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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-01-07

How great are the responsibilities of
housekeepersl Sometimes an indiges-
tible article Of food, by its effect upon
a king, has overthrow an empire. A
distinguished statistician says OF one
thousand unmarried men there are
thirty-eight criminals, and OF enc
thousand married men only eighteen
are criminals. What a suggestion of
home influences! Let the most be
made of them. Housekeepers by the
food they provide, by the touches they
spread, by the books they introduce, by
the influences they bring around their
home, are deciding the physical, intel
lectual, moral, eternal destiny of the
race. You say your life is one of sac
rifice. know 1t. But, my sisters, tina:
is the only life worth living. That was
Florence Nightingale's life; that was
Payson's life; that was Christ's life.
We admire it in others; but how very
hard it is for us to exercise 1t our
selves! When in Brooklyn, young DR..
Hutchinson, having spent a whole
night in a diphtheritic room for the re-
lief of a patient, became saturated with
the poison and died, we ell felt as il
we would like to put garlands on his
grave; everybody appreciates that.
When, in the burning hotel at St.
Louis, young man on the fifth story
broke open the door of the room where
his mother was sleeping, and plunged
in amid smoke and fire. crying. Moth
err, where are your" and never came
out. our hearts applauded that young
man. But how few Of us have the
Christlike spirit~-a willingness to sur
fer fos othersl A rough teacher in a
school called upon a poor, half starved
lad who had offended against the laws
of the school and said, Take off your
coat. directly, sir" The boy refused
to take II of. whereupon the teacher
said again, Take off your coat. sir, /"
as he swung the whip through the air.
The boy refused. 1t was not because
he was afraid of the lash-he was used
to that at home-but IL was from
shame--he had no undergarment; aud
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-01-07

A writer who has been entertained
by the sultan says his majesty is quiet
and very much of a gentleman. He has
a velvet voice and is evidently a man
of conscience and culture. He cannot
help the assassination which has oc-
CURED pro and con between his sub
jects OF different religious creeds, but
he is sorry for it. Perhaps Byron de-
scribed that person better-"as mild a
hammered man as ever scuttled ship
or cut throat"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-01-07

The jury and the judge that recently
rebuked a lawyer for putting an in
sulting question to a lady witness
have set an example that ought to nit
igate a great evil. Frequently a wit
ness is treated worse than if he were
the prisoner at the bar. The lawyer
guilty of that cruel injustice oughb to
be held responsible for it, and if the
court will not protect a lady against
insult her friends ought to have the
right of punishment.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-01-07

II Mr.. Dana left orders that his own
newspaper should be beaten by every
other journal in the country in con-
nection with the news of his own
death, it is evident that something was
the matter with him besides the al
legged cause of his departure. Eccen-
tricity is pardonable where it can't be
helped; but the kind of eccentricity
that troubled Horace Greeley was per-
mitted no authority in the Office Of
the Tribune when that good old man
went to his reward
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-01-07

This is an age of progress and the
church cannot afford to stagnate. The
clergyman of today takes advantage Of
modern improvements. He pays pas
toral calls on a bicycle; he lights his
church by electricity and he is expert
menting with the plan of giving his
sermons a wider circulation by trans
hitting them to his parishioners by
telephone. The newspaper is by far
the most effective aid he can employ.
1t is the ultimate manifestation Of
modern progress and energy. The
church cannot do without it.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-01-07

The unpleasant incidents and acct
dents of the recent indoor bicycle race
in New York degrade sport and add
nothing to our knowledge of physical
strength, nor does such an exhibition
in any way encourage a wholesome
development of an outdoor sport which
is dong so much to improve the health
and raise the vitality of the American
people
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-01-07

Keely's motor is now a flying-ma-
chine which paralyzes gravitation
through a sympathetic outreach";
though, to be sure, the sympathetic
outreach belonged to the original in
vention If the experience of certain
capitalists is any criterion.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-01-07

Burnt cork for women Ministries in
behalf of charity having been forbid
den by Bishop Potter under the aus
pices of his church, one recalls the
remark of Henry Ward Beecher, that
the devil has no right to all the best
tunes. A minstrel show Of that kind
has a deal Of fun as well as charity in
it, and has the church no right to fun,
either? The proprieties and the dig
mites spoil good deal of enjoyment,
though they have their rights, too.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-01-07

So great is the dexterity of the EN-
ployes in cigarette manufactures. ae-
CURED by long-continued practice, that
some workers make between 1000 and
5000 cigarettes daily. and, being paid
by piecework. at so much thousand.
earn about Sc weekly.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-01-07

Let us hope that the Spaniards Will
not get up war with Hannis Taylor,
too.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-01-07

A women's society for political
study recently tried and acquitted
Aaron Burr. He was forgiven for his
gallantries to women other than his
wife. Had he lived in another age
and time" said one lady, speaking of
these gallantries, che would have been
treated differently" Evidently the
present time was directly referred to,
though we are glad to say that the
lady didn't press the point or defend
the alleged fact very theoretically. He
was also forgiven for marrying Mad
anne Jumel for her money; and then
the society decided that it wasn't prop
er to discuss the private lives of great
men and hastily dropped the subject.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-01-07

The present year will have among
its noteworthy anniversaries the one
hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the
death of Isaac Watts. 1t will be chiefly
as a writer of hymns that he will be
honored by affectionate remembrance.
OF his hymns the Christian world has
chosen a few as pre-eminent. II he
had written only the hymn beginning,
20 God, our help in ages past" his
name would have a sure place in the
roll of makers of verse worthy and des-
tined to live. A great hymn levels de-
nominational barriers. While men are
talking of Christian unity, or dream
ing of it, the hymn, in its sphere of in
huence, IL only for the moment when
heard or sung, makes believers one. He
who has strengthened and inspired gen.
erations, refreshing the saints and NOV
ing those who make no pretensions to
saintliness, may we'll be remembered.
The proposition of David Christie
Murray that Englishmen pay for
statue Of George Washington to be put
I'm London smacks of the exceeding
amiability Of the man who, smitten on
one cheek, smilingly turns the other 10
his assailant for similar punishment.
But we hope the scheme will fail. Such
a statue would invite abuse on the part
of Englishmen which would amount to
gross humiliation of the memory OF
our first president. Cyrus Field put up
a monument to Major Andre and we
all know the result Of his forgiving
generosity.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-01-07

see that the tombstones all read beau
|, tifully poetic; but If those tombstones
would speak the truth, thousands OF
them would say: Here lies a woman
killed by too much mendlng, and sew
ing, and baking, and scrubbing, and
securing; the weapon with which she
was slain was a broom, or a sewing
machine, or a ladle." You think, o
man Of the world! that you have all the
cares and anXieties. If the cares and
anXieties of the household should come
upon you for one week, you would be
mt for the insane asylum. The half
rested housekeeper arises in the morn
ing. he must have the morning repast
prepared at an irrevocable hour. What
II the fire will not light; what If the
marketing did not come; what IL the
clock has stopped-no matter, she must
have the morning repast at an irrevoc-
able hour. Then the children must be
got off to school. What If their gar
ments are torn; what if they do not
know their lessons; what if they have
lost hat or sash-they must be ready.
Then you have all the diet Of the day,
and perhaps of several days, to plan;
put what if the butcher has sent meat
unmasticable, or the grocer has sent
articles of food adulterated, and what
II some piece of silver be gone, or some
favorite chalice be cracked, or the roof
leak, or the plumbing fall or any one
OF thousand things occur-you must
be ready. pring weather comes, and
there must be a revolution in the fam
be ready Spring weather comes, and
you must shut out the northern blast;
but what If the moth has preceded you
to the chest; what if, during the year,
the children have outgrown the apparel
OF last year; what If the fashions have
changed. Your house must be an
apothecary's shop; it must be a dis
pensary; there must be medicines for
all sorts of Notwithstanding to
loosen the Group, something to cool the
burn, something to pou)tice the inflam-
nation, something to Sience the jump
ing tooth, something 20 soothe the ear
ache. You must be in nalf a dozen
places at the same time, or you must
attempt to be. If, under all this wear
and tear of life, Martha makes an i'm
patient rush upon the library or draw
ing-room, be patient, be lenient! oh,
woman though / may fail to stir up an
appreciation in the souls of others in
regard to your household tolls, let me
assure you, from the kindliness with
which Jesus Christ met Martha, that
he appreciates all your work from gar
ret to cellar and that the God of De-
borah, and Hannah, and Abigail, and
Grandmother Lois, and Elizabeth Fry,
and Hannah More is the God of the
housekeeper! Jesus was never mar
rled, that he might be the especial
friend and confidant of whole world
Of troubled womanhood l blunder;
Christ was married. The Bible says
that the Church is the Lambs wife,
and that makes me know that all
Christian women have a right to go
to Christ and tell him of their annoy
ances and troubles, since by his oath
of conjugal fidelity he is sworn to SYM
pathize. George Herbert, the Christian
poet, wrote two or three verses on this
subject:
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-01-07
THE servant by this clause
Makes drudgery divine:
Who sweeps a room, as for Thy Laws
Makes this the action fine"

A young woman of brilliant educa-
ton and prosperous circumstances was
called downstairs to help in the kitch-
Ell in the absence of the servants. The
door-bell ringing, she went to open it
and found q gentleman friend, who
said as he came in: Il thought / heard
music; was it on this piano or on this
harp?" She answered: NO; l was
playing on grid-iron, with frying-pan
accompaniment. The servants are
gone, and l am learning how to do
this work." Well done! When will
women in all circles find out that it is
honorable to do anything that ought
to be done?
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-09
rntarnnihu Hiauts,

Boston Transcript; The tribes 60 The
east OF the Cordilleras in southern Pat.
agonia belong 10 Araucanian stock and
are a superior race, Tho Tehuelches-
as they call themselves-of southern
and eastern Patagonia are the people
whose unusual stature gave rise to the
fables of early days to the effect that
the natives Of this region were giants,
averaging nine or ten feet in height. II
Is a fact that they are the tallest be-
ings i'm the world. the mcn averaging
but slightly less than six feet, Whlle
the individuals of four TO six inches
above that mark are not uncommon.
They are in reality by no means saw
ages. but somewhat civilized barbara
ms. They are almost un~acquainted
with the use of firearms, notwlth-
standing some contact with the whites,
but they have plenty Of horses ana
dogs. Unsurpassed hunters, they cap
ture the guanaco and the rhea, or
South American ostrich, and from the
skins of these and other animals they
make clothes and coverings for their
tents. They make beautiful "capes,,
or mantels, of fur and feathers, when
are highly priced by Europeans ana
find a ready market, most OF the pro-
ceeds is spent for bad whisky,
which is brought into the country III
quantities by traders.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-09
just a ixe Story.

Cornhill Magazine: The shikari was
4 little stunned by the tigers on
slaught; he recovered consciousness
however, in a few minutes, when he
found himself lying On the tigers back
and in full sail toward the heart of the
Jungle.
Fortunately, he was not seriously
hurt, as the tiger had grabbed him by
the arm just above the elbow. There
he lay quite helpless: what was he 70
do? Any movement on his part might
have made his condition far worse; so
he lay perfectly quiet, and shut his
eyes as il he were dead. Soon the tiger
arrived at his den, which was no more
than a hollow scooped in the sand at
the foot of a large tree. There the
tiger deposited him and covered him
over loosely with some sand. Luckily
for him his face vas uppermost when
he fell, otherwise he would have had
no other alternative between death by
suffocation and death from the tiger
il he had dared to move. As it was, he
could manage TO breathe gently, and
even to have an occasional glimpse I'M
asr h9is -eyeGasanruu u rev varus. but
returned instantly, as if he had some
misgivings in his mind. Seeing, how
ever, all safe, he bounded forth, but
again returned ia make assurance
doubly sure. He kept up this method
OF self persuasion for n few times, till,
feeling quite certain about the matter,
he finally went away on his mission.
After waiting a few minutes to see
that the tiger had really gone, our
shikari sprang up and climbed the
tree just over the den, and hid himself
well among the leaves. He had not
long to wait for the denouement, for
the tiger soon returned, accompanied
by a tigress and a couple of cubs Qike
generous and exemplary husband
and father, the tiger evidently scorned
to eat on the sly).
They came along with many n joyful
catlike gambol in anticipation of the
great feast, and found the den
empty! Such a lamentation over the
lost dinner then arose as was never
heard before in the whole animal
kingdom; in fact, the tigers persisted
10 long in their piteous cries that our
,hikari began to have some doubts
as to the righteousness of defrauding
The poor creatures of their hard
earned wages; but he was prevented
rom offering himself to them in a mo-
nent of misguided magnanimity by
the thought of his own wife and chill
iren, whose claim upon him was OBJ
iously higher.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-09
CUSTER CHRONICLE
JOSEPH KUBLER PUBLISHER

The practice of our forefathers in
rolling up n piece OF paper to be used
as IA lighter has been utilized by an
inventor for the manufacture OF
matches. The paper takes the place
of the wooden stick, and is not only
lighter, but cheaper. Long strips of
strong porous paper an inch wide are
immersed in a solution of wax, stear-
inc and other substances, which
causes it to stick together and to burn
with "A bright, smokeless, odorless
flame. The strips then pass to q ma
chine which winds them into long,
thin tubes and cuts them into strips
of the ordinary length. The strips are
then dipped into the PHOSPHORUS
preparation to form the head, which
when dry ignites by friction in the
usual way,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-09
FAv0RS A DECISIVE STEP.
English Sentiment Backs the PEG.
pie of the United
Sfnfpa

AS'S'iSh ccHiiiient Backb tic REQ
pie Of the United
States.
London, March 29.-British senti-
ment is now almost unanimously in
favor of vigorous action by the United
States to end the war in Cuba.
The sudden outburst OF sy mpathy in
the London press simply ,~cficcts what
one hears in private everywhere. Nc
Kinley will have the full moral APP
prevail of the British government to
put a stop to Spanish savagery in TIE
island.
1t is believed by the officials of the
British foreign Office that, in spite OF
her passionate declarations, Spain will
yield to the inevitable and surrender
Cuba, If Mckinley will aid her in doing
so with some appearance of dignity.
The Journals Madrid correspondent
indicates that il Europe declines to
support Spain against the United
States, she will retire from Cuba. 1t
is believed that Mckinley is already
aware of this aspect of the situation.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-09
PROGRAM OUTLINED
FOR SUMMER INSTITUTE
Leaders Meet at Huron and Assign
the Work in Different De-
partment,s
GREAT WORK IS EXPECTED
south Dakota Spends More Money
Tor Rural Schools Than Any
Other State in h
Union.

Huron, April AIT a meeting OF
conductors of teachers institutes In
South Dakota for the coming summer.
held acre Thursday, "a program was
outlined and work in the various de-
partments were assigned. The total
hummer of conductors already an
ranged for is forty-scyen, but Others
may be added 10 the list. Hon Frank
Crane, state superintendent OF public
instruction, was present, and remarked
that the work this season would bs
better in every way than ever before,
and that teachers generally will be-
given instruction in the lines that dt
rectly concerns their work, no matter
whether In country districts or In city
schools. These institutes have been
very helpful but those TO be held the
the approaching season will be much
more beneficial and far reaching in
courses of study than heretofore. DIR.
Harris, commissioner OF education Tor
the United States, says that the records
show that South Dakota spends more
money for rural schools than any state
in the union, and that is one reason
why illiteracy is unknown and the
schools OF the state are SO near an APP
proach to perfection. The following
is a list of conductors already arranged
for, together with the postoi.ice adj
dress Of each:
w. II. IL. Beadle, Madison; w. II
Dempster, Madison; y. G.. Wark, Wa
tertown; G. NJ. Young, Vermillion;
G.. +. Holmes. Sioux Falls; Geo. NJ.
| Smith. Vermillion; II. Il. Larrabee,
Rapid City; A. II. Avery. W%oonsocket;
Jennie Rudolph, Canton; IL. +.
French, Elk Point; j. Jones, jr., YER
million; J.. S. Frazee, Springfield; f.
l.. Cook, Spearfish; George w. Nash
Yankton; L. j.. Lymer, Hot Springs
Alexander Stranchan, Deadwood,
Charles s.. Ashton. Bryant; >. j.
Brown, Centerville: ii. X. Warren
Yankton; !. ID. Aldrich, Milbank; Il
| j. Vert. Yankton; W. W. Girton, Mad
ison; Frank McClelland, Sioux Falls
David Griffith, Aberdeen; j. W. Riley
Valley Springs: II. i. Hitchcock
Mitchell; a. NJ. Rowe, Sioux Falls,
II. A.. Larkin, Wolscy; Homer Davis
Marion: s. G.. Hartranft, Groton:
j. II. Snoddy. st. Lawrence; Bertha
Wilcox, Huron: Julia NJ. Wheeler, Get.
tysburg: f. w. Heyler, Redfield; FL
bert N. Stevens. Centeryille; $. X,
Clark. Tyndall; J. II. Emery, Howard;
NJ. 4. Robinson, Parker; +. A. Miller
Webster; +. 4. Green, Dell Rapids;
Edwin Dukes. Huron; w. II. Davis,
Miller; L. A. P~angburn, %Faulkton; {.
w. Jackson. Britton; c. j. Schallen-
ger, Bowdle; G. B. Foncanon, Eureka;
j. \. Ross, Valley Springs.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-09

New York World: George Carpenter OF
sempronius, n. Y, claims that h. has dis
covered a way TO cultivate ginseng sue
cessfully. The root is valued very highly
by the Chinese. readily commanding from
SO to 81 a pound. All attempts made here
before TO cultivate the plant have failed.
The plants will he raised from dollhouse
clippings. Of which Mr.. Carpenter has sew
eral thousand. He says:
II will place the plants four feet apart
each way and expect to harvest from six
ty to a hundred pounds an acre. | have
six acres Of ground that ! have prepared
for the cultivation Of the plant and | le-
lieve that these six acres should net me
s.. coo worth Of roots, Last season ! har-
vested abou fifty pounds from plants
which | set out I'm the spring. II IS one %
the most difficult herbs In the world to
cultivate, and it took years Of experiment.
ing before ] was able to raise the root 10y
cultivation
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-09
Keeping crab" on II Mans Faults

Kecping "Tab" on II Mans Faults
Cleveland Leader: Mrs. Murkle-"Jo-
siah. do you know that you have sworn
three times within an hour, that six dark
frowns have crossed your brow, that you
have spoken GROSSLY to the children four
times and that you have hitched around
I'm YOUR chair so much hat | wouldn't be
surprised If the carpet were all worn out
under your
Mr. Well, can you tell
me how many nice things ] have said 10
you and the children during the past hour.
how often / have laughed, how many
words of encouragement l ave used, how
many wrinkles have come into my eyes
and how many minutes / have sat abso-
lutely still?"
Mrs. Murkle-"I haven't counted them
Mr.. M~urkle-"That's what | thought.
Suppose you try looking out for a fellows
good qualities a little while. Perhaps IL
you do that you'll not have so much time
10 keep tab on his faults
Mrs. Murkle beginning TO wcep)-"Jo-
siah, you are not satisfied with me. You
wish you were married 10 some other wo-
man
Mr.. Murkle-"Dash II! Who could help
swearing under such circumstances. I've
half q mind TO go out and get drunk
Mrs. Murkle-"Thcre. now the animal n
YOU is gaining full control again. Oh. why
did / ever place my fair, sweet, young life
i'm the keeping OF a brute
Wurtain.O
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-09

The marriage of Margaret Fuller
and the Count d'Ossoli was Il brilliant
success in the point of happiness,
though sadly brief. Margaret was sew.
EN- years older, than her husband and
refused him several times on this
ground, but his devotion and persisten-
~ overcome her reluctance and the re.
suit of the marriage fulfilled her dream
Of such happiness. 1t is said that all
who saw them together were struck by
the loverlike foudness and exquisite
Difference of d'Ossoli's name toward
the plain New England woman, seven
years his senior, whose only attraction
apparently was her great intellect,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-09

Six night lunch wagons are started
by a temperance society Of New York
city, in the hope of lessening the pat.
ronage Of East Side saloons. The sales
last year amounted to almost $4,000,
The profits Of which go for ice in the
summer for the sick poor. Philanthro-
Ply is everywhere learning the vital
ruth hat effective reform zones not
from railing at existing evils, but in
nroU;a;-~ -.r~-'l,i~-
The design Of William A. Gault of
Baltimore has been accepted for the
nonumcnt to the signers of the Meek.
Ienburg declaration of independence,
and it will be set up at Charlotte, y. c.,
md dedicated May 20, 1898. The monu.
ment is to be of granite, tall, stately
and symmetrical" with a needle-point-
ed monolith mounted on an inspiring
base. The height Of the whole is to be
thirty-nine feet; the cost $4,000.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-09

a bunch of %yiolets and a purple rib.
DON attached 10 the door of a house in
a private street as a substitute for
crepe, attracted the attention of pas
sers-by in New York. The house is
the residence Of Il Sredcnborgian. and
as the followers of Swedenborg be-
lieve that true happiness begins be-
yond the grave, they do not hang Grape
On the door when the dark angel cross.
es the Threshold. Hence the purple
ribbon and v~iolets.