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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-08-11
WHIMS AND ERRORS.

At a recent Clarke colnty, A'ablmI
wedding the groom was fifteen years
old and the bride twenty years his
senior.
In Christiania, Sweden, with its
l6 600 inhabitants, there are only
twcnty-sevcn places where liquor is
retailed.
A set of false teeth, around which
oysters had formed, was unearthed BY
dredges near Moorehead City. on the
gulf coast
\ Phi adelphia girl who hid furn-
ished house and compl .ted all other
arrangements for h wedding post.
poned the event because she couldn't
get COOL servant girl.
A volume entitled "The Book OF
DEATH" for private circulation only,
was published many years ago. It is
a compen Iium of the deeds and say
ings of eminent men on their death
beds.
The determination of the British
admiralty to complete as nearly as
possible sixteen warships and ten tor
redo boats within a year shows that
England intends to remain mistress
of the sea.
One of the oldest houses in America
Is generally rpputed to be located at
Santa Fe, n. NJ. The building was
erected before the Spanish conquest,
and it is additionally reported that
Coronado stopped there in 1910.
A family named Fox has been settled
on farm on the duke o. Devonshire-
Hathersage estate for over 500 years,
and there Is n legend to the effect
that the founder of the house camc
over with William the Conqueror.
Nicholas Welsh, an elevator bov in
Jersey City has been elected Justice
OF the peace. No one wanted the
Office and his name was put on the
ticket as joke. The joke was made
com lete b. his unexpected election.
The following composition was
written by a ten year-old nephew oi
Josh Billings when the teacher gave
him I'D ,gs and Cats" for a subject:
"Dogs and kats ALWAYS fife ecn luther
when tina git chance, but dog amt
no match for kat because kat kin
make her tail biggern ball club and
run up a tree while u dogs gettin
riddy."
DR. De Boissy of Havre is a centena-
rian still in professional practice. His
father, he said. lived to be los. and IA
for himself, he has every hope of going
on for long while yet, laboring in
the cause of suffering humanity. Dur-
ing the late cholera epidemic DR.. Dc
Boissy distinguished himself and Is
said to have gained a medal of honor
for the arduous work no performed.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-08-11
Two Escape From JACKSON Prison.

Fred IIanley and Charles Justice es-
capped from the state prison at Jack
son in a remarkabe manner. Il 9TH
men were undergoing punishment for
infraction of the prison rules. They
were handcuffed and "suspended'-
that is, their hands were fastened to
the grating above their heads, leaving
their toes on the tluor. They We're
still in this position and apparently
secure when they were fed at noon.
But between the hours of and they
managed 70 slip the bracelets. Next
they were obliged to pick the locks of
two sets OF steel doors, This let them
into the prison yard, where they were
confronted by wall 20 feet in height.
How they scaled this is as much of IA
mystery as the slipping of the hand
cuffs and the picking OF the locks; but
scale it they did, and departed without
encountering any one to stay their out
ward march. One of them left his
shoes at the foot of the wall.
Fred llanley is l7-year burglar
from st. Joseph. Justice was serving
a Swear term FIR burg AIRY, having been
sentenced from Berrlen county.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-08-11
who Fired the ShotY

Henry Lyvere, aged 60 years, was
found dead near his house two miles
from Ovid with a bullet hoe in his
back. The discovery was made by
Lyvere's wife and her half-brother,
John Lape, who is now under arrest
charged with the murder. The affair
is shrouded in mystery. Lyvere was a
pioneer in that section and owned 50
acres of land. The wife and brother
in-law insist that it was case of sui
eide, while neighbors are equally GER
tain that he met his death at the hands
of an assassin.
The statements of his wife and her
brother, who first found the body in
the farm lane 20 rods from the house
with a revolver in one hand and an AK
in the other, are conflicting in several
important details.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-08-11
DREADED sTowAwAYs.
Tarantulas, Scorpions and Centipedes In
Fruit Steamships.


Those who loiter about the Fast
river docks and othor landinga ef
steamships engaged in the Southern
fruit trade and watch the gangs OF
workmen busily unloading the i'm
mense punches of bananas, whose
yellow luster is later to gladden. many
81 household, are seldom aw ire OF
the danger these workmcn are con-
stantly in (. ON various venono ls
and unwelcome stowaways frequently
found hiding amidst the green
punches of tropical fruit Scare ,ly
a wagon load Of the fruit is taken
from a ship that some sort Of deadly
poisonous reptile, spider or insect is
not hidden away beneath the layers.
The an mai life which takes FREQ
passage from foreign countries by
storing itself awaJ in tbs bInches OF
bananas would furnish food for an
interest ny volume on natural his
tory.
80 ac custoned have tho handlers
OF this fruit become to seeing Zig,
hairy tarantulas crawl out of the
punches AM up the legs of their
trousers that they whisk them to
tae floor ana step upon them with
no more concern than if they were
harmless bugs or caterpillars, instead
of the venomous insect, that they are.
The bite Of Soutn American Ia an
tula is in all cases pois nous. and in
many instances deadly yet their
e.
handlers no more terror than If they
were the most harmless of spiders.
They are more frequently found in
bananas than any other reptiles, and
they come from every place from
which bananas are shipped. They
are black and fuzzy, with long, hairy
legs and little beadike eyes, which
twinkle and snap like electric sparks,
and their very appearance would
strike terror to the hea Is of those
who are not accustomed to seeing
them. AS a rule the bodies OF these
big spiders are about the size of the
end of mans thumb. but sometimes
q "Gulliver" ccawls out into dayig ht.
and he is imme lately captured and
Gagged.
Tuose OF the tarantula4 which are
not aroused by the JOlting Of the
punches in handling and keep hiding
are slowed away in tae hot collars OF
the dealers, where they become
warmed up and crawl out and spend
the remainder of their days in the
cracks of the ripening TO ms with
the domestic rats and other small
animals with which these cellars
abound.
Snakes are not infrequently found
Noiled around the stalk of bunch of
lananas and the are seldom killed.
AS rule the variety i p culiar and
a ready market is always found where
they can b. disposed Of at reasona-
bic price.
They rarely escape after the ba-
nanas have been lifted from the hold
of the vessel If the snake becomes
curious when the air and light strike
him and he sticks his head out for u
survey of the surroundings, he is i'm
mediately bounced upon and i'm
prisoned. If he remains TO be slowed
away in the ripenng room the heat
invariably wakes hi up and he UNI
coils himself and crawIs out.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-08-11
FROM OUR own STATE.
NEWS WHICH WILL INTEREST
WOLVERINES.
Gen. w. r. lines, of Grand Rapids, Wei:-
known Throughout the State, Is Dead.
MANY Homes Burn In Forest Fires.
Mysterious Murder Near Ovid.

Gen. William p. Innes died at his
home in Grand Rapids after suffering
several months from pneumonia and
subsequent complications.
The life of Mr. lnnes has been full
of work and honor. lie is one of the
highest Masons in the state, and in
the history of the war his name and
that of the regiment he commanded
will occupy conspicuous place. lie
was born 81 years ago in New York,
and at the age of - became the sup
port Of his widowed mother and fam
ly. lie worked on the Erie railroad
as civil engineer, and in 1853 came to
Michigan. lie supervised the con-
struction of the d., q. III. Il Nj. rail-
road, riding on the first engine that
arrived at Grand Rapids. lie so
made the survey for the &. r. IL /. up
to MaclSinaw. When the war broke
out Mr.. lnnes raised the famous regi-
ment of Michigan engineers and me IN
anics, and was made co.onel. The
regiment was of great aid To the gov
eminent in repairing bridges and
opening roads
After the war Col. Innes became, by
brevet, Brig. ten. lnnes. lie engaged
in the railroad business in the south,
at one time being president and gen.
eral manager OF the Nashville Il Ten
nessee. In 1865 he came to Grand
Rapids and engaged in the insurance
and real estate business, aud was rail
road commissioner under Gov. Begole.
AS n Mason Col. lnnes was widely
known. lie was for four years grand
secretary of the grand lodge and grand
chapter, and grand recorder OF the
grand commandery. In the consistOry
he had attained the 33d degree. Two
years ago he was elected grand master
of the grand lodge.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-08-11
Rirthplnce of II. Patrick.

The most recent inve tigators hold
that St Patrick was born in Scotland
at what Is now fitzpatrick, in
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. The story OF
his capture by pirates goes better
with the history of Western Scotland
in the sixth century than with that
OF boulogne. in France. at the same
time
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-08-11
ARem,rkaI,ls ralth Cure.

About year ago Mrs. Porter went
TO the sanitarium at Battle Creek foi
treatment She underwent three very
dangerous operations several months
after, and it was thought that it would
be most year till she could leave
her room. She was utterly unable T.
walk. a few weeks ago she says She
resorted to the faith cure, and after a
long prayer she suddenly got out oil
her bed. Now she can walk many
miles day without any trouble.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-08-11

The second annual convention of the
National Railway Postal Clerks asso-
citation convened at st. Paul, and will
continue for three days.
The London Standards correspond
emit at Buda Pesth says the wheat
crop in Hungary will be 1000, 900
hundred weight in excess of the
estimate and that the quality Is excel
lent.
Ex-Vice President Morton's barn at
Ellerslee, near Rhinebeck, N. Y, with
chicken houses and outbuildings, to-
gether with one hundred head of
Guernsey cattle and all farm horses,
was destroyed by fire.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-08-11
The Chic.gn Iinr.

Teacher-What are you boys fight
Ing abousP
Tommy Lakeside--Why. that chump
was atryin' to make believe that
Adam was the first man. when every
body knows twas Columbus
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-08-11

The report of the assignee of C. w.
Chaplin ~ Company's bank in Stanton
shows that the assets amount To $21.-
295.O9; liabilities, 53,547.37. An in
vestigation is threatened by the credi-
tors, who. IL Is thought, will get Is or
90 cents on the dollar.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-08-11
No Cn .nge.

"How are sandwiches quoted now"
said one railway passenger to another,
who was coming from refreshment
stand at the station with couple in
his hand.
"tirm to hard at 10 cents" was
the reply.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-08-11
Politene.s In Chicago

He--They are awfully polite at the
worlds fair
She How is that?
He-Why. they call every woman
who goes to the fair. no matter how
homely she is, fair visitor.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-08-11

Walter, the 1i-year.old son of Elder
Crippen, of Otisville, fell froIa beam
in a barn aud broke his nAck. lie died
instantly.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-08-11
It was n Man WIN said This.

IL Was n Mar VIII" Said This.
at was woman who took the
prize in the missing word contest"
IL am not surprised at it. A
Uoman Is never at q loss for words"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-09-08
DO Women Outlive Menu

"The Length and Preservation of
Life" is book recently published by
Professor Buechner of Germany. 1t
contains some interesting references
to the methods adopted by some
women who have reached an advanced
age to preserve their strength and
beauty. The Oldest woman alluded
to was Marie Prion, who died in St.
Colombo, France, in 1888, at the
reputed age of 1853 years. She lived
too long to be anything but repulsiye
looking person-in spite of her pretty
name. But close after Marie comes
the frisky Countess of Desmond, an
Irish noblewoman who died in the
! eign of James L., aged 145 years,
t rom the effects of q wound. She
c ut her teeth three times, took jour.
n ey from Bristol to London when lac
y, sars old, and actually danced (pre'
gu mabiy in balleD when she had lef,
a whole century behind her. A French
DIR essmaker, real, true, old maid, dice
un married at the age Of lis years, ant
wa followed to the grave by forty-fivt
old women who had been her pupils il
ne, ,dlework. Mrs. Marie Prescott, o
Su sex, England, died at the compare
lively kittepish age of los years, bu
then she WAS the mother of Thirty
seven children
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-09-08

pass the doors for fear of some secret
process leaking out, and the workmen
are sworn not to divulge the facts.
Generally one workman knows
only one part of the process and
not the whole of it. 1 could mention
thousands of products in common use
whose manufacture is secret. Most
OF these are made in Europe, like
Chartreuse, whose secret is kept by
the monks at the monastery of Char
treuse, where the liqueur is made"
"Supposing young inventor made
great discovery affecting the whole
commercial world, how is he 10 keep
it secret?"
"The money which an inventor can
make" replied Mr.. Edison, {" is not to
be made in the big but in the little
discoveries. AS soon as an important
mechanical invention becomes known
by your applying for a patent, then
pirate comes in and ste.ls it, and the
practice OF the courts gives the pirates
the benefit of the doubt, it taking
years to bring the case to trial. 1t is
not so much the patent laws that are
at fault as the practice of the United
States Circuit Courts. The man who
first secures the patent or first makes
the application for the patent ought
to have the benefit of the doubt until
the question OF priority has been set
tied by the courts. If he has infringed
the rights of others, then the latter
would be only too anxious to bring the
case to trial and have it settled, in
stead of. as is now done, staving off
the trial from year to year while the
poor inventor is being robbed. Many
patent cases are decided in favor OF the
inventor only after the patent has al.
most run out, when its future life is
short and of little value. All this
ought to be settled by our lawmakers,
and it would be if they were statesmen
and not politicians. l can tell you
that il this change were made in the
practice OF the courts there would be
rush OF invention and discovery in
this country such as we have never
seen."
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-09-08
IT iNTERFERRED WITH SCIENCE.
Unknown Powers that n Savant
Could Not Explain.

A homely illustration is sometimes
more telling than volumes of fine-spun
argument. The author of the specu-
lations entitled Along New England
Roads," says that set of village
worthless was one day engaged upon
the problem of miracles. "The laws
OF nature are what we all have to de-
pend on" said the young doctor, and
they never change. It's certain that
if you plant potatoes they won't come
up pumpkins. You know that as
we'll as / do, Stephen" Stephen was
an elderly man, hard featured and
sunburned, with a shrewd twinkle in
his eye. He spoke in mild, inquiring
sort of way, in vivid contrast with the
doctors self-opinionated Tone"
81 don't know much about the laws
OF nature, but l suppose you mean
somethin' like this, that when let
go this jackknife it'll fall to the floor"
and he stretched out long arm hold
ing an open knife by the blade be.
tween his thumbs and finger.
Exactly" said the doctor. "That's
the law OF gravitation."
"And it's sure to fall and needn't
be afraid of a miracle? Look here,
doctor, where did the law come from
that binds it to fall? What made
that particular lawY"
"The learned men who have inyes-
tigated the laws of nature have not
yet found their origin" said the doc
tor. honestly. "They will in time"
"And you can't tell me what made
the law that binds that jackknife to
fall down."
"No, can't. It's enough to know
that it will fall"
" No chance OF anything supernatu-
raj? No miracle?"
Nonsense! Let 60 the blade"
Stephens thumb and finger sepa-
rated and remained apart. The Jack
knife was not on the floor. 1t was
hanging to the wooden ceiling over
head, its blade buried half an inch
deep in the soft pine. For about 10
seconds no one spoke. Stephen was
looking at the DOCTOR"
Somethin' supernatural happened,
didn't it?" asked he.
"You jerked the knife up yourself"
We'll, that want nat'ral, was itr'
The doctor hesitated.
Now, see here, DOCTOR" said the old
man. "Just tell me how old your
law is that the jackknife has got to
fall"
Millions OF years. Just as long as
there has been anything to fall"
"And how old is the law that said
my jackknife must 60 up there and
stick its blade in that white pine cell
ing? Just. three minutes and half,
by the clock. And if that's so it's
always just as like as not that whoever
made the thing 60 down will make it
60 up without you or me or anybody
else knowing what made it go. Your
science is all right, doctor, jus: as long
as it talks about what it knows, but
when it don't take into account that
somethin' may interfere, why, it amt
wuth any more'n a last years almanac
to tell feller what the weather's
goin' to be-"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-09-08
WHOLE NUMBER 1853.
MANY WOMEN LAWYERS.
They Found OpPesitiOn at First,
Hut are Now Numerous.

The number of women who have
gained admission to the bar is much
larger than has generally been sup
posed, says the New York Tribune.
Most of the Western law schools and
many in the Eastern admit women as
we'll as men as students.
In some of the States women had
much difficulty in obtaining admis-
sion to the bar even after the law
schools had granted them diplomas.
Mrs. Bella A. Mansfield OF Mount
Pleasant, Iowa, was the first woman
to be admitted to the practice of the
law. She passed the necessary exam
ination in June, 1869.
The second woman who became a
lawyer in this country, SO far as is
known, was Miss Lamma Barkalow OF
Brooklyn, N. Y, who was admitted to
the bar in Missouri in March, 1870.
The third to gain the desired privi-
lege was Miss Sarah Kilgore, who was
graduated from the law school of the
Michigan University in March, 1871.
Among the women lawyers whose
names are best known in this country
are Mrs. J. Ellen Foster, Mrs. Belva
A. Lockwood, Miss Leila J. Robinson,
Miss Phoebe w. Couzins, Miss Alice X.
Jordan, who alone has degree from
the Yale law school, and Miss Mary A.
Ahrens, we'll known for philanthropic
work in Chicago.
Some of the women in the various
States of the Union who have become
members OF the bar use their legal
knowledge only in caring for their
own property, others are engaged ex-
gagged exclusively in Office work, but
several appear in court and trans
act all the usual business of active
practitioners.
There are several firms in the West
in which the husband and wife are
partners in carrying on the occupation
of attorneys and conselors.
In one case the husband is entirely
deaf, and the wife consequently has
the larger share in carrying on active
litigation. The profession of the law
has not yet become so popular among
women as that of medicine, but the
number of women who practice as
lawyers has greatly increased within
the last five or six years.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-09-08
WHEN HUSBANDS TREMBLE.
A Wholesale Conspiracy to Poison
Thena IL Undesirable.

At the beginning Of the eighteenth
century husband-poisoning conspi-
racy was discovered in Naples by the
bungling effort of q nobleman's wife
to poison her huband. She was put
to torture and confessed that she had
received her poison from an old wo-
man named Toffania. Toffania was
arrested and placed on the rack, but
the most exquisite tortures failed to
make her divulge the names of her
customers. Her servants we're not so
stubborn, and q list of the women fre.
quenting her house was obtained.
Naples stood aghast, for among the
number were many of the best known
women in the city. Thousands of ar
rests were made, among the number
being princesses. duehesses, countesses
and others of noble rank, besides greai
numbers of wives of bankers, mer
chants, tradesmen aud gentlemen
For three years the courts were busy
with poisoning cases; 200 women were
beheaded; 200 were hanged; nearly
100. in consideration Of their rank ant
families, were privately strangled ir
prison, and nearly 1000 whipped, i'm
prisoned or banished.
Toffania admitted to having beer
party to over 600 murders that sht
knew of, and how many more sht
could not tell, for her poison, under
the name OF aqua posana, or mama o
st. Nichola, was sent in walls all ovel
Europe. 1t was believed to be a prep
aration of arsenic, was colorless, almos
tasteless and from four to six drops
formed a fatal dose. The barbarity
with which the crime of poisoning was
on this occasion, punished by the
Naples authorities put stop to pois
oning in Italy for long time.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-09-08

Thomas A. Edison's advice to young
inventors is not to seek perpetual mo-
ton or way to manufacture dia.
monds, but to find a new tool that will
do the work OF several men. The in.
ventor, he says, should keep the tool
a secret, as secrecy offers better pro-
lection than the patent laws. No
matter what the machine may cost,
Mr.. Edison says that the inventor
should make one and go into the
business of manufacturing the pro-
dnct in competition with all comers.
These he can easily undersell, and at
the end of the first year he will find
that he has saved the amour. he
would have paid out in wages to work.
men, and which will represent far
more than the interest of the money
invested in the machine. This is all
profit and it will be found, as a rule,
says Mr.. Edison, that such a machine
will pay for itself in very short time.
The secret OF the success of Andrew
Carnegie and many other large manu-.
facturers is that they are constantly
looking for labor-saving machinery,
and will procure it at no matter what
expense.
"a certain operation" said Mr..
Edison, "may take 40 men. You in
vent machine that will do it with
the assistance OF one man, and you
save the wages of 80 men, besides let
ting only the one man into the secret.
With such a machine you can manu-
facture the product at one -thirty-ninth
oil its cost to you, can sell it SO per
cent. less than he and still make a
profit OF at least 95 per cent. on the
labor alone. AS long as you keep
that machine to yourself you have a
monopoly of the market"
"Why not get out a patent"
Because" said Mr.. Edison, "your
patent will be stolen, and soon as
your rival secures a machine like
yours your invention is valueless and
you have no advantage over him. 1t
Is always best to keep the secret if it
possibly be DONE"
lis this policy of secrecy pursued to
any large extent~
1.-The Kelley gold cure is case in
point where millions of dollars have
been made out of secret process. In
many oil the largest factories in this
country strangers are not allowed to