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The Yale expositor., 1897-04-30
Dinner. Tha, Cos. Money.

Lucius Lucullus, the Roman general,
once gave q dinner at which wine was
served costing $40 an ounce. The
young pigs eaten were roasted over a
fire burning nuts and raisins. Among
the select dishes were peacock,s
tongues, live fish from distant seas,
oysters from Britain and fruits from
Arabia. The cost of the feast was
about 100000. Caligula also gave a
dinner which is said to have cost $780,
600. Vitellius, the Roman emperor,
gave a dinner costing 100000. An
other dinner by Aulus Verus, q Roman
noble, cost s250,000 and Elagabalus
one at which single dish cost $780,
900. When George Nevil was installed
archbishop OF York, in 1470. he gave
a feast that cost s150,000. The guests
during the day and night of the festi-
val consumed so oxen, 300 hogs. 10 ,00(
sheep, 1000 chickens, 1000 ducks, 1900
bucks, does and roebucks, 200 tons OF
ale, 104 tons of wine and other things
in proportion.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Yale expositor., 1897-04-30
Mich nsr,ltrx Uncovered.

A feature of the religious revival In
progress at Hortonville, Ind. is that
the conversions have had the effect
of uncovering more or less dishonesty
and other offenses. One penitent paid
back $40, which he had taken from
the owner OF a steam thrashing ma
chine. Another acknowledged to the
injured party that he had sworn false
" against him In court. Confessions
of the theft of hams. chickens. ETC.,
have been lively and still the good
work goes on.
The Yale expositor., 1897-04-30
The Dragon-Fiy.

One of the most useful o. insects is,
owing to the ignorance OF the public.
forever being killed. II Is known as
the dragon-fy. the needle-case and the
DEVILS darning-needle. Says a writer
OF authority: In its larva. state II
subsists almost entirely on those small
sauirming threads which can be seen
darting about in any still water, and
which hatch out into sweet-singing
mosquito. As soon as the dragoon-fy
leaves its watery nursing-ground, and
climbing some friendly reed, throws
away the old shell and flies away, 1t is
helping man again. Its quarry now Is
the house-Hy. Not long ago the writer
saw one of these insects knocked down
in a veranda, where Ii had been doing
yeoman's service, and the children and
women seemed delighted, although
they shrank back from the poor, wound
ed dragon-fly. They all thought 1t had
an awful sting at the end Of its long
body; q cruel injustice. When the
writer took the insect up there was
general wonderment, which was in
creased when a captured fly was offer
ed it and 1t ate greedily. The boys OF
the household will never harm a dra-
comfy again.
The Yale expositor., 1897-04-30

A noble record is that OF Trinity
Church of Boston. II Is the church
over which that large-hearted, conse-
Grated man, Phillips Brooks, was rec
cor for so many years. Its present rec
tor stated a few Sabbaths since that its
work of charity during the last twenty
years had reached in contributions an
average Of one thousand dollars Sun
day for every Sunday the church had
been opened. These were voluntary
offerings for all who have needed sue
cor and the ministries of pecuniary
help, quite apart from the costly main
tenance of the services of the church
itself 1t shows the great influence for
God and humanity an earnest. great
hearted preacher may have over the
people who listen to his religious teach
ings. and are ennobled by the example
of his unselfsh life. 1t speaks. too,
more emphatically than words can de-
clare it, of the sympathy felt by men
of wealth, and by men active and pros
porous in business, for those for whom
fortune has not shown favor, and VIII sc
lives are under the shadows OF priva-
ton.
The Yale expositor., 1897-04-30
Quite n Difference.

All disciples OF Izaak Walton will
appreciate the story which Is going the
rounds, concerning Mr.. Andrew Lang.
the English critic and essayist. An ex-
change publishes the anecdote which
one of Mr.. Lang's literary friends tells:
II happened to me to spend few days
last summer in an English village. Hav-
ing noticed a pleasant river which
seemed to promise excellent fishing, l
spoke of it to my landlady. "oh yes,
sir" she said, there is very good fish,
ing here-many people come here for
fishing" What kind of people come
here?" I asked. Literary gentlemen
come here very often. sir. We had Mr..
Andrew Lang staying here" "Oh.
really! does he fish? Is he good fish,
erman?" Yes. sir, he fishes beauti-
fully" Really! does he catch much ?"
"oh no, sir. he never catches anything.
but he fishes beautifully"
The Yale expositor., 1897-04-30
Merit Wins.

The invention of Alabastine marked
a new era In wall coatings, and from
the standpoint OF the building owner
was most important discovery. IL
has from a small beginning branehed
out into every country of the civilized
world. The name ''kalsomine" has De-
come so offensive to property owners
that manufacturers of cheap kalso-
mine preparations are now calling
them by some other name. and at
tempting TO sell ON the Alabastine
company's reputation.
Through extensive advertising and
personal use the merits of the durable
Alabastine are so thoroughly known
that the people insist on getting these
goods and will take no chance OF spoil
ing their walls for u possible saving OF
ut the most but few cents Thus II Is
again demonstrated that merit wins,
and that manufacturers Of frst-class
articles will be supported by the
people.
The Yale expositor., 1897-04-30

Any American bicycle maker who
seeks information as to the best means
of introducing his wares abroad and
particularly in Italy cannot do better
than consult a report on this subject
made to the state department by United
States Consul Johnson at Venice. The
consul says that while the Italians
make a fair bicycle, the people gener-
ally prefer foreign wheels, and IL the
American maker can supply three
grades, about $3.50. $685. and $115.SO
each, there can be no question that
good market can be found. He adds:
'As yet, in Italy, women have not Ia
ken very enthusiastically to bicycling.
but the interest taken by them in this
district is daily increasing, especially
those who aspire to q position in the
fashionable world, as IL seems to be
quite the proper thing and in excel
lent form for a woman Of a smart set
to be an expert bicyclist."
The Yale expositor., 1897-04-30
A Characteristic Reply.

The incorruptibility of General Walk
err. late president of the Massachusetts,
Institute of Technology, was above all
suspicion. A Characteristic anecdote is
told of him by J.. ]. Spencer In the
Review of Reviews: At one time. when
General Walker held government po-
sition. a place shared in measure by
another. he was approached with the
suggestion that. since the whole de-
partment was under their control, by
working in harmony they could have
whatever they desired. II have no do
sires." said General Walker. '1jut,
general" said his coadjutor. do you
not see that we can push forward our
friends and relatives into good placesy''
Il have norfriends." was The reply.
The Yale expositor., 1897-04-30

The John A. SalzsI Seed Co.. La
Crosse, Wis, are making an unprece-
dented offer of 3 bbls. Of French Arti-
chokes, sufficient to plant acre, which
can be planted as late in the season Is
June LIST, and will yield a bountifui
harvest the first year. at but $4.O0 Tor
the bbls. This is a rare chance Tor
the farmer to get an acre of this great
hog food. 1t Is the best thing In the
world to keep hogs healthy, Tat ana
in good condition. as 1t is the best pre-
tentative for hog cholera known.
Send them an order today for bDls.'
RENTING but $500. You will be de-
lighted with the results. Wnu
The Yale expositor., 1897-04-30

The people of Tennessee have pre-
pared to celebrate the one hundredth
anniversary of the admission of the
state into the Union, by holding a
great centennial and international ex-
position at Nashville. Centennial Park,
where the exposition will be held. is a
two hundred acre tract Of highly i'm
proved and, situated in the western
suburbs of the city. 1t is easily reached
by three electric street car lines and
one steam railway line. Railroad pas
senger rates from every section of the
country to Nashville, during the prog
ress OF the exposition. will be reduced
to the minimum. The climate of Mid
die Tennessee is delightful, and the
country surrounding Nashville is
ideally beautiful. The main buildings
of the exposition are: THE Parthe-
non," THE Erechtheon." "The Audi
torium, Administration. Ohildren's,
Commerce, Transportation, Agricul-
ture. Minerals and Forestry, Machin-
cry, Negro, and Government. The d.
mansions of the buildings which are
TO contain commercial exhibits. exclus-
i've of annexes, are as follows: Com
merce. 500x315 feet: Transportation,
4O0x120 feet; Machinery. S75x1Ss feet;
Minerals AMI Forestry. 4o0x12s feet;
Agriculture, 525xt75 feet.
The Yale expositor., 1897-04-30
by Il Victim

other whalers, and when he read DR..
Lyman Abbott's sermon on Jonah and
the waale he bethought himself or
Capt. james r. Davis of Noank, re-
tired whaling captain, rs years old.
who las been five times Jonah,
which is Capt Davis own way of say
ing that he has lived in the bellies OF
five different whales. Unfortunately
for the strictest possible application OF
Capt. Davis experiences to the scrip
tural story, but no doubt fortunately
for Capt. Davis himself. his whales
were dead. But he was In them-of
that there is no doubt-and he has
lived to smoke pipe and tell about
1t, and Capt Swinnerton tells the story
of his friends experience thus:
Il dined yesterday with man, now
rs years of age, who has been in the
bellies of five different whales. He Is
| Capt. James R Davis OF Noank, Conn.,,
and this was done when he was q
young man OF % years of age. He was
one of the crew of the whaling ship
Tiger, Capt. William Brewster, of
| Stonington. Conn, which left that
! place In 1S45, sailing direct around the
Horn to the whaling grounds OF the
Pacific. Afterward the ship sailed to
Magdalena bay, off the Lower Cali
fornia coast. The grayback whales
use 1t as a breeding ground and are
found here in great numbers. The
cow whales float up on the sandy shore
| or the still waters and when the tides
fall the young whales are born on the
beach. The calf when born has its
flukes bent up like hook, and it is
several days before this hook straight
ems out enough for 1t to use IL to
swim. The mother whale will sport
about the bays until her baby gets the
crook out of its tail and then teaches II
to swim. The COW whale when about
to calve Is very fat and valuable and
yields about forty barrels of oil from
the blubber and seven barrels from the
inside heart fat and that about the
liver and entrails. The mother whale:
never desert their young and thus be
come easy captures. After being kill.
ed they are towed alongside the ship
A cutting-in chain Is fastened to the
side fin, tackle from it to the main
yard hauled tight and one strip o.
blutber cut into. This is called {
blanket piece. Then the ribs are GU
at the backbone and the blanket piece
and the ribs are hauled up from tn,
carcass, leaving a hole. in the uppe
part of the body just back Of the head
A man enters this hole and cuts al
the fatty substance from about tn
head, which is shaped like a chicken
gizzard, but from two feet to thirt.
inches In diameter. Capt. Davis toll
me he was in a different whale eacl
, day for five days, being inside eacl
mammal about an hour doing thi
work, and that II Is common custom
, for A whaler to be for a time Jonal
J in the whales stomach. Capt. Davi
has been a Jonah on five different oc
: casions. Now, II young man of
years can live in a whales stomach
, even though the whale be dead, VIII
could not the Jonah of the Bible liy
three days and as many nights in tina
: famed whale OF scripture? Cap
Davis five whales had not been dea
very long when he was in them"
The Yale expositor., 1897-04-30
That light, the breaking day which tips
The golden-spired Apocalypse.


The golden-spired Apocalypse.
Madame de Stael did world OF work
In her time, and one day, while she was
seated amid instruments of music. all or
which she had mastered. and amid
manuscript books which she had writ
ten, some one said to her: How DO
you find time to attend to all these
things?" "Oh." she replied. these are
not the things lam proud Of. My chief
boast is in the fact that 'I'have seven
teen trades, by any one OF which could
make livelihood II necessary. Ana
II In secular spheres there Is so much
to be done. In spiritual work how vast
the field! How many dying all around
about us without one word of comfort!
We want more Abigails. more Han
nahs. more Rebeccas. more Marys. more
Deborahs consecrated-body, mind ana
soul, to the Lord who bought them.
Once more l learn from my subject
the value of cleaning.
Ruth going into that harvest neiu
might have said: There Is straw,
and there is straw, but what ID q
straw? 1 can't get any barley for my
self or my mother-in-law out OF these
separate straws." Not so said beautiful
Ruth. She gathered two straws, and
she put them together. and more
straws, until she got enough to make
sheaf. Putting that down, she went
and gathered more straws, until sne
had another sheaf. and another, ana
another. and another. and then she
brought them altogether. and she
threshed them out. and she had an
ephah OF barley. nigh a bushel. on
that We might all be cleaners!
Elihu Burritt learned many things
while toiling in a blacksmith's shop
Abercrcmbie the world-renowned phi
losopher, was a philosopher In Scot
land. and he got his philosophy, or the
chief part OF 1t. while. as a physician
he was waiting for the door OF the
sick room TO open. Yet how many
there are In this day who say they are
so busy they have no time for mental
or spiritual Improvement; the grea'
duties OF life cross the field like strong
reapers and carry off all the hours
and there is only here and there
fragment left, that is not worth CLEAN
ing. All. my friends. you could sc
into the busiest day and busiest week o.
your life and find golden opportunities
which. gathered. might at last make
whole sheaf for the Lords garner. i
is the stray opportunities and thu
stray privileges which. taken up ant
bound together and beaten out. will a
last fill you with much JOY.
There are a few moments left wortl
the cleaning. Now, Ruth to the field
! May each one have measure full AM
running over! Oh. you cleaners. to tn
i field! And IL there be in your house
: hold an eyed one or a sick relative tina
, Is not strong enough to come forth an
toll in this field, then let Ruth TAX
, home to feeble Naomi this sheaf o
} cleaning: He that goeth forth an
I weepeth, bearing precious seed, shal
! doubtless come again with rejoicing
3 bringing his sheaves with him." Ma
> the Lord God of Ruth and Naomi b
4 our portion forever!
The Yale expositor., 1897-04-30

1t is aid that Queen Victoria. on her
return from the south of France, will
visit Mr.. Astor-or Arstor, as his adj
miring English friends call him. This
will be in recognition of Mr.. Aston s
generous contribution for her majesty s
starving subjects in India The queen
may very well encourage Americans
with so much wealth as Mr.. Astor en-
joys. This rich American exile has
spent a great deal of money In her
realm
The Yale expositor., 1897-04-30

At a meeting OF the faculty of the
Union Theological Seminary the other
day Miss Emile Grace Briggs was
awarded the second place In the grs.dn-
ating class. Miss Briggs is the daugh-
ter OF Prof. Charles A. Briggs. and she
IL the first woman TO be graduated from
a Presbyterian theological seminary
Though she Is now graduate of a
Presbyterian seminary, OF course Miss
Briggs cannot speak In any Of the
churches. But though she cannot talk.
she has written two sermons, and the
faculty has pronounced them most ex-
cellent
The Yale expositor., 1897-04-30

The commercial invasion OF the
United States by Japan is imminent.
Her manufacturers are indomitable, and
1t seems that the Japanese are not dis
posed to buy anything abroad which
they can make at home. The balance
Of trade between japan and the
United States seems 6xedly against us.
The Yale expositor., 1897-04-30

Cast your bread upon the waters and
those who benefit by your generosity
will grumble because you didn't cast
cake.
The Yale expositor., 1897-04-30
when contradiction !. safety.

"Dah's only one time." said Uncle
Ebeu. when it's safe ter conterdict q
man, an dat's when he puts on a
melancholy look an stahts In ter tell
'bou4 how old he's gettin' ter be-
WashirgtoneStar.
The Yale expositor., 1897-04-30

Prof. McMasters' plan of writing
American history will place the school
children under the necessity of read
ing the truth when they are older.
The Yale expositor., 1897-04-30
IN WHALES STOMACH.
CAPT. DAVIS VISITED THE IN
TERROR OF FIVE.
How His Cali Differed from Jonah's-
All OF the Huge Animals Were Dead
-Fyesh Light Ola Their Habits IL Told
by 1. Victim.

APT. s. A. SWIM
merton. having sail
ed the sea for many
years. Is now keep
er of Lightship No,
%, on Noank,
Conn. During his
sea life Capt. Swim
n erton W as q
whaler. says the
New York Herald.
Naturally he knows
The Yale expositor., 1897-04-30

You can't fool lot of people, though
. Il is easy to fool one.
The Yale expositor., 1897-04-30

There Is at least one encouraging
sign, loafers are less popular than they
ever were before.
The Yale expositor., 1897-04-30

There is only one black man in con-
gress, and, strange to say. his name Is
White.
The Yale expositor., 1897-04-30

The wife and daughter Of Mr.. Hyatt.
the American vice-consul a. Santiago
de Cuba. have been attacked by yellow
fever.
The Yale expositor., 1897-04-30

When amid the storms they sang.
And the stars heard. and the sea;
And the sounding aisles OF the dim
wood
Rang to the anthems of the free.
The Yale expositor., 1897-04-30
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
FRIENDSHIP FAILING"
LAST SUNDAYS SUBJECT.
From the Following Texts And She
Went and Came and Cleaned I'm tho
Fields After the Reapers; and Her Hap
Was To Light."-Ruth 2;3.

HE time that Ruth
and Naomi arrived
at Bethlehem Ia
harvest time. 1t
was the custom
when a sheaf fell
from a load In the
harvest field for
the reapers to re-
fuse to gather 1t
up; that was to be
left for the poor
The Yale expositor., 1897-04-30

II Gleason is elected mayor, Greater
New York will have to stand Pat.
The Yale expositor., 1897-04-30

Where you are is of no moment, but
only what you are doing there. 1t is
not the place that ennobles you, but
you the pla .e.-Petrarch.
We cannot conquer fate and neces-
sity, yet we can yield to them in such
a manner as to be greater than II we
could. --Landor.
The Yale expositor., 1897-04-30

Avarice, which too often attends
wealth, is a greater evil than any that
is found IN poverty. Fielding.
The Yale expositor., 1897-04-30

I've never any pity for conceited peo-
pie, because l think they carry their
comfort about with them
Eliot.
The Yale expositor., 1897-04-30

-, D,, are prompt, efficient and
rt00d'C ptbtS easv in effect. Is cents.
The Yale expositor., 1897-04-30

his old boat that would never be of any
practical use; but when the deluge
came, and the tops OF the mountains
disappeared like the backs of sea mon
sters, and the elements, dashed up in
fury, clapped their hands over
drowned world, then Noah In the ark
rejoiced in his own safety and In the
safety Of his family, and looked out
on the wreck OF ruined earth.
Christ, bounded of prosecutors. de-
MED a pillow. worse maltreated than
the thieves on either side OF the cross.
human hate smacking it's lips In sat
isfaction after II had been draining his
last drop OF blood, the sheeted dead
bursting from the sepulchres at his
crucifixion. Tell me. o Gethsemane
and Golgotha, were there ever darker
times than those? Like the booming
OF the midnight sea against the rock,
the surges OF Christs anguish beat
against the gates of eternity, TO n
echoed back by all the thrones OF
heaven and all the dungeons Of hell.
But the day OF reward comes for
Christ: all the pomp and dominion OF
this world are to be hung on his
throne, crowned heads are to bow be-
fore him on whose head are many
crowns. and all the celestial worship
is to come up at his feet, like the hum
ming of the forest. like the rushing OF
the waters. like the laundering OF the
seas. while all heaven. rising on their
thrones. beat time with their sceptres:
"Halielujah. for shs Lord God omnipo-
tent reigneth."
That song OF love, now low and far,
; lcre long shall swell from star to star;
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-02
The Great Business Revival.

The Springfield Republican has no
use for a protective tariff and it is not
especially enamored of any other pre-
dominant political feature of the time,
but it is sharp-eyed and candid in re-
porting facts At the outset of a long
editorial review of the business situa-
ton it uses these significant words:
1T is difficult to portray the amazing
change that has come over the whole
face of the business world. Where
hardly more than two months ago
doubt, hesitation and depression of
spirit prevailed. all is now life, activ-
ity and high expectancy. Gold discov-
cries, tariff expectation, sound or un-
sound, and high crop prices, all coming
together by strange chance, have given
the commercial body such an electric
shock as has not been experienced in
eighteen years"
Some facts which it cites are worthy
of repetition. Everybody is familiar
with the recent bounding jump in the
cereal market, but not everybody in
these parts appreciates what a change
has taken place for the better in the
wool market. Here" says the Repub-
lican, had been enormous importa-
tions ahead of the tariff and such ac-
tive trading as was supposed to have
exhausted the energies of that market
for a time. But the sales at Boston
last week break all records-12, ,453 200
pounds, against the previous highest
point of 11,57S,OOO in the last week Of
March. Prices have also risen until
they touch a fifty per cent. advance
over the lowest of the season. Here
is the Boston Commercial Bulletins
table of prices for August % of the
years named on few staple varieties:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-02
Mr.. Leisenr,ng,s candidacy

Another Richmond has formally pro-
claimed his entrance into the guber-
material field in the person of Hon.
John Leisenring, of Upper Lehigh,mak-
ing so far the third active and avowed
contestant for next years chief nomin-
alton. While Mr.. Leisenring's candi-
dacy had been taken fer granted for
many months and had even reached
the stage warranting central head
quarters, it remained for the Republi-
cans of Euzerne county, in convention
on Tuesday, to make official presenta-
tion of the fact to the Republicans of
the state which they did in language
both complimentary and earnest.
The ambition to be chief executive
of the second commonwealth in the
union is one which no man need apollo
gize for; and when we consider the in
frequency with which, in the past, this
honor has come to the northeastern
quarter of the state, and bear also in
mind the rapid strides which that Sec
tion has lately made in industrial and
political Importance, the claim of this
region for recognition becomes by no
means inconsiderable. We assume
that it is primarily with a view to
demonstrating this fact that Mr.. Leis-
enrng consented to become candi-
date; and we further assume that not
withstanding some foolish talk by care
less lieutenants, he desires to main
tain friendly relations with other prom
inent Republicans in the neighbOrhood
who have also been urged to contest
for a proper recognition of northeast
ern Pennsylvania claims, to the end
that should a concentration of forces
eventually become desirable it could
be effected without embarrassment.
On this hypothesis the formal proc
lamation of Mr. Leisenrings candidacy
can be viewed with equanmity. The
candidate himself, if lacking the pro-
longed experience in public life and
widespread personal acquaintance of
some of his competitors, is nevertheless
a young man of admirable business
qualities, alert, energetic and forCeful;
and during his single term in congress
he exhibited a grasp on new duties and
an aptitude for social diplomacy that
would augur we'll for the common
wealth should he ever be chosen as its
chief executive.