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The Yale expositor., 1895-10-11
STRENGTHENING KoLA.
a Nut Which Enables Sick solai;r to
Beat Well Man.


American surgeons and army officers
have for some time been experimenting
with the kola nut with n view of in
Producing it into the commissary de-
partment Of the army to be used in lieu
of other food in forced marches, where
there is little or nothing for the soldiers
TO eat. DR.. Charles T.. Woodruff and
Lieutenant Harris of the United States
army, stationed at Fort Sheridan, have
this spring made experiments which
have shown that In forced marches the
kola nut gives far better satisfaction
food. Both DR.. Woodruff and Lieut..
Harris found that they were less ia
tigued from the long walks they took
when they ate nothing but the kola
than when they ate full rations of or
binary food. An experiment with the
kola nut was made in this city to-day,
and the result was identical with that
of the Fcrt Sheridan officers. A number
of the army officers OF Fort Smelling
were anxious to see the result OF an
experiment, and the test was arranged.
Corporal r. p. Wyatt and Private NJ.
c. Olson, both OF Company f, started
from the Ryan Hotel at $40 to walk to
the West Hotel at Minneapolis and re-
turn to the Ryan at once. Private Oh
son was not allowed to eat breakfast,
but he was given five little reddish nuts
about the size and shape of good-sized
hickory nut, which he was told to eat
slowly on the way. Further than this
he was not allowed to eat any food
while making the trip. Corporal Wyatt
was allowed to eat a good, hearty break
fast and told he could eat and drink
what he wished on the way. He was
requested to regulate his diet according
to the soldiers bill of fare when the
larder in the commissary's tent is weA
stocked.
At $3.50 the two men arrived at the
Ryan Hotel from their journey to Min
neapolis. In giving their accounts OF
the trip. which comprised walk Of
about twenty-five miles in the hot sun.
they plainly showed that the kola nut
had proved the most satisfactory diet.
Corporal Wyatt had eaten and drank
freely as he felt inclined to during the
day. and came in almost overcome by
heat and thoroughly tired and stiff from
the long walk. Private Olson, who but
recently arose from a bed OF sickness
and has not fully regained his strength,
was much the fresher of the two and
had suffered little from the heat. He
said that he ate two Of the nuts on the
way to Minneapolis and two on the way
back, and that he sat and rested while
his companion ate and drank. He said
that he never felt better than when he
returned from the long tramp, and that
he thought that the walk had done him
good He had not felt the need OF more
food.
The Yale expositor., 1895-10-11
TO BE CoNTINUED.)
ILLIMITABLE DISTANCE.
1t Takes 1000 Years for the Light of
Some stars to Reach Us.

While. however, it is interesting to
in miles, when stated in that way the
numbers are so large that they fire.
quently convey very indistinct concep-
ton to the mind. For this reason it is
customary to estimate star distances in
light years" A light year is the dis
lance that light, moving at the rate of
$4,000 miles per second, travels in one
year. This amounts in round numbers
to $3.50, 000. 900, 900 miles. The distance
of Alpha Centauri is 4.35 light years:
that of Sirius, the dog star. is almost
exactly twice as great, or Sc light
years. In other words, light requires
SO years to come to us from Sirius. And
these are among the very nearest Of the
stars. Some, whose parallaxes have
been rather estimated than measured,
appear to be situated at a distance
which light could not traverse In less
than one or two centuries. The great
star Arcturns, for instance, has, accord
ing to DIR. Elkin, parallax Of only
eighteen one-thousandths of second.
It's distance must, in that case, be about
181 light years, or more than 1000, 000,-
600, 900. 000,0 900 miles. And If it's distance
Is so great then, since light varies in
versely as the square of the distance
from its source, 1t can be shown that
Arcturns must actually give 5000 or
5000 times as much light as the sun
yields. Yet Arcturns Is evidently much
nearer than the vast majority of the
stars are. Not one in a million is known
to have a parallax large enough even
to be intelligently guessed at. There
may be stars whose light requires thou
sands instead of hundreds of years to
cross the space separating them from
us. We thus see that only a few points
on the nearer shores of the starry uni
verse lie within reach of our measure
ments; here and there jutting head
land. while behind stretches the vast
expanse over which the HUNDREDS Of mil
lions Of stars known to exist are scat
tered.
The Yale expositor., 1895-10-11
The New Woman.

She's not so excessively pretty.
But still in the full of her face
Dwell all of the blossoms of beauty
And all OF the roses OF grace;
Her eyes are as blue as the heavens.
Her hair is as glad as the gold,
And plainly / see she is wholly
Just like the fair women of old.
Her actions are very peculiar;
l found a big tear in her eye.
And once she just pouted and pouted
And did such thing as to cry!
Such strange and unfeminine doings
Filled me with misgivings untold
My heart gave n bound, she's a creature
So like the qseer women of old.
/ argsed, demonstrated, reasoned;
She should not so lose self-control:
/ spoke of her rights" as n woman.
I talked of her mission" her soul"
told 'her the club would discover.
Would chatter and gossip and scold,
But she yawned a little. precisely
AS did the sweet women OF old.
I told her the females would cut her.
Would say she was shocking, and
rave;
1 scolded. commanded and threatened,
While trying to make her behave;
But nothing would calm her or soothe
her.
Till ditties I tenderly trolled,
And then-she-forgot all her troubles
And-slept, like the women of old.
She has such peculiar ambitions;
For home and her husband she lives,
She counsels him, loves him and trusts
him
And him the brightest happiness
gives:
All. me! Atavism is surels'
To blame for these faults that un-
fold
These follies love-for they prove her
So like the dear women OF old.
For IL am sure she's an angel;
Hay smiles in their blessedness hold
The rapture that dwelt among mortals
When women were women Of old;
The perfect, adorable creature
1 worship through all of my life,
The rarest of all the new women,
This sweet-hearted woman-my wife!
Freeman +. Miller.
The Yale expositor., 1895-10-11
500 Reward, 500.

The readers of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure in
all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall s
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, thereby destroying the foundation
strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing its work.
The proprietors have so much faith in its
curative powers, that they offer One Hun
dred Dollars for any case that it fails to
cure Send for list of Testimonials.
Address, f. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
l5S-Sold by DruggistsN75c.
Halls Family Pills, 25c
The Yale expositor., 1895-10-11
One on the Professor.

Two or three West Pointers who were
spending a part of their graduation
leave in Europe, found themselves one
evening in a Paris hotel.
While they were at dinner a man
came at the door and asked:
Does any one here speak English p
An attendant engaged the inquirer
in conversation, and one of the lieu
tenants said to the other:
II wish we could see his face. The
voice sounds very familiar"
That's what l was thinking" re-
piled the other.
In a moment or two the new arrival
came in, and there stood the West
Pointers French professor
Chronicle-Telegraph
The Yale expositor., 1895-10-11
81 A.COMAN DOYLE.

chivalry-these fine words and vague
phrases? Where is it when we wish to
put it to the test? Man in the abstract
will do anything to help woman. OF
course. How does IL work when his
pocket is touched? Where is his chiv-
airy then? Will the doctors help her to
qualify? will the lawyers help her to
be called TO the bar? will the clergy
tolerate her in the church? oh, II Is
close your ranks then and refer poor
woman to her mission! Her mission!
TO be thankful for coppers and not to
Interfere with the men while they grab
BILE for gold, like swine round a trough.
that is mans reading of the mission Of
women. You may sit there and sheer,
Charles, while you look upon your vic
tim, but you know that it is truth,
every word Of it,
Terrified as they were by this sudden
torrent of words, the two gentlewomen
could not but smile at the sight of the
fiery, domineering victim and the big
apologize representative Of mankind
who sat meekly bearing all the sins of
his sex. The lady struck match,
whipped a cigarette from n case upon
the mantelpiece, and began to draw the
smoke into her lungs.
II find it very soothing when my
nerves are at all ruffied," she ex-
planned. You don't smoke? All. you
miss one of the purest of pleasures
without a reaction"
Miss Williams smoothed out her
silken lap.
ut is a pleasure" she said. with
some reproach to self-assertion. which
Bertha and 1 are rather too old-fash-
Toned to enjoy"
mo doubt. 1t would probably make
you very i'll If you attempted it. BY
the way, / hope that you will come to
some of our Guild meetings. 1 shall
see that tickets are sent you
Your Guild?"
ut is not yet formed, but shall lose
no time in forming a committee. 1t is
my habit to establish a branch of the
Emancipation Guild wherever 1 go.
There is a Mrs. Sanderson in Anerley
who is already one of the emancipated,
so that have nucleus. 1t is only by
organized resistance. Miss Williams.
that we can hope to hold our own
against the selfish sex. Must you go,
them"
Eyes, we have one or two other visits
to pay" said the elder sister. you
will, am sure. excuse us. hope that
you will find Norwood a pleasant resi-
dence."
"All places are TO me simply battle
field" she answered, gripping first one
and then the other with a grip which
crumpled up their little thin fingers.
THE days for work and healthful exer-
else. the evenings to Browning and
high discourse, eh. Charles? Good
| byew She came to the door with them,
and as they glanced back they saw her
still standing there with the yellow bull
pup cuddled up under one forearm, and
the thin blue reek of her cigarette as
cending from her lips.
"Oh, what dreadful. dreadful wom-
am whispered sister Bertha, as they
hurried down the street. Thank good
ness that 1t is over"
But she'll return the visit" an
swered the other. IT think that we had
better tell Mary that we are not al
| home"
The Yale expositor., 1895-10-11
A Miniature Launch.

A novelty in a steam launch has just
been completed. 1t is nine feet lsng,
with thirty-two inch beam and nine
inch propeller. The engine weighs
sixty-flve pounds, and Is said to be the
smallest marine engine ever made. The
launch will carry three persons, and is
complete in every respect There are
lockers and air and water-tight cab
inets, for the launch was built for an
artist. and every appliance necessary
for the business has been provided.
Cedar and oak are the woods used in
the construction of this lilliputian craft
which, when full rugged. weighs IFS
pounds.
The Yale expositor., 1895-10-11

1t was not those who lived the nearest TO the
temple who were the first TO follow Christ
Some men tire themselves almost to death
looking for an easy place.
The man who spends six nights out OF tho
week away from home blames his wife because
she don't raise the boys right.
Because bright timothy hay and oats are the
best feed for horses 1t does not follow that they
would not like a change from IL sometimes. or
that they wouldnot do better for such change
The Yale expositor., 1895-10-11
Mont or MOlaaaes.

Nature as a rule can be depended
upon to adjust herself to circumstances,
no matter how varying they may be-
come. In this way, the present adj
vance in meat, which strikes directly
at the POOR, Is not an absolutely I'M
mixed evil Its effect upon the con-
sumption OF molasses, especially
throughout the south. has already been
noticed, and 1t is highly probable that
the advance, IL II continues, will create
q more or less well-defined boom in
molasses. When the poor are deprived
OF meat they fly to molasses as the next
best thing, and that product becomes
the leading foundation of their meals.
SO that the decrease in the consumption
of meat instantly increases that Of
molasses. striking a fairly equitable
balance.
The Yale expositor., 1895-10-11

OW DEEPLY ARE
our destlnies inhu-
enced by the most
trihing causes f,
Had the unknown
builder who erect
ed and owned these
new villas con-
tented himself by
simply building
each within its own
grounds, 1t is prob
able that these
The Yale expositor., 1895-10-11
PRINTERS INK.

The publisher of a long felt want
should not expect to secure advertise
ments before readers.
Advertisements are like men in that
those which accomplish the most fire.
quently have the most faults.
An advertiser who confines his adver-
Using to one medium cannot reach
everybody in an entire state or section.
One little lad" which is seldom in
serted by any one lot of the weaker sen
reads: Come back and all will be
forgiven"
The Yale expositor., 1895-10-11

william Blanchard, of Prairie City,
ILL.,. who killed his wife and then shot
himself has recovered so that he has
been committed to Jail. He shot him
self in the forehead. the bullet going
clear through his head.
The Yale expositor., 1895-10-11

For earache, put a couple of drops of
Thomas Eclectric Oil on bit of cotton
and place it in the ear. The pain will
stop in a few moments. Simple enough,
isn't it?
The Yale expositor., 1895-10-11
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds; headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
The Yale expositor., 1895-10-11

Eczema in any part of the body is
relieved and permanently
cured by Doan's Ointment, the soyer-
eign remedy for all itchiness of the skin.
The Yale expositor., 1895-10-11

There is no other remedy on earth so
simple, so effectual, so natural, in the
cure of summer complaint in all it's
Strawberry.
The Yale expositor., 1895-10-11

-FtTS.-All Fits stopped rec by DIR. X lines Great
Nerve RestOrer. No Fits after tue first da US USE
Marvellous cures Treatise and 81 trial bot
tit cases. send 10 Dr. Kline 93l Arch St. Phila, Pa.
The Yale expositor., 1895-10-11

Burdock Blood Bitters never fails to
cure all impurities of the blood, from
a common pimple to the worst scrofula
sore.
The Yale expositor., 1895-10-11

A successful hypocrite is never success at
anything else.
The Yale expositor., 1895-10-11

After physicians had given me up. I was
saved by Piso's Cure.-RALPH ERIEG, WILL
Transport, Pa, Nov. ~, 1893.
The Yale expositor., 1895-10-11

"iIanson's Magic Corn salve."
Warranted TO cure or money refunded. Ask your
druggist Tor it. Price is cents.
The Yale expositor., 1895-10-11

No matter where we walk we are sure to 30
followed by somebody.
The Yale expositor., 1895-10-11

Every dollar spent in Parkers Ginger Toni,
Is we'll invested. 1t subdues pain. and brings
better digestion, better strength and better
health.
The Yale expositor., 1895-10-11

The devil likes to be called by names that
sound respectable.
The Yale expositor., 1895-10-11

Good reasons why you should use Hindercorns.
IL takes out the the corns, and then you have
peace and comfort surely good exchange.
loo. at druggists.
The Yale expositor., 1895-10-11

There are reformers who never think il worth
while TO work at their trade on themselves.
The Yale expositor., 1895-10-11

HegeLjan's CamphOr Ice with GIycerine.
Cures Chapped Hands and Face Tender or Sore Feet,
Chilblains Piles, &c. G. G. Clark Co., New Haven, Ct
The Yale expositor., 1895-10-11

Do not permit COWS to drink stagnant watel
The Yale expositor., 1895-10-11

A starving man won't find fault with the
tablecloth.
The Yale expositor., 1895-10-11

10 is much easier to be contented without
riches than IL is with them
The Yale expositor., 1895-10-11

The improved dairyman has improved cows.
The Yale expositor., 1895-10-11

The best animal puts fat on in the right places.
The Yale expositor., 1895-10-11
CHAPTER III.

JEWELLERS IN THE WILDERNESS.
The Yale expositor., 1895-10-11
Highest of all in Leavenng Poe-Latcst u S. Govt Report
RH:a!I! RR s%ass7
ABSOLUTELY PURE

1t does not pay to milk bothersome COW.
The Yale expositor., 1895-10-11

Several petrifed forests have bean
q discovered in Arizona.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-07
practically abrogatcd for his benefit
this salutary provision of the charter.
IMMIGRATION RESTRJcrIoN

1t is apparent that n vigorous effort Is
to be made to get legislation through
the present congress putting further re-
strictions upon immigration. The fact
that during the past six months the
number of immigrants has considerably
increased, as compared with the CORE
spending period of last year, has given
an impetus to the efforts of those who
want additional restrictions and nj.
ready n bill has been introduced in con
grcss providing for the exclusion of per-
sons between II and 60 who cannot
read and write. The Boston lmmigra-
ton Restriction league is busy sending
out information, a recent circular show
ing the proportion of ilitcrates in each
100 immigrants from various countries,
the figures making worse exhibit Tor
the immigrants that came from Russia,
Poland. Austria Hungary and ltaly
than from other European countries.
The argument put forward Is that the
admission of illiterate foreigners to the
country who have reached an age when
they will not attend the schools and are
not likely to make any effort to acquire
even the ability to read and write is
undesirable if not harmful.
AS II matter of fact the laws now on
the federal statute books provide for the
exclusion of all immigrants who are
convicts, criminals. dependents or likely
to become public charges or who came
to this country as contract laborers, and
this includes all who would really be Il
detriment to the development of our in
stitutions. All the illitcrates who are
within these classes are already eX-
cluded and those that are not cannot
prove menace to the country. Hitter
acy is not hereditary characteristic
and the children of illiterate foreign par
ents who are unable to read and write
simply because they have had no oppor-
tunity to learn give just as much prom
Use of becoming useful citizens as chill
dren of illiterate native parents. In
ability to read and write is no crime
either in the United States or elsewhere
and while it might be well to make it a
bar to the exercise of the suffrage there
is no good reason why it should prevent
immigrants from entering the country
if they are otherwise valuable additions
to the population.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-07
THE CITY TREASURER'S BOND

In accepting without question the
official bond offered by City Treasurer
elect Edwards, upon which n guaranty
company is the surety, the council has
simply pursued to completion the course
to which it had already committed
itself, of letting down all possible bars
to Mr.. Edwards qualification for the
Office to which he has been chosen.
so far as the fight upon Mr.. Edwards
official bond was one between the agents
of rival guaranty companies The Bee
and the public have had no concern.
We have no doubt that when it comes
to n choice of bonds supplied by differ
ent reputable and responsible guaranty
companies there Is little room for dis
elimination, and that the question
which local agent secures the commits
sion on the transaction cuts no figure
with the taxpayers. Under the Ne
braska law it is much more difficult to
realize OH n Judgment In suit on n
guaranty company bond for indemnifica-
ton of loss than upon bond with in
dividual suretes. For this reason the
suggestion was made that one or more
additional suretes who own property
in this state, upon which execution
might, IL necessary, be had, would give
more satisfactory and effective security.
The only penalty imposed by law upon
guaranty companies that fail to make
good the losses for which they have
undertaken to stand good is exclusion
n l.
together inadequate. Had the council
been less eager to smooth the path for
the promotion of its president and more
eager to surround the treasury with
the safeguards contemplated by the
charter, it would have laid more stress
upon this point.
What The Bee has denounced and
what 1t still protests against Is the ar
bitrary reduction by the council com
bne of the amount of the treasurer's
bond from SS00,000 TO 100000. No
matter whether the surety Is corpora
tion or an individual, he will be bound
in the sum of 100000 only, and no
more. In other words, although the
city charter requires the treasurer to
give bond in twice the amount of money
likely TO be in his hands, the city treas
urer-elect will be allowed to enter upon
the duties of his Office with bond for
only little more than the amount of
money that is bound TO be in his Gus
tody at different times before his term
of two years shall have expired. To
accommodate member OF the COM
bine his associates in the council have
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-07


London is following the lead Of some of
the English and Scotch cities in retaining
control of municipal franchises The popu-
lation under London jurisdiction is placed at
1888, sos, and the annual municipal eXpendi-
ture exceeds s107 900, 900. The London au-
thorlties now stipulate what use shall be
made of the streets by those engaged in the
transportation off passengers, what wages
they shall pay employees, and the number
Of hours constituting a days labor The
water supplynof the city is the largest prob
lem now in, hand 1t is proposed to build
two aqueducts,- respectively ITO and $50 miles
in length, at a cost, of 100000, 900. and by
compulsory purchase to take the water sys
TEN out of the hands Of the eight private
companies now controlling the supply. All
the street cars in Glasgow now wear the
clty's coat-of-arms, and fares are regulated
on the basis of a cent mile, the employees
receiving higher wages, with shorter hours
Leeds has now bought its street railways
and Manchester supplies hydraulic power to
all citizens who need it. These municipal
enterprises invite the close attention of all
other important cities throughout the world