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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-08-31
CAN MARRY 800.
And Yet He Is Willing to De Obligin;
rs Possible.

And Yet He Is willing to BE Obliging
as Possible.
The Reporter last week published a
copy OF the advertisement for a wife
which A. C. Holmes Of West End in
serted some time ago, says the Walton
IN. " paper of that title. The ad-
vertisement got in the New York .ty
papers and Mr.. Holmes has received
more replies than he can ever answer
or even read, another evidence CT the
value Of advertising. He requests the
publication of the letter below to stop
further answers to his advertisement:
Il, A. c. Holmes of West End, Walton,
would say that l Received about thu ee
Hundred letters from Diffrent ladeys
from the Advertisement which | Had
Published and it seams that all Of
these Ladies want to marry. 1t seams
that some of them is almost Grassy
for me to Marcy them, But | don't
know as / could marry three Hundred
very WELL But Have one that think
will make me a good wife. | must say
that the report Published in the mid
dletown Paper is q Falls Hood and the
man that Published it is no man at all.
If man cant, speak good of another
don't speak anything Because the Bible
says, Thou shalt not go up and down
as Tail Barrier But l say to some
People sweep your own Door yard first
and see that it is clean Befor you Do
others any Harm and you will have
Plenty to Do, and l would say that /
thank the Kind Ladeys Every where
for wrighting to me, and would not
Have Published this statement for a
wife so soon But l could not live alone
it was so loansome. A. G. HOLMES"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-08-31
Every Trnin Il Crowded.

During the twenty-four hours end
ing at midnight nineteen railroads en-
tering Chicago brought into this city
move than 100000 visitors. mostly
Grand Army veterans and their fami-
lies. The railroads and number OF
passengers respectively are: Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacilc, 1890; Chicago
e. Northwestern, 11,756; Chicago Bur-
l.ngton & Quincy, 9,755; Lake shore &
Michigan Southern, 6,040; Michigan
Central, 1850; Baltimore & Ohio,
Also; Wabash, 1856; Monon, 2,147;
Chicago Milwaukee &c st. Paul, 4,579;
Chicago & Eastern Illinois, 1861;
Pere Marquette, 1886; Grand Trunk,
2,145; Pennsylvania, 6,545; Fort
Wayne, 3,640; Santa Fe, 5,437; Nickel
Plate, Ash; Chicago & Western Indi-
ana, 5,42S; Chicago & Great Western,
4,325; Chicago g. Alton, 5.345.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-08-31
A Connden, Critic.

NJ. Urban Gohier. the celebratod au-
thor, who was prosecuted for publish
ing "L'Armee Centre la Nation" is
living at Monnetier, a village three
miles from Geneva, Switzerland. Gen.
Andre. the new French minister OF
war. recently began another action
against the author for insulting the
army. M. Gohier. however, seems to
care nothing for this action. He Is one
Of the best critics of modern military
administration. IL is likely that he
may be invited TO lecture In Geneva.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-08-31
Harvard Men at Convention.

Among the colleges Harvard was
probably the best represented at the re-
publican national convention. Besides
Governor Roosevelt, Secretary Long,
who was also mentioned for the vice
presidential nomination. is a Harvard
man, having been graduated in 1857.
Senator Wolcott, the temporary chair
man, was graduated from the law school
in 1871, the same year in which Sena-
tor Lodge, the permanent chairman,
was graduated from the academic de-
partment. Senator Penrose, who had
an important part in the preparations
for the convention, took his bachelors
degree In 1881.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-08-31
The MiIIiOndiIe'S
Match Box.

He had pressed upon me one of his
own high-priced cigars.
Thanks" l said. "Match?"
Haven't you got one of your own"
mo. Come on. Hurry"
Ny friend the millionaire looked per-
turbed for moment Then his coun-
tenance cleared. eve shall be at Wa
terloo in twenty minutes" he said,
''and then we can get a light at the
refreshnent room. They never mind
your taking a match or two"
mo good" said. Il want to smoke
now. Hand over your box"
With great reluctance ne handed me
his gold matchbox with his monogram
on it in emeralds-a pretty, unostenta-
tious little toy. He shut both the car
riage windows so that no draught
should necessitate the use of more
than one match.
l opened the box and examined the
contents with care. He did not like
the examination. He WINGED under It.
He grew nervous.
Come, come" he said, light up and
give me the box back"
Has this been going on lonS?" l
asked.
what do you mean?"
"You know perfectly well what I
mean. There are several different
kinds of wax matches in this box"
well, there's nothing in that. Some
times I buy one kind and sometimes
another"
"But you don't buy six differen.
kinds at once, and then put some Of
each in your box. l am sorry to say
that you are q thief, match-thief.
You probably are a liar also, for |
doubt if you have ever bought matches
at any rate, in recent years. repeat
my question-has this been going on
long?"
o. "They don't mind you taking one or
two" he said, feebly.
But how about five or six? There
are five matches here Of special quail
ity, long in the shank, thicker than
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-08-31
Moon Photographs.

Among some remarkable lunar pho
tographs made by Messrs. Loewy and
Puiseaux, OF the University of Paris,
is stereoscopic image of the whole
hemisphere of the moon, the direction
of light giving relief and showing very
strikingly the details of craters and
mountainous regions. The picture
was obtained by taking a plate of the
moon at ten days and another at TWEEN
ty days, enlarging these to sixty times,
and carefully placing side by side.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-08-31

OF $4,000. But you know how partic-
ular solicitors are. He got up to refer
to some wretched book, and in so do
ing turned his back on me. The
matches were on his table in a ribbed
glass thing. Well. that was nay
chance. Any other man would have
done the same"
ANY other demorallzed blackguard
might have done"
I'm not going to sit here and lis
ten to this abuse. What business have
you got with my private affairs?
What does it matter to you how
get my matches? gave you a cigar"
II am not ungrateful. and for that
reason | have decided not to give
your name and address when | show
you up. But none the less l am be-
lever in truth and honesty, even in
small matters. and"
"oh, never mind that. Give me back
my match box"
Wait. When see crime have got
to punish it. / am sparing you public
NA"eo' ~ ShN pNA a iOl6 oOJOui "a
in felon's cell. and that is sufficient
reward for a cigar, which is certainly
too good to be allowed constantly to
go out like this"
IL re!it it with the match that the
little boy had dropped. The million
aire nearly screamed with anguish, for
it was the third match l had taken.
He said that If l behaved in other
matters as I did with regard to
matches 1 should soon be a ruined
man. / continued:
But, though l spare you public dis
grace the punishment must be severe.
My own conscience would never be
easy If did not do my duty-if did
not give you a lesson which you would
not be likely to forget. / am sorry
for you, but it cannot be helped"
let the window down with a bang,
emptied the remaining matches out
on to the line, shut the box, and re-
turned it to him with many thanks.
He said that I was mad, and made
dash for the alarm in order TO stop
the train. AS held him pointed out
that his view as to matches was not
the general view; and if he stopped q
train to recover the few which | had
thrown ont of the window he would
get himself into trouble.
He sank back on the cushions-sl-
lent, sulky and defeated After awhile
he said that he was sorry he had ever
| given me the cigar. I explained that
|. on the contrary, was glad.
When We got out at Waterloo led
| him to the automatic machine, gave
him penny and told him to make up
his mind to buy matches for himself.
| With a look Of diabolical cunning he
slipped the penny into his pocket and
dashed off to the refreshment room.
When last saw him he had intrench-
ed himself behind the hot water APP
paratus, and was waiting with spark
ling eyes for his chance to steal few
more matches.
Once 4 match thief always n match
thief, and when a match thief is also
a millionaire his case is peculiarly
| hopeless.-Barry Pain.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-08-31

New YORK, Aug. zo.-Ridden by a
jockey brought from England FOR the
one race, his owner 1000 miles away
at sea and none present of those i'm
mediately connected with the manage
ment OF the colt. save his trainer and
former owner. to exult over the vic
tory, William G. Whitney's Bal'yhco
Bey at the Sheepshead Bay c1ur' e
won the richest stake of the Anne sica n
turf, the Futurity worth $4,000 gross.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-08-31
NE:B RASKA
THE: LAND
OF PLENTY

wonder why it is that so many
men spend their days working hard
on rented farms, barely making
enough to get along, with no great
prospect ahead of owning their
own homes, when within a few
hours journey is land of plenty
Ne braska-where all kinds Of
grain and fruit can be raised with
the least amount of labor; where
castle and hogs fed on corn bring
handsome profit; where the climate
is healthful and churches and
schools abound; where land is
cheap and can be bought on very
easy terms.
Think of this, and if you want
information about the country send
to me for "The Corn Belt" a
beautifully illustrated monthly
paper that tells all about Nebraska,
and also for "The West Nebraska
Grazing Country" an interesting
illustrated booklet containing
large sectional map Of Nebraska.
On the first and third Tuesdays
Of each month during the balance
of this year cheap excursion
tickets will be sold over our road
to Nebraska, so that people may go
and see for themselves. Ask your
ticket agent about this.
p. 5. EusTIs.
ceu'i Psss'r AIT. c. .. q q. IN.
CHICAGO. tLL.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-08-31

usual, made of good white wax. There
will be only four directly, because |
am going to light my cigar with one
of them. Where did you get them?"
Practically | did buy them. pay
my club subscription every year, and
surely | have a right"
"You have no more right to take
away the club matches than you have
TO pocket the club spoons, and you
know it. What about this match? 1t
has been carried loose in a pocket and
is dirty. 1t has q pink head. IT is
evidently a very cheap kind. l should
say 1t saved the smoker SO per cent
Where did you get it,"
Look here" he said, irritably, Il
won't submit to these questions. Give
me my box back at once. He made a
grab at it, but eluded him.
you'll have to submit to these ques-
tions and to answer them truly, unless
you want to be shown up. Ever heard
Of the public prosecutor? Theft is
theft. and it's serious. Once more,
where did you get this wretched little
match? 1t looks like some poor mau's
eve lamb"
"If You want to know, l got H. from
a railway porter" he said sulkily.
"He gave 20 you on the under
staining that you wished to use it at
once. You deceived him and sneaked
tia poor mans solitary match. My
word, but you've fallen low, very
low"
you don't know that it was his
only match"
"It's probable, and you don't know
that it wasn't What about this one
the very short one with the mud on
it?"
ct came by it perfectly fairly. A
small boy in the street dropped it. He
looked for It for some time. but he
couldn't see where it had gone. l saw
it. l waited about, pretending to look
in a shop window until the boy had
gone, and then l picked 1t up. These
small boys ought not to smoke cigar
cites. It's perfectly scandalous.
It -"
$50 you cheat children as well, do
you? Do you know what the law is
with regard to property found in the
street? Have you no relics of moral
sense?"
In my enthusiasm l had allowed my
cigar to go out. relit it with the
railway porter's match, without paying
the least atteJtion to the millionaire's
protests.
"And now" said. what OF these
three blue headed matches?"
They're all right They're refresh
ment room matches. They don't mind
your taking one or -"
"How do you know they don't mind?
Do you ask them? Or do you sneak be-
hind the bun st2nd and steal them
when you think. nobody is looking?
And these two with the dark brown
heads?"
at had to see my solicitors about an
investment OF mine. was shown into
the senior partners room. The bust
ness was a mere bagatelie-a matter
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-08-31
A BOSTON INSTITUTION.

Among the un que institutions of Boston
is the Peabody Medical Insttu Q, No. Bull
finch ST. established nine years before the
death of the great p ilanthropist, the late
Mr.. George Pelbo v, ON whom it takes
its name During the past so years it has
The medical publications. of this institute
have millions of readers, and are as stand
ard as god Their last PAM hiet for men
only, "a pages, entitled "Know Thyself, " is
sent free 10y mail, scaled, on receipt Of
cents for postage.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-08-31

No matter what ails you, headache
to cancer, you will never get well
until your bowels are put right.
CASCARETS help nature, cure you
without grippe or pain, produce easy
natural movements, cost You just 10
cents to start getting your health back.
CASCARETS Candy Cathartic. the
genuine, put up in metal boxes, every
tablet has G. c. c. stamped on it. Be.
ware of limitations.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-08-31
LadIe. Can Wear shoes.

One size smaller after usingAllen's Foot
Ease, a powder. 1t makes tight or new
shoes easy. Cures swollen, hot.sweating,
aching feet, ingrowing nails. corns and
bunions. All druggists and shoe stores.
25c. Trial package FREE by mail Ad-
dress Allen 5. Olmsted. Leroy. N Y.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-08-31
BENNE PLANT FOR CHILDREN
A snrclflc for summer Complaint.

During these warm days of midsummer,
parents cannot be too watchtul: IL u
the safe thing to have this well known
family specific always in the house 10
check the first appearance of any power
trouble in the children. Get a bottle OF
II NAV save the life of your child.
Prepared by THE j. q G. MAGUlRE
MEDICINE CO, ST. LOUIS, MO.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-08-31
A U.efuI Cement.

Best isinglass X o.; strong acetic
acid (vinegar) ~ ozs. Cut the ISM
glass fine with scissors and dissolve by
putting the tin or bottle in hot water.
This cement will stand water but not
strong heat.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-08-31
Are You Using Aliens root-Ease9

1t is the only cure for Swollen,
Smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet,
Corus and Bunions. Ask for Aliens
Foot. Ease, n powder to be shaken into
the SHOES. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Adj
dress Allen S. OlmSted, Leroy, n. Y
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-08-31

Piso's Cure Is the best medicine VIC ever used
for all affections of the throat and lunrs-WM
O ENDsLEY. Vanburcn, Ind, Feb. 10, 1900
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-08-31

Some articles must be described. whites
Yucatan needs no descriptions; it's the real
thing
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-08-31

Each package of PUTNAM FADE.
LESS DYE colors more goods than any
other dye and colors thesa better, too.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-08-31
STOMACH OUT OF ORDER?

Some people put on airs because that is about
all they have to put on.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-08-31

An old bachelor says that time is the only
cure Tor lovcsiclncSS
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-08-31

The inquisitive person is not always
a questionable character.
Give pig plenty of milk and it will
make hog of itself.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-08-31

The mosquito is always ready to present q
bill loI damages.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-08-31

p,RKER's HAR B,ISAM keeps the hait soft aud plcnt
ful and restores tic color when gray
HiNpERCoRSs the best cure tor cOrns bets
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-08-31

The more grass man has on his
lawn the mower he wants.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-08-31

Some fellows make a rye face every
time they take drink.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-08-31

IL might be a good thing to send general hu
mildly out to China,
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-08-31

It. is better to be taken by surprise than to be
taken by the police.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-08-31

Lemon BLtcrS will Tx you up. Send ice to
ply postage on free bottle. Lemon Bllters
Med. Co., 81 Johns, Mch
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-08-31

You can easily Gil the public eye II you have
SUFFICIENT dust.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-08-31

Lots of people are found out when
you go to call on them.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-08-31

When Answering Advertisements kindly
Neation This rapeL
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-08-31

Mrs, EInsiow's Soothing syrup.
For children tcething, softens the gums, reduces IN
Illumination allays pam cures wind cole. 2jc bottle
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-08-31

If YOU want advice consult disintcr-
cstcd parties.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-08-31

Some business men only win fnan-
cial success through failures.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-08-31

A man is compelled to keep his word
when no one will take IT
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-08-31
Important 90 Mothers

Examine carefully every bottle OF CAsTORfA
safe and sure remedy for infants and children.
and see that II
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-08-31

Observation-Disclosures
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-08-31

i 5d al Sy ed T asa Thonpsoa's Eye Waiar
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-08-31

HuEsGUM ar it fails Il f fire - 1SS 90
The true northerner., 1900-08-17
Rase ADothv

"Say, Thompson, did you ever notice
that was brutally Indifferent to my
childrenY
Certainly not. You're quite the con-
trary, Holmes"
"Well, do look like a miscreant who
would be only too glad to abandon
them to the mercy Of strangers?"
"Of course not. Whatever put such
an idea into your headw
"Or have l the reputation OF being
so selfish that ! would not disturb or
exert myself In the slightest to secure
their safety from the most desperate
dangerY'
''No, indeed. Who's been accusing
you of such thingsT
"AIy wife"
"Your wife? WhyT
"Why, little Johnny got himself lost
for a couple of hours the other day,
and all did was TO notify the police,
hire every private detective in town
and rouse all the neighbors TO help
hunt for him"
wasn't that enoughT'
mo. She insists that am a brutal,
selfish miscreant and several other
things because | refused 10 do all she
wanted me to-
"Why, what more was possibleT
make the governor order out the
militia to help hunt. "-Harper's Bazar
The true northerner., 1900-08-17
lie bought n Section.

A Pittsburger who has money to
spare had to go east on short notice.
He is man given 10 eXclusiveness,
and he detests travelling In a public
conveyance because he is thrown in
with so many persons OF whom he
knows nothing When he does take u
trip, he takes a stateroom wherever he
can get it. or, falling IN that, If his
business Is urgent, he takes section
in the sleeping car. He had little time
TO make arrangements last week. but
his first thought was OF stateroom.
He called one of the employees and
hurried him TO the ticket office
Get a stateroom. if you can," he
said, and, If you cannot, get a section.
You know what a section is-two
berths."
"Yes, sir replied the man as he
started of.
He returned soon with the informa-
ton that there wasn't a stateroom to
be had on the train.
"But / got two berths FOR you, sir"
he said, handing out two tickets.
He nearly lost his job when his en-
ployer examined the tickets and found
one for upper 3" and the other for
upper S."-Pittsburg News.
The true northerner., 1900-08-17

In the Fifty-frst congress, when
Speaker Reed first gained the title of
"czar' by his arbitrary decisions, Judge
Culberson was one OF his strongest
supporters. although he gave the speak
er no public Endorsement. for political
reasons. One afternoon while the Dem
ocrats were In a terrible tumult over a
decision of the speaker and the pro-
ceedings of the house were very near
riot thunderstorm came up. When
the confusion was highest, a binding
fash of lightning and a terrible crash
Of natures artillery startled every soul
on the floor and caused a profound ST.
lence. Judge Culberson, like every
body else, was deeply moved, but was
the first to recover. "That was God
Almighty, sir, calling this house to or
der" he exclaimed in an impressive
tone, addressing the speaker. Then,
turning TO his colleagues, he said, "Now
let us proceed 10 business like men,"
The true northerner., 1900-08-17

pressure to throw stream from one hose
of more than 10 feet, so one of them was
cut oil. The firemen soon had the fire
under control, however. with the use OF
the one hose and garden hose"
After pouring kerosene upon her cloth
ing, Mrs. Laura Watkins OF Hamilton
township set fire to them and slowly
burned to death. The tragedy occurred
Wednesday afternoon in field 40 rods
from the house and no one heard her or
saw the fire. Tuesday evening her son
Emory was taken TO the asylum. Mrs
Watkins had threatened to commit sui
eide il che sou was taken away from
home. All night she brooded over his
fate and took the first opportunity to
carry out her threat. The Watkins
home is but a few rods from the old
Browns tavern. Mrs. Watkins was 81
years old.-Decatur Republican.
The true northerner., 1900-08-17
HORRIBLEl
TWO @. r. a I. TRAINS coLLIDED ON A SIN
GLE TRACK AT PIERsoN.

One of the most terrible wrecks in the
history of railroading in this state took
place at about o'clock Wednesday
morning one hundred rods north of the
village of Pierson, little station on the
G.. r. & ! road, twenty nine miles north
of Grand Rapids.
The Northland express was running at
full speed on down grade when it col
lided with passenger train No. 2 from the
north. 1t is estimated that each train
was running near sixty miles an hour
when they met, head on.
Both trains were heavily loaded with
passengers, and the most wonderful part
of it all is that no more were killed. The
dead thus far recovered are:
Charles NJ. Let's, conductor of No 8,
north bound. Lived at 66 Pleasant street,
Grand Rapids.
Gilbert Grootveld, engineer of No. 3,
453 Cass avenue, Grand Rapids.
William III. Fish, engineer of No. 2, 108
Powell street, Grand Rapids.
Edward ID. Woodhouse, fireman of No.
., 50 Phillips street, Grand Rapids.
Louis q. Boyle, fireman of No. 2, 522
South Division street, Grand Rapids.
Frank Parker, passenger, Franklin,
Ind.
Ralph Levan, son of Baggageman Lee
van, 255 South Lafayette street, Grand
Rapids.
Only one was fatally injured Mark
Blossom, news agent, aged about % years,
fracture at base of skull, Grand Rapids.
There are many injured, and more
may die. Il. d. Woodhouse the dead
fireman, was a son-in-law of ex-Sheriff
McFarlin of this county.