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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-09-14

rival-ahem" throwing her arms
about his neck with pretty little
gesture, which plainly told the young
banker that he had nothing to fear
from Davenport Day.
Then followed tender farewell,
for Charlie was to leave on the early
morning train, and Louise would not
be able to see him again.
The lovers had hardly left the
secluded corner of the veranda, when,
from the shadow just below, a tall,
dark figure erept forth. A man with
red face, dark eyes and hair and
mustache; the general aspect of a
stage villain-Davenport Day. His
face was darkened with anger, and
he shook his fist in the direction
which the young people had taken.
'So!' he muttered, harshly, that is
my rival! The young man from Chi
cago had better beware, for Daven-
port Day is not an easy one to battle.
/ must marry that girl! Her father is
worth couple of millions and / need
them. All! my fine Chicago boy, you
had better look out, for your little
game is not won yet-not muchl He
must be put out of the way. 1t will
not be impossible. He has never seen
me, and he must not see my photo
graph. Confound that kodak! 1t has
caused nae trouble enough; but I'll
conquer yeti"
1t was on fair April morning,
when a cab rolled up TO the ST.
Charles hotel, in the quaint old city
of New Orleans, and a young man
ahghted. Entering the hotel he reg
istered his name: Charles +. Miller,
Chicago, III. Almost the first person
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-09-14
TEACHING THE CAT A LESSON.
And lie Did IL SO That His Wife Is Not
LiISelY to Forget It.

And lie Did IL That His Wife Is Not
Likely to Forget 1t.
The man who always has q cure
for every i'll and a remedy for every
evil showed one of his strokes OF
genius the other day. His wife's
cat had acquired fondness for one
of the bathtubs in the house. OF
course, this tub was In the room
next to the dressing room of tho
master OF the house. or course, the
master of the house doesn't like cats.
Fannie" he said, II found that
cat snoozing in my bathtub again
to-day"
"l'm sorry. DEAR" she said. 81
have tried to break her of that habit
but don't seem to succeed"
"Well. we must have that cat
drowned, he said fiercely.
His wife protested mildly.
THAT is the only annoying trick
she has" she said. "lt would be a
pity to kill her"
Then" said the man of the
house, IN take this thing into my
own hands. Now, I'll just explain
to you how I'll do it. You know how
she gets into the tub. She takes a
run, leaps to the edge and goes in
without stop. Pm going to run
about three inches of water into
tho tub, let it stand there and let
her get a sousing. You know how a
cat likes water" he added signifi-
cantly.
He put his plan into operation
at once. saws the New York Tribune.
That afternoon pussie did her
little hurdle race, as usual, over the
side OF the bath tub. The plan
worked to perfection. There was
loud cry streak of cat through
the dressing room and II wet fash
into the sewing room. Near the
door of this room stood perch on
which rested in peaceful sleepiness
dignifed parrot The cat tried
this hurdle but missed it, and the
parrot, knocked to the floor, added
TO the force of the cyclone which
went raging around the house. A
table was knocked over and q
statue OF the Venus of Milo, already
short of arms, was made legless
The adored baby of the house was
frightened into spasms, the parrot
scolded and screamed herself into a
fit and afterward the dripping cat,
having made lightning tour OF the
house. was found, trembling and
subdued, on her mistress jacket,
price sos.
81 hope" said the lord of the
manor, when he had surveyed the
scene of wreckage, that thi; will
teach your cat lesson"
Il hope SOL said his wife, sooth-
ing the baby and looking at the
jacket with mournful eyes.
There is only one way to go
about such things" said the hus-
band. with satisfaction, IL pride
myself on being able to handle ami
mails. And his wife discreetly SAID
nOthinp
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-09-14
FOUR CABS IN ANNAPOLIS.
Their Use as Street 1lrs Sometimes
Causes AwkwA 1urprlse.

Their Use as Street 1irs Sometimes
Causes Awkwa-- Surprise.
al have just returned from a maid
en- visit to Annapolis" said a trav-
eler to writer for the Washington
Star, "and had an experience down
there that took fall out OF my con-
ceit and bruised 1t until it got q
complexion like an egg plant. You
know they have cabs down in An
napolis. / think there are about
four of them altogether, and the tar
i'll charge is fifteen cents for a ride
from one place in the city to the
other hailed an empty one the
other morning. coming out OF the
academy grounds, and instructed
the driver to take me to the depot
While we were rafting away down
the street ] espied on the corner
ahead of me one of the most
lovely apparitions in the shape OF a
summer girl it has ever been
my good fortune to gaze upon. AS
the vehicle approached her as
sumed my most fascinating manner
and prepared to look as alluringly
as | could at the exquisite creature.
You can imagine my surprise when,
after giving me one glance, she
raised her daintily gloved hand and
stopped the cab The door few
open and in she climbed. If / was
surprised at this part of her per-
Torrance | was even more thunder
struck at the fact that she didn't
take the slightest notice OF me in
the world. | had not heretofore
been in the habit OF hiring cabs and
having them stopped and entered by
strangers, no matter how pretty and
engaging they might be, and my ire
was rising to the point of causing
me to inquire what she wanted in
the vehicle, when the driver looked
back and sententiously inquired.
Depot" and the maiden nodded
approval. When we reached the
station she drew fifteen cents
from her shopping bag and
handed them TO the driver and
daintily tripped out of the cab. /
handed him half dollar and while
he was counting out the change /
inquired If il was customary for good
looking young ladies to jump into
his cab when an eligible young man
had hired it. He told me that he
saw that ! was stranger and not
familiar with the custom, but that
the cabs were regarded by the ma
tives of Annapolis very much in the
light OF street cars and if one hap
pened TO be going in the direction
that person wished to also go, the
latter hailed 1t and got in the same
as he or she would in public con-
veyance that ran on rails and went a
regular route. But l thought had
made conquest all the same and
was pretty thoroughly knocked out
when the girl gave me to understand
that she wasn't even aware of my ex-
istence "
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-09-14

was standing in secluded corner of
the veranda of the Hotel Eastman, at
the famous Hot Springs of Arkansas,
with the girl he loved at his side. She
lifted her dark eyes to his handsom
face, and in their true depths he read
the sweet secret of her love. He
drew her closer to his heart, and his
dark head was bent, while his soulful
eyes gazed into hers.
Il do not know" she murmured. 81
will tell you the truth, Charlie. | fear
opposition. Papa has set his heart on
my marrying Mr.. Day-Mr Davenport
Day, and I-I-hate him!"
"But surely, darling" the young
man interrupted, hopefully, ''your
father will consent when he sees that
your happiness is at stake?"
You do not know my father" she
sighed. "He is very stern and set in
his ways. And you do not know
Davenport Day. By the way-you
have never met him, Charlie."
mo! and l do not care to- Louise,
that man shall never take you from
mel swear it,"
Then, after n brief pause, during
which the lovers were perfectly
happy, he went on:
80! our pleasant sojourn at the Hot
Springs is nearly over. am ordered
South for my health, and yOu-will
remain here until"
Until papa decides to move on,
she interrupted, smilingly. You
know, he and l are birds of passage,
this spring. Why, we may even reach
New Orleans, yet--your objective
pointr'
II wish you would" exclaimed the
young man enthusiastically. Fancy
the happiness of meeting you there,
Louise! And SO our happy time here
is over"
''Oh, yes, and, by the way, Charlie,
/ have taken Davenport Days photo
graph"
"Yes?"
"You see, dear" Louise went on,
persuasively, The left the day you
arrived here and / took snapshot at
him while he stood at the depot,
waiting for his train. He will be
back soon, and oh, how | dread it!
Papa thinks there is no one like him,
and he is rich and influential, and he
seems so certain that | will be his
wife. fairly hate him.
where is his picture?" demanded
Miller, little savagely.
"Ah, dear! have never taken the
trouble to develop it," she cried. "Tll
tell you, Charlie, since you are going
away tomorrow, will develop the
photograph, and forward it to you, so
that you may see the face of your
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-09-14
SWORDS OF DAMASCUS.
Wonderful Weapons the Art OF Making
Which is Lot.


Which is Lott.
To the lovers OF strange goods the
bazaars Of Damascus are far more
alluring than those of Cairo or Con-
stan tinople; the capacious chests OF
the merchants contain much that we
would buy were our purses longer.
Old embroideries of wonderful colors,
delicate China silks of many hues,
swords OF cunning workmanship, all
these lie piled beside us on the e or.
1t is but seldom that a really = II
specimen of the Damascus sworu can
be obtained, for the art of working
and engraving steel is dead.
These swords were made OF alter
nate layers of iron and steel, so finely
tempered that the blade would bend
to the hilt without breaking, with
an edge 90 keen that no coat OF mail
could resist it, and a surface so
ghly polished that when a Moslem
wished to rearrange his turban he
used his sword for looking glass.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-09-14
Following Directions.

1t was raining pretty hard when
the old man came into the parlor.
In fact, the rain was rafting on the
tin roof of the porch so loudly that
there could be no doubt about the
weather.
''Er-how is the weather out?"
asked the young man who was CALI
ing on the daughter OF the house.
He asked in trepidation, because he
knew he was none too welcome.
The old man looked at him for a
moment and said: "Clear."
And the young man cleared.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-09-14

Seedyman-Sir,I am taking up a
collection among the merchants OF
this city to enable me to re- establish
myself in business; will you contrib
ute?
ShowcaseAWhat claim have you
on the assistance of the merchants
Seedyman-I am the author Of a
book entitled, "How to Be Success.
full in Business Without Advertis-
ing. Printers Ink.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-09-14

In connection with the Chinese oath
story is told of representative Of
the middle kingdom who once sp.
peared to give evidence in court He
was politely consulted as to the
method he would prefer to be sworn.
"Oh," said 1e, with breadth of ont,
look not common in Sir John Bridges
court, kill i'm cock, break i'm plate,
smell i'm book, all samey."
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-09-14
the Cheerful Idiot Again.

Talk about lawyers" said the ELI
thusiastic man, there are mighty
few of them can hold a candle to
old Greathead Why, that man has
illegal knowledge by the barrel"
'By the barrel?" exclaimed the
cheerful idiot. al always thought
he sold it by the case.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-09-14

The first trial of DIR. Woods Norway
Piue Syrup will satisfy any one that
the lung-healing virtue of the pine
tree has now been refined into an.
effective and convenient cough medi-
cine. Sold by all dealers on guaran~
tee of satisfaction.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-09-14
Pilates Description of the Cruciarion

In the "Acts OF Plate" an early
apocryphal work quoted by both
Tertullian and Justin Martyr, l find
the following: al have at length
been forced to consent to the cruel
fixion of Jesus Christ, though very
much against my will. For the
world never saw, and perhaps never
will see another OF such piety and
uprightness. While He hung upon
the cross a horrid darkness which
covered the earth seemed to
threaten it's final end.
/ did all | could to save Him
from the malice of the Jews but fear
of total insurrection forced me to
sacrifice Him to the peace and inter-
est OF your empire" This is from
the chapter entitled pilates letter
to Tiberias. "
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-09-14

Agents arc making $500 to 5000 per day seilins
our Wall Paper, our Fall samples are now Tendy
and Will be sent on receipt Of sl.0O. These gOOda
are selling rapidly as the prices are extremely lows
agents ordering the FAN line will receive the Spring
samples gratis. order blanks and rules for meAsur-
ing free The slO0 paid for samples VIII be DE-
Quoted from first $1,000 order Exclusive terTft0Hy
given. Write at once for the agency CHICAGO
WALL PAPER CO., II. X. Snider, MgF-s
I88-I35 Wabash Ave, Chicago.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-09-14
Neglected News.

AWestern editor, in answer to the
complaint OF subscriber that he
did not give news enough, advised
him, when news was scarce. to read
the bible. which, he had no doubt,
would be news to him.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-09-14

MIS- M. Schaenberger, Beaver Dam,
Wis, writes: 1--WE have used DE-.
Thomas Eclectric Oil in our family.
for Coughs, Colds, Group and RheumA-
tiSm. 1t cures every time"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-09-14
IIereditY.

Cynic-Women arc fools. Binnick
Well, IL there is anything in
heredity an acquaintance with some
OF their sons would lead US to think
so.-Town Topics
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-09-14

the northward. Rockets were sent
up and she bore down on them. Two
hours later all hands were safe on
board big freight boat on her way
to Southampton.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-09-14

+. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. o.. Proprs. CT
Halls Catarrh Cure, OFFER 500 reward for amy
case OF catarrh that can not be cured by taking
Halls Cgtarrh Cure. Send for testimonials
free. Sold by Druggists, Toe.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-09-14

AS late as 1860 the French had no scenery
and the players never left the stage during O.
performance,
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-09-14
TOO MUCH WARDROBE.
The Manager Didn't Approve of tn
Juveniles Luxuriousness.

The Manager Didn't Approve OF the
Juveniles Luxuriousness.
A manager who had not been pay
Ing salaries for a great while called
his company together one day and
said: Gentlemen, our next stand
is eighteen miles from here, and |
have only enough money to pay rail
road fares for the ladies and myself,
but | met farmer on a load OF hay
this morning who had just come
over the road. He assures me on
his honor as gentleman and
farmer that the roads are good and
the black berries ripe along the en-
tire route. and here is ten cents
get plug of tobacco to jolly you
up on the way and you won't mind
the walk at all"
Well, for so many. many months
the ghost had failed at due inter-
walls to salute this little band, that
the leading man decided upon re-
naming in the village and trusting
to luck, writes Marie Adair in the
Chicago Inter Ocean. In conse-
euence, the juvenile man was
obliged thereafter to double the
leading part with his own.
After several weeks of this extra
work be summoned sufficient cour-
age to demand the price of his laun-
dry.
allow much money do you re-
quire?" asked the manager
Fifty cents" said the actor. Il
had five shirts and"
Great Scott" interrupted the
manager, "five shirts Why, my
boy, what folly! l never had but two
shirts at time in my life. How
can you get out of hotels with five
shirts to carryP"
"Besides," the young man con-
tinued, 81 am obliged to have a
postage stamp"
WHAT exclaimed the manager.
"a postage stamp? Do you for u
moment think / will give you post
age stamp, and have you writing to
some manager for another engage
ment and leave me in the lurch? No,
sir; no. sir. Here's twenty-six cents
for your laundry. but don't tell the
other boys l gave you money or
they'll all be after me-"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-09-14

Godfrey means Gods peace. The name was
made famous by Godfrey OF Bouillon.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-09-14
wall Pnner.

Butler wrote 'Hudibras" after he was CO
years old.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-09-14

Metals were first employed in statuary In
7i5 B q.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-09-14

OU VIII be my
wife, Louise? And
you will wait for
me until / return,
will you not, my
darling? Surely,
your father will
give his consent
to our marriage
when he realizes
how dearly You
love mel"
Charlie Miller's
vote, was full of
earnestness. He
The free press., 1894-08-09
STRAWBERRIES FOR PROFIT.

Mr.. Crawford, the distinguished
strawberry culturist, tells the rural
New Yorker of his experiment with
an eighth of an acre, the plants being
set in rows four feet apart. A row of
Hebron potatoes was planted between.
All the work of cultivation was done
by hand, and rich soil caused fine
growth. The product was almost fifty
bushels of marketable potatoes, or at
nearly 400 to the acre.
Iii atswer to the question how he
would plant two acres for yearly sup
ply he stated that he would divide the
land into two sections, and set out u
new bed on one of them this spring,
and on the other the next.
After bearing he would plow under,
SOW buckwheat, plow that under and
SOW rye, piowing it in time for plant
ing. Stable manure may be put on
after the buckwheat is turned under.
Commercial fertilizers may be applied
in spring to give the plants start,
and again when the runners are start
ing. Matted rows do not need much
manuring. The alternate course will
be used the next year. Among the
plants recommended to grow between
the rows are early potatoes, sweet
corn and bush beans.
The free press., 1894-08-09

"Dogs have most acute ears IN de-
tecting differences i'll the quality OF
sound" said a musician yesterday. II
have at home q large Newfoundland
which is a great lover of music. NO
matter in what portion of the house
he may be, he always comes to me
when begin to play, lying close to the
piano. 1 have an old organ. 1t Is
one of those instruments with many
stops and but few good qualities. L
think I have been able after much en-
deavor to distinguish two different
qualities of tone in all of the long TO"
of stops, but my dog made it appar-
ent to me that my ears were not
as acute as his. play for variety
upon the organ, Notwithstanding lts
being antiquated, and my dog seems
to enjoy this as much as the piano. all
except one stop. Whenever l pull
that stop out he rises to his feet sud
denly and commences to DARK anu
orowl at me in a most vicious manner
sometimes biting at the organ. Now'
to nv ear thu stop makes no diher-
ence in the sound of the organ. L nave
tried hard to detect the distihc'i'o
quality which aggravates the dog b
nature, but without success. nave
tried to fool the fellow by commencing
tune upon one stop and suddenly
milling out the obnoxious one. ne
never fails to detect this, though tne
sound to me is Just the same.
The free press., 1894-08-09
Where Six Days Make a Week.

"There is small island IN the
South Pacific" said John l.. Davis, a
veteran sea captain, "where there
only appear to be six days in the week.
This extraordinary phenomenon is
brought about by the location of the
island. Travellers around the world
are acquainted with the fact that time
is lost while travelling east and gained
while travelling west, the difference
of time in n transatlantic journey
alone being about four hours. L had
to run into Chatham Island once
when disabled, and was amused to see
the way III which the people accepted
their fate in regard to the jumping OF
time. The little island is just on the
line of demarkation between times
and dates. In order to keep right
with the remainder of the world it is
necessary to skip from noon ION Sun
dav to noon on Monday every week
in the year, and hence the joke that
it is possible to spend whole day at
dinner without eating an average
meal. The island is SO near the ant
arctic region that days and nights
are altogether mixed up from the idea
of an ordinary individual, but this
plan of jumping the afternoon OF one
day and the morning of the next 50
as to keep in line with the almanac IS
something SO ridiculous that none
but a seafaring man can appreciate II,
or understand the necessity. ST
Louis Globe-Democrat.
The free press., 1894-08-09
LAWN GRASS.

Questions are put, says Merchants
Monthly, as to the proper amount of
seed to SOW per acre in order to get
the best results in lawn grass the
usual quantity is about seventy-five
pounds to the acre. This depends,
however, a good deal on the kind Of
grass used, some being lighter per
bushel than others but when what is
generally known as mixed lawn grass
seed is employed, this is about the
quantity to use. 1t may be remarked
in this connection, that very much of
the beauty of lawn depends on its
being properly weeded. The first sea-
ion, in spite Of every precaution, weeds
will appear. 1t is not that the seeds
of the weeds are mixed with the seeds
of the grass, as general thing; but
the weeds come from the seeds, which
will lie in the earth sometimes for sew
eral years before terminating. These
coarse weeds should be dug out with a
pointed trowel or sharp knife, and if
comparatively large holes are made,
these should be filled with earth.
Towards the dry weather of summer
the whole should be thoroughly rolled.
OF course many weeds can be pulled
by hand After the grass gets started
and has thorough possession of the
ground, it will itself keep down the
most undesirable weeds.
The free press., 1894-08-09
The Orange Grove Myth.

A current paragraph tells of tho
pineapple and citron groves on Rob-
ert Louis Stevenson's estate in Samoa
and the implication is that they are
paradaisical spots. We are reserving
all opinions as to groves until we
have seen the groves. We have had
bitter, r-to-be-forgotten expert
ence i'll that direction. Before we had
ever seen an orange grove we fancied
that it must be the most beautiful,
the most delightful, the most restful
spot in all the world. We pictured
the joys of lying upon the velvety
sward in the shade of this grove, lis
tening to the solemn music of the wind
in the restless foliage and catching
kaleidoscope gllmpses of the distant
empyrenn. This was all pleasant
enough in the warmth of well-heated
Chicago home. But the awakening
from the poetic dream was rude to the
degree of brutality.
What in fact is an orange grove but
the lonesomest, dampest, chilllest,
most cheerless of all existing or imag-
inable things? The hideousness of its
moldy gloom is enhanced by the ma
dramatically severe regularity in which
the trees are ranged, and such trees.
Wrctched little creatures they are, re-
minding one with their distressing
burden of fruit, of nursery bred, pre-.
cocious children. They look SO pre-
mature, 80 stunted, so unlike our no.
ton of what tree should be-who can
help plying them?
And how about the velvety sward?
There's not an inch of it, except in the
mind of the dreamer Sward indeed
Ploughed ground is what it is actual.
ly, for the orange tree must have
plenty of moisture, and SO the soil
must be kept turned and broken. Ii
YOU would fain stroll in an orange
grove you must wear rubber boots and
hump your shoulders, for the ploughed
ground is wet and the trees are
dwarfs. One stroll will suffice; you
will return to your hotel, call doc
tor, and nurse the influenza for ten
days.
A good view of an orange grove is
to be had from Mount Lowe or any OF
the other peaks back of the Sierra
Madre valley. Seen from above and
at distance of thirty miles,a orange
grove presents a pretty spectacle
fresh, green and picturesque. The
further away it is the more charming.
Seen at it's best it is seen 5000 miles
off through the eyes of the imagina-
ton of one POLITICALLY minded, and
kept at normal temperature by that
sweetest of all human inventions,
well regulated furnace. - Eugene
Field in Chicago record.