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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-11-23
POLISH FOR THE FLOOR.
Mixture That Is Guaranteed to Pro.
duce Good Results.

A good mixture for polishing hard
wood floor may be made from one
third raw linseed oil and two-thirds
paraffin. II should be used sparingly
or the polishing afterward will take a
long time: In cleaning such floor II
Is better to use a soft hair brush
rather than a stiff one After being
we'll swept, the floor should be wiped
with dry, soft cloth, in order to take
up all dust IL there are any spots
they may be removed with a cloth
wet with turpentine or they may be
rubbed with a cloth wrung dry out OF
warm water.
This will take. off the polish, but II
may be restored by using weighted
brush. This brush has long handle
and is pushed back and forth till the
polish is again restored. Wooden
cloths may be used. but, of course, ii
will take longer and the work will be
tedious. The weighted brush, as well
as others, should be thoroughly
cleansed two OF three times year by
washing in warm water, to which a
few drops of ammonia has been added.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-11-23
A PROSPECTOR'S
THANKSGIVING

I'd been prospectin' for half a year
In the rockiest luck
| man ever struck,
An my hope an my temper was out o.
gear,
An l felt just ready to up an buck,
~ TO curse the day that first saw light,
TO curse the gold that was hid from sight,
| 70 curse the fate that had led me on
| ~ the lamp o. hope till all hope was gone,
| An my heart grew bitter an full o. hate,
An l rallied at the Master who would
create
A man to buck
At the game o. luck
"a only git ripped up the back by fate.
4 knelt me down by mountain stream;
From its sparklin' water took a drink,
Then lolled on the rocky bank to dream
D the tattered edges o. life to think.
= recalled the days that had come an
Since l tore myself from tho world
away.
An the fact on my memory seemed to
dawn
That stared in the face O. Thanksgivin'
Day.
sneer rose up in my troubled breast.
AN my soul with its Maker renewed its
war.
An / asked myself with a spiteful zest:
What have l got to be thankful for?
Wnaf mas GOD done Tor man like meY
What are the blessings thrown in my
path?
Why should I bow on a thankful knee
When He's sprinkled my trail with the
fire o. wrath?"
! struck my pick in the gravelly sod
AS II to stab at the heart o. luck
An sneered at the idee there was a God.
An cursed such teachin as wordy
truck.
! glanced at my grub-bag layin' there
An knowed when I'd swallered another
meal
I'd have nothin' to live on but mountain
air,
An In mad rebellion ground my heel
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-11-23
The Ideal Bedroom.

A cheerful bedroom is one OF the
essential points for an invalid o.
convalescent, and since 1t is difficult
to find a house with all the bedrooms
facing south, some one must be I'M
selfish enough to give the sunniest
rooms to the less robust members OF
the family.
Many people insist that the eastern
exposure is the best for a sleeping
room, because the early morning sun
is healthful, but il the room must,
perforce, face north, it should have
a light, cheerful paper and the light
est possible draperies.
The bed should not be placed so
that the light from the window shines
directly in the eyes of the sleeper;
it may be conducive to early rising.
but the effect upon the eyes is I'M
pleasant and often harmful. II the
bed must ACE the windows and the
footboard is not high enough to shield
the eyes a screen should be put across
over night between the window and
the bed.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-11-23
MUCH DANGER IN DUST.
My Clothes Should Not be Brushed
In Living Rooms.

The use of the clothes brush In the
living rooms of house Is emphatic
ally denounced in the Lancet as a dan
gerous practice, likely to lead to dis
ease and death. The imagination
does not require to be stretched very
far to realize that the clothes brush
might be easily responsible for the
dissemination of disease" says the ex'
pert journal. Dust is rarely, If ever,
free from heterogeneous, and among
them pathogenic entities have been
recognized. Dust is in fact an enemy
OF the human race. vehicle of dis,
ease, and should everywhere and on
ever occasion, however trifiing, be
prevented as far as means can be en-
plOyed to that end. Clothes, of course
must be brushed just as carpets must
be beaten, but both processes create
a nuisance which is different not In
kind, but only in degree. Just, there.
fore, as there are grounds reserved
for the beating of carpets, remote as
they should be, from human habita'
ton, so also ought there to be in a
household conducted on hygienic lines
special room relegated to the brush
ing of clothes. The daily clothes have
large capacity and q singular atm
lty for dust which contain the seeds Of
a common cold or a sore throat, or
even of blood poisoning and tetanus,
so that the suggestion that the clothes
brush should be handled in a less In
discriminate way than is usually the
case can hardly be regarded as Chi
merical,"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-11-23
sUMPTUoUs REPAsT OF
HALF A CENTURY AGO.
Tastes Of Our Ancestors Seem 10
Have Been for Heavy Dishes
and Many Of Them.

At Thanksgiving time &C much IL
heard of old-fashioned dinners that 1t
may be interesting to readers to hear
what the term signified in Philadel
phia some years ago
About so years ago large dinner
was very different to what 1t is now.
In the first place courses, such as We
know them, were practically unknown:
even in the wealthiest houses there
was rarely anything but soup preced-
ing the actual dinner, but this soup
was generally very rich.
Such a dinner consisted about as
follows: First handsome silver-cov-
cred soup tureen was placed on the
table, filled with mock turtle or per-
haps venison soup, and all were
plentifully helped, the great silver
ladle, corresponding to the tureen,
doing good service. After the soup
plates were removed a great roast
turkey decked with celery and cram
berries and marvelously trussed and
dressed was placed at enc end of the
table while at the other was a large
piece of la mode beef on a platter.
Roast duck and apple sauce some
times took the place of a la mode
beef but the two ends OF the table
had always their respective meats or
poultry. Sweet and white potatoes
and every sort of vegetable to be had
obtained place on the festive board,
while cunning molds of cranberries
and jellies and gravies, pickles and
the like were in abundance.
There was generally what was
known as an "oyster pie"-stewed
oysters served in a puff-paste shell,
the rich dressing of the oysters be-
ing made thick with egg.
There was no salad course. but OF
desserts there was no dearth. Pump
kin pie, mince pie, and always a won
derfully constructed meringue and
either jelly or custard, sometimes
both, served in glasses, while plates
and nutcrackers were handed around
for the nuts.
The centerpiece was invariably a
great pyramid of fruits arranged on
a cut-glass or Dresden china epergne,
and, when the table was very long,
there were sometimes two of these
fruit pyramids.
A little later, after the guests had
adjourned to the drawing-room, coffee.
ices and fancy cakes were served to
them there. There were no httle
after-dinner coffee cups in those days,
but generous breakfast sizes of finest
French eggshell china, often exquisite
~ handpainted with landscapes or
picked out in gold.
When there was large party of
young people, a separate table was
set for them in the small library,
which in those days, was generally
built back of the dining-room, the
latter being in the back building of
the second floor, corresponding to the
library or sitting room of to-day.
The back parlor' was used only as
such then or as breakfast room, the
state Mning-room being invariably
upstairs, and sometimes there was
not even a dumb-waiter TO assist in
carrying things up from the kitchen
below, so that large dinner was no
easy matter to serve in those days OF
large families and lavish hospitality.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-11-23

Threw back my head on its muscled
base,
An in my soul / began to feel
A Gliding that gave me a shame-red
face.
What should I thank Him for? For
health
That a man Of millions would envy me,
For a frame of iron, an a perfect wealth
OF muscle an nerve, an spirit free
AS the breezes kissin' my sun-tanned
cheeks
AS free as the sunlight that warns the
land,
As free as the eagle that scars an seeks
The prey provided by Masters hand
A new light entered my rebel soul,
An 1 pressed the ground with my
traitor knees,
An a food o. gratitude seemed to roll
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-11-23
Bayberrles for ThanksoIvIno Can

5ayberrles for Thanksgiving Candles.
The revival OF many an old time in
dustry has brought into vogue the
bayberry candle, beloved OF our grand
mothers and here and there along
country bywa avs men and women may
now be found garnering the aromatic
berries. which some enterprising wom-
an has engaged to make into candles,
says the Providence Daily Journal.
1t requires quart OF berries to
make one candle. They should be
kept in a dry place till ready to use,
then put into preserve kettle, allow
ing two quarts of water to one of
berries. They should be boiled for
four hours, filling up the kettle with
hot water as it boils away. Then set
II back where II will simmer a while
and at night set away to cool. In the
morning the wax will have formed in
a large cake on top of the water, and
after melting and straining through a
liece of fine lawn or cheesecloth IL Is
eady to pour into the candle molds.
These candles give out a sweet, aro-
matte odor. which perfumes the room.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-11-23
Uses for Bran Water.

Bran water is the best of agencies
for cleaning fine colored muslins, like
organizes
AS a carpet cleaner bran slightly
dampened, thrown on the carpet, and
then thoroughly swept out, is unex-
celled. Removes all dust and, being
damp, prevents dust from flying.
To cleanse light-colored furs heat
bran and rub into fur with hands, then
with perfectly clean brush beat and
brush every particle of bran from the
fur.
To dry patent leather or other shoes
heat a pan OF bran in the oven until
quite warm, pour this into the shoes,
filling to the top, wipe the outside
with a dry cloth and rub into the
leather vaseline or sweet oil and let
stand until dry.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-11-23

Deep down in the unproductive earth.
An cursed at the gods slow-grindin'
mills,
An cursed at the day that gave me birth,
An the fates that led me into the hills.
Aye! curses at everything l hurled
At the cruel earth an its strugglin' men,
An wished that the old pain-gfVin' world
Would burst into nothingness an then!
rolled the sleeve up my bare brown
arm
noted the muscles clustered thick,
felt the pulsations. strong an warm,
AS the life-blood flowed like a ripplin'
crick.
I slapped my breast with my strong right
hand
An IT stood as firm as a granite wall,
Save when II In majesty would expand
Till 1t stood out round as a monster
ball.
I slapped a thigh that was knitted steel,
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-11-23
pay Of ReturnIno Thanks.

History records many instances Of
rational Thanksgiving. Royal procla-
nations have been issued again and
gain in the Old World, calling upon
ne people to give thanks for the is
ne OF great battles. TIE Deums have
cen chanted in splendid cathedrals
the birth of princes. the coronation
Wings and the triumphal return Of
reat generals. But the appointment
a day In the annual calendar in
her the people are called together
% tbs express purpose of giving
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-11-23
Lemon SoufHe.

One pint boiling water, two table
spooufuls cornstarch. mixed in little
cold water; boil until as thick as .
custard; add little salt. also butter
,ize of nut; take from stove, add
'olks of three eggs beaten with a cup
Of sugar, Juice and rind of one large
lemon; mix well; bake Is minutes;
take from oven. put on white OF eggs:
beat with three teaspoonfuls pow.
iered sugar. Brown and serve cold.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-11-23
Steamed APPLES.

The following is a delicious way to
prepare winter apples. Peel, quarter
and core six or eight apples. Steam
or boil until about half cooked. Take
from the fire and let II cool. Make
strip of two cups of sugar and half
cup OF water. Drop the apples into
he boiling strip for few minutes,
Or until they become clear. Let cool
and serve with cream.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-11-23

A knock at the door disturbed but
failed to arouse us. Then, to the &C
compartment of a muttered exclama
ton, the latch was lifted softly and
the door pushed gently. With an
awful clatter the barricade gave way
and out of the darkness calculations
loud and deep reached our ears.
i've got the Jug" said my aunt,
and feeling no doubt that her courage
equaled that of Nelson at least, she
sprang up and, in the dark, cast her
pitcher In the direction of the voice.
"Oh, what a crash there wasl Then
hurried footsteps came along the pas.
sage, and a lantern showed the inn
keeper fully dressed and his wife in
a wondrous deshabille. The worthy
couple, scolding and questioning in
turn, soon rescued from amidst scat
tered chair legs and fragments of pot
terry. poor half-drowned wholly
frightened young man.
1t was the honest Boots of the es.
Establishment, the general factotum
who, according to orders. had come to
warn us that the omnibus, which was
known as the Mail. would arrive in
half an hour. and the driver would
wait for nobody.
oh, guess, how foolish we feltl
Lady Jane gave the Boots handsome
present, and he said he hadn't been
hurt. only his clothes were drenched
4. - L.
expect he thought we were crazy,
and really at the time he wasn't far
wrong.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-11-23
RESTORING Flowers.

Good flowers. IL not very faded and
very dirty, may have some of their
pristine freshness restored by steam.
ng and cutting the crumpled edges
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-11-23

Thanksgiving Gay Itself. too lon
given over TO mere pastime and enjoy
ment. takes on a newer and more
sacred aspect as the years roll on.
is q dav for the devout regurl.E- ..
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-11-23
THANKSGIVING
BAD Abbie> Fer~elI Brown

For beauty OF the generous earth;
For small successes, joys and mirth;
For large content in little wealth;
For books, for music, and for health;
For every good Thy mercy sends;
And best of all--for friends.
Youths COMPANION.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-11-23

1t must a been Heaven that sent the luck
For | hadn't gone more'n a mile, till
there
In the breast OF a rocky ridge l struck
A lead that'll make me millionaire.
james Barton Adams, in The Sunday
Magazine.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-08-04
$4,000 PERSONS wlTaiN 49,. .
PALE or sRIr,sn ,NsPEcr,oN

London, August Ain view Of the
current agitation In the United States
for 4 better government inspection
Or factories and other industrial estab-
lishments. especially as regards their
cleanliness. and sanitary arrangements
the annual report of the chief inspec.
tor Of factories Of the United King
dom, just made public. may be found
interesting. The figures contained III
the report show the greatness of Brit
ish industry and at The same tine the,
magnitude of the work which. tie &c
tory inspection bureau has 70 do. Two.
hundred and fifty Thousand factories
and workshops. employing n total 81
nearly five million persons. come win.
IN the provisions Of the inspection
law and have to be looked after BY
the chief inspector and his assist.
ants. II u q. gigantic task. but the
report seems to show that the work
is well and thoroughly done. In the
United Kingdom 355, ,065 visits or In
spection we're made last year. and TO-
600 prosecutions we're undertaken.
Besides these, 352.33i medical inspec-
,tions were made. and bl,04s defects
n sanitation were discovered. The
great majority 81 these were remedied
70 the satisfaction OF the inspectors.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-08-04

Asbury Park. ". j.. August 4.--ln
the Casino here today the Pa famous
''3esses o tn Barn" hand gave the
first concert of Its American tour.
The band is known throughout Europe
az the champion band Of England. be-
cause Of the many prizes II has. won
since II first came into prominence
In 1918, during the reign Of George
iii. One Of the first prizes was cap
tured by this organization In the pro-,
cession celebrating the coronation Of
George w., and another at the time
of the coronation Of the late Queen
Victoria. In 1892 II held every chal.
lenge cup In Great Britain.
After filling their engagement here
the band will play at the.Toronto and
Pittsburg expositions and concerts
vii be given In all he principal cities
to the Pacific coast. whence the Or
ganization will sail for New Zealand.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-08-04
Bomb Kills Two
MISSOURrS ATTY. GENERAL
TO SPEAK At THE DUNCAN
Herbert s. hsdiey viii Discuss Law
Endorsement at Good Government
Meeting Tomorrow Night.

The citizens Of Las Vegas will have
an opportunity to hear Hon. Herbert
8. Hadley, attorney general Of Mis-.
souri, at the Duncan tomorrow even
ing. The committee on arrangements
for the organization of good govern.
ment league for Las Vegas today Sc
cured the consent Of this distinguished
visitor to speak to the people Of this
community on the subject Of Law
Enforcement" at the mass meeting
tomorrow evening.
Every citizen Of Las Vegas Is invited
to be present, whether of the city,
town or county. The committee on
organization will report plan Of or.
ganization, will nominate permanent
officers, and will submit declaration
Of principles. They will include those
well known and desirable reforms
which all good citizens believe in and
upon which all can unite.
The meeting will begin promptly at
8 O'Clock. A big audience should be
present to greet Attorney General
Hadley and to encourage and support
the worthy movement.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-08-04
ARKANSAS COTTON PLANTERS
70 CONVENE ArzfHE CAPITAL

Little Rock, Ark. Aug, 4.--Pursu-
ant to the call Of President B. H. Bur.
nett Of the Arkansas division OF the
Southern Cotton Growers. associatioa
the planters Of this state held county
conventions today to discuss the cot.
ton situation and outlook and also to
take steps to strengthen their organi-
zations.. The mass conventions pass
ed strong resolutions condemning
future selling" in all its forms, and
renewing the pledge of the growers
to support the Southern Cotton asso-
citation in its movement to free the
planters from the dictates of the Wall
street SPECTATORS
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-08-04
PURE FOOD AGITATION
Prevents HARVARD GIFT
Morris Declares Prejudice Caused
Him to Refrain From Buying Classic
Home at Stratford- d-on-Avon.

New York, August "A cable tO
the Times from London says: Nelson
Morris recently told friend he had
purchased the John Harvard home
at Stratford-on.Avon with the full in.
tention Of presenting il to Harvard
university. He hesitated, however. on
account Of the prejudice lately aroused
against American meat packers.
Speaking Of the canned meat scandal,
Morris stated his firm had already
suffered a net loss Of ten million dol.
lars In its foreign trade on account Of
the outcry raised against products Of
the Chicago packing houses.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-08-04
first SUIT IN
FRISCO CASES


San Francisco. cal, Aug. THE
organized policy holders Of the win.
iamsburE Fire Insurance. company
yesterday commences suit against
the company 10 recover $4,000 alleg.
81 10 be due the plaintiffs.
First of Eight osits i.
This Is the first of q series or eight
actions that attorneys have been en-
powered To institute. Suit will be
hrought IN German courts against the
Transatlantic company and the 70
suit will furnish q precedent Tor a
large number Of policy holders who
have been unable TO collect insurance
from German companies. Il u defln.
hefy decided that the New Palace 10
tel will cost three million dollars
with 100000 allowed for furniture.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-08-04

OF southern birth. few over fifty
years Of age. a little below medium
height, dark complexion. strong feat.
ures, clean shaven. dark hair tinged
with gray. bright brown eyes which
do not see the light Of the day.
weighing about $50 pounds. erect des.
pite his ailments, well dressed, com.
ing down Palace avenue Ia an inva-
lids chair. well buttoned np. always
holding cane In his right hand, and
you have Colonel Max Frost Of Santa
Fe. editor Of the Daily New Mexican,
of the Weekly New Mexican Review
and El Nuevo MexicAno, attorney at
law. secretary Of the bureau Of immi
grafton and treasurer Of the Hietori.
can Society Of New Mexico.
On the 10th day Of April. just 30
years ago, he arrived In Santa Fe in
a stage coach, trundlins along the
Santa Fe Trail from Trinidad. the
then terminus Of the Santa Fe rail.
way. via Las Vegas to Santa Ee. Col.
onel was quite young when he arriv.
ed In New Mexico's capital. about II
O'Clock on the night of the 18th OF
April. 1876. and registered at the ron.
da. the historic hotel. now a dilapt.
dated and useless adobe pile.
He came to the territory as chief
clerk Of the United States military
telegraph lines. then building from
New Mexico into Arisoss and Texas.
He became thoroughly acquainted
with New Mexico. eastern Arizona
and Texas ~ far east as Fort Stock.
ton. In the performance Of his duties
On the construction OF these TELEGRAPH
lines. These were as important to
tnat section then as are railroads TO-
day. He remained In that position
Tor several years. then was employed
for while as a clerk In the United
States surveyor generals office and,
rs q United States deputy surveyor
did survey work.
Colonel Frost was appointed adult,
ant general Of the territory first BY
Acting Governor william G. Ritch. re.
appointed by Governor Lew Wallace
and again appointed by Governor Lilo.
mel A. Sheldon. In 1881 a few days
before the assassination Of President
James A. Garfield. he was appointed
register Of the United States land Of.
lice in Santa Fe. which appointment
was confirmed by Chester A. Arthur.
when he became president Of the Un.
tied States. In 1882, he resigned Ii
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-08-04
THIS VERMONT TOWN .-..
! =: PROUD or lTs BIRTHDAY

L. Albany. Vt, August This north.
ern Vermont town, which was organiz-
ed on March ~, 1906. fs In gala at.
tire III honor Of Its centennial, which
IS to Be celebrated with public exer.
'cises during the week beginning TO-
morrow. As the commemorative will
take the form also Of an Old Home
Week, 1t Is expected that great nun.
ber Of former residents win be pres.
ent. .s 49, 80.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-08-04
IRONS BRUISED WRISTS
OF LORD SnOLIO DOUGLAS


Portland. Me-, Aug. i.-The British
consul At Boston has ordered an In.
vestigation into the alleged treatment
Of Lord Sholto Douglas during his de-
tention by the Portland police. The
inquiry relates chiefly to the use Of
manacles after he furnished wha;
seemed to the British vice consul am.
pie proof Of his identity. The mana.
cles were worn all night and left
painful bruises. Douglas says he will
be satisfied with verbal apologies
from the sheriff and police. Douglas
was mistaken by the police for an a.
legged bigamist wanted In the south.