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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-01-26
general civllity to them by old and
young.
PRINCESS OF WALES FAD.
Takes "a Delight in Visiting and Feeding
Her Dogs Daily.


Her Dogs Daily.
The Princess of Wales is devoted to
animals. One of her chief delights at
Sandringham, her country home, is her
dog kennel, and it is her daily pleas
ure to visit the dogs and take them the
MONDAY repast. When she feeds her
pets the princess OF Wales wears a
large apron of white muslin. The
apron is plain except for few tucks
and a bib. AS the princess always
wears a tight-ftting black frock in the
house, the apron strings are tied
around as neat waist as can be found
in England. A soft felt hat and
pair of dogskin gloves complete the
outfit. In the basket carried by her
hlghness are pieces of stale bread and
scraps of cakes and bits of sweets. All
of the dogs are admirably trained, and
when they are placed on sale, as be-
comes necessary once in while when
their number becomes too great, they
are eagerly bought by hunters and dog
seekers who wish something very in
telligent in the dog species. The pugs,
of which there are many, are specially
intelligent for that breed-usually con-
sidered so hard to teach-and they
have deservedly become the pet dogs
Of English royalty. The pug that is
allowed the freedom of the morning
rooms of the queen is said to under
stand all ordinary dog commands in
three anguages-German French and
English. Every year, besides taking
prizes at the dog show, the princess, or
the prince, acting for her, is able to
dispose of many dozens of the dogs at
fancy price, besides enjoying the
pleasure of presenting as many as are
desired as pets to royal relatives The
Princess Karl lays claim to a certain
breed of hounds, claiming that they are
hers because she brought them from
Italy the first time she visited that
country.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-01-26

ination of their prizes. The largest
ships of the Spanish squadron, the
Christina and Castillo, at which the
heaviest American fire had been direct
ed, were hopeless wrecks, tangled
masses of blistered steel, that could
hardly be recognized as having the
slightest semblance of ships of war,
but the Isla de Cuba, the Isla de Luzon
and the Don Juan de Austria had been
more fortunate. The fire had swept
through all three of them and shells
had searched them through and
through, but they had received no real
~ vital injury. 1t was recognized at
once that they could be raised and
saved as trophies of the war and as
valuable cruisers for our service.
Admiral Dewey gave his own atten-
ton to this work. BY contract with
the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock
company, limited, of Hong Kong, the
ships were lifted from their muddy
beds, and after minor repairs at Cavite
were taken 20 Hong Kong under their
own steam. There is a thoroughly
equipped modern dock yard they have
been refitted as handsomely as they
could have been in America.
On the navy liSt for 1899 the three
ships appear classified with the Ben
nington, the CastinS, the Concord, the
Machias and the Yorktown as unarm-
ored steel cruisers or gunboats. The
Isla de Cuba and the Isla de Luzon
still carry their Spanish 4.7-10-inch
rapid-fire guns, calibSr unknown in
our service before the Spanish war.
They have also four 6-pounders and
four Nordenfeldts. Their iongth is set
down as 1872 feet their beam 30 feet,
their draught IL feet 6 ineNes, and
their displacement 1000 tons. Both
ships have twin screw. triple-SVpan-
sion engines of thoroughly moJern
type, capable OF developing the re-
spectacle speed of IL knots, with a
horsepower of 1000. They have a coal
capacity of 100 tons and they will
carry a complement of about 160 Off
GERS and sailors.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-01-26
Indian BeYeraCes.

A civilized Indian who came down
yesterday said that the reservation In
dams are acquiring a taste for Jamaica
ginger. THE stores around the reser-
vations," he said, "all handle ginger as
a legal drug, and the Indians have dis
covered that it is as fiery a beverage
as cheap whisky. A teaspoonful will
cause choking and coughing for sew
eral minutes in a throat unaccustomed
to swallowing the powerful stuff. Red
ink is another favorite beverage of the
Indians since the federal authorities
have begun to exercise stricter super
vision over their copper-skinned
wards 1t is the ordinary red ink
which bookkeeper uses in his balance
sheet, and which bookstores sell for
writing purposes. The ink drinker of
cultivated taste will buy bottles by the
half dozen, and swallow the contents
with relish. Essences which white
people use for puddings are swallowed
in quantity by the Indians, and have
been used in that way for years. Wood
alcohol, accounted poison in most parts
of the country is consumed in consid-
cradle quantities, diluted with water"
Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-01-26

There are now in the United States
navy two smart cruisers which have
never seen American shores. They
are the Isla de Cuba and the Isla de
Luzon of Admiral Watson's great
squadron in the Philippines, says New
England Home Magazine.
They are the prizes of war-trophies
Of Admiral Dewey's great triumph of
May i, 1898, in Manila bay. A third
ship, the Don Juan de Austria, which
bears one of the most famous names
Of Spanish history, will soon follow
them into our service from the Hong
Kong dock yard and join Admiral
Watson's flag. The Journals half
tone photograph represents the Isla
de Cuba and the Isla de Luzon while
they were undergoing repairs at the
dock yard in charge of Constructor
Hobson. The matched awnings over
the deck of the vessels are designed
TO protect the workmen from the rays
of the sun.
The very appearance of these fine
steel ships is enough to refute the alb
surd charge that Admiral Deweys
victory was an easy one because he
had only lot of antiquated wooden
tubs to fight. AS a matter of fact,
there was only one wood-planked yes
sci in Admiral Montojo's squadron,
and she, the Castillo, was really a good
cruiser with a frame of steel and a
splendid rifled battery. The Isla de
Cuba and the Isla de Luzon were rela-
lively new and in all respects fine and
efficient ships. They were rated in the
Spanish navy as protected cruisers and
were built in the famous Armstrong
yards in England, as late as 1887. In
size and general character the two
ships resemble very closely our own
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-01-26
Why MIX varae. in Quantity and Rich

ness.
Why is the milk of all mothers, for
weeks after the birth of the offspring,
larger in quantity and poorer in fat?
For this reason: The object of all milk
giving is the support Of the offspring,
says New Zealand Dairyman. In the
earlier babyhood the digestion is weak,
the stomach small and there exists a
necessity for small amounts and very
frequent feeding. The fat globules are
larger than at any other time during
the period of lactation. This fact it
self appears to cause the milk to be
more easily digested, to cause the fat
to enter more readily into pancreative
emulsion. When the globules are
largest they also separate more easily
and thoroughly from the watery me-
dium. The milk creams more thor
oughly, and the cream churns quicker
and more thoroughly. A peculiar
change seems to take place in the milk
of the COW, and presumably it is so
with all mothers, within about four
months after second CESSATION taxes
place. There seems to be peculiar
relation between the finer or essential
oils volatile fatty acids) of milk, ana
the growth of the brain and nervous
system in the foetus. 1t has been no
ticed that the finer flavor of the but
ter-fat departs after the COW has been
about five months in CESSATION, ana
that the milk is not as wholesome fer
young calves or human infants. THESE
observations furnish strong evidence
of the intimate relation sustained by
the milk-giving organs with all the or
gans of maternity. 1t is only In the
light of these facts that we can guide
ourselves Alright in many things con-
nected with the management OF cows
and the proper use and handling OF
milk
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-01-26
FORTUNES FROM DREAMS.
Inventors Can Tell 90 some Strange
Experiences.

Experiences.
ut is remarkable how ideas OF an
inventive nature occur to me-" re-
marked Henry Holllngsworth to
Cleveland inventor. Frequently when
engaged in problems upon mechanics
/ have gone to bed and dreamed what
seemed to be a perfect solution of that
which had been uppermost in my mind
during the day. But the trouble is that
upon awaking, while recollecting per-
fectly that | had dreamed the solution,
it was impossible to recall the details
necessary to practical application OF
my idea. You know, it is said Of the
automatic car-coupler of the double
jaw type, that the originator of the
idea was a telegraph operator who
while leaning back in his chair, with
his hands clasped behind his head,
doing, was brought to his senses by
the blowing of a locomotive whistle.
That noise served as a connecting link
for his thoughts. With his hands still
clasped, sailor fashion, he slowly
brought them in front Of him, and
NOhNNANu why INC NeiA VI NAAAb SA"AA
could not be connected with one an
other in the same way his hands were
hooked together. AS a result Of this
curiously suggested idea we have the
the two jaws OF which fit into each
other and clasp after the same manner
of the human hands. There is a west
ern inventor who tells of dreaming OF
railroad spikes one night last summer.
He saw around him nothing but spikes,
hundreds and thousands of them, and
tons and tons piled up in front of him.
But these spikes differed from any 9TH
er he had ever seen, in that the four
faces were grooved. He thought about
these spikes when he woke up, and
next night saw more spikes than ever
in his dream. Then he became con-
vinced that those spikes were intended
as the foundation for the fortune that
he had been striving for. AS a result
the western man has applied for
patent upon the invention, which, it
is claimed, effects a saving of 20 per
cent in the steel used, and makes
cheaper and better means of holding
the rail to the tie than heretofore en-
ployed. Washing Post.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-01-26

The Cleveland Plain Dealer says an
educated colored man addressed the
students of Adelbert college the other
day. He told about his experience in
his chosen profession, that of a lawyer.
asserting that on but one occasion had
he ever met with discourtesy at the
hands of white men during his legal
experience in his native state, Virginia
This happened in a backwoods hamlet.
where the general ignorance of the in
habitants was some excuse for their
boorishness. In the course of his re-
marks he perpetrated an unconscious
bit of humor that brought a smile to
the students faces and drew a laugh
from the speaker himself as soon as he
realized the suggestion in his state
ment. Il started out in my profess
sion with somewhat gloomy anticipa-
tions," he said. when l reached
Alexandria, where there were 1000 col
ored people, everything looked dark"
1t was at this point that the smile ran
around.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-01-26
PIRACY is NOT PROFITABLE.
No Cargoes of Gold Now Tempt the
CupIdlty OF Mariners.

CupIdity of Mariners.
New York Sun: A son of the old
time yachting captain, Jack White of
Red Bank, picked up a Mexican silver
dollar of 1884 on Sandy hook the other
day. Capt. Jack said it reminded him
Of many dollar he had seen that had
been picked up along the Jersey coast
and on Long Island shores. Mexican
silver dollars" he said, were the
money of the commercial world during
all the early part of this century, and
you could find them whenever there
were wrecks. Nowadays pirating would
not pay, but in those days every ship
had to carry lot of money every time
she went on voyage. Nowadays a
captain doesn't have TO have anything
but bit of pocket money, and it is a
fact that many a ship goes out on a
voyage with hardly a dollar on board.
If the captain needs anything, he can
either draw money at any port he en-
ters or else find credit there It was
very different a generation ago. In
those days captain had to take
out with him money enough to
last him for the whole voyage and
sometimes for emergencies besides. He
often had big sums aboard also that
were used in trading, or that repre-
sented cargo sold. 1t was not I'M
common in those days for ship to
start out with a full cargo, bound for
some foreign port, where the captain
would have to hunt his own market
If the cargo wouldn't sell well there,
he had power to go to any other port
to hunt a profitable market. Then
when he had sold out he was expected
to buy new cargo, either for a home
port, or, perhaps, some other port Of
the world. 1t was not unusual for a
captain to handle half dozen cargoes
on long trading voyage and come
home in ballast with a big box of sill
yer dollars to help keep his ship up
to the wind. Even the little vessels
carried lot of money aboard. | guess
that dollar was wrecked there fifty
years or so ago, and it has been drift
ing around in the sands ever since"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-01-26

Castine and Machias, but they carry
somewhat heavier guns and have the
superior protection of a complete tur-
tle-back deck above their machinery
and magazines. Because of this pro-
lection or of some other cause they es-
capped relatively scatheless in the great
battle of May /.
When in the sunrise haze of that
memorable morning the American
squadron in line of column ahead, the
superb Olympia leading, swept into
Manila bay swung along the city, re-
ceiving the fire of its batteries without
deigning to answer, and. then headed
straight for the doomed Spanish fleet
off the naval station of Cavite, the Isla
de Cuba and the Isla de Luzon were
lying moored bow and stern In line Of
battle with their sister ships, topmast
housed and boats and spare gear re-
moved and thoroughly stripped for
fighting. AS Admiral Montojo in the
official account of the battle says:
1.-THE Americans fired most rapidly.
There came upon us numberless pro-
jectiles, as the cruisers at the head
of the line devoted themselves almost
entirely to fight the Christina, my
flagship. Shortly after $50 observed
fire on my ship forward, and our steer
ing gear was damaged, rendering the
vessel manageable. We were sub
jected to a terrific hail of shell and
shot The engines were struck, and
we estimated that we had seventy hits
about our hull and superstructure. The
boilers were not hit, but the pipe to
the condenser was destroyed. A few
moments later observed that the
aft part of the ship was on fire. A
shell from an American ship had pen
etrated and burst with deadly effect,
killing many of our men. My flag
lieutenant said to me, The ship is in
flames. 1t is impossible to stay on the
Christina any longer We signaled to
the gunboat Isla de Cuba, and and
my staff were transferred to her and
my flag was hoisted. AS soon as I
transferred myself from the Reina
Christina to the Isla de Cuba all the
American shots were directed upon the
Isla de Cuba, following my flag"
Thus one OF our handsomest prizes
had the honor of being the second flag
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-01-26
A Great Industry.

The match industry in America has
never experienced such prosperity as
1t enjoys at the present time. Greater
production and larger earning capac-
ity are the result of progressive and
enterprising management. The quail
ity of the goods manufactured has been
improved to such an extent that no
where is such perfection found as in
the American product. The style of
marketing the matches has also been
subjected to many beneficial changes,
and the results of these efforts on the
part of the American match manufac-
turers is beginning to be recognized.
The establishment of plants, by an
American concern in South America,
and those now being constructed in
Germany, Switzerland and South Az
RIGA, prove without doubt the popular
ity of our home production. One Liv-
erpool factory, which is controlled by
American capital, produces daily TO-
900 gross, and this amount, II is ex-
pected, will be materially increased
during the coming year.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-01-26
WHERE THE GREAT EXILE DIED

People at ST. Helena Are Happy and
Crime Is Almost Unknown.
New York Times: Few people ever
think of st. Helena except as a rock
in the sea on which Napoleon lived a
while miserably and then more misera-
bly, died. That the greatest of anti
climaxes was not the end of the lit
tie islands history is hard to realize,
because a poet or romancer would
have made it the end, and a continue
ton is therefore more or less unnat-
ural and absurd. Be that as it may,
st. Helena has remained the abiding
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-01-26

did you say this was comic opera
war;" asked the Filipino soldier who
came into camp with flag of truce.
THAT remark has been made"
well, our general says he's willing
to take you at your word. He wants
to know IL you can fix up the show so
there will be fewer marches and more
dialogue. "-Washington Star.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-01-26

Potash and Peach Trees.-Peaches,
like all other products of the soil, need
feeding. Potash and phosphoric acid
are the principal constituents required
in making the fruit. An excess of nj
trogen will produce rank growth at
the expense of the fruit buds. Take,
for instance, the peach tree near the
kitchen door which gets plenty of
soapy water, which contains a large
amount of I've (potash). 1t always has
full crop. A few pounds of potash
and phosphate around each tree during
the later winter and you will be more
than repaid for the trouble and ex-
pense
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-01-26
Abandoned Farms in New England.

Abandoned Farms In New England.
My attention has been called to what
is known as the abandoned farms Of
New England. A personal inspection
of some of these farms shows that
they are not abandoned on account Of
sterility of soil, but are in many cases
capable of affording a good living to
industrious farmers, and under more
favorable auspices than are farms in
some of our newer states, on account
of nearness to market, educational in
stitutions, and other desirable en-
vironments. The agrostologist Of the
department has visited several of these
farms to ascertain in what way help
can be given by the introduction of
grasses suitable to their various con-
ditions, and the soil physicist will
study conditions on these farms and
indicate which soils may be proftably
cultivated and which should be de-
voted to forestry. The forester will
also visit these localities and determine
what varieties of trees are most desir-
able. The department will endeavor to
have farmers bulletins prepared
along these several lines for distribu-
ton among the farmers of New Eng
land. Secretary of Agriculture Will
son.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-01-26
Million. In Hnrsene.h.

Americans never spend money on a
dead thing. and on the recent Horse
Show Americans spent millions The
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-01-26

Unless the lambs are to be fattened,
feeding them oats should be stopped
after the season is advanced enough to
make good, nutritive grass But the
oats, varied with some dry wheat bran,
will be needed by the eve until her
milk dries up. In this way a eve may
be kept in milk longer than she is
likely to be when she grows only one
lamb, and receives only the usual
treatment given to ewes with lambs.
There will also be two lambs instead
OF one, and both better than the one
would have been IL 1t received only
ordinary feed and care.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-01-26

Nature, after making man, found she
had some material left Sc abs made a
dude.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-01-26

It is reported that packers are no
longer demanding very heavy hogs.
and one that weighs ESQ pounds In
aow considered a good one.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-03-29
How Kamr. Bank Their Money.


The natives of that part of South
Africa which to a great extent is in
habited by bushmen and Hottentots
have a peculiar system of banks and
banking.
These Kaffirs among whom this curl
Gus system of banking obtains live
near Kaffraria, in, the south of the
Colony country. The natives come
down south from their country to trade
in the several villages and towns in
large numbers and then return to KAT
fraria. ~
From those who trade of their own
number they select one who for the
occasion Is to be their banker. He is
| converted into a bank of deposit by
putting all the money of those whose
banker he is into bag, and then they
sally forth to the stores to buy what
ever they want.
When an article is purchased by any
of those who are in this banking ar
rangement, the price of the article is
taken by the banker from this deposit
money bag. counted several times and
then paid to the seller of the article,
after which all the bank depositors
cry out to the banker in the presence
of the two witnesses selected:
you owe me so much!' This is then
repeated by the witnesses. The gen.
eral accounting comes between the
banker and his several depositors
| when all desired purchases have been
made, after which all the natives de-
part for their northern wilds.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-03-29
Two THE PROBATE COURT for the

-
The application of JsN. Kibbe, administrator
on the estate Of Julius Pelton, late OF Somers in
said dist riot deceased, showeth that it is for the
interest OF said estate that such OF the real es-
tate OF said deceased as Is hereinafter described
should be sold TO pay debts and charges And
your application further showeth. that the real
estate OF said deceased, proposed 10 be sod, cOn-
sists of two certain pieces of land. The rirst
vii b buildings theron, situated in the town OF
Somers,tn aid probate dlstrit, bounds north
and FAST, on land of G.t!. Wood south on land
Of Of Geo peton; west, on the highway. contain-
bounds-north, on land Of A. O. Davis; east, on
land or Geo A. FELTON,; south. on land OF \ oah
Bragg; west, on land OF .. Hunn and j. q Lee
con, aiming twenty acres. more or less. u And
hat said land cannot De beneticialiy divided for
the purpose afo esa1d. !.
Your applicant therefore prays said court to
inquire into the truth of the foregoing allega-
lions, and on finding the sam to be true TO Or
der the sale OF The whole ora part OF he real es-
tate heretnbefore descr1D d, or an undivided In
teresC therein a, shall appear said court most
tor tie interest OF said estate and your applicant
as In duty bound will ever pray.
Dated at Somers, this 26 b day Of March, A. ID.
l9O0. F.V. KIBBE, Admir-.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-03-29
WILLIMANTIC.

Hartford Courant Clarence Ormsby,
who makes an occasional pilgrimage to
this city from Staffordville to enjoy an
alcoholic outing, was found wandering
on the streets at o'clock Tuesday MORN
ing and locked up. In the police court
he thought he ought to be allowed to go
home, as he had ticket in his pocket for
the trip, but it turned out that he had
been in the habit of making trouble for
the police on former visits, which they
had overlooked and, as sort of an admo-
milton that his Willimantic outings must
be discontinued, he was fined 81 and
costs, a total of $3.50, which he paid. .