Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-03-14

a member of the forty second, forty third
and forty fourth congresses. In 1881 DO
was elected COVE rnor Of Wisconsin and held
the Office two terms.
An alum mine has been discovered in
Utah. II yields 80 TO 90 per cent pure alum,
which can be extra ,tel by simply placing
the crude material in boiling water
Edgar Saltus has written novel which
he calls "a Transaction Of Hearts, Tire
presumption is that it is full of dismel
pictures. Saltus is the prince of pessi-
mists.
Nearly million Looel rifles have been
turned out in France, yet the manufacture
OF them continues, since he government iIs-
tends to have four rifles ready for each
soldier when the great mobl eaton comes
According TO the Fiji Shimpo there are
twenty cotton factories now in Oper ton in
Japan, W th q total of $3.50 spindics There
are also twenty factories in process of e,tab-
lishm1 Mt or extension, with an estimated
capacity or 1s0,6SO spindles.
Mrs. Newton, one Of tho four women who
were given the Crimean medal, which
Queen Victoria pcrs Oually pinned on her. is
still living in Toronto, She was a nurse In
| the Crimean war, and was shot through tho
knee in trench before the Fedah.
United States Minister Strauss has in
duced the Sultan Of Turkey to allow the ex-
| plorers sent out by the University of Penn
sylvania to excavate in the ruins Of ancient
Babylon for two years. This favor has
been vanly sought by representatives, AZ
European powers.
On mountain i'm Alpine county, Califor.
MIA, during a thunderstorm TIC lightning
a into
ground and Immediately there burst forth
IA brilliant fire, which has continued TO burn
ever since It. is believed that the lightning
! iguitei a bed Of coal which is now feeding
| the flames.
Miss Emma G. Shields, a public school
teacher of Roc;'lnd, Me, made an cleo
ton bet with friend, the loser TO sell paas
nuts in Postoffice Square all day on
designated Saturday. Miss Shields lost
and she paid her bet few Saturdays ago.
| She had great run Of customers. and mado
quite a sum of money, which she gave to the
| fund of tho Roclland Charitable AssoGia-
| ton
There is decided movement in West
| Virginia in favor Of changing the name OF
that state. It's promoters say that every
| state should have a distinct name of its
own, far removed from the name of any
other state that no confusion OF names can
arise. West Virginia is so near like Vir-
ginia that the people do not enjoy it. Curl
ously enough, they all agree "Kanawha" is
| the name for the state.
The big iron tower in Paris which is now
| in process of being erected is about two
thirds finished. 1t will be 9s4 feet in height
when completed, and the ascent will be ac-
| Complshed in elevators in five minutes AZ
present the workmen occupy an hour in
reaching their work, and they wear binders,
which prevent them from seeing any thing
but the work before them, as IN outlook
would produces giddiness.
At Charleston, s. c., last week a carboy
Of vitrol exploded while being conveyed on
| 4 .,vay, and the liquid swelled into a seeth-
| Ing mass of flame around the two draymen
and the mules. The clothing of Che for
mer and the names and tails of the mules
were quickly in flames, when both men
and mules jumbcd into the river and tho
flames were cxtinguished. The mules
viii recover but the men are expected do
| die.
A tramp passed through Augusta, Me-,
called English Charley" who quoted
| Scripture as glibly as he gave a history OF
the prize-ring, and narrated the story of the
rebellion, giving all the battles and SldrTn.
| ishes in which the Union army was victor
| ious or defeated as clearly as ne discussed
| the events Of the present day. Thirty-threc
| years ago he was "a soldier in the English
army, and he vivaciously told the story OF
the fan of Sebaspol in 1855, which be wit
messed.
Ala resent book auction in Cleveland,
Ohio, two young husbands married but
few months, became considerably warmed
up in bidding on a cook book. Both worp
savagely bent on having it, and the price
was run up to good figure. What do you
suppose called for such strife, and what
would the wives of the young men say il
| they hear Of such conduct out in public3
The husband that had been the longer mar
ried got the book. He was presumably
| desperate
Mrs. Mary Maccr bin, who died at Wash
ington the other day, nearly one hundred
years old, used to say that she had seen
every president from George Washington TO
Grover Cleveland She was living In Bal
timore in 1912, and saw the bombarlment OF
| Fort McHenry. She knew well John How
ard Payne, the author OF "Home, Sweet
on the stage at Baltimore. She went to
Washington first in 1921, and it took twelve
hours by stage.
The Mound Morgan gold mine Of Queens
! land has proved 10 be the richest mine IN
the world. IL is situated on the range of
sheep ranch. 1t is an iron-stone hill in the
midst of green grass. A public road runs
| over the mountain, and il was while repair
ing IL that the gold was discovered II was
purcascl for $780, just s. an acre, and tho
shares are now worth s75, 100000. IL is sup
, posed to be an old geyser impregnatel with
! gold. The metal is extracted by the chlori-
nation process and costs $50 ton.
living on farm near Cherrytree, six
| miles from Ttusville, Penn, is Ralph M
corn, boy thirteen years old, who has tho
| largest head for his years on record in that
state. Three years ago his measurement
was for q No. 81 hat. Two years later his
his head had grown TO acquire a No 81.
Last season No. s9s dicer was ordered for
him, while this week No. S2l was the size re-.
quired. The boy is very bright and quick