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, 1892-07-02
THE BEHRING SEA.

Ottawa, June 4,-The Hon. Q. Il. upper,
son Of the High Commissioner for Canada in
London and Canadian Minister of Fisheries,
who has been appointed by the Imperial Co
v%ernment to attend the deliberations Of the
Behring Sea Arbitration Tribunal as British
Canadian agent, in all matters connected with
the arbitration, left New York to-day for Eng
land on board the Cunard Line steamer Umbria
in order to study the case in London. MIR
Tupper has dealt with the Behring Sea ques.
ton since his appointment as Canadian Minis
ter Of Fisheries in 1888, and consequently has
complete knowledge of the matter in hand.
He is accompanied by Mr.. Christopher Robin
son, who will be one of the counsel Oh the
British side.
The United States Government has appoint
ed General Foster as it's agent, and tile leading
counsel will be Mr.. Phelps, formerly Ameri-
can Minister in London.-DaiIy Telegraph.
, 1892-07-02
RESIGNATION OF Mr.. BLAINE.

Washington, June 4.
Mr.. Blaine has at the last moment taken de-
Cisive action. All hopes Of a reconoiliati0n
between him and the President are at an end.
Both have finally determined to become can
didateS for nomination at the National Re
publican Convention, on Tuesday. Tn er the
circumstances Mr.. Blaine felt that he could no
longer retain his post in the Administration Of
Mr.. Harrison. This afternoon he resigned
the Office of Secretary of State, and his re-
signation was accepted. The excitement is
II Intense.
Nj. Blaine's letter to the President was as
follows:
Department of State, June 4. 1892.
To the President of the United States.
| respectfully beg leave to submit my re-
signation of the Office of Secretary of State
for The United States, to which Twas appoint
ed by you on March s.. 1889.
The condition of public business in the de-
rartment Of State ~justifes me in requesting
that my resignation may be accepted immedi-
ately.-l have the honour to be Sir, very re-
specially, your obedient servant,
JAMES G. BLAINE.
The following was Mr.. Harrison's reply to
Mr.. Blaine's letter:
To the Secretary Of State.
Your letter of this date rendering your re-
signation of the Office of Secretary of State of
the United States has been received. The terms
in which you state your desires are such as to
leave me no choice but to accede to your wish
es at once. Your resignation is therefore &C
eeptsd.-Very respectfully,
BENJAMIN HARRISON.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-05-13
FUNERALS IN PARIS.
The Poor Live and Die by the vanitics
of the Rich.

In every great city the poor live by
the worldly vanities of the rich. In
Paris they die in the same way. 1t is
the manufacture of innumerablc super
huities which makes up the bulk of the
industry of the working classes. The
French capital has developed an in
genious system by which the poor are
furnished with free burial at the eX-
pense of the pride, pomp, and circum-
stance" which Dives considers his due
on the road to the tomb. One of the
largest, best managed, and most profit
able industries in Paris is that of the
Pompes Funebres, the gigantic monop-
oily which alone has the privilege of
transporting the dead through the
streets of Paris in funeral style. 1t
possesses undertakers' material to the
value of over four millions of francs,
does some six millions year of bust
ness, and turns over nearly two and u
half millions of this as clear profit to
its accredited owners, the church estab-
lishment of the city, after gratuitously
and decently burying some three out
of every five of the dead as INDECENT
subjects.
Each country and each age have
their own fashion of disposing of their
dead, from the Pa tagonian who makes
Lion meat" of his spouse back to the
ancient Roman with his ancestral urns.
Taken all in all, perhaps there is no
more reasonable arrangement than
that of the thrifty Partisan who man
ages to have each disposal of the dead
carried out ''decently and in order"
through the exploitation of love of
lavish display in minor portion of
the community One sees nothing of
the CHASTITY side of the undertalsers'
work in visiting the vast premises
which have recently been devoted to
the use of the Pompes Funebres, away
out in the extreme Northeast of Paris,
in La Villette. There we found only
"the trappings and the suits of Woe"
the materials for the funeral decora-
tions and the funeral corteges. Take
it altogether, n ramble over the estab-
lishment is one of the most interesting
sights of the city.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-05-13
Grass Twcnty-flvc Feet Long.

Profs. Waldron and McArdle Of the
North Dakota Agricultural college are
collecting grasses for State exhibit al
the worlds fair Among the speci.
mems secured along the shores OF
Devils lake was a species of slough
grass which had attained the unpre
cedented length of twenty-five feet.
The samples were so long that they
wound them up in coils. They also
found what seems TO be a new variety
of wheat growing wild on the praires
this season, very much higher than the
cultivated kind.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-05-13

THE body is affected by every men
tai and moral action; the mind is pro.
foundly influenced by bodily condi-
tions. For perfect system of by.
giene we must combine the knowledge
of the physician the schoolmaster and
the divine and must train the body,
the intellect and moral soul in perfect
and balanced order Then, If our
knowledge were exact and our means
of application adequate. we should
see the human being in his perfect
beauty, as Providence perhaps intend
ed him to be.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-05-13

He who can find in his own
thoughts. in his own work. in his own
convictions and in his own conscience
the true joys which they are capable
of yielding will never make shipwreck
of his life. He will feel as acutely as
any the pleasures and pains which
come through the influence of others
but they will not be his all-he will
have another reron from which to
draw a deeper happiness. a region
where none can enter to hurt or to
make afraid.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-05-13

revival has of late been allowed, ana
its observance appears to give much
satisfaction to thousands of devotees.
These people worship the demoness
Mariamman said to be the spirit of a
Pariah woman who formerly was at
tackled by smallpox and was left to die
without assistance. She has now be-
come the patron of smallpox and
cholera and is believed to have the
power to send or Withhold rain, and hook
swinging is thought to be means of
propitiating her, so as to influence her
to send rain in abundance.
In 1867 this practice was revived
after having been prohibited for many
years, but upon presentation to Lord
Napier at that time he again prohibited
it, and now, after twenty-four years,
the people, having learned that the
present powers that be would do no
more that discourage it, have revived
it again with great eclat.
A recent observance of this heather
ish custom is described by an American
missionary who witnessed it.
A young man was selected to perform
the act. 1t is said that previous to the
insertion of the hooks into the middle
of the back the muscles and skin are
rendered insensible by slapping and
pinching. However that may be, there
is m doubt that arracll was given to
the man at the time. He was brought
to the police station with the hooks in
serted back to back, one each side of
the spine. The hooks were not large,
and the flesh taken up by them seemed
very little. The wonderful strength
of the muscles of the back was shown
by this performance.
The car consisted of rough plat
form on wheels, supporting great
frame about ten feet in length and
breadth, and fifteen feet in height, the
platform itself being six feet from the
ground. Up through the middle of the
great frame rose a stout circular beam
of great strength three feet above the
frame, and on the top of this beam was
pivoted the pole, sixty feet in length,
from which the man hung thirty. I've
feet from the ground.
Promptly at 3 o'clock the hooks were
inserted, within some building, and the
man came rushing along the street, es-
cortcd by constables and others, who
beat back the crowd and kept up Wig
orous tanning, urging the man to keep
dancing. After the short stay at the
police station they made a grand rush
for the car, which stood on an
adjacent street, and there the
end of the sweep was lowered to re-
ceive its victim. Soon it was carried up
again with the man attached. AS he
went up he clapped his feet and hands
together in a measured way, and this
he kept up during the whole perform
ance His ankles had jingles on them
that could be heard as they beat to-
gether with steady ''ching, ching"
Before carrying him up to the great
est height the pole was held horizon
tally, and the man was carried around
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-05-13
L,rscst olive Orchard lu the world

The largest olive orchard in the
world belongs to Mr. Ellwood Cooper
OF Santa Barbara county, California.
Mr. Cooper purchased the land occu-
pied by this grove Of oriental trees
away back in 1871 the entire orchard.
including the portions Of it which are
devoted to the culture Of English wal
nuts japanese persimmons almonds.
etc. comprising ], 200 acres The
orchard now has TO- 600 olive trees.
8, 100 in full bearing. the remainder
being young trees set out during the
past year and ~ half. Besides the
olive trees, there are 3, 600 English
walnut trees, q, 800 Japanese Persim.
mon trees. TO- 600 almond trees and
about /. 600 other fruit and nut trees.
The 10 900 olive trees yielded 40. 900
quart bottles Of olive oil last year.
which found ready market at 1925
per bottle; the nut trees bore thous-
ands of bushels of nuts. TO say nothing
Of the Japanese persimmons. Taken
all in all. it has been calculated TT at
Mr. Cooper's orchard brings AZ in
come of not less than $500 per acre
every year. st. Louis Republic.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-05-13
About Baskets.

A general mistake is made about bas.
lSets, most people supposing that the
white willow basket is the best. II
looks best, but it is by no means the
strongest. The white willow slips are
cut in the fall and kept green all win
ter by packing their stubs in wet sand
or water, and when spring comes the
bark peals off with twist of the hand.
The buff baskets, on the contrary, are
made from dried willow slips, which
have been steamed and then peeled.
While not so handsome, they are much
stronger, and will wear far longer than
the white.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-05-13

Men and women equally have there
been in whom the three strings OF
sight hearing and speech have been
cut. and who none the less did won
derful things through the sole sense
of touch; but the widest crank never
yet suggested it as an advantage to
performers on the human instrument
to start with deliberately putting oai
their eyes tying their tongues. and
paralyzing their sense of hearing. in
order to work wonders with the tips
of their fingers.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-05-13

flesh was gathered up, showing great
tension and his back was bent.
After an hour ond a quarter the car
returned to its starting place and the
man was released. The hooks were
not taken out, but they were kept in
that they might move the people to be
liberal in giving presents to the per-
former. His pulse was good and his
condition seemed normal, but the flesh
of the back was so drawn up as to leave
deep holes for the hooks.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-05-13

EACH age has its own physical dis
ease which in turn give way to others;
SO it is with moral blemishes. 1t 10
no merit in some people TO be simple
and easy; unless nature has made
them so. There is no harm in q di-
rect manner to do well. Cesar wrap
ping the robe about him as he fell.
invests the whole scene with noble
decorum. and tho la,t folding of his
hands. an adequate contamination Of
a heroic career. We know that it is
not always the truest gentleman In
feeling. and even in manner who's
the gentleman in common perchance.
An innate delicacy Of taste and feel.
ing. fine perception of propriety.
will always claim and receive respect
and admiration and elevate man in
the good opinions OF others
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-05-13
The New England WAY.

Last June young man was arrested
in NaticlS, Mass, because he would not
pay his poll tax, amounting to 81, and
he has been kept in Jail ever since Mt
an expense TO the taxpayers of S1.75
per week. The town is losing money
on the transaction, but it is vindcat.
ing an eternal principle with great sue.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-05-13

WHILE every one man or woman.
ought to be n moral being heaven
pity each that is not hundred times
more than moral being. is not. as
far as possible, bright witty, beauty.
loving. imaginative. religiously trust
full being. Now, these last graces
come only OF heartily enjoying fun as
fun. nature as nature poetry as po-
etry, and devout rapture as devout
rapture; no matter whether tho hui
man creators and inspirers o. them all
wrote their humorous flights their
poems and their symphonies with their
toes or their souls-nay perhaps.
even with trace OF immoral prefer
ence for the latter hypothesis.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-05-13

A MAN desiring to enjoy the delights
and consultations unknown to single
condition, prepared to love and cher
ish under all calamlties and changes.
would do we'll. if possible. to learn a
little of the early training Of the wo-
man he desires to make the partner
of his joys and the consider of his sor-
rows and to have some knowledge Of
her in domestic relation.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-05-13

You will not be sorry for hearing
before judging. for thinking before
speaking. for holding an angry
tongue, for stopping the ear to tale
bearer for disbelieving the ill-reports.
for being kind to the distressed, for
being patient toward everybody, for
doing good to all men. for asking par
don for all wrongs, for speaking evil
of no one, for being courteous to all.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-05-13

THE execution of good resolutions
and new purposes should be entered
upon at the earliest practicable mo-
ment for if unduly deferred, such pur-
poses are a torment and not the in
SEPARATION they might be. Those who
win their battles in the world as we'll
as those who win their battles with
the world. are those who strike in
stantly and heavily.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-05-13

The child who is absolutely wise IL
an unhappy spectacle but he or shc
is not so ridiculous as the young man
or woman. Besides if his or her par
ents are not by. we can shut him or
her up. To our national credit be it
said, these hot house products are
rare among us yet although it is i'm
possible to say what may happen.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-05-13
C1uIdn,t Catch.

AREN'T you afraid OF catching
some terrible disease doctor. in the
practice OF your professionp'
oh no; never am we'll inocu-
lated. Before l went into medicine /
was baseball player Muffed every
thing" Judge.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-05-13
Peculiar Dogs.

The Island of FowlSavc in the Gull
of Siam has n peculiar kind of dogs.
They are sleek-haired and resemble
fox terriers i'm size and build, but are
prick-eared, reddish brown in color(the
female being of q lighter shaded, with
black muzzles and dark lines on the
forehead, like those sometimes seen in
bulldogs.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-05-13

father of what is now called protection
and has been interested in every high
tariff measure that has been adopted
since the beginning of Lincoln's first
Term. He lis a member of the famous old
guard which included Chandler, Ham
lin, Hall, Seward and Cameron. The
accompanying portrait of Mr.. Morrill, is
one of the best that has ever been
made Tor newspaper purposes.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-05-13
rhe WANTED 10 KNOW.

Philip-Mothcr they call all the
men in Wall street either bulls or
.'bears. Which is papap
Philips Mother-Its time to go to
bed, Philip.
Philip-Well, l only wanted to
know whether l was ''cib" or a
.calf n-JurY.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-05-13
HEATHEN FANATICISM
HOOKS IN A MANS FLESH, THEN
HOISTED ALOFT.
Missionary's Spectacle in India
Revolving Practice In Honor of the
Rain Making Demoness-A Graphic Ac-
count of the Scene by an Eye Witness.

Among the heathenish customs OBJ
served by the natives in certain parts
of India. having in view the propitia-
ton of the gods, in the hope of obtain
ing rain in dry seasons, is the practice
of hook swinging. This revolving per-
formance was at one time suppressed
by the English government, but it's
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-05-13
Tncs of all Kinds.

No animal has more that five toes,
digits, or claws to each foot or limb.
The horse is one-toed, the OK two-toed,
the rhinoceros is three-toed the hypo-
potamus is four-toed, and the elephant
and hundreds of other animals are five
toed.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-05-13

THERE Is period in the life OF
every man. and OF some women, which
has not inaptly been termed the age
OF absolute wisdom. 1t is not def
nitely marked stage OF life for it
varies with the individual except
that it never arrives at what might
be expected to be the normal period
OF its development.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-05-13
How He Knew.

What are you laughing about
SappieP"
"A joke that Smart wss just tell
ing"
'One that would make a donkey
laughp'
Yes. how did you know"
"Oh. suppose because l saw you
laughing"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-05-13
Had He ANY.

There seems to be something the
matter with my bwain." said Cholly.
"Wheah is youah bwain. deah boyP'
asked his bosom friend. Dickey.
Il can't find out---that's what the
doctah said was the matter with jtn
Life
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-05-13

in n complete circle, swinging over the
tops of the houses. Then the car was
drawn forward to the first corner,
where it was delayed, that kid
might be sacrificed. Once in a
while the man would draw up with a
rope plantains and flowers and throw
them down to the crowd below. In one
place there was ditch to be crossed,
and the jolt caused him to seize rope
that hung by his SIDE, but with that
exception he seemed to hang entirely
by the two hooks in hiN,back. The
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-05-13
Senator NorriIi's Portrait.

Justin S. Morrill,, whose life was re-
Gently despared of, is one of the few
surviving mem bers of the greatest Con-
crosses Of our history lsGl-5. lie is the
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-04-12
THE TENNESSEE DERBY.
Won by Browns Tom Elliott, by Luke
blackburn. in 2:0334.

Won by Browns Tom Elliott, by Luke
blackburn. In 2:03A.
MEMPHIS, TENN, April 1.-The opening day
Of tho spring meeting OF the new Memphis
Jockey Club was handicapped by beastly wea-
ther. The track was ankle deep In mud. The
event o. the day, the Tennessee Derby, was
won by J. NJ. Browns bay colt Tom Elliott, by
Luke Blackburn. In 2:0334, which was good time
for to-day.
First race-six furlongs-Helter skelter won ;
American Lady second, Critic third. Time
1:19h.
Quick second, FL Paso third. Time, 5lA.
Third race-Tennessee Derby, one and one
eighth mlles-Entries: Jim Murphy, 122, X.
Williams; Tom Elliot, lis, Britton; Lew Weir.
Dwyer, I22, Overton. The nve racers were
given as rousing cheer IS 5000 shiyerfng peo-
pie could well put up as they went 70 the post
As the horn sounded the ODDS we're: jim Mu,-
phy, to 1 Tom Elliott and Little Billy browns
entry, to2; Phil Dwyer and Lew Weir CORR
gan's entry) to 10. Britton, with his usual tao
tice, KEEP. Tom Elliott hugging the rail, and
had his horse nose In front when SHERIDAN
let them CO. Jim Murphy was second, put only
by nose, for Little Billy was anxious TO be a'
the side OF his companion and was pushing
ahead. C0rrigan's horses were close up ana
made a fine bunch as they came 10 the stana
Little Billy had the lead as they passed the
stahd and kept 1t until well into the stretch
when Tom Elliott passsd him and won In a
whipping finish by length la front OF Billy
Lew Weir was the same distance ahead OF
Murphy, and the Corrigan star, Dwyer, last
Time, 2:034
Fourth race-seven furlongs-Buckner won
Penn +. second, Gray Goose third. Time, 1885
Fifth race-one mile--Jim Dunn won; Ed Esh
elby second, Tom Jones third. Time, l:4o.
OTHER WINNING HORSES.
At GuttenbWg: Renfax, Pedestrian, Salisbury
Fenelon Prettiwit, Centsur.
At Gloucester: Juggler, Our Own, ElytoD, Pari
Ridge, Aucilage, Repeater.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-04-12
IN MEMORY or REV. DR.. PETERKIN.
Several ministers EulOgize the Lamented
Divine Mt ell-Attepded Meeting.

Several ministers EuIogize the Lamen ted
Divine at n weli-Attepded Meeting.
The memorial service held at St. James
church last night In honor Of tho late Rev. DR..
Joshua Peterkin was largely attended, and a
number OF Richmond ministers we're present 20
pay tribute 10 the memory OF the deceased.
Among the pastors who took part in the pro-
ceedings were Rev. John X. Mason, the present
rector OF the church Bishop Randolph, rev
DR.. Moses ID. Hoge, Rev. Preston Nash, and he''
DIR. n. q. Danhiell. -
After the devotional exercises Mr.. Mason was
introduced by Bishop Randolph lie commenced
his remarks by aluding to Dr. Peterkins death,
which occurred about month ago, ani then
gave an interesting sketch OF his lie.
MIR. Mason was followed by DR.. Dashieii, OF st
Marks, whose tribute TO the deceased though
brief, was full OF tenderness and praise.
Rev DR.. NJ ID. Hoge was next introduced Dy
Bishop Randolph. The latter stated that Dr.
Hoge had perhaps known DR.. Peterkin longer
than any other minister In this city, and that ne
Uonld be allowed unlimited time III Hhlcn 10
speak OF the beloved servant OF God.
HIS LIFE A POWER FOR GOOD.
DR. Hoge stated that 1t had been his intention
10 write an address, but an effort TO do this
proved the futilty OF attempting 10 express III
thls cold, mechanical way hts love ana admira-
| ton for the deceased. 1tespeaker said that, as
Bishop Randolph had stated, ne had Kho"h Df'
| Peterkin for years.
"Tho greatest power for good," continued DR..
Hoge, " ~ the holy, consistent llie OF a man VINO
| consecrates himself to God Such man was
| Dr. Peterkin, and since his residence IN Rich
mond there had been no one who COMMANDED
more respect from all the pastors and all de-
| nominations than our lamented Drother. Ihe
! greatest power IL the power Of simple good, and
| mat was pre-emnently his quality. AS he
walked the streets the people said; 'Ihere
| goes man OF God
40, what title that was continued DR.. Hoge.
ave talk about man Of honor, state, letters,
| but the noblest Of them all is a man OF Gode
iii were asked why he commanded the re.
spect OF all denominations and classes would
| saw continued Dr. Hoge, "that 1t was because
| he recognized good wherever he saw 1t. not
bounding his admiration by denominational
| lincs."
MODEST, GENTLE, AND HUMBLE.
| DIR. Hoge, In concluding, said that he never
knew more modest man than the departed
minister. His vas gentleness that won regard
and commanded affection. SO humble was ne
that no considered himself less than the least OF
| ali the saints. There was saintliness that
| seemed TO envelop him like robe, and wherever
ba went he carried with hun the sweetness OF
| the Gospel that he preached.
At the conclusion OF DIR. Hoges remarks Mr.
| Mason called upon Bishop Randolph Tor an ad-
dress, and the latter briefly but beautifully
eulogized the deceased. He referred 10 his ten
derness and gentleness, his sweetness OF dispo-
| sition and MS reverence and humility.