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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-09-01
How a Sea Gull Catches Mole.

A farm manager at Fcdderty, Ding
wall, Scotland, watching a mole catcher
at work, saw sea gulls lowering over,
and occasionally alighting upon a tur-
nip field, in which the observer and
others were at work. A particularly
large and handsome bird attracted his
attention by the graceful way in which
1t foated slowly over the drills, IN
tently scanning the surface of the
ground. Suddenly, steadying itself a
moment, it dropped. dug its bill into
the ground, and rose with mole
for its prey. Resting a few minutes, 1t
gracefully began again further search
for prey. In a few minutes second
mole was unearthed.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-09-01

To all readers who remember the
earlier traditions Of the leading Amer
lean magazines there is something very
suggestive in the announcement that
the price of one of the old-established
monthlies is to be reduced from 80
cents to 20 cents copy. The change
of price, of course, follows a revolu-
ton in methods of publication. The
magazine of today, with its fine typog-
raphy, delicate engravings and excel
lent mechanical execution. can be pro-
duced with profit at lower cost than
the magazine of twenty-five years ago
with it's rough paper and coarse wood
cuts. The universal cheapening in the
cost of production of all publications
has not been without its effect on pub
lie taste. Readers expect now for few
pennies a more ingeniously varied Ia
BILE of contents and finer style of ex'
ecution than they would have dreamed
il possible to get two decades ago fol
80 or so cents.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-09-01

Although pearls cannot yet be made
in the laboratory, they can be slowly
built up by natural process at the bot
tom of an aquarium. Signor Comba,
who has been experimenting for sew
eral years in the artificial production
of this much-prized stone, is laying
down a large quantity of pearl oysters
on the shores of the Mediterranean,
with a view to extended operations.
The objection has been raised that the
mother-of-pear shell will not Tive"
in a temperature of less than 6S to 70
degrees Fahrenheit, and that the nor
NAL temperature of the Mediterranean
is too low to give any hope of the sue
cess of the enterprise. The same ex-
periment has been carried on in
Queensland and western Australia
with great success, but those countries
are at a prohibitive distance from the
chief markets for mother-of-pearl
which are London, Hamburg and
Trieste. the expense of conveying the
pearls thither being too great. 1t is
nevertheless, admitted that there are
great possibilities in the artificial pro
duction OF pearls, which, under skillfu
management, could be made a profit
able industry IL carried on concur
rently with systematic pearl-shell cul
tivation.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-09-01
Loss OF Hair Due to Mental Shock.


In a French medical journal NJ. Bo.s
sier relates the following remarkable
case. which is an addition to the
group of cases in which sudden loss
of hair or change of its color followed
mental shock. The subject was Wig
orous peasant, aged SS years, who was
not of a nervous temperament beyond
being slightly emotional. His hair was
abundant, and a dark chestnut col
or and not even slightly interspersed
with white filaments. One evening, as
he was returning home, preceded by his
mule, on which was mounted his son,
aged 8 years, the animal slipped, and
the child was thrown off and trampled
on several times. He was only severe
ly bruised but the father thought he
was killed, and in endeavoring to save
him was terror-stricken He tremb ed,
and had palpitations and feeling of
cold and tension in the face and head.
On the following day the hairs of the
head, beard and eyebrows commenced
to fall in quantities, so that after eight
days he was absolutely bald. At the
same time the skin Of the face and
head become paler. Without delay the
hairs began to grow again in the form
of a colorless down. Soon all the af-
fected regions were covered with finer
more silky, and more thinly sown
completely white hair. The hair Of
other regions was not affected.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-09-01
HABIT OF TIPPING SERVANTS.
One Instance Illustrating It's Abuses on

One Instance Illustrating It's Apuses On
the Continent of Europe.
A Chicago woman who recently spent
a brief season in Germany speaks In
terms of condemnation of the custom,
almost universal there, of tipping SER
wants. The practice is not confined to
the hotels and inns, but guests at the
private houses OF the rich are expected
to cross the palms of those who attend
to their wants. This woman, In relat-
ing her experiences, said: when my
visit came to an end was in such a
dilemma as to what was the proper
thing to do in the way OF feeling the
servants that after some deliheratlon
went to my hostess for relief: You
have such retlnue of servants l said
to her, that l simply cannot fee them
all. / want you to tel me which ones
will expect a remembrance and what
amor Mt it ought to be- Whereupon
she lid me that the question had come
up so often in this very way that she
had at last hit upon plan which her
husband agreed was good one ana
which had been in operation FOR lons
time in their household to the entire
satisfaction of all concerned, including
the servants. She showed me a locked
box in a dark nook in the hall, and
into a slit in this her guests dropped
whatever amount ii was their pleas
IRE to give the servants. Once In SIX
months the box was opened and the
contents distributed among the stan
the gifts being proportionate to the
place held-the butler, footmen, room
maids and others who come in dlrec
contact with the guest receiving the
larger amount-which,I can assure you
was the greatest kind OF relief TO me
and seemed a good idea to adopt else
where"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-09-01
CHINA GAVE US THE MASSAGE
1t Is Contended That the Treatment
Came from the FIowery Kingdom.

I hhp
Came from the FIowery Kingdom
Few people while enjoying the deli
cious sensations of the massage at the
hands of an expert operator are aware
that to the Chinese we probably owe
the treatment While the question as
to whether massage originated in Swe-
den or China has been much discussed,
the latter country Is evidently strong
Claimant. According to longtime
Chinese ideas, life is entirely depend
ent on "air currents" which are desig-
mated as the primary aura of the or
ganism: so long, then, as the BODY Is
permeated by the air current 1t Is
proof against disease. and the object OF
physical exercise is to circulate the air
current. To effect this the Chinese sys-
tenn is divided into three periods, each
period occupying a hundred days, the
first period commencing at the time OF
the now moon. The patient must rise
at 4 o'clock in the morning and walk
outside his house, taking seven deep
inspirations, and. Immediately after
this. two youths who have been spe-
cially trained commence a gentle fric-
ton all over the body. starting over the
cardiac area. At the time OF full moon
a further set of respiratory exercises
are taken. Later on, in the second pc
riod. the various parts of the body are
rubbed with wooden planks until the
muscles are hardened, and 1t is not I'M
I'll the hardening takes place that the
real physical exercises are taken. Be
tween the fifth and sixth month is thu
period of greatest activity, the Euro
pean dumbbell being replaced by large
sacks filed with stones. 1t is in tn
third period that the back muscles ar
chiefly exercised.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-09-01

Telegraphic advices from Pekin an
nounce that the empress dowager, in
auenced by the representatives of Ger
many and other great powers, has con-
sented to accord her foster-son. the
titular emperor, a larger degree OF
freedom and better treatment. In Or
der TO set at rest the always-current
rumurs that the emperor has been pois-
oned at her instigation the dowager
will hereafter have Kuang H'su sit al
her own table.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-09-01

Probably the most colossal mistake
in recent criminal annals was made
by New York burglar the other day.
He went into a dressmaking establish
ment in broad daylight, where twenty
women were working, and tried TO
plumber the premises. AS a simple
matter of course and natural con-
sequence the women fell upon him
with hat-pins, jabbed him Till he close
ly resembled a porous plaster ana
handed him over to policeman. lhe
records in even a city like Chicago teen
with captures of foolish burglars by
women single-handed. What fate
could be expected for the man who de-
liberately invaded a house filled with
twenty women, every one of the twenty
having her hat-pin handy?
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-09-01

The Bank Presldent-Are you aware
the cashier has taken half-interest in
a yacht? The Confidential Adviser
No. Perhaps we had better see he does
not become a full-fledged skipper
indianapolis Journal.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-09-01
Her Ashes in the Mortar.

An odd monument was desired by
an elderly maiden who died a few
weeks ago in Athlone, Ireland She
left fortune OF $135. 900 to be spent in
the erection of church, provided that
her body should be converted into
ashes and used in making the mortar
for building the edifice.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-09-01
Damages. 1 Cent; Costs, s7oo.

In the District Court at Oakley the
other day a jury gave Mr.. kepple one
cent damages against Mr.. O'Neil on
account of some injury done to Mr..
Kenple's crops by Mr.. O'Neil's sheep.
But this verdict carried with II 500
in costs, and IL Mr.. ONeil will now APP
peal to the Supreme Court Kansas may
vet be able to rival that celebrated
Iowa calf case-Kansas City Journal
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-09-01
A STRONG BABY.
Regimen on which One Infant Is Maxi
ing Astonishing Growth.

Regimen on which One Infant Is Max
ing Astonishing Growth.
There is a doctor in West Philadel-
phia who has a son one year old, and
this baby is probably the strongest hu-
man being for its age and weight in
the world. It's father will hold cane
in his two hands, and the baby, grasp
ing it, will draw itself up to its chin
three times. That is but one of its nu-
merous feats of strength. The physi-
clan says that his boys unusual mus
cular development is due to a daily
massage treatment Every morning he
lays the little fellow, naked, on a
blanket, and kneads his muscles for
thirty minutes. Once a month he
weighs the baby and measures its
calves, chest, arms, etc. The monthly
increase OF weight and girth are re-
markable The baby has never had
shoes or stockings on its feet or hat
on its head. and in the summer 1t wears
only little sleeveless dress that comes
to its knees. 1t gets cold bath every
morning. IF nothing goes wrong,
the physician often declares, this
child will be one of the strongest mer
the world has ever seen. He will never
get bad and he will never lose 6
tooth. AS for his muscles, with mas
sage and a course Of exerci that
have laid out, they will be big an(
supple all over his body. All his flesl
will be, when tense, hard as steel, ant
when relaxed as soft as the flesh of ;
young girl"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-09-01
lust Think of IL.

Tommy Scroggins-'Pd hate to be
dat two-headed boy at de museum"
Jimmie Wiggins-"He has lots o. fun"
Tommy Scroggins-"I know dat, but
les t'ink o. havin' two faces 20
warsh. Ohio State Journal.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-09-01

The wealthy Russians are said to
be extremely profitable to hotel and
ehopkeepers in the lands in which they
travel. A Swiss authority insists that
200 Russians will spend more in a
month than 1000 English men and
women for the same period of time.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-09-01

Can it not be arranged that the Chi
cago ball team play the Clevelands
during the rest of the season, pleads a
paper of that city?
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-09-01

It is easier to go without haircut
than it is to write poetry.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-09-01

Exeter hall, London, has been en-
gagged as the official headquarters for
the worlds Christian Endeavor con-
vention 20 be held in that city In July.
1900. Albert hall and st. James hal
have also been secured for overnow
meetings.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-09-01

Possibly the world may owe every
man a living, but it has too many pre-
ferred creditors.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-09-01

The average man spends less time in
trying to do his duty than he does in
inventing excuses for not doing 1t.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-09-01
Hour. Of sunshine.

Spain has more sunshine than any
country in Europe. The yearly average
is 1000 hours. In America II Is 2,lOV'
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-09-01

The man who is his own worst en-
envy usually has number of other en-
emies who run a close second.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-09-01

When a man is wrapped up in him
self he uses the only envelope nature
provided.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-09-01

The man whose mind is not made up
should never air his opinions in pub
lie.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-09-01

Curiosity has a peculiar way of get
ting the better of discretion.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-09-01

He who rules with rod of iron
should select a malleable one.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-09-01

II you pay down today you won't be
asked to pay up tomorrow.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-09-01

The deg who chases his own tail tries
his best to make both ends meet.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-07-29

pagans had proverb which King Solo
mon may have sent centuries ago by
special messenger TO one OF the kings
OF Hawaii. And. no doubt, as these
pagan theologians discussed the over
throw OF their time hoaored idolatry.
they said 10 each other with one ac-
cord, what terrible thing the saloon
is,-"the jag is our destruction. -
We have in this, evidence that the an
cient pagan priests agreed cordially
with the modern Temperance people
that rum is 4 dreadful evil.
The scientists insist, of course. that
these events We're the phenomena OF
evolution, in which bC,h evil and good
are active agencies. This is denied by
those who regard evolution as a per-
nicioUs doctrine. Whatsoever the
truth may be, it in no way lessons the
value of the work OF the men who op-
portunely came and gathered together
the disorganized elements and with
them built a new nation.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-07-29
RUN IN HISTORY"

Among the Interesting papers pub
lished in the Hawaiian Spectator" of
the year 1898, are TRANSACTIONS Of ar
ticles written by intelligent natives on
the subject of the abolition of idolatry
before the missionaries arrived.
In one of the articles the native
author says: The natives frequently
heard foreigners say that the tabu sys-
tenn was foolish. Moreover. females
often ate in secret, food prohibited to
them and yet their lives were not cut
short; the men did the same thing and
continued to live. Another thing OBJ
served was, that after Intoxicating
drinks were obtained and the chiefs
became inebriated, they did not them
selves then observe the tabu. and the
god did not destroy them for their
temerity."
Immediately after the death Of Ka-
mehameha |. his successor Lunalilo
celebrated his accession to the throne
tOf grass. The native historian says:
He sent the overseer OF the rum de-
partment to obtain the good creature
for drunken session which was held
on the ocean in canoes. and continued
two days at kailua.
When the King LANDED, the men
stood in tiptCe of wonder to see their
chief regaling himself with his female
cOadjutors with the luxury of the glass
and the pipe. Strange as it may seem,
this shock the tabu system to ruin"
When notice of these doings was sent
to the other islands, Kauai, Oahu, and
Maui, united with Hawaii in a general
jubilee at this emancipation of the
kingdom
A cynical essayist might well choose
for his subject: What has the saloon
done for Hawaii?" or THE jag in his
tory and assign it an honorable place
in the agencies which abolished idol
airy.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-07-29

From our own standpoint the dis
cussions among the native theologians
of those days had a humorous side to
it. Some of the old priests who re-
fused to follow the higher criticism"
of the traditional idolatry. as it was
pronounced by Lunalilo, under the in
fuence of rum, stood steadfastly for
the ancient faith. They, like strict
Romanists, believed ir the religion
which they had inherited. They
spurned the Robertson Smiths and the
Briggses and the Lyman Abbots of
those days, who were destroying the
old landmarks. One recognizes the
oneness of human nature, when he
reads what the native historian writes.
These priests who favored the old
idolatry, repeated also this proverb of
the ancient Hawaiians,-'Righte
ness enriches a nation, but wicked
kings make it poor So that before
Christianity touched them, these
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-07-29

applies to grapes. This dealer states
as the reason, for these high prices.
the scarcity of land, and the inability
of small farmers TO purchase il. Sew
eral attempts to purchase land near the
city for the general cultivation of mar
ket produce, have failed. Possibly the
colonists ON the Waialua plateau may
be able to supply the demand. But
the item Of transportation will be a
costly one with them. The Paradise
of the Pacific needs cheaper water
melons and other fruits.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-07-29
Almost Blind SUBDIVISION OF THE MCKERTM HOME NlEAl
scrofuIa Affects tho Eyes Little
Boy Treated by an ocuIist with.
out Relief But Now He Is We'll.

"wben my little boy was three month h
old his eyes became very sore and he Wa
almost blind. / took him TO an cculist
who treated him for six months. and left
him a. bad as he was at the beginning.
Finally HoSd's Sarsaparilla was recon-
mended and began giving 4; 20 him.
II less than three weeks he was abls
to go into the sun without coverin.
his eyes, and today his eyes are perfectly
well, and his ears and nose. which wert
badly affected, are also well. Hoods
Sarssparilla has certainly done wonders
for my boy" Mrs. JAMES II. PAINTER.
Amador. California. Rrmrrnhcr
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-07-29

One of the oppressive features of our
land system is that there is little avail
able land for market gardening. The
Portuguese who are model cultivators
of small parcels still complain that
they cannot buy land near the city at
reasonable prices. fer the cultivation
of garden truck" A large dealer in
fruit says that while watermelons may
be purchased in the San Francisco
market at Is and % cents apiece, the
same fruit sells in local market at so
and rs cents apiece. The same remark
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-07-29
PURE
purpose.

We have it prepared in quantities &c
supply any or all demands. We will
deliver TO your home, if within the city
limits, a trial bottle at % cents. Don't
neglect to order a bottle at once
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-07-29
AIR.

Those who are familiar with the
article order it by the gallon. which
proves beyond all doubt tina. it is the
proper thing.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-07-29

1t is folly TO suffer from that hor-
rible plague OF the night, itching piles.
Doane's Ointment cures quickly and
permanently. At any chemists.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-07-29
DISINFECTINE

With the heat OF summer comes the
foul and disease producing air from
the cesspool, vault and cellar. You
must De on your guard against the &C
emulation of trash, garbage, etc; IL
is dangerous to have around.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-07-29
INSURES

No skill is required to have the air
about your home pure. The cost IS tri-
fling and effect is wonderful. Disin.
fectine as prepared by us will serve the
purpose.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-07-29

Everyone enjoys it; your health de-
ponds upon it. You can just as well
have it as your prudent neighbor. Old
and young alike endorse IL.