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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-03-16
eIamese marriages.

A declaration OF marriage in Siam
is simpler even than it used to be in
Scotland. You ask lady TO marry
you by simply offering her flower
or taking light from a cigarette II
it happens to be in her mouth, and
your family and the brides family
have TO put up at least 81, 900 apiece
for dowry. Unlike Japan, the
Siamese women are treated as equals,
but they can seldom read or write.
The principal impediment in the way
of marriage is that each year is
named after an animal and only GER
tain animals are allowed TO inter
marry. For instance. person born
in the year of the rat cannot marry
with a person born in the year of the
dog, or person born in the year OF
the COW with a person born in the
year of the tiger, and there are sim
liar embargos about months and days
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-03-16
Who Was the Richest?

Great was the rejoicing in the castle
of Worms about 400 years ago. Near
ly all the German mobiles and princes
were assembled in the spacious hall,
and good-fcllowship and enjoyment
reigncd supreme.
Suddenly, however, some one made
an unfortunate remark as to the diff
ference that existed between the
wealth Of the various states. But
none of the rulers would admit that
he was poorer than the others, and
each one strove TO prove the truth Of
his assertion.
"What can compare with my do
minions?' spoke the prince of Saxony
proudly, 'every mountain OF which
holds silver miner"
Just consider my fertile lands" an
swered the count Palatine of the
Rhine provinces, with their valleys
covered with golden cornfelds and
their hills crowned with rich vine
yards"
"When it comes to that" said Lewis,
the count of Bavaria, 81 consider that
my realm, with its wealthy cities and
stately abbeys, is not one whit inferior
20 either of yours"
And so the talk went on, each striv-
ing to Guido his neighbors in the de-
scription of the extent of his terri
tories and the wealth they contained.
One, however, remained silent, and
at last noticing that he took no part
in the discussion, the others turned to
him with the question:
''Well, Duke Eberhard, and wherein
lies the richness of your possessions?''
Slowly the well-beloved lord of
Wurtemberg arose.
"The towns in my dominions are
but small" said he; NOR do possess
mountains of silver. But there is one
trifle on which / may, perhaps, pride
myself, and it is this: can, at any
time, venture alone into the most Sc
cluded forests of my domain, and
when / am wearied can boldly rest
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-03-16
BENJAMIN Franklin.

At the beginning of the last CEN
fury, when Queen Anne sat on the
throne of Great Britain, there were
ten British colonies strung along the
Atlantic coast of North America.
These colonies were various in origin
and ill-disposed one TO another. They
were young, feeble and jealous; their
total population was less than 400, 900.
In the colony of Massachusetts and in
the town of Boston, on January II,
1906, was born benjamin Franklin,
who died in the state of Pennsylvania
and in the city of Philadelphia on
April II, 1890. In the ST years of his
long life, Benjamin Franklin saw the
ten colonies increase TO thirteen; he
saw them come together for defense
against the common enemy; he a2w
them throw off their allegiance to the
British crown; he saw them form
themselves into these United States;
he saw the population increase to
nearly 1000 900; he saw the beginning
of the movement across the Allie
ghanies which was to give us all the
boundless West ard all our possibili-
ties of expansion. And in the bring
ing about of this growth, this union,
this independence, this development,
the share of Benjamin Franklin was
greater than the share of any other
man.
With Washington, Franklin divided
the honor of being the American who
had most fame abroad and most ven
Grafton at home. He was the only
man $50 one of his biographers remind
u.s. who signed the declaration of in
dependence, the treaty of alliance
with France, the treaty of peace with
England, and the constitution under
which we still live. But not only had
he helped to make the nation-he had
done more than any one else to form
the individual If the typical Ameri-
can is shrewd, Industrious and thrifty,
it is due in great measure TO the
counsel and TO the example of Benja-
Eiin Franklin. In Poor Richard S
Almanac" he summed up wisely, and
he set forth sharply, the rules of con-
duct on which Americans have trained
themselves for now century and a
half. Upon his countrymen the inAu-
ence of Franklin's preaching and of
his practice was wide, deep, and abid-
ing. He was the first great American
for Washington was 26 years young
er.-St. Nicholas.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-03-16
An AntInodean Ginnt..

One of the human wonders OF the
South Seas is Victoria, New South
Wales, youth by the name of Mclean.
lie is now II years and few months
old and weighs in the neighbochood
of 500 pounds. He is not a "human
mountain of fat" a "monster OF obe-
sity," or anything of that sort. but
is a well-proportioned young man of
SURPRISING stature and great height.
On his seventeenth birthday he meas
ured s feet and 81 inches, and II he
keeps up his regular yearly increase
of stature will far surpass In height
all modern giants At the age of II
he was feet inches; at l3. 6 feet
inch; at IA. feet 9 inches; at 10,
feet u inches; at 16, feet inches,
aud at II, feet 81 inches, as men
toned above.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-03-16
IN GRANDMAMA's KITCHEN.


In grGndamma's kitchen things got in riot;
1he cream in pot on the shelf
Where everything else seemed peaceful and
quiet
Got whipped-for heard IL myself
And grlndmama said-such queer thing to
say
That it made some things better to whip them
that way,
Some bold, naughty eggs, that refused to be
eaten
On toast with their brothers, maybe
Were stripped OF their clothing and cruelty
beaten
Right where all the dishes could see
And grandmana said thou h the poor things
minht ache,
The harder ths beating, the lighter the cake!
The bright golden butter was pctted and
patted,
And coaxed to be shapely and good
But il finally had to be taken and spatted
Right h .rd with a paddle of wood.
When grandmama carried the round balls
away,
The buttermilk sulked and looked sour all day
The water declared tina, tho coffee was muddy
But an ~ settled tkat little fuss
Then the S ealI and the gridron cot in bloody
And terrible broil-such mussl
And n ftatirOn spat at grandma in the face,
And ran away from the gu ,rrelsome place
ELLA Wheeler Wilcox
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-03-16

yes" said I; and, turning over
my hand. opened it. showing the
leather case strapped to my wrist,
which contained the Great Hesper,
as we called our diamond. The
baronet was thunderstruck by the
prodigious size of the stone. for he
could see that the leather fitted it
closely.
1--WE had it tested at Natal" said
Van Hoeck; cit is white diamond,
and If not Ct the first water, is GER
tainly OF the second; it weighs 500
carats."
lis il possibleP Come with me.
Eight hundred and twenty carats"
said Sir Edmund, in great excite
ment. bring light into the library
at once" he called TO one OF tie
servants.
We went into the library. where l
cut the stitches OF the case. took
out the Great Hesper and put 1t into
Sir Edmund's hadd, by which time
reading lamp had been brought in.
cit is true! it is true!" said he,
examining it under a powerful light
"a wonderful stone-a perfect form
"a prodigy! Come here, Edith;
look at this"
A young lady who had entered the
room drew near. 1t was only by
looking at the face we had had cut
and polished that she could distin-
guish that this was diamond. for it
was dull and gray, and looked like
lump Of glass that had passed
through the fire.
at is an extraordinary size, is it
not. papa" she asked.
Extraordinary. indeedi The
Koh-i-noor is not fourth of the
size! See what the book says about
that; get down Haydn, my dear"
Miss Lasceles fetched the book,
while her father still examined the
stone, as an artist might a master
piece. and presently read aloud
"Its original weight was nearly
500 carats, but it was reduced by tAe
unskillfulness of the artist -Bor-
these, q Venetian-to 279 carats; its
shape and size resembled the pointed
half rose cut OF small hens egg;
the value is scarcely computabl o
though two millions sterling have
been mentioned as ajustifiable price,
If calculated by the scale employed
by the trade. This diamond was
recat in 1862, and now Weighs 102
1-2 ca"ats."
Good. good" cried the baronet.
with skilful cutting, n diamond of
such form as this need not lose 10)
carats. Heavensm he exclaimed,
turning to us. 'you have the great
est treasure in the world"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-03-16
THEY LIVED HAPPILY RvEH
AFTER"

Herewith the story ends again,
And who Ia not contentodl
The ogres oil hre duly slain,
The dragons circumventod.
Tho Princess weds the hero bold
Who came her chains 10 sever.
And so the blissful piir we'ro told,
Lived happily forever"
6o-fnis And the book we close
No other facts are granted.
But lovers thon. We must suppose,
Were never disenchanted
Fur them was no domestic strife,
No troubles intervening.
But "lrappiness'' and married" life
Wero synonyms in meaning
We, too. perhaps. although we dwell
In different circumstances,
Perform the drama fairly we'll
Set forth IN these romanees;
The osre's part q parent plays,
The maids an heiress pretty,
The prince IN these prosAto days
is something in the city"
But will the parallel extend
Through after-life. wonder.
Whom grave philosophers perpend
That marriase Is o blunder?
All chrontclers discreetly mutei
Yon were, perch2nce. too clever
To hint at riffs within the Lutte
or happiness foregerl
Ard yet the view "a out OF date,
by grave statistics shaken.
But still 10 some at any rate,
It does not reem mistaken
For thouFh the cYnics bitter mirth
No truth In II discovers.
Love now as then, can make OF earth
A paradise for loversl
-Longman's Magazine
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-03-16

We came up with the Judge at the
dock gates, where he stopped to
address a policeman stationed there.
"Kid you tell me. my friend" he
said. "where the best bank in town
IS located?"
think tho policeman's first i'm
preston as he regarded US was that
we had felonious purpose in asking
this question, for no did not reply
Immediately. and with reluctance
directed us to tho High street, and
told US to inquire there of some one
else.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-03-16
CHAPTER III.

The baronet spoke not one word
about the diamond during dinner, but
when il was all over he said:
"Well. now we will go back to the
library; and you shah come with us,
Edith. if our cigars will not be dis
agreeable TO you, for We have q mar
velous matter TO talk about"
In the library Miss Lascelles seated
herself beside her father, while we
three men sat facing them on the
other side OF a small round table, on
which placed the diamond. At a
little distance from us there was a
lion skin on the floor. and on this the
Kid threw herself and as she lay
there looking toward us, with her
chin resting in the palms of her
hands and her elbows planted in the
fur, we saw scarcely anything OF her
but her great lustrous eyes, because
of the shadow thrown by the lamp
shade.
"Now, let US understand the posi-
tion of things to begin with" said
Sir Edmund. taking cigar, after
handing the box to US.
This will explain q good deal, 4"
said l, putting in his hand the copy
OF our agreement.
He held it that his daughter might
read it with him, and having come
to the end said:
May | ask which is the iudge?"
That's me-" said Brace, with
some pride; "appinted by the Long
Pike vigilance committee in sc"
"You are an Americana"
Located as such for twenty
years; born in Cornwall"
TTO BE CONTINUED.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-03-16
JERUSALEM ARTICuoKEsi
IIOJ
BUsHELs TER AChE.

John Weiss reports to us a yield of
1903 bushels Of artichokes per acre.
It's positively the greatest food to
keep hogs healthy and fat in the worldi
We have n few hundred bushels for
sale. Price, one bu. sack, 81; one
Dbl, So G5; two bbls., So. Plant two
bbls. per acre Can plant untilMay lst
To Those Cutting This Out and
sending remittance with the order for
artichokes, we will give free: One
pint to each one bushel, and one quart
to each one Dbl. order, of Giant
White Dent corn, growing over one
foot long. Send cents postage for
seed catalogue containing full culture
directions of artichokes TO
JOHN A. SAI.ZER SEED COMPANY,
La Crosse, Wis
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-03-16

Rutland has the only paid fire de-
partment in Vermont.
Lancaster, Pa, is the banner to-
bacco growing county of the world.
Mammoths once wandered all over
Europe, including Iceland and Scot
land.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-03-16
while Mamma nIended.

Mamma" said Tommy, as he
noticed her searching over his coat for
the hole he had torn in It, 'why are
you now like the landlord on the first
of the month";
81 can't say" replied mamma
because you are after the rent"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-03-16

Commends itself to the well-informed. ca
do pleasantly and eTectually what wss
formerly done In the crudest manner ar d
disagreeably as we'll To cleanse the 81 D.
TEN and break up colds, headaches aid
fevers without unpleasant after effects.
use the delightful liquid laxative remedy.
syrup OF llgs.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-03-16

Three miners were killed at the
Ophir gold mine ut bruce Mines, Ont,
bv the rock caving in on them. Tn,
dead men were named: Frank Percy,
James o. Heath, and Anthony Savage
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-03-16

my head in the lap of the meanest of
my subjects"
To these words succeeded a mo-
ment's silence, and then-"No need to
argue further" shouted the others.
"Our lands indeed may contain gold
and silver, but yours bears gems"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-03-16

The Throat.-"BrOlDn's bronchial Troches"
act directly on the organs o. the voice.
They have an extraordinary effect in al
disorders Of the throat
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-03-16
Il Parrot story.

It seems TO be generally agreed shat
the parrot is a clever old bird, so the
following little incident which oc-
Cured recently may not cause sur
prise to the vast majority.
Polly had been punished for remov-
ing the cover of crock and for biting
the pickles with his tough bealI and
then scattering the remains over his
mistress clean floor
The lesson did not last very long,
however, and one day when Polly was
repeating the offense the cook dis
covered him in the act. The kitchen
queen happened TO be carrying a dip
perful of hot water, and, more to
scare the bird than to do him any
serious harm, she let fly at him the en-
tire contents of the dipper.
Unfortunately the aim was too sue
cessful, for Polly got it literally in the
neck, ana with such telling effect that
his beauty was destroyed. In brief,
Polly was bald.
For months Polly refused to speak a
word. lie sat on his perch day after
day meditating upon the baseness of
man. The family were panied at his
silence, but all their efforts could not
persuade him TO utter a sound.
One day n stranger wearing a fur
cap came into the room to deliver some
groceries. The man and the cap ex-
cited Polly's attention.
Upon removing the cap the mans
head was as smooth as billiard ball.
He was bald.
Polly cooked his head on one side
and studied the stranger for a moment;
then he exclaimed eXultingly, "Rats!
You've been eating pickles. Chicago
Inter Ocean
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-03-16
Tho NIndern NYav

Glover. corn and almost any kind OF stock
go we'll together.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-03-16

In the 18th century axes were fixed on the
shafts OF lances
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-03-16
"Chnraeters.'

This is n new game and very inter-
esting 1t is played in two ways. The
first is, for example, played thus:
One player is chosen, who must leave
the room while the others choose the
name of some great person. Number
one is then called back, and each
player asks him a question that will
suggest something about the chose n
character. Let us suppose the name
TO be that OF Abraham Lincoln, as it
is best to start with an easy charac-
ter. A player begins by asking;
"Were you an American president?"
Second player asks: "Did You live
in war times?"
Third player: Did you free the
slaves?
Fourth: Did you live to be oldP
Fifth: Did you die by violence?
BY this time, no doubt, the first
player knows the name.
Then choose some great woman,
such as Queen Elizab beth, Mary Queen
of Scott, and so on. The following
are good names for this play: Wash
ington, Cleopatra, Caesar, Napoleon
Bouaparte, Victoria, Gladstone.
The second way this game is played
is thus: Let the first player choose a
character and say, for example: ~
was great man" Then. turning to
No. 2, he says; Il was Frenchman."
To No. 3: IL was a friend to the Aneri-
cans" 70 No. A: 81 lived in the days
of the Revolution" To No. 5:
Washington loved me and chose me
for his companion" To No. 6: 81
made farewell visit to America and
was welcomed by all the people"
Now, who was L? OF course, they
will no doubt all be ready to say
Lafayette" This is perhaps the best
way to play Characters"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-03-16
Vow to Make a Doll,s Housc.


In dark corner of certain attic
there is fascinating doll house that,
if you know much about the price for
such things, you would say cost $40 or
$l2. This apparently expensive toy,
that was a wooden box month ago,
is about three feet long and foot and
half wide. It cost a quarter of o
dollar. The lid was put on hinges and
when the box is stood upon end it
forms the door or side of the house
that can be set wide open. Two
shelves are fitted in for floors and four
holes were cut for windows on each
floor. These are filed in with win.
dow-glass found about the house. But
the expense would be trifling if it
were necessary to buy it. The out.
side of the house is painted warm
yellow, with white around the win,
dows
The walls are covered with old blue
cartridge paper, with frieze of pale
yellow roses and olive pattern on tho
second story. The wall paper was
found in the house, too, but books and
samples are often given away By
dealers in wall paper. If paper is not
to be had without an outlay, cover the
walls with pale-tinted silesia or cam
brio, with a little frill at the top.
Fasten TO the wall with taclos. Then
add little curtains of lace or cheese
cloth, and make rugs or carpets of bits
of old carpet or heavy cloth. A piece
of plush of olive or cardinal, with a
wide border of another darker color
would make a rich-looking carpet.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-03-16
Evolution as Understood by Chile

At the breakfast table the other
morning the little 5-year-old daughter
of the house was asked If she would
have some corn bread and strip. Turn
ing up her nose in disgust she replied,
mo; it tastes too much like old car
pets" II ow do you know what old
carpets taste like? Did You ever eat
one?" inquired an elder brother.
"Why, yes" said the youthful epicure.
"Before / was an angel was a moth,
and when was a moth ate carpets
and other things" And they let it go
at that
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-09-20
Swimming Cavalry.

Some very interesting exercises in
swimming cavalry took place lately
on the Cabul River, at Peshawur.
The Thirteenth d. G. 0. Bengal
Lancers have been practising their
horses in large tank in their lines
and on the river for some time. One
squadron took cover along the river
bank and kept up a steady fire to
protect the passage of the other
squadron, who placed their arms,
accouterments, and clothes in large
country boats, and conducted their
horses into the water. Some horses
seemed to thoroughly enjoy them
selves in the water; others became
unmanageahle from fear. However,
the opposite bank was reached and
war paint resumed, and the squadron
was with n st creditable rapidity
taking measures to protect their COM
rades, who then crossed in like man
ner. -Broad Arrow.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-09-20
SON. Fire and Water marched slow

son. Fire and Water marched slow
ana held the umbrella over him. AS
he disappeared in the distance. and
the sound Of his tom-toms grew dim on
the hills, Toxic, the Shadow. who had
lain flat, trem bling. on his face in the
hut while the god was speaking. came
out and looked anXiously and iearfully
after him.
''The time is ripe, be said, in very
low voice to Felix. "A korong may
strike. All the people OF Boupari
murmur among themselves. They say
this fellow has held the spirit OF Tu-
Kila-kila within himself too long He
wakes inso'ent. They think it high
time the great God OF Heaven should
find before long some other feshly
tabernacle"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-09-20
POWERFUL WAITING GIRLS.
Those in Hungary Can Throw Duo
Thirty Feet.


In Hungary at Budapest and in such
prosperous and busy towns as TemesVI
it is the business of the waiter girl to
dance with you.
The aristocratic ladies of Budapest are
of even more oppressive and eXcruclatlh9
charm than the sweet Viennese them
selves. Their hair is bue-back. then
cheeks are white. suffused with Il FAINT
redness, their full lips have dark ripe
ness verging onto purple. Their 1 lace
have a pleasure-loving expression IheN
big eyes burn like black suns scorchlls
tourists, willing tourists, causing them I!
mourn. But the Hungarian daughter Oh
the people is as democratic in her ways as
she is big and hefty.
A stout Hungarian girl-say at the
Ccardus dancehall opposite the famed
Blue Cat-has no aristocratic graces. no
aristocratic paleness She is biz ana
brown and red and noisy. She can take
a little New York dude and throw mn
thirty feet. Her business is to dance anu
serve drinks and collect money in her
satchel. You pay the same price for j
dance as for drink--1O cents.
hungarian waiter girl has never
been known to knock down Il cent Oh
The establishment, and has mover been
known to let a@customer escape. No on:
mas ever drank or danced with one o.
them and failed to pay.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-09-20
Betrayed by Photograph.

An English solicitor had among his
clients a few years ago notorious
company promoter, whose financial
affairs came to grief. One day, hap
pening to pass by stationer's shop,
his attention was attracted by por-
trait of a weil-kuown barrister, at
tired in wig and gown, and holding
in his hand paper. on which the
solicitors sharp eye caught the name
of his client His curiosity aroused.
he pur, hased the photograph and
proceede to declpher the words Of
the barrister's brief. speedily dis
covering that they indicated that a
warrant was s'out" for the arrest Of
his client In few hours the man
Of finance was ont Of England, to
which he has not sin returned.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-09-20
May be a Valuable Find.

Some months ago a Dublin inventor
claimed for preparation of his that i
would preserve eggs in perpetual FRESH
ness: 10 thoroughly test the efficacy 81 81
the invention, which, If successful, Wotl:t
revoutionize the egg market, an eNpefr
office. A sample of eggs immersed II
the patent solution, which is thin gray
ISL paste of the consistency of honey
have remained undisturbed there for !.
period of four months, and when opened
the other night in the presence OF eN
peTts were found to be all perfectly fresh
London Public Opinion.