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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-07-08
A STRANGE TRADITION
Concerning Prehistoric Man Near the
Colorado River.

Concerning Prehistoric Man Near the
Colorado River.
The Utes of the Colorado river
have preserve among them a remark
sble tradition concerning that region
and the people who formerly inhabit-
ed it. They say that in years long
past they lived near vast warm lake
to tho northeast OF the Big (Colorado)
River; that the country was new and
filed with big trees and big deer and
big oxen with white horns as long as
a lo6ge-pole. The big warm lake
was filled with fish that had three
eyes and four legs each besides snakes
20 enas (aboLt IA inches) long One
day all the big oxen began to below,
and they raised such steam from
their nostrils that the sun was OBJ
seured. Then the lake began to fall.
and by the end Of one moon was all
gone having been drained away to
the south through the present canyons
OF the Green and Colorado rivers.
When the water was gone the big
oxen with white horns aud the big
deer all strayed away to the north
and east and persisted from cold or
the arrows OF the Ute hunters. Soon
after the bursting of the lake and
the flood came n small people with
skin canoes and seed corn. They
were almost white and very peaceable.
They taught the Utes how to make
earthenware and 10 weave mats and
blankets. They built their houses in
the cliffs They had iron tools and
cultivated pumpkins. corn and beans.
After this big red Indians came down
from the northwest and killed and
drove of the little people, the rem
nants OF whom went TO the south and
built many bridges and villages OF
stone houses. Soon the big red In
dians (believed TO be the Apaches
and Kiowas) also went south because
the land near Big River (Colorado)
was becoming dry AM cold. This
left only the Utes on the Big River
and its branches. Then there was a
time when the mountain took fire vol
canic eruptionsj and poured out red
hot wax all over the valleys. After
these terrors had subsidized n few of
the little people came back and lived
in peace near but never with the Utes.
They taught the Utes many arts. and
told of the country where they had
been driven by the big red Indian.
and among other things of water
(lake) where abounded fish with a
head like a man. The flesh of this
creature was us poisonous as the VEN
ON of Il rattlesnake but the oil would
cure the wheel in the head (proba-
bly, Insanity
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-07-08

box was emptied and the python.
now limp and almost liIeless. was
hauled out OF the river and put into 1t
and the lid strongly nailed down.
The snake proved to be a magnifi-
cent specimen. fully twenty feet long,
according to the St. Louis Globe
Democrat and with a diameter OF six
inches. and when. after sea voyage
of two months. he reached his des-
tination at the Geological gardens in
London he was declared to be the
largest specimen OF his kind ever be-
longing TO that celebrated collection.
and the plucky missionary received
no small praise for the capture.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-07-08
THE ONLY EXPLANATION.
Case where PulIin.l Car Porter Re.
fuses Zee.


Case Where Puliin 81 Car Porter Re-
fuses Fee.
The man came in and said he
wanted to see the city editor OF the
Detroit Free-Press. and that gentle
man responded.
Il heard something to-day" said
the visitor. that thought ought to
be printed"
What is itP" queried the city
editor
Well to begin it is perfectly in
applicable to me, and If you can ex-
plain it I'll be obliged.
III have to hear it first " observed
the city editor
That's so. excuse me. It's this:
A man told me only this afternoon
that he had travelled on a Pullman
car last night and this morning the
porter refused to accept the custom
airy quarter.
Possibly he was heightened and
wanted a half dollar Suggested the
news man.
NO. that wasn't it. There was no
gag about it 1t was perfectly
straight He said he offered the por-
ter IA half dollar but that it was re-
fused on the ground that he (the
porter was receiving fair pay from
the company; that it was his business
to be attentive to Mr. Pullman's pa
irons; that he considered it both "a
duty and pleas IRE to be polite to all
passengers who were on his Cur. and
so on through a whole category OF
unexpected virtues Now" continued
the visitor after a brief rest what
do you think OF thatp Isn't il worth
publishingP"
1T certainly is" ventured the city
editor thoughtfully.
Can you explain itP"
Easily" asserted the city editor.
with easy grace and profound con.
fidence.
The visitors face was a perfect
picture OF incredulity.
Come Off" he said bluntly.
'.But l can" protested the man at
the desk.
'HowP
The man who told 1t to you was
a liar"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-07-08
And the Band Played.

Gen. Custer believed in having
martial music on all possible occa
sions. He would have the band out
at 5 o clock in the morning and the
last thing in the evening. One day
when certain regiment had come
into camp Gen. Custer ordered the
band out The men were tired and
reported that they had lost the mouth
pieces to their instruments. Very
we'll said the general. you may
take pickaXes and shovels and help
repair the roads. You may find the
missing mouthpieccs while you are
working" IL is unnecessary TO state
that the band played soon after
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-07-08
HOW THE NAVAJO HUNTS
He Uses Mirror to Tempt the Fat Prsk.
rie Dog From Ills Home.

He Uses Mirror to Tempt the Fat PrsB.
rie Dog From Ills Home.
Living almost wholly upon game
as they do. the Navajos cannot be
prevailed upon to taste either fish or
rabbit. / have known some very lu-
dicrous things to happen when meanly
mischievous Americans deluded Nava.
jos in eating either OF these forbid
den dishes and sometimes there have
been very serious retalIations for the
iIl-mannered joke. Rabbits are won.
derfully numerous in the Navajo
country, according 10 ST. Nicholas,
being molested only by feathered and
four-footed enemies; but tho Indian
who would fight to the death rather
than touch n delicious rabbit stew is
greedily fond OF the fat and querulous
prairie dog.
That whole region abounds in dog
towns and they are frequently be.
sieged by their swarthy foes A Nav
ajo will stick bit OF mirror in the en-.
trance OF burrow and lie behind the
little mound all day. IL need be TO
secure the coveted prize. When Mr.
Tulsa ventures from his bedroom. deep
under ground. he sees a familiar inn
age hooking him at the front door;
and when he hurries out to confront
this impudent intruder whiz! goes a
chalcedony-tipped arrow through him.
pinning him to tho ground so that .he,
cannot tumble back into his home as
he has a wonderful faculty for. doing
even in death or dark hand darts
from behind like lightning seizes his
chunky neck safely behind the reach
OF his chisel-shapcd teeth. and breaks
his spine with one swift snap.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-07-08
FOOTPRINTS IN SANDSTONE
Indications of n Strange Creature In the
Connecticut Valley.

Indications of n Strange Creature In the
Connecticut Valley.
A good many million years ago the
interesting anischnus deweyanus-
that is what the learned Hartford pro-
fessors called him-gamboled about
the Connecticut valley. and at Port.
land village across the river from the
city OF Middletown. where are great
red sandstone quarries he pumped
| his foot down with considerable force
on the plastic face of the earth.
He appears to have had particular
liking for Portland as place to gam
Dol in. and walked back and forth in
the warm sand and now and then sat
down. 1t is not likely that the dew
eyanus had any scientific design In
strolling around Portland and s.ttin .
down. Nevertheless he left various
marks OF himself there. The earth
spread over them and now professors
of geology in spectaclos are examining
some Of the imprints in the hard Port
land sandstone.
In blasting out blocks OF red sand
stone for fine houses in the avenues in
New York city the quarrymen have
penetrated 1870 feet and recently they
excavated q block OF stone at that
depth that is spotted with marks OF
the anisicdnus deweyanus's claws.
The specimen, unusually fine was
taken out OF Brainard's quarry. and
Prof William North Rice OF the Mid
dle.on Wesylean university bought it
for 500. The stone is ten feet in
length. two feet in width and three
quarters of an inch in thickness.
1t has eighteen tracks OF the dewey.
anus on its face. and all were made
by that curious animals hind feet
Near the end of the slab are a few
slight indentations indicating that
the deweyanus sat heavily on his
launches and wabbled his fore feet
like kangaroo so that now and then
they touched the soft sandstone. The
professor said that the deweyanus be-
louged 10 the dinosaur order OF rep
tiles and is classified in an intermedi.
ate place between crocodiles and birds.
All that is known about the Great
ure has been learned from the scruti-
niZfng tracks No bones have been
found. The creatures drifted about
the Connecticut valley millions OF
years ago There was no river then.
but kind OF bay fifteen miles in
width extending from the border OF
Massachusetts, to the ocean. The first
imprint OF the deweyanus was discov-
cred about century ago at Portland
and Prof. Hitchcock described it in
his technology OF New England.
Only the prints OF toes were in that
specimen however and Prof. Hitch.
cock described the creature as a bird;
but the late specimen shows that the
creature was considered bird and a
quadruped combined. The creatures
were numerous in the valley, Prof. Rice
AYERS. and were in the habit of stroll
ing on the mcareous sandstone after
sporting in the waters of the bay. The
petrifed tracks of the brontozoum
which belonged to a totally different
family from the deweyanuS were
found not long ago and the specimen
is in the Wesleyan museum.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-07-08
CONCERNING CHECKS,
A Bankers Suggestions a. to Prlntir
and iOna.urp

A Bankers suggestions az to Printing
and ignaturc.
The cashier OF New York bank
said that when the public learned
which end OF a check they should
syn their names on it would be a
great and glorious day for the en-
ployes of the banks. when the
pubic has been taught this little
detail the cashier said. lit would
be well to give the banks a lesson in
printing their checks The latest
fashion in checks is by far the most
convenient one. All OF the informa.
ton on the check which is of value
to the banker Is placed on one end.
At tho right hand upper corner is the
date. Under this is the name OF the
man to whom the check is drawn.
Beneath this again is the amount of
the check in figures. and right below
that the signature OF the man who
draws it. The other end of the check
is filled in with the name OF the bank.
and so on. The advantages of this
form OF check are: First that the
date. amount signer and drawee can
be seen at II glance second if the
check is bound up with dozens of
other checks and bills it is not neces-
sary to pull il out from the bundle to
get information about it. A cashier
can take up a bundle OF such checks.
thumb over the ends and set them
aside in less time than it would take
to 60 over two or three checks of the
older form. Nearly all OF the larger
banking houses and big corporations
have adopted the check, and it will
eventually find its way down TO the
srr nlIar ponparnS ~
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-07-08
PURPOSE.

The uses OF sorrow comprehend
Better and better at each years. end.
Deeper and deeper I seem to SEQ
Why and wherefore IL has to be.
Only after the dark wet days
DO we fully rejoice in the SUMS bright rays.
Sweeter the crust tastes after the fast
Than the stated gourmand's finest repast
The faintest cheer sounds never amiss
To the actor who once has heard hiss.
And one who has dwelt with his grief
alone
Hears all the music in friendships tone.
So, better and better / comprehend
How sorrow ever would be our friend.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-07-08
Cosit,ntcnt.

Promoter (of scheme before city
councill But you surely think our
measure entitled TO some considcra.
ton?
Alderman from the 'Stccnth Ward
Why that depends. Of course on
the-h'm-tho consideration. -Chica-
go Tribune.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-07-08
The nor wonld rsn uelcon ;.

Lady Cat railway station) DIS thore.
any objection TO dogs in this car. con-
dHctorp
Gentleman ion PLATFORM Il am not
tho conductor madam. will say.
however that thcre isa crying baby
In this car, and II your dog Is big
enough to swallow the baby think
ho will be welcome.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-07-08

OF the sisters GOODNESS toward me.
which was a rumor concerning me OF
a purely personal nature. and which
Iquickly put down. have always
been positive that Mary had expert
enced dream similar in every essen
tial particular to mine"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-07-08
For Imm,.,iase TnsertIon.

Butcher-How much bologna sau-
sage did you sayP
Hungry Representative me--glve
me about three quarters of column.
Chicago Tribune
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-07-08
Ai.cr- the case.

Kitty Winslow-lIow dare you! l
wouldn't lot "a man kiss mo like that IL
lie wore engaged o.mcl
Tom DcWitt--Well. It's ali right
then 10, not engaged se you, am 4.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-07-08
A New Kind OF Klndliug.

Il can't start the fire." growled
McJunkin.
why don't you use words" asked
Mrs McIunkin.
Words? What kind OF wordsp"
Words that burn of course. -
Detroit Free Press
The Irish standard., 1892-01-16
Haunted Eouscs,

= Every real-estate agent in New York
has had more or less experience with
what are known as unrentable build
ings, They are apparently just as de-
sirable as other buildings. but are occu-
pied only for short periods. The own
ers are usually more than liberal to
tenants. but the latter do not remain.
Such buildings soon have unenviable
regulations and not unfrequently are
associated with i'll luck. Sometimes they
are believed to be haunted. A building
at the upper end of Second avenue is an
example. 1t apparently has many adj
vantages over the adjoining buildings.
It is on the corner of very wide cross
street and is cheerful and bright within.
It is solidly built Of brick, is always
kept we'll painted and in good condition.
For six months it has been vacant, and
prior to that tenants moved out almost
as fast as they moved in. The rent is
low, but the other buildings, that look
old and battered beside it, are occupied
all the time
The Irish standard., 1892-01-16
ROYAL Lap Dogs.

Mary Queen of Scots had favorite
lap dog, which is said to have been
present at the execution of it's poor
mistress in Fotheringay castle. After
the royal lady had been beheaded this
faithful creature refused to leave her
dead body and had to be carried out Of
the hall by force. At that period lap
dogs were the pets of men as well as
Of women. DR.. Boleyn, a relative Of
the unhappy Queen Anne Boleyn, owned
one which," as it is written, che
dotted on" Anne once asked him to
grant her one wish, and in return he
should have whatever he might desire.
Knowing his affection for the dog, she
begged it Of him, and, Of course, the
doctor had nothing to do but to give it
to her. And, now, madame, z he said,
s'''you promised to grant my request. =
81 will" quoth the queen. Then, i
pray you, give me my dog again. z III:
The Irish standard., 1892-01-16
ARTIFICIAL IVORY.
Another of the Triumphs Of Science-Tht
Manufacture Described.

Another of the Triumphs of Scfence-The
Manufacture Described.
Natural ivory is composed Of tribasic
phosphate of lime, magnesia, alumina,
gelatine, albumen and calcium carbon
ate. Many attempts have been made tc
make an artificial substitute, but until
recently they have proved unsuccessful
The process, says the Chicago Herald
is, briefly, to treat quicklime with sui
ficient water to convert it to a hydrate.
adding to it, however, just before it be-
comes completely hydrated. an aqueous
solution of phosphoric acid, and while
thoroughly stirring incorporating small
quantities of calcium carbonate, mag
nesia and alumina, and finally the gela-
tine and albumen dissolved in water.
Thus is obtained plastic, intimately
mixed mass, which is set aside to allow
completion of the action of the phos-
phoric acid upon the chalk. A day
later, while the mixture is still plastic,
il is pressed into the desired form and
dried in a current of air about $50 de
grees c., and after being kept for three
or four weeks becomes perfectly hard.
The proportions, which can be col
ored by the addition of suitable sub
stances, are: Quicklime, 100 parts; wa
ter, 300 parts; phosphoric acid solution
(1.o5 specific gravity, Is parts; calcium
carbonate, Is parts; magnesia, to 2
parts; alumina precipitated, parts;
gelatine, Is parts.
The Irish standard., 1892-01-16
Caves in Corsica.

Travellers and scientists are greatly
interested in the recent discovery Of
wonderful caves on the island of Corsi-
ca. A miner who undertook to explore
them a few weeks ago found it impos-
sible to do SO. He discovered various
small caves, close together, which led
to mammoth cave some distance from
the original openings. The roof Of the
mammoth cave was between sixty and
seventy feet high. After travelling
underground for some time he came
upon an. immense lake, which made
further progress impossible. Accord
ing to his estimates the lake is situated
under the mountain chain La Revellata,
near Calva. and it gets it's water from
the ocean. In support of his theory .
small grotto was discovered on Cape
Reveflata, on level with the sea,
which is believed to be connected with
the caves The length Of the caves
along the coast IS estimated 1T thirty
miles. a society Of savants has been
formed .: !, to explore the place thor
soughly.
The Irish standard., 1892-01-16
CHINESE MAFlAS.
An Organization of Assassfns That the
Law Ia Power.ess to Suppress.

An Organization Of Assassfns That the
Law Ia Power,ess to Suppress.
There is quite striking analogy be-
tween the Italian Malta, as it is COM
monty understood, and the Chinese
Tong, or organization of cutthroats,
murderers and high binders in this city,
says the San Francisco Chronicle. The
chief point of difference is that the sub
divisions of the Malta are not at con.
slant war with each other, while the
longs have deadly feuds continually on
foot, and generally select their victims
from among their rivals.
The question of these organizations
of assassins in the heart of a civilized
community like ours has grown to be a
serious one. We know, in a general
way that each Tong is bound together
by oaths which it's members dare not
break; that it's purpose is crime Of the
deepest dye; that it shelters its mem
bers by every artifce which Chinese
cunning can devise, and that it sets at
defiance the laws of the land; but here
our knowledge on the subject ends. We
do not know the motives which under
lie the frequent murders, nor do we
seem to know how to break up these
longs or put an end to their career OF
crime.
The suggestion has been made, and it
is worth considering, that anindictrnent
for criminal conspiracy would lie
against an entire Tong or society whose
members were known or believed to be
guilty of murder. So far as we car
know anything about the secret work.
ings of these organizations there is
ample reason to believe that the MUIR
ders are committed after full discussion
and the murderer selected by his So
ciety and instructed as to how and
when he shall do his deadly work. II
this be true there is certainly a Grim
inal conspiracy preceding every one Of
these highlander murders, and the
whole society is liable to Indictment.
Such wholesale attack upon these
secret societies would do much to break
them up. As it is now they care very
little if one of their number happens to
fall into the clutches of the law. They
have plenty of assassins left, and one
more or less makes no difference to the
Tong. If, however, the, whole Tong
were indicted the Chinese would be-
ieve that the officers of the law were
in earnest and it would work change
in their system of getting rid OF those
who were inimical to them.
The Irish standard., 1892-01-16
SHIPS A HUNDRED YEARS OLD.

The Juno of Beaumaris Was One Hun
dred and Six Years Old When Wrecked.
From the table in the last board of
trade reports respecting casualties to
ships, which shows the ages of vessels,
it is surprising to find how very ancient
many of the craft still doing service
really are. Thirty-nine sailing vessels
are between fifty and sixty years old,
eighteen are between sixty and seventy
years, thirty are between seventy and
one hundred, and six are actually
above a century old. While these num-
bers represent only a very small pro-
portion of such ancient mariners still
''sailing the wintry seas it must not
be thought they refer only to barges or
craft engaged in river or inland navi-
CATION.
The Juno of Beaunaris, built one
hundred and six years ago. met with
her nishap while on a coasting voyage,
and the Endeavor, Plymouth, a still
older craft, in seeking to act up to her
name came to grief while on a voyage
from Dunlkirk. What is more surpris-
ing still, the same casualty list contains
the names of two steamships, one above
eighty years and the other above ninety
years old! = -.
On consideration, however, it is OBJ
vious that these vessels must have
originally been built as sailing vessels,
as the periods named carry us much
farther back than the date at which
the Sirius made her famous voyage
across the Atlantic. With regard to
the ancient sailing vessels, too, they
must have little or nothing of the
original structure left. AS long as there
is one single plank, however, the vessel
retains her identity.
The Irish standard., 1892-01-16
RUSSIAN DIPLOMACY.
How a Cleyer Ambassador Obtained Aut
ence With the Sultan.

How q Clever Ambassador Obtained Audi
ence With the Sultan.
The late sultan of Turkey, Abdul
Ariz, was, if not absolutely mad, SUI
fcient eccentric to cause constant
trouble, not only among his own minis
ters, but also where the foreign ambas-
sailors were concerned. One of the am
bassadors, however, Gen. IgnatieH OF
Russia. was suficlen thy clever to outwit
him and introduce the business OF
nations under the guise Of personal
pleasure. A fine example of his ingenu-
ity is given in an article in Murray's
Magazine:
At one time the sultan absolutely re-
fused to grant an audience to any mem
Der of the diplomatic body, and spent
the greater part of his time in cock
fighting, an amusement which he great
ly relished.
Ignatieff learned that his imperial
majesty was in need of fresh birds to
supply the place of those killed in fight.
Thereupon, lgnatieff procured fine
looking white fowl of the barry ard
species had it trimmed and spurred to
TeSenDlc q SdnecOch, Luu Seuu ~ LII q
richly decorated cage to the sultan.
The ruse was successful, but the sui
tan, at first delighted with the gift,
soon sent for the ambassador to present
himself at the palace, and explain, if
he could, why the bird had no inclina.
ton to fight. Ignatief went, examined
the bird in the presence Of the sultan
and, with great establishment and re-
greet acknowledged that it was quite
unable to cope with the royal game
cocks which were of an undoubtedly
superior race.
A conference followed on the subject
Of gamecocks in general, and this one
in particular, and when the diplornatist
had succeeded in drawing the sultan
into conversational mood, he adroitly
introduced the political matter he had
so long awaited to discuss. After long
conversation he returned to his embassy
triumphant over his other colleagues.