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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-12-28

Report of School District No, 7,
Brockway township, for term ending
Dec. 81. 1900: Number boys enrolled
10; girls enrolled 10; total enrolment
26; total daily attendance 1867; days
taught 76; average daily attendance %;
percentage of attendance 81. Pupils
entitled to diplomas: Ethel Woodruff,
Ella Woodruff, Ethel Halsey, Edythe
Halsey, Garry Lyons, Leslie Lyons,
Viola Vanskiver, Pearl Shelto, Gracia
Van Skiver, Roy O'Donnell, Thomas
O'Donnell. Franc /. Roberts, teacher.
Report of School District No. 5,
Speaker for month ending Dec. 81,
1900. Number of pupils enrolled 81;
average daily attendance during
month 80. Those not absent during
the term were: Albert Bailey, Flor
ence Gleason, Terence Gleason. The
following are those passing satisfac-
tory examination and class standing in
their respective grades: Grade g.
Clifford King 90, Henry Beal 81, Gill
man Beal 81. Grade Ethel Martin
"a, Maggie Gleason 90, Anna Gleason
954, Guy Martin 90, Burt Beal 80, Mary
Skiffington 90, Joseph Worden 81.
Grade 5-Stella Weston 90, Edwin
Weston 90, Ray Knapp 81, Ger
trude Skiffington SO, Eva Mcconnell
81, William Warwick 81, Ella Warwick
SO. Grade 3-Maurice Knapp 92, Mary
Woodruff 90, Edward Woodruff 81,
Thomas Weston 80, Floyd Reddicliffe
81, Grace Mcconnell So. Grade q
Anna Mullaney 95, Clarissa Rector 90,
Henry Woodruff 81, Edna Lundy SO,
Florence Gleason SO, Bessie Skif1ing-
ton SO. Grade /, (a)-Willie Bailey 80,
Albert Bailey 92, Terence Gleason "a.
(b)-Mabel Martin 90, Nellie Weston
Sc, Frank Mullaney SO. Parents and
friends are cordially invited to visit
school and examine our work.
Lena G.. Sheridan teacher
Little Falls herald., 1900-12-28
COMMON CACTUS.
One That Lived Seven Years Under
y Sealed Glass Case in ~
- Berlin. -,

One of the commonest of cacti in
gardens is the Echinopsis multiplex,
a small subglobular species, with five
or six sharp ribs, and sparsely sprin-
kled with a few clusters Of long, black
:spines on the sharp edges of the ribs.
It sends up occasionally a large, white
tubular flower, which, like so many
of the family, opens at nj ght and soon
withers away. In Germany a druggist
named Ludwig Rust placed a speci.
men under sealed glass sevenay years
ago, and it is said to be yet in a
"thriving condition." to the surprise
of the scientific men Of Berlin, who
are puzzled to know where it obtains
it's carbonic acid from. Many sugges-
tions are advanced as to the source
OF this element. So far as the pub
lished account goes, however, there
is no Indication that the specimen was
weighed before it was enca sed or
weighed after its seven years of en-
tombmen t. no evidence, it may be
said, that any carbonic acid was alb
sorbe1. Il. is just as likely to be- .
case Of dormancy. It is now well nm
derstood that in the absence Of ex-
citing causes dormancy in veget ation:
may be retained Indefinitely. - sS
Little Falls herald., 1900-12-28
COOK ISLANDS ANNEXED.
Great Britain Takes Formal Posses.
sion OF Them at the Request
of the Chiefs

On October 8, last. the governor OF
New Zealand landed on the Cook
islands and formally annexed them to
the British empire at the unanimous
request of the chiefs and people. For
~ years the islands have been under
the protection of Great Britain and
every enactment of the native legis-
lature has had to receive the approval
of the British resident at Raratonga
before being regarded as law But
there has never been any formal an
nexation of the group and the natives
are probably delighted to have tn a t
ceremony carried out.
The islands, lying far southeast OF
Samoa, are off the usual lines of steam
er traffic, and most of their trade is
carried on with New Zealand and New
South Wales. They properly bear the
name OF the great navigator Cook, for
he discovered the greater part of the
group on his second journey in 1878. and
made them better known in his voyage
of 1777. Cook named one Of tile islands
Hervey island. and the missionaries who
settled there somehow got into the
habit of applying the name Hervey to
the whole group, and to-day they are
called indifferently, the Cook or Hervey
islands. .. >..ss.--@ - r. 81,
All of them are coral islands, lifted
only little way above the sea level, ex.
cept Raratonga, the largest and most
populous. whose volcanic mountain
rises to "a height of 4.G00 feet. Rara-
tonga is one Of the pearls of the South
seas, and is rich in all the products OF
the southern archipe.agoes. The ma,
tives have long used cotton cloth as
money, but coin is now likely to be in.
troduced, = z.,.~~ =
Little Falls herald., 1900-12-28
BY VOTE OF IS TO Is
@HAY-PAUNCEFoTETR TREATY RATIFIED
f.. BYs THE. SENATE. .s q.

Final Session Occupies Only an Hoursand
Ton NItuutes-All Committee Amend.
ments Are Adopted and the Others
!: Re jected-some Explanatory Speeches
Made. ~s@-4s - -,
WAsElNaToN, Dec. 22.-After spend.
ing the greater part of the past fort.
night in considering the Hay.Paunce-
fote treaty for the modification of the
Clay tom -Bulwer convention OF, 1850 the
senate consumed only one hour and ten
minutes in amending it, and ratifying
it as amended. During the time there
we're six roll calls and several viva voce
votes. The first five of the roll calls
were on amendments offered by in
dividual senators and the last one Oh
the resolution to ratify the treaty as
amended. All the amendments except
those offered by Senator Lodge and re-
ported by the committee on foreign re-
lations were voted down by majorities
averaging about 19. The ratification
resolution was adopted by vote OF %
to 18.
The senate was in executive session
for about an hour before the time for
voting arrived listening to speeches by
Senators Thurston, Gallinger, Wolcott
and Bard explanatory Of their attitude.
Senator Lodge, who as member OF
the committee on foreign relations, has
Piloted the Treaty Through the Senate
since the death Of Chairman Davis, lost
no time in demanding that-the voting
begin when 8 o'clock arrived. The
foreign relations committee amend
ments were read first. Senator Lodge
himself suggested verbal amendment
to the first Of these, adding the word
.'conyention after the word (which"
SO as to make the amendment read
(which convention is hereby super
seded.' He explained that suggestion
had been made that without the addi-
ton of the word the amendment might
be construed as applying only to arti
Gle 8 of the Clayton-Bu]wer treaty,
whereas, he said, it was intended to
apply to the entire treaty. The amend
ment was accepted, the two committee
amendments then were both accepted
without division.
All the amendments suggested hav.
ing been acted upon and those of the
committee adopted, Senator Allen
asked for the reading of the treaty as
amended. The request was complied
with and the vote was taken upon the
treaty itself, resulting in its ratifl-
cation.
Little Falls herald., 1900-12-28

Ages given in marriage licenses In
tile recorders office show that men
and women are marrying later in life
than ten or twenty years ago. The
average age, says the Kansas City
Journal, is consid derably above that
of ten years ago, and very much
above that Of 20, 80 or 40 years a go:
Formerly it was the rule rather than
the exception for brides to be II or
18 and grooms 20 or 21. Now it is al
most reversed. Figures for several
months show that the average brides
age is between rs and 26 and the
groom's between % and 20. y. ssz
- The average Of the first six couples
applying for license at the recorders
office on a recent day was 331a for the
men and 80 for the women. " hen the
number of couples had reached nine
the figures were reduced to 30 for the
men and 20 for the women. These
figures, however, are not a good cri
terion, the couples applying that day
happening to be alittle older than
ordinarily. Figures also indicate that
couples marrying in May are younger
on the average than those marrying g
in the fall of the year.
II don't know to what to attribute
the tendency to marry later in life,'
said the marriage license clerk. "un-
less it is that it takes the young man
longer to get a start in the world
than it did 20 or 80 years ago. The
country is more developed, there are
not so many opportunities open to
him, and he must wait longer; before
he finds himself in position that
would warrant his taking the respon-
sibility of supporting a family. In
other words, men no longer marry
young because they can't afford it."
Little Falls herald., 1900-12-28
lNSURREC TIC IN SPREADS
Virtual ySAll Mort her Caps colony s.
Open Revolt. q


Virtually All Skorthern Capa colony s.
$3:s Open Revolt. sSs
.LoNpoN, Dec. "A. .tt''W We understand
that private reliable advices have been
received IN London, = says The Daily
Mail, ITO the effect that virtually all
the districts Of Cape Colony in the
vicinity Of the Orange river are in
more Of less open revolt and that there
is likely to be sharp fighting on =
rather large scale before the insurrec-
tion is crushed The tactics Of the
Beers in rallying as many as possible
of the Dutch in. the back country to
their cause are proving successful. =. .5
From its Cape Town correspondent
The Daily Mail has received the fol
lowing: ( - NJ %<z. ~
"The second invading force was des-
ignated to occupy Britishtown, but,
being checked by the De Aar troops,
it has disappeared into the Ceaderburg
mountains. An enormous concentra-
tion of troops is being made upon, the
veldt country occupied by the invaders,
but it is not likely that the Beers will
offer battle in large numbers. There is
a renewed demand for the wholesale
proclamation of martial law" .. s.>- =. =.
Little Falls herald., 1900-12-28
STRIKE DECLARED OFF.

Santa Fe Telegraphers May Return if
They Can.
TOPEKA, Kan, Dec. 23.-President
Dolphin Of the Order Of Railway Tel
egraphers has declared the strike OF
the operators on the Santa Fe off. All
the striking operators here received or
ders from President Dolphin that the
strike would continue no longer.
The operators are beginning to spec
ulate as to whether they will be rein
stated in the employ of the company.
They now have the permission Of the
organization to work if they can secure
work.
General Manager Nudge would not
express an opinion as to whether the
men would be employed or not. He
sad, however, that the Order Of Rail.
way Telegraphers would not be recog-
nized under the present management.
Z ct the operators get new officers .
he said, ''and then we will talk to
them"
Little Falls herald., 1900-12-28
REBEL LOSS HEAVY.

Large Body of Insurgents Routed by the
Ninth Cavalry Near Guinobatan.
MANILA, Dec. 24.-Advices brought
by steamer from Southern Luzon say
that a lieutenant and 60 men of the
Ninth United States cavalry attacked
a large body of insurgents last Wednes-
day near Guinobatan, province Of AL
bay. After the battle 45 dead insur.
gents were counted, together with
many wounded. = g.
The only American casualty was the
wounding of sergeant, who was cor
nered by several rebels and struck. in
the leg by bolo. The rebel loss was
the heaviest recorded among recent
,enc0unters 5,. -'Ez
Little Falls herald., 1900-12-28
SIX HUNDRED KILLED.

Big Battle In Colombia in Which Go7ern-
ment Troops Are Victorious.
/. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2O.-The state
department has received a cablegram
from United States Charge d'Afaires
Deaupre at Bogota, stating that great
battle has been fought at Girardola
Point, Magdalene river, Colombia,
which lasted two days and resulted in
decisive victory for the government.
It is reported that 600 were killed and
many hundreds wounded. Other VIC
tories by the government forces of the
utmost Importance have been an
nounced. The government is celebrat'
ing the victories and considers itself
greatly strengthened by the success OF
his arms.
Little Falls herald., 1900-12-28
MoRE.TRoOPs TO BE SENT.

England Will Send Forward Reinforce.
mems to General Kitchener. -
LONDON, Dec, "a. The war Office has
made the following announcements: 4
In view Of the general position in
South Africa, the following reinforce.
ments of mounted troops have been ar.
ranged:
Eight hundred will start next week.
Two cavalry regiments have been or.
dered to leave as soon as the transports
are ready. The Colonial police will be
increased to 10000.
Detachments will leave as fast as
they are formed. Further drafts of
cavalry will be dispatched at once.
Australia and New Zealand have been
invited to send further contingents.
Three thousand extra horses, hey ond
the usual monthly supply, have been
contracted for.
Little Falls herald., 1900-12-28
woman'. Club IN Honolul..

Unique among ,vomen's clubs, per
.haps, is that which was launched Ave
years ago in Honolulu and, is now Re-
ported to.be at last on 9 firm footing.
It was started BY an American school
teacher, who was wont 70 invite young
women to her home once q week Tor
informal conversat lion on some topic.
The outgrowth was : full -aedged club
of 81 members, most Of them being
,Hawaiians, With mix xture, however.
of Chinese and Portuguese. The pres
;ident this year i 8 Chinese girl, who
wears her quaint national costume
when she fills the official chair.
Little Falls herald., 1900-12-28

with hope millions stand on the
closing day of the year with faces to-
ward the FUTURE" writes Mrs. Hamil-
ton Mott. in the Ladies' Home Jour.
nal. :'What will the New Year bring
me?' each one asks himself. No one
knows. And how well it is that we do
not. It requires sober thought to re-
alize that what we are and what we
do are along the lines of wise ere
alton. It is often very easy for us to
feel that we might change things for
the better if the power and oppor-
tunity were but ours. But the most
astute cleverness Of man, is poor af-
fair when compared with the sim
plest wisdom of God. And one thing
that can make this new year before
us happier is to have that one feel
ing, that one thought, that: one faith
always with us: That twhateversis is
right and for the best. Frequently
.we' cannot comprehend at the time
why this should be 50, why that
should happen, and why some partic-
ular trial should come TO us while
some great JOY comes at the same
time to another; why we should have
SO little and others 50 much. But
nothing ever comes into our lives ex-
Scept what is for our good. And some
day we shall clearly understand all." !"
Little Falls herald., 1900-12-28
BY A VOTE OF z: 70 g..

House Committee Agrees to Report Hop
kins Reapportionnent3 Measure.
WASHINGTON, Dec. l9. The house
committee on census, by vote of q to
&, has agreed to report the Hopkins re-
apportionment bill, leaving the total
membership of the house at 357, as at
present, and rearranging number of
state delegations The bill will not be
taken MP until after the holidays.
Little Falls herald., 1900-12-28
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opponents.
asai'crs OF national or vital public interest
w.: mere space II THE TRIBUNE than in anr
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eor these reasons it is tie newspaper vc,,
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Little Falls herald., 1900-12-28

.At Coventry II .useo % be the custom
sfo eat what were called God s cakes
on: New Years day They were Of 9
8triangular q shape, about half an inch
thick and filed with : kind Of mince--SS
s,mpa Is Herald
Little Falls herald., 1900-12-28
REPORTS SUBMITTED.

House Committee BADLY Divided on the
Reapportionncnt Bill.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.-Representa"
tive Hopkins, chairman Of the corn~
mittee Oh census, has filed in the
house the majority report Oh the reap.
portionment bill reported by his COM
mitree fixing the membership of the
house for the next decade at 357. Rep
resentative Burleigh of Maine filed a
minority report, signed by six mem.
bers, in favor of a house to be composed
of 386 members, and Representative
Crumpacker of Indiana, who signed
the Burleigh report, also submitted an
independent report in favor Of reduc.
ing the representation in the Southern
states to the extent of the abridgment
of the suffrage. His independent re-
port favors house composed of 374
members.
Little Falls herald., 1900-12-28
Occupa tfons 1or uanen. i

S1SsS 49, Ay6s5y
The seven occup tionss open Is Won-
Sen IN sac were teach hing, needlework,
keeping boarders to1y Working,
typeseting okkeeping md domestic
service rours llltnnfireda are open to
hen to-lay Is.s! ss|
Little Falls herald., 1900-12-28
British Losses at Nooigedacbt.

LONDON, Dec. 20.-The British losses
at Nooigedacht, according to the off.
cial accounts, were 50 killed and
wounded, with "A missing and still un-
accounted for.
Little Falls herald., 1900-12-28
A NEW ARMY BILL.
Senate Committee Will Report a substf
tute for the House Measure.

Senate Committee Will Report a substf-
tute for the House Measure.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.-The sub
committee of the senate committee on
military affairs has completed its work
on the army reorganization bill and
will at once report the result Of its Ia
bors to full committee Of the senate:
The sub.com mittee will report COM
plete substitute for the house bill and
while much OF the language is the same
as that of the house measure, there are
numerous changes.
Probably the most important change
is in the provision regarding the ar.
tillery arm of the service. The sub
committee recommends the retention
Of the present regimental organization
of the artillery and does not give it's as
sent to the corps organization proposed
by Secretary Root and accepted by the
house. In the matter of appointment
of staff officers, the bill follows largely
the lines of the recommendation made
by Secretary Root.
The house canteen provision was
amended SO as to permit the sale Of
beer at. the canteens. This exception
was made by omitting the word "beer'
from tn, prohibited articles.
The maximum strength Of the army
is to be 400, 600 men.
Little Falls herald., 1900-12-28
Medical.

GONOVA is Il Fr ench treatment for male
and female. for the positive cure of Gonor-
rtoea. Gleet: Unnatural, Discharges, ln1am-
nations, lrritations and Ulcera tions OF the
with ipjection combined, warranted to cure
worst cases in one, week. 50 per package
or two for s., Ask your druggist but refuse
substitute. Sent anywhere on receipt OF
price and guaranteed by the Kidd Drug Co..
EElgin. H. Retail and wholesale of I. D..
Browns Pioneer Drug Store, Little Falls,
tnr's. st: cloud, DR.. Holden, Sauk Rapids,
Churchill 4 Schelldrrp, Minneapolis.
Little Falls herald., 1900-12-28
GARDINER OUsTED.

Governor RoOsevelt Removes the District
. Attorney of New York County. "a
ALBANY, N. Y, Dec. "a. Governor
Roosevelt announces that he has re.
moved from office Colonel Asa Bird
Gardiner, district attorney of New
York county, on charges preferred by
Deputy Attorney J.. H. Hammond, and
has appointed Eugene J. Philbin Of the
state board Of charities and a Demo.
crat. to fill the vacancy. :.=z5 Ii. /. /.
Z The reason given BY the governor for
the removal OF Colonel Gardiner is hie
attitude at and about election time
toward the indictment Of Chief OF
Police Devery. 4.= ,"% .$
Little Falls herald., 1900-12-28

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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-06-03
STOCKS AND RONDS.

New York June 2.-There was manifest
hesitation in the trend of prices of stocks
today. and doubt was disclosed wheth
or the upward movement was not to
prove abortive. American securities got
practically no support in the London
market where dullness reigned in an
ticipation of the WhitSuntide holidays.
The only stock in demand for London ac-
count was Baltimore and Ohio, which
touched SO in the New York market. an
extreme advance of 2$s on rumors of an
carly dividend on the stock. Efforts were
made TO put up Southern Pacific on the
expressed satisfaction of the president
OF the company with the prospects OF
the company. There were also one or
two minor railroad stocks which moved
upward. These sustaining influences
tailed however to hold the market, and
the bulls sought to take profits, with
resulting losses in prices which reached
to between one and two points in some
stocks. The iron and Steel Industrials
were conspicuous sufferers on the de-
pressing opinions regarding the trade out
look by the mercantile agencies and on
the shutting down of additional mills of
the Steel and Wire Company which we're
reported. Sugar hung below last night S
level and was comparatively dull The
bank statement proved disappointing in
some items and mystifying in others and
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-06-03
HAVEN & sTUoT's COTTON LETTER.

New York. June 2.-Heavy liquidation
has continued in the speculative cotton
market this week, and prices for both
old and new crop deliveries have receded
to a lower level. This movement was
the natural result of lower markets for
spot cotton both at Liverpool and in the
South, together with the more favorable
crop and weather advces which are now
being received from all over the cotton
region.
At the same time the halt in the cotton
goods trade has exercised a very serious
influence upon the speculative position
of cotton. 1t would seem that cotton
manufacturing interests have in way
been experiencing the same trouble that
recently overlook the steel manufacture
ers of this country. Prices for certain
classes of goods OF which cotton is the
raw material, had been carried to level
which checked consumption and brought
the managers of mill properties face to
face with the possibility that new orders
could not be secured. 1t does not appear
that the price reductions which have been
made in various classes of cotton goods
for example. in print cloths at Fall River
are extreme. or that profits arc cut
down to any extreme. In fact, conceS-
sions are really favorable, because they
insure continued activity in the spinning
industry and a corresponding consumption
of raw cotton. For the time being, how
ever, the influence of the manufacturing
situation has been adverse, not only to-
ward The speculative cotton position, but
to spot cotton as we'll.
1t should not be overlooked that pow
crful and we'll organized financial inter-
ests have been exceedingly active in pro-
ducing the recent decline in prices. In
fact the manipulation has been carried to
lengths that have not often been seen in
recent years, and it would look as If
those who are led into taking a bcarish
position after the heavy decline would do
well to act with conservatism.
Tho crop advices from the South are cX
cecdngly good, although in various sec
tons the backwardness of the season
will undoubtedly tend to seriously modify
the original estimates of the area to be
planted.
A favorable element in the situation is