Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-05-31
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

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"Why are you so late?" asked an
Austin school teacher Of little girl, !
who hung her head and said; 1--WE |
have got a little baby at our house"
Don't let it happen again. said the
teacher tiercely. And the little girl
said she would not and took her seat.
When ten towns watch for chances
one town makes chances. While ten
towns watch for something to turn up.
one town turns something up: SO
while ten towns fail to become Of any
Importance, one succeeds and is called
a lucky town, the fayOrite Of fortune.
There is no luck like pluck, and for
tune must favor those who are not
indifferent to fortune.
Paper bottles are now in extensive
use for containing such substances as
ink, bluing, shoe dressing, glue, etc
They are made by rolling glued sheets
OF paper into long cylinders, which are
then cut into suitable lengths, tops and
bottoms are fitted in. the inside is coat
ed with water proof compound. and
all this is done by machinery almost as
quickly as one can count.
\ novel theory is greatly advanced,
and earnestly insisted upon i'm police
circles. Il is that the moon influences
drunkenness as it does the tides. They
say it has been remarked for years that
drunkenness prevails to a greater eX-
tent from the first quarter to the full
Of the moon than at other times. In
other words, while the moon is getting
full the tipplers initiate her example.
4 bridegroom in Missouri grew in
! different after the guests had arrived
and thought he wouldn't get married.
| His friends suggested that ii was a
trying place TO put young lady in.
! lie was Obduratc. and sure he didn't
want to get married The friends
then propuunded the following con-
undrum. which would you rather
wear. a bridegroOm's coat or coat of
tar interspersed with feathers. The
young man was bound i'm wed-lock at
the appointed time.
An exchange says: Boys in humble
! homes will take note Of the fact that
not less than four Of the prominent
candidates for the nomination for
| President were poor boys. whose early
! life was struggle 10 obtain the neceS-
saries and comforts of life. Such facts
| should be an inspiration to every
American boy and young man. The
| road to honor and success is wide
open. and every boy of principle and
courage has his chance.
There is a craze now going the rounds,
which may safely become popular. 1t
is the "dime craze" The fad is to keep
every dime that is paid you in change
and. under no circumstances. to again
pay il out. Ii you have only dime in
your pocket and want q cigar, 60 with
out it rather than To spend it. At first
it is a little hard, but after while it is
said that real pleasure is taken in this
self-denial. Try the new craze. you
! will be surprised at the number Of
| dimes you will save up.
Nothing can be worse for the quality
Of a mans labor than him to imagine
that the sphere in which he works is a
! low or an UnimprOvable one. Once let
! this notion be fastened upon him. and he
cannot help regarding his occupation
with some degree OF contempt and feel
! ing himself in a measure degraded by
| it. one of two results will always
follow either he will leave it, and
! strain after something else for which
| he may be less fitted; or. remaining in
! it, he will give 60 il but half his powers,
and perform itOnly half as we'll as he is
capable of doing.
\ newspaper which constantly
abuses its local contemporaries is Il
wealiling without influence. The fact
that it constantly assals a rival is
proof of jealousy. which is generally
caused by the success of the assailed
| Ii any one seeks the standing of Il
newspaper, he has only to see if it is
in the category of assailant or assaulted
! If i'm the former il has few readers
and seeks by constant barking at its
successful rival 70 get itself into notice
| The newspaper the paper that people
! like 20 read has very little space to
devote TO abuse of rival concerns. It
uses it's columns for news. and prints.
not the personalities Of it's owners, but
news that is read with pleasure and
profit.
\ man with pair Of patent thills is
soaring people around the state. The
thillS are calculated for use i'm driving
runaway horses, as thew are made to
become detached from the carriage
when the runaway is in its giddIest
period. allowing the vehicle TO stop and
the horse to run along alone if he wants
to. The wretched exhibitor Is accom-
panied by q woman and horse. and
wherever he strikes a town she drives
the animal upon the principal streets
and lets him run away. And how he
does run. The woman meanwhile
waves her hands and screams. and acts
like she was about to go into a fit,
while the spectators crowd the streets
and stand frozen with horror when
presto. changed The horse becomes
detached, gallops another block and
stops. and the buggy quietly slows up.
the woman jumps out and laughs. and
the advertisement is complete. -Capac
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