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

The evils and burdens OF the present mo-
ment growing out Of the Spanish war
are to be laid as much at the door OF Mr..
Bryan and his party as at that of Mr..
Mckinley and his. His explanation Of
his reason for wishing the treaty ratified
is wholly superficial and does not bear
analysis.
Policy on Philippines.
l imagine that self-government will
come quite as readily through the admin
istration of Mr.. Mckinley as through
that of Mr.. Bryan. 1t will not come un-
der either until the Philippines are fitted
for it, property rights safe and personal
ones protected. | hardly believe Mr..
Bryan could do more than send a COM
mission there, as the President has done,
in order TO take steps looking TO sup
planting the military government with n
civil one.
The country will not sanction the inn
mediate abandonment of those islands to
disorder and pillage. When time comes
that there is safety in a constitutional
home government, only remaining within
the sphere Of the influence of the Unit
ed States, and public sentiment is to this
end, it can be put down that Mr.. Nc
Kinley's administration will readily grant
it, for | believe it is generally admitted
that no one is more ready to put himself
in touch with public sentiment than the
President, or act in accordance there
with with more alacrity. If Mr.. Bryan
means an immediate abandonment of our
control in the islands he must certainly
fail of support for no thoughtful person
will sanction a policy which will make
the country ridiculous in the eyes Of the
world.
Would Not Trust Him.
If Mr.. Bryan and his party had stood
out as they should have against the Span
ish war and had opposed instead of as
sisted in ratifying the Paris treaty they
would be in better position to confront
Republican plans and purposes, for they
would at least be consistent with their
action. AS it is now, they urged the war;
but now wish to avoid the consequences
in order to gain political power by so
doing. AS it is, l don't see that Mr.
Bryan is less of an eXpansionist, through
force of circumstances which he assisted
in creating, than is Mr.. Mckinley. The
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-08-31
Labor prosperou. in New York.

Dor Statistics shows that the number OF
employees in 1858 of the largest factories
in the State has increased in fhe last
three years by 56.321, or 49, per cent,
while the increase Ia wages is $2l, AGO.
S04, or 15.2 per cent.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-08-31
Labor I'm Michigan.

Labor Commissioner Cos. 81 Michigan,
says in his 1899 report; Wages show
decided increase ovef chose Of 1898. AMI
an average Of more than 10 per cent in
crease over 1897. The greatest gain is in
the Fact that al; l1le labor "a now steadily
employed q; renuncrativs wages"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-08-31
Farm Mortgages and Interest.

In 1890 the farm mortgages OF the
State OF Kansas amounted to the vast
sum Of $24O,000,100, much OF 1t bearing
the exorbtant interest OF IL per cent,
was reduced in 1892 to less than Sal, 0O0'
600. certainly remarkable evidence VI
the prosperity of the farmer. The pres
ent rates OF interest OIL Kansas farm
loans are tae lowest ever Known.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-08-31
Prosperity Proof in Money Orders.

PostofIice statistics are significant.
From June 80. 1895, to June 30, 1899,
there was a gain OF 100000 in the nurn-
Der OF money orders issued, while their
value increased by $50, 0O0,0 600 and the
average amount Cf each order frora S10c
10 $40. This is another procf OF the
existence of Mckinley prosperity.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-08-31
Sheen worth Moacy Now.

Sheep are higher than FOR twenty years.
and worth a5olt double what they were
four years Ego.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-08-31
Wage. on the Great Lake..

Wages OF employees connected with the
shipping on the Great Lakes have been
generally advanced.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-08-31
wha, Cove Are worth.

dajrymans nilch cows Is % per cent.
greater than IN 1896
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-08-31
is NUT FOR BRYAN.
ECKELS TELLSWHYHE'S AGAINST
THE NEBRASKAN.

Ex-csm ptroller of the Currency Under
President Cleveland Will Vigorously
Oppose the Election of the Demo-
cratic Candidate.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-08-31
Advice TO Democrats.

It can live under defeat without com
plete and ultimate destruction, but vic
tory gained by it with candidate holding
the views of Mr.. Bryan and a platform
pledging the party TO carry ont the things
advocated at Chicago in 1896. and in
Kansas City this year, would work such
results to the country that it would pass
out Of political power at a recurring cleo
ton. without the smallest minorities to
do it honor.
'Unwept, unhonored and unsung."
The Democrat who wishes to save his
party's future will only aid that end by
defeating Mr.. Bryan and burying his
platform. It's ultimate recurrence TO pow
er and prestige lies in the independence
OF Democrats who are such on principle,
and not through expediency.
JAMES III. ECKELS.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-08-31
To Vote for Mckinley.

/ am going to vote for President Nc
Kinley, and do whatever l consistently
can to aid in his election, not because L
favor all his policies or approve of all his
political acts but because under all ex-
listing conditions | believe the affairs Of
the country will be better off in his hands
than in those OF Mr. Bryan.
/ hope some time to see the Democratic
party -e-created. advocating Democratic
candidates and Democratic principles,
but it cannot be more than disturbing
force in the country's daily history until
it ribs itself Of a leadership which has
brought it to its present low estate and
ceases making itself the lying-in asylum
of those elements Of discomfort which,
IL once entrusted with governmental pow
er would work injury at home and loss Of
standing abroad.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-08-31

Republican doctrines as against pure
Democratic ones, rightly interpreted and
incorporated into the administration of
public affairs. But as between Repub-
licanism and Populism, filtered through
the channel of Organism, prefer Repub-
licansm.
Denies His Democracy.
There is no Democratic doctrine pre-
scented this year and no Democratic can
didate. Mr.. Bryan was first named by
the Populists because he best stood for
Populistic doctrines. He was only in
dorsed by the convention at Kansas City,
called under alleged Democratic auspices,
because Organism, Populism and Democ-
racy as now made up are synonymous
terms.
The combined forces of the elements Of
discomfort Of the country having gathered
in one fold and found without dissent
ing voice candidate so many-sIued as
to respond with an equal degree of salts
faction to each ones peculiar ism, it
seems to me the part of wisdom to meet
them in another election, and again DEM
onstrate that the electorate Of this coun-
try in every critical time always stands
ready to do that which is wise, putting
down the wrong thing and putting up the
right.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-04-20
Japnpcsc Pntriot.nu.

To die for his country is the highest
ambition of the Japanese soldier or
seaman. For the Japanese the dead
come back and tarry for 100 years with
the living. There are no Japanese
dead who do not return" says n typ
ical japanese. There is none who does
not know the way. From China ana
from Chosen and out OF the bitter sea
all our dead h3ve come back-all, They
are with us now. In every dusk they
gather TO hear the bugles that called
them home, and they will hear them
also in that day when the armies of the
Son of Heaven shall be summoned
against Russia" The influence of such
a belief, SO fervently, so passionately
held, upon the national life is difficult
to exaggerate. II stimulates to self
sacrifice, and the fact that all the do
parted great ones are held by every
Japa nese 20 be ut his side nerves the
soldier to the utmost heroism, the
statesman TO sink self and seek the ma
tion's interests.-National Review
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-04-20

Baked weddsoG Cake Tor Two Gen.
erntioas 81 de Family and Knew
whNs wrs Proper

erntioas 81 de Family and Knew
whns wEs Proper.
The blac; mammicS of the pictur-
cSque regime before the war are so
fast disappearing that a loan exhibit
of these Gear old types ought TO be ar
ranged by those who still claim the de-
votion OF the few remaining types IN
typical tomCspun frocks and bandan-
uaed heads. There is typical nanny
I'm Birmingham who figured recently at
the wedding of young woman to
whose mother ard Grandmother she
had been maid.
The wedding was quiet one despite
mammy's eptreaiies TO have big
weddin."
"uit's er shame" said nanny. ter
marry dat chile oa'n emmy SIGH way!
Her ru;ldor an ole mistiss. too. bof
had big wcdd,n's. an now Ills here c'Iiic
gwine ter lie pat Off viii Il reglar po'
white folks Veddin. Amt er gwine
ter have no supper. no baliin o. cakes.
I never seed n bride whit Gidn't have
brides cake"
The old creature begged the young
bride to he TO at least arrange for n
wedding supper and offered to bake all
the cakes.
"aiy ole hands," she said. ''neber will
give out s'lorg as can work for young
mistiss' chilien. rze gettin along. but
l'ze dun live ter see all de chillen get
mar'ed. an now ! wants ter cook one
mo- weddin supper TO die"
And. sure enough, she did.
The mistress Of the house. going be-
low stairs tire morning preceding tie
wedding. noticed the unusual appear
ance Of the kitchen ut so early TN hour
Dear me-" she said, "mamny. every
thing looks as if you had been up all
nightr'
And nanny. in freshly starched
homespun apron. white handkerchief
wound about her head. stood in the
doorway. The kitchen was as shining
as the pans upon the shelves. The
face of the old neSress glowed content
edly. Her withered old bands told the
story of years Of hard work
'Mstiss," she began, IL sho' is Der
up all night. Fze ben err cookin some
weddin cake fer dc baby. Lowdy,
| couldn't low dat chile ter marry 'dout
| plenty weddin cake. don't keer
whether dars emmy folks to eat II oil
not. l dun cook EN- fer dat chile.''
And, leading the way TO the pantry
she showed the result of her nights
work. There were rows of cakes, elab
orately embossed, at which she gazet
in silent admiration.
Her mistress, looking at the ebony
hued face before her. at its kindly
broad scanned lines. was in that mooC
when smile is dangerously akin e
tears.-Birmingham Age Herald.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-04-20
Kitchener. Eyes.

One of the peculiarities of Lord
Kitchener is that he never mentions
himself. says n contributor TO Mainly
About People. I heard the other day.
however. of the one exception he ever
made to this rule. II was in Egypt,
and they were on the hunt for an i'm
portant sheik, whose capture was for
the moment of vital importance. When
Kitchener had given a full description
of the sheiS, somebody still expressed
a doubt as TO whether they would ever
be able TO recognize the man amid the
innumerable turbans and jebbahs
which are the common wear in the
land OF the Arabs. "Oh," said Kitch-
ener. you'll be sure to recognize himI
He has very blue eyes-almost as blue
ne fniuap,
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-04-20

A remarkable accident happened on
the incoming International passenger
train the other day when within ten
miles OF Laredo. The train was conf
Ing down steep grade, running 40
miles, an hour, when the Pullman rear
coach. because of spreading OF the
rails, left the track, ran the length of
two telegraph poles outside OF the
crosstles, was jerked back across 10
the other side OF the track and ran for
some distance at an angle of 10 degrees
on a 20 foot embankment. When a
culvert 20 feet across was reached, the
Pullman returned 10 the track and
crossed on the crossties, cutting nearly
every one of them in two pieces. Four
telegraph poles beyond the culvert was
switch, upon which the Pullman re-
gained the rails just as the engineer sue
ceeded in bringing his train to stand
still. The Pullman was full OF passen-
gers, and not one OF them was hurt
Galveston News.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-04-20
Travelling In a Circle.

Gas understand it, said the hea-
then, ''you propose to civilize me2'
Exactly so.
lyon mean to get me out Of habits
OF idleness and teach me to workf''
THAT is the idea"
And then lead me to simplify my
methods and invent things to make my
work ighterf''
"Yes''
land next / will become ambitious
to get rich, SO that 1 won't have to
work at all. "
Naturally
''Well, what's the use of taking sncb
roundabout way of getting just where
started3 | don't have to work now. -
Washington Star.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-04-20
WALNUT WOOD is DEAR.
A Good Grove OF Trees VIII Bring n
Snug EOrfunc ANY Dny

Good Grove OF Trees VIII. Bring n
Snug Fortune Any Day.
Indiana timber land, which was con-
sidered the best in the country, is be-
ing so rapidly denuded of the once
splendid forests of hard wood timber
that spectators are seeing the adyan-
tage of gobbling up everything that
may be got in the way of timber tracts.
The walnut and hickory OF Indiana
and Ohio are considered the best that
can be had. and the monster popars
which once formed the nucleus for the
log heap fire are now worth individu-
ally more as they stand than the acres
they occupy will bring when cleared,
many poplar tree selling for 500 be-
fore an AK touched it.
The walnut that was once so plenti-
ful that barn timbers, house stills. fence
rails, etc, were made from il is becom-
ing exceedingly scarce, and curled wal
nut stumps have brought almost fabu-
lous prices, while hickory OF the she'll
bark variety can scarcely be found in
some of the best sections.
Last years purchase by n Goshen
Qnd) firm of % standing walnut trees
near the northern Indiana line for $10,-
600 and the handsome sum they make
out of the handling of this rare clump
of trees have proved an incentive in
the search for timber in other direc-
tons. Grant county furnished n no.
ticeable instance in the sale Of the
1000 acres OF virgin forest on the
Wood tract. the last large forest In In
diana. for $4,000. A New York firm
bought the walnut timber where il
stood for $4,000. Four hundred acres
OF land, the timber being reserved by
the seller, sold for $4,000. and there
remain $50 acres OF the best timber in
Indiana, the walnut alone being sold
from 1t. The buyers will clear $4,000
by their deal in that timber.
Where years ago the lumbermen
went for only large tracts they are now
content with individual trees, and
wherever there is notably fine forest
monarch OF the desirable variety It's
whereabouts become widely known,
and the competition TO secure IL is very
sharp. Chicago Record.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-04-20

Cambridge. England. celebrated tho
relief OF Ladysmith by n bonfire &c
which the undergraduates OF the uni
versity contributed signs. shutters and
furniture belonging TO the townsmcn
Several were arrested and were con
victed of theft and fined heavily by tho
mayor. They have since found out
that the conviction bars them out from
the church, the law or any other learn
cd profession and from many other 30
sitions as well. but the mayor refuses
TO take back his sentences.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-04-20
THe SAME 90 QUESTION.
Even Cato aud scipIo Discussel
whoa the Ccnturfe. Betyen.

Even Cato aud scipIo Disc1ssel
Whcn the Centuries Begsn.
In tie years coo AID Sol \. 4. c., or
Ammo Urbis Coedltse-that is. after the
building OF Romc. or 15A and 153 ..
-C.-the question was discussed in
Rome whether Geo or Col was the be
ginning OF the Scgeosh century after
the founding OF Rome.
While rs. Ia our days. the standing
question In the capital Of the Romans
was "Quid novi cz African Cwhat is
the news fro0 AfricaD q third war
with the rcpu0llc Of Carthage seeming
imminent. Csto the elder. Seipio the
younger ana other prominent men Of
! the day found lime ior the discussion
of the ceutC,y question and disagreed
Some held t.at 800. Others that col
was the drst year CT the new century
of old Rome.
So Calpurrius Piso. the Roman an.
nalist. tells us in his records. He after
ward. IN las y. c.. commanded the
Roman leg.Ons in Africa against Car.
thage. which two years later suecumb-
ed TO Seipio Africanrs. 10y whom il
was destroyed.
No doubt hardly a century passed
after the times OF Charles the Great
! (Charlenagpel IN which the centurial
commencement problem did not agitate
the minds. This was especially the
case in Italy in the thirteenth and four
/ teenth ceutl.rirs.
In the year 1880 there was such q
hot discussion on the question in Ger
many that Il WVGal was struck i'm com
memoration Cg IT, with the German in
scription which in rSglish version is:
"Oh. wonder OF wonders, Man counts
1000. and sfill hc poBGcrs how cid he
may be-
Toward the Cnd of 1870 the same dis
/ pute arose ia The ratherlaud. ard the
discussion was especially hot at Wei.
mar. at that time the center of German
culture. There were two opposing par
ties called respectively the Ninety.
miners AID "Hundreders." according
10 their believing either 1900 or 1890 TO
be the last Of the eighteenth century.
Goethe and Schiller. rs may be seen
from their letters. at first siding with
the NINETY Miners" finally were con.
verted 30 join the "Hundreders. but
not without first having celebrated.
over bowl OF champagne, the close Of
the eighteenth century on Dec. 81.
1879. and again celebrating in the
same way the beginning OF the nine
teenth century on Jan. 1, 1S01.-Balti-
more Sun.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-04-20
TOM MooRE,s HARP.



Wo=anr Va New York.
Tom Moore's harp is IN New York
city. II recently arrived from Dublin
er- Miller the church and ccnceft sing
or. 20 whose grsndfather Moore pre-
scented Il In 1870. The poet was close
friend OF Professor Glover. Mrs. MI
ler's grandfather. who Was one of the
wen known family of GiOycrs. must
clans and composers.
The harp. which IS now about 135
years old. was used by Moore I'm the
composition of his famous Irish Mel
>odics." 1t is interesting to note how
these poems came TO be written. In
17o6 the publishing house of Power &
Co. of Dublin invited all the harpsters
and MINISTRIES of ireland TO great
musical congress at the capital TO play
over the old melodies, the origin OF
many OF which is involved in obscurl-
~, for the purpose OF harmonizing and
preserving this traditional national mu-
sic. After the melodies had been tran
scribed Moore was engaged TO write
words TO them. The airs were harmo-
nized by Sir John Stevenson and Pro
fessor Glover. and then began the long
history and wide popularity OF the
"Irish Melodies"
1t was on this harp that Moore com
posed "The Harp That Once Through
Tara's Halls" '"rhe Meeting of the
Waters" Go Where Glory Waits
Thee" and "The Last Rose OF Sum
mer." In 1910, when Moore left Dub
lin after the publication OF his "Melo-
dies by the Powers, he took the harp
with him 20 London. There he found
himself a social lion, and in the fash
ionable drawing rooms of the British
capital he used this harp and his fine
voice to strengthen his popularity.
The harp itself is Of the style known
as the Irish DalwGy. 1t IS about three
feet in height and weighs perhaps ten
| pounds. 1t must have been a beautiful
| instrument when new, with its green
front pillar and graceful sweep of
neck. Oddly enough. II has no pedals.
It's compass comprises 30 notes tuned
diatonically in the key of G.-Werner's
Magazine.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-04-20

Not long ago public man who had
been made the central figure In car.
toon complained to Senator Hanna
about the Illustration, saying that he
was half inclined to sue the paper for
$4,000 damages for holding him up to
public ridicule.
Il wish you would" said Senator
Hanna. IF you can get $4,000 for
that picture, II will insure my getting
about $25.0OOOO0 for all the cartoons
that have been printed about me-"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-04-20

AIIlNe NJ baltimore next morning.
LANDINGS marked have four boats
per week. Note time OF leaving on
Monday.
Those who desire to ship their fish be-
You'd Baltimore will be furnished with
through rates by writing TO Freight Agt.
From Baltimore, Pier 3, Light Street.
Steamers rave on Monday, Wednes.
day and Friday at b p. m, going
direct TO Jacksons Creek, arriving
at a. m, Cherry Point AS a. m,
Cricket Hill 430 a. m, Calls 4.50 a. m,
Fftchetts 80 a. m, Ruarks $50 a. M,
Warehouse 6.45 a. M, Conrads 7.15 a. m,
Green Point 7.35 a. M, Stampers s 10 a.
m, BANDS 90 a. M, arriving al Free
port 3 a. m.
Steamer leaving Baltimore on Tues
day, Thursday and Saturday at . D. M.
arrives at landings as follows: Samp-
sons : 80 a. M, Blackwells a. m, Har-
Gums $40 a. m, limbs 4 a m Reeds 4. 80
n. M, Hardings 5.45 a. m Haryeys 6 a.
m, Enbanks a. m, Byrdton 2 05 a. m.
Grace Point 7.15 a. m, Chases a. m.
Ocrans 10 a. m, Little Bay S.45 q. m,
Palmers 8 a m.
Steamer leaving on Saturday will 90
through TO Jacksons Creek, arriving
at 10 30 q. M, Cherry Point 10 40 a. m.
Cricket Hill II a. M, Calls Ills a. M.
Fitchetts i2 noon.
7. A. JoYNEs, Supt. Steamer Lines.
L. MURDOCH, Fr't and Passenger ACT.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-04-20
The Spelling Reform Fad.

The fantastic spelling rcformers'
who would make comic almanac o.
the dictionary II they had their way
have struck n snag in Chicago. The
senate OF the Chicago university has
according to The Times Herald, de
cided TO prohibit 'deformed' spellins
In the publications of the Institution
AS the senate is the highest authority
on educational matters In the universl
~ the attempt TO josbbillingsize II:
vocabulary will slumber indefinitely
Scranton Truth.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-04-20

Sometimes the girls here and there
have organized societies for the pur-
pose OF mutually declining to receive
the attentions OF young men who
should refuse TO sign total abstinence
pledges. 1t is now for the boys TO neat
iy turn the tables by declining to pay
attention to any girl wearing the wings
OF feathers of one of our song birds in
her hat The vice of intemperance is
not so very much worse than the hide.
Gus vanity which in its thoughtlessness
Or cruelty sacrifices the choristers OF
the forest for its -Phila-
5elphia Record