Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-04
HERE AND THERE.

Curious, but when the season is at its
'height" corsages are generally at their low
est
1t is reported that 100000 cottonwood
trees have been planted In southwest Kansas
this year.
Mrs. Garfield, widow OF the President, has
given $4,000 to the Garfield University, at
Wichita, Kas
The agitation against adulterated lard
still goes on in England, and there Is good
demand for pure lard
Ashland contains the guilty man. He says
he caught sturgeon seven and one-half feet
long, weighing 45l pounds.
Tho total number OF hogs slaughtered at
Boston for the week ending July % was about
20, 500; previous week, Is, 700; same week last
year, 1920
The invention Of the game OF chess Is at
trbuted to Palnmedes, $50 b. c. BY some
authorities the origin Of the game lie referred
TO the Hindoos
The callper compass, whereby the bore OF
cannon, small arms, etc, is measured, is said
to have been invented By an nrtiGcer OF
Nuremberg in 154O.
The Niagara Falls hackmen are about to
form protectlvs association. No steps have
yet been taken in tina. direction by the bur-
glars OF the country.
Miss Harriet Hosmer Is paying visit to
this country from Italy. Thirty five years
ago she sought In vain for an opportunity to
study anatomy here.
Government aid has been invoked, and Will
be granted to stamp out yellow fever at
Tampa and Manatee, Fla, where 1t threatens
to become epidemic.
II the tunnel does not flush the river, the
sulphurous imprecatons of the didn't told
you 500 crowd may counterfeit the summer
odor of the big open sewer.
Brussels, once capital Of Austrian Brabant,
now OF Belgium, was founded by st. Gerry OF
Cambray, in the seventh century. 1t was
made capital OF the low countries in 1897.
Life has discovered that Cain killed Abel
because he propounded to him the question
'Is It hot enough for your This may &C
count for many mysterious disappearanceS
Mrs. Cleveland seals her envelopes with
white wax marked with her initials, IF. +.
c." while her note paper has "whte house,
or executive mansion" stamped In blue,
gold or silver.
New York editor, is the first woman gradu-
ate of Columbia College. She studied at
home, but passed her examination with the
other students.
Farmers are cautioned to see that the
labels left on the newly planted fruit trees
are not too tight, the wire cutting into the
wood making it liable TO break and stopping
the flow OF sap.
I The professor of mathematics at Cornell
doubted the possibility Of a woman's com
pretending mathematics until Miss Mary NJ
Wardell OF Buffalo, who took fellowship,
convinced him 20 the contrary.
Very poor catches Of mackerei ure reported
from Gloucester, Mass, this season. The
total seasons catch to 2Sth ult. was 900,
barrels against 90 ll5 barrels to Same time
j 1887, Is. 100 in 1865 and ll2, S54 in 1888
Miss Beatrice Potter testified before a com
mlttee OF the House Of Lords that she dis
guised herself and obtained work iu tailor
Ing establishment In order to obtain informa
tIon IN regard % the sweating system.
The widow of Emer, A. stoors left prop
! erty valued at about $4,000 At her hus
bands death she was said TO have been left
psnuiless, and her accumulation OF money
since speaks well for her business ability
q The California State Board OF Horticulture
ufJts prz,s for essays on the best methods
Of cr,stallizirg fruits. The inspid flavor OF
mo.t crystal zed fruit Is the objection to IL
When this ia overcome, the sale will Target
increase.
The police authorities say the AVA
woman, or rather the woman a little below
the average are inclined to be quarrelsome II
hot weather. There may be method in hel
madness. After quarrel there is always 9
GOODNESS.
, California now RANKS sixteenth in the list
! Of States arranged from point OF railway
mileage. Illinois leads with 9,0O) miles of
road followed closely by Iowa, Texas and
Kansas. while California ranks sixteenth
with 3,677.
Good authorities saws the Mexican horse /,
! q servlceable animal, good for long journeys,
easy In a canter, intelligent full of fun a.
times, but rarely vicious and could he be do
mestlcated in the United States would be
J very popular.
Tue New York Hail and Express ask.
, "Where are the husbands OF the women
|, whose surf bathing Is a daily sensation n,
Narragansettp You wouldn't have then
, with their wives, would youi Think how peo
Pile would talk.
, The mackerel fishery Is almo st a dead in :
dustry In the State Of Maine this season, and
the vessels have all returned home reporting
no catches of any account The cod-1shine
vessels have done better, but are by no means
, up to the average.
The recent action OF congress In reducing
!, the rate OF postage on seeds, cuttings, plants,
bulbs, etc, to one cent for two ounces or
fraction thereof will probably be followed BY
[ similar action on the part of the Canads