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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-25
CHICAGO'S BIG TREE.

A big tree has been discovered near
Chicago, said to be the largest tree out
side of California. Three feet from
the ground the girth is IL feet. The
diameter is 10 feet inches. The height
is 1870 feet. Within the tree is a re-
markable hollow, &c feet in circumfer-
ence, Sh feet in diameter and 20 feet in
height. A horse and it's rider can
easily pass within the trunk. and three
horses can find shelter there. 1t is
of the cottonwood family, and it has
been estimated that it is no less than
GOO years old. 1t is found on the farm
of Charles Krotz, two miles and half
from Crosse Point. The people who
live there tell many stories Of the giant
tree. 1t is said that in early days the
Robin Hoods of the country made this
their place of rendezvous. 1t is also
reported to have been the camping
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-25

It is something unusual for French
and other European writer's to study
American finance. Monsieur R. G.. Le-
Wy, well-known financial authority,
has written for the Revue des DeuK
Mondes an article upon debt and tax
alton in the United States, In which he
expresses the opinion that the new
taxes resulting from the Spanish war
will make it necessary to conduct our
financial affairs with more care and
scrutiny than has been our custom. lie
also remarks-what is so obvious that
1t should be commonplace with us
that II we adopt an imperial" policy
our people must be prepared to bear
burdens Of taxation similar to those
under which the European nations are
groaning. His goodwill toward US is
shown in his expression Of hope that
the great republic will remain faithful
to the traditions OF moderation, wis
dom and reason bequeathed to II by its
iliustrious founders.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-25
CHICAGO,S BIG TREE
A Porter who Demands His Dues.

The German empress recently lost
her insignia of the Royal Order of Vic
toria and Albert. valuable jewel sur
rounded by brilliants. A porter found
the bauble and claimed the reward. as
provided by the laws of Prussia, which
gave the finder of an article one-tenth
Of the value of the property restored to
its owner. The empress offered h:m
100 marks. which he refused. and as
the empress would not pay a tenth of
what the insignia was worth, Che por-
ter began a legal action against the
empress cabinet.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-25
AFTER HE WAS HIT.
rhe Sensation of an American Omcer
when Shot

when Shot
First Lieut.. w. ii. Wassell, 22d Unit
ed States infantry, writing to his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin II. Wassell OF
Pittsburg, quoted by the Pittsburg
Press: Il was shot at about o'clock
In the afternoon of July while storm
Ing El Caney, northeast Of Santiago. l
was looking through field glasses at
the time and the ball cut through the
outer part OF the little finger of the
left hand, joint next to the hand, then
through the palm of the hand, out just
below the index finger, then in the
cheek about half an inch from the left
corner OF my mouth, back through my
mouth, taking several back teeth ,dowa-
ward through my neck, still downward
and toward my spine, coming out about
half way down my back, and about four
inches from my spine. | haven't 4
bone broken. l can swallow, and,
thank God, / am strong, and, aside
from possible scars, l will be no worse
OH. l will never forget the sensation
OF being shot. We had been under fire
all day-the hottest rain of bullets that
men ever went up against. The Span
iards were all intrenched. They shot
us from behind earthworks, block
at once it seemed as il | were lifted
from the ground and whirled around
and around, oh, so terribly fast.
never lost consciousness during the
sensation. felt myself going, but
seemed to realize that if | let myself
go 1t would be all over. so | took O
brace, and, after what seemed an age
or this awful whirling, l was dropped
to the ground. Then It seemed as IL
no one would notice that had been
nit. 1t seemed an age before | heard
man swear and say: They've lit
Lieut.. Wassell.' He picked me up TO
carry me down behind the crest of the
hill, and what a storm of bullets the
poor fellow got as he raised me.
dldnt know how badly l was hurt, but
from the blood gushing from my mouth
and the pain in my back where the
bullet had left me, imagined | was IN
1t pretty badly. Capt. Lochinvar came
to me, and | remember telling him |
did not know whether l was done for
or only scared to death One of the
men dressed me as we'll as he could
with my first bandages, and lay under
a tree until about o'clock. About
that time some more Spaniards began
a riot on the other side Of me, and for
little while bullets from friend and
foe whirled over me and struck near
me. About shutdown, the firing hav-
Ing ceased, l was carried about mile
to the brigade hospital. Here l was
dressed. The doctors were worked to
death and did their best. All night
and all the next day our hospital was
fired upon by Spaniards. Toward the
evening of the second day l was put
in a wagon and taken about three
miles to the division hospital, which
left in the morning of the Sd to go to
Siboney. Twelve Of us rode in the am
bulance. II was a good ten-mile ride
over the most abominable road. That
night they put me on board the Chero-
kee. for Key West hospital. l didn't
want to go, but 1t was not a matter OF
argument"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-25

The Royal Academy OF London, the
Oldest of existing art societies, cele-
brated this summer its one hundred
and thirtieth anniversary. A compari-
son of its latest exhibit, selected from
over fourteen thousand statues and
paintings, with that of the Society OF
Arts Of 1867, emphasizes beyond words
the growth of public taste. Three
items from the earlier catalogue are:
Two birds in shell work, on a rock
decorated with sea-coral; a landscape
in human hair; frame of various de-
vices, cut in velvet with scissors, con-
tanning the Lords. Prayer in the COM
pass of a silver threepence. The read
er smiles. He has seen such art in
American best parlors." 1t is safe to
predict that, except as curiosities Of
the past, the next generation will
know them no more.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-25

For many years the idea has been
cherished at Paris and st. Petersburg
chat England, by reason Of her vast
Industrial and commercial interests in
the maintenance of peace, would COM
promise anything-that she would not
fight on any ground. The idea was en-
couraged by the long series of British
Weddings at Constantinople, in At
ghanistan, in south Africa, in Siam, in
China and West Africa. The habit OF
making concessions paralyzed British
diplomacy. Now it is intended, 1t ap-
pears, to let the world see that the lion
has teeth and claws as we'll as re-
sonant roar, even IL the beast will have
to go down in defeat.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-25
jim HEARD CHARLES DICKENS.
And lie Said tho Audience Was Very
stu.

stu.
Jim was a student at Yale in the lat
ter eos, and so was in New Haven
when Charles Dickens gave public
readings in that city from mis- own
works, says the New York Times. Jim
neglected many of the privileges the
college offered to him, but he had sense
enough to take advantage Of the OPP
portunity to hear Dickens. The mas
ter's interpretations were a revelation
to Jim and to this day he has not lost
the deep impression they made upon
him. The Young Women's Dickens
club Of Bozville somehow recently
learned these facts and a cordial invi-
tation was promptly sent to Jim to
meet the club and give his recollections
of Mr.. Dickens. The invitation was
accepted and Jim, who is a good talBer
and not bit shy, simply delighted his
auditors with his description of Mr..
Dickens as man and a really eloquent
estimate Of him as a reader. He told
what a wonderful actor he was and
how a strange new light was shed up
on his characters by the revelation of
his own conception of them. From
generalization Jim came finally to par
ticularization and was telling OF the
wonderful effect produced by the rapid
changes of tone of voice as Mr.. Dick
ems was reading from the Christmas
Carol" Jim said there was suspicion
Of Yuletide in the atmosphere as the
reader introduced the benevolent old
gentleman, who had come to Ebenezer
Scrooge for a Christmas contribution.
He then described the tremendous eff
feet OF the sudden transition of the
harsh, metallic voice of Scrooge. as
that "clutching, grasping, covetous old
sinner" surlily asked whether there
we're no longer any warehouses. The
audience was so STILL" said Jim. "The
audience was so still that you might
have-might have picked up pin"
And jim utterly unconscious how he
had spoiled his climax. continued Sc
renely on, albeit not a little puzzled at
the smiling faces before him.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-25

In each of the last seven decades the
average yield Of wheat per acre in
France has shown an increase over
that Of any former years, and 1t is now
probably higher than in any other
country. Such a fact indicates the
secret Of Frances enormous wealth
and prosperity, despite all the losses
che has sustained and all the burdens
imposed upon her in recent years. II
the land Of the United States were as
carefully titled as that OF France 1t
would produce enough to feed the
whole world, and TO spare.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-25

The coroner's jury that has sat in
London upon the death of Harold
Frederic has returned a verdict of
manslaughter against the Christian
Science devotees, both women, who
had charge OF his case. The one Of
them is held responsible as the guar
dian of the sick man who refused to
afford him proper medicinal aid and
the other as the Christian Scientist
who undertook his treatment.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-25
Passing of the Family Bible.

The "Decadence or Passing Of the
Family Bible" These words mean
much more than appears on the sur
face. Every man and woman remem-
bers the pleasure and pride which he or
she felt in the large family Bible in
their childhood days. Remembering
this, have you stopped to think f6- Il
moment how few large family Bibles
are in evidence today? NJ attention
having been called to this, curiosity
prompted me to make inquiries of the
manager of one of the most prominent
religious publishing houses in the city.
THE demand for the large book grad
ually ceased during the last decade"
he said. 1T is no longer considered
the thing TO have a handsome family
Bible as the principal ornament of the
parlor table. In the first place, the
records which we're once made in It
are now registered. The size which
has now taken its place is a serviceable
one with good maps, flexible covers
and excellent print. 1t is gotten up at
less expense, and II is now considered
proper for every member Of the family
to have an individual Bible, instead OF
depending upon the large, unwieldy
volume of our grandfathers."
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-25

The world judges the church from
the level of the pew, rather than from
the standard of the pulpit.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-25

A girl doesn't trouble herself much
about the superiority Of the pen or
the sword; it's the uniform that
catches her eye.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-25

The important thing is not what
men say about you, but what you make
them believe.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-25

Brevity is the soul OF wit to the
man with scheme. He says invest"
but never investigate"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-25

1t is often easier to make state
ment in good faith than it is to get it
accepted.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-25

opinion belongs either to the grave or
the asylum.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-25

There wouldn't be half enough room
at the top If all the people succeeded
in getting there who think they ought
to.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-25

Some men never do a charitable act
unless there is some one around to ap-
plaud.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-25

A self-made man usually looks like
the kind of man he would be apt to
make.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-25

Borrowed money causes a great deal
of notr-sightedness.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-25

The ambitious man doesn't worry
very much about his gray brain mat
ter.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-25

a bare cupboard always furnishes
food To- thought.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-25
No Advertising with state Soul.

After 1899 1t will be illegal to use the
state seal and coat OF arms in Massa-
chusetts for advertising purposes
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-25

1t is the little that man wants here
below that's always the hardest to
get.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-25

A good many heroes are made OF
wood pulp and printers ink.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-25

The lszier a man is the more he is
going to accomplish tomorrow.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-25
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
"a WEDDING PRESENT." LAST
SUNDAYS SUBJECT.

Thou Hast Given Me a south Land; Give
Me Also Springs of Water. And He
Gave Her the Upper and Neither
springs."-Joshua 10; 10,
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-25

A bare cupboard always furnishes
food for thought.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-11-25
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-11
MAKE THE CAMPS HEALTHFUI.
USE COMMON SANITARY KNOwLEDG

Use COMMON SANITARY KNOWLEDGE
To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir. Your effort FOR fasttv battlo-ships has bcen
a glorious instance Of government by the people A
cause no less important awaits your championship
The same deadly conservatism which but for you
would have given our country slow ships gave us
our death-dealing camps FOR instruction. Let the
light in on these camps and you viii find that the
sickness and deaths from camp diseases are caused
from eating. drinking or breathing human excre-
mcnt This every sanitarian knows and yet tho
arrangements OF our instruction camps or many Of
them nave been such TO make sickness from
such causes inevitable.
The enorgzing fact Is that In spit. OF the convlc-
tons OF our sanarians In spite OF the facts of all
military experience. In disregard even of our pres
ent experience with camp diseases should our
country enter upon II war demanding an army OF
more than twenty-five thousand men that army
would be called upon to 30 into camp for traning
and those camps would be no better than Camps
Black and Algcr.
The Tribune can give camps that will be in
efficiency In power. IN intelligence. In economy.
what the Oregon L. In lighting ships Camps Black
and Ager are holdovers Of the last century The
Tribune can give ny camps that will give to each
member OF each regiment all the advantages that
men OF II university crew IN training FOR
the of the year
TO give our country the advantage Of hyglenic
camps requires no discovery no Invention. no ex-
pertinent, large Investment. IL only needs that
ll-knOwn principles OF hygiene be observed. that
effective appliances OF demonstrated value be put
In operation In order to secure TO our soldiers tho
simple but priceless advantages OF clean SOIL fresh
water pure air.
The Tribune will the vast Importance
OF sultab bic camps Of instruction to nation whose
existence depends upon its ability to quickly trans
form It's males OF suitable into efficient soldiers
To do this for the country Will be even greater
better battle-ships HENRY REED HOPKINS.
Buffalo. Sept q. 1898.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-11
SICKNESS IN THE CIVIL WAR.
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Many OF the papers are denouncing the
Administration for the treatment OF our sick and
wounded soldiers In this war. While our soldiers
have suffered terribly, and perhaps. more than
was necessary. II everything had been planned
better. stu. think the President has done all
In his power and IL Is not for me 10 say that
every one. officers and men. has not done the
same.
Those that have lived since the Civil War cam
not realize what really is In reading ever a
history OF our regiment find that the soldiers In
that conflict suffered worse. II anything than they
did this PROBABLY would average
with a thousand other .egments and know Of
a number that lost twice as many by sickness as
ours We left Peoria. Ill. October 8. 1862. 90
strong. for Cincinnati From there we marched 10
Lexington. KY and camped there all winter, one
OF the healthiest places in this country. and on
March g. 1863. had In camp 659 men. Three
hundred were on the sick list on March 81 and the
number Of deaths up to that date was thirty 1.-TWO
fourteen more than all the Kansas regiments had
lost up TO that time. When we mustered
out on June 20. 1865 our rolls showed the follow
ing Present and discharged with regiment ~;
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-11
VETERAN MEMBERS.
Az orD MAN ROUGHLY HANDLED

Captain Henry Wilson. an old shipmasier, over
seventy years old OF No SSS West One-hdndred-and-
sixteenth-st., was standing on the curb at Broad
way and vescy-st yesterday afternoon, an inter-
ested witness Of the parade. when he was pushed
by the crowd behind him into the street
Policeman Andrew Sessclnan of the Broadway
souod was on post there. and before Mr. Wilson
had a chance 10 make effort to regain his place
the policeman grabbed him and tried to force him
back This was impossible, owing 20 the dense
crowd. and II dngered the officer 50 much that ne
seized the old man by the throat and tried 10 get
him back by main force. Mr.. Wilson. believing II
time protect himself from the assault got the po-
llceman by the throat also and the two had lively
scUf!ie In the middle Of the street
The policeman managed TO land his prisoner in
the Church-st station. IN spite of the opposition OF
many sympathizcrs with Wilson, and there a charge
OF disorderly conduct was made. Acting Captain
Porter. however, seeing at once that the prisoner
Of respectaby and deciding that the
policeman had gone too far, released the prisoner
who as he left the station. bitterly denounced New
York police methods In managing crowd
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-11

absent. 81; previously discharged IN; trahs'erru
TO STAFF 10: transferred 10 other compa"ie7' >,
transferred 10 other organizations :; trans'err'd
10 volunteer rifle corps. 81; killed and dieu III
service 2i7; deserted 81; recruits rahsie''eu' i--'
total 1913. -,
The general opinion now IS that great deal
NJ our sickness WAS caused by inaction IN camp
fir after April 1853 were Mt the irony, an ,ni
time. and while II great many were k'eu diai
wounded We bad very few SICK III our preSelin
soldiers when I'm camp had had TO go thrte OF
-four miles every day for rators. ana had SNORT ~
tons nj that they would have been healthier ,VIa
my boy not buy thing 70 eat at caRp: aiin IL ne
bought everything they could. and have been Nery
sick 20 pay FOR H. In the Atlanta campaign thtt =
wos hardly a man who could not have eaten ms
rntions for day at meal stu. We ana hoI
starve and only a fow were 80 SICK a, nor y" ~. ~,
M Tor duty "Nar Is hell" While ! am sorry 10
have even one man suffer, think those VINO were
calling the President coward because ne heId d
hack arc beginning 10 realize their mistake ard
will no, be 50 anxious next time. .....r,
w" " AN OLD SOLDIER
INF Sept , 1885