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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-04-03
Her Subscription.

At the time of a passing rebellion in
Ireland, known as Smith O'Brien's, the
region where Frances Power Cobbe
lived and worked among the poor was
transformed, as sne says, into little
Hecla; not under snow but mud. Clubs
were formed for the purpose of buying
pixies, to be used whenever the leaders
at Dublin should call for an insurrec-
ton. The result was as harmless as
the bursting of bubble, but meantime
there had been real danger for all land
ed proprietors, whose DOWNFALL had
been determined upon. One incident
related by Miss Cobbe shows her inno-
cent participation in the rebellion. She
says:
was visiting the fever patients at
Balisk and was detained in the village
late one summer evening. So many
were i'll that it took long time to sup
ply them with food and all things nee
essary. At one house where three per-
sons were ill fingered. questioning
and prescribing, until about 9 O'Clock.
When went away left money to pur-
chase the articles I had prescribed.
Next morning my father said to me:
$50 you were at Balisk last night?"
"Yes, was kept there"
"You stayed in Tyrelrs house till 9
o'clock?"
"Yes; how do you know?"
you gave six and sixpence to the
mother to get provisionsP"
Yes; how do you know?"
"WeIl, very simply. The police were
watching the door and saw you through
it. As soon as you were gone the club
assembled there. They We~e waiting
for your departure. The money you
gave was subscribed to buy pixies; of
course to pike me"- Youths Conpaas-
ION.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-04-03
A Little Golden Thread.

Only packet of letters that l have hidden
away,
All breathing to me the sweetness of many a
summer day.
There are tender little pleadings that have
reached my inmost heart
And the echo of their sweetness In all my
life has part.
Only these cherished letters, that no eyes
but mine have read;
And keep them bound together with a lit
tie golden thread.
Only packet of letters with the pages soiled
and toFn
But how many dainty fancies with each low
ing word is born.
All! where is the hand that penned them in
those dl eamy sunny hours
When we thought our path was shadowed
only by loves fairest flowers.
Only these cherished letters that no eyes but
mine have read,
That keep SO closely guarded with little
golden thread.
All! but love words die so quickly in this
world of thOrnS and briars,
And the heart that beats most iercely IS the
one that soonest tires.
Looking back brings tears of longing to SO
many weary eyes
That have seen their fond hopes vanish like
the stars from morning skies.
Yet ] keep these faded letters
That no eyes but mine have read.
Dearly cherished, closely guarded
By slender golden thread.
Cecil Lorraine.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-04-03
The ATHLETIC GIRL.
She Is All Right, but Some of Her Ways
Are Past Bearing.

Who doesn't know the girl-who goes
around whacking other girls on the
backs and pounding them in their stom-
achs and pummeling them in their
chests, saying: "Why on earth don't you
stand upP You're as humpy as camelg"
Some folks say that this girl is all
worlds gallery of well-doers with abil-
ity and unselEshness. This may be
true, but if you happen to be girl and
you long to implore her to adopt milder
methods. 1t isn't pleasant when you
are discussing the latest wrinkle in hair
dressing to have somebody suddenly
give you an awful thump between the
shoulders and say: Stand up, there.
now. If you bend over much more
you'll stand on your head" Then you
are likely to double up as quickly as
folding-bed unsolicited doubles down,
and for a moment you may imagine
that you are in the hands of patented
massage machine or houndering in the
whirring arms of windmill.
1t is this same girl that "does her ex-
ercise" on the back porch every morn
ING to the amusement and qualification
of huge audience stationed at numer-
Gus windows. She first plants her
hands on her hips and draws several
long breaths. She puffs her chest out
pigeon fashion ard sports like fem
mime Sandow. After that she stretches
her arms toward neighboring clothes
line, and by that time spectators, open
| mouthed and interested, have assem-
bled. A man in the act of shaving puts
down his razor, deserts mirror and brush,
and devotes himself entirely to gaz-
ing at the twisting, stretching vision of
athletic loveliness. A kitchen lady trots
out of back door with bucket of po-
tato peelings, but stops midway of her
Journey to look. In every other win
dow along the entire row of houses
beams a face, and as the athletic maid
en- becomes more and more warmed up
to her playful and inyigorating per-
formances each face grows into group
of three, or even more. After few
mornings of this the shaving gentleman
and the kitchen lady defer their indi-
| vidual employment until the vision on
the back porch starts up her Delsartean
poses.
Sometimes when she is in a specially
humorous mood she gives an imitation
of Lottie Collins celebrated rough and
tumble dance. and at such moments the
audience mods its universal approval.
Whatever her actions she's sure of a
| crowd of onlookers, and even If her
audience does increase daily she frets
not, so long as the faithful tape meas
ure tells her that her chest has widened
almost half an inch after only three
months of muscle-deyeloping torture
and exhibitions of graceful war dances.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-04-03
MILITARY MEN IN BUSINESS.
A Soldiers Training Is Useful Even In
Times of Peace.

"A military training is invaluable to
a business man if he will make it So"
said the vice-president of wholesale
house on Randolph street. "a man
learns perseverance, cousage, self-con-
troll. He learns to be thorough. and,
best of all perhaps, he acquires the
habit of order, and the facility for hand
ling men and situations. Having
learned how to obey, he knows how to
command. He keeps cool and collected
in trying situations. I was in the artil-
lery service under Gen. Thomas. al
ways noticed that the excitement over
any incident increased at an accelerated
ratio the further down it went into the
ranks. The officer in command would
be calm, the officers under him COM
paratively So but the corporalS were
frequently very much agitated. l re-
member at the battle of Stone River
Gen. Thomas, who was my ideal of a
soldier, rode to an exposed position
where he could get good view Of the
enemy. The bullets were coming thick
from one quarter among the trees. He
didn't seem to mind it, but turned his
field glass on that particular point and
surveyed it carefully. Then he ordered
up SSbOuLJ HlCCCS VI 6AA W
opened up. In short time that terri
tory became quiet and we had no more
trouble from there.
"It was a ticklish kind of business,
that of studying the situation with bull
lets whizzing by and cutting the twigs
every moment. The general might
have sent somebody else to do it for
him and bring back report. but no
words could have described the condi-
tons as he could get them for himself,
and, knowing this. he took the risk
without hesitation. remember he ex-
amined the field as calmly and critic
ally as if he had been looking at an
eclipse through piece of smoked glass.
"a man in business life isn't often
called upon to inspect rifle voliey at
close range, but he sometimes comes
suddenly upon things almost as discon-
certing. If he remains cool and col
lected and faces them as Pap Thomas
did the guns at Stony Ridge, he will
win unless the odds are too heavy
against him. Look over the list of sue
cessful business men in Chicago and
you will find ex-soldiers largely repre-
sented. "-ChicdQo Tribune.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-04-03
The Power of Magnetic Guns

Col. w. R. King of the engineers says
that the abilities of his big-gun magnets
at Willett's Point have been overesti-
mated. A recent paragraph stated
that the big magnets had been found to
derange the compass of ships six miles
away. "Of course" writes Col. King.
"a pebble thrown in the ocean at Coney
island will, theoretically speaking, pro-
duce an overwhelming circle of waves
that will finally reach the shores of Eu-
rope. So the magnetic waves will ex-
tend indefinitely but at n distance
much less than six miles they will be-
come homeopathic forces of at least
the tenth attenuation" p" According to
tests recently made of the effect of the
big magnet on the compass it is found
that at distance Of fifty feet in line
nearly east and west through the mag
net the DETECTION was So degrees; at
100 feet, 16 degrees; at $50 feet, s de-
gress, and at 200 feet, 2 1-2 degrees.
S1ence we may perceive that a compass
skx miles off would not be very serious
" affected. .-Harper's Weekly.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-04-03
Two Funeral Stories.

There is touching story told of the
funeral of Sir Walter Scott: The road
by which the procession took its way
wound over hill. whence can be seen
one of the most beautiful of landscapes.
1t was his habit to pause there to gaze
upon the scene, and when taking a
friend out to drive he never failed to
stop there and call the attention of his
companion to the most beautiful points
of the view. Few could refrain from
tears when, carrying their master on his
last journey, the horses stopped at the
old familiar spot, as it were for him to
give last look at the scene he had
loved so well.
Extremes meet. l told this anecdote
of Scott's funeral to a friend, who. in
turn, told me story. A little less than
century ago there lived in a certain
New England village graceless fellow
who spent most of his time at the grog
shop, to the neglect of all honest cali
ings. When the summons had at last
come for him
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-04-03
WOMEN WHO SMOKE.
The Princess of Wales Says a Clever Thing
About Them.

A characteristic anecdote was lately
told of the princess of Wales, says the
Youths Companion. The princess, it is
well known, while she maintains the
even, gentle tenor # her way, never
debating or interfering with others, al
ways casts her powerful influence on
the side of the domestic, quiet woman,
showing no sympathy in dress or ac-
tions with her advanced" sister.
One evening not long ago some of
the ladies of the court were discussing
before the princess the fact that some Of
the fashionable Englishwomen now
openly smoke cigarettes after dinner.
Arguments for and against the habit
were advanced, but the princess re-
manned silent At last one OF the ladies,
addressing her by the title which Eng
lishwomen of rank only use to the queen
and princess, said: 'What do you
think of it? If there be any pleasure or
comfort in tobacco, is it fair that the
men should monopolize it? Do you be-
lieve it to be as corrupting to the body
apd mind as Lady Blank says it is?"
The princess smiled. Il cannot de-
eide on the medical or moral bearings
of the question" she said, gently, "but
have noticed that men who use to-
bacco to excess always speak of them
selves as slaves to the habit and de-
clare that it is impossible to break from
it. do not see why women who are
trying to emancipate themselves from
customs which they declare are tyran-
nies, should voluntarily put on a yoke
which men find intolerable."
This was a new and shrewd view OF
the case, to which the advocates of Gig
arettes could find no answer.
NJ. Velpeau, who wrote admirable
letters for French periodical, during g
the progress of the Columbian Exposi-
ton, upon the habits and manners OF
the Americans, said:
Il find that tobacco is used by only
three classes of American women: Fast
young girls in the cities who wish to
initiate the mann rs of faster set in
London; old women in the almshouse:
whose pipes take the place of a stronger
stilnulant, and women of the poor
white class in the south who go about
with stick rubbed in snuff in their
mouths"
Cigarette smokers among young girls
can "see themselves as others see them
in these words.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-04-03
It Felt So Homelike.

Two Kansans who had been out Of
the state for number of years, returned
during the past summer. ThHy came
by way of Omaha, leaving there at
night in an ordinary coach. Some time
during the early morning hours. before
daylight there was an accident aud the
cars went over bank and brought up
in a creek about fifty feet below the
track, smashing things generally tAut
not doing much to the Kansans except
waking and shaking them up. When
the car stopped at the end of its flight
there was a dead silence, broken by the
voice of the Kansan on the forward
seat.
by gosh, Bill" it said, "git up.
We've got thar and we've hit cyclone
at the same time and l guess it must
have hlowed us about seven miles, iudg-
in by the way we lit."-Detroit Free
Press.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-04-03
A Rural Scene in Georgia.

Here is true picture of life in the
rural districts. An old lady from Rock
dale, with her children, went to Sunday
school in Covington. After school
Brother Rosser assisted in hitching her
steer, Buck" to the wagon, and, get
ting on the wrong side" of the beast,
he fired away and kicked the breath out
of the uperintendent, who groaned
aloud. The old lady rushed to his as
sistance, and exclaimed:
"You ding fool, what in the devil did
you git on that side of Buck fer? You
mought 'er knowed he'd 'er kicked the
stuffin' out of you. Don't you know
that Buck amt erquainted with town
folks with store clothes on?"
After that she hitched Buck to the
wagon without any help from Brother
Rosser.-AtlaatG Constitution.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-04-03
Innocence.

ChAlly-You-aw-say Miss Jones
has accepted you?
Jack Dasher-She has, my boy.
C.-Well, that's vewy stwange.
). D.-Why is it strange?
C.-1--aw-pwoposed to her a shawl
ame ago and she said she intended
never toNharwP. Philadelphia Press.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-04-03
join
The innumerable caravan that
10 the male raa Inns of shade -

As his funeral procession. on its way
to the place of burial passed his favorite
haunt, the bearers inadvertently turned
a little aside, at the same time slacken-
ing their pace. The wag of the neigh
borhood spoke hastily: Go on; go on!"
said he; don't stop here, for mercy's
sake! He'll be sure to go in!"-JouT7lGI
of american Folklore.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-04-03

DIR. Joseph Nouri, the Greek arch
deacon, who has brought damage suit
for s.. 100000 against the U. S@ says
he recently discovered Noah's ark On
Mount Ararat.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-04-03

We have not debt of $6, 900, 900. 900.
like France, nor f5S7, 900, 600 like Eng
land.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-04-03

'Daily. Except Sunday. fFlag stop. meals.
DARK Faced Type denotes time from 2 90 to Il 90
midnight; tght Faced from y 90 midnight IL 90 noOz
JOSEPH WOOD, EA. FORD,
General Manager General Passenger agent
n-30-A-I PITT sRURGH, PENN'A.
Fo. time cards. rates fare, through tickets,
oagga e checks, and further information re-
gGrding the running of trains apply to any
Agent OF the Pennsylvania Lines.
wD bJi AssI Rtvenna, Ohio,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-04-03

Peter the Great liked to be carried
about in a wheelbarrow.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-04-03

Nos 336 and 33S connect at Wellsville for
Steubenville and BelaiTe. Nos. 33S and 342
connect in Union Station, Pittsburgh, for the
East.
BETWEEN BaYAR0 AND NEW PHILADELPHIA.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-04-03

NOS S. 6, 5 DAILY. ARRIVE AND DEPART
ERoH o. q o. DEpor, PITTssURoH. Nos. AND . DAILY
BETNEEN sLLEoHEsY AND De FOREST JUNCTION. OrHEH
TRASs SUNDAY
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-04-03

my sathsgr ~ tstAss! I 80 sule!
The Yale expositor., 1895-04-05
Real Estate Transfers.

The following real estate transfers
were recorded in the office of the reg
lister of deeds since our last issue:
II. w. Stevens to Herman frost,
land in Port Huron; consideration $3.50.
w. l.. jerks to Lucy Treleven, land
in Kimball; consideration $3.50.
Catherine l.. Ernest to Lucy Treleven;
land in Port Huron; consideration 81.
Michael Hill to Anna Hill, land in
Port Huron; consideration 81 200.
Geo. G.. Stephenson to Fred Shafer,
land in Columbus; consideration 81 500.
Barbara McDaniels to Mary Alling-
ton, land in China: consideration 81.
Henry u. Bachers to Thomas =.
Brabb, land in Port Huron; consider
alton 81.
James Mullen to Margaret Lohrstor-
fer, land in Kimball consideration S220.
Louis b. Presley to Edith Il. Presley
land IN Capac; consideration 81.
Fred Arndt to VIM. f. Engel, land
in Mussey; consideration 81 800.
Herbert Brossard to Chds. +. Thomp-
son, land in Cottrellville; consideration
500.
Ann Eliza Wastell to Chas. III. Jarvis
land in Port Huron; consideration
81, 900.
Eliza A. Vanderlip to C.. ID. Wander
lip, land in Wales; consideration 81 900.
e. ii. Jarvis to Ann Eliza Wastell
land in Port Huron; consideration
81 600.
Jessie Jackson to Isaac Justin, land
in st. Clair; consideration S400.
Christian Fordt to John Fordt, land
in Casco; consideration 81.
Silas w. Hadden to Sarah +. Hadden
land in Marine City; consideration ST..
John Emig to John FitZ, land i'm Ma
rine City; consideration 81 800.
VIM. Love to Lena Love, land in
Port Huron; consideration $50.
Louisa Balfour to Chas. Hubel, land
in st. Clair; consideration 500.
Louis Siefort to Fred Siefort, land in
Columbus; consideration $50.
Henry Bruse to Mary l.. Marks, land
in st. Clair; consideration 1915.
The Yale expositor., 1895-04-05
All = Business + Strictly + Confidential
G0ERS AND C0MERS.
Personal Paragraphs About Yale
PEOPLE and Their Friends.

Will Bettes is home for few days.
Wednesday.
Hattie Hayes visited in Port Huron
over Sunday.
James Cooper was in Detroit this
week on business.
II. f. Beard transacted business in
Port Huron Monday.
Frank McDougall, of Brown City,
was in Yale Thursday.
William Hodgins was at Port Huron
on business Wednesday.
+. +. Bowman is visiting relatives
and friends in Yale this week.
Guy Beard and Ralph Parkinson
spent their Easter vacation in Capac.
w. II. VanInwagen, of Detroit, Wis.
tied his daughter, Mrs. +. Gillian, last
week.
Mrs. Springer has been spending the
week with friends in Port Huron and
Sarnia.
Cyrus Robinson, of Port Huron,
called on friends in Yale the first of
the week.
Mrs. VIM. Biddlecomb, of Port Hu.
ron, is visiting her brother, Ed Hop,
kins, this week.
David Bowman and wife went to
Detroit Thursday where they will re-
side for while.
Ed jerks, of Port Huron, was the
guest of +. II. Beecher and family the
first of the week.
Rev. and Mrs. Kirkland, of Avoca
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. +. II.
Beecher last Sunday.
Mrs. j. Mather, of Cadillac, was here
attending the funeral of her father n.
:. Blakesley last Sunday.
William Rapley and wife, of Strath.
roy, Ont, are in Yale this week look
ing after their property interests.
Mrs. w. j. Mhligan and Miss Minnie
Laughead, of Sarnia, Ont, are guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. John Holden.
Eva Shut has returned to her home
in Capac after visiting for few weeks
with her sister Mrs. T. ii. Parkinson.
Miss Frank Veitch, of Flint, and
John Gibbons, of Hunnewell, Missouri
were guests at J. IL. Highs Tuesday.
Minnie and Jessie Mann left for
Port Huron Wednesday morning where
they will reside this summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. B. Granger, of Sag.
inaw, visited j. A. MenZies and family
in Yale this week Mrs. II. A. Granger
returned to Saginaw with them Tues
day morning.
The Yale expositor., 1895-04-05
YALE. st. Clair County. Mich, FRIDAY APRIL s. 1896
NEWS IN GENERAL.
Many Minor Michigan Matters Mi
nutelV Mentioned.

Two mad dogs were killed in Port
Huron this week.
Cheese will be manufactured at
Croswell this season.
Capt. Israel Huckins, IA pioneer of
Lexington, died last week.
Port Huron has been barred out
from the State Base Ball League.
j. Ii. Black, of Capac, made an as
signment last week with G.. ). Warn as
assignee.
John Murray, of the Sunday Herald
has taken possession of the Port Hu-
ron post Office.
Fire destroyed the Weyers' Home
sted in Port Huron last Saturday night.
Loss about 81 800.
Lewis Mertz, of Port Huron, has be-
come crazy oyer religion and will be
sent TO the asylum.
Fire at Sand Beach last week de-
stroyed the house of Loren Trescott,
head light house keeper. Loss $1,000.
One hundred and fifty st. Clair
county school teachers attended the
examination in Port Huron last Sat
urday.
For the first time in its history the
Macomb county court house had the
American flag floating from its dome
last week.
The Capac band boys Will give a
grand comic concert on the evening of
April IL. They will have hayseed
parade at ! O'Clock p. m.
Luke q. Kinney, of Kenockee, has
brought suit against that township for
So 900 claiming his crops ruined for
the past five years by water.
While excavations were being made
for the new Presbyterian church in
Port Huron, a skeleton was struck and
all the bones were taken up.
David f. Bottomley, of Whiting,
Ind, son of Thomas ii. Bottomley, of
Capac, died last week, aged ~ years.
In 'S4-6 Mr.. Bottomley published the
Capac Argus.
A crazy tramp, who imagined him.
self to be governor general of Canada,
was found in Port Huron the other
day and by order of Judge Black, was
sent to the Pontiac Asylum.
The Yale expositor., 1895-04-05
DRORATE ORDER.

Il state of Michigan. County OF ST. Clair IS
At a session of the Probate Court for said
county of ST. Clair held at the Probate Office in
the city of Port Huron, on the 26th day of March
in the year one thousand eight hundred and
nnety-five.
Present. John l.. Black, Judge of Probate
In the matter of the Estate of John ID. jones'
deceased. Hannah Nj. Jones having filed her
petition in this court praying that she may be
allowed the statutory allowance granted widows
under the Laws OF this State, IL Is ordered, that
Monday the 10Th day OF April, 1897 at ten o'clock
In the forenoon, at said Probate Office, be APP
pointed for hearing thereof; and IL is further or
dered that n copy of this order be published two
successive weeks previous TO said day of hearing
In THE YALE ENPOSITOR, n newspaper printed
and circulating in said county of Sc. Clair.
"a true cOpy) JOHN l.. BLACK,
HARVEY TAPPAN,. Judge of Probate
Atty for Petitioner. 47-3
The Yale expositor., 1895-04-05
DROBATE ORDER.

DROBATE ORDER
| State OF Michigan, County of st. Clair ss
At a session of the Probate Court for said
| County of st. Clair. held at the Probate Office
IN the city OF Port Huron. on the I'd day of April
| In the year one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-ive.
Present. John l.. Black, Judge of Probate.
In the matter of the estate OF Theron u. Weld
| on, deceased.
Thomas Reed having filed his petition i'm this
| Court praying that the administrators may be
authorized and empowered TO convey certain
| land described in a contract given bv deceased
| in his lifetime to Thomas Reed, it Is ordered,
that Monday, the 10Th day OF April, 1895, at ten
o clock In the forenoon, at said Probate Office,
be appointed for hearing thereof, and 1t is further
ordered that copy of this order be published
three successive weeks previous to said day of
hearing, in the YALE ENPOsITOR, Il newspaper
printed and circulating in said county of ST.
Clair. JOHN l.. BLACK,
\ "a true cOpy) Judge OF Probate.
AHARVEY TAPPAN, Atty for Estate. 4s4
The Yale expositor., 1895-04-05

FARNERs-Andrew Staley, of section
32, Fremont township, has a thorough
bred Short Horn Durham Bull for SER
vice. Insurance fee $l.0O. 45-4
The Yale expositor., 1895-04-05

DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder
WesId's Fall Highest Aware.