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Evening journal., 1906-08-15

PENHSVILLE. \. j., opposite New
Castle. Del. launch at any time irom l,
New Castle; Walker Cottage, tuiilsh,u
throughout. two ld-foot batteaus pcrch
l6N2ii driven well. 30 feet; plenty sha 0 q
hro beach for b thing; good Grabbing; 500.
Easy terms J. Il. TURNER, P,nnsthie'
or pORNING WALKER, 2i2O n. ssre ST.
Philadelphia.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-01-05
Bad COMPANY.

A Glasgow holiday-maker was
brought up on a charge of drunk and
disorderly.
What have you got to say for your
self" said the magistrate. "You look
respectable and ought to be ashamed
to stand there"
"I'm vera sorry, sir. but came up
in bad company from Glesca," humbly
replied the prisoner.
what sort of company"
"a lot of teetotalers," was the
startling response.
What, sir!' cried the bailie "a tee
totaler) in rage, "do you mean to say
that abstainers are bad company?
think they are the best of company
for such as you, sir"
Begin your pardon" answered
the prisoner, we're wrang, for l had a
hale mutchkin of whusky an had to
drink it a. misel."-Birmingham Post
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-01-05
Upset Clerical Dignity.

The minister who had the reputation
of never relaxing from his dignity was
trying to prove to a few congenial
friends that the reputation was not
deserved. why, one day I laughed
right out in the pulpit" he said. land
l did not get over the disgrace Of it
for several weeks. But it was one of
those times when my sense of humor
got the better Of my ministerial calm.
ut was one hot summer day. and
my church was very close to house.
rne windows of the church were open,
and we cours hes: distinctly the MUIR
muir of voices next door. l had just
offered prayer, and there was the in.
tense silence which always follows
an invocation. In the solemn silence
a woman's harsh voice screamed:
"'John, where are the nails?' And
gruff voice answered:
"In the coffee pot, you fool. You
put them there youself.'
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and
WhereTr

list, an impassioned dilletante. This
ferocity in matters of art displeases
us less than Indifference"
After speaking of the extraordinary
shape of the structure, seeming as II
"the architect, seated in the middle
of his work, had beaten out building
au repousse," Gautier, describes its
amazing color scheme, or lack of it,
as follows: What adds still more to
the extraordinary effect produced by
the Vassili Blajennoi is that it is col
ored from base to pinnacle with the
most incongruous colors, which. how
ever, produce an ensemble both har-
monious and charming. Red, blue, ap-
ple-green, yellow, each claims its
place in the adornment Of the build
ing. Columns, capitals, arches, or
naments, are painted in different col
ors that throw them out into power
fui relief In the rare fiat spaces,
divisions have been simulated, panels
inclosing pots of flowers, rosettes, in
terlacing chimerical figures. Illumi-
nation has storied the domes of the
bell-towers with drawings, like the
foliage on India shawls. and thus
placed, on the roof of the church, they
resemble the kiosks of the sultans.
''In order that nothing might be
lacking to the magic effect of the
scene, particles of snow, caught on
the projections of the roof, the friezes
and the carvings, scattered silver
spangles over the variegated robe OF
Vissili Blajennoi, adjoining with Il
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-01-05
"BiIl" Was Out of the Smoke.

In the vicinity of Paris Hill, Me-, q
generation or thereabout ago. lived a
man manner William Young, who was
known as bill" Young. Although ii
was conceded he was hardly upto par
Intellectually, and was accordingly
the butt of jokes, his replies were al
ways witty and sure to provoke laugh.
ter.
On one occasion, in celebrating
presidential election, it is said, the
boys decided to put up poke on the
old man. They had an old "muzzle-
loader" which they filed nearly half
full of black powder, wads, ETC., and
informed him he must fire it. "Bill"
demurred, on the ground that the
charge was too heavy. but on being
told it was the only way he could
show his loyalty to the Republican
party he consented.
Taking the gun somewhat gingerly,
he fred, and was, of course, bowled
over and over by the recoil Of the
heavy musket,
One of the boys, a safe distance
away, and doubled up with laughter,
managed to gasp: Say, Bill, what
are you down there for?"
Huh! To get out tn smoke" re.
torted BILL" slowly and painfully
picking himself up out of the dirt.
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Copyright 1906 by Daily Story Pub. Col
It me present Mr..

MRS. Millman. let me present MI.
Leonard to YOU"
I bowed over the white hand that
was graciously extended and my host
ess hustled daintily away, confident
that she had brought together two peo-
ple who wanted to be brought to-
gether-perhapso stay together for
greater or less the.
So far as / ws conc&rned, my most
ess was both nat and wrong. / was
anxious to NEE Mrs.I Millman-pos-
sibly a little too anXio.ls for my sub
sequent peace q mind 1t had been
long since we lad last met and the
old hurt was MT yet zone out or my
heart. How we'll / remembered the
parting-that sad swift in the current
of life that ha, finallt separated two
people who h; ia bee1 drifting away
from each othF for a long time.
Was it my fahlt? Was it hers? Was
It that of the mar 4he had married
and who, h4 learned, had recently
left her a widow? WAS it my fault
that was not more ambitious? Was
It hers that she VAS not patient
enough? Was it his, that he had
everything to offer her from worldly
point of view that / had mot?
As I dropped the hand and uttered
some commonplace glanced at her
face. She gave no Sign of having rec
ognized me and as caught sight OF
she reflection ofNmy own bearded face,
bronzed with many Nanderings, l was
not surprised. / had been introduced
to her under my pen name, by which
had been k hown Cor years.
81 have been wondering, Mr.. Leon
ard" she said, when was going to
meet you. You social lions are as
hard to meet as though you were real
cars, instead of he arbiters of the
destiny of your CHI racters."
ut is very kind of you to be inter
ested in my poor literary efforts"
said, knowing of old the power of her
1attery.
Il like to meet clever people," she
replied, with AM evident sincerity
which robbed the remark of it's bold
ness. 81 have reH all of your books
and especially tip last. want to
congratulate you IN your success"
Largely advertising, assure you,"
I answered cyni&lly. 1--WE become
famous like breakfast foods or auto
mobiles"
81 wonder wh4 was the secret of
your success" sh answered, with the
old roguish twin le in her eye. 81
have found little Evidence of knowl-
edge of women il Hyour books, and yet
your success resi- largely upon what
the world calls y ur insight into fem
inine character.I
she could Sd this-when every
character had ever drawn had been
drawn with heryfor its model; when
for years her fade had been before me.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-01-05

Moscow, in the streets of which ter
rible battles were fought between the
revolutionary mobs and the soldiers
of the car, is the Oldest and most
famous city in the Russian empire.
In picturesque sights and wealth OF
tradition 1t Is not surpassed by any in
the world, and recent events have
made it still more historic, by adding
another bloody chapter to its chron-
icles.
For many centuries Moscow was
the chief city of the realm, the heart
of Muscovy, where the czars held high
court in the barbarously beautiful
buildings which they erected to per-
petuate their memory. Even now, al
though for reasons of convenience the
governmental activities have been
transferred to st. Petersburg, 1t Is still
the official capital Of the empire. Here
the slow growth of years has built up
that mighty Enclosure of palaces and
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-01-05
WASTE PLACES OF THE SOUTH
They Are Rapidly Increasing in Value
Year by Year.

They Are Rapidly Increasing IN value
Year by Year.
It is a matter of record that In
1895 in a certain rural community In
the south six acres of land sold for
S139S or $2.33 an acre, says the
Southern Workman. Last year these
same six acres sold for S1,66O or
$27666 an acre. Near this another
tract which in 1892 sold for 20 cents
an acre sold in 1904 for $3.50 an acre.
All of this land in 1892 and 1895 was
out in the country. 1t is out In the
country now and it is used for farm
ing purposes only. No spectators
have run its price up; no boomers"
have laid off a city there and adver-
tised corner lots" There is no city
there, and the people have no inten-
ton of building one. Neither is there
even a cotton mill or other manufact-
uring concern there or anywhere In
that vicinity. People have lived there
for nearly 200 years and titled the soil
and that is what they are doing now.
The difference is that for the first
time they are learning how to farm.
how to bring from land formerly con-
sidered waste crops which sell at a
big profit. And along with this and in
consequence of this they are learning
how to live comfortably in the coun-
try, how to build themselves homes,
how with others near them to build
up a community life and enjoy those
intellectual and social pleasures which
they were wont to consider possible
only in the town. Some new blood"
has been introduced into this COM
munity, people who come down from
the northwest to engage in truck
growing, or any other kind Of growing
the land was capable of, but the ma
tives, too, have been stimulated and
thus assisted have gone to work to
better themselves and build up their
community.
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lieve me it broke her heart to part
with her lover in that cold. bitter way.
1t Swallowed her life and nothing mat.
tered after that"
"Yet she married WE'LL" said, scorn-
fully. at was all a story. OF course
nothing like that ever happens in real
life"
The brutality Of my cynicism
brought tears to her eyes and a sud.
den impulse came over me to take her
in my arms and tell her that the low
er's heart was broken, too; that his
life was Swallowed and that in reality,
instead of shooting himself, he lived
to write his heart into his books.
But resisted the impulse and spoke
more gently.
Believe me, Mrs. Millman, the book
is true. 'Muriel Vane' lived and loved
my hero-that is. he thought she loved
him. She sent him away in coldness
and a shadow fell upon his life which
can never be lifted"
Never" she asked, softly.
81 have no hope Of it ever doing So"
replied. 81 know my model too
WE'LL"
Il am deeply interested in the
story" she said in a low voice; les.
pecially in the ending. The story is
so like my own"
Her eyes never wavered as they
met mine, but there was something in
their depths that thrilled me with a
vague hope.
There was the lover, the heroine,
the tragedy of the parting, in my own
story" she went on dreamily. But
there the parallel ends. | was forced
to marry, forced to sacrifice myself.
The lover left me, could do nothing
else"
Her voice faltered pathetically, and
again that rising hope mounted into
my heart.
"You don't understand 'Muriel vane'
at ALL" she said passionately. "She
wrote to her lover to come back
wrote many times. She told him that
love was all in all; that she loved
him better than everything else in the
world. The letters were never an.
swered. 1t was then that she married
for money, the world said; but the
marriage was hateful to her and the
money saved her father from CONNER.
cial ruin. She gave her husband re-
spect and honor, but her love she kept
sacred in her own heart, dedicated to
the memory of the old days. She
kept 1t enshrined with a tendril of
faded arbutus."
Arbutus! The dear sweet symbol of
our love Of long agol An agony of
pain went through me and then Claire
Millman, the old Claire, the dear, Low.
ing, tender. suffering Claire, that I
had known and lost, who was found
and who knew me all the time-my
Claire forever and forever, rose and
held out to me little golden locket.
At a touch IL opened and inside It I
saw a few withe-ed petals of arbutus.
"Your lover shot himself" she said.
with a pathetic reproach in her voice.
eff no had treasured his love as faith
fully ss these petals have been kept.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-01-05
CENTER OF BLOODSHED IN RUSSIA
o Picturesque All
Towns in the Empire

barbarous times in which it was built,
so singular, so outside of all archi-
tectural traditions. Ivan the Terrible
had this cathedral built as a thanks
offering for the capture of Kazan, and
when it was completed he found 1t so
beautiful, admirable and amazing that
he ordered the eyes of the architect
an Italian, it was said-to be put out
in order that he might not be able to
construct any other like 1t.
Architect Put to Death.
According to another version OF
the same legend, the car asked the
author of the church If he could not
build a still more beautiful one, and
upon his replying in the affirmative,
he had his head cut off, so that Vas
sill Blajennoi should remain without
a rival. 1t would be difficult to i'm
agine a cruelty more flattering in its
jealousy, and this Ivan the Terrible
must have been at bottom a true art.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-01-05
And Thayer Got the Fox.

A member of the Worcester (Mass.)
Fur Club once took the Hon. John r.
Thayer for days hunt A fox was
readily started. Stopping at cross.
road, the host told his guest to ride
on to a certain tree at the bend OF the
road. Mr.. Thayer started off, but
went to a well known runway. He
and Reynard got there at the same
time, and the latter was done for.
Mr.. Thayer then drove to the oak
tree, and was beginning to skin the
fox, when the host came up and said:
well, well. never knew fox to run
there before"
Neither did l." blandly replied
Thayer.
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Awake. Awake.

awake, awake.
Awake! Awake! the stars are pale; the
east is russell gray:
They fade; behold the phantoms fade.
that kept the gates of day;
Throw wide the burning valves, and let
the golden streets be free;
The morning watch Is past-the watch
OF evening shall not be.
Put off, put off your mail. We kings. and
beat your brands to dust;
A surer grasp your hands must know.
your hearts a better trust;
Nay, bend aback the lances point and
break the helmet bar
A noise is on the morning winds, but
not the noise of war!
Among the grassy mountain paths the
glittering troops increase;
Ihey come; they comei-how fair their
feet-they come that publish peace!
fea' victory! fair victory; our enemies
and ours.
and all the earth with flowers.
All, still depressed and dim with dew, but
yet little while,
And radiant with the deathless rose the
wilderness shall smile,
And every tender living thing shall feed
by streams of rest,
Nor lamb shall from the fold be lost,
nor nursing from the nest
For aye, the time OF wrath IS past. and
near the time of rest,
And honor binds the brow Of man and
faithfulness his breast
Behold. the time of wrath Is past and
Righteousness shall be.
And the wolf Is dead in Arccdy and the
dragon In the sea.
john Ruskin, written at the age Of AZ.
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ne would have had his Muriel after
all. You did not understand 'Muriel
Vane'-Harold."
For the first time she had called me
by my name. opened locket at the
end of my watch chain and held 1t
out to her. There were petals of with
cred arbutus inside 1t, too. They had
all been gathered that night in June.
"Teach me to understand her.
Claire" said, hunbly.
Since that hour have been learn
ing, learning lear teachers sweet,
old lesson, ever new.
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drawn from q woman knew-believe
me, they are true to life"
1t was a cruel thing to say. Her
hand trembled as it clasped her fan.
"You could not have understood
women thoroughly" she persisted, re-
covering herself with an effort. "You
make them act normally up to GER
tain point. Then they become mer-
cenary. Love counts nothing with
them. They all marry for morey or
position. Your last heroine, 'Muriel
Vane,' she did that; and her lover
he shot himself, didn't he? l slipped
the last chapters. You did not Under
stand your heroine, Mr.. Leonarl. Be-
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Extensive Discovery.

no" said the first man, I'VE did
not give our daughter a musical edu
cation. We realized when she was
very young that she simply could not
sing, and that was all there was to It
OF course, We regretted 1t. but what
could we do?"
II envy you," says the second man.
Envy us? Why your daughter has
graduated from two of the most cele'
brated singing schools"
Eyes, and 1t has cost me $4,000 to
discover that she can't sing a note,
either"
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supt. Locke Sizes up saco.

Saco has the reputation of being
one OF the quietest, most conservative,
law-abiding cities In Maine. A friend
of John s. Locke, Saco's genial super
intendent Of schools, met him one day
during the summer, and after hearty
exchange of greetings asked what
has been going on In Saco since
was here last?"
Nothing, nothing" the superintend-
ent replied. and then, with characteris-
tic drollery added There is In the
Episcopal service declaration which
aptly describes Saco AS It was IA
the beginning, is now and ever shall
be, world without end"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-01-05
Progress In RaiIroadino.

YES says the lady whose dress
case Is covered with strange foreign
labels. "the way railroads are run
nowadays is great Improvement over
what they were fifty years ago."
But surely you had no experience
as a traveller fifty years ago." says
her friend.
i don't mean that. But nowadays,
don't you notice, when there is a
wreck 1t Is always had at some point
convenient to cluster of farm houses
where the victims can go for coffee
and to get warm?"
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Not understand women? understood
her. at any rate; at least ! thought
did and by the prcess of induction
/ thought l knew all women.
Her remark nettled me.
I'VE are on profitless ground, I
fear" said, bit stiffly. II shant
ask for your opinion of my characters.
They have all been drawn from life,
assure you-all the women, at least.
| might confess that most OF them
have had one woman for their model"
A flnsh mounted into her face and
her voice faltored when she tried to
make It steady.
your women have not the true
womanly instinct" she said. They
have beauty and intcllect-everything
womanly but heart"
Il told you," l said. that they were
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-01-05
GOT MUSIC THAT HE ENJOYED.
Farmer Called for Popular Airs, and
Leader Obeyed,

Leader obeyed.
Uncle Joe Rich of Guildhall, VT,
was a character. He was a well-to-do
farmer, and kept open house to his
friends. Rotund and jovial, and dress
ed In his Sunday suit, blue swallow
tail coat with brass buttons, buff vest
and black silk hat, he was a noticeable
figure. He attended all the dances,
could cut a pigeon wing to beat the
band" and was great favorite with
the boys.
One fall after the crops were stored
they invited him to take a weeks trip
to Boston to see the sights with them.
One night after supper, which was
washed down with a liberal supply
OF champagne, Uncle Joe" was taken
to the theatre, the party occupying
box.
The old man was at his best. AS
he sat down and looked the audience
over the orchestra struck up an oper-
attic selection. He wanted 70 know
what kind Of a cussed tune" that
was, anyway. This selection was fol.
lowed by another. He wiped his
beaming face and bald head with
red silk bandanna which he pulled out
OF his silk tile, and walked around I'M
easeily.
Finally he could stand it no longer.
Leaning over the box, he shouted,
waving his hat: Say, Mr.. Fiddlers,
If you've got those fddles tuned give
us Fishers Hornpipe' or Devils
Dream" This brought down the
house, ard the band struck up the
music the old man wanted
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-01-05
Not Enough Present.

eli, there, youse two!" yelled the
stevedore; handle that gunpowder
CAREFUL"
"why?" demanded the two handlers
in chorus.
Don't You know some o. that same
powder exploded couple o. years ago
an bowed up ten menY
well" replied one Of the workmen,
"shure thot couldn't happen now.
There's only two CT us here"
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Roinboss,x,ilIe

Started out one summer day
For Rainbowville not far away.
Fine location, we were told,
Where you Just picked up your gold;
Never saying. "if you pleased"
Always living at your ease,
Just beyond the maple hill,
Fortune smiled. in Rainbowville.
Past the fields, where ripening grain
Glistened with the recent rain:
Following still the prismed light
Till IL faded from our sight,
Where the willow bough inclines.
Where the poison ivy twines:
Through the orchard, past the MILL
We kept on toward Rainbowville.
Weary, footsore. cold and wet,
Hhnger mingling with regret.
Babe us turn 10 childish rest
Next day we'd renew the quest.
And we did. Ambition fond
Ever lures TO the beyond.
Years have passed, and we are still
On our way to Rainbowvllle.
Washington Star.
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Eour-Eoofed Police.

That dogs make excellent detec-
tives is well known, but their use as
actual members of a police force is an
odd and interesting experiment
which w. G.. Fitzgerald describes in
his story, Dog Police on Guard" in
the December Technical World Maya
zine.
when the Client (Belgium), chief
of police had got his pack of recruits
together, he began to train them to
distinguish between skulking crimi-
nails and the ordinary, reputable citi-
zen, who walks by day. Some very
interesting demonstrations and expert
ments were tried by means of dunn
mics; and it is fact that within a
few weeks the more intelligent dogs
had learned how to spring upon and
take hold Of a man by his clothes
without driving their teeth into him.
Special kennels were then built in
its occupant over the door of each.
Coats, collars and muzzles were pro-
vided by way of uniform and there
were even little boots provided for
snowy weather. A veterinary surgeon
was appointed at police headquarters
to care for the dog policemen when
they were sick, and the matron at
each station was charged with the
duty of getting their meals ready
when each dog came off duty with his
two-legged fellow officer"
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Good Dissertation

THAT girl has me where she wants
me. She draws me out, and always
sees right through me. And when
she's had enough Of me she shuts me
up in hurry"
Say. what are you. telescope?"
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Church Like a Dream.

"At the other corner, strange as the
architecture of dream, rises like a
vision the impossible church of Vas
sill Blajennoi, which causes the rea-
son to doubt the witness Of the eyes.
One gazes at it with every appearance
of reality and asks oneself If it is not
a fantastic mirage, an edifice Of clouds
strangely colored by the sunshine,
that the movement of the air will
transform or make vanish. 1t is be-
yond doubt the most original monu-
ment in the world, recalling nothing
that one has ever seen, nor attaching
itself to any order of architecture.
"a legend is told of Vassili Blajen-
moi that probably is not true, but that
does not on this account the less ex-
press with force and poetry the feel
ing of dazed admiration this edifice
must have produced upon the half