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The Minneapolis journal., 1906-06-17

Vacation has been in full swing for week
~ %ere and Juniors convinced at last that it is
Co not 5000 good to be true.'' Many Of them
~ It. have scattered to the country and some OF
the domestic animals having thrilling
DAYS in consequence If before the over they
become so charmed with the music of beating sheep
Growing and lowing that they do not want
to do without it, they would better try to induce father
to emigrate to It is said that in Denmark
is never of the sound of growing rooster low
ing COW, and year sees more roosters and more
cows and sheep in the country It is there that the most
systematic farming of Europe is done. The con
ons under which butter milk and cheese are produced
are examined once month to make that they
sanitary The Danish butter takes first prize in every
market. Every country is supplied with just the kind Of
that it wants Butter of light color, slightly
salted is to England the largest purchaser; while
butter for Central America is golden yellow and SALT
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-06-17
NORTHWESTERN

Name and Town. r. - Grade
Dorothea Ahlbrecht Lester Prairie, MINI Seventh
Thomas Betz, Hawley, MINI. Sixth
Gladys Bissen Cannon Falls, MINI. Fifth
Ora Blackburn, Comfrey MINI ............... Eighth
Amy Brusven Litchfeld MINI. Seventh
The Yale expositor., 1906-02-09
Test of a Perfect Foot.

A test for the perfect foot is made
as follows: Dip your feet in water OF
-four, then walk quickly and naturally
across a bare floor. Now turn and
examine the tracks made. If they
show the outer rim of the foot straight
but the inner line breaking, leaving a
strong heel mark and a strong i'm
preston of the ball of the foot, with
a break in the line on the inner side
where the hollow of the foot escapes
the floor your foot is strong, well arch
ed one and you should use your best
endeavors to keep 1t so by wearing
good and well-made shoe leather.
If, on the other hand, the inner Dor
der shows a continuous line, as does
the outer, all is not well and measures
should be taken to alleviate that which
is wrong, either in the shoe leather
worn or in the habit Of walking.-Lon
don Mail.
The Yale expositor., 1906-02-09
WANTED TO FORWARD SAMPLES
Young Woman Evidently Didn't Know
Limits of the Wires.

An official of one of the telegraph
companies tells an amusing story of
young woman in a Pennsylvania
town who wished to send a telegram
to New York firm ordering a sup
ply of dress goods.
After some inquiries as to whether
the line really and truly" did con
meet with New York." the young wom-
an finally decided to afford the COM
pany the benefit of her patronage.
Opening her hand bag, she took there
from various samples which she con-
suited from time to time as she under
took the task of expressing her wants
in the usual ten words" When she
had apparently completed the inter
esting operation, she attached two of
the samples to the telegraph form and
handed her message to the man at
the window. Her telegraph read as
follows:
BLANK and Company. Send ex-
press four yards sample "A and six
yards B.'"-Success Magazine.
The Yale expositor., 1906-02-09
orlaIn Ct Ancient Saying.

A popular explanation of the origin
Of the expression Everything is
lovely and the goose hangs high" is
this: That it comes from the south
ern country amusement known as
goose pulling" A goose. its neck
carefully pluckej, and well creased.
was hung by its feet to branch of a
tree. The men would ride past at a
gallop, trying to catch it by the neck
and pull its head off. The better the
goose was in lodging, the greater the
fun. When the goose hung high, so
that the competitors had 10 stand in
their stirrups to grasp it, the joy was
greatest. Another suggested origin
Is that it refers to the fact that wild
geese fly high in clear weather; this
explanation would change hangs" to
"honks."
The Yale expositor., 1906-02-09

1t will be seen that the number of
acres sown to wheat, oats and barley
in 1898 was 1927 and that this had
increased in 1904 to 1857 1897. The
total crop in the cereals mentioned
was 9,033.297 bushels in 1898. and in
1904 it had grown to the magnificent
total o. 35.4I3 52". In the year just
closed the forward movement" in
the agriculture of the west has been
the wonder and envy OF the world.
New sections of the country have
been placed under tribute to the plow
and harrow, and the grain area has
been largely increased. This is par
ticularly the case where it has been
demonstrated that Alberta Red" win
ter wheat may be successfully grown,
and along the lines of the new rail-
ways towards the centre OF the coun-
try, where mixed farming prevails.
The future of the Canadian West
Is assured, and for years to come 1t
is bound to be the land of promise to
the agriculturist of every nation and
OF every cline. and the land OF oppor-
tunity to every settler within its
bounds.
Fullest information can be secured
from any Canadian Government
Agent.
The Yale expositor., 1906-02-09
An Accident to the Editor.

Some miscreant effected an en-
trance to the sanctum sanctorum of
the Boozetown Budget and placed a
pot of paste over the door, where it
fell down and pasted ye editor on his
affecting his entrance into the sane
tum sanctorum. Without going into
the details of the injuries sustained
by We scribe, suffice it to say the
heavy paste pot swatted We editor or
his caranial toppiece and Jared the
daylights out of him, so that he lay
in an incumbent position on the floor
for some time. If the miscreant who
perpetrated this dastardly deed is ap-
pretended he may rest assured he will
get his good and plenty.-Booze.
town Budget.
The Yale expositor., 1906-02-09
Work Not Chief End of Life.

Someone has said that no man, day
after day and year after year, lives
up to the full measure of his capaci-
ties, no matter where he works. Man.
ifestly this is true, and 1t is necessar.
lily so. Work is not the chief end of
life, and where some mistaken indi.
yidual has tried to make it so he has
marred his existence. Insanity, chron.
ic invalidism and early dissolution
have marked the careers of many OF
the type. Still others. living a gbast.
ly, mercenary existence, are stalking
specters OF a diseased idea of exist.
ence.
The Yale expositor., 1906-02-09
GREATEST AMERICAN
RAILROAD SYSTEM.

With due respect to other good
roads east of Chicago, the New York
Central lines were unconsciously laid
out by Commodore Vanderbilt so that
as a finished product they represent
a water course rather than railway
system. They were built on lines Of
least resistance and flow from the
mississippi to the Atlantic, like a
number of streams tributary to one
big one. The peculiar feature OF the
New York Central system is that the
different lines feed naturally on a
water level grade from the middle
west to the Atlantic ocean, while not
another road escapes the high grades
and mountains. Illustrating the New
York Central as a water course: The
main river is represented by the four
track parent system from Buffalo to
New York. Into this river at Buffalo
flows two smaller, but equally import
ant rivers from Chicago, represented
by the Lake Shore and Michigan Gen.
trail lines. Into the Michigan Central
at Detroit, comes a tributary stream
from Mackinaw. Into the Lake Shore
at Cleveland flows another big feed
ing stream, the Big Four, and at San
dusky another tributary. the Lake
Erie and Western. In this way it will
be noted that the entire middle west,
the garden spot of the country, is
beautifully and economically drained
into the metropolis through one great
main charmed at Buffalo. Like the
wrist OF the human arm the New York
Central with four tracks extends from
New York to Buffalo and from there
like the five fingers OF the hand
spread the Lake Shore, Michigan Gen.
trail, Big Four and Lake Erie and
Western roads, gripping the terminal
cities of Cleveland, Toledo, Detroit.
Cincinnati, Indianapolis. Cairo, st.
Louis, Peoria, Chicago and the upper
lake region at Mackinaw.
Notwithstanding its commanding
position the system is managed on the
broad Il lines, its dealings with the
public and press always being charac-
terized by liberality. due to the policy
OF that railroad diplomat. w. II. New
man, president of the system. in strik-
ing contrast to the recent policies
adopted by some completing roads
The Yale expositor., 1906-02-09
EGGS ALL CONTAIN A POISON


Paragraphs have been extensively
published in the daily papers dealing
with the researches of M. Lolsel of
Paris on the recurrence of poisonous
principles in eggs. 1t seems that the
yolk of the eggs of hens, ducks and
tortoises contain a poison which, if
injected into the veins or otherwise
inoculated into the animal body,
causes death from its effects on the
nervous system. The white of the tor
toise's egg also contains a toxic sub
stance.
Why eggs are not poisonous as or
dinarily used CT even when eaten raw
may be explained on the ground that
the action of digestion alters the COM
position of the egg or at least modifies
it so that i'll effects are avoided. In
deed, it is easy to show that certain
foods at particular stage of digestion
are "poisons." 1t is the action Of the
LIVER on such foods which robs them
of their power to do harm.
The Yale expositor., 1906-02-09
Sick
Headache

When your head aches, there
is a storm in the nervous sys-
TEN, centering in the brain.
This irritation produces pain
in the head, and the turbulent
nerve current sent to the stom-
ach causes nausea, vomiting.
This is sick headache, and
is dangerous, as frequent and
prolonged attacks weaken the
brain, resulting in loss of
memory, Inflammation, cpl
lepsy, fits, dizziness, etc.
Allay this stormy, irritated,
aching condition by taking
DR.. Miles Anti-Pain Pills.
They stop the pain by sooth-
ing, strengthening and reliev-
ing the tension upon the nerves
NOT by paralyzing them, as
do most headache remedies.
DR.. Miles Anti-Pain Pills do
not contain opium, morphine,
choral, cocaine or similar drugs.
"Sick headache is hereditary In my
family. My father suffered a great
deal, and for many years l have had
spells that were so severe that { was
unable to attend to my business affairs
for a day or so at a time. During a
very severe attack of headache, took
DIR. Miles Anti-Pain Pills and they
relieved me almost Immediately. Since
then l take them when / feel the spell
coming on and ii stops it at once"
JOHN j. MERRIAM,
Pres. s. r. Eng. Co., South Bend. Ind.
DR.. Miles, Antl-Pain Pills are sold by
your druggist, who will guarantee that
the first package will benefit. II II
falls he will return your money.
25 doses, 25 cents. Never sold in bulk.
Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind
The Yale expositor., 1906-02-09
FIRST "NEws" OVER THE WIRE.
II Was Sent from Portsmouth to Lon
don Chronicle In 1s45.

II Was Sent from Portsmouth to Lon.
don Chronicle In 1s45.
The newspaper which received the
first telegraphic report was the Lon.
don Morning Chronicle, May 8, 1S45.
During the railway mania of 1916 a
meeting of considerable Importance
was convened at Portsmouth to take
into consideration the respective mer-
its OF the proposed lines from London.
A great desire existed to know the
result of the meeting, and as 1t was
not to take place at Portsmouth until
after the last London train, recourse
was had to the telegraph.
A full report of the meeting, headed
Portsmouth Lines, communicated by
electric telegraph" appeared in Lon
don paper next morning. The editor
called attention to the fact in the lead
ing column as follows:
I'm our article on railways will be
found report of a meeting held yes
terday evening at Portsmouth which
was transmitted by electric tele-
graph. This is the first example of the
electric telegraph being used for such
a purpose, and it indicates the i'm
portant and numerous services which
that valuable invention will soon rem.
der to the public. STRAY Stories.
The Yale expositor., 1906-02-09
"lmpressionistic."

The famous portrait painter, Mr.. J.
S. Sargent. tells of an artist in Paris
who had much difficulty in getting his
PUPILS to make use of the extremely
''impressionistic" ideas of art. One
evening, at a large dinner.party, he
asked an elderly gentleman next to
him, who was very short-sighted, how
the gentleman at the foot of the table
appeared to him. WELL" replied the
near-sighted one. 81 see very white
spot. which l take to be his shirt
front, and fiesh-colored spot, which
| know to be his face" "Ah," ex
claimed the artist enthusiastically
"how I wish my pupils could see
things as you dol"
The Yale expositor., 1906-02-09
SIMPLE CURE FOR sNAK.HITE.
Life Of coolle Asserted to Have Been
Saved by Mesmerism.

oaNCu WCotVCt'otUs
When l was stationed at Nowshera
news was brought to me one morning
that one of my collies had been bitten
by a snake and was dying. says the
Madras Times. l hurried to his hut
and found the man unconscious and
bleeding from his mouth and nose. a
few passes from the head downward
stopped the bleeding. | continued the
passes, and in ten minutes he was
able to open his eyes, but unable TO
speak or move his hands or limbs.
continued the passes. and after the
lapse of another five minutes he was
able to speak feebly and indicate the
seat of pain. Each pass gradually
worked the position downward and
the mans speech grew stronger by
degrees, and in half an hours time
from the beginning of the operation
the man was able to sit up. Having
worked the poison down below the
knees, l tied a ligature below the knee
and sent him to a hospital, where he
eventually recovered. He was bitten
in the right foot. l should very much
have liked to have carried the expert
ment out to the end and have bled
him, but not being medical man, and
as there was a hospital only few
miles distant, l had to submit to cir.
cumstances.
The Yale expositor., 1906-02-09
WESTERN CANADA'S
MARVELLOUS CROP RETURNS

The increase in the crop returns OF
the Canadian West. in the past seven
years has approached the marvellous.
and there Is no reason to believe that
a corresponding increase will not re-
suit for many years to come. The In
crease has been particularly noticeable
In what was formerly known as tho
Northwest Territories, but which. on
September LIST, 1905, became the prov
inces OF Alberta and Saskatchewan.
From the official returns we find the
following results In the acreage sown
to wheat. oats and barley, in the
years mentioned. and more favor
able showing cannot be pointed to
In any other country during a like
period.
The Yale expositor., 1906-02-09
Danger In Pure Water.

It is not often that complaint is
made of water Icing too pure. But
tie Birmingham (Eng) correspond.
ent of the Medical Record says: 81
hear that the water brought at vast
expense from the Welsh hills is so soft
that it has a serious effect on galvan-
lied cooking vessels, in consequence OF
which the health committee has de-
cided to ask manufacturers to recall
any such utensils which they have
sent out for sale in that city"
The Yale expositor., 1906-02-09
strlna to His Generosity.

Edwin and Lisa are two little cou
sins of three who are almost INSOFAR
able and divide most of their goodies
One day Edwin had whole cracker
unbuttered. and half one which was
buttered. He gave the former to Lisa
and his mother commended him fol
giving away the larger piece.
Little Lisa looked up acutely
YES" said she, "he gave me the big
gest, but he kept the butterest."
The Yale expositor., 1906-02-09

The yield has been uniformly good
every year except 1900. when there ap-
pears to have been a slump all along
the line. This. however, was more
than compensated tor in the following
year, when the bumper crop in wheat,
oats and barley put the returns OF all
previous years completely in the shade
and gave an impetus to settlement in
the west which has prevailed to the
present, as the following table by
bushels will show:
The Yale expositor., 1906-02-09
An Awful Possibility.

when was a boy" said an old
gentleman, 81 attended the old Cor
ham Academy in Maine. One time
the Rev. Caleb Bradley Of Scarbor.
ough, Mass, came to talk to us. II
was during the presidency of Mr..
Polk, and his remarks showed how
much higher political feeling ran in
those days than now. He said. If
you make good boys you will make
GOOD men. Some of you might make
a washington. some of you a Jeffer-
SON, and the Lord knows most any of
you might make Polk"
The Yale expositor., 1906-02-09
Witness Would BEGIN AGAIN.

The following incident will be ap
preciated by lovers of the absurd. es
pecially In the legal profession:
Many years ago, during a trial by
jury in the town of Enosburg, VT, q
witness was being questioned by one
of the lawyers, and as he became very
much mixed in his replies, he hesitat
ed for some time. appearing to be al
his wits ends.
Suddenly he exclaimed: Scratch
out all l have said, and I'll begin
again"
The Yale expositor., 1906-02-09
MANS nIIndness Of vision.

How common it is to find that the
remote good is regarded as of com
paratively small value beside the de
sired thing that is close at hand, even
though the latter is not to be com
pared in real value with the former
For example. heaven, though of ines
Unable value, is crowded out OF
thought by the present-day object OF
desire-the treasure which moth and
rust corrupt.
The Yale expositor., 1906-02-09
Talked to the Ticker,

In small village in Wisconsin,
along the Chicago, Milwaukee C ST.
Paul railroad, lived an old man who
had not visited the depot very many
times, but happened to stroll in just
when the agent was out after the
mail. He seated himself and sudden,
ly the telegraph instrument began to
click very rapidly. AS the instru.
ment did not cease nor the agent re,
turn, the old man became impatient
He had only an indistinct notion OF
the telegraph and telephone. Step,
ping over to the instrument he loudly
said:
1.-THE agent is not here, so please
wait minute, and | will call him. u
Magazine of Fun.
The Yale expositor., 1906-02-09
- APID
TX RAILWAY
SYSTEM
The Great Panoramic
Route Between
Port Huron and Detroit

Lew Eatss Par1cr Cars
Frequent Service
Gears run on central standard time. Time table
subject to change without notice)
Detroit-Port Huron Specials Daily, running
over new short line.
Nv Port Huron (waitlng room) 7:so IA m, $3.50 m.
Arrive at Detroit M. q. Depot 1902 m. 6:02 p IN
Leave Detroit M. g. DepoT) 7:45 a. m. 3:45 p. m
Arrive at Port Huron (waltng room) 1920 a. m.
6:2p p M
Time between Port Huron and Detroit City
Hail. two hours and thirty minutes.
Regular cars leave Port Huron waiting room)
for 81 Clair, Marine City. Algonac, Mt. Clemens,
Detroit and all intermediate points at ESQ a. m.
and every hour thereafter until 80 p. m cars
running over old route via Algonac
Direct connections are made In Port Huron
with PeTe Marquette trains to and from the
north. Bad Axe, CrOswell ant all way stations.
Also 5 atoms on the Port Huron, Saginaw and
Bay City Division.
Fare, Port Huron to Detroit one wav ooc.
Round trip tickets can be purchased at Waiting
Room In Port Huron TO Detroit and return a
81. 80
For folders time tables, booklets etc, address
Harry Bullen, Gen. Supt.. Detroit, Mich, or
Geo. w. Parker, c. T.. and z. A. Detroit, Mich.
The Yale expositor., 1906-02-09
Ares, Pat Groves Proteae,

Marion, Ind, dispatch: Charles
Byrd, protege OF Pat Grove. was ar
rested here by decoy letter. He Is
charged with attempting to blackmail
three women of Marion.
The Yale expositor., 1906-02-09
Senator Has whooplnq Cough.

Washington dispatch: Senator Mar
tin of Virginia has. the whooping
cough. along with some of the young
er members of his family. He Is GO
years old.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-22
RELIEF TRAIN BREAKS RECORD
Between Philadelphia and Omaha-l4 Cars
Full OF Tents and Food

WASHINGTON, April ala telegram re-
ceived at the Office of the Quartermaster-
General Of the Army tonight states that
the relief train which left the Schuylkil
Arsenal at Philadelphia yesterday morning
reached Omaha this afternoon at zoe, one
hour ahead of time. The train is made up
of fourteen carr laden with tents and food
supplies. 1t was planned to make the
trip from Philadelphia to San Francisco in
seventy-two hours. The relief train has
broken a record between Philadelphia and
Omaha, and it is one hour ahead Of the
fastest passenger schedule.
Z The Surgeon-General of the Army has
completed arrangements for the relief
train that will leave Washington tomorrow
for the Pacific Coast. The train will be
made up of Pullmans and will convey 100
hospital corps men to aid in the work Of
relieving the stricken people. An album
dance of medical supplies will be carried,
and the shipment will be enlarged at various
points on the journey to the Coast.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-22
the Genuine
appeared and vent to work without any

appeared and went to work without any
preliminaries.
LIE Complies experience was a novel one.
He remained on duty for ten hours, receiv-
ing and sending Government messages,
wiring bulletins to the main Office and talk
ing over the line with Mr.. Barclay. By
10 o'clock Wednesday night he was prac-
tically alone on the waterfront. From
the tower of the ~ferryhouse he could watch
the progress Of the fire, which was sweep
ing everything in the neighborhood ex-
cept the waterfront property.
All the long hours he remained on duty
not a soul approached to send a message,
although it was the only telegraph wire
connecting the city with the outside world.
When he was finally relieved by two opera
tors who had succeeded in getting in from
Oakland one Of them was sent up Market
street to scout for newspaper correspond
ents, II seemed a sha me to have clear
wires and no one to use them when the
outside world was 80 eagerly waiting for
news Of the disaster. The best that the
scout could do was to corral two corre-
spondents, and they proceeded to load the
wire with news direct from the seat Of the
trouble.
The Postal Telegraph Company also did
splendid service in keeping the world in
formed as to what was going on in the
burning city. Driven out Of its offices in
San Francisco, it soon established quarters
in Oakland, and with the aid Of tug ser
vice conveyed messages back and forth
with very little delay. The execud We
offices of both companies in this city have
been busy centres since the disaster. OFF,
Gals of the companies stayed on duty day
and night, and in many instances they did
the work OF telegraphing themselves. AS
soon as the bulls tins were received they
were passed QUITO the reporters.
When the Western Union officials here
were advised that their San Francisco
building was likely to be destroyed they
Immediately sent three carloads Of mate
rails west on a fast express train. These
materials included cables, dynamos and
instruments. They have arrived at Oak
land and will be installed ss soon as the
location for a new buildingis decided upon.
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Company's Pacific Coast station in the
Hut" an adobe building a short distance
from Golden Gate Park, reached the office
of President Clarence H. Mackay yester-
day afternoon, after a four hour trip via
India. 1t reported that the MEMBERS OF
the station force we're well but said that
the floor had sunk two feet and the walls
had beer cracked by the earthquake. The
employees were sleeping in the nearby
fields, fearing to stay in the building at
night. The cablegram made no mention
of the fate Of the Cliff House, of which
there is some uncertainty. The Cliff House
is within sight Of the cable station.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-22
Bunalo Newsboys Help.

BUFFALO, April PA committee Of
newsboys this afternoon put a dishpan in
front of the Iroquois Hotel and began CELL
ing papers for the San Francisco victims.
In about two hours the pan was nearly filed
with coppers, nickles, dimes, quarters and
bills. The boys made no change when they
sold papers.