Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-07-19

The Weekly Expositor
j. A. MESzIEs, Editor and Prop
BROCKWAY CENTRE. MICH.
VIcToRIEN SAKDoU' chlrography is
more uncipherablo than the late Hor-
ace Greeley's.
BLANCHE RoosEvELr Is collabora-
ting to play with Victorien Sarcou. and
Is not afraid to own it.
THERE is, after all. mathematical
consistency about Igmstius Donnelly's
cipher. rs it amounts to nOught
II. RIDER HAGGARD. ia spite OF his
success as a novel writer. considers
The practice of law his chief occupa-
ton.
Mrs. FRANKLIN. well.known Lon
don society woman. mother Of Lady de
Trafford. is about TO start In business
as a milliner.
ALL this trouble in Morocco Is over
the case of gentlemaa bearing the
name of FL Hamed Ben Jelali Ell Err 81
Halshi FL HkL
THE late Isaac Hinckley. President
of the Philadelphia. Wilmington aud
Baltimore Railroad. left an estate
valued at S396,675.
NoLA TwIGG. II servant girl of Port
land, Ore, has fallen heiress to for
tune of 100000 in England. This
Twigg will now he able 10 branch out
for herself
Z. Z. ROE, the writer whom large
number Of readers call novelist, has
been visiting Washington. 1t may
be that Mr.. Roe will yot write Il
capital novel.
The fact that Sarah Bernhardt has
in her possession 800 unread plays il
illustrates one of the sad features of con.
temporary life. But perhaps Maurice
Barrymore wrote all these pla,s. In
that case the sadness referred to dis
appears.
JULIA WARD HOWE and Queen Vic
toria are exactly the came age. They
both celebra ed their sixty-ninth nth,
day this month. The former achiev-
ed greatness; the latter had greatness
thrust upon her.
Henry JAMES recently wrote story
called The L ar, and now james
Payn has written novel called "rhe
Eavesdropper." There is still time
for an energetic writer to seize upon
the picturesque possibilities offered by
The Thief or The Murderer"
QUEEN VICTORIA is quite we'll post
ed on current literature. Every new
book of ans prominence is at once sent
to her. If she is attracted by its title
it is read to her by some maid of honor
in waiting. During the morning the
Queen always listens to several col
umns of the London Times. She has
a great liking for newspapers,
IT is denied that the Emperor OF
Germany is impatiently longing for
death. The stort about his having
asked the chaplain to pray for his ro-
lease was the product of somebody's
Imagination. In fact Emperor Fred
erick has not yet made up his min to
die. and places implicit trust in the
ability of his physicians to batll, his
disease.
IT is rumored in England that Lord
Delawarc's eldest son. Lord Canteupe,
is about to marry Miss Jo.;o. an
American heiress. said to have IN in
come of 800. 900 year. If Cantelupe
is not superior to many Engl sh arsto-
Gratis who have married American girls
his engagement may well he considered
melancholy affair from various
points of view.
SENATOR QUAY. of Pennsylvania, has
been very quiet since he entered the
Senate Chamber. but in SUB rosa way
has accomplished a triumph of states
manship. He has obtained the photo
graphs and autographs of his seventy
five Senatorial colleagues. 1t took a
good deal of diplomacy to do this, as
certain Senators never give their pict-
ures to any one. How Mr.. Quay OBJ
tained some Of the photographs is 4
mystery.
S. l. CLEMENS. better known as
Mark Twain, of the publishing firm of
Charles i. Webster 81 Co.. gives the