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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-08-24

Pete Sandford. a member of tho gang,
whose still l had aided in destroying
some time previously, but who had es-
capped from Inc officers, had recognized
me rs n detective who had come under
the guise of friendship to lars Them
all in prison, and that l was to ,l2 left
in the hut.
"rhis failed to strike terror to my
soul, however, as L supposed they
would merely leave me there over night
and l should then have possible
chance of escape. Had / known the
true 2cture of my punishment l would
have begged my captors to mercifully
pat bullet through my brain.
"They carried me to the hut, and
one of the men carefully opened the
door and peered i'm. He took a torch
und thoroughly inspected every nook
before entering. Finally, bound hand
and foot, l was laid on pile Of husks
in one corner. Lhen the men departed
without even closing the door. ] was
highly elated at this oversight, and lay,
endeavOring 10 muster strength to
break my bonds, when / heard Il rust
ling, gliding sound in one corner Of the
room. Could it be that some other
human creature was imprisoned with
mo? No, it must be the wind outside.
Then from the long, dark opening,
used as a fireplace, came Il similar
sound, another and another. What was
it? What could this mean.
Suddenly 1 felt something glide
across my legs as they lay bound on
the foot of the bed and the awful hor-
ror of the situation that my prosecutors
had devised dawned on me. l was in
q den of snakes? II | moved | was Il
dead man. Sick with terror, became
unconscious.
II awoke lying beside the road. The
moon was shining full in my face,
and bending over me was the girl
had met in the afternoon.
""Twas clus call for you she said.
I heerd pap'n the fellers a-talking' ez
heaow they left yer here, an when
got or chance / come to YOU
How did you do it, i gasped.
Huh" I'm used ter snakes, but
but
The girl began to sob.
"'What is it?' l asked, moved by her
distress.
IL dasscnt go hum, fur dad viii
kill mo-
That's how my hair got white"
said the major, as he threw away the
stump of his cigar.
But the girl?" said I.
"Oh, she is in the next room with
the children; she is my wife. New
York Journal.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-08-24
When Ono Is LII.

Zone of the things that helped my
recovery" said a woman recently,
who has just regained her health
after serious illness, twas a pretty
bed jacket which my sister brought
me one day in lieu of jellies and
fruit. 1t was becoming, and l en-
joyed il. The doctor when he first
saw me in it said 1 looked twenty
per cent better than the day before
manlille, he didn't appreciate the rea-
son and my spirits, and, consequently,
my condition, bettered in proportion.
Too often invalids are wrapped in any
old thing that is handy. l remember
laughing once when a friend in TO.
bust health showed me dainty lace
trimmed sick gown; for me, she ex-
planned, IF ever need it The no
ton struck me as absurd when she
was never Ill, but after my ex-
perience nth that bed jacket l APP
preciated better the value of attrac-
tive environment under depressing
circumstances"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-08-24

The proportion of widows is about
three times as great as of widowers.
The people of the world speak 900
languages anG ;,aoO different dialects.
Tanned elephant skin is over an
inch thiSs and brings very high prices.
A Savannah, &C., candidate for
Office recently ''set up" the beer for
1000 persons at one time.
A New York man committed suicide
because he could not find wife and
could not get work without one.
Potsdam, the Windsor of Prussia, is
about ten miles from Berlin, and was
made royal palace by Frederick the
Great
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-08-24
Don't.

The habit which many men, partic-
ularly young men, have of paying
patronizing compliments to the young
ladies they know is one which the
''new woman" of whom we hear so
much would do well to initiate
against. When a man of no brains
and large amount of conceit tells an
ordinarily sensible girl that she is
ian awfully pretty little creature,
don't you know, the predominant de-
sire she has is to box his ears and tell
him to seek his level, if there be such
a thing, when he wishes to create an
impression by silly compliments.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-08-24
Rules for Canning.

Miss Bedford, principal of re New
York cooking school, uses the follow
ing proportions in canning fruit: For
; apples, peaches, pears, blackberries
and sweet cherries, one-fourth pound
of sugar to every pound of fruit and
one quart of water TO every pound Of
sugar In canning awberries, sour
cherries and raspberries Ito which she
adds a half cupfui of currant juice to
every pound of fruit, she uses one
half pound of sugar to n pound of
fruit, and water in the same proper
ton as before. For pineapplcs, blue
plums and cages she uses three
fourths of a pound of sugar to one of
| fruit, and water in the same proportion
as for the others, except pineapples.
They require no water to make
syrup, as they have sufficient juice
without il. Pineapples should stand
in sugar at least twenty minutes be-
fore heating to start the flow of juice,
and should steam forty-fve minutes,
or until they look clear They should
be shredded with n silver fork, as the
large slices of pineapple that look so
tempting in cans are awkward when
served at the table, it being almost
impossible to cut them with the
spoon without soiling the table cloth.
Damson plums require five pounds of
fruit 10 three of sugar. Ounces
should first be steamed before putting
them in a syrup. Fruit should be
measured by the scales as sugar does
not vary it may be measured in a pint
or half-pint measure. Fruit juice
that remains after filling the cans
may be canned aud used to flavor
sauces and ices.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-08-24

very pretty. AS one lady said it re-
minded her of snowflakes magnified.
| crocheted fringe of white and blEs
cotton yarn, mixed, in a pretty de-
sign. For the fringe put in each
stitch chain of thirty stitches of dou-
BILE cotton. 1t was lined with I'M
bleached muslin.
As the designs came from the differ
ent floral catalogues, ! think the
floral quilt is good name for it. In
one corner is worked the year and
this verse:
Dream what you wiz,
Beneath this quilt,
May blessings still DO yours
The Housekeeper
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-08-24
a Floral Quilt.

l cut blue denim into forty two
hexagon pieces five inches long on
each side. These were oil hemmed
neatly at one time on the sewing ma
chine and put in a drawer. After.
ward each one was worked and laid
away until all were ready for sewing
together. Flower catalogues were
bought, figures selected for each
patch and basted on. A bunch of
carnation pinks were traced with
rather coarse thread and outlined as
flower, leaf and stem. took off the
paper and embroidered the design
with linen floss. AS taste or time
permitted, carried out the pattern
in its delicate tracery and shading.
When all this was done there were
no two patches alike. There were
pansies, sweet peas. geraniums, roses,
daffodils, tulips, coreopsis, chrysan-
themums, n large bunch of clover and
holly leaves and berries. As forty
two was goodly number many de-
signs were needed. Each design,
with leaves. stems and tendrils, ex-
tended to the patch. Wall paper often
has pretty designs.
sewed the hemmed edges together
In an overstitch on the right side, and
at each corner.where they connected
worked large daisy. The effect was
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-08-24
Chicken stewcd with Tomato.

Cut up the chicken and fry it
lightly, then mako rich brown
gravy by dredging a little flour into
the butter in which the chicken was
fried. Put in sufficient water to make
bowl of gravy. Cut up the tomatoes
there should be quart after they
are skinned) and medium sized
onion, add to them little chopped
parsley, salt. cayenne and black
pepper. When all are well mixed put
in the chicken, pouring in the gravy.
Let stew for two hours. Then put in
a pint bowl of rice and let it stew
slowly an hour longer. 1t should be
a moist stew.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-08-24
Polly Making Tea.

The china CLEANS in blue and white,
The twiliyht hour is swift approaching:
Entranced, l note, with shy dell ght,
No other callers are encrolchiny.
A cup she desiynates as wine,
With motion OF her dlinty finger
The kettle boils-oh. drink divine.
In memory shall thy fragrance lin ger
Her kerchiefs made in style OF yore,
Some fairy surely put the hem on.
Held sugar such q charm before?
Was o er such magic In a lemon'
She turns away with manner coy.
The freight shows her beauty clearer.
Oh. why Is teasing such Jo7!
i wish she'd cor1e a little nearer
We sit and sip-tho time files fast
My cup needs hlling-project clever
She comes, and I-gTown bold at last
Say Polly make my tea forever"
Good Housekeepin;
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-08-24
sHAPELY CALVES a So A PAIR
spindIe-Shanked Eastern Dudes
FIJI Their Stockings with Lambs
Wool

v
According to n reliable and we'll
known New York dealer in sporting
goods, n large percentage of the young
men who have taken to cycling pad
their legs, and also adopt equally radi-
cal measures in broadening their
shoulders. Such demand has sprung
up for padded legs in New York that
tins pads find n ready sale ut So pair.
They are now part of the stock in
every first-class sporting goods store.
These pads are made of the finest
grade of cotton, and are stuffed with
lambs wool to any thickness required.
The dealer said to a. Gveni.:I sun re-
porter.
You would be surprised to see the
men who buy these things. They are
always young fellows from 20 TO 80
years of age and are novices in eye
ling. They want to make good show
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-08-24
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used, The many, who live bet
ter than Others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products TO
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
In the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing ami truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation:
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in Sec and 81 bottles, but it is man.
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will po'
accept any substitute IL offered.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-08-24
Happy Households.

The happiest households are those
that do not let die out the sentiment
connected with various anniversaries
Although gift-giving or recognition of
such events in a suitable way may be
out of the question, owing to the
straitened circumstances of those
within the gates, there can yet be
little air of festivity, when mothers
or fathers birthday comes around, or
some wedding anniversary is to be
celebrated. An extra dish, a little
bunch of flowers, or some special
music prepared for the occasion will
show the kindly spirit and the loving
remembrance that count far more than
the moneyed value of any gift.
As the children grow up if these
festivals are encouraged they will
have much to look forward to, and
much more to remember in the years
TO come, when they go out to do
battle with the world and find that
sentiment is crushed under foot and
affection is regarded only as side
issue.
Life is full of beauty If we only
knew how to gather it into our bins
and storehouses. There need not be
great wealth nor worldly honor, but
loyal clinging together of parents
and children, marked by happenings
that have a direct bearing on each
ones individual history, will join the
circle closer together and make home
life the ideal thing that it ought
to be.
Do not, we beseech you, plead that
you are too busy or too seriously oc-
cupied with worldly affairs to waste
time on such trivial matters as birth
day parties and wedding celebrations.
Such use of time is not waste, srA
will prove among the sweetest
memories of childhood and old age
long after the little chain has been
broken, and one member after an
other gone to the long rest.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-08-24
Coeoanut Drops.

Crate cocoanut and weigh it, then
add half the weight of powdered
sugar and the white of one egg beat
Ell y, sSiR roth. Stir the ingredi-
enc together, then drop the mixture
with dessert spoon upon buttered
white paper or tin sheets and sift
sugar over them. Bake in q slov
oven fifteen minutes
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-08-24

"We've got new sofa pillow az
our house." said Johnnie. "It's blue,
with a big red heart in the middle,
and worked all round it: % rest We
on this heart of mine. And as ma
stood it up, stif and straight, she
said:O 1t would be just like your
father to put his head on it--just
exactly like man."
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-08-24

Fatal neglect is little short of sui
eide. The consequences of a neglected
cough are too well known to need re-
peating. DIR. Woods Norway Pine
Syrup cures cough promptly. Sold
by all dealers on a guarantee of salts
faction.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-08-24
Veal SandwIchns.

These are almost as good as chick
en-, and much cheaper, and the water
in which the veal is stewed may go
towards the next days soup. Boil
the veal until tender, and when cold
chop fine. Mix with it a good mayon-
naise dressing and spread between
slices of bread
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-08-24
Money in Winter wheat-1oo Bushels

That's the way farmers who sowed Sal
zer's new Worlds Fair wheat report. 1t
yielded all the way from 40 to 20 bushels
per acre, and good many are so enthusias-
tic over this wheat that they claim 100
bush els can be grown per acre. The mons
ster winter rye yields 20 bushels per acre,
which pays tremendous profits. The John
A. Salzer Seed Co, La Crosse, Wis, send
their fall catalogue and samples Of wheat
and rye for cents postage. w
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-08-24

A great sensation has been caused
in Austria by the Imprisonment Of n
fourteen-year-old boy on the charge Of
lese majestic. The little fellow, Edu-
ardo Ercolessi, was arrested in Trieste
n few weeks ago, charged with making
improper remarks regarding the Aus
trlan empsre-, He was tried in secret
and condemned 70 hard labor in prison
for two months. The public prosecutor
proposed to Danish the boy from tho
country, but the courts would not up
hold him In this. Ercolessi, who is a
school boy, is said to be the youngest
person ever imprisoned for such a
crime" 'f"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-08-24

1t is proposed that n monument to
the memory of John Brown be erected
1T Harper's Ferry. Chicago will prob
ably object, and insist Chat any monu-
ment in honor Of the lnancipator be
placed in the old engine house where he
made his last desperate stand, and
which Is now located on Michigan ave-
nue. in the Windy City.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-08-24

Nothing makes us richer that does not make
US more thankful
Live fishes have been safely sent by mall
from India TO the British museum.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-08-24

Have used DIR. Thomas Electric Oil
for Group and colds, and declare it a
cure. Contributed by VIM.
Kay, $40 Plymouth Ave, Buffalo, n. Y.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-08-24

The more you love yourself the less you will
be loved by others.
Many think Alright, but few execute their
plans when matured.
II your prayers get too far apart, the devil
will get between your soul and God.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-08-24

Beware OF little expenses; a small leak will
sink a whole ship.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-08-24

The devil leads the man who is not living for
some good object
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-08-24

Spiders have been known to spin nearly two
miles of thread in % days.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-08-24

Karl's Glover Root Tea,
The great Blood purifier gives freshness and clearnes
10 the Complexion and constipation. &c. ,Oc,1L
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-08-24

The smallest man on the face OF the earth Is
the one who sees only himself
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-08-24

SOME REMARKABLE CURES of deafness
are recorded of DIR. Thomas Eclectric
Oil Never fails to cure earache.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-08-24

A French inventor makes artificial marble
from limestone.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-08-24

He only half dies who leaves an image OF
himself in his sons.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-08-24

"uanson's Magic Corn saive."
Warranted to cure money refunded Ask your
druggist for IL. Price Is cents.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-08-24

Halls Catarrh Cure
Is constitutional cure. Price 75c.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-08-24
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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-08-24

Stated by II. b. Cochran, druggist,
Lancaster, Pa. Have guaranteed over
300 bottles of Burdock Blood Bitters
for dyspepsia, sour stomach, bilious
attacks, liver and kidney trouble.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1894-01-19

Tho case Of Wanberg & jacobson vs.. W..
B. Hench, wherein tho plaintiff attached sum
Of money belonging to the defendant, to pay
a store account, the money being deposited in
the Steele County Bank, was up before Justice
Pressly Wednesday. McMahon Bros. appeared
TOR Wamberg & Jacobsen, and States
Attorney Murray for Heneh. This seemed a
queer transition, Mcmahon Bros. have always
heretofore appeared as Hench's attorneys, and
Mr.. Murray has always very diligently prose
cuted, and it looked queer to see him on this
occasion SO earnestly espousing MI. Hepeh'a
cause. The case was decided ~ favor Of the
plaintiff, however, and Judgment rendered
the hgm,
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1894-01-19

jamestown Alert: Some OF the farmers
around Oakes are making the discovery that a
few cows can easily be made to furnish all the
groceries used in the family so that the profits
from grain raising, when there are any, are
almost clear gain, says the Republican.
Thomas Hady, living. southeast Of Oakes, has
kept an account of the receipts from his sales
Of butter and in 1892 he sold 800 worth Of
butter from six COWS, while last year four
cows paid him over $50. Why can't every
farmer do the salne1
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1894-01-19

g. b. MAnANEY: The announcement of the
death Of N. S. Nelson and George Purcell. Of
Lariulore, in tho Grand Forks Herald, has
shocked me beyond my power OF expression.
But few days since I left them enjoying
health, and with the prospect of long and
useful life before them. Now they arc dead /.
Truly life is held by slender thread. They
were among the noet energetic. progressive
and enterprising men of the state; large
hearted, kindly dspositioned, frank and cour-
teous. They will be greatly missed In the
town and vicinity in which they lived.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1894-01-19

IN. Y. Advertiser-Col. Rozel F. Pickert,
OF Pickert. North Dakota, the big wheat farm.
er who is spending the winter at Savoy and
airing his family trouble by charging his sou.
in-law, DR.. Frank Abbot, with opening aud
retaining two of his letters, met with defeat
yesterday in Yorkvl!le court The letters are
said to deal With private episodes in the colo
nel's life. Df. Abbott testified that he got the
letters from the late Mrs. Pickert wife of the
colonel. who gave them. she said. to shield
bel daughter and himself from Col. Pickert's
persecntions. The letters had been addressed
George P. Bronson" On this technically
Judge Grady threw the case out Of court.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1894-01-19

Hon. N ?. Rasmussen went to Minot,
the fore part Of last week to make investga,
tions regarding the shipment Of Ignite coal
from the mines near that place. lie found
that no coal is shipped over the Great Northern
Mr. Cotton, WHO worked for years to secure a
side track from the G. N, has secured conven.
lent connection with the "sooN road and ia
shipping a good amount Of coal over that
line. The "Soo' line gives the rates required
by the bill that passed our State Legislature
last winter.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1894-01-19
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Lisbon Free Press: Would it not bs VIC II
for some Of our eastern exchanges that have
devoted so much space to the droughts and
billiards of North Dakota to stick pin into
the fact that North Dakota has had two Lank
failures (both of which were rotten and should
have been closed years ago) during the past
summer, and tho further fact that it is the
only state in the Union not running free soup
houses at tho present time notwithstanding
the ''pop'' state government aud forty five
cent wheat,
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1894-01-19

j. G. Brown: 1 have bought and shipped
from Wheatland since last fall over $4,000 of
hogs and cattle, and today am here with a
car of hogs bound for St. Paul market. I
bought bunch Of hogs from Banker Holmes
Of Casselton, averaging $50 pounds each.
have concluded to farm and not give any more
attention to politics.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1894-01-19

Watts on Z. Boise returned last Saturday
from jaime stown, where he was in attend
ance at the Annual meeting Of the Alliance
Hail Association. He says that most Of the
towns along the Northern Pacific seem quite
dead. trade being very light in many cases
hardly sufficient to pay for fuel and lights.
The use Of Ignite coal is rapidly increasing
where freight rates are not too high. Much
is used in Fargo and the other towns on the
N. 2. Road. 20 tons is required on an average
day for the Insane Asylum at Jamestown,
and rs tons On cold days.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1894-01-19

Fargo Republican: When hard times
como around, many people begin practcing
economy by stopping the home paper. These
are the times when people should read their
local papers moro carefully. For from them
they can derive information which they need
more than at auv other time.