom OF call
ing the widow ''relict" OF her de-
ceased husband, and she would
rather remain forever unmarried
than have her existence recorded for
future generations as the "relict" OF
any man. Well. Susan need not do
that She might marry good,
tough, smoke-seasoned man and die
first Then he would be the relict.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-06
Supply of Raspborrias.


A writer gives it as his opinion
that if the ease with which the rasp.
berry can be grown were fully APP
preciated, there would not be farmer
in the country who would not cheer
fully set out enough plants to supply
his family with as many as they
could eat at three meals a day during
their season, and there is not "a
farmers wife who would not rather
pick the fruit than spend so much
time in hot kitchen, making cakes
and pies. The children would come
in for their share of the delight in
connection with the care of the
plantation. Most farmers do not
realize how easily raspberries may be
grown, and how little land it is neces-
sary to devote to their culture to
have a supply. We have grown an
abundance of them by simply straight
ening rail fence at an end OF small
fruit garden and putting the old bed
place to the fruit. Every farmer has
some spot where raspberries may be
grown and he should utilize it
Farmers Voice.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-06

These men first appeared at the Brook
lyn races in the spring, where they
were run down by Robert Pinkerton
for picking pockets at the race track.
As soon as they escaped from the
clutches of the Brooklyn police, which
they did by paying a fine, they came
direct to Chicago. Frank Murray, SUI
perintendent of Pinkerton's Chicago
agency, received their pictures from
Kew York, and they were soon after
yards captured on the Worlds Fair
grounds while endeavoring to pull
OFF, diamond stud from visitor.
Whep arrested they gave the names OF
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-06
An Unscientiac Guard.

An eastern man was strolling
through the wooded island.
my friend" he drawled, as he
poked his cane into bunch of flowers,
''does this plant here belong to the
arbutus family?"
mo, sar," replied the guard, 'dar
is some deception we'd Medvae, an fue
fakes on side. but ovry tang har bae-
long to Worlds Far"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-06
Absent Minded.

The two most absent-minded men
he had left his watch at home and
then took it out to see IL he had time
to go back and get it and the man
who put on his Office door card say
ing: ''Out; will be back soon" and
on his return sat down on stair'step
to wait for himself.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-06

the button to start the machin-
ery-a chief, who is said to have
been Antonio the Frenchman,
took a wallet from the inside coat
pocket of August Beekman from Mon
tana containing S., 600.
The victim had sid his ranch In
Montana and with the proceeds was
making trim to Germany, having
stopped off at Chicago to see the Fair.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-06

THE Improvement on the Calling
gun by which 5000 shots can be fired
in one minute affords hope that it
may be possible yet to exterminate
the English sparrow.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-06
Nnr, rim, mo- WIN nndee.

Hungry Higgins-Gee! What's
the matter with your eyes?
Dismal Dawson--It all comes from
reading the funny things in the
papers | got the fool notion into
my head that woman doesn't know
how to throw brick.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-06

WOMEN are great deal nicer
TO know than men; if you meet them
in drug store when you are buying
a cigar, you are not expected to offer
them one
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-06
Tue Real Cause of the Troub.e 9.

"Diclx had trouble after he was
married, l believe-didn't get along
very we'll with his wife, did hep"
"Oh, yes. he got along very we'll
with his wife, but he got along toe
well with other mems wives"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-06

MASSACHUSETTS is to try the ex-
pertinent OF releasing long term con-
victs on ,aSole. The first person
freed is a twenty-five year convict,
who has served five years already.
II he behaves himself other convicts
will be freed. ..-~ Ic ~
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-06
CROOKS OF CHICAGO.
GATHERING A HARVEST FROM
RURAL HAYSEEnS-
Many of Them Fall Into the Clutches
of the Police aud the Penitentiary Is
Rapidly Being Filled-Pictures for
the Benefit OF Visitors.
[Chicago Correspondence

L III ESENI L IL u
city OF Chicago is
the coca of the
& r a t guild of
thievery.
One of the big
gest thefts during
the Fair was on he
ope n ing d a V
when, almost di-
rectlv in front of
the stand on which
President Cleve-
land was pressing
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-06
Questionable encouragement.

Chow did you like the last song |
sang yesterday night?" he said.
Your last songP" she repeated
"Oh, yes, liked that best of all
"Indeed."
"Yes always like your last song
best -
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-06

Paper says she did it out of earl
osity."
MUST be mistake
"How's that?"
"Know'd her fur forty years an
never heard o. her bein' out O. Curl
osity minute durin' the hull tire.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-06
CONTRADICTION Remlrks.

Mrs. Figgs-That boy is getting
more and more like you every day.
1t is all can do to manage him.
Mr. Figgs--It strikes me that those
two statements don't consist Ittle
bit
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-06

In the far West man advertised
for woman Ito wash iron, and milk
one or two cows" What does no
want the COWS washed forp
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-06

THE king OF Spain is seven years
old and speaks several languages
Happily for his people he is not able
to speak any of them with authority
uat
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-06

THAT which woman calls her
'intuition," is really what she has
known all the time, but never admits
until she marries.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-06

WHEN money gets tight it gener-
ally goes to the lock up.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-06

WHEN an Office is out seeking a
man it is like ghost II startles
everybody.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-06

AFTER a man has placed pistol
in your face is a poor time to inquire
If it is loaded.