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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-01-15
The Year that is Closed.

The past year has been remarkable
one, and in many respects the most re-
markable in the recent period during
which there has been almost universal
peace in the world. 1t has been n yeaI
Of the greatest financial, commercial
and industrial prosperity in the United
| States, and yet there has been some
| immense business failures, and failure
in bank institutions. 1t shows how
solid is the basis of national prosperi-
ty, that ii was not seriously nor even
temporarily disturbed by these disas-
ters. The failure of n single banking
affair, the Ohio Life and Trust Com
pany, preciptated the panic of 1857.
The failure Of JAY Cooke precipitated
the panic of 1873. During the year
1891 there have been several failures,
each involving amounts as large "a was
involved i'll either of these catastro-
phes. Yet hardly ripple was caused
on the surface of business affairs.
The neurology of 1891 includes some
OF the most distinguished names of
this historical era. Among the list of
the dead are Kinglake and bancroft,
the historians; General w. T. Sherman,
Admiral David ID. Porter, i. f. Bar
mum, the greatest of shOwmen: Count
Van Moltke, Sir John A Macdonald,
the first of Canada statesmen: eX Vice
President Hannibal llamlin, associat-
ed with Abraham Lincoln on The re-
publican presidential ticket in 1860;
James Russell Lowell, cx-President,
Julius p. Gray of France, Balmaceda
of Chill, Charles Stewart Parnel. Earl
LyttOn, ex Emperor Dom Pedro of Bra
zil, and others Of almost equal or less
distinguished note. 1t is muster-roll
Of greatness.
The casualties of the year, especially
in railroad accidents and in various ex-
plosions, were uncommon in number
and the loss in life involved. In over
thirty railroad accidents, more than
500 people were killed, and ten times
that number, more or less injured.
Deaths by fires were numerous. Explo-
sions III mines, of natural gas, in arse
nails as at Cairo in March and at Rome
in April, of steamboat boilers, of dy-
Mantle used in public works and of
other kinds, caused hundreds of deaths.
Ocean shipwrecks have been numerous,
with corresponding loss of life. Fatal
catastrophes from other causes, make
an appalling record. The advances of
science, in finding new agencies to pro-
mote industrial progress, have also re-
vealed uncommon agents i'll the de-
of life.
As this was an off year in politics
events Of that kind have been few, ex-
cept as to the election of United States
Senators by the State Legislatures
chosen in 1890, and except as TO the
revolutionary conspiracy in New York. !
But the coming Vpor will bp ono Of nm
usual activity and excitement. A
President is to he chosen, and Con-
gress will he elected that will shape |
national legislation for years to come. |
Every interest of the country will be !
affected by the results for good or evil.
But the country has never met q cri-
sis to which the people were unequal. |
II is impossible that greater storms
md perils should occur than those
which have been safely passed and
which have gone into history. The
past and its victories are the best por-
euts Of the futurc-Ex.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-01-15
GenaW Murder Case.

John Diem, charged with stabbine
Capt. Genaw in saloon row, has beer
held without bail to the circuit court
Angus Genaw, son of the murdered
man, testified at the examination that
he himself had been fighting with
Diem early in the evening, before the
row III which his father was killed,
Angus SAID that when Nrs. Diem went
INTO the saloon, she told the captain
that his place was home with his wife.
The captain told her to go away and
mind her own business and Slapped
her in the face.
The prisoner was much unconcerned
during the examination. The defense
Will be that his act was iustifiable
homicide, he having been engaged in
a manly attempt to defend his wife
and himself.
The original case against Diem, who
IS in the county Jail awaiting trial, was
nolle pressed Monday by the prosecut-
ing attorney. 1t is claimed by the
attorneys that the original com
plaint charged John Diem with the
killing of Captain Genaw, and that
death resulted instantly, when in real
liy Genaw fingered for 26 hours after
he received the fatal blow from the
knife. A new complaint
covering these facts therefore is nee
essary. This does not in the least
Dlem's chances for speedy
in case he is found guilty.
nor does it alter the nature of the
charge which already stands against
him. He will be obliged to stand trial
for murder. However, another ar-
raignment and examination will un.
doubted " be found necessary from the
facts which have been brought to light.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-01-15
Unmarried Men Read.

A single lady and brunette residing
in the northern part of our village was
heard to say, "this being leap-year if n
desirable gentleman paid her any
msrked attention she would talk matri-
mony to him the first opportunity of
fered and will not get discouraged if
she fails in her first attempt to procure
a husband" Blue-eyed cranks, old
bachelors and bald-headed widowers
wear your prettiest smiles for the pres
ent year and beware of the snare that
awaits YOU, (surc, sure). Some one of
you will be kidnapped.-Anon.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-01-15
Mothers and Daughters.

Over twelve years ago | was afflicted
with very serious female difficulty
and for the last sixteen months wa.
under treatment of three of the best
physicians that money could employ
Under their skilful treatment | gradu.
ally grew worse, until they decided
they could render me no permanent
help. One of my friends persuaded
me to try II bottle of Dullam's Great
German Uteric Tonic, and after taking
three bottles, can say am in better
health than ] have been for twonty
years, and am now sixty years old but
feel as young rs thirty. 81 bottle.
June =, 30. Mrs. THos. TANDY,
Flint, Mich.
For sale by Grant Holden & Bro,
druggists.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-01-15
A Contraotor,s Advice.

Messrs. Dullam Bros: Gentlemcn-
! take great pleasure in testifying in
behalf Of Dullam's Great German
Blood, Liver, Stomach and Kidney
Cure. can safely say that | never
took such a medicine as that to cleanse
the liver, stomach and kidneys. | was
suffering for years with biliousness, in
digestion, and loss of appetite and
sleep: One bottle did for me more
good than six months other treatment,
and | feel it my duty to testify in its
behalf so others may try it and get
cured. Yours, WARREN f.. RUSSELL,
Contractor and builder, Flint, Mich.
For sale by Grant Holden q Bro,
druggists.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-01-15
Cut Cordwood.

Twenty-Five men wanted at once to
cut four foot wood. Will pay go cents
for soft and as cents for hard wood.
Steady work. SO ID. Il. MESEREY,
Coleman, Mich.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-01-15

Try Dullam's Great German 25 cent
cough cure ut Grant Holden Il Bros.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-12-29
EXTRACTION OF PERFUMES.
Six Different Ways of Making Scents foi
My Lady's Handkerchief

SIX Different Ways of Making Scents 10,
My Lady's Handkerchief
Six methods of extracting perfumes
are known, according to Popular Sci
ence Monthly.
The first is Expression by means of
special press, which is applicable with
out too great loss to fruit skins rich In
essential oils, such as orange and citror
peel, previously grated.
Another method is that OF distilla
ton, which consists of heating flowers
with water in n boiler. The essential
Oil is volatilized, and is condensed with
the vapor of water in a worm and
Florent,ne receiver. The water usual.
ly goes to the bottom and the oil floats.
The oils of neroli, rose, patchouli,
geranium, lavender, caraway, etc, are
obtained in this way.
The process is not applicable TO the
delicate perfumes of the mignonette and
the violet, and for them recourse is had
to maceration of the flowers in animal
fat or mineral oils, which have the
property of absorbing odorous sub
stances, and are then washed in alcohol
The flowers are usually heated in the
fat for a variable number of hours.
For perfumes which cannot endure a
high temperature the petals are placed
between frames of glass coated with
fat. This is the process of enfeurage
The pneumatic process, which con-
sists in causing current of perfumed
air or carbonic acid to be absorbed by
coatings of lard on glass plates, ap-
pears not to have given satisfactory re
suits.
Another process consists in dissolving
perfumes in very volatile liquids, like
sulphuret of carbon, chloroform, naph-
tha, ether or chloride of methyl, and
volatilizing the solvents, which can be
done at low temperature in vacuum.
The last method has given very salts
factory results in the extreme delicacy
and great accuracy of its returns.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-12-29
Hills Worn Dow. by wisd.

Attention has lately been directed b.
scientific writers to the fact that the
shapes of permanent hills are altered
sometimes to considerable extent, BY
the blowing of the wind against them,
this being especially true IN those easee
where the hills are partly composed Of
some form of rock that readily disinte-
CRATES under the influence of the
weather; that is, the crumbling rock
is blown away, leaving the more solid
rock behind and often in curious forms.,
1t is we'll known that the famous
sirocco, or the southwesterly wind
that blows across the Mediterranesu'
sea from Africa, has been largely infu>
entail IN shaping and molding hills and
valleys 1t is asserted, too. that an en-
tensive bay on the east coast Of the
island Of Malta owes its origin and ex-
tent to the agency of the sirocco, which
blows directly into IL. The rapi6
changes from dampness to drynesss
Characteristic Of the sirocco, and the
crystalization of the salt IL deposits
upon the rocks are reckoned among the
pow-ss of destruction possessed by thi1
wind
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-12-29
GLASSES FOR ANIMALS.
spectsclcs Arc Used on Colts to Make
Them High Steppers.

Although it may seem almost lu-
dicrous to think of horses wearing
spectacles, il is nevertheless fact
that horses do sometimes wear them.
The business of one well-known firm
of opticians in London consists largely
in the manufacture Of horse spectacles.
The object of the spectacles is to pro-
mote high stepping. They are made of
stiff leather. entirely inclosing the eyes
of the horse, and the glasses used are
deep concave and large in size. The
ground seems TO the horse 10 be raised
and he steps high, thinking he Is going
uphill or has TO step over some obstacle.
The system of spectacle wearing Is
generally adopted while the horse Is
young, and It's effect on his step and
action is said 10 be remarkable. IL has
been discovered that the cause of a
horses shying is, as a rule. short sight,
and IL Is now suggested that the sight
of all horses should be tested, like that
OF children.
IL Is maintained By those who have
made study of the subject that, by a
a little artificial assistance, many vslu-
able horses which have become optical
ly unfit for work may be restored TO
usefulness.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-12-29
SNAKES FOR egDFELLows.
Z Nsturalist's Startling Adventure In thA
Mountains OF North Carolina.

q Naturalists Startling Adventure In tina
Mountains OF North Carolina.
Talking of snakes" said to a st.
Louis Globe-Democrat man, reminds
me of an experience had last autumn
among the mountains of North Caro-
olina. ] had tramped about all day
making sketches and collecting speci-
mems for my herbarium, and night
found me considerable distance from
my house. The weather was frosty,
and built big wood fire, and, rolling
myself up in my overcoat, lay down be-
fore it. Toward morning the fire died
down and grew chilly and awoke.
started to rise for the purpose of re-
plenishing the fire when / found a
large rattler coiled on my bosom. The
motion awolSe him and he raised his
head and put his vicious rattle in mo-
ton. His head was within ten inches
of my face, so concluded not TO get up
just then. i closed my eyes and lay
still as death for what seemed an age,
then cautiously opened them. His
snakeship was asleep. With a sudden
bound sprang to my feet, throwing
my unwelcomed visitor among the en-
bers. Great scott, what rumpus he
did kick up Instead of trying to get
out he showed fght and whipped the
Goals and ashes around at a lively rate.
1 didn't enjoy the circus much. how
ever, because another snake was spring
ing his rattle in my immediate neigh
borhood and / couldn't locate him. 1
jumped here and there and stared about
me, but all to no purpose, and l began
TO wonder il in my sleep l had mad
vertently swallowed rattler and he
was getting up an alarm in my inter-
nal economy. Presently caught sight
of the critter. He was hanging one
third of his length out of my overcoat
pocket and looking for good place TO
plant his poison. You have seen the
lightning-chapge artists at variety
shows get out of their toggery? Well,
they are not a marker to the way
shucked that overcoat. Let the snake
have it, and went down the mountain
and sat on a gum stump and shivered
with cold and apprehension until morn
ing"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-12-29
SILVER SADDLE AND BRIDLE.
Wonderful Product of Mexican Skill Seen
in q Public Parade.

Wonderful Product of Mexican Skill Seen
in q Public Parade.
A marvellous silver saddle and bride
were brought by citizen of Santa
Barbara and shown in a recent parade,
says the San Diego (Cal) Sun. The
saddle and bride, manufactured Of bull
lion from Mexican dollars, are exquisite
works of art The saddle is of typical
Mexican pattern, with high pommel,
well followed seat and the most elab-
crate of trappings The leather is
stamped with elegant designs, and the
whole thing is complete, costly and
elaborate equipment of good taste and
artistic design, and was an interesting
feature of the parade.
This work was done at Santa Barbara
in 1889 and has just been completed for
the parade. The saddle is studded over
with silver ornaments. The leather
facings are set thick with buttons and
rosettes, the pommel is incased in sill
yer, the corders of the aprons are
tipped with silver, the stirrups are
faced and edged with silver half an
inch thick, deliberately chased and
carved.
The saddletree Is hung with silver
rings fore and aft to answer all the re-
euirements of the vaquero in lacing up
his RATA. The girth, which passes un-
der the horses belly and cinches the
saddle in place, is woven of hair from
horses names by a native artisan and is
fully eight inches broad, with a tassd
hanging at its middle.
The saddle, the bride and all the ap-
pointments are marvels of beauty. The
reins, martingale and whip are COM
posed of solid silver in woven strands.
The headstall is covered with futed sill
YER, with large engraved silver rosettes
at the sides, with decorations of flowers
and heads of wheat, with an elaborate
nose piece with silver engraving. The
side pieces are of silver, massive and
ornate, with silver chain under tho
horses iaw
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-12-29
Byron's Lady Love.

Countess Guicciol, Byron's ina
morata, has her reputation sadly im-
pugned by the author of Gossip of the
Century" That literary iconoclast says
that several people who had known the
countess told him that she was any
thing but beautiful. zone assured me-"
he says, "that her complexion reminded
him of boiled pork, and an
other asserted that her figure was alb
solutely shapeless; that she was not
beautiful, and that so far from POS
sessing any grace OF elegance Of style,
she had the appearance OF short
bolster with string round its middle.
Worse than this, 10 seems that the Guic-
cioli waddled like duck; her feet,
which were as large and fat rs Nine. de
ael's-immortafizcd by her enemy,
Napoleon, when he described her as
standing on her grand pied dc Stael'-
aiding in the suggestion Of this smile.
Az for her manners, they were far from
refined"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-12-29
GREAT FORTUNES OF TO-DAY.
Constantly Increasing by the Force OF
Their Own Momentum.

Constantly Increasing by the Force OF
Their Own Momentum.
The death of Jay Gould sends down
TO his posterity one of the greatest for
tunes In the world. Whether its
amount be $60,000.0 900, e7s,000,000 or
500, ,000, 900, as the varying guesscs are,
II is exceeded in magnitude by only two
or three or perhaps half a dozen of the
large estates In existence.
1t is distinguished from these Ia being
wholly the accumulation of single in
dividual during life which was COM
paratively short. The Astor fortune,
says the New York Sun, is now held by
the descendants OF it's founder in the
fourth generation. Its beginning dates
back nearly century, and during all
that time it has been increasing stead
lily. The grandchildren of Commodore
Vanderbilt have received by direct in
heritance the vast estate left by him,
and in each successive generation its
volume has become greater. Its begin
ming was in the early days Of this cen
tury. When Mr.. Gould was born, In
1885, CommodoreVa Vanderbilt was already
q rich man. The original John Jacob
tAstor lived to tke great age of eighty
three years. Mr.. Gould has died in his
ffty-seventh year, a comparatively
young man. All that he leaves was
gathered by himself alone in the short
period of about thirty years, yet he has
transmitted TO his children fortune
ranking next only TO the Astor and
Vanderbilt estates, though both OF
them were among the greatest in the
world long before he had begun his
accumulation.
The old theory In this country was
that fortune made in one generation
would not last beyond the second or
third generation, but would be scat
tered or dissipated, cursing the heirs
rather than blessing them; and often
times, il not usually, this idea was sus-
tanned in practice. But the great es-
tates of these days, representing mil
lions where the others represented
thousands, become self-perpetuating by
reason of their very magnitude. Their
incomes alone are as great as the princi-
pal of the fortunes of the earlier time,
and are large enough to permit of every
folly and extravaganza in those who en-
Joy them, so that the temptation to i'm
pair the capital is no longer so active.
They breed rather the disposition TO
preserve the goose which lays so rich q
golden egg. They take on the charac-
ter of an enduring institution which
commands the best financial ability in
its management, and this character is
stamped upon them by successive testa-
mentary restraints Not a single one
Of the many great fortunes inherited in
recent years in this country has been
dissipated or is in the way of dissipa-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-12-29
FOOD KEPT FOR AGES.
Eaten ut . Queer Feast Given by Bros
sels Antiquarian.

Eaten 1T . Queer Feast Given by Bros
sels Antiquarian.
"I have eaten apples that ripened
more than one thousand eight hundred
years ago, bread made from wheat
grown before the children Of Israel
passed through the Red sea, spread II
with butter that was made when Eliz-
abeth was queen of England, and
washed down the repast with wine that
was old when Columbus was playing
barefoot with the boys Of Genoa" said
q gentleman the other day to a reporter
for the New York Advertiser.
The remarkable 'spread" was given
by an antiquary named Gorbel, in the
city Of Brussels, in 1871. The apples
were from a jar taken from the ruins OF
Pompeii, that buried city to whose peo-
pie we owe our knowledge of canning
fruit.
The wheat was taken from a chamber
In one of the smaller pyramids, the but
.er from stone shelf in an old well in
Scotland, where it had lain In an earth
enware crock, in icy water, and the
wine came from an old vault in the city
of Corinth.
There were six guests at the table.
and each'had mouthful of the bread
and teaspoonful of the wine. but was
permitted to help himself literally to
the butter. there being several pounds
of it.
The apple jar held about two-thirds
of gallon, and the fruit was as sweet
and the flavor as fine as though put up
Yesterday.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-12-29
Primitive E.hibition of Faith.

In tho little village of Egmanting, In
Bavaria, curious nocturnal expedition
took place. A few minutes after mid
night there suddenly appeared in the
village n party of one hundred and
fifty armed men, mostly peasant pro
prietors, driving, apparently, some
imaginary specters before them. Pres
emily every man discharged his fire
arms. Many OF tho inhabitants who
were indoors, behind strong barriers,
trembled at the thought Of the carnage
that must have ensued Then a special.
ly appointed person recited the record
of the deadly sins by way Of exercising
the spirits OF evil supposed 20 be hover
ing about. As rule nobody dared
venture out; but one more bold than his
fellows did open his doors and expostu.
lated against such an unwsrrantable
disturbance of the night. But the fir
ing party needed him not This cere-
mony Of exercising the evil spirits from
the village continued for an hour. And
as suddenly a. the party had arrived sc
suddenly did they disperse. There was
a strong smell of powder In the air, bu'
not trace of birthstone.