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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-07-10
Useful Hint.

II the marble tops OF washstands,
chiffonniers, or chimney-pieces are dis
colored by grease or any other kind Of
stain mix two parts of common wash
ing soda with one part of chalk and Of
ground pumice stone. Make sure that
all are finely powdered. and then make
into a paste with water. Rub it we'll
over the marble, and an hour or two
later wash it off with plain soap and
water. Another way of cleaning mar
BILE is to mix whiting and curd soap to
paste. Spread and leave for couple
of days, then wash it off, and the mar
BILE will be as white as possible.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-07-10
Races I'm Brazil.

The pure whites OF Brazil comprise
about 35 per cent of the total popula-
ton; rs per cent or so are negroes,
and about 35 per cent are mulattoes
while the remainder are aboriginal
Indians. In tho northern provinces
the Indians are most numerous, and in
Rio de Janelro, Bahai, Pernambuco
and Minas the negroes are to be found
in great numbers. The greater part
of the Europeans in Brazil (who live
in the seaport towns and the adjacent
psovinces) are those from the Latin
races chiefly the Portuguese and Span
ish.-Detroit Free Press.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-07-10
His Gratitude.

I'm the matter OF taking care OF
your father" said the visitor, you
have nothing to reproach yourself
with. You have furnished him good
home these many years" That is
true" replied tho host thoughtfully.
"Fifty-three years ago, when / was a
trusting. helpless innocent child, he
gave me the name OF Adonijah. But
have tried to do my duty toward
him." he continued, with look Of
calm resignation on his worn features,
and have succeeded, think, in al
most forgiving him" He punched
the fire. blew his nose loudly, looked
out of the window, and changed the
subject. Chicago News.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-07-10
WORMS THAT SPOIL CORKS.
And Thereby Cause Great Annoyance tc
Manufacturers of Wine.

Manufacturers of Wine.
Investigation in France proves the
existence OF two or three types of
moths in wine cellars The grubs feed
on the fungoid growth that forms on
the wine watts and moldy corks. The
insect bores and forms galleries in
the cork nearest to the glass, and
through the holes thus formed air
gains access to the wine, thus spelling
it.
The San Francisco Chronicle says:
Our chief difficulty in bottling wines
has been in obtaining a supply OF per-
feet corks. At least 25 per cent Of
corks, after examination for fitness
are rejected. An examination of sew
eral bins was made at the vineyards,
and it was found that the corks were
perforated, and in some cases the wine
Oozed through them. Now wo arc
trying a method to stop the inroads of
these grubs. After soaking the corks
in hot water and then in brandy they
are dried. and when they are put into
the bottles the tops are coated with a
layer of parafiine wax previous to seal
ing them with the ordinary wax. We
hope by the use of the paraffine COM
pound to stop the ravages OF these in
sects. Neither the grubs nor insects
feed upon the wine, but simply use the
cork as q place to deposit their eggs,
and the coating may possibly prevent
their entrance
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-07-10

ALTHOUGH statistics as to the num-
Der of divorces that have been granted
in the United States since its history
began are not easily obtainable data
gathered for period of twenty years
is at hand, and is alarmingly interest
ing. During that length of time the
record shows the granting of 32S, ZIG
divorces, OF which 129, $50 were
of couples with children. 1t is also a
fact OF general knowledge that UNITY
ing OF the marriage knot is each year
becoming more common. In view OF
these facts. is it not time that there
was uniformity of state laws in regard
to the severing Of marriage eontracts'
AS matters stand to-day. certain states
are seemingly wing with each other
in making divorces cheap and easy.
IL is subject well worthy careful
study by each state legislature, with q
view to harmonizing in some manne,
the existing incongruities in wha
should be common law On civil con
tracts.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-07-10

When mon and women come to be
thoroughly interested in something out
side of self, they forget about their own
special preferences, and accept either
privacy or publicity, according to the
degree in which either can be made
subservient to the subject in hand.
There is no other cure for the self-con-
seriousness which makes Que person shy
and reserved and another vain and
boastful. which makes one person scorn
and ignore his fellow-men and another
live only in the light Of their attention
and applause.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-07-10
EDUCATED BAROONS.
The Hottentots Say They Could Talk IL
They Only Would.

The Hottentots say that balloons
can talk. only they will not for fear
they will have to work, and there GER
tainly is but little work to be got out
OF those cunning hands. Nevertheless
we read Of some balloons who have
been taught to do useful work. There
was an obituary notice year or more
ago in all the Cape papers OF one OF
these trained baboons well known in
the colony, who used to act as signal
man on the railway in place of his
master who was lame. The story was
doubted by the English papers, which
copied it; but we have met with many
people who have seen the animal at
his work. Mrs. Carey Hobson, too, in
one OF her pleasant little South Afri-
can Stories, " tells of a baboon which
had come under her notice, which had
been taught to ride after Dutch Roer
as groom, and to dismount and hold
the horse by sitting on the bride when
his master went into house; and we
have seen troupe Of monkeys OF
various kinds taught to do a great
many curious tricks, says Chambers
Journal; but in these, again, they have
been rivaled by dogs.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-07-10

He who fails to collect his dues fre.
quently fails in consequence to pay his
debts, and thus whole series of un-
paid workers may trace back their
various troubles to a single delinquent.
Such people will say that in the end
they pay all what they owe; but this
is not so, for they owe promptness.
Without this, justice has not been rem
dered. Tardy payment can never
atone for the injury which may have
been inflicted No regret, no apology.
no added interest even. can ever un-
do what has been done, or restore what
by this negligence and Indifference has
been taken away.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-07-10

To DISTINGUISH between the pain
which should be instantly soothed and,
II possible, dispelled and that which
has mission of good to work out, is a
task which, so far. has been mainly
left for the protested philanthropist or
the reformer; but when we consider
the effects OF an ill-regulated sympathy
In spreading greater misery than it al
leviates, and in promoting immediate
pleasure at the expense of character
and permanent welfare, we must con-
clude that such q winnowing process is
a duty obligatory upon all who value
the well-being OF society.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-07-10

IT is good thing for the merchant
10 to buy and so to sell as to reap a
profit for his labor; but if, in so dong.
he practises fraud. betrays confidence
Adulteratos goods, or Expresses his
workmen, it would be better for his
business to perish. 1t is right for a
lawyer TO do what is best for his
clients interests; but if, in the pro-
cess, he lead him into guile and n.y.
pocrisy, then he inHicts far deeper
injury upon him than the loss of twen-
ty cases.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-07-10

WAS there ever such a conflict oil
opinion as now exists as to what the
country really needs to insure prosper
ityp Many thousands Of people seem
to be each equally confident that he
has in mind the panacea for all the
evils with which we contend, and quite
a large percentage Of these thousands
are equally certain that the theory
offered by 1.-The other fellow" is as i'm
practicable as his is perfect. The fact
of this wide diversity of opinion is In
dicative that the country is only in the
preparatory stages Of working out the
problems which have been forcing
themselves upon public attention for
many years.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-07-10
A Horse with spectacles.

A correspondent OF the Manchester
Sporting Chronicle tells the readers Of
that paper some interesting circum-
stances in connection with a "good
gray steed In his own possession" He
came to the conclusion that this equine
friend of his was short-sighted, so he
took the quadrupe1 TO an oculist. That
person soon ascertained that the horse
had No. eye, and required con-
cave glass. The glasses thus indicated
were provided for the horse and buck
led on the head-stall. The horse
seemed little surprised" he says,
when first put them on him, but his
amazement rapidly gave way to dem
onstrations of the keenest pleasure.
He now stands all morning looking
over the half door OF his stable with
his spectacles on. gazing about with
On air of sedate enjoyment when l
take him out for drive" continues
this vsracious narrator, HE capers
about as frisky as a kitten; his manner
altogether changed from one OF ex-
IRENE timidity." A week or two ago,
however. he turned the animal out to
pasture without the spectacles on.
All day he hung about the gate lead
ing into the pasture, whinnying in a
plaintive manner. until his master see
ing what was the trouble, sent up to
the stable for the specialized head-stall.
As soon as this curious continuance
was adjusted and the glasses placed
over his eyes, the horse was so glad
that he tried to show his pleasure in a
hundred different ways, kicking up his
heels and fairly dancing in his par
oxysms of delight.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-07-10

centuries; and from personal observa-
ton Nofdenskjold is inclined to regard
the estimate as too small. 1t thus APP
pears that in the recent modern trade
the tusks OF more than 20. 600 of these
animals of past ages have been col
lected.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-07-10

OBsTINACY is a bad thing to live
with and to have to submit to, but in
Hrmity OF purpose is worse. In the
former you have at least a sense OF
solidity and persistence; with the lat
ter you are like a leaf, not borne on
the current but tossed about on the
foam, and where you will be landed is
secret to which you have not the re-
hottest clue.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-07-10
The Arr Of Simmerinc.

A careless cook never learns the i'm
portant art of simmering but either
boils food ut u gallop or puts it where
in really does not cook at all. The
surest way is TO use double kettle;
then If the water in the outer kettle is
boiling the heat of the inner one will
be exactly right New York World.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-07-10
The Rock OF unrnrc.

In Hawaii one of the Sandwich
Islands, there is a large, fiat rock,
called the Rock of Refuge" If a
criminal reaches this rock before cap
ture, he is safe as long as he remains
there. Usually his family supplies
him with food until he can make his
escape. but he is never allowed to re-
t--rn TO his tribe
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-07-10
A Favored Light.

In Austin. ILL.,, where bicycle riding
is forbidden by law, the Rev. Henry
Healy has a special permit to ride
around town to call upon his parish
toner's. Thus are tho children of light
favored in Chicago's suburbs. above
the children of this world. Boston
Commonwealth.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-07-10
wasting Time

After all men arc strange creatures.
They will waste an hour hunting a
collar button instead of having an ex-
ira supply and letting the wife find
the missing one. You never see
woman look for the pin she drops.
Her husband finds it when he walks
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-07-10
A TuSsle with Burglars.

a gentleman and his valet had been
out to a party, where both OF them in
dulged little too freely, relates the
GaZetta di Malta. On returning home
the valet got into Ids masters bed,
installing it for his own, and the mas
ner, not knowing what he did, lay
down with his feet on the pillow and
his head to the foot OF the bed Con
the same bed). In the middle OF the
night one OF them began to kick and
awoke the other.
"Signor Pa6rone!" exclaimed the
valet, there's scamp OF u robber
hiding in my bed!''
you don't say sol" replied his
master. lin that case there must be
pair Of them. for l have got one
here in my bed. You try and get rid
OF yours; I'll make short work with
mine"
And selling each other by the feet
they rolled out of bed and alighted on
the floor, where they fell asleep again
and did not discover the true state OF
affairs till they awoke the next morn
ing.
Great souls are always Loyalty submits
sive, reverent TO what is over them, only
small mean souls are otherwise
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-07-10

RECREATION is valuable only as 1t
unbends as; the idle can know nothing
Of it. Many people leave off business
and settle down to life Of enjoyment
but tLey generally find that they are
not nearly SO happy as they were be-
fore, and they are often glad to return
10 their old occupation to escape the
miseries OF Incidence.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-07-10
Petroleum I'm Europe.

A Limoges. France. drm OF porce-
lain makers have substituted petroleum
for wood in firing their wares, and not
only end that it produces better results
but cheapens the cost
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-07-10
The Trade in mammoths, Tuslss.

The abundance OF the remains OF the
mammoth is almost incredible. Mid
6endorf reckoned that at least 100
pairs Of these tusks had been put on
The market yearly during the past two
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-07-10

THE social affections are the refiners
and softeners Of life. the main sources
Of happiness. the chief means by which
the beauty, the grace, and the sweet
ness Of life are developed and nour-
lshed.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-07-10
Retiring NatIon.

Since 1900 there have been retired
in France 67 ministers Of justice, 81
ministers OF the interior, 73 ministers
of foreign affairs. 81 ministers Of
finance IL ministers Of war and %
ministers Of the navy.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-07-10

Great souls are always Loyalty submits
sive, reverent TO what is over them, only
small, mean souls are otherwise.
The morning call., 1891-11-02
:: : - -
!. + PIZARR0' .EXHUMED.

Contemporary With Columbus and Three
:. Hundred. and Fifty Years Dead.
=. An: Interesting ceremony took place the
other day in the Cathedral in Lima, Peru.
Tile body Of Captain General Francisco
Pizarro. the conqueror of Peru, which had
lain two hundred years in the crypt be-
| neath the grand altar, was removed to a
stune sarcophagus in. the Chapel of the
. Nieefoys, a part, the Cathedral. A large
cOncourse of people were present, ana ad-
dresses were delivered blythe Alcalde, the
Minister of Spain, Bishop Treyar and
others, ;" ::.-.: .s2 ! >. .,':| I'm -; 8:
The body has stood the rayages Of time
exceedingly well. but this is explained by
the fact that for the first fifty years it was
buried In the earth, and tile presence OF
nltre IN the soil prevents. decay. The skull
had been detached from the body, the fin
gers and toes had been removed, presumably
hy rellc-huntersi and the softer parts of the
body and head were also consumed but the
skin had hardened and shrunk closely
around the ribs and the bones: of. the arms
and legs, leaving the remains liz a mummi-
fled condition. :; -. :. II - - . :.
+. A council of physicians made thorough
examination Of the body and located dis
tincty the wound in the head which caused
death, besides The several injuries in ne
+. arm. Before it was placedin the sarcopha-
gus the skull was put in place by means Of
wires and the. body covered with several
coats: of thick yafnish to prevent further
decay. On the 26tlI of June,1541, the con-
queror was slain by company Of. con-
spirators in the. building known as the pal
ace, and this day was the tbreehuhdred aud
fItiettr anniversary of the event.
Nhen Yonr correspondent looked upon
the wlthered remains Of one of the greatest
characters in modern: history, aud reflected
that :Pizarr0 was a contemp0ry of Colum-
bus, and thathe died nearly a century be-
fore the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock
or tine English settled Jameston, Virginia,
he reslized something of the antiquity Of
the Spanish civilization in South Anerica.-
N Y. Innrnal =: -. -.
The morning call., 1891-11-02
HE FOUGHT AT TRAFALGAR. :.


A Banquet and Medal for Father Cartigny.
on His One Hundr ed tn birthday. ?
In the small aud rather dull town Of Hy.
eres,, France, there has occurred "a great
banquet in: honarof a most interesting per-.
son.. On the day, of the banquet this:man
scored his one hundredth year. But it is
not for that that he is most remarkable, says
the New York Sun. He is the last survivor
Of the battle of Trafalgar.
Louis Cartigny. or Father Cartigny, as
everybody calls him: In Hyeres. was born
there, and was quite lad when Nelson was
undoing SO much Of what the "COrsican
parvenu". doing on land. Cartigny. who
was a common sailor, was captured by the
British, and, after some distressing expert
ences in British transports, Of which our
forefathers had sad knowledge returned o
Francs and to Hyeres, where he has been a
steadily growing figure as the years have
passed and the little Corsican and his ie-
glons and c5nquests have faded away into
the purple mists.
When the one hundredth. anniversary
came around the'y0upg men of Hyeres got
up a great banquet and at it preseRted tho
OLD man with q fine silver medal. The old
man, who Is hale aid erect and has only one
sorrow-a troublesome. wound got in bat
tle-has been in state of ecstaey ever since.
For years he has:been very fond OF walk
ing about the main streets because lie could
hear people say as he p sSed: There goes
Cartigny. the only survivor Of Trafalgar"
lie would tell his story to any who cared to
The morning call., 1891-11-02
ATTEMPTED MURDER.
-:
Owner Of a Ranch Attacked.
by a Neighbor.
Two Shots From a Revolver Fired at Zap
/ tain Etzallsn Of San Diego.
The Wounded Man Taken to the House Of a
Frlend-Lylng at the Point Of Death.
Arrest Of the ASsailant.



SAN DIEGO, Nov. 1.-Captain Charles
Fitzallen, A. l.. Isham and Mrs. Chitten-
den, all well-known residents of this city,
went to the ranch of the captain, near
Gan Miguel Mountain, this afternoon
TO look after break in the fence,
Captain Fizallen and Mrs. Chittenden
were talking together. willie the former was
kneeing. fixing some broken .wire, Mr..
isham walking away few rods to look
ever the land. While the Captain was thus
engaged man named W. S. Root, who
owns the property adjoining, approached
and ordered Fitzallen to leave the fence
alone. Fitzalen said all right and
started to RISE but before he could do so
Root drew a revolver and fired twice, one
bullet entering the abdomen of the Captain
near the eighth rib and coming out near the
spinal column. Root aimed at Mrs. Chit
ienden, but did not fire. Isham came run
ming up and asked Roo to help get the
wounded man away, but Root replied
that he did not care what became.
CT him and refused to aid. Fitzallen was
hIted into: phaetonr and taken to Sunny
side, where a stretcher was rigged UP and
the helpless man was.taken to the house of
Mr lsham, where he lies at the point of
death. Root has been arrested
The morning call., 1891-11-02
BALMACEDA'S DEFEAT.
Story of Claudio vacuna, the Recent

Story of Claudio Vacuna, the Recently
Elected President of Chile.
NEW DIRK, Nov. 1.-Claudio Vacuna, re-
Gently the PTesident-eiect of Chile, is in the
city. He is fugitive from his native land,
owing 70 the downfall of Bamaceda, and
he tells the following story:
The government of Balmaceda was the
constitutional government of Chile. 1t was
pledged TO defend the laws of the country
to the last. Affairs have taken an unex-
pected turn, the insurgents are victorious,
and tie representatives of the legal Govern
ment are forced to seek safety from their
homes as if they were criminals.
The cause of the revolution was the
close alliance between the foreign capital
lists aud the unbOunded ambition Of men
who are asphyXiated in an atmosphere of
pure government. Corruption and immor-
allty, so WldeSpre in Chile, have contrib
uted to give reason to the unreasonable.
The Government had about 10000 men
against 11,000 If the opposition, led by well
disciplined and brave leaders. Foremost
among these was Emil KorDer, paI1 by the
Government ne was traitor to. The Gov
ernment concentrated lis troops in places
where it was believed the Insurgents would
most likely make an attack with their fleet
1t was an error which the Government
alterward corrected by concentrating its
army in the neighborhood of Valparaiso and
Santiago.
AT Placila and Vina del Mar, both near
the former city, the fercest struggles took
place. But before these battles were fought
the spirit Of patriotism was smoldering in
the soldiers. One-half of the Government
troops fought despera tely, while the other
half did not fire a single gun.
"All the property Of the opposers of the
revolution was cnnfiscated, thus adding ma
terially to the fortnues of the defenders of
the regeneration of Chile. Balmaceda was
noble soul, and in preference TO causing
further trouble and bloOdshed he chose to
die a free man before becoming the prey If
crowd of drunken and ruffianly soldiers"
The morning call., 1891-11-02
BRAZILIAN TRADE.
Fruits Of the Recent Treaty Of
Reciprocity.
Organization Of an International CONNER
cial Industrial Company.
The Management In the Hands Of Expert
elCed and Competent Men - Exclusive
Business With the United States.
Freeial to THE MORNING CALL

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-The Burean Of
American Rep ublics is informed of the or
ganization and charter of the Inter
national and Commercial Industrial Com
pany of Brazil" with offices and depository
81 Rua de Marco, Rio de Janelro. The
capital is at the start 81 800 600. all paid in,
and authority is granted for an increase to
S4,500000. 1t is the intention of the COM
pany to do business exclusively with the
United States. and to this end it will under
take the agency for manufacturers and in
the execut on of orders will guarantee pay
ment, and whenever necessary or advan-
tageous to buyer or seller will arrange to pay
on delivery. Particular attention will be
given to the complete outftting of railways,
supplying Of rolling stock, furnishing and
putting up iron and steel bridges and fur
nishing and erecting plants for the manu-
facture of sugar. The bureau says: "The
company is highly indorsed by the banks of
Rio de Janeirc, the management being in
the hands of competent and experienced
gentlemen, which is a guarantee of success.
The recent treaty OF reciprocity led to the
organization of the company"