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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-07-19

unto the mother that bore him, yea even
unto his big brother and TO the father
of his loins.
But needed him not, neither was l
moved with compassion nor yet stricken
with fear, for 1 visit that his mother
lived away on the other side Of the riv-
err and his big brother was not and
never had been, and his father was a
night watchmen, and therefore at that
time of night sound asleep in some Sc
cluded doorway. Moreover. j was GO
ing away ON the four n. IN. train. Where
fore, smote him once again, and said:
IF il be that another lecturer cometh
this way, will il seem fittin' unto thee
| TO sit on the curbstone and make merry
with thy friends, even while he spcaketh
words unto the multituder"
And he lifted up his voice, and wept
bitterly, and swore unto me, saying,
sy,, my sole liveth, hope may die ef |
do"
And let up on him. And it was so
that when he was gone away, as it might
be bow shot, that he called aloud,
and wagged his tongue against me, and
Knocked me and called '.Smarty" and
cast stones after me, and followed me
even unto the inn, and dared me half
way, and reviled me because | would
not, saying, "Ho! Fraid cat! Fraid cat'
And | sought TO STAY him, but could
not, for he was marvellous swift on foot,
and he was like unto the children OF
Benjamin, and could sling stones al
hair breadth, and not miss"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-07-19
Mules and Dudes.

Burdette.
The latest fashionable craze in Lon
don is mule riding. 1t will never be-
come popular in America. We haven't
the right kind of mules. The Ameri
can mule won't stand any society non
sense. Nobody would attempt to ape
this English craze except the dudes,
and the average mule knows so much
more than the dude that he, the mule
would rub its legs. the dudes legs,
against the fence, AMI when he, the
mule, buckcd, it, the dude, would shoot
over his head. the mules head. that is,
and alight on the place where its brains,
the dudes brains, would be If it had
any, SO that the custom, while afford
ing the dude excellent exercise, would
not afford it much pleasure Egyptian
mules, such rs the English riders use.
may do well enough for this gay city,
but the American mule, whether from
Colorado or Kentucky, is too abrupt in
his habits and spasmodic in his gait to
be intrusted with any such fashionable
frivolity.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-07-19
COREA.

Corea, SO long closed to the COM
merce of the world, is now open to
trade. The New York Times speaking
of it and of the difference between the
Corca of fancy imagination and the
Corea of reality says:
The roseate tints in which the picture
of Corea has been painted by imagina-
tive writer's disappear before the light
of day now let in on the long-scaled
kingdom. The dispatches of Mr.. Foote
dispel the gorgeous visions which orr
entail fabulists bave had of the forbid
den land. The houses of Seoul, the
royal capital, are of sun dried brick or
adobe, one story in height, with matched
roofs. The cultivable valleys are only
passably well titled. The highway to
the capital is merely narrow path, and
the houses that line the way are mean.
| The inhabitants wear suits of cheap
cotton goods, and nothing indicates the
possession of the precious metals and
gems with which rumor has SO liberal.
ly enriched the country
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-07-19
BURNED TO DEATH.
THREE CHILDREN PENNED IN A BURN
ING BUILDING.


ING BUILDING.
A second fire horror has occurred to
distinguish the chronological record of
Milwaukee for tho year 1888. At an
early hour on the 10th inst. blaze oc-
Cured in the frame building No. 234
Fifth street, occupied by the family of
David Selig. merchant tailor. by
which three daughters aged II,
Hermina, aged z, and Rosa, aged 3
years,-wcre overcome by the smoke
and persisted, the bodies of the two
older girls being badly charred by the
flames. AT 2:30 a. m. the family, con-
sisting of husband, wife and seven
children, were aroused by binding vol
umes OF smoke, to find their home
wrapped in flames and every mode of
egress cut off save through leaping from
the second-story windows. The fire de-
partment responded promptly, Chief
Foley leading the way down Oneida
street and up Wells. When he reached
the scene, the three buildings at the
southeast corner of Fifth and Cedar
streets were in flames, while the air
was filled with the shrieks and means
of frantic women and q perfect con.
fusion of tongues. From the excited
lookers-on he speedily learned that
three children were roasting in one Of
the burning buildings, and at once or
dered stream of water to be directed
upon the blazing pile. A few moments
later ladder was raised to one of thu
second-story windows, and the chief
followed by half n dozen firemen, en-
tered the front apartment. AS tn,
chief entered the room and passet
through into the hall, the body of lit
tie Rosa, 8 years old, was encountere,
lying upon the floor near n window
1t was lifted tenderly and carried int
the street. The second body found
that of Hernia, aged z, was found ly
ing behind the door in the hallway an,
that of the eldest, Dora, was found ly
ing at the foot of the stairs, where sh
had evidently fallen i'm vain endeavo
to escape to the open air by way of tn
front door.
The bodies of the dead children wer
removed to the morgue, and kind hand
furnished ample clothing for the fami
ly, who had been forced to fly from
their beds with no covering save thei
nightclothes. The parents and survivin.
children were then removed to the Cen
trail police station, and made as con
Portable rs possible. Mr.. Selig wa
quite seriously injured by falling from
the second-story window while nearl,
overcome by smoke. His left shoulde
is supposed TO be dislocated. and hi
face and body are covered with bruises
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-07-19

den belt" Large additions are made
to tho exhibition daily. 1t is without
doubt the grandest display of precious
ores and minerals ever made from u
single territory. Among other things
added to the exhibition is gold from
eight mines in the White Oaks district
which looks like punches of wire gold,
aud which assays as high as $50, 900 per
ton. Grant and Socorro counties show
wire silver in greater profusiOn than
was ever before presented at any expo
sition. The programme for next week
and the week following is expected to
attract many thousand people south and
east
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-07-19

practical use other than beverage. A
raid will be made upon Hostetter, Plan
tation, Rock and Rye, Kidney Gin,
Strickland's compounds, and all such
medicated drinks.
Canada is afraid of cholera, and has
issued an order to quarantine all YES
sells from the Mediterranean coming TO
Canadian ports.
The cholera in Egypt has not abated,
Added to its horrors, famine has set in,
and the people arc actually starving.
The death rate i'm Damietta. Samanoud,
Mensurah and Sherw,n average from 20
to 100 daily. The native troops have
become panic stricken.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-07-19

as she would u kitten and ran TO hide it
in n more secure corner. But owing to
her inability TO come to the scratch in
making a living for them in the proper
manner, they were taken from her in
day or two and given over to their le-
Ultimate parent, TO the great disappoint-
ment of Mrs. Cat.-Grand Traverse
mich. Herald.
There are disciples of Miller still
living in Grand Rapids who believe the
earth is getting ready to tumble soon.
Mrs. Newington. of Flat Rock, recent,
ly acquitted of murder in the Wayne
circuit court has sued for divorce from
her husband.
The little daughter of Wesley Munger
of Eaton Rapids fell down stairs in the
barn and landed on pitch-fork, which
penetrated the bladder. The little one
died the next morning.
1.-The latest railroad scheme just now
being discussed is the construction of a
branch from Saginaw TO Durand, or that
vicinity, to connect with the Toledo,
Ann Arbor a. Northern.
The Battle Greek advent college,
which has been closed two years on ac-
count of disagreement of the faculty,
will be opened again in September,
with Prof. III. Veysey, just over from
England, as head professor.
Michigan lumbermen may be interest
ed in knowing that the Chicago lumber
receipts of last wear up to the 9TH OF
July were SOC, III, 900 feet, against 500.
800, 200 during the same time this year,
leaving difference of 2O9, 24S,0O0 feet
| in favor of the season of 1882.
Henry Smith, man about 30 years
of age, was found drowed in the st.
Joseph river at Three Rivers. He work
ed:on farm two miles up the river and
came to town and when last seen in the
evening was drunk and had started fol-
his boat to return.
Mason Long, well known in Michigan
is in Ohio with party of three or foul
other temperance revivalist calling
themselves 1.-THE Pilgrims, going about
with fourth hand chariot from town
to town, singing, lecturing and taking
up collections-never neglecting Tho
collections.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-07-19
A "Reminiscences.

| X. j. Burdette.
/ remember so well the first time i
ever solemnly and forever felt the plat
form. 1t was on the 18th or 18th OF
May, at Antwerp, Ohio. The weather
was warm. The hard backed bugs and
the big laundering beetles that fly by
| night were abundant and offensive.
The open windows of the hall gave the
boys on the street, rs they partrolled
tkeir noisy beats, abundant opportunity
to chaff the lecturer, whose gigantic
form they could plainly see, but whose
eloquent remarks they could but dimly
hear, and lily comprehend.
AS general thing, / have observed
that when the lecturer on the platform,
ard the boys in the street are address
ing one audience at the same time, the
audience appears TO be most profoundly
interested in the remarks of the boys
l thought, and / still think, it is very
foolish for an audience to pay fifty cents
head for to hear me, and then sit and
listen to the boys, whom hey might
have heard for nothing. But that is
the way an audience has, anyhow. So,
that night, did not care for the boys.
1 would not permit the tithing man to
go out and entreat the boys roughly
and compel them to ''shut up their
heads" as he wished TO do, not even
when they Knocked me, and in shrill
falsetto entreated me to ''give them a
rest" assuring me they "heard enough
of that" and besought me, with lily
dissembled concern, not to "bite off
more than / could chew" only smil-
ed pleasantly and said. may, hinder
them not. Let them shout. l was once
a boy myself" And smiled again and
tears stood in my eyes.
But inwardly / was ravening wolf,
with brass collar and two rows of
spikes.
On my way to the hotel overlook
boy who was still yelling and bowling
at me, for he wot not that the lecture |
was over.
And my anger got fierce and l got
hold upon him, and smote him sore,
and encompassed him round with
piece of barrel hoop, and necked him,
that he wept bitterly, and
was sore astonished, and swore that he
would make full report of these things
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-07-19

Very rare, indeed: Antiquary-"
Here is something very rarc-the iden-
teal Colts pistols worn by the great
Roland, who was slain at Roncesvallcs
by the Turks" Cus.omer-"Butt there
were no pistols in that day." ANTIGUA
ry-'I know that, my dear sir: that's
what makes them SO rare. ~ THarper's
Bazaar.
Two hundred thousand dozen eggs
have been received at New York from
Europe during the past nine months.
The importations have ceased until the
middle of September, when they will be
resumed.
Mrs. Algernon Sartoris (nee Nellie
Grant, will spend the summer with her
father. General Grant, at his Long
Branch cottage.
Twelve soldiers at Tripoli were killed
by the explosion of a bomb while being re-
moved.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-07-19
SENSIBLE WORDS BY JUDGE
PARISH.

Judge Parish. Of Grand Rapids, read
a paper to the Western Michigan Farm
ers' Club in which he said: Domestic
animals, such as cattle, sheep. hogs,
horses, and even dogs are presumed to
to be of an animal disposition, and not
inclined to be vicious;. hence it is not
considered negligent for the owner to
allow them to run at large where no
law forbids. If farmers bull should
gore neighbor' OK, or dog kill sheep,
the question would rise whether or not
the owner of the bull or dog had know
ledge of the vicious propensities of the
animal, and if he had, then he is liable
for the damage done, otherwise not.
knowledge of the vicious propensities
of an animal consist of being aware that
the animal had, on previous occa-
sions, committed acts of vicious char
acter In 1850, the Legislature of
Michigan enacted law which provid-
ed that if any dog shall have killed or
assisted in killing, wounded or worry
ing any sheep, swine, cattle or other
domestic animals, or shall injure person
travelling on The highway, or without
the inclosure of the-dog's owners, such
owner shall be liable to the person in
jured, in double the amount of damage
sustained, to be recovered in any action
of trespass, or in the case, and il shall
not be necessary, in order to prove that
the owner or keeper knew that such
dog was accustomed To do such damage
or mischief by this action the Legis-
lature set aside the old rule of the coin-
mon law rs far as dogs were concerned,
so that the farmer is responsible in
Michigan for all damage done by his
dog, whether he had previous knowl-
edge of its vicious propensities or not.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-07-19
THE WATERS WORK.
A DELUGE IN LONDON, ONT, AND Pc
TERsvILLE, OPPOSITE.

A DELUGE IN LONDON, ONT, AND Pc
TERsvILLE, OPPOSITE.
A terrible fate has overtaken the
pleasant suburb of Petersvillc, situated
across the River Thames, west of Lon
don, Ont, and comprising some 1900
people. 1t lies in a valley, which is al
ways subject to floods during the heavy
rainfalls of spring. but the other morn
ing passed through such deluge as
never before within living memory had
befallen it. The night before terrific
thunder storm occurred. For seven
hours the storm of lightning, thunder
| and rain continued with startling effects,
the whole city being stricken with terror
and dismay. AT l a. m. the storm
ceased, and the air, which had lately
been so turbulent, became calm and
still, so that slight sound could be
heard great way off. Between and 8
O'Clock the people of the neighboring
village were aroused by fearful down
rush of water. In one hour it rose five
feet, and when at its height, the water
stood twelve feet above high flood mark,
the result was to scatter destruction
and dismay among the inhabitants.
Brick houses were undermined and
crunbled into ruins, and frame dwell
ings shifted in all directions, over fifty
of them sailing away on the rushing
wave with their terrified inmates like so
many cookie shells. The people Jump
ed from them only to be immersed in
six or seven feet of swift flowing water,
or took refuge in the garrcts, and these
in many cases becoming untenable,
they broke through the shingles and
gained the roofs. This went on for
two hours before the city became arous-
ed to the perils. Then the fire bells
rang an alarm, and the people i'm town
awaking could hear the shrieks and
cries, of the women and children,
mingled with the hoarse shouts and
commands of the men, the chopping of
many axes, the splintering of boards
and the dreadful roar of water rs of an
avalanche Speedily the citizens pour
ed to the rescue with boats, implements
of help, rescuing many from imminent
peril. Hundreds have lost everything
but the meager clothes they stood in.
A house sailed down with lights i'm it.
A lady was inside, shrieking with de-
spair. After mile ride she was rescu-
ed, but is now raving maniac. A
cradle was seen going down amid a
vast collection of household furniture.
A babe lay i'm it dead. The most piteous
scenes occurred all through the early
morning and forenoon, when the water
began to abate. Five iron bridges were
carried away. The steamer Princess
Louise went over the dam at the Water
Works. The pumping house went
crashing away the other afternoon.
The number of dead, all told, will reach
about 40. AT London, business houses
and private residences were swept from
their foundations, aud were carried
away by the rushing currents. Several
lives were lost in the city, and the dam
age 10 property is incalculable. Cit
liens very promptly organized them
selves into relief committees, and did
all they could for the stricken ones.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-07-19
THE TERTIO-MILLENNIAL GEL
EBRATION.

A dispatch from Sante Fe., N. NJ, of
the 18th inst, says: The beautiful
weather brings out great crowds at the
Tcrtio- Millennial Exposition. Aside
from the regular exhibition of minerals.
industrial appliances and works of art
and industry in use 200 or 800 years
ago, the special programme is made up
of sports and games by native people,
including the Indian game. the hid
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-07-14
New York World.l

When Nellie Grant-sweet little
demure Nellie Grant-was mar
ried to an English dude with a
baseball head, named Algenon
Sartoris, nearly everybody in this
country said, in view of all that
General Grant had done to save
the Union, that it was a pity that
his daughter couldn't have fasten-
ed her affections upon a thrifty
young citizen of the United States,
But the dear girls have a fancy for
foreign swells. And so Nellie
married the Sartoris. And now
the Sartoris has turned up as the
lover of the charming Mrs. Bush
who has large liquid blue eyes and
an aged husband and who dresses
her hair in wavelets. Great is the
scandal, because the Grants are
conspicuous people and the little
Sartoris, who looks like an English
Jecmes Yellowplush, has been
we'll advertised. There is a moral
in all this which must not be lost.
Perhaps the Sartoris has done no
worse than a native American
would have done If he had mar.
ried into the Grant family, but,
girls, you are all pretty and we
think all the world of you, and we
want this advice to settle down
deep in your minds-don't marry
foreigners. Fight shy Of the ad-
venturers who come across the
water seeking wives. In nine
cases out of ten these marriages
turn out badly. Resolve dear
girls, to marry none but American
citizens, and don't marry then I'M
less you are remarkably we'll ac.
quainted with the gentlemen who
ask your hands. 1t were better
not to marry at all and be u tele-
graph operator than to marry a
foreign fortune hunter.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-07-14
General Joe Johnston on the Vlr-
ginla Duel.

General Joe Johnston, who is
spending a few days at Atlantic
City, New Jersey, was recently in
terviewed about the Elam.Beirne
duel. lie said: 81 am glad, and |
have no doubt the people of Vir-
ginia are glad, the outcome of this
duel has been such as not to make
it a subject for ridicule in the press
Of the country. One of the par
ticipants was wounded, the affair
was not bloodless, as have been
the half dozen duels fought in Vir-
ginia in the last two or three years.
Mr.. Beirne is, think, a native of
Grcenbriar county, West Virginia.
Mr.. Elan is, think, a native of
North Carolina. lie is not respec-
ted or highly thought of among
the better classes of people in
Virginia. Indeed, there are very
few reputable white people in Ma
homes party. Malone owns the
Wing, and lie owns Elan, who
owns the Wing. Mr.. Elan says
or writes anything Malone die
tates in the interests of Mahone-
ism. The sympathies of the repu-
table classes are entirely with Mr..
Beirne. You know tbe laws of
Virginia are more severe against
dueling than assassination. They
are too severe to be enforced, for
no severe law can be enforced un-
less public opinion is in support of
it; consequently, although by the
statute any one participating in
any way in duel is disfranchised,
you see the Legislature passing
bills re-enfranchising every now
and then"
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-07-14
]. A. P. CAMPBELL.
Jackson. Miss. July Q. 1854.

Jackson, Miss, July ., 1881.
TO the Editor Of the New Mississippian:
Permit me 10 say to all who feel
any interest in the matter, that
both before and since my acces-
sion to the bench, l have used
railroad passes when rendered me
openly without the slightest hesi.
tation or eoneealment, feeling at
entire liberty to follow a custom
long established, perfectly well
known, and sanctioned by the ex-
ample of many of the purest men
in the nation, and by the repeated
refusals of the representatives of
the people in our own State Leg
islature to condemn. These pass.
es have generally been given me
by personal friends who | am sure
are as incapable of desiring to
corrupt me as any Judge can be of
the capacity to be corrupted.
ResDectfully-
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-07-14
A "Reminiscences.

| Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
We were coming out of the chute
of Island GO. "Weil, sir, here is |
a point that | never pass but it
reminds me vividly of the sinking
of the Selma in 1902 The spea-
ker was u pleasant looking gentle
man of about 60 years of age. 81
was a passenger" he continued,
ION the Majestic, bound for Louis
vile. We arrived at the wreck
about 10 hours after the sinking.
She had struck % hidden obstruc.
ton and speedily sunk. She had
a goodly number Of passengers
who all safely got ashore. The
accident happened at the house of
old man Oilitt, who, although a
regularly appointed magistrate,
was tho leader of a gang of des.
peradoes and c0unterfciters. The
passengers had saved most of
their money and yaluables, and
were collected in a crowd on the
bank when we arrived, but they
had only saved their wealth to be
robbed by Oflitt, for no sooner had
the accident happened than he
started runners out through the
country and soon had about so of
his gang collected together, and
at once commenced plundering
the defenseless passengers, with
the muzzles of their pistols stuck
in their faces. All were forced to
glue up all they had saved from
the wreck. One man, a Doctor
from South Carolina, lost andswas
robbed of $4,000. lie was mo.
wing North with his family; the
loss so worked on his mind that
he went insane before we got TO
Memphis. Tho outrageous ac.
tions of Of1itt and hls followers
on this occasion so reused the in.
dignation of all the good people of
this section that they determined
to exterminate them. They orga.
nized a company of regulators,
and in the following June captured
10 of the gang, including Offitt.
The captors took them out in the
middle of the river and bound
their hands, and gave them five
minutes for prayer, and then com.
PEELED them to walk the plank,
drowning them all. Oflitt went
first. lie got down Oh his knees
and said: 30, Lord, every dog has
his day, and suppose have had
mine,v and ttmbled off into the
river. The Selma was in command
of Captain Blood. Dan Duffey
and Chauncy Cable were pilots"