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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-06-12
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

The London religious tract society last
year issued a., 900, 900 publications.
The japanese administer the oath by
cutting the witness finger and taking bio cd
to seal the swear.
A Georgia editor has % children. He
positively refuses TO insert an advertise
ment that boy or girl is wanted
In Alaska, 200 miles up the Yukon river,
the snow never melts, and in some places
it is said to be fully two miles keep.
The geysers of Iceland which have been
among the greatest attractions of the
island, are gradually losing their force.
Silvane Dornon, Frenchman has agreed
to go on stills from Paris 70 Moscow in 43
days. He expects TO cover so kilometers
a day.
The organs of smell in the turkey ,vultuse
and carrion crow are so delicate that they
can scent their food for a distance of 40
miles.
The oyster is one of the strongest crea.
lures on earth. The force required to open
an oyster is more than 300 times its
weight.
A Philadelphia surgeon has dissected and
mounted the complete nervous system of a
human being, something never before ac-
complished.
Josiah Ramsey Lambkin. an old citizen
of Cole county, Missouri, who died recently
near jefferson City, was borne to his grave
by four old negro family servants wfo
were once the slaves of the deceased.
At Habelscherdt, Silesia, linen weavers
earn 10 and IL cents per day. The food
nf nf al
bread and potatoes. There are thousands
of families eating meat hardly once in a
whole year
The original appropriation for the state
capitol at Albany, n. Y, was $1,000, 900.
The building has already cost $50, 600, 900.
Now 81, 600, 900 is asked for, and no man
even ventures TO guess when the preten.
tious thing will be finished.
The death is announced in England OF
John Hampden, who some years ago rem.
dered himself conspicuous 10y maintaining
that the earth was Nat. He wrote pam.
phlets and delivered lectures on his favor.
lite theory, and his delusion continued till
his death.
IL has been calculated that the electro.
motive force of bolt of lightning is about
$500, 900 volts, the current about 14,C00,.
900 ampers, and the time to he about 1-2O,.
600 part of second. In such bolt Their,
is an energy of 2,45o, 900, 600 watts, or o..
2S4, 1S2 h. p.
A portable boat has been devised by Col
onel Apostolof, of the Russian army, which
may be constructed instantly by making q
framework with the lance OF the Cossacki
and covering with tarred cloth. Tw,
boats are CAPABLE of carving 36 men with
their baggage and arms.
Among the unusual inventions patented
by women are improved bottle-stopper, i'm
proved method of fastening door knobs b,
their spindles, an appliance for pluckint
hair to be used in the dressing of furs, Inn
proved method Of preparing leather for tn,
soles OF boots and shoes, for Improvement
in electric arc lamps and for more reliabli
indicators, specially applicable for use On
tho rolling stock Of railways.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-06-12
Labyrlnthian Waterways.

where have you been said guest
at one OF the winter hotels as a
friend walked up the steps we'll laden
with souvenirs from South Florida
''Or' was the reply. 1--WE been
down to Charlotte Harbor and up that
river with the uncomfortable name.
"Caloosahatchee?"
Yes, that's it. / spent six days
trying to pronounce it and haven't
succeeded yet. These Indian names
are beautiful names but they are de-
cidedly hard to pronounce. BY the
way, where have you beel?"
well, l went over to the Suwanee
river, cut over the country, and shot
gators on the Withlacoochee, fished
for bass IA Tsala Apopka, sail on
ThonOtosassa, skipped over to Dixon
lockhatchee, walked by the shores of
the Weohyakapka, plucked flowers by
Hichpochee's limpid waters, visited
the sugar fields on Tohopekallga,
sailed on the turtuous Kissimmee, was
buffeted by the waves of Okeechobee,
and have also captured tarpoon on the
Caloosahatchee. / expect to- visit
Istokpogayoxie, Lockapepka. Hatch
eneeha and Ecautockhatchee before /
leave the state"
"Gosh?' calculated his companion,
as he stepped into the hotel.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-06-12
killing whales with Baeili,.

DR.. Nilsson Of Norway says that for
at least five centuries the Bergen fish
erman have killed whales by the aid
of the now familiar bacilli. The whales
are surprised in narrow inlets. where
they are tanned by shooting the pois-
oned arrows into the skin. At last the
brute becomes 80 enfeebled that il can
be attacked with harpoons and lances,
and is soon dispatched. The poison
used TO infect the arrows is the Tester
ing matter around the wounds. An
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-06-12
KEEPING WATCHES IN ORDER.
they Should BE Wound rs Regularly as
Possible.


They Should BE Wound ~ Regularly as
Possible.
In order TO keep the "going" OF a
watch as regular as possible it should
be subjected to regular treatment
that Is TO say, it should be wound up
always at the same time of day, and
during ne time that it is not worn it
should either be laid down or hung up
regularly, according TO habit as every
watch goes differently when it is hang
ing than either during lying down or
wearing. In watches having u double
case that over the watch glass should
never be left open. An attentive OBJ
server will find that If such watch is
left open, even for one night the glass
is covered with q thin film of dust,
which viii gradually enter the watch,
even through the tiniest openings in
the case, and thus cause disturbances.
People should wind up their watches
in the morning. not only because they
generally rise more regularly than they
go to rest, but also because d spring
fully wound up will more fully over
come the disturbances which affect the
correct going of watch during the
movement Occasioned in wearing it.
Springs will not break so easily if the
watch is carefully wound up, and is
not placed directly out of the warm
pocket against cold wall or on still
colder marble slab; and for that reason
a protective mat is desirable.
The capacity OF watch, or more
correctly, its keeping correct time is
very much governed by its construc-
ton and its more or less perfect finish
IL cannot be expected of the best hori-
zontal watch that it should always
keep good time, and even less so OF the
inferior watches which are sold in
large numbers. The changes of the
oil, the variations in temperature,
the density or humidity of the air
all greatly affect the going of the
watch; and it is only the lever watch
of the most perfect finish, which neu-
tralizes those adverse Influences TO the
greatest degree. AS n matter of fact,
no watch keeps perfectly correct time;
and even the best chronometers used
in observatories and on board ship,
must be regulated according to tables
which fix those variations TO which
watches are subjected.
A watch should be cleansed every
two. or, at most every three years, if
it is desired to preserve it. In time
the oil decomposes, gots mized up with
the particles of dust which enter the
works OF even the best closing watch,
begins TO act as a grinding material,
and wears out the working parts. The
best watch will be spoiled in this way
and will never keep such good time as
before. 1t frequently happens that q
watch requires cleaning in less time
than every two years, according as it
closes badly or is exposed to much dust
or dirt. Anyone having the misfortune
to drop his watch into water or any
other liquid should take it at once TO
the watch maker to have it taken to
pieces and cleansed for delay of even
an hour might spoil the watch forever.
Chambers Journal
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-06-12
To the Girls.

When one takes the trouble TO think
of it. says the Home Queen, it is sur
prising how many little tricks of man
ner and bad habits we can get into.
know a girl who has an extremely bad
habit OF sticking her feet straigh. out
before her the moment she sits down.
l often wonder IL she knows how very
awkward 1t looks, TO say nothing of its
being unladylike; then / wonder why
her mother does not tell her of 1t, but
these dear mothers are apt to be
''To our virtues very kind,
And to our faults a little blind"
Don't you think SOP
There is another girl that i am
slightly acquainted with; every time
l see her, / think how pretty she
might be if-well, il she did not sit
with her mouth open. To say moth
ing % the ridiculous appearance it
makes it Is very unhealthy.
Then SO many girls will scowl and
scowl, drawing their pretty foreheads
up into n hundred knots and wrinkles,
showing the way for time to leave his
footsteps, and. perhaps, only too often
Fastening the day.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-06-12

In cities, it is only here and there
enc who makes u brilliant success.
Where one makes a great record thou
sands remain in obscurity or die in the
desperate struggle for life which is
constantly going on. On the farm any
young man of industry and good habits
Is sure Of competence and position Of
influence among his neighbors. His
children have fair opportunities to
learn what is taught in schools, and
little opportunity to learn the vices
which plant themselves on every corner
In the large cities. Health, Compel
ence and good social position is at the
command Of every one in the country.
In cities, few reach the higher grades,
and then only after a struggle which
costs moro than the prize is worth.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-06-12
A QUEER LAKE.
It Lies East OF Lake Tanganyika and Is
slowly Drying Up.


slowly Drying Up.
Lake Hukwa is about 100 miles long
and from thirty to forty miles wide,
says Goldthwaite's Geographical Mag
azine. The lake lies in very barren
and inhospitable country, in which re-
spect it forms great contrast with the
surrounding regions, which are among
the most fertile and prosperous in
Africa. The lake is east of Lake
Tanganyika, and about sixty miles
from it, in about longitude 30 degrees
east of Greenwich. The parallel of 8
degrees south latitude crosses the lake.
and the sheet of water extends much
more to the south and east than is in
dictated by the dotted lines on our
maps. The natives say it would take
many days to go around the lake in a
canoe. but they never do so, owing to
their enemies. It's waters are dark in
color, blacklist, muddy and quite I'M
drinkable.
A boy who went into the lake TO
bring a specimen of its waters to Mr..
Cross had to go a distance of 800 yards
before he could fill his bottle, and then
he was knee deep in mud. The lake
is apparently the shrunllen vestige OF
n much greater lake. Trees were
pointed out to the explorer as having
Il few years ago been at waters edge,
though they were now several miles
from the lake.
There are no hippopotami, croco-
dies, or canoes in the dark, uninvit-
ing waters, rs far AZ Mr.. Cross could
ascertain. The mud on the shores is
really a form Of lime, and is covered
with crustaceous deposit OF white
salt. There had been no rain In the
neighborhood for two years, and the
Sonque river, which enters the lake,
seems to lose itself to great extent in
the sand as it approaches the lake. 1t
may be inferred, therefore, that Lake
Hukwa is rapidly evaporating. All
the natives affirm that there is no out
let, and Mr.. Cross thinks this is UNI
doubtedly the fact.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-06-12

As LONG as the gold brick, the manip-
nlation OF the three cards and the
Iiles OF the bunco man continue To
entrap people who should know better,
It is likely that fools will be found to
believe that they are entitled to share
IN fortune OF fabulous amount which
lies in the Bank of England or else
where. This swindle is exposed every
week, but scarcely a day passes with.
out bringing us the story OF some new
crop Of gudgeons who are contributing
of their substance to fatten the pro-
fessional fortune sharks. The credu-
ious farmer, who joins an association
of members OF the Jones or Brown
family. for the purpose OF securing
his portion of such an accumulation,
would be Mortified II he could see his
agent in London smacking his lips
over Clicquot and smoking Henry
Clays
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-06-12

SOME Of the Britishers are growing
tired over the investments they made
In this country during the craze OF
Two years since. They find the divi-
bends not forthcoming and are loud in
their outcries that they have been
windled- II they had read the Amer
lean papers at the time they would
have taken warning. The English in
weston, If swindled at all, was usually
Bwindled by the English promoter.
The properties bought were many of
them of the finest but the prices added
10 the normal value, to pay promoters,
brokers and other middle men and
sharp dealing individuals. frequently
precluded the possibility of profit.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-06-12
A Premature CbuckIe.

He was Bath, Me-. hackman. so
the Enterprise says, and he had Can
adian quarter, worth only 20 cents in
Bath. that he wanted to- dispose Of So
one dark night, when an old lady
handed him half dollar, he gave her
the Canadian quarter in change and.
instead of feeling ashamed of himself
chuckled over the transaction-thati is,
he chuckled until he pulled out the
coin the lady had given him and by
the light of lamp discovered that it
was Canadian half dollar.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-06-12
At Two-Scure Years.

The best part of life is in front OF
the man Of 40, If he be anything of a
man. The work he will do will be
done with the hand Of master and not
of raw apprentice. The trained in
tellect does not see 'men as trees
walking" but sees everything clear
and in just measure.
knowledge is always opening out be-
fore such man in wider eXpanses and
more commanding heights. The pleas
ure of growing knowledge and increas-
ing power makes every year of his life
happier and more hopeful than the
last. Hospital.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-06-12

THERE is little need to exhortan
intelligent people to divide their ener-
gies suitably" That they will do of
their own accord. Much less is there
need Of legislation to induce any peo-
pie, intelligent or unintelligent, to d.
vide their energies suitably. If they
lack the intelligence to find out for
themselves what they can do to i'd
vantage no legislation can help them
any. An act Of congress cannot add
anything to any mans stock OF brains
pr knowledge.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-06-12
Experienced Advice.

Mrs. Wheedle-If were you I would
take my sealslSin cloak abroad. You
will need it crossing the English Chan
mel.
Mrs. Wickstaff-But of what use will
il be after thatP
Mrs. Wheedle (signifcantly)-Atter
you have lived in Paris few days you
will need the money.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-06-12

THERE are so many little things
that a man can do to make the lot of
his wife easier and so many that will
tend to make it happier. none of which
costs him anything. Careful and con-
siderate courtesy, ready service, praise
for painstaking effort, companionship
these things keep love alive, and. if
all married people would try the ex-
pertinent the divorce docket would be
n brief one.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-06-12

If you feel bad-have nausea, or
-FOUR liver refuses to do its duty. or
POUR legs are wobbly, or you have an
attack of the yawns and stretches, and
there is a bad taste in your mouth in
the morning. don't imagine you are
worse than you really are. Mind can
triumph over matter, you know. The
will is more powerful than pill in
many cases, too.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-06-12
NorNNe1inn RenrH.

1t Is said that every telegraph pole
in the remote country districts of Nor
way has to be continually watched on
account of the bears. These animals
have a mania for climbing the poles
and sitting on the cross-beams, sway
ing backward and forward until the
pole finally falls down.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-06-12

If to make two blades of grass grow
where only one has grown before is
eommendable. how much more so is it
W discover. and exemplify, and teach,
virtue lost sight Of or before I'M
knownP Equally commendable is it
70 brighten up old and accepted vir-
Mes, and to place them in better
light that they may appear more at
n.actiye.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-06-12

IMAGINATION plays sad havo with us
occasionally. It's leading many by
the nose now, without doubt. II
there were no such thing as magma
don fewer snivelers, grumblers and
Kheezers would be going up and down
The land numbering the ground and
welling the total of social nuisances.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-06-12
How a Circus Moves.

GLOW is it that you manage to move
this big circus SO easily and quiclxly?"
asked stranger of Tody hamilton, of
Barnum's show.
"Well, you see," said the irrepressible
Tody, ''all the elephants have trunks,
the kangaroos have paunches, and the
bears have grips"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-06-12

No HUMAN being can be isolated and
self-sustained The strongest and
bravest and most helpful have. ac-
knowledged or unacknowledged to
themselves. moments of hungry soul
vearnings for companionship and
sympathy.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-06-12
PrecautIOn

you'd better wear your waterproof"
He said In accents scathing.
"The beach Is dry-but no one knows
IL may rain while you're bathing"
Cloak Review.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-06-12

You must desire to improve your
heart and SO become good. You must
desire to improve your head, and SO
become we'll informed. But you must
desire first to become good. That is
the first and great end of life, 80.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-06-12

examination OF this deadly material
shows that it owes its virulence TO
bacillus closely allied TO that of SYM
pathetic anthrax.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-06-12
to a Refrigerator Car.

Tom Heavysides (of Chicago)-
What's the cheapest way to get to
New York?
Dick Western (of st. Louis)-You
might go as Chicago dressed beef.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-06-12

There is large increase in the sugar
acreage In France and Germany.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-04-14

Supreme Court # appeals Persinger against
Per-inger Appeal allowed and supersedeas
awarded 10 n decree pronounced ~ the Cir
cult Court Of Roanoke county on tho 9th Of
October. 1890
Commonwealth against Larkn. Writ Of
error and supersedeas awarded 10 a judgment
rendered 10y the Corporation Court Of the
city OF Lynchburg on the oath Of September.
1900.
Ferguson's administrator against Wills.
Cause removed 10 Wytheyille.
GOddin against Bland. Argued by III. X.
Pollard Esq, for appellee and J. +. Hubbard,
Esq. for appellant, and submitted.
Turner'S administrator against Thorn. trus-
tee. Argued by Judge James f. Heath for
appellant
Pohce Co,rt.-Davd Brown (colored) was
arragned yesterday on the charge Of running
over and killing Ernest G. Smith. As report
ell in Sundays TIMES, the accident occurred
Saturday evening on north Twcnty-iifth
street.
The little boy. who was n son Of Mr. B. ].
Smith. of No. SOC north Twenty-ffth street.
Jumped on passing wagon and rode short
distance and jumped of.
Just then he was knocked down by wagon
which Brown was driving. His skull was
fractured and three ribs broken.
He lived but few minutes. At the inquest,
which Coroner Taylor held Sunday after
noon. verdict of accidental death was rem
dered.
After the hearing Of several witnesses, JUS
tice Crutchfeld honorably discharged the ac-
cused. as it was plainly proven that he was
not TO blame.
G.. b. Reese had to pay fine Of $40 and
costs for being disorderly and resisting Officer
Sutton.
Alpheus Brown. C. w. Thomas. Walter
Armstrong. George Sale and Robert Johnson,
were fined for being drunk on Sunday.
Carter Braxton (colored) was sent to jail for
four months for stealing several pairs of shoes.
Henrico County Coi0f.-The April term be-
gan yesterday morning Mt II o'clock. Judge
Waddill filed a number of appeals from the
decisions of registrars in various parts of the
county. The cases will be tried tomorrow
afternoon at o'clock. Considerable civil
business was disposed of.
Preston Johnson (colored) was charged
with breaking into tho hen-house Of Mr..
Nor1nent and stealing "a number Of fowl. lie
was convicted and sentenced 10 two years i'm
prsOnment.
Thomas Murphy received his naturalization
papers.
The attendance nj the courthouse was
small yesterday. and nothing new occurred III
the political situation.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-04-14
FTFTY-OyE DEATHS.
Report OF the Health Department for Last
Week.

The report Of the Richmond Health Depart
ment for the week ending April 18th, shows:
Whole number of deaths in the city. 5l-23
white aud 2S colored. Still-born, 2white and
colored
Annual rate Of mortality per 1000. white.
2544 colored. 1881. Total. 81 30.
Cause of death; Asthma, colored aneur-
ism OF aorta, colored; apoplexy. white and
] colored; brain disease. | white. bronchitis
white and / colored; bronchial catarrh
colOred consumption. white and cOlored:
commissions, ! white and colored: coacine
narcOsis, white: contractons of the kidneys
! white; diarrhpa, colOred; diarrhGa.
chronic, colored: dysentery. chronic.
white fever, malarial. colored; gangrene Of
the arm, white heart disease. white and
colored In grippe, white; obstruction Of the
bowels. white: paralysis, / white and 1 col
oTed peritOnlts, / colorcd: pneumonia, 2
white and colored: puerperal commissions.
white: pyeamia. / white: shock. l colored;
syphilis. cOlored: sufOcaton, / white;
teething. white; tonsillitis. | colored; I'M
known. white and colored.
Sex and color: Males. Is white and col
Ored females l6 white and II colored
Locality Marshall ward. white and col
ored Madison ward. colorod Clay ward.
white and 2 colOred: almshouse. white and
2 colored; Jefferson ward, white and col
Ored. Monroe ward. white and 4 colored;
JACKSON ward, ! WDlte ana II cOlOrcd.
Age l day 10 so, white and colored;
month TO 6, colored; months 10 ~, white
and 2 colored; year to s. white and
colored: 3 years TO TO- white and cOlored:
10 years I'll 20, white and colored: 20
years 10 80. white and colored: 80 years TO
40, 4 white; 40 years to 50. white and col
ored; 80 years to co. l white and colored;
GO years 10 20. white and coored. 10 years
To so. white apd colored; 80 years to 20,
white and cOiored
Conditions Single. IL white and 16 cOlored:
married. 6 white and colorcd widowers,
white. widows. . white and colored.
Nativity Richmond. q; other parts Of
United States %; Hungary. 1: Unknown. g.
Comparative weekly mortality For week
ending April II. 1891. q white and % colored
for week ending April II, 1880, l6 white and p
colOred
Rainfall; For week ending April Ii, 1891. 0. So
inches; for week ending April u, 1890. 0.s6
inches.
Temperature: For week ending April II. 1891.
Sc dreSrees; for week ending April 5, 1890, II
degrees.
Number Of visits made by physicians for
poor First district. IS. Second district, 0;
Third district T.. Fourth district, p.