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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-02-09
scRAPPY INFORMATION.

PAPER is made from tobacco stalks.
Massachusetts, has zoo button fac
tories
Two hundred and three blast fur
naces use anthracite coal.
Pumpkins weighing ESQ pounds
have been grown in California.
Cairo, Egypt has population esti-
mated at 500 900 of which $4,000 are
Europeans.
The greatest depth recorded of Lake
Michigan is SO feet or about one
sixth of mile.
The cost of the buildings, grounds
and administration of the worlds fair
was SIS, 600, 600.
Seven hundred and twenty tons of
cardboard are sTid to be utilized every
year in the use of postal cards
Statistics show that the average Of
arrests for drunkenness during the
worlds fair was but one day.
Probably the finest private collection
of butterflies in the world is owned
by Barthold Neumoegen, New York
broker.
The iron lighthouse exhibited at
the worlds fair is to replace the
WaaclSaaclk beacon, near Sandy Hook.
The new tower is ninety-six feet high,
thirty feet taller than the present one.
Professor Elibu Thompson, the
electrical expert, offers brass wire
cage or an umbrella with brass chains
hanging from the ends of the ribs As
complete protection from thunder
bolts.
New York furnishers of mems
clothing are making an effort TO
emancipate their patrons from the
shirt that goes on over the head by
Offering for sale shirt that goes on
and buttons up like coat
Thomas Keen, a one-armed hunter
from Tionesta, Pa, while hunting
came on bear cub, which he killed.
The mother bear came on the scene
and fought him, but fell by the rifle.
A little later two more cubs were
found and killed. aH
j. II. Livermore of Augusta, Maine,
in 1884 scratched his initials on dime
for n pocket piece. He spent IL by
mistake, but in 1919 it came back to
him. In 1851 he spent 1t again, and
in 1881 got 1t back. He is now hold
ing on to it tight
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-02-09

ALPINE Disasters long have been
ana still are SO common that they ex-
cite but passing notice. They will
continue to happen so long as daring
exists in the human breast Few
tourists consider their trip abroad
complete without scaling the heights
OF the Alps These dangerous trips
are not prompted by scientific in
quiry. but by the spirit OF daring,
the desire to accomplish what others
have done A mountaineering party
of nine persons have just come to
grief in an attempt to ascend Guifetti,
one OF the highest peaks OF the Alps.
They were overtaken by storm, in
which one succumbed and the others
were badly frozen.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-02-09

A NOBLE precedent was set by the
people of Great Britain during the
cotton famine in the early years OF
the American civil war,when 400, 900
hands-men, women and children
in her 300 cotton mills were thrown
out OF employment The exigeLcy
was terrible and nobly the authori-
ties of Lancashire. Cheshire and Der
byshire met it They built 276 miles
of streets and highways, built and
laid 304 miles of sewer and water
mains. The cost amounted to $751;
600, 900.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-02-09

BosToN's bean diet and epidemics
OF profanity have no. served the pur-
pose rs advertising mediums. She
now proposes TO have one OF her sons
circumnavi., ate the globe. starting
naked aid pennlless and returning
WITHIN year with $1,000 earned by
his own labor. Starting a man out
into tho world naked is perhaps a
brilliant and effective way to boom a
dead town. But it is not original. Ii
was practiced 5000 years ago by the
residents of the Garden of Eden.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-02-09
Among tl,e I1owerr.

An eccentric New Yorker, much
given to hospitality. has concealed
among the flowers on his dinner table
an artificial mocking-bird. which. at
the pressure Of an electric wire by his
foot flutters and gives musical chirp
Strangers arc amused by the ingenius
10Y, but his family and friends under
stand that the bird only flies and sings
when subject is preached which is
likely to prove offensive or painful "a
one Of the guests
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-02-09
In Tunis.

Many ladies who get confused in the
process of cross-examination would
envy the etiquette which prevails in
Tunis. A princess who was recently
proceeded against by two negresses in
her employ, was allowed to give her
evidence from the concealment OF a
curtained partition. Whether this ar
rangement gave her the requisite
presence of mind, or whether from
the inherent strength of her case, she
certainly won the verdict We do not
learn that the negresses were accord
ed the same privilege, which might
have been an advantage 70 them.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-02-09

OBSTINATE nose bleeding is fire.
quentlY ono OF the most difficult
things to check Several aggravated
cases have lately occurred at tho
hospital OF the university OF Penn
sylvania AS ta Hast resort Dr. ID.
Hayes Agnew ,tried ham fat with
great succesk Two largo cylinders
of bacon were forced we'll into the
nostrils and the hemorrhage ceased
at once. Tnis is very simple rem
edy and one which should be remem-
bered for cases OF emergency in the
country.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-02-09
A GENTLEMAN who recently went up

A GENTLEMAN who recently went up
In a tanned and tethered balloon
leaped out when he had reached the
height of twenty feet, to the EARRING
of his own person and the endanger-
ing OF people upon the place be-
meath. If a citizen OF the sort OF in
telligence indicated has the mental
hooks wherewith to grapple little
advice, he is eounseled hereafter to
stand on the ground and endeavor to
leap into the balloon. 1t will be less
spectacular, but hardly so foolish.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-02-09

IL governor of Maryland has
come to tho con clusion that people
do not read state papers like mes
sages from the executives of mu nici-
pallties, commonwealth or the ma
tion with the avidity which once was
its wont With the view of popular
izing his, annual message to the leg
islature of Maryland Governor Brow.
has issued it accompanied by coyious
illustrations of the buildings ei which
the document treats
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-02-09

EDITOR STEAD says that daughters
OF rich men, selling themselves to
broken down specimens of nobility,
should be pointed at with the finger
of scorn. Thea finger of scorn, it is
grievous to state, has not been
trained on the lines suggested by Mr.
Stead, and if detected in the act of
pointing at one OF these salable per-
sons would involuntarily turn and
point toward itself
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-02-09
Very Unfortnnnte.

a medical journal commends the
invention for discovery of a method
OF treating certain diseases by doc
tor in Trinidad, but says that Gun
fortunately" he is debarred from
putting it into practice in his eoun-
try owing to the scarcity of these
particular diseases there.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-02-09

HEIRS OF Nicholas Lutz OF Reading,
Pa, who furnished supplies TO Wash
ington's army during the revolution,
are preparing to press claim on the
government for $1,000 and interest
for 115 years for money not paid. If
they go on the compound interest
system the people may as we'll turn
the treasury over to the claimants
provided they win.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-02-09

' A BOLT of lightnir g roar Luling.
Texas, struck the corner OF house,
passed through a, SHELF, hit a snuff
bottle and leape'4 to the floor, where
It seemed to exhaust itself on q lit
tie 2-year-old child The child was
only slightly stunned, but in short
time its back turned perfsctly black.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-02-09
Tho largest Prune Orchard.

A 3.00) acre prune orchard. which
will be the largest in tho world, will
be set out in San Luis Obispo county.
California, next spring. The prune
orchard of Baron Won Schroeder, in
the same county, is the largest in ex-
istence at present
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-02-09

RECKLESS drivers are said to have
no respect for human life. but this
is eYaggeration. They have respect
forTheir own, and they are probably
human, evidence and belief to the
contrary Notwithstanding. They
show this respect by galloping away
after experiencing the Joy OF speed
ing along the spine Of PROSTATE
ni1izan
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-02-09

ANALYSES have settled Joint long
mooted. 1t has been disco ,vcred that
there is some tobacco N xhe most
widely known brands 81 cigarettes.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-02-09

AFTER staying at home and taking
borders. aging or gratuitous-
during the exposition Chicago people
are taking their annual vacations
now. Some OF them no doubt have
found out that their relatives are no
moro glad to SEQ them than they
were to see their relatives last July.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-02-09

A CIRCLE Of Kings Daughters. at
Park City. Ky. recently raised sui
ficient money asSisys 2AsAr6al for
a poor family. Thu money was given
TO the family. who. instead Of buying
coal, had their photographs taken
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-02-09
The Weekly Expositor
J. A. MENzEs, Editor and Prop.

YALE, MICH
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-02-09
!, ~ Yo1se iiss Dr. -;Te-srssnsS.;

s1IoW yc1ksa Owed fngiy giyenementlsi
Nowhere IN the .wsorN q there a
idenser population 70 the square mile
than In the tenement house district Of
New York. In six wards there Is an
average population Ct 2528M to tho
lsquare mile, and in the Tenth Ward
;tke ratio Is So, 1888 to the square mile.
This congested district embraces
scarcely one-twenty-fifth Of the wnole
'city's area, but It furnishes .homes'
for nearly one-qusrter ot the cityt
population, and incidentally provides
10000 yearly Of the 10000 deaths an6
90 per cent. of thu criminals. Instances
Of the crowding Of from seven tc
twelve persons In two smAll rooms are
not unusual discoveries, and all the
conventionalitie, Of civilization and
the very instincts Of common decency
ore necessarily wiped out. Morality
and cleanliness. under such circum.
stances, are Of course impossible. The
most thickly populated district Of Old
London is credited with only 1886 to
the square mile, and none Of the m.
ttinental cities approach the terrifying
congestion of Now York's "TeeMing
Tenth.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-02-09

three sacks of gold coin. George Son.
tag was sreediE captured; but It took
nine months to arrest the other two,
during which time railroad, United
States, State and county detectives,
Pinkertons. Mojave Indians and anna
teur man hunters were actively en-.
gagged in the hunt.
Adeputy United States marshal and
posse finally surrounded the two men
in cabin near Visal.a. The usual
desperate battle followed, and during
1t Sontag was wounded 80 that he could
not move, and Evans 81 badly that he
could only crawl. When darkness
came on the bandits still held their
position, and Evans saw q chance to
crawl away. Sontag b gged his oom-
panion to kill him before leaving, but
Evans refused. The posse then cap.
tured Sontag, but Evans escaped. He
managed to reach the house ofa woman
he believed to be q sympathizer, but
was there betrayed. Sontag died.
When the time came for Evans trial
there was no money for his defer
However, his wife and 1e-year-old
daughter interested theatrical specu-
lator, play was written in which her
husband s career was depicted, and this
the mother and daughter presented
throughout California. They drew
immense houses, and made money
enough to procure for Evans the best
legal talent in the State, with the re-
suit that he secured a life sentence,
instead Of death which he so richly
deserved. His wife and waiter SNUG
gled revolvers into the prison at
Fresno, and got them into Evans hands.
The latter Immediately held up the
jailer and escaped.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-02-09
HIS only cauae for Fear.

Ouly OWu&0 xOE E06fs
It was long ride through desolate
and danesrous country, and the poll
tcian sought to relieve the monotony
by philosophic musings on his recent
victory and the embarrassments that
even success brings.
Hold up your hands,"
The staga-coach gave q lurch and
stopped. The ray Of light that shot
into the vehicle turned the epattering
rain into myriads Of evanescent gems.
What do you want?" asked the poll
tician, with q firmness that showed that
he had faced danger before.
Your money"
Here it is.s
"Your watch and diamond ring
.They are yours"
Il must say yer good-natured, any
how said one Of the highwaymen.
Not at all. Are you sure that's all
you desirey"
What in thunder did you think we
wanted9"
Il was afratd--and the politicians 8
voice trembled little--that you want
ed an OH o.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-02-09
The Result Not Satisfactory.

The venerable Joaquin Miller, among
o.her eccentricitles used to have q
warm spot in his heart for q tramp. He
has defended the homeless knights Of
the road and readily found excuses for
their chronic laziness and excasses.
Miller even built house on his Cali
fornia farm for the accommodation Of
tramps, and furnished it with plain but
substantial comforts, free use Of which
was given any tramp who came that
way.
The outcome he relates in an article
in the last California Magazine: -Re-
suit? In less than year the last sheet,
FELLOWSHIP, bedspread, frying pan and
and coffee pot was gone. Not only
that, but the windows were broken and
the sash burned. Too worthless to go
out and carry in wood, one crowd broke
up and burned my table and chairs and
when put in my head to protest they
threatened to cremate the old crank in
his own fireplace"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-02-09
Tho Judges Sayings.

Tracked to Its end-the railroad.
Song at two in the morning-"T do
not mind If you stay late, but you must
not hurt my vaccinate."
To blame the tool when It slips In
stead Of the operator, is the impulse
Of the hasty and inpatient.
There is no computing the number
of times we have served as link In
the chain of the inevitable in the lives
of those whose paths we have crossed.
An honest ballct-box is a cure for all
political evils, and the people will have
that if they have to fight for it.
The truth: sDo many deaths result
from football?" "Yes, indeed. The
majority OF spectators at q game In
variably catch gold"
A warm shoulder: "What's the mat
ter, old boy? Got the influenza?s
"Atchoo! atchoo! Do, but the evedigs
are cool. ad by fladcee's had her waists
i'd pepper all subbcr."
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-02-09
A PICTURESQUE OUTLAW.
Chris Evan :, One of the Most Daring BAN
dts of the West,


dts of the West.
The most audacious bandit in Cali
fcrnia is Chris Evans, who has recent
ly ESCAPED from the Fresno State
prison, where he was serving q life
sentence for train robbery, murder and
other crimes. Evans is one of the pie
turesque class of outlaws of whom
Bret Harte delights to tell in his sto-
ries. For some years Evans has been
at the head of q gang of bandits who
roamed through the mountains and
valleys of the Golden State, commit.
ting depredations of all kinds. Their
most daring exploit was the robbery Of
q train in the San Joaquin valley. On
the night of August 3, 1892, three Of
the gang. Evans and George and John
Sontag, boarded an express train at
Calls, q little station out on the plains,
blew open the express car with dyna-
mite bomts and then, after seriously
wounding tie messenger, escaped, with
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-02-09
1,41o nus. POTATOES PER ACRE.

This astonishing yield was reported
by Abr. Hahn, of Wisconsin. but Sal
zer's potatoes always get there. The
editor of the Rural New Yorker re-
ports yield Of 1876 bushels and 8pounds
per acre from one OF Salzer's early
potatoes. Above l,410 bushels are
from Salzer's new seeding Hundred
fold. His new early potato, Lightning
Express, has q record of 803 bushels
per acre. He offers potatoes as low as
$3.50 a barrel, and the beet potato
planter in the world for but s.
II You Will Cut This Out and Send It
with &c postage to the John A. Salzer
Seed Co.. La Crosse, Wis, you will re-
ceive free his mammoth potato cata-
logue and q package of sixteen-day
.Get There, Eli. radish. c.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-02-09
FlRE.lN = iNAlpIA AcvsE.
Terrible Holocaust as the Boone County
L powa) Poor Farm.

L Uowa) Poor Farm.
Eight incurably insane paupers were.
crelnated alive by the burning Of the
asylum ats the Boone County lowal
poor farm the Other night. Only ono
Of the inmates escaped. The dead are:
Mary Tucker, johanna Sniggs, Anna
Sonderberg, Christine Andersen, Chris
tine Peterson, Mrs. Scott. Thomas
Leaser, Joseph Craig. Mrs. Hibbard,
half-witted woman, escaped from the
burning building and gave the alarm
to Steward Hoicomb, who was in the
main building adjacent. It was tn n
too late to save the people, and the
main building was saved only by great
effort. The steward says he banked
the fires in the furnace about o o'clock
mated, unless from defective fue.
The institution is situated in an iso-
lated place and out of reach of even
such apparatus as the town Of Boon,
could afford. By the time the alarm
was given there was no time to do any
thing. Tho inmates could not help
themselves, and waited for death, cry.
ing wildly as the fire burned in up
them. The building burned rapidly,
and almost as soon as 1t was known In
the city that there was q fire the whole
pace was consumed. Immediately q
party hurried to the scene, but too late
t, afford any assistance whatever.
The search for the bodies was begun
as soon as the ruins had cooled sufh-
Gently to permit of 1t, and the hopes
of those who had thought that perhaps
some Il the inn Ates had escaped tU the
fields in the neighborhood and had
concealed themselves were found to be
ho. 41rcc <hn h-IiA, n ~,
found or evidences were discovered to
show that they were in the smoldering
ruins. If there had been somebody in
the place able to force the inmates to
leave 1t /, likely that they would have
escaped without serious injury, but mo-
b. dy was at hand.
The building burned was an old two.
story frame structure, which was as
dry as tinder. To add to the inflam-
mable nature of the place many of the
partition walls were padded with cot.
ton, and tome Of the bedclothing was
of cotton batting three inches thick.
This was because only tho incurable
insane, who had been returned from
the State Asylum, were kept there.
These patients were nearly all violent,
and the great amount of cotton batting
was to prevent them injuring them
selves. The building was heated by Q
furnace, which was condemned last
summer by local expert as unsafe,
but no attention had apparently been
be certain that the fire started from q
defect in the furnace, as there were
no stoves in any of the rooms,
and great care was exercised that
no matches should be allowed in
the building.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-02-09
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., ,os WALL g., Hew.voek.
A bridge Of Marble.

The only marble bridge in the world
is on the Marietta and North Georgia
Railroad. in Whitfield County, Georgia.
At the time it was built Southern mar
BILE, which now ranks the market for
building and furniture wo.k, was sup
posed to be of no value, as it was
Thought too hard. The railroad ran
through mountain country with hills
of solid marble. 1t was the only stone
to be had, and all the piers were con-
structed Of it. For some time broken
marble was also used as ballast along
the line of the railroad, but it has been
replaced with q little less valuable
material now.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-02-09
Uncle Sans Postofllce Pnssies.

Some 300 and odd cats are maintained
by the United States Government. the
cost of their support being carried
as regular item on the ACCOUNTS Of
the gossg;Res department These cats
sSe c sheie eany aSsy is an to kssp rats
nng nostal u mater % and % Canvas @ mail sscksg
Their work is OF the utmost import-
ance wherever large quantities Of mail
are collected, as, for example, at the
New York postofice, where from 1000
to 1900 bags of mail matter are COM
monty stored away in the basement.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-02-09
800 Reward. 800.

Tho readers of this paper will be pleased
disease that science has been able to cure
In all its stages, and that Is Catarrh.
Halls Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure
now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being constitutional disease, requires q con-
stitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is
taken internally, acting directly upon the blood
destroying the foundation Of the disease. and
giving the patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature In doing Its
work The proprietors have sa much faith in
its curative powers TINT they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that 1t fails to cure. Send
for list of testimonials.
aarSold by Druggists. 75c.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-02-09
Facts Worth Knowing.

In all diseases of the nasal mucous membrane the
remedy used must be non irritating. Nothing sat
isfactory can be accompl shed with douches snunk
powders or astringents. because they are all irrt
tating do not thoroughly reach the affected sur
faces and should be abandoned as worse than fail
ures. multitude Of persons who had for yesrg
testify to rudical and permanent cures wrought 81
Ely's Cream Balm. y
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-02-09
To RENDER Shoes Waterproof.

Any shoe that has not hole in it
can be made waterproof by q compound
Of beeswax and mutton suet. Melt the
two together in equal quantities and
apply to the leather while hot, taking
care to anoint the seams and soles bet
ter than the uppers. The leather will
be kept soft and will wear much longer.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-02-09
The Modern Invalid

other iuxurles. A remedy must be pleas
antly acceptable in form, purely whole-
some in composition. truly beneficial in eff
feet, and entirely free from every objec-
tionable quality. II really i'll he consult>
physician, II constipated he uses the gen.
tie family laxntive, Syrup of Figs.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-02-09

By schinmann's Asthma Cure. No watt
ing for results. Its action is Immediate,
direct and certain. A single trial con-
and 81. Of druggists or by mail. Trial
packnge free by mail. Send your address
to DR.. r. schifmann. st. Paul. MINI.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-02-09

A BALTIMORE packer is perfecting
arrangements to erect in Omaha, Neb.,
one OF the largest vegetable and chick.
on canning factories In the West.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-02-09

PETER CuRRAN, clothier, grocer
liquor dealer and large real estate
owner at Zanesville, Ohio, assigned te
Howard Buker. Liabilities e76, ,OC0
with preferences for @50, 900.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-02-09

Acres Of Ducks and Geese.
At Little Falls, N. j., there is farm
of sixteen acres devoted to the raising
of ducks and geese. Constant sales pre-
vent the noisy number from increasing
to q greater number than 5000.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-02-09

TIE house Of T. w. Robinson, for.
merly Of Chicago, superintendent OF
the steel works at Pueblo, Colo, wae
robbed Of jewelry valued st q, 900
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-02-09

shiloh's Consumption Cure is sold on guar
best Cough Cure. Is cents so cents and sl.0O.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-02-09

FITS: All ct. stopped free by DR.. Kline.
0reat Nerve Restorer. No fits after first
days use. Marvellous cures. Treatise and
e2.00 trial bottle free to Fit cases. Send tn
Dr.. Kline, o31 Arch St.. philadelphia, Pa.