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The Yale expositor., 1898-12-23

II drawee accepts draft and or
ders the bank to change it to his ac-
count would such q charge to the GUS
toner's account require stamp?
Also, in case a draft is presented and
accepted, which is duly stamped, and
the bank of the acceptor, acting un-
der general instructions, paid It, or in
case of a note, and charges the same
to the customers account, should such
a draft or note, or the charge made,
require a stamp? These two questions
were recently sent to the commissioner
of internal revenue for ruling, and
in answer he says that IL the accept
ance of a draft is accompanied by an
order to the bank to pay the same and
charge to the account of the drawee,
this accompanying order requires in
addition a 2-cent stamp as an order
for the payment of money. In case of
a banks paying a note and charging
same to account of the depositor no
liability to stamp occurs thereby, un-
less some written direction is given
by the maker OF the note to the bank.
which is in effect an order to the bank
to pay the amount of the note from
funds to the credit of the maker OF
the note; this order would require q
2-cent stamp. 1t is not the charge by
a bank to a depositor's account which
is taxable, but the order authorizing
the bank to make such charge.
The Yale expositor., 1898-12-23
OUT OF THE MOUTHS oFBABEs

''How many zones have we, Willie?"
junior class. -Four" was the reply.
well, then, name the four" said
the teacher. "The frlgerated, the hor-
rid, the temperance and the intempor-
ance," answered the little fellow.
Freddie, aged 5, had been watching
his mother prepare the Thanksgvn.;
turkey for dinner, and finally sail:
Mamma, I'd rather be wild turkey
than a tame one" why so, doar?"
she asked. Because" was the reply,
"a wild enc can run around on tLo
prairie all his life and q tame one gets
killed every year"
Bessie" said a north side mother
to her four-year-old daughter, heres
three cents; run down to the drug
store ON the corner and get ME
stamped envelope" A few minutes
later Bessie entered the store and the
proprietor asked: We'll, little girl,
what can l do for you?" "If you please,
sir" she replied, my mamma wants
free cents WORT of stamped antelope"
Harry, aged 4, while engaged in pick
ing the "drumstick" Of Thanksgiving
turkey partly swallowed one OF the
tendons, which are so numerous in the
legs of a fowl, and was nearly choked.
The tendon was finally extracted with
great difficulty from the little fellows
throat. when he exclaimed: well,
l don't blame the old turkey; it's the
cooks fault for not taking off its gar
ters."
Small Johnny had on his best clothes
one Sunday and his mamma told him
not to play in the dirt with them on.
Don't they have any dirt in heaven
to play in?" he asked. mo, OF course
not" replied his mother. Then what
do little boys do up there?" queried
Johnny. "oh, they play harps and
sing and sit under the beautiful trees. /"
was the reply. Then" said the lit
tie fellow, II don't see how they can
have trees IL there aint no dirt"
The Yale expositor., 1898-12-23

WORDSWORTH apostrophe to duty.
"Stern daughter of the Voice of God!"
is made clear by O remark of Admiral
Sampson, quoted by Mr.. I. N. Hollis.
in his essay. THE Navy in the War
with Spain," published in the Novem-
Der Atlantic. I'm a conversation last
fall, writes Mr.. Hollis, 81 suggested a
method of increasing the pay OF otIi-
GERS as an inducement for continued
good service and study, and the ad-
miral said, No, that won't do. The
word inducement is bad. You will get
the best work out of officers from q
high sense of duty, and not other
wise" No increase Of pay nor pros
pect Of prize-money would have been
an "inducement" to Somers and his
crew, ninety-four years ago, to sacrl
fee themselves in an effort to destroy
the Tripolitan feet. The deed OF Hob
son and his men, and that of Cadet
Powell. in waiting close under the
Spanish batteries in steam launch 10
carry back the Merrlmac's crew, were
not induced by hope of pecuniary re-
ward or even by the desire Of promo
tion. Terrors were overawed by a
high sense Of duty" They were her
bondmen.
The Yale expositor., 1898-12-23

Life is made up Of contrasts. In all
things they viyidly affect us, and are
made to supply much both Of our hap
piness and wholesome dlcipline. Sick
ness imparts an exquisite sensation to
returning health, which the uniformly
robust cannot know; sorrow gives
birth to JOY only the afflicted can
taste; and long fear and anxious sus-
pense end in q rapture, in the hour of
hope. All the darkness, indeed, Of this
world is but to show Off its light; all
its fraility to direct us to Almighty
strength; and all its short lived scenes
to pretigure what is undying and eter-
nal.
The Yale expositor., 1898-12-23
A WONDERFUL CLOCK.
what cHbery's Strange Piece OF Meohan-
ism Can DO.

ism Can DO.
a kankakee county man Is the pos
SCISSOR OF one OF the most wonderful
clocks in the country. This clock is
as near a perpetual motion machine as
any piece OF mechanism yet designed.
The owner is not perpetual crank,
but an exceedingly ingenious jeweler
named Peter NJ. Ravenskilde of Cabery,
hustling town in the southwestern
portion OF Kankalgee couaty. The
CLOCK Is the product OF many years OF
study and labor and considerable ex-
peAse. 1t keeps accurate time and will
run for year without the least atten-
ton from its owner. The clock prop
or is run with wheel sixty inches in
circumference. From the outer surface
or the circumference are suspended 100
cups, each one-half inch in diameter
and a third OF an inch deep. Each of
forty OF these cups, which are success
Eive, contains steel balls three-eighths
CT an inch In diameter. Every minute
and half as this wheel turns by the
weight OF these balls, one of them fails
~NN "a ANo NhPt lO4lo GOMI III lnClllICu
plane twenty inches long, when, by its
own weight, it reunites a broken cir
cult OF electricity and is again Gle
waited by little car travelling along q
sleeper inclined plane to the top of che
wheel, where it falls into a deep cup
which stands vertical for a short time.
After the car discharges its cargo it
returns to its original station from it's
own weight. From the time one OF
these balls is dropped into another
cup 1t travels thirty-six inches. Thus
the work done by all the balls is equiv
alent to one ball travelling over one
mile day; 400 miles in one year, aad
during the lifetime OF a person living
three score years the distance around
the globe. The electricity used is gem
Grated in an ordinary storage battery,
which does not require any attention
for fully year. Another clock owed
by Mr.. Ravenskilde is Of a similar con-
structior. but considerably smaller.
This clock is used to attract attention
in the store. A porcelain globe is
placed back of the clock and at night
green, led and white electric lights
reflect their rays alternately on the
face Of the clock, the colors being
changed each time the ball is discharg-
ed from one OF the cups on the time
piece. Mr.. Ravenskilde has had many
offers to exhibit his clocks, but refuses
to do so, and SO far he has not had the
mechanism DECENTRALIZATION Jourfial.
The Yale expositor., 1898-12-23

Mere acknowledgment of a fault
does not excuse its past commission or
license its future continuance. Some
persons seem to imagine that the open
proclamation of what they call their
"besetting sin" insures to them n GER
tain individual property right in 1t.
The honesty of their confession en-
circles 1t with kind Of aureola, and
their pet fault or sin becomes their
idol. FraAkness, sincerity, and open
mouthed honesty. are an essential Of
righteous confession, but they have no
7ower TO. issue licenses
The Yale expositor., 1898-12-23
A Chance to Mako Money.

Mrs. Peck-"Henry, I've been talk
ing to you for twenty minutes, and
I'll bet you don't know a word I've
said"
Mr.. Peck-"Say, go and try to get
somebody outside of the family to
take that bet, will you?"
The Yale expositor., 1898-12-23

Suggested by the Chicago Times
Herald that perhaps Justice doesn't
understand the French language. That
isn't the trouble. The bandage over
her eyes has slipped down to her
mouth.
The Yale expositor., 1898-12-23

Mrs. Gotrox-Mabel, dear, are you
sure Mr.. Woodby loves you for your
self alone? Mabel-Yes. I'm sure he
does, mamma. He is always so restless
when you are In the room.
The Yale expositor., 1898-12-23

War talk in France is largely for the
purpose of forgetting Dreyfus, but it
may some day bring to France the
glory of getting whipped.
The Yale expositor., 1898-12-23

A western university is teaching the
art of getting married gracefully. What
they want in Chicago, however, is the
art Of getting divorced in that way.
The Yale expositor., 1898-12-23

AS a mash II the steam roller is u
success.
The Yale expositor., 1898-12-23

1t is only when a man dies that
every one of his good qualities comes
to the surface.
The Yale expositor., 1898-12-23

OF business and more business for men
of leisure.
The Yale expositor., 1898-12-23

A man expects other men to show his
wife courtesies abroad that he never
thinks OF showing her at home.
The Yale expositor., 1898-12-23

It's easy to convince the plain wo-
man that handsome is as handsome
does.
The Yale expositor., 1898-12-23

The good points OF great many peo-
pie seem to have been broken off.
The Yale expositor., 1898-12-23

It's better to accept some statements
than to bother hunting up the proofs.
The Yale expositor., 1898-12-23

An old bachelor says woman's ton
que is an organ without stops.
The Yale expositor., 1898-12-23

A title makes little man great and
a great man little.
The Yale expositor., 1898-12-23

Again: II you would master the sit
uation; when angry do not utter
word or write letter, but before you
speak word or write a word, sing a
verse of some hymn, in a tune arrang-
ed in minor key and having no stac-
cato passages. II very angry, sing two
verses. II in positive rage, sing
three verses. First OF all, the unhealth-
Test thing on earth is to get mad. 1t
jangles the nerves. enlarges the spleen,
and sets the heart into wild thump-
ing. Many a man and many a woman
has In time OF such mental and phys
The Yale expositor., 1898-12-23

Woman's work is never done-unless
5he gets some other woman to do it.
The Yale expositor., 1898-12-23

Again: II you would be master OF
the situation, and l name It last, be-
cause 1t is the most important, for you
apt to be best remembered, charge
you get into your heart and life, your
conversation and your manners, your
The Yale expositor., 1898-12-23

Do not say you have no chance, but
remember Isaac Newton, the greatest
astronomer of his day, once peddling
cabbages in the street; and Martin
Luther, singing on the public square
for any pennies that he might pick up;
and John Bunyan, mending kettles;
and the late Judge Bradley, of the
United States Supreme court, who was
the son of a charcoal-burner; and Tur-
ner, the painter. who was the son of
q barber; and Lord Give, who saved
India to England, shipped by his father
to Madras as a useless boy whom he
wanted to get rid Of; and Prideaux, the
world renowned scholar and theologian,
securing pots and pans to work his way
through college, and the mother of the
late William F. Dodge, the philanthro-
pist and magnificent man, keeping a
thread and needle store; and Peter
Cooper, who worked on small wages
in q glue factory, living to give five
hundred thousand dollars for the
founding of an institute that has al
ready educated thousands OF tho poor
sons and daughters Of America: and
Dowditch, the scientist, beginning his
useful learning and afiluent career by
reading the books that had been driven
ashore from n shlpwreck at Salem.
There is, young man, a great financial
or literary or moral or religious sue
cess awaiting you II you only know
how to go up aud take II.
The Yale expositor., 1898-12-23

Again: If you would be master OF
the situation, never adjourn until to-
morrow what you can do today. The
difference between happy and inspir-
ing work and wearying and exhausting
and dispiriting work is the difference
between work behind you and work be-
fore you. But always wait until you
feel like il, wait until circumstances
are more propitious, wait till next
week, or wait till next year, and the
probability is the work will be only
half done, or never done at all. Post
ponement is the curse Of vast popu-
lation. After awhile all the things that
ought to have been done previously
will rush In upon you, and II being too
much for your brain and nerves, you
will be a fit subject for paralysis or
nervous prostration.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-09-06
PRESIDENT TO NAME LABOR AND
CAPITAL COMMISSION.
NO LACK OF APPLICATIONS
COMMISSION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
WORK VERY sOON..
1t VIII Investigate Economic Cues
tions and Recommend LeEislation
to Meet Problems Presented
by Labor, Capital and
Agriculture.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5.-One of the first
matters to which the president is now ex-
pected to give his attention is the selection
of nine members of the non-partisan COM
mission which, under the act of congress
of June 9. 1898. is to collect information and
consider and recommend legislation to meet
the problems presented by labor. agricul-
ture and capital. This body is to consist
Of nineteen persons, five of whom are to
be members of the senate, five Of the house
and mine other persons" who shall fairly
represent the different industries and en-
ployments. The senators and represent
atiyes already have been appointed For
the positions to be filed by the president,
there are on file at the White House about
125 applications. embracing the names OF
many well known labor leaders and others
prominent in the discussion of questions in
cidental to the betterment of the farmer
and laboring man.
The lifetime of the commission is to be
two years, the salary of the members $500
per annum. and it's powers and duties are
comprehensive in scope. Public hearings
may be given, If necessary, and authority
is granted to visit any part OF the United
States for the purpose of securing the in
formation required to make ats report to
congress.
Senator Kyle. who, by virtue Of his office,
is expected to be the chairman of the COM
mission, has already indicated to the pres
ident that he would be ready to call the
body together for organization by Septem-
Der 10. and the president gave him to I'M
derstand the personnel of the commission
would be completed by that time Among
those who have been mentioned in connection
with the appointments, are ex-Represent-
ative Philips. of Pennsylvania. former
chairman of the house labor committee;
Mr.. Sargent, of the Locomotive Firemen's
Brotherhood; eX-Representative Farquhar,
of New York; Major Hansen, of Georgia;
Captain E. A. Smythe. of South Carolina.
the two latter being the candidates present.
ed by the cotton milling interests of the
South.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-09-06
A MONUMENT TO THE LIVING.
New Brighton, Pa, Erects n Tower
13O Feet High I'm Honor of
Manila Warriors.

PITTSBURG, PA, Sept. 5-When Com
pany 3. of the Tenth regiment, Pennsyl-
yania volunteers returns from Manila, the
members will find their names eablazoned
on tablets OF marble, on huge steel tower
Of Eiffel-like design, standing in the very
center of the business section of New
Brighton, and surmounted by the flag they
fought and suffered for in the Philippines.
New Brighton, few miles below this city,
is the first place in the United States where
a memorial Of The just-ended war has
been placed. II will go down in history
with this distinction as well as that of
having thus honored her soldiers while they
were still in the field. This is an innovation
in the methods of monument making.
The memorial Is of the finest steel and
100 feet high. 1t STANDS at the junction
of the main paths in the little park in
the center OF the town.
II is of graceful design and built on the
general lines Of the Eiffel tower at Paris.
On the pinnacle is thirty foot fiagpole.
also of steel Around the four sides OF the
is engraved the name of every man in
Company i who went to Manila. The me
mortal is erected by public subscription.
and is the result of movement started
soon after the battle of Malate. Public
sentiment was so heartily in favor of the
plan that the necessary funds were secured
without trouble.
Every inhabitant of New Brighton, from
the oldest inhabiiant TO the little school
girl, helped with the dedication. There was
a parade in which various military organi-
cations, with plenty Of bands, took part, a
string of floats representing every branch
of manufacture in the Beaver valley, and
over a mile long and former officers of inc
absent company in command. The day will
never be forgotten.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-09-06
SPANISH C0RTES MEETS.
Pence Matters to he Discussed I'm Sc
cret Session. Despite Nigor-
Gus Protests.

MADRID, Sept. 5-The chambers assem-
bled here to-day. At the opening of the
senate the secretary read a letter from
Senior Rodriguez. senator from Porto Rico,
refusing to obey the summons to attend.
The premier, Senor Sagasta, arrdyed in
the insignia of his office. ascended the trib-
une and read decree authorizing the gov
ernment to present to the chamber a draft
of IL law empowering the ministers to re-
conformity with the stipulations Of the
peace preIiminarieS between Spain and the
United States.
The president of the senate proposed a
secret discussion or the decree and, despite
the protests of some senators. ordered that
the galleries be closed. which was done
amid loud murmurs of dlsapproval.
The chamber soon became involved in
a discussion Of press censorship, and a
deputy inquired the motive underlying a
circular which General Chinchilla, cap
tain general of Madrid, has addressed TO
newspapers. regulating their reports of the
sessions of the cortes.
He declared that the censorship was in
consistently applied and that the effect of
the circular was to punish errors In adj
Those who had expected sensat, nal
scenes on the reOpening Cf the chambers
were disappointed. The general public
seems Indifferent. The people at large are
apparently convinced that Spain must ac-
cede to whatever the United States de-
mands.
in which deputies who are journalists pro-
tested empha'ically against the attitude OF
the government Senior Romero Robedo
accused the government OF illegality In con.
tinuing the suspension of the constitutional
guarantees after the reopening of the cor
tes He demanded immediate DEGREES re-
yoking the suspension.
Senior Capdepon, the minister Of the
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-09-06
CUBANs SHORT OF FOOD.
General Nunez Says 1t Is Because
They Can No Longer Raid
and Forage.

WASHINGTON. Sept. 5.-General Nunez.
of the Cuban army, has returned to Wash
ington, having been on an expedition which
took supplies to the Cubans. He left this
country before the war was closed and
landed at several points and delivered his
supplies.
General Nunez reports great deal of dis
tress among the Cubans and says IL will be
still greater on account of the inability of
places where they formerly obtained sup
plies General NuneZ says that one reason
WHY the Spaniards are making 1t difficult
to supply food to the Cubans is that they
want to compel the latter to take the pro-
visions by force and thus create disturb
ances and trouble, stir up strife between
the Americans and Cubans, which Will tend
10 discredit them. The Spaniards are will
ing food should be given to their immedi-
ate people, but do not want ii taken to
tho C'uhanS SAYS the general.
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Sept. 5.-Two hun
dred Cubans from General Cebreco's camp
in the hills near Cobre. this province, came
to this city this afternoon, surrendered
their arms and asked for rations. General
| Lawton took the arms and put the men
TO work on the water front to earn their
/ rations.
The Cubans say their forces in Santiago
| province are suffering for want of food and
are on the point of breaking out. They
| have no provisions and cannot get forage.
/ General Lawton has replied that he will
ration all men who will como to town. give
\ up their arms and work for their food. but
| that he will not supply any men who per-
| sist in keeping arms and skulking In the
hills when they ought to he on the planta-
| tioRs helping to make harvest.
| He believes II will not he long before
| for recognition and have returned to their
| homes.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-09-06
WELL KNOWN KANSAN KILLED.
c. c. Pearson, Ex-Sherif of RawIins
County, Thrown From n
Wagon.

ATWOOD. KAS.. Sept. 5.-(Special) C.
c. Pearson. ex-sheriff of Rawlins county,
was thrown from a wagon at 3 o'clock yes
terday evening. sustaining partial disloca-
ton of the neck and two fearful gashes
in the face. one extending across the face
beneath the nose and the other down the
right cheek. from which effect he died at
midnight. No one witnessed the accident
and it was not known if he suffered the
injury in the fall or was kicked by the
horse. Mr.. Pearson is an old time cattle
range of Montana TO Texas, his native
state. In 1873. when the settlement of this
territory drove out the cattlemen and their
herds, Mr.. Pearson decided to cast his lot
among the settlers. and to-day enjoys the
friendship and esteem of all who know him.
He was a popular member of the Masons
and Workmen and was buried under the
auspices of the former at o'clock this
afternoon. He leaves a wife and five small
children, who will receive an insurance
of 81 600 from the Modern Woodmen.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-09-06
HEAVIEST UNITED STATES WHEAT
YIELD ON RECORD.
NEARLY 7OO,O00,0OO BUSHELS
CORN CONDITION Is A "DIsTINCT DIS
APPOINTMENT,
Average Is S5.4, hut for the Seven
Great Corn States Only 7S.3-
Oats Crop Not Up to the
Average in Yield
or Quality.

NEW YORK, Sept. 5.-The wheat crop
of 1885 is not quite up to promise. according
to the report of the American Agricultur-
ist. which will appear in the issue of Sep
tember 10. This says that. in a few states,
Il now appears the promise of wheat was
not fulfilled in actual grain by what must
| seem like a large margin. while in num-
Der of states the rate of yield was even
greater than indicated on July /. But with
full allowance for all disappointment, the
fact remains that the crop this year is the
largest on record.
The reported rate of yield in winter wheat
is 1i.S bushels. and in spring wheat 15.i
bushels The final crop result will appear
next month. but the American Agricultur-
ist says that II may not be amiss to note
that. If the present rate of yield indicated
shall be maintained, the total production
of winter wheat will be rather under 4OO,-
0oo.0e0 bushels. and spring wheat fully 3GO,-
10000 bushels, subject to modifi alton next
month.
The present report of the American Agri-
culturist on corn places the condition at
S5.4, as compared with S5.6 month earlier.
The change. while slight, is a distinct dis
appointment, as 1t was generally believed
the breaking of the drouth would advance
the condition of the crop, at least to an
average showing. for this date.
Taking the surplus states of Ohio, Indi-
ana, Illinois. Iowa, Missouri, Kansas and
Nebraska, 1t appears the present condi-
ton of this crop is 7S.9 against 79.1 one
| month ago, and 500 one year ago. There
| is an unusually large percentage of healthy
appearing stalks which are bearing no ears
| at all, and a larger proportion which have
| a single ear.and that short and approach
| iEg the "nubbin' condition. The effect OF
will f,,II, !,
| the crop is husked. and 1t is easily within
the range of possibilities that the final re-
port of rate of yield per acre will pre-
sent some marked surprises.
The condition of oats when harvested
| is placed at 7S.4, or % lower than on Au-
gust l. with the general quality not. as
good as last year.
The same authority says the past month
| has brought further reduction in the prom
Use of the potato crop. the breaking OF
| the drouth not being followed by a re.
| Covery of condition.