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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-10-31

TO calculate the distance of a storm
center by counting between the flash
and the report, although | know that
it is very old aud generally accepted
way 1t is certainly very unscentitic,
for there are many considerations that
might make this method useless, such
as the direction OF the wind, the i'm
perfect cOnductivity of the cloud, etc.
In q thunderstorm, where is the
safest place for person who is out
doors?'
''Ie should stand up and get wet"
said the captain. Then he will be in
much less danger of getting struck
than If he were dry. This is on the
theory that water is u good conductor,
and will carry the electricity off TO the
ground without danger. There is a
variety of conductors. Hot air is one
that is why so many tall chimneys are
struck; dry wood is another. OF course,
the best conductors OF all are the met
ais. iron, platinum, zinc, gold, copper
and silver, the last being the best OF
all. Lightning has an affinity for sill
yer, and, put on a house, IT should be
an efficient protection. but the iron rods
now used are good enough to answer
all purposes.
"A great many ladies are excessive
ly nervous during a thunderstorm, " OBJ
served another gentleman, land some
of them would give anything to know
what to do TO be perfectly safe. They
are mortally afraid of lightning rods,
too, probably remem boring how Mark
Twain's thickly rodded house drew all
the lightning in the neighborhood and
kept it long after it mad cleared up
elsewhere. Now, assuming that any
one can be perfectly safe, it can be best
done by insulating ones self in a ham,
mock swung with silken strings in u
room, or il one has no hammock, one
should lie down on feather bed.
Then the chances of being struck are
certainly much less than even the pro-
verbal one in million"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-10-31
THAT WONDERFUL ELIXIR.
Bogsville Thrown Into Fever Of Excite
ment and CONSERVATION.
First Tried on an Old Hair Trunk
and Then on an Aged and
lnflrm Pauper.

Bogsville is in state of excitement
never before experienced by that COM
munity and the end is not yet A few
weeks since DIR. Bitterweed commenced
his wonderful experiments with the
Brown-Sequard Elixir and since then a
perpetual Fourth of July celebration,
with various embellishments, has been
in progress. The innocent lamb OF all
stages and degrees, has been offered as
sacrifice and oven the famous Ram of
Bogsville, which never failed to give
the passer-by lift, has yielded up his
life.
That the Doctors efforts may the
better be understood VIC append a few
of his remarks delivered before such
members OF the Bogsville Scientific
Society, as still possessed their sanity
or yet retained sufficient age TO remain
out of their trundle beds after sun
down.
Il find" remarked the doctor, ''that
the Elixir possesses various elements
in keeping with the traits OF the sheep,
ere it has been reduced to mutton or
worked up into this gre t rejuvenating
remedy. Hence, if patient yearns
for playful innocence we boil down a
lamb. Should he desire simply TO re-
turn to a condition Of toughness and
vigor we introduce into his system the
elements which made our patriarchal
Ram OF Bogsville a terror TO all who
came within butting distance. A
patient treated in this way gets as
side issue all the vim, stubbornness
and cussedness that characterized that
lately departed mutton.
"Now, for the enlightenment of
those who are regaining their sanity
after couple of weeks respite | will
make a resume of some of the more
important cases within my experience.
"Owing 10 the scarcity of volunteers
for treatment preparatory injection
was administered to an old hair trunk
which had been in our family for gen.
erations. During the first half hour no
symptoms were observed and a second
dose was given just under the hotel
label that was pasted on the end of the
structure. Soon after il was seized by
a constable on an attachement. There
is little hopes of its recovery as my
board bill is rather large.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-10-31

quent accompaniment OF severe cleo
trical storms by land and sea. Its We
locity is equd to that OF the curving
bolt or fire ball, but progressing in
direct path apparently travels much
more swiftly. and either explOdes in
mid-air, vanishing in impalpable frag-
ments, or strikes the earth or water,
making deep furrow, but leaving no
other tangible trace OF its existence.
1--WE know very little about light
ming and its forms said Capt. Dunn,
the chief signal observer Of New York.
What is n lightning-boltg" he was
asked
Capt. Dunn grinned. well, to tell
the truth" said he, you have asked
something which neither ] nor any
other man | know of can answer.
There's Prof LOOMS who says fire.
bolt or lightning-ball is IA conglomera-
ton OF ponderable substances in great
tenuity, and the whole charged with
electricity That's as clear MS mud,
isn't It? Technicalties aside, it is said
to be n mass OF fine particles of matter,
which the electricity has attracted and
fused, and which is driven along at in
credible speed by the currents gene
rated by the electrical conditions that
surround it. Icannot say whether any
Of them are composed of gas alone in
state OF combustion; nobody can say so.
l have no doubt, however, that the
majority, If not all, are composed of
matter which. when it falls on the
earth is probably very much Of the
same sort as the fragments of aerolites
we sometimes find after we have traced
their descent from the sky. Whether
they are originally gaseous, or are
simply matter collected from the at
mosphere and chemically changed in
descent by electricity or other forces,
is impossible to determine"
"You have been a very close OBJ
server of storms, Captain; what are
the conditions most favorable to cleo
trical disturbances?'
They are according to- the location
and topographic surroundings. Here,
in New York city, | have noticed that
whenever we have a south or south
east wind. of hot summer afternoon,
and when there were clouds in the air
we'll charged with electricity, the wind
blows them over in the direction OF the
Orange mountains. There they meet
the dry. cool air of the hills and they
back right up and float over the city.
A thunderstorm is the result OF this
encounter.
The nimbus is always the storm
cloud never the cumulus. 10 is
heavy cloud and lies low in the air,
usually q quarter OF mile or so from
the ground, but | have seen them
much higher. When all the conditions
are presented. and the atmosphere is
thoroughly charged, there is flush,
and in ten or twelve seconds there
after thunder is heard. 1t is not safe
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-10-31
The Hog Driver Was n Senator.

Olive Hampton Smith was elected
senator from Indiana in 1886. When
the election was over 5 NTH, who was
n good lawyer and had been in congress
eight or ten years before, took a drove
of hogs down to Cincinnati going on
foot all the way. On the way he ar
rived at tavern. covered with mud
unwashed and unshaven for many days.
The crowd surrounded him, eager for
news OF the election.
who's elected senatorP Hendricks?"
mo-
"NobleP"
"No."
"Wno thenp"
II amm
There was dead silence for mo-
ment, ana then some one asked, "Who
are youP"
A stump speech, with all the mud
still clinging TO his clothes, was nee
essary to convince them OF his right to
the title of senator in the congress OF
the United States.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-10-31

Beginning Nov. and continuing
ten days there will be held in Mont
gomery, Ala, an exposition distinctly
southern in its display of the products,
manufactures and resources of the
southland, and every effort has been
made to have the exhibit fully rep
resent the south. The exposition will
be a revelation to the southern people
as well as to those in the north, for no
longer is cottone" King" in the south.
With iron manufactures entering in
TO competition with Pennsylvania, cot
ton mills competing with Massachu-
sets, fruit plantations, and great
variety of agricultural products, the
south has in the past few years under
gone metamorphosis very remark
able. This is The evidence OF the "new
SOUTH" and it is appropriate that it
should be held at the old capital of
the late confederacy to show to the
people at home and abroad that the
memories OF the past are forgot en-
there in the eagerness of the people
to develop the wealth of section of
such wonderful possibilities. The ex-
position will be beneficial not only to
the south but to the whole country,
and the spirit in which the prelimi-
nary arrangements are being made
insures it's success.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-10-31
Fate.

The sky is clouded, the rocks ara blre;
The spray OF the tempest is white in air,
The winds are out with the waves at play,
And shall not tempt the sea today.
1.-THE trail is narrow, the wood is dim,
The panther clings TO the arching limb,
And the lions whelps are abroad at play,
And | shall not join in the chase to-day"
But the ship sailed safely over tho sea,
And the hunters came from the chase In
gleo,
And the town that was builded upon a
rock,
Bret Harte.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-10-31

That distinguished English scholar,
Sir Edwin Arnold, who recently visit
ed Washington and the White house,
voiced a sentiment which the people OF
the United States will do well to
thoughtfully consider. When told
that various plans were being consid-
cred for the enlargement, or CONVEX
sion of the executive mansion into Of
fees for the transaction of the nations
business, he expressed a wish that the
structure might be left Substantially
untouched. He said that while the
pean sense, it was full OF historic in
terest to the American people, and for
that reason should be cherished and
preserved so long as time permitted,
that our people might look upon the
very scenes and surroundings amid
which jackson had done such noble
work for the union, and the martyred
Lincoln had pondered upon and exc
cuted the immortal proclamation o.
emancipation. He expressed fear
that people so young and ardent as
the Americans might under-value the
historical monuments associated with
their earlier years, that their posteri-
ty, if permitted, will hold as priceless.
These words of the distinguished En-
glishman should be needed, The
White house is the most historic edi-
fee the nation possesses, and its pres
ent proportions, which have remained
almost the same for so many years,
should be kept inviolable for future
generations. Let new structure be
built at any cost rather than to desc
crate the old mansion.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-10-31

"a mairiageaole young lady desired
to avail herself OF the assistance of the
remedy in helping her lover to ex-
press his feelings. He was appar-
emily troubled with heart failure-his
heart failed him whenever he attempted
TO propose. She thought that If pos
sessed OF the remedy won ms intui-
ton will direct her safely in subsequent
proceedings. For convenience in APP
plying, / fixed her up a line Of fish
hooks, each unprotected and individ-
ual point OF which fairly oozed elixir,
and babe her good luck when the
proper time came. IL came that even
ing and with IL came the coveted young
man. He evidently meant business,
ESQ she told me) and had folded her
TO his breast for the two-fold purpose
OF getting the mastery of his weakness
and also herself. In the language OF
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-10-31

The courts have affirmed the con-
stitutionality of the electric execution
law passed by the New York legisla-
ture, thus settling the fate OF Kemmler,
the first murderer sentenced to death
since the passage OF the law. The
efforts to nuilify the law were made
by his lawyers, solely to enable a
criminal to escape the just punishment
of his crime. Fortunately the courts
were not imposed upon by the bum
comb OF scientists and electricians.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-10-31

France pays splendid and deserved
compliment to American genius by
comforting the cross OF the Legion OF
Honor on Thomas A. Edison. No man
in this age has done so much to con-
troll and put into practical use the po-
tent and latent power of electricity.
The compliment paid him by France
will be applauded by every American.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-10-31
UP TO $40 POUNDS.

"Ncxt on the string was "A pair of
antique shoes that had seen better days.
Ten drops of the elixir was deposited
in the toe. A cobbler assisted me and
his last efforts fully restored them.
"a pauper whose sands OF life had
nearly run was brought me to build
up. He was three score and ten aud
had an extra score in nearly every bar
room. He had given so much time TO
his running sands that he was quite
reduced, the reduction noted being
from an avoirdupois OF 80 pounds to
that of 107 pounds in n period of five
years, and so l gave him lightweight
treatment. Three doses have built
him up completely, in fact built him
up to his original 80 pounds in weight.
Through an oversight | forgot to treat
his clothes with the elixir and they re-
ma,ned their normal size until the
patient reached about 200 pounds, then
they ceased to be, bursting with loud
and sickening report. Having no
credit at any clothing house, suitable
garments could not be procured by
him. He now appears in perfect
health. and blanket / was forced to
furnish him.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-10-31
N Lacks Reasonable.

In the case of passenger killed on
n Tennessee railroad the counsel for
the road has set up the plea that the
deceased was making journey in
direct opposition to the wishes of his
wife, and that her last words to him
were that something would surely hap
pen II he went.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-10-31

Horace Boies, whom the democrats
have nominated for governor in Iowa,
was born III Erie county, New York,
in 1928. Since 1867 he has been liv-
ing in Waterloo, Ia, where he has
built up asuccessful law business, and
has become one of the best known
men throughout the state.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-10-31

When a fellow made chase
For, and got a salesm ans place,
He thought it no disgrace
In the days of long ago.
Now he hustles like tarnation,
And If he gets the station
He accepts" situation,
Don't you know.
ingham ton Republican.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-04-16

NUGGETS OF NEWS.

The count at the treasury department
viii begin Immediately upon Mr. Huston
taking the oath as treasurer. He has al.
ready qualified.
The secretary Of state was informed
by calle OF the death at Breslau Of Con-
sui IisIssnar, the United States reprcsen-
tative there.
The Gni0n line steamer Wisconsin re-
turned 70 Liverpool. had her boilers re-
paired and proceeded on her voyage.
The annual meeting Of the Orthodox
Friends was held at Philadelphia, with
an attendance Of between 600 and roo
All Of the w0rkmen employed in the
Austrian Lloyd dock yards at Trieste
have gone out on strike.
Louis Kossuth, the Hungarian liberia
tor, has had another relapse and his life
is despaired of.
Mr. Parnell's action in the Irish courts
against The Times viii be abandoned.
James III. Gardiner, who discovered
what was termed GARDENERS comet in
1868, died at his home in Newburg, N.
Y, of Bright's disease, aged 40 years.
Charles F. Hatch, president of the
Wisconsin, Minnesota and Pacific rail-
way, committed suicide in Minneapolis.
No cause is known.
The Conshohocken worsted works
made an assignment. The failere is at
tributed to the complicated affairs of
the late George Bullock, who was presi-
dent of the concern. The company OPP
crates three mills. and the monthly pay
roll at present amounts to about $50, 600
Some of Senator Quay's neighbors
were arrested for violating the state fish
laws.
The Philadelphia Natural Gas CON-
pany has struck new well on new ter
ritory, which doubles the present gas
supply.
Governor Mellette, of Dakota, has
prepared his proclamation calling for
the election of delegates to the constitu-
tional convention of North and South
Dakota.
The Iehigh Presbytery met at Ma
hanoy City, Pa.
Coal handlers at Cleveland are on a
strike for higher wages.
Congressman Randall was at the Capt.
tol yesterday for the first time since his
recent attack of govt.
At Philadelphia John Henry Wahl, an
III ,ane patient, choked to death while
eating his breakfast.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-04-16

THE pastors Of the several
churches, to gether with committee
Of business men, have sent out .
most pathetic appeal from st.
Lawrence. South Dakota, for aid
to the sufferers Of tho burnt district.
In the history of Dakota, with her
record Of blizzard and drouth and
hot-Wind disasters, this is tho first
time she has ever asked aid from
without. The revelation Of suffer
ing now existing is pitiful, and con-
tributions addressed to the relief
committee will be gratefully receiv-
cd.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-04-16

THE national mind is now
engaged on the problem presented
BY Governor Wilson, Of West
Virginia, in pardoning gentleman
out of the penitentlary on the
ground that he was not sufficiently
intelligent to distinguish right from
wrong, but who refused to 60 on
that ground. The question now il
which course proves the man great
er fool, to accept his pardon on that
basis or stay in prison three years
to prove that he is not one.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-04-16

A newspaper in Ohio recently
brought suit against forty-three
men who would not pay their
subscriptions, and obtained iudg.
ment il each case for the amount
81 each claim. OF these twenty
eight made affidavit that they owned
10 more than the Law allowed, thus
preventing attachment. Then
under the decision cf the Supreme
Court, they we're arrested for petty
larceny aud bound over in the sum
81 $500 each. All but ak gave
bond while six went to jail. The
new postal law makes il larceny to
lake paper and refuse to pay for
81
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-04-16

&c. WAsHINsToN's hair trunk :
Is put on exhibition in New York.
We denounce it as fraudulent and
spurious. Washington never had a
hair trunk; he needed no hair trunk.
Why should he? He wore his owl
hair, if his pictures are any guide.
lie wore no wigs, switches, nor pc
ruquss. What good would hair
trunk be anyway?
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-04-16
HEALTH IS WEALTH !

DR.. Z. G. West's Nerve and Bra u1vsterIs,
menf. ! euaranteed specific for Eksursb
Dixziness Commissions. fits. NeI .o, ucsaInsed b.
the use of alcohol or tobacco .ns Rrain re-
srIfsn1 = 3nSanity and leading TO miSens y,res.
cav md death. Premature Old age eey;oIuntGn
nese. loss of rover in either sex. Ia' ~ over.
Toeses and Spernatorrhga canss ~ aver ~.
exertlon Of the brain. selI-a ..,s one n0l1I
efaremenf. 91.O8 box. or SIX po ~ o1vsoe.
$3.50 ~ rssl nrenaid On receipt Of Priv
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-04-16

WE GUARANTEE SlA D- .oce,vss
To cure any case. With eacn n,od with So
We " viii i send the purchaser our w 'trestDens
enfee TO refund the money I 10 VI Iasued cny.
does not effecta cure. 6ueran STgSrS1Iggfsfs. eos
By J. ": l H0ps 80. - " Annapolis Nd. ~
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-04-16

PRESIDENT HARRIsoN's policy Of
making himself throughly familiar
with the character aud true standing
OF every oflise-seeker, great or small,
insures the appointment OF only
such men whom the country can
place implicit confidence in.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-04-16
ELY's CArARRH

TRY THH CURE-
A particle Is applied into each nostril and ID
agreeable Price 50 cents at druggists. by mail.
registered, go cts. ely BROTHERS, So War
rem Street. New York. I-8-1y.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-04-16

SENATOR Quar- and few more
s'friends Of the administration, :
who supposed that said administra-
ton would conduct itself solely in
accord with their wishes. have found
out that the people have elected .
man for President, not a monkey.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1889-09-13
WON BY SEARLE.
The Australian still Retains The scull-
ing Championship. -

The Australian still Retains The scull-
ing Chsmpionship. ~
LONDON, Sept. 10.--The sculling race
between Searle, Of Australia, and O'Con.
nor, of Canada, was rowed over tho
championship course on the Thames,
and won by Searle.
The wind blew In occasional squalls
and off Survey the water was slightly
pumpy, but otherwise the conditions
were excellent. The weather was per-
fectly clear. The betting was even,
starting ut 20 to II on Seafle which was
rapidly taken, and finally turning to 10
Oh O'Connor. The start was by
mutual consent at 23 p. m. Both men
kept to the course remarkably well.
The attendance at the riverside was
very large for professional race. The
race has excited more interest in sport
ing circles than any event for years.
The amount of money wagered was
enormous. Heavy purses were cahled
from Canada and Australia to be staked
for thu friends of the respective cham
pions, Spencer Brothers. of Australia
placed el0,0O0 on Searle. Both men
were in splendid forca. Searle weighed
1853 and O'Connor 162, and their pre-
liminary spurts on the river indicated
that they were evenly matched in oil
resDectS,
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1889-09-13


gressman-at-large, but was elected to
the Forty-fourth congress, and since re-
elected, being a member of the next
Fifty -firs) congress. During the Forty
ninth congress he was appointed to the
Turkish mission, but occupied the place
but short time, and on his return was
again sent to congress. In 1877 he was
candidate for speaker and, though not
elected, served as speaker pro tenn.
Soon after bis graduation from college,
and before he had entered upon a settled
life, Mr.. Cox passed some time in Ec-
rope, and on his return published "The
Buckeye Abroad CS52), a volume that
attracted wide attention and came near
leading him to literary career. He
afterwards published other books, Eight
Years in Congress" Q865), "a Search
for Winter Sunbeams." QS70), "Why
We Laugh" GS76). While in editoria.
life at Columbus he published descrip-
tion of sunset scene in which his Ital-
ian visions and the American pictur-
esque were so luminously and fantastic
ally blended that the name Sunset Cox
was indelibly stamped upon him.
A lover of humor, possessed of keen
sense of the ridiculous, he was diligent
in public life and leader in congress.
He was chairman OF the census commit
tee Of 1880, and upon the commerce and
other committees was influential and
useful.
Mr.. Cox greatly endeared hiraself to
the people Of the new states, especially
Dakota, by his energetic work, by voice
and deed, in congress in advocacy of the
admission of the new territories. Not
long ago he made tour of the four new
states, and on the Fourth of July last
delivered magnificent Grafton at Hu.
ron, s. ID. The Cox family is distin.
guished on both the paternal and mater
nal side. s. s. Cox's grandfather, James
Cox, was a general in the revolutionary
army, an intimate friend of Thomas
jefferson, and died a member of the
house of representatives. Ezekiel Taylor
Cox, his father, was prominent politi-
clan in Ohio, and a member of the state
senate Of that state in 1889 and 1888.
His mother was the daughter of Samuel
Sullivan, treasurer of Ohio in 1918,