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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-30

has pslsd somewhat on her hands, and it il
limited thai the thing may be dropped on
the ground, that e1positions are just now
out of style.
SENATOR CARPENTERS MONUMENT.
The grave of the late Matt q. Carpenter,
in Forest Home cemetery, has at last been
marked by stately monument Of granite.
His widow waited a reasonable length of
time in order to give the late stetesman's
friends chance to secure a public me-
mortal, bat was unwilling to leave the
grave unmarked for all time. The move
ment looking TO the erection of q monu-
msnt lacked life from the start, and may
be said TO have died of hamilton. The
late senator's admirers are as numerous as
ever, but monument schemes seem to drag,
wherever started. The stone is of uEpoI-
ishsd Barre, Vermont, marble, seven feet
square es grade sad trife over twenty
i've feet in height. On the north front of
the die is the following inscription: $40
the memory of Matthew Hale Carpenter,
born in Moretown, Vermont, December
90, 1927. died in Washington, d. O Febru-
sry q, 1881. A man greatly beloved" Ii
front of the monument fight of three
stairs, fianked by massive swelling but
tresses, forms the approach from the road
The monument weighs forty tons and cost
5000.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-30
Social Scraps.

The patriarchs are remaining rather quiet at
present.
Prof. Frank Wood vii leave for the East on
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-11-01
DISCRIMINATING VcYmin.

A correspondent of the American Agri.
;ulturist says, regarding the best means of
| DISCRIMINATING vermin on poultry and hogs /:
Kerosene and lard are us essential i'm the
poultry house as soap and water in the
| nursery, and would as soon think of going
without Tie latter as the former. / never
see the sign of q louise unless we are care
less and neglect the remedy, or rather the
preventive. do not wait until the chicks
are ten or twelve days DID, for by that time
The mischief would be done; but / begin
the fall before, and all through the winter,
once in two or three weeks, rub the rOost-
ing poles with mixture of lard and kero-
sene, half and half, and put il on the cor
ners of the nest boxes When / set hen
! use new, soft, clean hay, and OH each
corner of the box pour clear kerosene; it
must not touch the eggs. If very late in
the season, il will be best TO repeat this o
few days before Matching. l take the
chicks out rs fast rs they are dry, and keep
by the kitchen stove i'm basket under a
wooden blanket one or two days. Then
each chick head is rubbed with the anti
louise mixture, and any stray insect that
may have lain in wait in some unguarded
spot will never obtain meal from that
chick. Care must be taken not to put Oh too
much or it will run into the eyes.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-11-01
The Value of Scraps.

Few people appreciate the value of lit.
tie and apparently insignificant things. In
some foreign countries the litter of domes.
tic animals is carefully collected and sold
to farmers. Not few people make a liv.
ing gathering fertilizers in this way.
IN the shops of jewellers and others where
articles are manufactured OF gold and sill.
Yer great care is taken to prevent the
waste of the precious metal. Every parti.
Gle Of filing, scraping or grinding is pre-.
served for the assayer. The wheels upon
which gold and silver have been polished
when worn out, are burned, and the fire
developcs particles Of the precious metals
which could not be seen by the naked eve
Even the sweepingS, after great care has
been taken to pick up every bit of metal
that may have fallen on the floor. are pre.
served, and in New York City sell for SIC
barrel. 1t is calculated that when q Jew.
eler's shop floor is to he renewed the crew.
ices will more than pay the cost of the
new floor.
II is said that the receipts from the sale
OF the refuse of starch mills, which is used
by farmers as feed for hogs and other stock,
constitute large part of the profits, and
that If this refuse could not be sold some
mills would be compelled to stop or be rur
ut loss.
The paper trimmings of large print
ing Office like the Harrers or Appletons,
are worth thousands of dollars year.
Lumbermen have found uses for nearly
every part of a tree, and scraps that few
years ago accum ulated SO rapidly as to be
asource of Inconvenience, and conseque ntly
expense, are now sold for good price and
are in great demand.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-11-01
"A Boy Again.

Sometimes an old man becomes boy
again, though too smart TO drop into his
second childhood. An illustration of this
pleasant tendency was given, not many
months since, by an old man worth several
millions.
He was in the habit of prowllng around
thS Office of the insurance company -
which he was director. One morning, n:
he was thus investigating, he happened to
come across the dinner-pail of the Office
boy. His curiosity led him to take off the
cover. A slice of homemade bread two
doughnuts, and piece of apple-pic tempt
ed the millonaire's appetite. He became
q boy again, and the dinner-pail seemed
the one he had carried sixty years ago.
Just then the Office boy came in and
Surprised the old man eating the pie-hc
had finished the bread and the doughnuts.
That's my dinner you're eatingw ex-
claimed the boy, Indignantly.
Yes, sonny, | suspect 1t may be; but
it's first rate one for all that. I've not
eaten so good.a one for sixty years"
There" he added, as he finished the pie,
take that and 20 out and buy yourself n
dinner, but You won't get as good one
and he handed the boy five dollar bill.
For days the old man kept referring to
the ilrst-class dinner he had eaten from the
boysp pail.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-11-01
Chinese Cheek.

Many Chinese who arrived at San Francisco,
a few days age, from Hong Kong are still held
on the steamships because the description on
their passport does not tslly with their person
al appearance: Every device known 10 the
subtle Monaghan has been practced 10 circum-
vent the restriction act. The chief plan has
been to smuggle coolies In as traders and stu
dents, whom The act allows to enter the coun-
try. Many OF this latest cargo were entered as
merchants" whose clothes were shabby and
foul with dirt. One alleged merchant
had capital of $50 and his luggage was
tied up in an old battered tea-chest which he
slung on pole and trotted off with to China
town. These are samples Of traders in this
crowd. Others are designated as students
whose skins are brown with exposure and their
hands canoused with toll. Ii is plain as day
that they arc the coolies against whose impor-
tation the restriction act IS leyelled, but the
officers in most cases are bound to adj
init them because their papers are regular and
approved by the Chinese Superintendent OF
Customs. Canton is sendiug over the bulk OF
these coolies, the number OF which is increas
ing on every steamer. This attempt shows
with what serenity the Chinese break the treaty
when any money can be made by violating It.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-11-01
Grasshoppers as Food.

In the Sierra and Martis valleys Indian
huts can be seen, and in and around then
are congregated the warriors and squaws
OF the tribe, their sisters, cousins and THEN
aunts, all intent upon the accomplishment
of the grand result. As usual, the squaws
do the work while the noble lords lOll up
on the green sward, smoke their pipes and
dreamily and lazily gaze upon the count,
less myriads of buzzing hOppers that fill
the air and devour the vegetation. The
squaws, carrying queer cone-shaped baskets
OF great capacity, scoop the grasshoppers
with a fan-shaped implement into their
large baskets, and when loaded carry the
wiggling mass of insects to camp and then
prepare them for food. The grassboppers,
killed and subsequently dried, are mixed
with mashed pine nuts and cracked wheat,
and make into bread, most delicious to the
palate Of the Washoe. Visitors at the camp
are always invited, in accordance with In
dian hospitality TO partake of the COM
pound, and great is the establishment of
poor Lo at the disgust expressed by the
white man for food of this kind. TO the
limited mind of the Indian, it is incompre-
hensiblc that any one should reject food
which in his vernacular is defined MS being
"muchee good.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-11-01
'Ihe result of comparntIvel, low -.

The result oil comparatively low rtes OF
interest and the fostering care which the
British Government has always shown to-
wards her shipping is demonstrated in
the enormous expansion Of her merchant
marine, which now reaches the proportions
of 100000 tons, valued at S500,60O, 600.
with gross annual earnings of $225, 100000.
The combined tonnage of all other nations
does not exceed 100000 tons. 1t is a
noteworthy fact that while British sailing
tonnage has materially decreased during the
last ten years, there has during the same
period been remarkable increase of Brit
ish steam tonnage. Thus ten years ago
Great Britain had bat 100000 tons of
steam shipping; she rol 1851 has about
threc-fiithe of the entire steam shipping OF
the yorlf
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-11-01
FOREIGN

A chateau valued at $1,000 600 was burned in
Austrian Galicia, recently.
Three heavy shocks OF earthquake were felt
at Gibraltar, few nights ago.
Trichinosis Is spreading throughout Ger
many. Twenty per cent OF tie cases prove
fatal.
Earthquakes are reported to have occurred
In central Europe, and to continue violently
Recurrence OF commissions Is reported In An.
atolis. At Smyrna large number OF buildings
fell, but few lives were lost, as the alarmed in-
habitants were sleeping out doors. Considera-
bic damage is reported at Cheshire.
,, Lieut. Wand, who started the txtravagant
reports OF the Hue massacre, has been recalled
| TO France.
Order has been completely restored at Port
| au Prince. Fifteen hundred lives were lost
| and damage to the extent Of $4,000 was done
| during the recent massacre
! The general impression prevails ut Paris
| that all negotiations between France and Chi
| ma concerning Tonquin are at an end.
Earl Of Derby is not in favor of the New
Guinea exploration and colonization company
and refuses his official sanction.
II is reported that a press for printing Nj.
| hilist periodicals has been discovered In the
| Imperial Marie Institute at Moscow, and that
two female teachers have been arrested In
connection With the publication of papers
The Irish inforIners, Michael Kavanaugh,
Joseph Smith aud Joseph Hanan have arrived
| at Calcutta. They were shipped as grooms on
| a steamer which took horses from Melbourne
| TO the former port
Exports TO the United States from ei2h,
principal cities OF Germany decreasing one
third OF one per cent this year as compared
with last.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-11-01
UNFORTUNATE MIDDLEVILLE.
Fire and Loss of Life--Three Persons
Crushed to Death.

A large double brick building, in
Vaudeville, Barry c, unity, owned and
occupied by Capt. S. Il. NTH, was to-
tally destroyed by fire about daylight
Sunday morning Oct. II, together with
the heavy stock of hardware which it
contained. The loss is estimated at &c.
600, fully covered by insurance. While
n force of men were running out wag-
ons and grain drills, which were stored
in shed next the burning building, the
alarm was given that the wall was fall
ing, and they ran for their lives. !. n.
Keller, Rev. Mr.. Garrett, and Prof.
Ramsey, bareley escaped but Capt.
Smith, Silas Geer, and two boys, Archie
Welsh and Charlie Bundy, were buried
under the ruins. capt. Smith and one
of the boys were instantly killed, their
skulls being crushed. The other boy
lived till three in the afternoon. MIR.
Greer is still alive, but the doctors con
slider his recovery very doubtful. Nc
services were held in the churches a.
everybody was attending to the dead
and dying.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-11-01

That the Mississippi may deservedly bc
called the Father OF Waters" the following
data VIII SHOW: The quantity ofwatcr dis
charged ny the river annually, 1850, 36O.-
ooo,ooo cubic feet; quantity of sediment
discharged annually, 2S,1SS,0S3,S92 cubic
ieet; area OF the delta of the river, accord
ing to Lyells estiment, 10000 square miles.
and depth OF the same, as calculated by
Prof. Riddell, ,056 feet The delta, con-
sequently as appears from these figures.
contains iO0,37S, 420. 100000 cubic feet. or
2,720 cubic miles; and it would reouirc
for the formation, therefore, of one cubic
mile of delta five years and cighty-one
days-ior the formation of one square milo
of the depth Of ,056 feet. one wear sixtecs
and one-tiith days, and fr ths iorn,nt,on
Of the whole 1i,20S0i5 years.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-11-01
Dishonest Men Value Honesty.

A young man came enc day with case
of conscience. He was corresponding clerk
in tlourishing house of business. HIS
employers had begun to direct him to write
letters to customers containing statements
which he and they knew to be false. lie
had objected and they said, I'VE are re-
sponsible for these statements; it is moth
ing to you whether they are true or false"
said to him, ado they. sign the letters, or
ask YOU to write them in your name y As
soon as the question had left my lips l
saw that, if there were u difference, both
would be wrong, and FASTENED to tell him
so. He said, II have to sign them with
my name, pro. Messrs. Blank" L said,
''Your case is perfectly clear; you must
decline to do it, He said, "Then / shall
be dismissed :" and after pause, Il have
wife and family / replied, My dear
friend, this is q trial of faith and principle /;
you must do right and trust toGod to take
care of you and your family" met him
some DAYS after. "Well, Mr.-,' said
/, show are you getting on?' He replied /;
81 am still in my situation; l had an inter
view with the partners, and told them /
could not write letters knew to be untrue.
They were very angry, and | expected to
receive notice, but have not received it
yet" Months passed, and he remained in
his situation. After awhile he called on
me, and saw in his face something had
happened. well, Mr.. -" l said,
have you had your dismissal ~ NO" he
said, II have not" and smiled. What
then ?" a very confidential post in their
service, with u higher salary, has fallen
vacant, and they have put me into it y On
second thoughts these unprincipal men
had come to the conclusion that clerk
-2ho would not deceive Il customer would
% deceive them. and was too valuable to
lost
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-11-01
The Ram at Church.

Mollie had little ram, fleece black as
rubber shoe, and everywhere that MOllie
went he emigrated to.
He went with her to church one day
the folks hilarious grew to see him walk
de-mure-ly into Deacon Aliens pew!
The worthy deacon quickly let his angry
passions rise, and gave it an unchristan
kick between the sad brown eyes.
This landed rammy in the aisle the dea-
con followed fast, and raised his foot again,
but ah ! that first kick was his last
For Nh. Sheep walked slowly back about
rod It's said, and ere the deacon could
retreat, it stood him on his head.
The congregation then arose and went for
that ere sheep, but several well directed
butts just piled them in heap.
Then rushed they straightway for the
docr with curses long and loud, while ram
M struck the hindmost man and shot him
through the crowd.
The minister had often heard that kind
ness would subdue the fiercest beast-"Ah!n
then he said, "I'll try that game OH YOU
And so he kindly, gently called, Come
rcrnmy, rammy, ram to see the folks abuse
you so, grieyed and sorry ann
With Kind and gentle words he came
fro that tall pulpit down, saying rammy,
rammy, ram ram, rammy, rammy. nanny,
ram-best sheep in the town.
The ram looked meek, and on he came,
with, "rammy, rammy, ram ram, rammy,
rammy, rammy, ram; the nice pretty ram"
The ram quite dropped its humble air,
and rose from off his feet, and when the
parson lit he lay beneath the bindmost
seat.
As he shot out the open door, and closed
II with slam, he named California town,
| think twas "Yuba Dam r'-- Modern Ar
COSY
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-11-01
cussian History in Brief

The area of the Russian Empire is e,o3l,-
Ooi square miles. The population, includ-
ing Poles, Firms, Caucasians ana Asia'ics
is s5Gs5 945. The area Of Russia properis
1 ,s3l ,2l6 miles, and its population 0o,Io4,-
55g No other country in Europe has rs
large territory or as many inhabitants The
late Car assembled the throne March z,
1855, after the battle of Balaklaya ana
Inlerman, and in the midst of the siege OF
Sebastopoi. His reign was exactly twenty
six years and eleven days in duration; III Ills
father, Nicholas, reigned thirty years 1922
1850. and his great-uncle, Alexander l.,
twenty four years (lso1-1s25). There have
been but three Cars of Russia in this cen
tury. Alexander III. was born, 1912 Inc
last Car of Russia who met his death 81
the hands of an assassin previous to the
late Emperor was Paul, the son OF the
famous Catharine (1796-1s01.) Spite OF
the repeated attempts upon the lives oil the
rulers of Russia, the average length OF
reigns in that Kingdom has been greater
than in most other countries OF Europe
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-11-01

defective sidewalk has created a sort of
panic among the newspaper men OF
the interior. The powers that be in
every town In the state are called upon
to consider the miserable condition of
certain sidewalks and the danger of let
ting them 60 longer unrepaired.
The ties are down and the rails are
land on the Detroit, Bay City Il Alpena
railroad as far as Rifle river. The di-
vision north of the river will be hurried
to completion. Wor.; on the bridge is
progressing finely BY the close of De-
cember the road will be in operation to
Au Sable.
A young man IN the employ of James
| Fountain in Cato, 16 miles north OF
Greenwich, while examining revolver
accidentally discharged one shot which
took effect in his left eye, and the indi-
cations are that the ball passed through
the brain and lodged in the lower and
back part of the skull He has com
plete paralysis of the tongue and right
arm, but his mind is clear, and he il
otherwise in comfortable condition
and it is thought he may recover.
The supreme court of Michigan ha
granted VIM. Roberts petition for dis
charge on habeas corpus from the DE
troit house of correction, where he wa
imprisoned under conviction in tn
central station court of Detroit by tn
9 police justice. The supreme court i
its opinion holds that the new city char
= ter abrogates the old chapter IS of tn
! act of 1861, which authorized the polio
= Justice to take cognizance of certain o
lenses at the central station.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-11-01

provided Cornell University is not al
lowed to hold its requests. Should
Fiske, therefore, triumph in his suit
he will have to defend his wealth
against score or two of his wife's rela-
tives, who declare that if Mrs. Fiske's
good intentions are TO be defeated by
the greed of her husband, they and not
he are entitled to the estate. The pub
lie will sympathize with them, and sim
cerely hope that in the event OF Fishes
cheating the university out of its prop
ertv stronger hand may wrench i
from him.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-11-01

THE Marquis of Lorne's successor has
received a cordial welcome in Canada
and entered upon his official career
under the most favorable circumstances.
He is an accomplished man and has a
genial nature and social graces which
will endear him to the Queens subjects.
The only obstacle in the way OF his be-
coming popular Governor-General is
the race prejudice of the Irish Cana
dians, who form a large proportion OF
the population. 1t ought not to be inn
possible for him to overcome this feel
ing, and his qualifications for the office
to which he has been appointed will
eventually obtain general recognition.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-11-01

ONE of the most valuable employees
in the office of the Valley Railroad at
Cleveland is diminutive dog whose
name of Pug" likewise defines his
breed. His perfect points leave no room
for doubt that his blood is of the bluest
ard that his ancestors were familiar
with palaces. But however aristocratic
his lineage he takes genuine pride in
honest toll, and moreover has already
done much to vindicatc his race from
the charge of stupidity. His chief duty
is the carrying of bills, letters and dis
patches from che Office to another. If
the recipient of any document delays to
give him receipt showing that it has
been safely delivered, he utters loud
complaint to which immediate attention
must be paid.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-11-01

IT is said that glass is gradually DE,
ginning to take the place OF wood anu
iron in the construction of bridges In
England. The inventor makes BLOCKS
OF glass, which he hardens by a specia'
process. In solidity it is said to leave
nothing to be desired The expert
ments already made have given sur
prising results, and the cost is beio"
that of bridges of wood or iron More
over. the glass cannot be injured oS
insects like wood. nor rusted like iron
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-11-01

The money of Tonquin is made Oh
lead and very bad lead at that Inc
coins are thin disks strung on twine'
and for a gold or silver piece the travel
or recei YES more of them in exchange
than he can carry away. A lady going
shopping is followed by a coolie VINO
carries her purse and groans under the
load. Of course such cumbersome
medium hampers commerce, and on.
90 the first reforms which the Frencf
hone to introduce is a silver currency
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-11-01

SPEAKING of the decision of the SUI
preme court on the civil rights bill, the
Macon Telegraph very sensibly says
Everything will move along just as II
did before, and the solution of the grea'
race problem. will be left to time ano
the opinion of the laws of nature, free
from the vicious and obtrusive interior
ence OF government. The negro VIII
receive ample justice from the whites
of the South, and to whatever point in
the scale of humanity he IS capable OF
advancing he will he allowed to strug
gle up unhindered.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-11-01

A NUMBER of injudicious people in
Pittsfeld. Mass, have organized a
Faith Cure Band and profess an UNI
faltering reliance upon the declaration
that ''all things are possible to him that
believeth. They assert that the pray
er of faith has already obtained several
remarkable cures and they have succeed
ed in arousing considerable public in
terest in their doings. At present,
however, woman is slowly dying of a
cancer in spite of their applications. So
far as all external indications 90 her
faith is complete, for she has steadily
refused to consult physician or take
medicine; but nevertheless she is vast
ing away in agony. Sensible people
think that this is carrying fanaticism
too far and protest against a continu-
ance of such an exhibition of "faith
without works."