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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-05-03

to get out. The dugout, however, has
one advantage-it is protected from the
fierce winds that sweep down from the
north across the open prairie"
But there were many families who
had not even received few bushels of
coal from the relief committee. Here
is one instance of restitution the COR
respondent found:
AT one howell near Akron, visited
during the coolest weather in Feb
ruary, half-starved cow was OBJ
served leaning against the house for
support. She appeared TO have barely
enough life left in her TO keep on her
feet. Yet this COW was one of the main
supports of a family of several chill
drcn found inside the house. Entering
the place, the mother, a wan, sickly
looking woman. was found with
young babe in her arms, the infant
sucking at a bottle whose contents
We're milk so thin and blue as to be
wholly unfit for use. On request the
woman showed the visitor her stock of
supplies for the table. All she had in
the world for the sustenance OF her
self and little flock were a few crusts
of dry, hard bread. The woman, with
tears in her eyes, and with faltering
voice, told how her husband had gone
miles through the snow to beg little
lard. This, she said, they ate, spread
ing IL on the dry bread instead of but
ter. One man told me that his brother
in-law was compelled to eat the flesh
of prairie dogs to keep from starving,
and instances OF the most intense suf-
fering from cold and hunger were to
be rect on every side. One family of
nine children were found, all of whom
were barefooted. number OF in
stances came TO light where children
went to school with their feet protected
solely by wrappings Of gunny sacks.
The stories OF distress are not magni-
fed, as 1 have learned by actual OBJ
servation At Holyoke I talked to the
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-05-03
Origin of Natural Gns.

An experiment of some Importance
is reported, made with a view to deter
mine. IL possible. the origin OF natural
gas, irrespective of theories hitherto
prevalent. For this purpose dried sea-
weed was STEPPED in water which had
been freed from air, and on the third
day gas appeared. continuing to be
evolved in diminishing quantity until
the tenth day, when some 500 cubic
centlmetres had been collected. The
evolution had evidently ceased, though
after standing two years and a half
thirty cubic centimetres more OF gas
collected i'm the apparatus; the second
gas differed from the first, consisting,
IL is recorded, almost entirely of me-
thane-the chief constituent OF natural
gas-from which ii is inferred that this
slow secondary decomposition OF veg
etable matter has some relation to the
origin of natural gas.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-05-03
Meant for skeptIcs.

Rams Horn, that great non-sectarian
religious weekly raps the skeptics in the
church and out, with a first-page car
toon the current week. An infidel is
represented as endeavoring to destroy
a colossal edifice (the church, with a
crow bar, labeled assumption" while
behind him stands n clerical with pick
and shovel labeled "skepticism' and
doubt" on the entrance fragments
stands the prophet calling attention to
the words on the cornerstone: Upon
this rock Jesus Christi / will build my
church; heaven and earth shall pass
away, but my words shall not pass
away"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-05-03
Applied ChrIstianity,

In the area Of southern reconstruc-
ton a meeting Of citizens was held in
a disquieted community, to concert
measures for restoring law and order.
committee on resolutions was APP
pointed consisting of a Union and a
Confederate soldier and a freedman.
They reported the following; Resolved,
that we give every fellow n chance"
which was unanimously adopted. There
was no more trouble. The report was
the golden rule translated into the
popular speech. The result was the eff
feet of applied Christianity.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-05-03

father of a family OF five children,
who had walked twenty-one miles
across the plains with the mercury be-
low zero TO secure food and clothing
for his suffering offspring. His face
was a picture Of despair, so pinched
and wrinkled and wan as TO need no
further confederation of his story. He
said his horses were so weak that he
could walk the distance sooner than
they could draw him. At Akron I saw
a strong man, the treasurer of one OF
the counties on the western slope Of
the Rocky Mountains, who, led by his.
own kind heart, had Journeyed 500
miles across the continental divide at
dead of winter to distribute two car
loads of supplies. raised by his own ex-
ertions, burst into tears while telling
the story of suffering women and chill
dren he had seen in his drives through
out Washington county"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-05-03
To Make Girls Think.

Do not expect your brother to be as
dainty as a girl. Exercise, and never
try to look as If you were in delicate
health. Do not quarrel with your
brother, do not preach to him, and do
not coddle him. Make him your friend.
and do not expect him to be your serv-
ant, nor let him expect you to be his.
Never think you can afford TO be dawdy
at home. Cleanliness, hair we'll dressed
and a smile will make a calico look
like silks and satins to a father or
brother Introduce every new acquaint-
ance to your mother as soon as
possible. Enjoy the pleasures provided
for you by your parents to the fullest
extent. They will like that as a reward
better than any other. Most fathers
are inclined TO over-indulge their
daughters. Make it impossible for
your father to spoil you by fairly re-
turning his devotion and affection
Have nothing to do with girls who
snub their parents.
All young girls, whether rich or poor,
educated or uneducated, make some one
good thing a particular point in your
life If you will be a cook or house
keeper, be thoroughly good. Have a
general knowledge of all matters Of in
terest or Importance. but have one par
ticular branch perfect, so that if the
time comes when you must face the
world and carve your own fortune, you
will be able to do that something well.
No matter how homely the duty, its
value is enhanced tenfold by being well
done. 1t is as creditable to be a thor
ough housekeeper as to be a good
teacher or accountant.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-05-03
tnne an hind.


Sounds Of woods, at shutdown stirred,
yelling water winsome word,
Wind in warm, warm weather;
One thing yet there is that none
Hearing ere it's charms be done,
Knows not well the sweetest one
Heard of man beneath the sun,
Hoped in heaven hereafter;
Soft and strong, and loud and light,
Very round and very light,
Heard from mornings rosiest height
Where the soul of all delight
Fills a child's clear laughter.
Golden bells of welcome rolled
Never forth such notes, nor told
Hours so blithe in tones so bold
AS the radiant mouth of gold
Here that rings forth heaven.
If the golden-crested wren
Were a nightingale, why, then
Something seen and heard Of men
Might be half as sweet as when
Laughs child Of seven.
-ALGERON c. SWINBURNE.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-05-03
Living Truths.

He always does his best who always
does all he can.
A sermon may be very heavy and still
not have much weight.
Religion and common sense mixed
make an admirable compound.
Only a brave man is afraid of ghost
of a murdered opportunity.
1t is we'll to have noble purpose. but
oh! perform the doing Of 1t.
The man who prays in public to hide
his meanness advertises ii instead.
That prayer is from the heart which
moves us to pray with our hands.
There is no warmth for the soul in
the religion that is worn for a cloak.
Angels pity the man who is working
hard and living poor that he may die
rich.
Brave, honest men shame the devil by
looking their own faults squarely in the
face.
When a person says he cannot live
without sin quite often the wish is faith
er to the thought.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-05-03
Don't Platter Yourself.

"And though bestow all my goods to
feed the poor, and have not love, it
proflteth me nothing" Don't fiatter
yourself that your chances for heaven
are good because you have never been
stingy. 1t is unsafe to conclude that
you will walk the streets of glory be-
cause you sometimes give away an old
coat. Benevolence without love is as
mercenary as rumselling. No matter
how much or how little it gives, IL does
1t with n bargaining spirit. 1t gives
that II may be seen of men, and be
talked about. 1t gives because ii loves
the sound of the trumpet that proclaims
the heart. 1t has no more heart than
an auction block. 1t is like the gift
that Cain bought; very pretentious. but
not drop OF blood in 1t. If it gives
it's goods to feed the poor 1t is only
that it may have the praise of the
rich.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-05-03
WorIdliness.

st. Louis Presbyterian: The church
and the world have drawn so close to-
gether, that we are tempted to shrink
from certain statements Of the Bible.
as exaggerated and harsh. John says:
IF any man love the world, the love of
the Father is not in him." and James
declares, Friendship with the world is
enminty with God" Are we to continue
to look upon the world as a foe to be
resisted and overcome? The world no
longer prosecutes the church, as 1t did
in the days of Paul; the times have
changed. Now the world seeks the in
innate friendship of the church. Shall
we be ofIish, say no?
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-05-03
blessed Are the Poor in Spirit.

BLESSED are the poor I'm spirit; for
theirs is the kingdom OF heaven"
Matt. 5:S)
Jesus taught that the way 10 become
rich is TO obtain the spirit of content.
That the richest people are those whose
treasures cannot be destroyed, burned
up or stolen. That the most blessed Of
all desires is a desire for God, and for
purity Of heart and life. He did not
say, Blessed are the poor i'm this world g
goods, or the poor in wisdom, or the
poor in health, or bodily strength but
blessed are the poor in spirit or the
prudent In spirit. Those who control
themselves; those who instead OF being
ruled by their passions. rule them. He
didn't mean, Blessed are those who
have no spirit. but blessed are they who
are not In bondage TO their lower ma
ture. Blessed are tho poor in spirit,
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-05-03

for theirs is the kingdom of heaven"
That is, they have become subjects to
the heavenly government, and ind their
JOY In obeying its laws. They are fell
low citizens with the saints and men,
bers of the household OF God. They
have become possessors OF the peace OF
heaven, and rejoice with the Joy that
can only belong to those who are con-
scious that they have received the
Spirit, and now desire above all else to
do the will Of God. The poor in spirit
are the truly rich, for they know them
selves to be the children of God.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-05-03
An Offering that Was Rejected.

"Cain brought Of the fruit of the
ground an Offering unto the Lord"
(Gen. ABB
There was in the Offering of Cain none
Of the elements of sacrifice, and God
rejected IL. 1t was a testimony that he
possible, and try to win admiration in
heart. There was in it no declaration of
love or devotion to God, for he had
none. 1t was simply the effort of bar
gain seeker. The ruse Of a man who
was trying to deceive heaven for his
gain. His position was not essentially
different from that of a man who
stands at an auction block and bids for
something grudgngly. 1t is not likely
that he brought the best of his produce,
or that which had cost him most of eff
fort, but the probabilities are-for so
does the natural man do to-day-that
he brought the poorest he could find,
and If he had anything he couldn't
use or give away, he brought IL out and
piled it up on his altar as high as he
could reach, TO make as big n show as
possible, and try to win admiration in
heaven for his generosity. 1t may be
that when he saw Abel'S little altar
with nothing on it but a lamb, he de-
spised ii for its insignificant appear
ance, and was determined to make a
show that would be something worth
while. and so perhaps he built an altar
that was large and snowy, and then
filled 1t with whatever was nearest and
easiest to carry. After that, perhaps,
he threw his head back in self-right
eousness. and paraded back and forth
in front OF his altar with the air of a
man very well satisfied with himself.
Surely many full brothers to Cain are
living yet.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-05-03
Stole the ArchbIshop,s Ring.

In a pastoral visit to an orphanage
which the archbishop of Milan made
recently he freely blessed the faithful
who knelt round him. Some were very
eager to kiss the cardinals hand, and
some one made so free during this labial
operation as TO quietly remove the
episcopal ring which, as usual, was
worn over silk glove. No doubt the
thiet meanwhile repeated the prayer:
"Glissez anneau, n'appuyez pas" But
what practice he or she must have had
to do such a feat unrerceivcd. No
doubt an accomplice on the other side
was claiming the archbishop's attention
or fixing his eye.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-05-03
SAID BY BYRNES.
The Thief-Catcher Tells About Detectives.
Qualifications.

The Thief-Catcher Tells About Detectives
Qualifications.
The good detective is a man Of re-
sources. He must know how to adapt
himself TO emergencies that are liable
to arise suddenly. demanding to be as
promptly met. A detective who hest
tates is lost. or his ease" is, which is
the same thing. The blackmailer
Welles, who wrote threatening letters
to Jay Gould, eluded all the traps we
set for him, and fairly exhausted our
patience and ordinary resources, when
the novel experiment was tried OF NOV
ing upon him en- masse, as II were. No
ticing that all his letters were stamped
at one postofiice station, and having
tricIed him by an advertisement in the
personal column of a newspaper into
sending one the next day, we posted
a letter carrier at each letter box in the
district, and a detective between every
two. The letter-carrier had key to
the box. and was to open ii every time
that a letter was dropped. and before
the person who had dropped it was out
of sight. IL 1t was addressed to jay
Gould he wcs to raise his hat as a sig
nal to the detective watching him. If
not, he was to slip rubber band over
1t. so that the next might be more read
lily identified. 1t took some 200 men to
carry out this plan, but 1t succeeded,
and blackmail ceased to be a safe or
paying business in New York. In an
hour we had our man. 1t is results that
count in the detective business, and
Justly. No effort or sacrifice is too great
to achieve such an end, writes uperin-
tendent Byrnes in Harpers Young
Folks. The bogus hero of the
story books has led more than one
boy astray, and made altogether more
mischief than all his Wanted smartness
could repair were he real. NY advice.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-05-03
Church Taxes.

The Congregationalist: II Christian
church spends 100000 upon a meeting
house when one equally servicable and
almost, IL not fully, as beautiful could
have been built at the same time for
100000, it should pay a tax upon a por-
ton Of its valuation. Pass q law allow
ing church property to go untaxed up to
an amount representing what may fair
ly be considered reasonable expendi-
ture for substantial tasteful and fully
equipped church building, but all tax
excess above this amout las represent
ing only needless luxury, and no harm
will result.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-05-03

Bismarcks birthday seems to have
been a great deal bigger thing than
Emperor Williams popularity. For
several days the German people hur-
rahed for Bismarck and drank huge
stems of beer to the iron chancellor,
ran after his carriage and loaded him
with hot house flowers and engrossed
resolutions. During all the time the
emperor was not heard Of, and William
is q royal academician in the art Of
getting himself talked about, too.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-05-03

A correspondent in central Florida
writes that the outlook in the orange
groves is not as discouraging as was
supposed. While budded trees as a
rule are dead above the graft, the larg-
er branches of the Seeding trees are
alive and putting forth fresh leaves.
The lesson may be valuable i'm point
ing out the best varieties to grow. At
ell events 1t means that more diver
sified farming is advisable, and the peo-
pie of Florida will not be likely to
forget it.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-05-03

Ii Hung Chang still keeps the Jap
anese bullet in his face. He will need
it when he goes back to the emperor
and tells him how much China will
have to pay Japan for jumping on and
running over him all winter. Any
other additional cheek that China
can acquire in Japan or else
where will come handy. In the mean
time the young man who fired the bull
let goes to Imprisonment for life.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-05-03

In France they propose to tax titles
thus: Prince, 1000 francs; duke, 800
francs; marquis, 700 francs; count, 500
francs; viscount, 500 francs; baron,
400 francs; double prefix, 200 francs;
single prefix, 100 francs. The rates ap-
pear to be reasonable enough, but why
should a government that processes to
be a republic recognize titles of no.
bility in this way? 1t would be better
to abolish them altogether. They are
not recognizable under a republic.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-05-03

The great ornaments are no longer
the tools of kings, but of the people;
and wars henceforth are not to be
waged by monarchs, with the mill
Ions driven to slaughter at their self
ish will, but by the people themselves,
in popular uprisings. The circum-
stances will make wars all the more
terrible when they come. but hap
PLY, it will also render their coming
far less frequent.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-05-03

A leading Paris paper claims to
have the facts showing that 81, coo, 900
was spent in the Boulanger conspiracy
to betray France into the hands of the
Orleanists, and that of this sum the
Count of Paris contributed $500, 900 and
the Duchess Dues S605,000 These
royal pretenders stand up to an as
sessment well, but they are shy of be-
ing caught personally on French soil.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-05-03

A correspondent of the New York
Sun in commenting on the good man
ners that prevail in the south recently
wrote as proof that at village dance
he observed the young fellows took
hold of the girls in q waltz as If they
were madsl of fragile glass, or were
goddesses whom it were presumptuous
for them to touch. How did he expect
the boys to take hold Of the girls, like
a grizzly;bear or a Frankenstein?
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-05-03

If we would but work, "as ever in
the Great Taskmasters eye." who Of
us would think our field too small for
our powers? When n young preacher
complained Of his small congregation
to the bishop he was silenced with: ut
is as large as you will wish to be ac-
countable for at the judgment" We
suggest a prescription for those dis
couraged by n small hearing: Weigh
instead of count your hearers. Reckon
the value of single soul.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-05-03
Noted Barber.

Levi Chi1ds, colored barber of Mid
dletown. N. Y, has celebrated his nine-
ty-seventh birthday. He is living with
his NTH wife, who is seventy-eight
years old. Childs bought his freedom
forty years ago, for $1,000 that he had
accumulated while working at the car
penter's trade. Childs had nine sons.
in the Union army. and served in the
civil war himself
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-05-03

The Duke of Norfolk has put $780,
600 marble staircase in his castle. The
bannisters will do just as well for the
boys to slide down as if they were the
ordinary wooden ones.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-05-03

A Vienna genius has invented a new
explosive, but for certainty and de-
structiveness nothing equals the or
binary boiler after its examination
and approval by the inspectors.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-05-03

Any man, be he gambler. cut-throat
or general all-around rascal. IL he has
a pocketful of money, can do business
with some of the Chicago banks, whose
presidents are clamoring for reform
and purity.-Ex.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-05-03

The man who neglects to vote be-
cause it rains is several lengths ahead
of the slothful party who stayed in the
house because there was lion with
out.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-05-03

The Princess Colonna has got her di-
vorce, and will now resume her happi-
ness as an ordinary American woman,
with no titled encumbrances on her
hands.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-05-03

Mrs. Frank Leslie speaks kind word
for the Wilde family Notwithstanding
the fact that she herself drew one and
discarded jack.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-05-03


East sent a million dollars in money
and car loads Of clothes and provisions;
yet at the same time some of the farm
ers of Colorado were slowly starving,
and their families kept from freezing
only by the poor warmth of manure
fires. The sad state of these unhappy
settlers, whose lands have borne no
crop of grain in two years and grown
only enough native grass to keep half
alive few poor cattle, has prompted
lady, Mrs. Ogilvy-Wood of Colorado
Springs to make an appeal to help her
In aiding the sufferers.
The district affected by the drouth Is
the extreme eastern end Of Colorado,
known as the Rain Belt because, unlike
other farming districts in that state.
there is no irrigation, and the crops de-
pend wholly on rainfall. They have
had no rain for two years. Those VINO
could have left, but many could not
leave. All they owned in the world was
there, land and stock, and that could
not be converted into capital, for the
land was mortgaged and the stock too
poor to be moved to market. So there
was nothing for them to do but to re-
main and try TO live until the next
harvest time, when a crop is expected,
because a rain year generally follows
a bitter cold winter"
A correspondent sent into the Rain
Belt by a Colorado Springs paper
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-05-03

The above is very good likeness OF
THOMAS a. Martin, the new United
states senator from Virginia. Mr.. Mar
tin Will take his seat for the first time
When the senate meets in December
next. He is SO years old and was born
IN the state which he is to represent.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-05-03

The Lady Russell case begins where
the Wilde case ends. This country
ought to establish a quarantine at the
cable station.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-05-03

A Washington jury has decided that
Capt. Howgate is not guilty Of the
charge on which he was arrested. But
$11S,000 in government funds disap-
peared when he did about fourteen
years ago. Button, button, who's got
the buttop?"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-05-03
THE KINDLY HIGHT.
RELIGION AND REFORM THE
WORLD OVER.
Short Sermons of a Non-Sectarian Char
acter-The skeptics Get n Sharp Rap
BLASTS From the Rams Horn-Liv-
ing Truths.

IL THE BELLS
of heaven may
ring,
All the birds of
heav e n m a y
sing,
All the winds OF
earth may bring
All sweeter sounds
together;
far than
all things heard,
Hand of harper,