Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-07-25
WINGED MISSILES

WINGED MISSILES
A photographer paid Stanley 1000 for
portrait
Armed with a pltchfork, q woman OF
Pike county. Pa, drove away six tramps
from her barn.
A 8Oo.pound turtle and 1000 eggs were
captured at Melbourne beech, Fla, by
party OF fishermen.
wren in East Bradford, Pa, built a
nest In tho sleeve OF a garment that had
been hung up in the yard to dry.
Lewis Ralston, Cherokee, Is the first
Indian to be granted citizenship under an
act OF congress approved May %, 1890.
Swinburne is the chief unmarried liter
airy man in England At the same time he
is a great admirer OF handsome women.
A white lobster was caught by a fisher
man in Penobscot Bay, Maine, the other
day, and sold to a Boston museum for s..
A bank is an institution into which you
put your confidence and money, and draw
out your confidence -Philadelphia Times.
A gold nugget worth 500 was taken
from mine in the Big Bug district, Ari-
IONA, recently. IL is now on exhibition at
Prescott
Some liquor sellers in Boston think OF
trying to circumv mt the law by selling
under the bar, as selling over bar is only
prohibited
An Investigation into a number Of cases
OF sickness on Staten Island has shown
that they were due to poisoning by canned
corned beef
Walter Haynes, of Brimheld, Me-, who
celebrated his Tooth birthday nearly a year
ago, spent his spare lims last week riding
a hors1 to plow
The professors and tutors Of Columbia
College wore gowns at examinations for
the first time this year, in acc osdance with
a vote of the faculty.
A pet doe at the Missouri penitentiary
gave birth several days ago TO twins. Tnis
is said by those who are up in natural his
tory to be OF very rare occurance.
Tue announcement of tho double engage
meut of members of tho graduating class
at Boston University shows that coeduca-
ton is often factor in matrimony
Miss Kate Kane OF Chicago has been ad
mitted to the bar OF the supreme court OF
the United States. She Is the eighth
woman who has attained that distinction.
Wheat is to have another rival. A Ger
man hemist is certain that good bread will
yet be male from wood. Most people will
continue to prefer the old wheaton variety.
The wealthiest man in Alabama is prob
ably Josiah Morris, or Montgomery. He
has fortune of SS0J0,000 that was made
for the most part from operations in real
Henry MeiclS, rich farmer OF Harmony,
known all over New Jersey as tho "oluo
man," died suddenly on Thursday. The
neighbors report that when a young man,
he was almost drowned in the Delaware
River. his skin ever afterwari, they say,
had deep blue tint Physicians were
unable to account for tho phenomenon.
Phillip Henson, planter living near
Corinth, Miss, is believed to onjoy the
proud distraction of having the longest
beard in the world He is six feet nine
inches in height and yet when he stands
erect his whiskers reach to the ground
" hen the wnd blows through them il
must reate considerable of a comm otion
Gladstone is willing at least to do partial
justice to his great political rival HI
says: Lord Beaconsfed was the most in
teresting political character or the cen
fury, not excepting Mr.. Pitt" And h,
pronounces the duke OF Argyle, the lat
Lord Fig and Bishop Wherefore three
of the most naturally eloquent men OF theii
day.
Co ia Rica's latest scheme for raising
money and the purpose for which it Is 10 bt
raised are nove., to say the least. A new
theater 8 wanted at the capital, and an ex
port duty has been placed By congress oil
coffee in order to raise the nscessar.
money. However, as only 5000 is need
ed for the purpose the tax. will not las
long.
There are many ways Of judging eggs
One is to drop the egg in pan OF cold
water. The fresher the egg the oner II
will drop to the boz. ON. II bad 1t will
float like a life preserver. The best way
70 keep eggs is to bury them in bran Oh
meal and turn them frequently, box anC
all. Salt will preserve them in any climat,
If properly packed.
A man who in a cross.lcgged way monop
olized two elevated-car SO is in New Yorl
was pushed rather vigorously by an Irish
man VINO welgcd his way into ono OF them
''Why didn't you ask for soatl" asked
the first man, grulliy. 'Shurc, how was
to know We could sphakc Englishw wa
the reply, to the amusement Of the othe
listening passengers.
aboard wanted" said the chap who fe
overheard.
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