Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-05-28
FACT AND FANCY.

during 1903.
In Tampico, Mexico, pieces of card
board are in circulation, passing as
cuartillas--3 cents.
Diamond-back terrapins on one side
and red herring on the other represent
the two extremes of the Lenton season
market.
While filling water-tank in a pas
senger-car at Altoona, Pa, the other
day, workmen found in it trout eight
inches long.
The time for the transmission OF
cable messages has been reduced to
about one minute beween New York
and London.
A temperance society in Boston has
Just resolved that the use OF tobacco
for the qualification of the appetite is
"a sin against God and humanity"
Little Rhode Island sports an army
of seven hundred men, commanded by
five brigadier generals, fifty-five staff
officers, and seventy-seven interior Of
dcers.
The ''lady" craze crops out in IN
advertisement in New York paper
which says: "a young lady would
like position rs dish washer in res
taurant.
The Manchester Union points with
pride to New Hampshire women who
hasn't broken Il lamp or lamp CHM
ney in thirty years. Perhaps she used
gas or candles.
1t is reported that Queen Victoria
has never eaten piece OF cake. This
accounts for her exemption from the
general rule, Uneasy lies the head
that wears CROWN
There is scarcely farm in Bucks
county to-day, says The DoyleStown
(Pa.) Iatetl,gencer, that would sell for
more than the improvements in build
ings and fences would cost.
The California legislature is consid-
ering bill requiring scratching OF
tickets on election day to be done with
ink. II is considered as in the interest
of the manufacturers of the foun-
tain pen.
Miss Mackey has married an Italian
nobleman, and Mrs. Tom Thumb will
soon espouse another. The marrying
of these fellows to ladies able to sup
port them will tend to abolish the
hand-organ nuisance.
BLOOD will tell, sir; blood will tell"
said Mr.. Oldfamily, proudly. Eyes"
asserted his friend, Malthy; $50 will
breath. You may eat cloves and chew
snake-root till you burst, and then
your breath will give you dead away
the minute you 60 into the house."
Chattanooga, Tenn. has grown from
$4,000 population in 1880 to "a, 900 in
1885. The manufacturing capital of
the city was 1922, 900 in 1880. 1t is
now double that amount Capital in
wholesale traac is fully six times as
great as the sum invested five years
ago.
A German scientist has counted the
hairs on his wife's head, and says
they number 1923, 900 to the inch. The
only thing which inclines us to doubt
this story is the fact that as rule the
counting is done by the other sex on
their husbands heads; but no figures
have heretofore been given except by
handfuls.
A young gentleman who was pledged
to take young lady to Il party re-
marked on the afternoon previous to
the event that he was going home to
take sleep in order to be fresh.
That's right" she replied, ''but don't
sleep too long" "Why?" no asked.
Because" she answered, III don't
want you to be too fresh"
The GAINESVILLE GA Press makes the
following astounding announcement !:
Numerous DIAMONDS have been found
in our county of princcly value, and
are in existence to-day. ornamenting
the bosoms or fingers of American poo
pie. We know of one picked up in
our streets few weeks since. for which
the owner has been offered $1,000"
The reindeer skin suits for the
Greedy relief expedition were made in
Norway at cost to this government
of 500 apiece. At recent sale u
speculator of New York city bought
them for So apiece. and il is said he
has now sold almost all Of them ut
from $40 to $50 apiece. They have
been bought as curiosities, and also to
be converted into rugs.
A beautiful Auburn, Me-, young lady
of great attainments will soon BIO mar
RED to deaf and dumb gentleman
who lives in New York. He is high
ly educated young man, and the ladies
call him very handsome. His botroth-
ed has learned the hand language so
| we'll that she converses with him as
| easily as with anybody. The history
| of their engagement is quite ro-
nance, says The Lecoiston Journal
The council of the Onondaga In
| dams are making arrangements for
the coronation of new civil chief in
place Of James Rubin, who died sud-
denly while driving team of horses
on Jan. IL. Representatives from
other tribes will be in attendance. In
accordance with the custom in the
case of such a vacancy, the name Il
the person upon whom the choice of
the council has fallen will not be dis
closed until next month.
| Some valuable hints to those who
contemplate tour south, and who
want 10 duly impress the natives of
that part of the country, are given by
| The Lincoln (Neb.) Journal: All per-
sons going south this winter should
| learn to pronounce Route "roote. T"
The southern people. in making up
their estimate of their visitors, are
said to draw their line at roote. II
you wish TO be taken for Kentuckian
or Virginian, always take occasion
to say Arkansaw in broad tone.
While the ice carnival may bring
fish to the net of Montreal, 1t Is not
popular with the other cities in Cana
da. The Sdrnid Cdnddidn declares
| that Americans in general. through