Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-06-07
CURRENT EVENTS.

dies about twice a year, and II nobody seems
10 care anything about II he has only himself
TO blame.
This time II Is an Indiana woman who uses
Rough on Rats instesd OF baking powder
The mistake always reduces the number in
the family.
German saloons keep as many as thirty va.
rieties of beer to select from, while in this
country the brewers combine about fifty var-
elles in one
1t is against the law In royal countries to
put the names OF royal persons In u city d.
reciory, where they would be given away to
bill collectors.
The double-headed girl takes issue with the
old saving that two heads are better than
one. She says the extra head is always quar-
rellng with her.
"Knock-around-and-do- lng-all-day 4"
VAS the name a Kentucky father gave his
son, which the Legislature consented 10
change for him.
The summer hotel which advertlses the larS-
est number OF mosquito bars will secure the
largest number Of guests. The table is Of
second consequence.
When the good-looking girl comes arounl
and tackles you for dollar for the Washing
ton statue TO France have It all ready and
don't chin her too long
The United States has fourteen railroads
accidents 10 every one II Germany. In that
country mans carelessness is punished with
n sentence to State prison.
Kelley. the motor man, has been ordered by
tho courts no less than six times to explain
- oil Inv 80 h. i.t,t
h. has thus far defied all orders.
There are only eight professional pueil .sts
In This country who have never been be$tc,l,
but they are only waiting FOR the right man &c
come along and put 'em 10 sleep
A stone deaf girl at UrbAna, o., WAS mar
ried the other day after eourtshlp lasting
seven years. Had her hearing been all right
1t would not have taken over six moAths
An ssh-cart man In Chicago killed his horse
VIII lie trying to move piano. The woman
who owned the instrument said she felt It IN
her bones that something would happen.
A subscriber wants to know why Milwaukee
Is called the Cream CITY. Authorities ultrer,
but the majority say that It Is because a cream.
colored horse died on the site OF the town.
IL is charged that orange dealers US a
small syringe and some cOlored syrup To make
u blood orange out of ordinary fruit II they
lon't It is singular that no one has yet trel
il.
Duluth reporter has found that almost
every mortgage given by resident Of that
city natures In the winter, so as to come IN on
top of blizzard and make a double dose II
H.
All OF MS are ready to laugh at the old far
mer who blows out the gas in hi' room Mt tho
hotel, but what sort of work would we make
putting new bows into the ox-yoke OF hanging
scythcl
There Is British officer In the Indian army
who has killed slxty-four tigers in the last four
wears and received no particular credit for It
he has disposed OF the skins for an average
| OF $50 each.
Although Robert Bonner has owned tbs
fas,est horses in the country and is ever on
the alert for new acquisitions, It is said that
he rarely goes to witness horse-race and
never bets on one lie never drive, a horse
! on Sunday and never permits one OF his horses
10 be driven on that day.
Raising money for public works in China Il
no joke TO celestial officials. The lato terrific
| floods in the empire having been caused by n
breach in the Yellow river 10000, 900 tSeIs
! (about $50, so 000) must be spent Oh repair.
| ing the damage, so to provide the necessary
funds all provincial officials salaries Will be
stopped for year.
The subscription for the brave Nebraska
school teacher, who stood by three little ones,
wrapping them in her own clothes, till they
froze To death about her, and then was un-
able To save herself, as she might have done
! bv leaving them before. aud has now bad
both feet ampulated, ought to run up iutu
.he four figure numbers. 1t Is already over
two hundred dollars.
A business man Of South Florida adopts
this novel plan 10 keep drummer' out OF his
his place, and be says ii works admirably.
Every morning lie places plug hat and .
sschel on his counter. AS soon as a drummer
comes TO the door AMI looks in he sees the
! plu. hat aud sachel, and he goes of believing
that another one of the craft has that ground
already covered
NJ. Ernest Renan utterly disbeIeves the
story that Alexander the Greats tomb has
been found at Sidon OF the Pnen cians. lie
sees no reason to doubt what the historians
tell us-namely: that Alcxan lers sarcoiha
gus was carried To Alexandria. VI. Romans
\ incredulty is supported BY St ChrysoStom,
who says that both the place Of Alexander
tomb and the day OF his death are unknown.
Mrs. Grover Cleveland once held the post
Of editor. 1t Was on Ter return voyage tC
this country from Europe. periodical wat
started for the entertainment Of the ships
passengers not in print, but in manuscript
and the editorial chair was flied by Mrs
cleveland, to whom all articles were sent
The paper was born In mid-occan, and wa!
turled before touching shore.
DR.. Renk OF Munich has been experiment
Ing on the utility OF the electric light, from
sanitary standpoint the National theater %
Munich. He found that the electric light ha(
hardly any influence on the deterioration o
the air, whereas the gasIight raised the TEN
perature Of the room, deprived the air OF IT.
oxogen and rendered It Injurious by increas
ing csrbonic acid, especially in the highc
regions
Quite a new branch OF industry has ha
been created In Germany by the sale of Sal
Reno brooches, which in the shape OF small