Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-29
MICH
NoETs OF THE DAY.


The sardine industry OF the United
States had no existence until long after
our late civil war. Now it is a large
and prosperous business along the
New England coast The fish used are
not real sardines, but young herrings
and other sea fish. They are put up in
cOtton-seed oil of fine grade; and the
industry is so successful that thousands
of cases are now exported to Europe.
Singular as it may seem to some. these
imitation sardines are not only cheaper
than the genuine French article, but
they are pronounced by gourmands in
both Europe and America better in
flavor and richness than the genuine
French article. The labels Iut upon
them are often limitations of the French
owing to the prejudices of people at
first for the foreign fish. But this pre.u-
dice is now disappearing, and American
brands are acquiring a standing and
reputation in the markets which will
probably, in few years, place them at
the head. About 5000 people and 100
boats are now employed in this bust
ness. The catching season begins in
April and lasts until December.
AN eastern dramatic paper tells this
pleasing tale about the actress, Annie
Pixley: Once when she was playing in
Idaho she wanted real live baby to
appear on the stage. She got one from
Il Maine-born woman living in the
Idaho town where the play was pro-
duced. The baby cooed and behaved
splenddly on the stage, and the rough
miners were nightly tickeled. A dozen
years passed and the baby grew to be
lovely Miss. Recently the girl and her
parents visited Bangor and saw Miss
tixley In the same play. The meeting
was mutually pleasant, and old times
and scenes in the west were gone over,
which kept the party in good humor
for several hours.
The proposition to have all nations
adopt universal day, which shall
everywhere begin and end at the same
moment, and be regulated by the Green
witch meridian now almost universally
adopted on the ocean. is still being
widely discussed by scientists. Astron-
omers are beginning to incline to the
opinion that the date of the adoption of
the new system should be 1890. This
system would have the day begin and
end at midnight by Greenwich time.
1t was also proposed that all clock dials
should be numbered from l to "a inclu-
sive- This, however, Is not necessary
part of the plan, and may not be
adopted.
GENERAL GRANTS paper on Chatta-
nooga will be printed in the November
Century. 1t takes up the writer's mil
tary career at Vicksburg, and follows
the campaign of Chattanooga from the
beginning of his connection with it.
The motives and conduct of the cam
paign are said to be set before the read
ers fully and clearly, and with much per
sonal interest. His Wilderness article,
which is to follow soon, is description
of the preparations made for the Wilder.
ness campaign, by which Gen. Grant
meant the movement of all the Union
armies begun in May, 1864.
LIGoNIER, PENN, Is overrun with
white rats. Last spring landlord OF
the place bought pair of them in
Washington. They proved to be very
prolific, and the first thing he knew he
had an even hundred white rats on his
hands. He built large cage for the
accommodation of his pets and wa
making arrangements to 60 into the
rat-raising business, when some one
opened the cage and set the occupants
free. The result is that the entire viii
lage is overrun with the rodents, and
their numbers increase daily.
The Minnesota state university has
applied for an injunction to prevent
the construction of Othe st. Paul a.
Northern Pacific railroad on the sur
leyed route, which carries it directly
past the university building. The rails
Of the Manitoba road are on the other
side, and the university authorities say
the noise of the two roads would be
serious hindrance to the business oil
education.
INAsMUCH as the date Of Shake
speare's birth is not known, the Shake
speare society in New York will com
memorate the date of his marriage by
holding its first anniversary dinner on
the 18th proximo.
NJ Delaunay, OF Paris predicts that earth
uakes on a grand scale will occur next year
lther when the earth Is under the influence OF
planet OF the first rank, like Jupiter, or under