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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-11-05
MRS. OLIPHANT.
Her Indomitable Courage and Saving
Sense of Humor-A Pretty Woman.

Her Indomitable Courage and Saving
Sense of Humor-A Pretty Woman.
One day in the last week of her life
Mrs. Oliphant said: MANY times
have come to corner which I could
see no way around, but each time a
way has been found for me-" The way
was often found by the strengthening
of her own indomitable courage, which
as long as her children were left to
her never seemed to flag; it was the
courage of perfect love, says the Fort
nightly Review. But it is certain that
If she had no moral qualities except
courage she could not have toiled on as
she did; saving sense of humor, a
great capacity to enjoy what was really
comic and everything that was beau
tiful, made life easier for her, and ''the
great Joy of kindnesses' was one never
absent from her. So that whatever
suffering might be lying in walt to
seize upon her solitary hours there was
almost always a pleasant welcome and
talk of the very best to be found In her
modest drawing room. II the visitors
were congenial her charm of manner
awoke, her simple fitness of speech
clothed every subject with life and
grace, her beautiful eyes shone (they
never sparkled), and the spell of her
exquisite womanliness made a charm
ed circle around her. She was never a
beautiful woman at any time of her
life fhouQh for many wears she was a
very pretty one, but she had, as fam
lily inheritance, lovely hands, which
were constantly busy, in what she
called her idle time, with some dainty
sewing or knitting; she had those won
derful eyes which kept their beauty
to the last minute of her life, and she
had most exquisite daintiness in all
her ways and in the very atmosphere
about her which was pure womanly."
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-11-05

carriers are obliged to obey. Having,
in the light of these decisions, given
the facts due consideration, we ascer-
tanned, found and reported the rates
which would be reasonable from and
to st. Louis, Springfield and Seligman,
Mo-, to and from Eureka Springs, Ark,
and have recommended that the car
riers reduce and conform their charges
to the facts so found and reported. This
recommendation may impress the car
riers only as may seem to accord with
their own interests, since in the present
state OF the law, as declared by the
court, common carriers have the power
to establish, change and exact rates
independent of the judgment of the
commission"
The court comedies to the commits
sion power under the interstate COM
merce act to determine what, in refer
ence to the past, was reasonable and
just In the case under consideration,
the commission has determined that
the rates complained of and which are
now charged by the defendants, were
in the past and are now unjust, un-
reasonable and in violation of the
statute. The duty of notifying and
requiring the defendants to cease and
desist from such violations is enjoined
upon the commission by the act"
1t is evident from this official state
ment by the commission that shippers
and travellers are deprived under the
ruling of the Supreme Court OF their
supposed right to compel through the
commission the adoption by railroad
carriers Of ascertained reasonable
charges, and that they can only recov-
er such right by securing favorable
action in Congress.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-11-05
Remember the Children.

Don't ride roughshod over the chill
dren's tastes and preferences" says a
motherly woman, writing of dress. 1T
is an old time notion that little con-
sultation and yielding here panders to
vanity. Our tastes do not come upon
us like birthday gift at sixteen. 1t
is attention and skillful pruning, not a
snip at every turn, that develops the
little girls crudities into woman's
delicate tastes. Don't drive the little
girl into self-conscious awkwardness
by compelling her to wear something
that some twist of childish fancy rem
ders hateful. st. Louis Globe Demo-
crat.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-11-05


He stopped, looked at her curiously,
stopped down to look at her more
closely, and demanded her business
there. The woman stirred. but did
not rise, and the child, which she held
clasped closely to her, uttered a feeble
cry. The gendarme paused a moment,
then he bent down, took her by the
shoulder, and gave her a vigorous
shake.
This time the woman rose, YEARLY
and slowly like one in physical pain;
and the child chung to her skirts, and
cried again. She lifted him in her
arms, and passed with a slow, totter-
ing step down the street.
She was but poorly clad for such
weather. Her garments were thread
bare, and here and there they hung in
rags about her, so she shivered and
shrank before every touch of the frosty
wind. The streets were dark and al
most deserted, save for the gendarmes
who paced with their measured tread
up and down the silent streets. They
looked at her as she went by, and
thought of her no more. She passed
along until she came to the Champs
Eylsees; then she turned aside. and,
hiding herself among the trees, lay
down on one of the seats.
A faint cry awakened the woman in
the morning. She opened her eyes,
and as she did so she saw the pale,
pinched face of her child turned toward
her, and heard him feebly crying for
bread. With a moan she threw her
hands into the air and cried:
Bread. my child; have no bread.
and you are starving!"
The ground was frozen and snow
was falling; her hands and feet were
benumbed and her face was pinched
with hunger. She spoke to her little
boy in French, and not one of those
who had known her in earlier days
would have recognized Marjorie An
nan. Yet It was Marjorie-a starving
woman looking at her starving child.
Two months had passed since she
had left Caussidiere. and ever since
that day her troubles had increased
Until now there seemed nothing left
to her but to beg or starve.
IL was now broad daylight and troops
OF workingmen were passing along to
their days labor, women were passing
along with heavy burdens. pretty
soamstresses tripping along to the
shops where they served all day; and
in the open road stream OF country
carts. laden with produce. wss flowing
- from the town gate.
No one noticed Marjorie. those who
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-11-05

CHAPTER xXX.-tCoNrINuEDl

CHAPTER XXX.-(CoNTINUED)
She naa a little money ABOUT her,
. small check received from Miss Heth-
erington on the previous day; THIS
would enable her TO ward off starva-
ton at least for time. In the mean
time She must seek work, and by that
means sustain herself and her boy.
She collected together few things
which were necessary for their COM
fort, and when her preparations were
made, she knelt by the couch ana
woke the child The little telloW
stared at her for a moment, and then
he seemed to remember what had pass
ed, and he chung to her in fear.
Where is papa?" he asked.
Papa is gone, my darling!"
He looked at her again for a mo-
ment, then his little arms stole round
her neck, and he laid his cheek against
hers.
Poor mammal" he said.
Marjorie clasped him to her breast
and sobbed convulsively.
"Ah, Leon" she murmured, ''you are
all that is left to me now; and yet per-
haps it would be better for you to die! p"
She continued her preparations, and
when all was done, she still fingered in
the house, as If fearing to face the
world.
At length she remembered Suther-
land, remembered the pledge to him
and she resolved to keep it.
She would go to him, tell him part,
If not all her story, and ask his ad-
vice.
She took little Leon by the hand and
left the house, passing hurriedly
through the streets, until she came to
Sutherland's lodgings.
She inquired for him, and found to
her dismay that he was already gone.
He had left the rooms on the previous
night and returned to Scotland.
When she first heard the news, Mar
jorie felt as If her last hope had gone
indeed, and she m wed away trembling
and almost in tears; but after a mo-
ment's reflection she acknowledged to
herself that perhaps, after all, it was
for the best.
What possible good could have re-
suited from an interview with Suther-
land? She would in all probability
have brought trouble upon him by
telling him her own and she had work.
ed mischief enough already to all her
kin. No; she would trouble them no
more, but, with little Leon to comfort
her, she would remain as one dead,
buried in the great city where she had
not even one friend.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-11-05
A WONDERFUL ESCAPE
Related by a Keeper OF the Michigan
State Prison at Jackson.
CFtom the JACKSON Citizen.l

Mr. A. e. Wing resides at GIG N. Jack
son Street, Jackson, Mich. He is a keeper
in the Michigan State Prison. man OF ster-
ling integrity, and whose word is beyond
dispute. He tells the following story of u
wonderful escape, and the incidents con-
nected with the dangerous position in
which he was placed. He says, some
months ago my attention was attracted by
a swelling of my groins, which began to-
increase in size to such an extent that L
was alarmed. 1t spread down my legs to-
my feet and was bloated from my waist
down, so badly that | could not pull my
pants, over my legs, and had TO open my
shoes fully two inches before l could get
them on. Even my face became pulled
up; and my whole system seemed affected
l could hardly drag myself upstairs TO
unlock my men. l consulted physician,
one of the best in the city. He said the
swelling was caused by an irritation of the
kidneys, and commenced treatment with
him. But | seemed to be getting worse [
was strongly urged by friend to try
Doan's Kidney Pills. and / finally CON
scented. After the first week commenced
TO see a change, and felt much better
This was encouraging, and | continued
their use. took five boxes in all, with the
happy result that was completely cured.
have never heard of any medicine which
had such pronounced and radical effect,
and yet not affect the system generally
and leave it in such good condition. L
feel better now than / ever did. After
the effect was once established the swelling
gradually disappeared until twas entirely
gone. 1 regard Doan's Kidney Pills as n
most wonderful agent in the curing of any
form of kidney disorder.
For sale by all dealers price, so cents
per box. Mailed by Foster-Milburn Co..
Buffalo, N. Y, sole agents for the u. s.
Remember the name, DOGn's. and take no
other.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-11-05

Baltimore supplies the shops of al
nations with sails. That city is the
center of the cotton duck industry of
the world, and not only furnishes sails
for foreign navies, but tents for for
eign armies, the production OF its
twelve factories being greater than the
product of all other factories in the
world combined.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-11-05

For fully an hour neither of them
had spoken; the old lady, looking fully
twenty years older than when we last
beheld her, lay back among the cush-
ions of the carriage, and fixed her eyes
upon letter which she held in her
hand. For about the tenth time that
night she raised the paper, and read
the words which were hastily scrawled
thereon:
Dear Mother am in great trouble.
am in sore need. Will you help me?
do not mind for myself, but to see my
little child in want breaks my heart.
MARJORIE"
She read 1t through; then with a
moan she let 1t fall again upon her
lap.
"Marjoriew she cried, my BARN, my
bairnr
From his corner of the carriage
Sutherland watched in silence. He
was utterly in the dark as to what 1t
all meant. He only knew that they
were travelling to Paris and to Mar
jorie.
On the day before as he had been
quietly working at his pictures at home,
his father having partially recovered.
Miss Hetherington, whom he believed
to be in Edinburgh, had suddenly ap-
peared like a specter before him, and
without a word of explanation had COM
manded nim to return with her to
Paris.
On fastening with her to the Castle
he found that stormy scene had been
enacted there; that Miss Hetherington,
beside herself with rage, had actually
struck her old attendant in the face
and turned her from the door. What
it was all about nobody seemed to
know. and after one glance into Miss
Hetherington's wild eyes Sutherland
knew that he had better not inquire.
So he quietly obeyed her orders, and
the two started together by the night
mail for the south. But although Suth-
erland had been silent he had been
none the less curious; and now, seeing
that Miss Hetherington's wild excite
ment was passing away, he ventured
to speak:
miss Hetheringtonw cried Johnnie
Sutherland. us that letter from Mar
jorie?"
cay, from Marjorie"
She held forth her thin white hand
which now was trembling violently
and as Sutherland took the letter she
uttered low moan again, and for the
first time that night her tears began to
fall.
Sutherland read the letter, then he
looked at the date, and exclaimed
"October why, it's more than four
weeks oldr'
"Ay, more than four weeks!" she
moaned; then suddenly sitting erect
and looking fixedly into his face, she
added: Johnnie Sutherland, what has
happened to her now?"
God knows; but maybe after all we
are in time; but how did it chance to
be so long in coming to your"
"It went to the Castle, Johnnie, and
Mysie kept it there. When l came
home from Edinburgh yesterday
found it lying on my desk waiting fol
me. It had been waiting for me for a
month, you see."
Sutherland was silent. He was more
| troubled than he cared to say. A
month! ALI he thought, what might
not happen in that time to a woman
and child penniless and alone in the
streets of Paris?
He returned the letter with a sigh
and did all he could to rouse and cheer
his companion, who, now that her ex-
element was over, suffered with q
frightful reaction, and trembled and
cried like a child.
ITO BE CoNTINUED.)
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-11-05
VACATION SCHOOLS IN CITIES.

few years ago II would have SEEM
ed odd to choose the close of summer
for a review of educational progress.
But the summer schools have changed
all that. Nowadays much of the best
work in education is done in summer.
Moreover, a new kind of summer
school, very interesting in many ways,
has lately come into notice.
In the summer of 1894 The New York
Association for Improving the Condi-
tion of the Poor began on large scale
the experiment of vacation schools for
the children of the tenements. Edu-
cation was not the sole purpose of the
enterprise, which was, in fact, closely
akin to fresh air funds and other
schemes for Frightening the lives of
the boys and girls crowded in the mar
row streets and sitting houses Of the
poorer quarters of the city.
The Department of Schools and Ed
ucation granted the use of three cool,
roomy schoolhouses, and the managers
undertook the task of coaxing the chill
dren into them.
Books were discarded. The children
were invited to come and play. Grad
ually the play was made work, but
work of such a sort as to keep the
pupils interested and pleased. All the
devices of the kindergarten were en-
ployed. There were singing, dancing
and gymnastics. The children were
taught to play at sewing, at carpeting.
at drawing and clay-modeling. Some
of them learned something useful; and
all were comfortably and cleanly
housed during the school hours, and
kept off the hot streets and away from
vicious associations.
There has been no trouble about get
ting the children to come since they
have found out what the vacation
schools are like. The average daily at
| tendance during the first summer was
nearly one thousand. The second sum-
mer it was more than three times as
6lCaI. A(bAAhe bhO oOooiOh JuSb SlOolh6
eleven schoolhouses were used, and the
average attendance during the first
week was more than six thousand.
The cost per day for each child was
about eleven cents and half in 1894 !;
in 1896, by better management, it was
reduced to less than five cents.
The officers of the association main
tain that the vacation schools are no
longer an experiment, and accordingly
they ask the city to make the system
part of its educational work. Other
cities have done something in the same
direction, but nowhere else has the
plan been worked out so fully as in
New York.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-11-05
CHAPTER XXI.

N E b it t e rly cold
night early in the
month of Novem-
Der, the gendarme
whose duty it was
to patrol the Rue
Caumartin sudden
ly espled a woman
with a child in her
arms crouching for
shelter in a door
Way.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-11-05

81 don't know what l would have
done IL II hadn't been for youl" ex-
claimed the discharged prisoner. "Well.
you probably would have done time"
said the proud awyer.-Yonkers
Statesman.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-11-05

Pile Terror Swept Away Agnew's
Ointment stands mt the head az reliever. healer,
and sure cure for Piles in all forms One appii-
cation benefited me In five minutes. and three to
six days application according TO directions win
cure chronic cases. II relieves all itching and
burning skin diseases in a day. IS cents
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-11-05
n Is a strict rule with the hir trans.

II is a strict rule with the big trans
atlantic steamship companies that the
wife of the captain shall not travel in
his ship. The supposition is that IL
anything should happen to the ship.
the captain. instead of attending to his
public duty, would devote his attention
mainly to the safety of his wife.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-11-05

A Chicago paper tells Of a bicycle
crank who reads all the coal strike dis
patches that have Wheeling date line
to them.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-11-05
Don't Tobacco suit and Smoke Your Lie Ava,

To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
netic. full OF life. nerve and vigor, take No-To-
Bac, the wonder-worker, that makes weak men
strong. All druggists. Soc 81. Cure guaran-
teed Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-11-05
Hoods SarsaparilIa

1t is estimated that Mt. Etna has
thrown out nine times its own bnlk of
cinders and lava.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-11-05

An elephant is so to 60 years in at
tanning maturity, and will live CEN
fury and half.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-11-05

A woman can never understand why a
man doesn't look just as well in ready-made
clothes.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-11-05
CHAPTER xxxu

BOUT the very
time that Marjorie
was W a n d erin &
homeless ana hun
cry in the streets
Of Paris two per-
sons were journey
ing toward the city
of London by the
night mail.
One was Mis- s
Hetherin on of
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-11-05

the Castle; the other was John suth-
erland.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-11-05

The cost per day for each child was
about eleven cents and half in 1894 I;
in 1896, by better management, it was
reduced to less than five cents.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-14
EAST GREENWICH.
New Residences Being Built-Per-
sonal and General Notes.

Mr.. Walter Browning will spend the
coming week at Cottage City. Mass.
ID. Mvron Greene is engaged to teach
school at Little Compton the coming fall
term.
Mr.. a. A. Wilson and wife are attend
ing camp meeting at Springfield Mass
Rev. II. Il. Brown. formerly pastor Of
the First Baptist church of this place, is
visiting his many friends in town.
George Blakeslee has returned from n
recent visit among the battlefields of
Pennsylvania and Virginia.
Miss EInmn L. Carpenter returned yes
terday from visit with friends in
Boston, Mass
Mr.. II. A. Gould has just returned
from meeting OF the stockholders OF
New England Grocery Association, re
Gently held at Portland, No.
About one fourth OF new macadamizcd
road is partly completed. The street is
now imrassahlc from Division street to
the court house.
several new and costly residences aro
being built on Spring street
Mr.. Robert Matthew's OF Worcester,
Mass, is visiting his father on Sunset
avenue
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-14
BRISTOL.
Order Pilgrim Fathers to Be Estab-
liShed--TO Build a CatbOat.

Deputy Supreme Organizer J. Mitchell OF
the United Order of Pilgrim Fathers is here
for the purpose OF establishing a lodge OF the
order in this town. Tho order Is one OF the
leading fraternal organizations. and is con-
fined to the New England states.
The firm OF Saunders 81 West has received
an order for new centerboard catboat. TO be
built for William l.. Flanagan of Rye, N. Y.
The Dimensions OF tho boat will be Is foet
over all, feet 3 inches draught and feet
beam. She will be similar TO the Razzle Daz-
zle, ownei 10y Captain George Gladding. The
frames already set up.
The funeral of James T. Freeborn will be
held Sunday afternoon at o'clock and will
be attended by United Brothers Lodge, !. o.
O. r., Of which the deceased was the oldest
member. The burial service of the /. o. O.
4. will be performed Mt tho grave in Juniper
Hill Cemetery. on Hay View Heights. The
pail bearers will be from tho Bristol Institu-
tion Of Savings, President James A. Miller
and Cashier Hezekiah w. Church; from the
board of trustees OF the NJ f. church. Ezra
Dixson and Thomas Pierce; aud from United
Brothers Lodge. /. o. o. H., James Coggeshall
and Leonard Sanford.
There seems to be feeling on the part Of
the Council TO grant all the privileges nsces,
sary for playing ball on the common.
Mr.. James McAlpine, who is in town can
vassing was badly bitten by dog while en-.
tering dwelling on Easterbrooks avenue yes.
terday afternoon.
Colonel S. p. Colt, although travelling in
Europe, was elected yesterday at Newport a
charter member of the Rhode Island Society
OF Colonial Wars
The Consolidated Railroad Company has
caused notices 90 bo posted in the depot and
at the postotiice that, beginning on Monday,
two extra trains will be put on, one arriving
in the morning and the other leaving at Z p. IN.
The threemasted schooner Edward W.
Young Of Newport, Captain Fred W. Wyman,
arrived yesterday and came TO anchor in tho
harbor Captain Wyman sailed on Tuesday
night for Philadelphia with his family ON
board. When about $50 miles from Block
Island ON the passage out, his daughter. 4
years old, was taken suddenly il which
caus al him to immediately change his course
and return home where he could procure
medical aid. Captain Wyman will procure an
other captain to my position and remain
with his family for the present.
James NJ. Peters. manager ~ the Bristol
baseball nine, gave "a clamhake yesterday 20 his
family AMI friends on the banks of Mount
Hone bay