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The Yale expositor., 1898-09-09
CHINESE CHARACTERISTICS.
Their Indifference to Suffering
Their business Honesty.

tustneHs
The Chinaman is not wantonly cruel,
but he is marvelously Indifferent to the
sufferings of others, says the Con-
temporary Review. The cook will COW
er a rat with kerosene and set 1t
alight, not to enjoy its sufferings, but
because he believes its screams will
scare its fellows away. magistrate
will fan himself gently on the execu-
'tion ground on which a yelling male
factor Is being gradually cut to pieces,
not because he enjoys the spectacle,
but because it Is all part of his days
work. A crowd of spectators will
watch a child drown because II is no
ones special business to save 1t. and
because to interfere in what does not
concern you may give rise to trouble
From what has already been said as
to the keen interest taken by the Chi
nese in money matters, it may be sur
missed that they should be par excel
lence, a nation of shopkeepers And
so they are. To their credit be 1t said
that they have thoroughly realized
that bargains are binding. The tea
merchant may endeavor in every way
to get the better of his European con-
frere, but, once the mystic words
quite book"-that is, enter it in writ
ing-have been uttered, the latter may
rely on the transaction being faith
fully carried through. This compare
lively high standard of commercial
morality naturally results in an eTab-
crate system Of credit, greatly to the
advantage of both contracting parties,
and, though the squeeze" or per-
quisite, enters into every arrangement,
it n not sufficient to stop the wheels
Of commerce, though undoubtedly IT
frequently clogs them. To go back on
your word in a business transaction.
or to fail to meet your liabilities,
causes Chinaman to lose face" and
this is to him unbearable. The sacri-
fees which he will make on the ap-
proach of his new year to enable him
to avoid being posted as insolvent are
as extraordinary as they are admir-
able. Nor would II be right to omit
all reference to the fact that to their
justice they frequently add generosity.
| well remember a case in which an
American, who has failed after years OF
labor, was supported during the re-
mainder of his life by his "compra-
dore," as the native employed by Euro
pean firms in their dealings with Chi
nese is termed.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-09
SKATERS BIRTHPLACE.

Major General Shafter was always
patriotic. He was born in one of the
pioneer homes at Galesburg, Mich. His
home was b.ilt OF rough hewn logs
and was situated in a grove Of beau
tiful trees, which fringed the edge OF
a small prairie. A short distance
down the road stood the country
schoolhouse. 1t was placed in the
center OF the district for greater con-
venience, since those early homes con-
tanned numerous children, who must
face the prairie winds of winter, as
we'll as brave the hot sun OF midsum-
mer, to learn to read, write and spell.
Little, and low, and brown" was the
schoolhouEe, one story, with three
small paned windows at its sides, its
gable end facing the road, with win
dows on either side the door in front.
The sides Of the floor, along which the
seats were placed. were elevated so
high that frequently in snowy wealth
er a scholar failed in climbing the
ascent. Often a dinner pail hung on
its nail beneath the desk became de-
tached, and pail, pickles and doughnuJs
rolled to the center, to the extreme en-
barrassment of the owner. At the age
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-09
WORKS OF ART.
How "A business House Has Made 10
Possible for Every One to Possess

Probably at no time In the worlds
history has SO much attention been
maid TO the interior decoration or
homes as at present. No home. no
matter how humble, Is without its
handiwork that helps to beautify the
apartments and make the surround
ings more cheerful. The taste Of the
American people has kept pace with
the age, and almost every day brings
forth something new in the way OF a
picture, a draplng, piece OF furniture
or some form OF mural decoration.
One of the latest OF these has been
given to the world by the celebrated
arti {, Muville, in series of four
handsome porcelain game plaques.
Net for years has anything as hand
sc ne in this line been seen. The sub
jes Is represented by these plaques are
American vii. Ducks, American
Pheasant, American Quail and English
Snipe. They are handsome paintings
and are especially designed for hang
ing on dining-room walls, though
their richness and beauty entities them
10 a place In the parlor OF any home.
These original plaques have been pur-
chased at a cost of $4,000 by j. Q.
the celebrated Elastic Starch, and in
order to enable their numerous GUS
toners to become possessors of these
handsome works of art they have had
then reproduced by special process
in all the rich colors and beauty Jf
the original. They are finished On
heavy cardboard. pressed and en-
bossed in the shape OF a plaque and
trir aH
They measure forty inches in circIn-
ference and contain no reading matter
or advertisement whatever.
Until October l Messrs. j. c. Hubin-
ger Bros. Co. propose to distribute
t.ese plaques free to their customers.
Every purchaser OF three ten-cent
packages of Elastic Starch, f1at-iron
brand, manufactured by j. G. Hubin-
ger Bros. Co., is entitled to receive
one OF these handsome plaques free
from their grocer. Old and new Gus
TONERS alike are entitled to the bene-
fits OF this offer. These plaques will
not be sent through the mail. the only
way TO obtain them being from your
grocer. Every grocery store in the
country has Elastic Starch for sale. It
Is the Oldest and best laundry starch
on the market, and is the most perfect
cold process starch ever invented. 1t
is the only starch made by men who
thoroughly understand the laundry
business, and the only starch that will
not injure the finest fabric. 1t has been
the standard for a quarter of a cen"
fury, and as an evidence of how good
II is twenty-five million packages were
sold last year. Ask your dealer to
show you the plaques and tell you
about Elastic Starch. Accept no sub
stitute. Bear in mind that this offer
holds good a short time only, and
should be taken advantage Of without
delay.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-09
MISS NEvINs ASTOUNDING DE SCENT.

lean bottom toward st. Louis, when l
felt a severe Jar occasioned by the sud
den slackening of the balloons fight.
There was rush of air upwards as we
began to shoot downward.
She has exploded!' shouted the
professor Cut!
81 looked for my 'cut-away' rope
which had been hanging within easy
reach OF my hand. 1t had been borne
out beyond my reach by the spreading
of the parachute, caused by the descent
of the balloon. | felt the balloon light
en- and looked over where Professor
Cowan had been. He was gone. saw
him fitting his parachute and working
out from under the balloon, which now
was nothing but a great expanse OF
tapping canvas. / was alone. | knew
/ was better off alone, because there
was that much less weight on the bal
loon, and its descent would not be so
rapid. but an awful feeling of loneli
ness took possession of me. looked
down for an instant on the crowd, and
my thoughts took a fantastic turn. 1t
seemed to me l was doomed to remain
always suspended there, to see people
go and come and not be able 10 speak
to them or they to me, to hunger and
thirst and not be able to reach the food
and drink which | could see down be-
low. Then my mind came back to the
terrible reality. The excess of danger
seemed to bring an awful calm to me.
clutched the handles of my parachute
ana closed my eyes. l thought l was
going to be killed, but the thought did
not terroriZe me. II made no distinct
impression on me. 1t did not seem TO
be anything in which l was particular
ly interested or concerned. Still found
myself wondering If l could feel the
shock of the contact with the earth and
whether / would be oisfigured At
times felt the canvas about me. Again
could feel that / swung clear AMI
knew that but for my hold on the para
chute bar l would drop straight to earth
like a thing of lead. The canvas swept
around me once more. | was wonder
ing how much longer II would be when
heard a new sound. 1t was the crack
ing and rustling OF heavy foliage.
felt a shock to my back. There was
more crunching of small branches, the
canvas caught with jerk. and / struck
the ground. 1t seemed to me the de-
scent had been made very quickly.
There was still several thicknesses of
the canvas about me. Faintness came
over me. l was sick. thought
would lose consciousness and wondered
X would ever wake up in this world.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-09

lions. 1t is not likely that any other
woman ever will duplicate her expert
ence. Miss Nevins has lived all her life
in South st. Louis, Mo. A few days ago
she read an advertisement for young
lady to make balloon ascensions and
parachute leaps. She answered 1t.
Everything was arranged, and she was
to make ascents with Aeronaut Cowan,
and descended hanging to a parachute.
Sunday before last the accident oc-
CURED which tried and proved her
nerve as the nerve of no woman was
ever tried and proved before. With the
expectation of going up 10000 feet the
big S0-foot hot air balloon was over
charged. When It was released it shot
up as If discharged from huge NOR
tar. Almost in a twinkling it was up
200 feet. Miss Nevins told the story
as she lay on her back on a cot in the
dressing room of the Electric Park pa
vilion. 1--WE were sailing toward the
sky. I had just looked down at the
great crowd of people in the park and
waved my hand at them, and had turn
ed my head for a look across the Amer
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-09

Lieutenant Hobson says he can raise
and save the finest of Cervera's fleet,
the Cristobal Colon, and get her into
harbor at cost of not to exceed
100000. Spain claims that the vessel
and her armament cost close on to six
millions of dollars. She originally be-
longed to Italy and was known as the
Garibaldi. The only fear Hobson has
is the effect of the hurricanes OF those
seas now about due, which might
smash the vessel to pieces because Of
her position on the reef. Admiral
Sampson reports that one ship of the
Spanish navy defeated by the feet
under his command will be floated and
towed into port. In a recent dispatch
t. the navy department he says that
as soon as a small leak in the bow Of
the Infanta Maria Teresa is located the
ship will be pumped out and brought
to the harbor of Guantanamo. Two
new vessels may thus be soon added
to our navy.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-09
RECENT INVENTIONS.

Marine propeller shafts are prevent
ed from corroding by covering the ex-
posed portions with coating of lead or
other pliable metal.
Corks are treated with beeswax, para
fin or other wax and then coated with
gutta percha. to replace rubber stop
pers for bottles containing acids or
fluids which evaporate easily. the cork
being cheaper than rubber.
Envelopes can be easily opened by
a new device which Is formed OF base
supporting two uprights with slots in
the sides to guide a knife-blade driven
down by knob at the top to slice a
thin strip from the edge of the letter.
An improved life-saving buoy is
formed of jacket to be buttoned
around the wearer TO support two quad
rant-shaped inflated pockets extend
Ing from the sides of the garment un-
der the arms, the latter being left
free.
The neck of non-refllable bottle
has a projection from one side OF the
top through which the cork is pushed
20 the highest point in the neck and
then forced down in the bottle by a
pin placed at the top, the neck being
broken In order to get the cork out.
To indicate the distance Travelled by
railway cars a bevel-gear wheel Is
mounted on the car axle to mesh with
a second wheel and drive mechanical
arrangement under the car, designed to
run in either direction and turn a
shaft connected with a set of dials
inside the car.
Pavements can be kept clean by a
new machine which has a receptacle
mounted on wheels with a mouth ex-
tending down level with the pavement,
brushes being arranged over the open
ing to revolve and take up the dirt as
the sweeper is pushed along by the
handle at the rear.
To facilitate the access of air to the
flames and prevent the production of
SCOT, new acetylene burner is formed
of curved pipe, which has openings in
its outer surface to throw the flames
further apart as they project from the
burner, the jets thus forming rays
around semi-circle
Writing can be easily taught in
school by new copy book, which has
an outer cover provided with a rod at
the center OF the back to hold the
leaves in place and support a movable
copy slip, which slides down as a line
is written to cover it and keep the pu-
pill from looking at it instead Of the
copy.
In order TO produce a racing scene
on g theater stage an Englishman has
designed an endless track, mounted
on rollers and driven in direction OPP
poslte to the motion of the animals.
The roller spindles run in oil baths
TO prevent noise, and panorama
screen Of scenery Is provided, while
blasts OF air are blown on the Jockeys.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-09

Almost the whole of the public debt
of the nations of the world has been
Incurred in war. Since 1902 Great
Britain has added 1904 ,000, 600 to her
public debt in seventy-five years of
war, and diminished the debt e276,-
100000 in one hundred and twenty
years of peace. Thus il takes more
than five years Of peace to pay the loss
occasioned by one year of war. The
net debt Of the United States in July,
1861, was sS7, ZOO, 600; in August, 1865
1t was $2,756, 100000. 1t reached the
lowest point since the civil war in 1898,
when it was $4,000, 00O That is, in
twenty-eight years of peace this rich
country had paid little more than
two-thirds Of the debt incurred in four
years of war. France staggers under
a public debt which causes an annual
interest charge of $3.50 for every per-
son in the country, and she owes this
debt chiefly to foreign and domestic
wars. 1t is nearly the same story
everywhere, and we are learning this
year that national glory is costly, even
10 our own country
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-09

The world seemed TO fade away and
then l heard voices raised In excite
ment.
81 am here cried wildly. Cut me
out
'They began to cut. l feared they
would cut me. and pressed my hand
against the canvas to show them where
/ was. They took me out. The fresh
air revived me. The sight of the trees
and fields exhilarated me. / wanted
to get up and walk. l felt like l could
run and bound. But they told me l
was hurt, and they carried me down
here and laid me in the dressing-room.
was sleeping a moment ago and
dreaming. l dreamed ! was falling
again. l started up with a cry. The
sensation was worse than the worst
nightmare"
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-09
Irish RuIle,

At meeting of trading society in
my neighborhood not long ago a man
said, 81 am only poor working farm
er, and It's with the greatest difficulty
can make the two ends of the candle
meet" A parson at c. at the end
of sermon on grace said, And, my
brethren, If there remains one spark of
grace, water it, water it." He had
evidently been in the habit of compar-
ing grace to tender plant. A friend
OF mine pointed out house to me, say
ing, Our doctor lives there, he died
yesterday" / came upon the most per-
feet specimen in Essex-of all the
counties-where some years ago I had
to meet a stranger. After some con-
versation / suggested. deferentially,
you are Irish, Think" He beamed
and said, Eyes. SIR. I'm Oirish, but ]
wasn't born in me natuv conthree."-
Correspondence London Spectator.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-09

OF IA General Shafter was thin and
spare, wore blue jeans and went bare
footed, as did all those pioneer chill
dren in summer time, with feet well
busted with the dark prairie soil. For
some misdemeanor the gentle, brown
eyed teacher had bid him stand on
the floor and to remain after school
to settle the matter. When school
closed and the children filed past him,
he turned and Joined their ranks. On
reaching the door with wave of hand
he shouted, Hail Columbia!" and hat
less, with hands and feet fast flying,
calamity took the road home.
The generals father, Uncle Hugh"
as he was Familiarity called, went from
Vermont to settle in the then western
wilds of Michigan, and the latchstring
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-09
Remember the CLIQUE ester.

"Snr," said the second officer of the
great Spanish battleship, "a hostile
ship is visible on the horizon" Can
you make her out?" "She is an Am
erican, sir" "Ah, battleship! Clear
ship for action! We will give her a
stiff fight" "Sir, it is not a battle
ship. 1t is an auxiliary cruiser, one
of those Yankee pleasure yachts has
tily transformed into a war vessel" =
The commanders face blanched as he
replied: Then there is no help for us.
Run the ship on shore, beach her, and
blow her up."-Pittsburg Chronicle
Telegraph.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-09

1t is ordered by a police authority in
New York that no woman with short
skirts shall be permitted on the streets
of the town unless accompanied by a
wheel, or at least a tag signifying that
she owns one. What impudence is
this! Any decent woman is judge of
those things better THIN forty police
authorities, and decent women have
rights that the police are bound to re-
spect. And If a woman does ride a
wheel can she be allowed to go around
half naked?
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-09
Boston Strategy.

Eyes, they had a Boston woman's
phalanx all picked out to annihilate
the Spanish warships." How were
they going to do it?" by standing in
a row along the wharf and letting the
blazing sun strike against their spec
tacles. Then they would concentrate
the rays upon the Spanish ships and
set the magazines on fire. cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-09
Beauty IL Blood Deem.

Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without 1t. Cascarets, Candy Cathar-
tic cleans your blood and keeps ii clean. by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all i'm
purities from the body. Begin today to
Danish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads,
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets-beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed. 10c, CSC. SOC
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-09

According to San Francisco dis
patches within the last twelve months
the Canadian government has taken
from the Yukon miners more than
81. 500. 900. The cost Of maintaining
the mounted police in Dawson and the
salaries of the district officials have
been reported TO the Canadian parlia-
ment to be in the neighborhood OF
SAGE, 900, leaving a net annual gain TO
the government of over $4,000
The largest individual amount that
goes to make up this total is the roy
atty which has been conservstiyely
estimated to be 100000.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-09

The Canadian papers speak of a
Gen Foster" as one Of the American
commissioners at the Quebec confer
ence. Mr.. Foster is an 'old diploma
tic hand" but his new military title is
probably Of Kentucky origin.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-09

No need to fear sudden attacks of
cholera infantum, dysentery, diarrhea,
summer complaint of any sort If you
have DR.. Fowler's Extract of Wild
Strawberry in the medicine chest.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-09

Every time Senator Steve EIkins
hears of some fine openings in Cuba
for young Americans" he can't repress
the thought that he is "just as young
as he used to be-"
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-09

The woman who is continually lee
turing her husband either thinks he is
a fool, or else she has forgotten that
q word to the wise is sufficient.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-09

In Porto Rico the milkman miIks his
COW in front of the customers door,
which is several points ahead of the
American way Of milking the COW in
front of the pump.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-09
FELLFROM THE CLOUD
MISS NEVINS HAS AN EXTRA
ORDINARY EXPERIENCE.
Balloon Burst 1,2OO Feet In the Air. and
Swiftly She surged to the Earth. En-
veIoped In the Folds of the Huge
SILK Bag.
(St. Louis letter.

lSS Mildred NeV-
ms fell 1900 feet
tangled in the
wreckage OF an eX-
ploded balloon. She
was not killed. She
was not even rem
dered unconscious
No other woman
ever fell from such
a height aaS lived
TO tell her sensa-
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-09

The widower who mourns the loss
OF his first wife sometimes has the pc
Rod of his mourning extended by talk
ing a second.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-09

Don't think for a minute that man
ever bows to fate as a matter of
courtesy.
Use your own brains rather than
those of others.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-09

"Now good digestion waits on appe,
tite, and health on both. "
If it doesn't, try Burdock Blood Bit
tiers.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-09

Terrible plaques, those itching, pes
tering diseases of the skin. Put an
end to misery. Doan's Ointment cures.
At any drug store.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-09

Wien Answering Advertisements Eliadly
nvntinA This faper.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-09

Some men marry maids and some
are married by widows.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-09

Just as soon as a mar acquires his
ideal he begins to look around for a
superior one.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-09

When a man asserts that he is just
as good as another man he always be-
lieves he's better.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-09

A woman admires one man for tn,
qualities he has and loves another fo'
those he hasn't.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-09

Don't place too much confidence in
your companion when you are beside
yourself.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-09

1t is always a tragedy when a young girl mar.
ries an old man.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-09

first days Of DR. klue's Great Nerve Restorer.
send for FREE 5000 trial bottle and treatise.
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The Yale expositor., 1898-09-09
Dr. Carter. X. a II. Zen

It's poor actress whose picture never grace.
cigarette package.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-09

Stage-struck girls should think twice
before they attempt to act.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-09

Many man starves to-day while feeding or
to-morrow's hopes.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-09

Love is an ignis fatuus-the fire of love
which hovers over the wilderness OF life.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-09

The man who attempts to fiatter you
is either a fool or he thinks you are
one.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-09

Any fool can fall in love. u takes a wise man
70 fall on his feet
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-09

One toucn OF love mends all hearts
punctures.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-09

Conscience may tell man that he
is doing wrong, but fortunately it does
mt inform his neighbors.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-09

We've often wondered what will be-
come of the self-made man in the final
roundup
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-09

Some bare faced lies are old enough
to wear full beard
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-09

Men are like rivers, the deeper they are the
less noise they make.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-09

Guaranteed tobacco habit cure. makes wea
men strong, blood pure soc. o. All druggists
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A woman changes her mind so otter
that it keeps her busy speaking 1t.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-09

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing syrup
For children teething softens the gums reduces nam
nation, allays pain, wind collie. 20 cents bottle
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does what other medicines do not do II regulates
the four important organs OF the body--the Stom.
ach Liver. Kidneys and Bowels. 2jc package
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Halls Catarrh Cure
Is constitutional cure. Price, 75c.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-09

The man who looks upon the wine
when it is red may feel blue later.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-09

When it comes to manual labor the
average man is an immune.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-09

Educate Tour Bowels with Cascarets
Candy Calhartic. cure constipation forever
l0c. 25c. II c c. C. fail druggists refund money