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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-13
The steamer Miowera from sydney

The steamer Miowera from Sydney,
Australia, brings details of the recent
annexation of the Solomon islands by
her majesty's ship Wallaroo. The first
island made a colony was Bellona,
where the union jack was hoisted with
the usual ceremonies. The natives were
shy at first and much frightened by
the salute, but they became treasured.
Runnel island was placed under Brit
ish protection the same day. The
Wallaroo called at Maru sound and
proceeded to the Stewart islands, an.
nexing them. The natives are of Q
high type and very friendly.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-13

The proposition to construct an cleo
trio railroad from Chicago to Lake Cen
eva, Wis, where the great Yerkes tel
escope Is located is strongly opposed by
scient lists, who declare that the electric
currents and arc lights would seriously
detract from the power of the telescope.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-13
Five Killed by an Explosion at Fire.


Five lives were lost in an explosion
during a fire in the Northwestern
grain elevator at Chicago. Four of
the dead are fremen. Three people
were blown into the Chicago river,
and one of them drowned and fully so
other people were injured, several ia
tally. just as the firemen were get
ting into position for advantageous
work on the fire there came roar that
could be heard for half mile, the
roof was raised high in the air, and fell
for blocks around, and the walls came
down with a crash. Every window in
the vicinity of the elevator was shat
tered and dozens of persons were
struck by flying debris The total loss
is estimated at $500, 900, fully covered
by insurance.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-13
England Delays Blmetalllo Conference

England Delays Blmetaliie Conference.
The British government has in
formed the American bimetallic COM
mission that it will not be ready to re-
ply to the proposals of the commission
ers on behalf of the United States be-
fore October. While this postpone
ment of Englands decision delays the
work, the American ENJOYS do not con-
slider it dIscouraging. The head
quarters of the commission will remain
in London until October. Senator
Wolcott may visit Austria in the mean
time to pave the way for negotiations
there. The commissioners do not wish
to approach other governments until
England's attitude is settled, as her
participation in the movement, if Sc
cured, will aid in enlisting others.
After receiving the English reply they
will go to Austria, Germany and Rus
STA, in that order.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-13
Costly Min Fire at South Hartford.

CUSVHJ "'IHH HIHV ~ "VuIH NHHTtIUrU'
The largest and most disastrous fire
ever witnessed at South Hartford com
pletely destroyed the large double saw
mill of the Crane Lumber Co. and the
millions of feet of lumber in the yard.
In 20 minutes after the fire broke out
the mill was burned to the ground.
South Frankfort has no fire protection
and dispatches were sent to Traverse
City, Manistee and Copemish for fire
engines, which arrived in time to save
the town. The loss is serious one to
South Hartford, as the company en-
ployed a great many men and was the
only mill in The town. The loss on the
mill is $50, 900; on the lumber, $50, 900;
fully insured.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-13
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
PUNOENT PARAGRAPHS PICKED
PROMIScoUsLY.
Continue to Increase In Numbers
and May Soon Close DeArmit's Mines
Women Doing Good Work.
Striking Miners Gaining Ground.

The wives of the miners who con-
tinue at work in the Plum Creek and
Turtle Creek mines in the Pittsburg
district are becoming a strong factor
n bringing about the success of the
coal miners strike in that section. A
big mass meeting held by the camping
strikers near Plum Creek mine was at
tended on Sunday by 1000 miners who
had persisted in working the previous
week and nearly every one was accom-
panied by his wife as a result of mis-
sionary work among the women by the
strikers. The meeting was inaugur-
ated by religious services conducted
by Rev. Lincoln Lash, assisted by
choir of 20 colored jubilee singers,
after which Mrs. Mary Jones, the Chi
cago agitator, spoke for about an hour,
putting the case very plainly to her
women auditors. She placed the re-
sponsibility for the success or failure
of the strike on the wives. The result
OF the meeting was the assurance from
nearly thousand men that they
would join the strikers and it is now
thought that it will only be question
of a very short time until the De Armit
mines are tied up completely.
Miners Strike News.
The strikers about the De Armit
mines are continuing orderly and are
gaining accessions to their ranks con-
stantly. The $50 men employed at the
Horner & Roberts coal mine at Eliza
beth refused to go to work; about rs
miners at the Equitable mine in the
same locality also struck. The Bunola
men who were persuaded to come out
all remained away from the pit and no
coal was mined.
The mine company leased the ground
where the strikers were camped and
ousted them, but another field has
been secured by the strikers which the
owner refused to lease to the company,
and permanent camp established.
A special from West Newton, Pa,
says: 1.-The sympathy of this entire
community is with the striking coal
miners. The use of a large building
has been given free for commissary,
and the townspeople and farmers have
contributed provisions literally. Sew
eral hundred dollars have also been
contributed"
The output of the De Armit mines
was still further reduced by no coal
being taken from the Oakhill mine.
The three men at Sandy Creek mine
mined one gondola car in three days.
Counsel for the New YORK & Cleve-
land Gas Coal Co. (De Armit's mines)
has prepared bill to be presented to
Judge NJ. w. Acheson, of the U. S.
circuit court at Pittsburg, on behalf
of the nonresident stockholders of the
coal company, asking for an injunction
to restrain the striking miners from
congregating near the mines at Turtle
Creek, Sandy Creek and Plum Creek
and from interfering with the work
men of the company. This new move
is being made for the purpose of get
ting the aid of the u. 5. marshals as
well us the sheriff of Allegheny
county, to break up the strikers camps.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-13
GRAIN, ETC.

*Detrolt-Hay, No. I timothy, 81 90 per ton.
New Potatoes, 9c per bu. Live Poultry,
spring chickens. Qc per ID; fowl, nc; ducks.
&c; turkeys, &c. Eggs. strictly fresh. DC per
doz. Butter, dairy, lSc per Id; creamery, i6c.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-13
Two Girls Drowned Near Grand Rapids.

Two Girls Drowned Near Grand Rapids.
Clara Hall, aged 10, and Ethel Her
rick, aged Is, both of Grand Rapids,
were drowned in Lake Michigan at
Ottawa beach. They were bathing
north of the pier and were on the
spring board when Miss Hall was
swept off by wave and Miss Herrici
dove in TO save her. Both screamed
frantically for help. A row boat
quickly went to the rescue, but was
too late, as the young ladies were
caught by wave and thrown into the
undertow which sucked them under
and out of sight The young ladies
belonged to well-known families, their
fathers being prominent business men.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-13

Arkansas fruit growers are negotiat-
ing at Denver for carload of red ants
to kill off worms that are running their
orchards.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-13
Miss Morrlson's Murderer Confesses.

Peter Bons, tramp charged with the
murder of Pearl Morrison, at Crystal
Falls, has made complete confession,
acknowledging that he first assaulted
the girl and then strangled her TO
death. The confession was secured by
a detective, who visited Bons in his
cell in the robe of a Catholic priest.
The confession was heard by two re-
liable citizens, who had been placed in
adjoining cells on the ostensible
charge of drunkenness The confess
sion has created intense excitement,
and Bons may be lynched.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-13

Peace and order seem to be the
watchword of the strikers. They real
ize that they have the sympathy of the
public. and il they lose it their cause
will get black eve. At the head
quarters of the miners officials in
Pittsburg there are daily many proffers
of aid. and the majority did not wish
the public TO know of their sympathy.
The right of the British government
to take possession of Palmyra island,
in the Pacific, is to be disputed. Lu-
Their Wilcox, of Honolulu, declares
that the island belonged to himself
and two others
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-08-13

The miners at the Monitor mine
near Bay City have struck for higher
wages for screened coal.
Gov. Pingree has pardoned Jesse
Smalley, sent from Gratiot county last
October TO Ionia for one year for lar
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-07-01
SULPHUR Smoke for Lambs.

Where lambs show signs of disease
at weaving time it is the practice of
many to give them strong doses of sui
phur smoke. To do this it is necessary
to confine the lambs in tight place
where they can be made to inhale the
fumes. eve last year," says John G.
lexis, in Country Gentleman, FUSED a
garner which had door at the open
ing, and as it held twenty five lambs it
did not take long to fumigate the en-
tire flock"
After the lambs were driven into the
garner one man carried in bucket
with few small Goals, on which a
small handful of sulphur had been
thrown. The door was closed, and as
the air became blue the lambs would
begin to cough, showing that they were
filling their lungs with the smoke. The
operator should stay in the room, SO
that he may know when the lambs have
enough. For few minutes you may
experience no inconvenience, but soon
the tears will begin to start and lump
come in your throat that impedes
breathing then you may know the
lambs have about all they can stand.
However, the smoke will generally be
strongest at five or six feet from the
floor than at the level of the lambs nos
trils, and the lambs may be left in one
or two minutes after the man has been
obliged to come out.
1t appears to me this is the common
sense way of getting at the worms on
the lungs rather than to put drugs in
the stomach to vaporize through the
lungs and trachea.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-07-01

H. E. Weed, of the Mississippi Ex-
pertinent Station, writes: Every year
cutworms do more or less damage to
nearly all crops, especially to tomatoes,
cabbages and corn. Whenever sod or
grassy land is left until spring before
being plowed, any crop which may be
planted ON such land will be consider
ably damaged by cutworms. The
reason is that the worms are nearly
full grown in the spring, yet they need
one good meal before turning into
pup@, short time after which they
come forth as night-fying moths.
The life history of the cutworms is
about as follows: The moths lay their
eggs in grass throughout the summer
months and after after a few days
these eggs hatch into small worms
which feed upon the grass. The
worms cast off their skin from time to
time to accommodate their increase in
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-07-01

size, and during the cooler weather OF
winter go deeper in the ground, being
dormant for time if the weather is
very cold. Upon the approach Of
spring the worms come forth for fin
ishing touch of growth and soon form
pupm in the ground just below the sur
face. Some time after this the moths
are produced, and, after mating, the
females lay the eggs for another brood.
With most species there is but this
one brood year.
Most farmers are beginning to real
ize the many advantages of fall plow-
ing, and where sod land especially is
plowed in the fall it will greatly lessen
the number of cutworms and other in
sects on such land the following
spring. A good remedy for killing out
the cutworms in the garden is to make
up mixture consisting of a quantity
of bran or corn meal, to which is
added little paris green and little
molasses or sugar to give sweetish
taste. 1t is the paris green that kills
the worms, and this should be
very thoroughly mixed with the bran
so as to have a uniform mixture. A
spoonful of this mixture should be
placed near the plants just before night
on the day the plants are set out. The
cut worms work at night and will be
killed by eating of the poisoned mix
ture. 1t is much better, however, to
place the mixture about in various
parts field a few days before plant
ing, as it will then kill off the worms
before any damage is DONE
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-07-01
POPULAR SCIENCE.

Laplanders are the shortest people
in Europe, their average height being:
Males, fifty nine inches; females, fifty
seven.
Burnt sienna, with gum and glycer-
inc, is recommended as an excellent
plate backing, to prevent halation in
photography.
Palmieri, the meteorologist, who
died recently at Naples, Italy, was the
inventor of the seismograph for regis
tering earthquakes.
Fatty s-doubtless of beef OF
mutton-have been found in the Egyp-
tian tombs of Abydos, dating from be-
fore the first dynasty, together with a
cosmetic of lead sulphide and fat.
The United States Department of
Agriculture has contributed through
the chief of the seed division, form
er student of the University of Vir-
ginia, 800 species of herbaceous plants
to that institution.
A method, by which the perfect adj
hesion of labels to tin may be insured,
is to apply to the tin a thin coating of
shellac varnish, which should be al
lowed to nearly dry; if the label is then
put on it will adhere firmly.
Further theodolite measurements Of
the flight of wild birds at meteoro-
logical station near Boston indicate
that wild geese make about forty four
miles an hour, and wild ducks forty
eight miles, an that the average height
at which they travel is from 1000 to
1900 feet.
The ordinary electric spark, in q
heightened form is synonym for in
conceivable rapidty is too slow for
modern requirements. In his at
tempts to photograph flying bullets by
the light of the spark, Professor G.
Vernon Boys found that the double
flash produced lasted somewhat less
than the 100, O00th of a second, giving
only blurred pictures.
Spectacles for protecting the pm
from sparks. flying splinters ande tn
like are made by DR.. Thomallhed
Berlin, from Schering's gelatoid
elastic, transparent material, WI
can be hardened in amly-acentata. 1" NJ
broken the substance does not So Az
ter, like glass. 1t does not condo, a
moisture on its surface, does not L
come so hot as glass near fire, atthr
uninfammable. Dblis
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-07-01
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

Jupiter is five times as far from the
mn as we are, and the years on that
planet are each as long as twelve OF
,urs.
A ray of light from Sirius can reach
IS only after travelling for twenty-five
years with a speed of 77,000 leagues a
Iecond.
Some naturalists are of the opinion
that the whale was once land animal,
and that it was forced to take to water
as a means of protection.
An ordinary man can say everything
that any occasion calls for with vocab-
ulary of 1000 words. OF these he uses
only 400 or 500, using the remainder
when an idea out of the usual line Of
thought occurs to him.
The secretion of honey, as well as
the perfume of the flower, is for the
purpose Of insect attraction, and flow
ers produce different kinds of perfumes
which are peculiarly adapted to the at
traction of certain kinds of insects.
Jupiter performs it's journey round
the sun in period of eleven years,
ten and one-t third months. It's aver
age rate of travel is a trifle over eight
miles second, less than one-half Of
the earth's rate-eighteen miles a
second.
The diameter of Jupiter is about
eighty-fve thousand miles, or nearly
1 that nf tho north Ifs
volume is 1888 times that of the earth,
but owing to its being of a less density,
it's mass or weight is but three hun
bred times the earth's.
The French department for public
instruction is preparing topographic
plan of ancient Carthage, to form the
first part of an archaeological atlas OF
Tunis. M. Cagnat, NJ Philippe Berger
and M. Clermont Ganneau have been
appointed to accomplish this work.
At a recent meeting of the Paris
Academic DIES Sciences Maurice Thierry
reported the results of his experiments
in Switzerland, which showed that the
amount of ozone in the air increases
WIFI lu0 dltluutlt, poliiS ho"i y iO"A
times as much on the summit OF Mont
Blanc as in Paris.
German scientists have recently fur.
nished information in regard to the
ages of trees. They assign to the
pine tree 500 to 700 years as the maxi.
mum, 425 years to the silver fir, 275
years to the larch, 245 years to the red
beech, 30 to the aspen, 200 to the
birch, 10 to the ash, 145 to the elder,
and 1870 to the elm.
The use of alcohol for motor car
riages is attracting much attention in
France and Germany. M. Lucien
Levy finds that it cannot compete with
petroleum, as the same weight ofpetro-
leuin spirit yields more than twice the
power, and the same value of petro-
leum spirit will give nearly twice the
power. In Germany sum of money
has been raised for making a practical
comparison of alcohol motors with
engines using petroleum, benzine OF
gas.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-07-01
To Prndncn Pure Milk.

C. B. Lane, Of the Pennsylvania Ex-
pertinent Station, speaking at an insti-
tute in that State ON the subject OF
"Pure Milk and How to Produce 1t, !"
said
"When we consider the vast amount
of milk that is consumed in the United
States during a year we cannot wonder
at its importance as a market product.
Each person in this country consumes
about 100 quarts of milk year, and
from statistics the United Stares ex-
cells all other countries in the cows
product. The bacteria contamination
of milk is partially due to the lack of
care taken of the COW. The adultera-
ton of milk is on the decrease. The
principal way that milk is to-day
adulterated is by the adding of skinned
milk or water or the removal of the
cream. England and America still
continue to use milk without preserva-
tives except to put it through process
for killing germs and bacteria. Director
Dawley, of New York, said: The
farmers have no right to demand of the
State money for diseased cattle. 1t
is optional with the dairyman whether
he will call in the State Commission to
examine cattle that indicate tuber-
culosis and the appraisers, in giving
the owner of the diseased animal one
quarter of her value prior to the dis
covery of the disease, more than suf-
ficiently remunerates the man for his
loss ~
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-07-01
PRIZE HEN.

more abundant plumage. The latter
is very white and flowing; on the head
they have compact Polish tuft; the
comb is only two little points, and the
wattles are very small. They have five
toes on each foot. The fowls are non
sitters, small eaters and layers of large,
white eggs. They are said to be hardy
when mature, but are difficult to raise,
They are very small and are kept
chiefly as pets, being generally re-
garded as the most beautiful of all do
nestle fowls. They are, however,
good layers.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-07-01
A Soldiers Story.

The remains of John HI. Hernpany,"
the old soldier who died last Wedartake
day, were buried Saturday mountainous
the Soldiers Home. More than US and
romance surrounds the career ofIarald.
49,, Iuu' a'';4o 10 p"n,o ,,otn eaa1 nocrat
1,oro+;ro on,oi ,ent IN pal+;,nor John
glider, and in a short while had N suC-
a reputation in the line Of his tr, While
One morning about twentv-seven VII Me-
ago Herman suddenly disappeai Gov
and for ten months his wife and fan Times
of little ones heard nothing from lH could
At the end of this time his wild give
ceived letter, stating that he had leficial
listed in the army. For twenty tlration
years he remained in the service, be oliver
pr prono'eu IRON from private 10 corporal to the
Wv, os ooa5 80 ''N 70 ''n"ayS io:lut off
Dnr;no most Of this t;nno he ,vas ace
toned in the West, and took par
many bloody encounters with the resi-
dams: He was in the battle of LiFllss..
Big Horn and at Wounded K3:onia,
Finally his health gave way, and Hon.
became total physical wreck. 40 TX
on tns 49, ms uisunafs1, came Easp there
Two years and half ago great de.. 20 os
came over him to see again his ~ VI
and children, now grown to their dods-
iority. He accordingly wrote
friend in Baltimore, inclosing leplicah"
to his wife, beseeching her to live sad las
him again. His request was read MIR.
granted, and he removed to Baltim, silv
Three months ago he grew ill mai -
cystic troubles, to which he fino ~.
yielded on Wednesday last. The ST'O
day morning washington Star, :" 'cau4e.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-07-01
We are all looking for appreciation,
though few Of us deserve 1t.

"Did you take the waters at Sara
loga, Col KentuckT mo, sun; new
III mix my drinks"
Customer-What can you give me ia
. modest lunch? Waiter-Well, therer
veal with dressing.-Detroit Tribune.
"If you kiss me again l will call
mamma" "Well, / don't mind; she 10
still young-looking woman."-Town
Topics.
He-What will the world say at our
divorce?" The millionaire spouse-That
fool and his money are soon parted
Life.
Mammal wish you could get George
q nice situation Papa-rm afraid l
can't suit George. He wants a place IN
which time will hang heavily on his
hands.-Puck.
Daughter-George says he fears he
can't support me In the style I'm accus-
toned to. The father-Marry him,
anyhow, can't keep 1t up much long
err myself. Town Topics.
The Giddy Young Thing-What Is
that proverb about there being no mar
rying In heaven? The Chronic Bach
elor-Fools rush in where angels fear
to tread.-India1apolis Jonr-6l..-.<
Il should like to go to my mother
'-in-law's funeral this afternoon, sir"
said the book-keeper to the "old man."
80 should l." replied the proprietor.
as he turned to his desk again.-Puck.
At an official ball: "Sir, allow me to
shake hands with you, just by way OF
showing that know somebody here"
with pleasure, sir, as l am precisely
In the same boat as yourself."-Le eau
lois.
Lady In pony cart (who has made
several unsuccessful attempts to pass
persevering beginner occupying the
whole road)-Unless you soon fall OF,
sir, I'm afraid shall miss my train
Punch.
II shall hold him In sweet remem-
brance," said the potentate of Bwkplo.
He could hardly have done otherwise.
Even at home the young missionary
had been spoken Of as one of excellent
taste.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-07-01

NM. Olafsen and Philipsen, two IAN
,sb officers who recently explored the
pamIr country north of the Himaiayas'
found there unknown tribes who are
fire worshipers and ignorant of the use
of money. Their animals are all dwarf
"a the cows being the size OF ponies,
the donkeys of large dogs and the
sheen of small poodles. Women are
sold for Ave or six cows or fifteen sheep
apiece. Their chief article OF barter 's
frlra 80, =