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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-27
rnr car Gors ZOE rae aopnER.

TIE CAT GOlsS fOh lttE hOI HER.
move. Then the young man stepped
its head. During the trouble he
cot which had been held by the snake s
charm disapp AIRED.
Not far from the Gaze of the two
bears at the Phil delphia 100, Roxy,
The big is confined. Two weeks
ago Foxy was a well satisfied and
amiab ape, but now he is moros and
acts very mu like a person with "A
vi orous case of Indigestion. Tho
rea~o for this is becaus he has lost
his playma es. Head Keeper Ryrne
noticed several months ago that
the rats disDla ed Il de-
cided prefer nee for Roxy. They
ran all boat the flo of his cage hid
in he S raw and did not S en- to be a
bit afraid OF him. In fact. the good
natur, d fellow has often been sc n u
take on Of the little s,tors p n his
arms and S 9th and pet il as end~r y
As "a IN er would an ailing child.
hut the attraction was something the
keel ers cOuld no faith IN, So close
watch was k pit on his movements.
livery day for dinner Roxy is fed a
peck of boil, d swt ct pc at es. j.
rectly aft dinner one day mys-
tery was explained. Roxy broke off
the ends OF his sweet pOti toes and
toss d them Doutt e floor # i cage.
In less than tw minu es a dozen or.
more rats We're ms de hAvin G cd
meal. = cps we taken o abate the
nui ance. A big wire trap as baited
with toasted cn,ese and o her dainiies
SO tooth me to the average rodent.
But il was no use, beca Sc Roxy in
sisted on feeding hem in ,ucculent
sweet p tat), and The trap remained
un enant,d, Therefore the big fell
lows sweet potato supply was with
neld one day. and "a liberal supply
placed in the trap T at nigh Roxy $
screams were heard in h mo est
ends of the gard n, and he trap be-
came tull of rats that the door re-
fused to shut.
Every time one OF the doomed rats
approa he'd the tempting trap. 10 v
shook the bars of hi, cage and
shrieked with fury. He did every
thing in he world he could to warn
his little friends, but they all took
the fattl step he trap wa> kept
there for severa da S, and now Roxy
is lone his misery. Superintend-
ent Brown has given an order for a
rubber rat to be constructed and if
this oes not take the place of the lost
pets Roxy will be given place where
he will be close TO cage OF Wonkeys,
and Is thought t e,r antics VIII be
sufficient to keep his mind off lis re-
cent 10 s.
Elias Holt, farmer who lives in
Shades Valley, in the eastern part of
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-27
WHERE WATER COMES FROM.

The Great Oceans Are Fed from the
Hills of the Great Continents.
Where does ali the water in the sea
come from, is question that many u
small boy has asked his father, and
which many father has found him
self utterly unable to answer. Some
idea of whore il comes from may be
gathered from a pl,nce at the follow
ing table of the hourly gu nifty of
wa er discharged into the sea an
nually by some OF the best kno n
rivers of the wo Id. 1T was compiled
by an pert, and may be a cepted as
accurate:
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-27

No ONE denies the greatness o.
Bismarck. But he has been out oil
harmony with the spirit of his age.
He is, we hope, tEO last of the worlds
great men whose creed has been
might makes right" We are liv-
ing too late in history now for men
of "DloCd and iron" Bismarck has
done his work, but totally diff.
ferent type of great mon is needed in
Europe to-day.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-27
accurate:
Million cubic
fnnr n.rh hmm

This of course, throws the question
back step. The question becomes,
where doe, the water il The rivers
come from? Whe, that is answered
by the statement that it comes from
the hills we have rome about as far as
we can go. Water is an element. and
what its or ginal source may be no
man XII ows.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-27

Mis-. BOhEM BEFORE TIE CON NEN1lON.
tearoom we are getting up" The
speaker was Mrs. II ON pson, who has
1t in charge. She raped at the door,
which was opened by most deliv hit
full personage-a tall, dark skinned.
dark eyed native of India On his
head was a towering turban of pale
pink silk; in his ear were massive
ear rings, and he wore long TO be
and the wrinkled, c osely fitting white
trousers and embroidered sbo of his
native country. lie was introduced,
but his name is unspellahle. The tee
room is decorated with rugs. divans
tables. cabinets, carved and inlaid, all
of Indian workmanship. There were
draperies of silk and gauze, and one
teak calipet, the decoration of which
represented the work of thirteen m n
TO. twoyears. The tearoom is enclosed
by cutting OF on one end of the assem-
bly, roof with screens covered with
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-27
Misplaced FEAR.

All languages have Ii erature of
terror about cath But living Is far
more terrib e in reality than dying.
1t is life that foments pride, that in-
fluences vanity. that exeites the pas
s ons, that feeds the appetites, that
POUNDS and builds habits that estab-
fishes character, and, binding up the
seperate straws o. action into one
sheaf, hands IL TO the future, saying:
"As ye rave sowed, so shall We reap;"
and again: "As ye reap, so shall ye
sowr'
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-27

A LARGE forgotten reservoir was
tapped at Lockport, n. Y, the other
day by workingmen who were eXca-
waiting for foundation. 1t belonged
to a system of water works aban-
doned many years ago.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-27

THE British insinuation. that "the
Valkyrie has crossed the ocean, which
the Nigilant will never do" isn't in
the best of taste When it becomes
necessary to send an American yacht
across the ocean to bring back the
cup the yacht will go, but it doesn't
look now as if it would be necessary
for q while.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-27

One day, recently, such mixture of
entertainment entered into the pro-
gram that it seems worth recounting,
as an instance of that var Gty which
the Fair makes possible. i meeting
of the Indiana S ate com mission had
been called for 1880 o'clock. SO the
duty there was the first business IN
hand, and exciting business it proved
to be. During the summer the women
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-27

ONE OF Boston's peasantest small
charities is the furnishing of street
car tickets in summer to poor in
valids for rides in the suburbs of that
city, bat it is asserted by the con-
ductors that very many OF these
tickets are misused, being rendered
them by persons Who not only are
not i'll. but are. from their dress and
appearance. abundantly able to pay
their own fares.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-27

MEMORIAL BUILDING, NEW HAVEN.
English. is completed and has been
lorna ly opened to the p bile It New
Haven.
The building is colonial in design.
three cries in h light, and is tuated
on Grove street, facing hillhouse ave-
ie, on ground closely identified with
he early h story Of New Haven. The
sp cious interior is designed to d s.
play to adv ntage the va liable collec-
tiun of the 20 iety, which is the finest
in the state. and inc udes relics of the
early settl, m mt of the colony, OF rev.
olutionary times and the British inva-
sion of the city, besides valuable fur
nj ur china. paintings so ne OF tn
latter very old and valuable The So
ciety so possesses many of the effects
of lie edict Arnold, whose old house
is st II standing, mong them the
curious sign which hung from his
drug shop The rev building on
tains la pe lecture room and is we'll
fitted for the purpose intended.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-27
AS DONE BY A WOMAN.
A DAY SEEING THE SIGHTS OF
THE FAIR
From the DIscordant Session of LADY
Managers to the Wild scsnes in
Col Cody's wild WEEKDAYS Wan
behring's.
Worlds Fair Correspondence

ii E VISITOR to
the Worlds Fair
can never tell how
the day will de-
vel W, whal expert
ences and plea ures
it is destined to
bring. 1t is a place
pre-eminent where
the uneN pe C tie d
happens, and the
summing up in the
e V e Il in e is fire.
quently surprising.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-27

DE-. MARY WALKER says, according
to report, that Arthur b. Snoad Of
Syracuse, n. Y, is II. l.. Norcross,
who threw the dynamite bomb at
Russell age and that he also COM
mitted the Christie Warden murder
DIR. Mary should not rest here. She
should also accuse him of being Jack
the Ripper
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-27

BOsTON detectives did a great
piece of work in exposing the scheme
for wholesale smuggling of furs from
Canada 1t is no small undertaking
to inforce custom system having
little but long wall of thin air as a
defense against the heaviest tempta-
tions to smuggle.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-27

It's no use for New York to talk of
carrying through beat-the-record
worlds fair scheme. either ten years
or 100 years heAce. New York is too
cosmopolitan and not sufficiently
patriotic to do anything very great
in order that the city as a whole may
get the benefit
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-27

Has some diabolical power be-
witched all railroad management and
all railroad employees so that they
cannot run their trains without a
daily accident? Enough railroad
accidents for twenty years have been
crowded Into as many weeks.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-27

Two men in New York had duel
with sickles and one was harvested.
1t was not an atrray growing from a
trihe. 1t seems that the aggressor
had first lent a pipeful OF tobacco to
the aggressee. and had been re-
quested to augment the loan by a
match. There are times when the
revival OF the code cannot be wholly
condemned.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-27

The transatlantic record has been
broken again and the time between
New York and Queenstown reduced
TO five days, thirteen hours, and
twenty-five minutes. If it is lowerea
any further passengers won't have II
chance to recover from sea-sicknes5
ere landing, which would be an in
finite saving TO the steamship com
panies in the way of provisions.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-27

A GERMAN Psychologist endeavors
to prove that Ben amin Franklin was
not the deviser, but merely the re-
discoverer OF the liyhtning conduc-
tor, as he claims that he has abund-
ant testimony that the ancient
Egyptians used a form of this useful
instrument for protecting their tenn
pies against discharges of atmos-
pheric electricity.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-27
A POLICE court practitioner being

A POLICE court practitioner being
offered Sl2 TO undo take the defense
of an accused dynamiter declined the
fee and the case. 1t is the first in
stance of the kind recorded, and
among his fellows his conduct is
viewed as little less than unprofes-
sional, especially as $12 was all the
man had.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-27
Fields

ACCORDING to Kate Fields
Washington: The most offensive
spectacle on earth TO self-respect-
ing American is one of his country
men posing as secondrate English
man "
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-27

SO VAST are the ruins of Pompeii
that they cannot all be excavated, at
the ordina y rate of progress. before
the middle of the next century-on
the Eu opean plan. that is. Chicago
would h ave the whole place cleared
up, and choice corner lots for sale,
in just about four weeks from the
time when the first tipcartful OF
ashes was tkaen away.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-27
STORIES OF ANIMALS.
a CAT CHARMED BY A GOPHER
SNAKE.
A Philadelphia Ape Feeding Rats in
the Zoo-A Tom Cat Mistakes Tur-
ties Head for Rat and Promptly
DecapItates 1t.

Z A j. M, > % Is IL X
young man went
up on he roof OF
one of the old build
ings of san Fran
cisco the 9th + day
TO enjoy the air.
Over by a CHI Kinney
a black cat was
closelr wa tching
something that the
young man C uld
not see. lie step
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-27

A YOUNG student of political econ
omy fails b see how the price OF
flour may go up while the price OF
wheat Is going down, as sometimes
reported in newspaper trade articles.
Why he hasn't learned the A j C's
of the science OF speculation.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-27
New Ravens Memorial Building.

+. English and pres 'nted to the New
aven TO MY Historical society as a
memorial OF is parents, the late Gov.
James +. English ami Carroll ne A.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-27

ENGLAND manifests a tendency TO
Interfere ia the affairs OF Brazil.
There is no particular reason for it
unless that Braz rs affairs are none
of highlands business.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-27
NAVIGATING REPTILES.
SNAKES FOUND I'M THE PHIL
LIPINE ISLANDS.

Awful Fate of the servant of an Amer
lean Resident at I'll Rando-Ths Mans
Bones Found in the Reptile After IL
Had Been killed-Snake Charming.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-27
IIIdS hUIVi d IdTIIt3 WHO IINtS III
Shades Valley, in the eastern part of

ROA1 FIELDING TIE KANS+
this county, witnessed an interesting
battle between n cat q turtl a
few days ago, says a Birmi CHAM,
Ala, corresponds, { Of the ST Louis
Globe Democrat. Holt owns n la ge
tom cat named Scrapper, VIII ch has
for years been the terror of all the
other cats and all the dogs in the
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-08-19
THE LATEST.

THERE is a story of broken faith on
The part of the Union Pacific behind the
application of receiver for the Gulf &
Denver branch.
THE lines in the Western Passenger
association will try week of straight
one-fare-round-trip rates to the world S
fair in the near future.
CLARENCE NJ. Dow. son Of Denver
millionaire, has surrendered at Fort
sam Houston, where he is now held on
charge of desertion from the army.
The arrest of tramp at Logansport,
Ind, disclosed the existence of a
thorough organization of thieves.
Gov. TILLMAN, of South Carolina, has
applied to have the sobriquet of that
state. Palmetto registered as trade
mark for dispensary liquors.
THE New Orleans bureau of freight
and transportation has taken up the
project of Gov. Lewelling for gulf
route to Europe.
MGR SAToLLI celebrated pontifical
mass in Archbishop Corrigan's cathe-
1ral The occasion was made memor-
able by the presence of the archbishop,
who affirmed his obedience to the pope
through the ablegate.
The striking worlds fair chair push
ers have issued an appeal to fellow col
lege students not to take their places.
AN excursion party which left Kildee
in the southwestern part OF county
Clare to cross the river Shannon in
Ireland were thrown into the water by
the capsizing of the boat and seventeen
of them were drowned.
A BILL has been introduced in tho
senate to increase by ten the number OF
Cherokees entitled to allotments in the
strip and if this passes it will mean a
still further delay in the opening.
SECRETARY GRESHAM is not satisfied
with the Behring sea decision, because
it will put the United States to u great
deal of trouble and expense in guard
ing the seals.
THE leading speech in the house on
the 10th. was made by Congressman
BRYAN, OF Nebraska, who made an elo-
uuent plea for free coinage of silver.
MICHAEL. CLOoNAY, of the st. Paul
fire department, was killed ut fire in
that city the other night
NEAR Danville, Va, n passenger
train went through bridge. seven per-
sons being killed and may injured.
HARTER, one of the anti-silverite
leaders fears that the bill for free coin
age at the rate of 20 to will pass the
house.
Iowa republicans nominated F. d.
Jackson for governor and adopted an
anti-prohibltion plank in the platform
Much conmcnt wa caused.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-08-19
Tell That to the "Marines."

A visitor to one of our warships, hav-
ing heard an unlikely story from COM
panion, exclaimed: ''Oh, tell that to-
the marines" A sergeant of marines
scowled. lie turned to a reporter who
was standing near and said: 1T
seems very funny to some people to-
slur the marines. They call us 'tur--
keys and talk Of the horse marines
and tell all the liars to come and spin
their yarns to us. 1t is tiresome. The
marines are just rs useful as the sailors
and have as much to do. I've been in
the service eight years, and tell you
the standing of the marine corps is.
every bit as good Us the army. The,
men know as much and behave as well
as any enlisted men in government SER
vice, and, between you and me, they
don't drink as much as the officers.
They don't get pay enough. IN. Y.
SIM.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-08-19
PROPERLY INTRODUCED.
How MT. Nobody Does the Honors for Ms.
Greatman.

How MT. Nobody Does the Honors for MP.
Grcatman.
'Fellow citizens" exclaimed the
chairman of the meeting, whom nobody
knew, ~ take great pleasure in intro
ducing to you the distinguished guest
whom we have assembled this evening
to honor. l am glad it has fallen to
my lot to welcome him among u.s. l
can assure you that his fame as IN in
corruptible statesman, an honored pub
lie servant, a man of stainless record,
of irreproachable private life, of gener-
Gus impulses and of commanding tall
ents as an orator, diplomat and man of
affairs has preceded him. / am no.
stranger-we are none of us strangers
to his worth and among those who hold
him in high esteem claim a foremost
rank. honor him for his statesman
ship and his devotion.to truth. Iesteem
him for his admirable personal quail
ties. i respect him for his purity Of
character and may say-in fact will
say-that know of no other man whom
/ rank higher in the possession of the
attributes have mentioned.
IL repeat that the honor of introduce
ing such distinguished fellow-citizen
to this audience has fallen to me. es-
TEEN it high privilege. l shall al
ways consider it one of the proudest
moments of my life. I shall long look
back upon it as an important event in.
my history. / shall embalm this hour
this occasion-in my memory, and if
should live thousand years it will
always seem as fresh to me rs at this
moment. rejoice, say again, to be
the medium of introducing to you our
illustrious guest, whom l." etc.
Then the distinguished orator and.
statesman, the Hon. Mr.. Greatman,
whom everybody knew, rose and said:
II thank you sincerely, my friends,
for this kind reception" - Chicago
News
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-08-19
THE SOUTH.

IT is understood that the two COM
panies of the United States troops at
Fort Barancas, near Pensacola, Fla,
will be removed to some other post on
account of the yellow fever in that vi
cinity. The government is taking act
i've measures to prevent the spread OF
the disease.
THE widow of Senator Kenna, OF
West Virginia, who died poor man,
has teen appointed postmistress at
Charleston, w. Va, and her son, Ar
thur, has been made page in the SEN
ate.
REVENUE officers seized an extensive
Illicit whisky still In Rockcastle coun-
ty. KY. and destroyed the apparatus
and considerable quantity of moon
shine whisky.
On the Lockhart branch of the Mis-
souri,, Kansas Sc Texas road, near Smith
vile, Tex, ambushed assassins fred
upon a section gang, dangerously
wounding Robert Hamilton and three
others. Hamilton will die.
THE Missouri, Kansas & Texas re-
fused to comply with the Texas scalper
law and passenger rate war is ex-
pected.
SIX young men of Shelbyville, Ala,
became involved in drunken fight
and three of them were fatally
wounded.
Z. j. FULLER shot and killed b. C..
Parker clothing merchant at Fay
ettesville, n. C. Fuller claims to have
shot in self defense.
The yellow fever scare ut Pensacola,
Fla, seems to have been unfounded.
An investigation made it probable that
the supposed cases were not yellow
fever.
The trouble at Meachambeat, Ala,
was reported about over. Three OF the
gang were killed, but several OF the
leaders made their escape.
FRANK CARR shot and killed James
Taylor, near the Four Seasons hotel,
at marlborough, Ky. Carr escaped
to the mountains.
THE secretary of the Commercial
club of Nashville. Tenn, after an in
vestigation into the bank situation, has
issued statement to the effect that
the First and American national and
the state banks which suspended pay
ment would, in the near future, reopen
and that they are entirely solvent
AT meeting of the associated banks
of Little Rock, Ark, it was decided to
place certified checks in circulation and
limit the amount which any depositor
can withdraw in one day to SO.
KENTUCKY distillers have appealed to
the courts for relief in the matter OF
forced payment of taxes on whisky
soon to be taken out of bond.
THE roads out of Memphis have begun
rate cutting to the worlds fair.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-08-19
THE EAST.

Miss ANNA THURsToN was drowned
at Huntington, Long Island, in brave
effort to save the life of her little sis
ter.
Ebert S. CARMAN has been appoint
I'd receiver of the Rural Publishing Co.
which publishes the Rural New Yorker
Ind the Az erican Gardener. The liza
6ilities, it is said, amount to nearly
100000.
RICHARD MUsER was found dead near
his home ut Suffern, n. y, with bull
let hole in his head. He was a rich
lace merchant in New York. There is
believed to be u mystery behind what
is thought to be his self destruction.
SIX cholera cases were removed to
Swinburne island, New York, on the
18th.
THE new cruiser Minneapolis, twin
sister to the Columbia, has been sue
cessfully launched at Philadelphia
THE Economic society of Pennsyl-
vania is in the throes of dissolution. 1t
Is unable to pay wages to employees
Ex-PREsIDENT HARRISON has left
Beverly, Mass, for Cape May, where
he will remain until he goes to the G..
A. X. encampment ut Indianapolis.
RECORDER SMYTHE, of New York, has
sentenced DR.. Buchanan, the wife
poisoner, to be electrocuted during the
week beginning Monday, October II.
PAUL BoURGET, the French novelist,
has arrived in New York.
OVER 1000 men have been given en-
ployment by the starting up of many
iron mills in the Pittsburgh, Pa, dis
frict