Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-02-21
MICH


YALE, MICH
The race azOun0 the worAA Between
those tw0 psGscky women, Misses Sly
Hud Bislan&, Is Interesting aaiely 80
showing hh0 progress "a the world,
nnd tho nzzry slOus development OF
the means OF iransportat5O@ by land
and sea- When Jules Verses ..Round
she World in Eighty Days made its
appearances IL was classea among
works OF the, most absurd flights OF
fnncy. Yet In less tAan twenty five
years the dreams OF JulCs Verne are
realities. Nellie By has actually
demonstrated Tint the torr around
the world can Do accomplished in less
than seyenty-ays days by ahe usual
rOaates the distance 10 twenty two
thousand mics, requiring an average
speed OF fourteen and two-thirds miles
mn hour Miss bly, has @ls0 proven
that the steiner sex has been very I'M
gust TO woman in the sarcastic nlln-
sions so often nnnde TO the trunks.
boxes, straps s1e-y With which she
nust be elElppcd for every journey.
An the luggage Miss Bly, ha6 10 look
after was q s1naIl hnD6 satehel, and
she did not ernsame mach time in
making her toilet, inasmnch AS the
only dress she took with her was the
enc she wore These two facts ex-
cepted, really there is nothing OF
great consequences gained by Miss
Bly's exploit Ia may be- expected,
however, to produce a host Of imi-
tntors, and S0r the next year or so
globe-trotting Is likely TO be the
fashionable '.fa6." Tho fact that
Miss Bly, did not make the best time
possible, inasInuch as she experienced
one or two delays. win be an incentive
10 other adventnrers TO try 10 beat her
fiuCe. This il all right, OF course,
thongh it is rot clear that EGgthing
important can result from IT,
The illness OF The infanA king o.
Spain, who Inherited from his father
q deceased body and - tOticring
fhrOne,is reminder Of the asplorably
dismal prospect Of the royal houses of
Europe. The czarwiteh Os Russia is
a sickly, half-wittoa child; the crown
prince of Italy is a weak, taeiturn.
morose, narvoH-ehested, addle-headed
young man; Ae future king pf Eng
land, is a worn out man OF the world.
who has exhausted evry pleasure and
every passion, and his eldest SON is a
blockhead, if indeed, he il NOD worse.
The heir-apparsnt OfAustria-HuDgary
is n nobody, while tho heir>Ss Ok The
Netherlands ia n nine-yenr-old child.
Ihe king Of SaKony, the grand duke
tpf Baden, and the crown price of
Wurtemberg are childless, ia is the
king of Roun&nia, and tho king of
Eervia is but child. Emperor William
Of Germany assa The sultan OF Turkey
alone are earessNlly rearing progency.
ut is high time ihe people Of Europe
should trundle out OF The way the
Heeble and decrepit remnants of royal
~ and govern themselves.
"Bob" ErgeTsoll is opposed to The
generally accepted punitive system,
and indicates The policy he would pur-
Sue with criminals, by saying that If
1000 confirmed criminals weae placed
npon desert island snd forced to
snake living for themselves. there
would soon be n clearly 9efined line
ahemselves to aAe conditions and went
no work, and the INDECENT ones who
refused to exert themselves. Ia time
ahis would develop into tho inevitable
distinction between n law-abihing and
N criminal element in the com
annuity. Has IL not occurred 10 the
institute skeptic that the United States
has just such an experimental colony
An Canada and thRt The majority OF the
members ''tol not, neither DO they
Epin."
A French physician who has for
SEINE years been practicipg In Calcut-
"A announces Tint he has discovered a
Snre cure for cholera, ana that il is
nothing less than the hypoder1nic in
lection OF the poison OF the cobra, one
of the most deadly snakes known.
Nest people viii prefer to take their
chances with cholera
Including the railroad he<ToT near
indianapolis n few days ago. there
have been eleven railroad accidents