Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-09-05
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Ohio have only three legs IN the party.
Terrence V. Powderly. General
Master Workman of the Knights OF
Labor, is husiastically in favor OF
ba lot-reform.
w. G. Shaw of Cincinnati, assistant
auditor of the c.. Ii. d. ID. railroad. has
become insane, his hobby being that he
is the celebrated Dan McGinty.
The Pope has changed his habits.
He now devotes the time between half
past and 10 at night for the ardent
perusal of newspapers of all nations.
Edward Atkinson declares that the
annual production of eggs in this
country equals in money value the
country's annual total production OF
iron.
Speaker Reed ia rot great smoker.
but in the seclusion of his home pnifs
pipe at intervals. He hates the odor OF
a cigarette and considers chewing bad
form.
President Carnot, of France, is
close student of English, but is better
acquainted with the English of SDenseI
and Shakespeare than with the modern
tongue.
Empress Augusta left 7,000,000
marks. Her jewels and ornaments are
bequeathcd to personal friends as keep.
sabes. One valuable jewel is left to the
Empress Victoria.
Mr.. T. S. Perry, the writer-who is
the grandson OF Commodore Perry,
and the great-grandson of Franklin-is
in Europe, and is busy on his History
of Greek Literature"
Marshal Mcmahon, of France. it is
understood. has completed his MEM
oirs," but they are To be printed for
private circulation only. and only few
copies in all will be issued.
Richard Won Velckmann, the great
surgeon. contributed on his deathbed
159 marks to the fund for the erection
OF IL monument of the Emperor Fred
erick on the battlefield at Worth.
The Rev. Sam Jones declares that he
is not an alarmist; but he adds, omi-
nously, IL know the year 1890 is going
to be an epochal year, and some things
have gone just as far as they can CO."
The Duke of Westminster is believed
to be the anonymous donor of half a
million dollars for convalescent hos
pital in London. The Dukes income
is $1,000 per day chiefly from rents in
Belgravia.
Cyrus ". Field is now three score
and ten years old, but still in active
business life. His first employment
was as errand boy for A. L. Stewart at
81 a week. His duties required him to
open and sweep out the store.
Judge Kelly told friend of his some
time previous to his death that the
trouble with his jaw grew out of habit
he had OF going to bed with qud of
tobacco in his check-a practice which
he had kept up from his boyhood.
Joseph Howe, one of the GOO who
made tbe famous charge ut Balaklava,
lives in Hartford, and is Frustrated by
the prevailing epidemic. lie says he
had rather 90 through dozen Bala-
klava experiences than have the grip.
There is vast deal OF public discus
sion at Allegheny. Pa, as to the organ.
ization and management of the library
which Mr.. Carnegie is founding. which
is very pleasing To Mr.. Carnegie, who
looks for wisdom TO proceed from such
counscls.
The late Henry w. Grady was a
great raconteur. He was a master OF
dialect, and was never afraid Of giving
a good story plenty of coloring. 1t was
considered a remarkable thing in the
Office of the Atlanta Constitution if IA
week went by without new yarn
from Grady. His stories were always
witty but never vulgar.
The town of Abbot, Me-, claims one
of the best marksmen in the State in
the person of Mrs. George Brown. Not
long ago she saw II fox crossing the
field short distance from the house
Taking her husbands rifle and raising
the window she draw a bead on Master
Reynard. planting the ball fairly in the
neck. The distance was twenty-five
rods.
The Rev. DR.. Collier tells this story
of the elder Dumas: lie was invited to
bring his daughter to a reception given
by n Partisan woman who was a little
way of the strict line of society. He
went. but he did not take Mile. Dumas.
The hostess asked him why the young
lady was not present There are two
good reasons" answered Dumas 1.-THE
second of which is that she has a bad
cold"
John Mount of Covington. Ky, is
said to be the oldest criminal in the
United States. He is nearly 90 years
of age. and tifty-six years of his life
have been spent in the various peni-
tentiaries in the United States. lie has
committed almost every crime except
that of murder. He is living a secluded
life at present, aud seldom goes on the
streets.
The Empress EuGenie has Just pre-
sentcd TO the fathers who have the keep
ing of the moI1uary chapel at Farm
borough, where the remains of Ma
poleon III. and the Prince Imperial are
inferred, magnificent alter cloth, made
from her wedding gown. The cloth
has been made by the Empress her
self. 1t is trimmed with tbs lace and
embroidery which ornamcnted the
dress.
Maj. Serpa Pinto, whose name occurs
frequently in dispatches connected with
African affairs is native of Portugal