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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-06-17

II Is claimed that a bullet from a
new small calibre rifle will pass COM
pletely through a tree and kill the
man who has concealed himself behind
It, and will also shoot six men stand
Ing one behind another 50 that it be-
hooves the army desiring TO win 10
begin shooting first and shoot pretty
straight The beauties of arbitration
are also brought to the front by the
gun in way not to be easily over
looked.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-06-17

BOSTON is privileged to wear about
ats neck the phylactery OF culture that
shall ward off all the hated evils of in
tellectual immaturity but so protected
from the cOntagiou of material and
un1 sthetic minds it should the moro
courageously and charitably go forth
into the world to discover If perchance
the Pierian graces have not found
somewhere else spot to rest them and
a people to bless in some measure.
Boston as the mother and guardian
Of intellect in America the source OF
literature the Inspiration Of arts. the
patrouess of learning should be- So
licitvus 10 know what has been her
influence upon this great continental
world that practically overlooked from
New England and began building new
centers to thought and the ideal
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-06-17
''YoUR CHEST ON THE FLOOR, YOUR TOES

''YoUR CHEST ON THE FLOOR. YOUR TOES
UNDER YOUR SHOULDERS"
the man who has no bones and all the
rest of the list of contortionists who
earn a livelihood by amusing and in
teresting the public with their feats
do not and cannot bend their bones.
But they seem To do so.
A performer crosses his arms and
twines his legs. Then he turns his
wrists and ankles and twists his hips
at the hip joints, turns his tibias and
jibulas, his ulnuses and radiuses, and
that is all he can do with those parts
of his body. The real bending, twist
ing, turning, and comforting is done
with the back. In some cases the neck
N of use, and that, too, is twisted.
This sums the ability of the contor-
ZIONIST up in general statement.
But to tie ones self up into knots, or
even into one knot is physical impos-
sibility.
OF all comforting, back bending or
turning backward ana twisting the
body out of shape is the mos: difficult.
Forward bending is comparatively
easy, because the backbone is con-
btructed so as to bend forward natur-
ally. The cartilages of the backbone,
which lie like thick waters between
the vertebre of the backbone, are
thicker on the outside than on the in
side, and so offer less obstruction to
bending forward than they do to bend
ing backward.
Forward bending is done with the
performer standing on his feet or with
portion of his body lying on the floor.
To be a good backward bender man
must also be a good hand balancer, be-
cause the best and most difficult work
is done by bending while the weight of
the body rests on the hands. OF course
it is good backward bending to
stand on your feet and bend
over backward until your head is
thrust forward between your legs at
the knees, and to do a dozen other
things of similar character. BUTT is
more difficult to sta nd on your hands
and bend backward until you sit in an
upside down position on your head.
That is hard and but few can do it.
Another and more difficult feat is
to get your chest on the floor, face
downward, and, bending backward,
place your toes under your shoulders.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-06-17

would fall over and break my neck OF
my back.
Like most difficult bending, getting
back again in this is the hardest part.
But when get my hands safely on the
pedestal l am all right to get my feet
back.
When was boy / found I could
bend well. was z years old when 1
began to do it great deal. Ten years
ago, when / was but 10 years old,
made my first appearance in public.
Winter is the hardest time for con-
tortionists. They do not perspire so
freely then ana the skin stiffens n
little. Consequently contortionist
has to do more practice cork in winter
than in summer. JOHN AMEs.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-06-17

Consul Baker of I,uenos Ayrcs says
that none of the immigrants to Argen-
tina becomes naturalized. They call
themselves citizens or subjects Of the
nation in which they were born. The
minister of foreign affairs has called at
tention to this matter. which he thinks
is a grave question and liable TO cause
complications, as :ho Immigrants in
ten years should. vndss tie law, be-
come subject to military service.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-06-17

THERE are other interests in this
world quite as valuable as those that
are measured by dollars and cecss. and
IL we will only turn TO the considera-
ton of these interests il may perhaps
reconcile US 10 the cost of the Euro
pean exodus Art and literature and
learning. wider experience of men
and countries and governmental closer
contact with varied civilizations and
with the results OF centuries OF the
worlds best endeavor-these are some
of the commodities which the transat-
lautic contingent gets in return for it's
money. And it would be rather adam
gerous experiment for the Gradgrind
with his little budget OF irrelevant
facts TO undertake to argue that these
gains arc not worth the having and
not worth many times the cost
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-06-17

THERE Is q marked demand from
all sections of the country for'better
roads. An observant writer attributes
this in no small measure to the ex-
tending use Of that ingenious
vehicle. the bicycle" If the suppo-
sition be correct civilization will owe
much to the inventor of the pheno-
menon that stands upright when
it would naturally fall over
For good roads are true
index of civilization. In his
barbarous state man has little use
for roads. AS he progresses above bar
barism he seeks for better means OF
communication with his fellows that
his natural longing for society may be
gratified and his labor lessened
through the greater facility of trans
norting his surplus products to mar
ket
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-06-17

DuJ even JndJ, WHICH as you readily
see is quite difficult, requires no bend
ing of the arms or legs, although these
members seem to be twisted out of all
shape.
The most difficult thing to
do that l know of is what l
call my teeth balancing act. 1t is
thes only one which causes me any
inconvenience afterwari, and that is so
slight and momentary as to be hardly
worth noticing.
A strong iron rod is fastened upon a
pedestal, which must stand firmly on
its legs. The least tremble might re-
suit in throwing me over and breaking
my neck. The termination of the rod
is bent to an angle of about thirty de-
grees, and the end is covered with
leather, so as to be comparatively
soft for my teeth.
L stand O. the pedestal and bend
backward over the rod until my hands
touch the pedestal behind me. That
is, simply "bend the crab" Then
teeth and gradually lower my body by
bending my knees until the small of
my back rests upon the crown of my
head. Then raise my feet from the
pedestal, which throws the weight of
my body on my head and SO on my
teeth. Then getting perfect balance
by spreading my legs far apart, raise
my hands and fold my arms. My face
is then at right angles with my back
and can look right out between my
legs.
An inconvenience results IL l remain
in this position too long. have stayed
so for minute and half, but / don't
want TO remain in the position more
than minute, and that is long enough
TO Brighten some audiences.
frightened an audience of physi-
clans quite badly recently this way.
After about fifteen seconds closed my
eyes. They thought had tainted, and
some of them arose. Then I opened
my eyes and winkcd quietly at one Of
the doctors. They laughed then, but
they told me after / got down that
they were afraid had faiuted and
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-06-17
tories

THEY OF Jerusalem abide with US
ever-they who having eyeS yet see
not; they who having understanding.
do not comprehend the fact and truths
before them. 1t is not so remarkable.
This as well as some that have gone
before is a stiff necked generations
prone to error skepticaL hard TO con-
vert from prejudice to fairness. not
readily persuaded that all the virtues
are not with the Pharisees.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-06-17

The worst of calm philosophy is
that it reduces life TO dead lev
el II we are not hurt neither are
we pleased; if we do not weep; we do
not smile; and many would rather
choose the two tropical extremes than
take temperate and the middle course.
We may. however at least believe
that good and evil are admirably bal
snced. if indeed as we think. the for
mer does not greatly predominant over
the latter.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-06-17
ROME ON THE DECLINE.
Decay of Most OF the PrinceIy Families
of the Old Empire.

The great Roman Princely families
are ruined. Prince Sciarra is almost a
bankrupt. He secretly sold his pc
lures against his will. Louis, Prince
di Borghese, lives in the couL try, his
whole fortune, which is inalienable,
consisting of l9,OOof., when formerly
the income of the Borghese family was
1,0OOf. a day.
The fortunes of the bourgeoisie are
also diminishing. Seven hundred
Roman families sold their horses and
carriages in 1891; 6O0 did the same
thing in the preceding year.
Besides, property in Rome is losing
its value. Numerous old houses, be-
cause they have no tenants, can no
longer pay their taxes, and especially
is this true of the new quarter.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-06-17
GENERAL HORACE PORTER.
The Man Who Is Pushing the Grant
Monument.

Aho ntah VINO Is tushihB INC Urdht
Monument.
The very decided impulse which has
recently been given to the movement
for the erection of the Grant, monu-
ment is due entirely to the energy and
sagacity of Gen. Howard Porter, the
new president of the Monument asso-
citation. The indications now are that
this patriotic project will be speedily
carried to successful completion. Gen.
Porter's plan of campaign is aggres-
sive at every point, and will so init
mately touch all our important bust
ness and social interests that the
response can hardly fail TO
be general and satisfactory. The
popular demonstration on the occasion
of the corner-stone-laying, last week,
was certainly conclusive on this point.
The difficulty with this monument
project hitherto has been the want Of
definite, sagacious, and comprehen-
sive plan. AS a result years have been
frittered away in spasmodic efforts
which have counted for nothing in
their results. Gen. Porter has deep
ened his hold upon popular esteem by
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-06-17
ERECTED A. D. 1852.
OLDEST HOUSE OF WORSHIP IN
THE LAND.
1t Is Located In Norfolk, Va, and Has
Undergone Many ChanGes-The Grave
OF General Bridger Stands I'm tho
Cemetary.

Some time ago an interesting article
appeared in New York paper descrIb-
ing the oldest meeting house in the
United States. 1t was said to have
been built in 1898 in Connecticut.
The church, a picture of which is here
given, was erected at Norfolk in 1852.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-06-17
THE ERIE CANAL.
Some Facts which Go to Prove Its Great
Value to the Country.

Value to the Country.
Although. on account of the practice
of vessels going up" light, only about
80, 299, O06 tons of freight were trans
ported during the season of 1890, they
were carried an average distance of
five hundred and sixty-six miles; so
that, multiplying the tons carried by
the distance in miles, we have more
than seventeen thousand million tom
miles, or freight distribution equal to
almost one-fourth of the ton mileage of
all our railroads. The lake freightage
has been done at an average charge to
shippers of /. 3 mills per ton-mile. The
shipments by railroad, on the contrary,
are averaged by the Interstate Com
merce Commission at 9.22 mills per ton
mile; so that they are saving on each
ton transported by this Waterford over
the average charges by railroad, for
an equal distance, of 81. 4s, or an aggre-
gate saving, to be divided between the
producers and consumers of this coun-
try, of more than Sl35, 800, 600.
AS the government has appropriated
NOT quite SDO,OIO,uOO lOT Jhc Improve
ment of the great lakes, their harbors,
and the rivers that run into them, the
people of this country received through
the cheapened distribution made pos
sible by this expenditure, in the single
year of 1890, four and half times the
total cost of the improvements; or, to
state the advantages of this improved
water way in another way, the cost OF
lake freights was six and one-half pei
cent of the value of the goods trans
ported: whereas if they had been trans.
ported at the average charge for rail
road freight, the cost would have been
fully forty-six per cent of their value.
This percentage would have obviously
taken so large part of the value of Q
considerable proportion of the good:
that the labor and profits of their pro
duction and distribution must nave
been lost to the community if depend
ence had been placed on railroads alone
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-06-17
A Justice For FIFTY Years.

Samuel Lane of Gardiner, Me-,
ought to know something about rural
justice, for he has been justice of the
peace and quorum for fifty years with
out day off. He received his first APP
pointmcnt from Gov Fairfield, and at
the age of 80 he has been reappointed
to deal out more justice.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-06-17

You can't bend bones, but you can
stretch cartilages.
That is where great many people
who go to see a contortionist twist and
bend himself out of all semblance to
the human form divine are misled.
The human snake, the living cork
screw, the man with the rubber bones,
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-06-17
TIE days OF natural gas are num-

TIE days OF natural gas are num-
bered. The supply was greatest two
years ago and though new discoveries
have been made since, some even OF
these have failed within that time.
1t may be used for while for illumi-
mating purposes but it can not be re-
lied upon 10 furnish power for fac
tories
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-06-17
SOME TRADE TRICKS.
HOW CONTORTIONISTS DE-
CEIVE THE EYE.
HOW

Yet They Perform Many Feats that Arc
Difficult In tho Extreme-Bendlng
Backward the Most Difficult OF All
Feats.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-06-17

But even that, which as you readily
see is quite difficult, requires no bend
ing of the arms or legs, although these
members seem to be twisted out of all
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-09-20
WaterburyFirGAl Alarm
LOCATION OF BOXES

LOCATION OF BOXES 4-Corner Willow and West Main streets 6-Exchange Place.
 12-Rogers & Bro.
 14-East Main street and Wolcott road. 15-Corner Cherry and East Main. 21-Horse car railroad. stables (private.) 23-Iron bridge, West Main. 24-Waterbury Brass Go (priv .oe.) 25-Corner Johnson and Wstervills. 26-Corner Prospect and Grove. 27-Junction North Main, Grove anO
 North Elm.
 2s-Waterbury Manufacturing Go (private 32-Corner Washington and South Main 34-Waterbury Buckle Go (private.) S5-Benedict & Burnham Go (private.) 36-Waterbury Watch Go (privste.) 88-Corner of Grand and South MaiDs 42-Corner of Union and Franklin. 43-Scovill Manufacturing Go (private.) 46-Corner Clay and Mill. 46-No Hose house, Baldwin street; 47-Corner Dublin and Doolittle alleyy 812-Corner Meadow and Bank. 314-Corner Meadow and Cedar. 321-Plume & Atwood Go (private.) 323-Holmes, Booth & Haydens (private.) J 324-No Hose house, Brooklyn. 813-Randolph & Cloves.
 S16NALS.
 One stroke 12 M.
 One stroke calls the superintendent of fire alarm telegraph to the City hall. Two single strokes, fire out or fire under control, used as a recall.
 Ten strokes (quick) will indicate a gen. eral alarm.
 Fifteenstrokes (quick) and repeat calls out the militia.
 INSTRUCTIONS TO KEY-HOhDERS.
 Be particular and remain at the box and direct the firemen to the fire.
 Do not pull the hook if the 6rebell or small bell in the box is striking, as that indicates an alarm has already been given
 Be particular to remain at the box until the arrival of an officer of the fire depart ment, who will release the key, or, if cir cumstances will not permit remaining, then the proper officer will return the key to the holder as soon as convenient. Always give the alarm from the box nearest the fire.
 Be sure and close the door before lesv. ing the box
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-09-20

upon the left banks of the Paroo had come upon human being in the bush. The mans clothes were reduced to the merest shreds, and so near deaths door was he through hunger and exposure that he had lost consciousness. But fortunately his enlistment papers as an officer in the American merchant ma- rine informed his finders who he was, namely: Harry Shelton, the mate of the clipper ship Dreadnaught. Where did he come from? From what distant and unknown portion of the Australian con- tinent had he made his way here? For how long a time had he wandered about in the awful solitudes of this central desert? Had he been a prisoner among the natives, and had he succeeded in making his escape? Where had he left his companions, if any of them were still alive? Could it be that he was the last survivor of the ill-fated ship wrecked fourteen years ago? Up to this moment not one of these questions had received an answer. There did not cease to be, however, a great desire everywhere manifested as to where Harry Shelton had come from, what his lie had been since the wreck of the Dreadnaught on the reefs of Browse isl and, in a word, to have the mystery cleared up.
 Harry Shelton was carried to the near est point in railway communication with Sidney and thence to that city. The news of his arrival in the capital was first made public by the Morning Jour nal, extracts from which article have al- ready been given, from which it ap- peared that the mate of the clipper ship had not as yet recovered consciousness sufficiently to reply to questions put to him.
 Mrs. Allaire never would have recog- nized Shelton, so changed was he. AL though only forty-six, he had the ap- pearance of a man of sixty. This man. or, rather, this pitiable wreck of hu- manity, was the only human being able to tell what had become of Capt. John and his crew. Up till now the most tender nursing had been intellectual to bring about improvement in Shelton's condition, condition due no doubt to the terrible fatigues undergone during months-of his wandering across cen tral Australia. A sinking fit might at any moment extinguish the spark of life still aglow within him. Since he had been in this hospital it would have been impossible for him to open his eyes without the attendants knowing whether he had regained consciousness or not. He took no notice of those who
 administered nourishment to him as to a sick child. It seemed as if the awful sufrerings to which he had been ex. posed had so weakened his mind as to
 destroy all recollection of companions.
 Seated by his bedside, with her gaze
 riveted upon his face, Mrs. Allaire lHRtchad every movement of his aTelida'
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-09-20
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Fel- lows opened its sessions at Portland, Ore, !, yesterday.
 -Wilfrid L. Lawson, while toying with 8 shotgun at Providence, accidentally shot his wife, Mary.
 Judge Brown of the Indiana Circuit Court has decided in the railroad cases that the tax law is constitutional. kitty Yancey, aged 12, and her brother Albert, aged 10, were killed in the woods at Warsaw, Minn., by a panther. The New York State Railroad Commis- sion has approved of the extension of the Port Jefferson branch of the Long Island Railroad.
 Clayton & Redman's spinning mills and the Crabtree Woolcombers' mills were burned at Bradford, Eng, yester- day. Loss $200, 900.
 -Alonzo Brookshire, the murderer of Jailor Tpton and Deputy Sheriff How srd, was given a life sentence at French burg, Ky, yesterday.
 Julius Broiseau, aged 50, customs officer at Montreal, has been arrested in Boston charged with embedding $1,700 of customs receipts.
 Trarbach, village of two thousand inhabitants in Renish Prussia, has been half destroyed by fire. Scores of families are camping without shelter in the fields. Past Assistant Paymaster Harry D. Sul-
 livan, of the U. S. N, is to be tried by court martial in Norfolk, Va, on charge of retaining the money of the boys on the ] amestown.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-09-20
SENATOR HILL SPEAKS.
Opening of the Democratic Campaign in
 Brooklyn Last Night.

Opening of the Democratic Campaign in
 Brooklyn Last Night.
 BROOKLYN, Sep. 20.-There was a great outpouring of Democrats in this city last night. The Academy of Music could not accommodate the crowd that rushed to secure good positions from which to take in every action of Senator David B. Hill in the delivery of an address that has been awaited anxiously by all Democrats. Six thousand people were present, and on the stage was nearly every prominent Democrat in Brooklyn and New York.
 When Senator Hill was introduced he was greeted with tremendous applause. The Senator's voice was low and calm as he began, but gradually he warmed up and before a minute had passed he had uttered phrase that carried wild ap- plause with it. This was when he said that before the Democratic National Con- vention at Chicago he was a Democrat and was Democrat still. He said that he spoke as a Democrat to Democrats.
 Senator Hills description of President Harrison's message, his refutation of the statistics of Commissioner Peck's now famous report, his "reminiscences of Henry Cabot Lodge and John l. Davenport anent the Federal Elections Bill, and his assurance that the Democrats of the country would never give Mir. Davenport the :" more favorable" opportunity he wished to again introduce the bill, all tickled his auditors and were utterances that caused perfect storms of applause.
 Congressman Breckinridge of Kentucky also spoke.