Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-12-30

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letting them lie in cool place with
plenty of cold water poured over them.
In twenty-four hours all the sugar
which has been formed during the
freezing process will have been re-
moved, and the potatoes can now be
boiled in fresh water and will be found
to be perfectly palatable.
A postal card upon which is written
demand for payment of debt or n
| threat to sue or to place in the hands
of u lawyer for suit, has been decided
| by the courts to be non-mailable mat
ter under the postal laws, and anyone
mailing such u postal card renders
himself liable to criminal prosecution.
Demands for pay, threats to sue, etc.,
must be enclosed in sealed envelope.
The latest swindling scheme in Mich
| igan is worked by smooth individual,
| who visits Grand Army posts with the
ostensible purpose of writing up
sketch of the local organization to APP
pear in n vOlumn soon to be published.
lie secures signatures to the biograph-
les of several of the most well-to-do
veterans which in few days turn up
as promissory notes in the hands of
innocent holders. Elk.
The recent cholera scare called
public attention to the class of immi-
grants that are seeking our shores by
the tens of thousands; and public
opinion seems to be that the vast ma
jOrity of these immigrants are an UNI
desirable class, made up of paupers
and criminals, and should be shut out.
All the leading magazines and papers
are discussing this subject, and it is ex-
pected that congress this winter will
pass measure restricting immigration.
A Christmas drunk may result in the
loss Of two lives. Orion Ferguson and
a young man named Gravelin, living
seven miles north of Coleman were in
the village Saturday and drank whisky
quite freely. On reaching home a
quarrel ensued when Gravelin shot
| Ferguson just below the heart. He
then fired shot through his own
bowels. Both may die. Ferguson
moved to Coleman from Yale about
four months ago and has wife and
five little children. He is a son-in-law
of John X. Hall and is well known in
this vicinity.
| Bernice Kelly came near meeting
with a terrible death Friday evening
last, by her clothes catching on fire
from the stove and were all aflame in
an instant, Mrs. Kelly and little Ar
thur instantly went to her assistance,
trying to smother it out but with no
success until Arthur caught a dish of
water and dashed it upon her, putting
out the fire so that she escaped with
few injuries. Only for Arthur's pres
ence of mind and prompt action Mrs.
Kelley thinks Bernice would not have
been saved. Mrs. Kelly's right hand
was severity burned.
The following remedy for diphtheria,
which staken from the Scientific Amer
lean is claimed 10y the journal to be the
best known: At the first indications of
diphtheria in the throat of person
make the room close, then take a tin
cup and pour into it quantity of tar
and turpentlne, equal parts. Hold
| the cup oyer fire so as to fill the
room with fumes: you will cough up
and spit out ali the membraneous
matter, and the diphtheria will soon
pass off. The fumes of the tar and
turpentine loosen the matter in the
throat and thus afford the relief that
has baffied the skill of the physicians.
We are in receipt of letter from
| Thos w. Moore, of Fir, Wash. who left
this place some months ago in search
of health and from whom we publish
ed letter soon after his arrival in
Wash. We learn that Mr.. Moore's
health is much improved and that he
is able to do n good days work. His
friends here will be gratified with this
good news. They have had no cold
weather there yet, but plenty of warm
rain and the grass is green and flowers
in blossom. No stock has to be fed
excepting work teams and milk cows.
Mr.. Moore concludes by sending re-
CARDS to all his friends from himself
and wife and wishing all n Merry
Christmas and Happy New Year.
| This is about how it is with mankind:
None are satisfied. One man is strug-
Cling to get justice some other is flying
from it. One man is saving to build n
house, another is trying to sell his
building for less than 1t cost to get rid
of it. One man is spending all the
money he can make in taking girl
to the theatre and sending flowers, in
hopes of eventually making her his
wife, while his neighbor is spending all
the gold he has to get a divorce. The
eastern man wants to GO west and the
western man wants to 60 east. The
farmer wants to go into the city and
| the city man wants to go into the
country. The man in trade wants TO
get out and everybody net in trade
wants to be. The old want to be
young, and the young want to be old,
and so it goes.
The Detroit Journal has sent us a
copy of their incompatible Christmas
Number, together with the Art Sup
plement. We believe we do not exag-
gerato when we say it is the handsom-
est number from an artistic standpoint
of any put out this year, not except
ing the London and Paris Christmas
numbers while from a literary point
of view certainly none excel. We
might name such eminent authors as
Julian Hawthorne, George Parsons La
throp, John Habberton, and others
who have contributed to this excellent
number. 1t may not be out of place
to say that we are not at all surprised
in the excellence of the number, as the
Journal has n well-defined policy of
always doing the best. II is indeed n
marvel the strides the Journal has
been making under its new manage
ment. Every stroke made has