Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-04-04
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been offered TO the Dean of Windsor
Milwaukee issues 1917 saloon licenses
and receives therefor the sum OF S252, $50 30
Sarah Bernhardt wants to play Juliet In
English on her next tour OF this country,
and is brushing up her knowledge OF tho
language 10 fit herself for tho task
It is said that the grain which is manu-
featured into liquor in the United States
would give nearly 400 pounds Of bread
yearly to every family in the United
States.
The landlord of public house at Birm-
ingham has n canary bird that can speak
several words distinctly, having learned
them from a parrot with wh. Oh 1t had been
brought up
james c. and Ann Tomlinson, OF Plain
field, Henry county, Ind, lately celebrated
the seventy-flrst anniversary OF their rnar-
riage. The husband is one hundred and
the wife ninety.
A Tennessee surgeon while hnstorod
with spirituous stimulants, sewed pa
tients amputated finger on with the plain
surface turned the wrong way and IL has
healed in that position.
Prince Karl of Denmark has just ret rn-
ed home after "a cruise in the West Ind es.
lie was the first Danish prince to visit his
country's possessions there, and was r.-
ceiyed with much enthusiasm.
The imports of wool Cucluding goat's
hair and alpaca) into the United Kingdom
last year amounted 10 III, 10 1886 pounds, as
compared with ojl .9Oj, AZ poInd3 ia 1885.
and with b96, 9J0,067 pounds in lS,7
A case of transmission of infection 10 an
uniform child has occurred in Paris. A
child born during the convalescenco OF the
mother from pneumonia was affected with
the same malady, and died at the end of
five days.
Rt Rev. John Stanley, the new Roman
catholic bishop of North Dakota is having
railroad car built In which 10 mako Ia o
episcopal visitations, so scarce are spare
beds and accommodations for strangers in
his diocese.
Mrs. Money bag, Of New York, gave
luncheon 10 party OF friends in Delmon-
ico's few days ago at which the ices were
served in Dresden powder boxes, with gold
forks, viii, after the course were present
ed TO the guests.
The MS. of the laureates first book, tho
poems of Two Brothers," written by him
and Charles Tennyson has been carefully
preserved, and is estimated 10 be worth
$50 o. Alfred and Charles Tennyson re-
ceIved slJ0 for it
The Christian Register relates this story
of an English bishop: To man vino had
been bothering him for promotion ill he
lost his te .nper, he said: Dear sir, il "
were to rain rectories and shower vicarages,
/ should present yoA with an um Jrella
Velvet ribbons a.e used lengthwise To
trim skirts. An effective way is TO JASON
them at the bolt, then allow them 10 droop
in loops below the hips, whore they are
tackled, and drop thence TO The foot. where
they ure finished with forked ends or are
fastened to the hem with large rosetves-
The late Sultan OF Zanzibar was pecul-
lar mixture OF cleverness, treachery, pro-
gressiveness and barbarity. lie always
pretended TO be friendly 10 Europeans, but
he was not TO be trusted. he had a pleas
ing manner, but there WAS an expression
OF cruelty in his eyes that tod OF an un-
tanned nature
A St Louis physician THINKS It just rs
important that the ears Of the railroad era
ployes, and particularly the RS of locomo-
tive engineers, should Dc scientifically test
ed for natural or acquired defects as that
their eyes should be tested for color lind.
ness There is atrouOle known to mediol
men who practice largely among railroad
employees as whistle deafness.
At ~SS Of the recent vIoereyal balls in
Dublin young detrimental" came up to
where young lady was sitting IN asked
her in her mothers hearing, whether no
might have tue pleasure of a dance. But
before the daughter could reply her fond
parent hastily broke in: "Deed an 20
can't, thenl Sure she's keeping herself
cool for the earl Of Clanfurlyr'
1t is pretty generally understood that
Henry NJ Stanley will visit America dur
ing next winter, when he will resume the
course of lectures so abruptly terminated
three years ago by his mission TO Central
Africa Major Pond is already making
arrangements for his tour thI1psh the
country. Not hong ago an offer "a $S000
was made for his first lecture in New York
city.
Senator Evarts got of q good thing on
a gentleman at O party In Washington
about distinguishing between a canvass-
back ard u red head. IAN infalliblo tsst,r
he remarked "is in the length of the BILL"
Just here he was completely broSeI up by
lady who leaned forward aud iuterjected
"But senator l never serve either cam
vass backs or red heads at my table with
bills.
There II considerable excitement &C
North Plain6eld, N. j., over the discovery
Of copper and silver ores in the noun Ia. rs
back of the town. The discovery was
made In excavating for the water works.
and 1t is said that investigation has been
made TO warrant the assertion that, under.
lying the outer layers Of trap-rock and red
sandstone in the mountain, are mines from
which fortunes my be developed
Willrie Collins, who was Charles Dickens
dear and close friend, made some inter
esting memoranda in his copy OF Forster's
"L.ife'' o. Dickens. Concerning ''Oliver
Twist" Collins writes that 'the one de-
feet In that wonderful book Is the heIplessly
bad construction OF the story. Tho
character OF Nancy is the finest thing he
ever did" AS for ''Barnaby Rudgo Col
Inns calls is the weakest book Dickens ever
| wrote.
Joseph Walker, n New York importer,
has sued tho Unitod States goverumen
for 20 cents. In Octobsr OF last yoar the
naintif impof tt1 some Foods which wero