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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-09-18

WHO is the Man in Black?
w That has been the mystery Of
the wall street boat" of the Sandy
Hook Steamship line throughout the
season. The Man in Black has out.
Wilkie Collinsed The Woman in
White" He has set 300 brokers guess
ing and has kept them guessing every
morning and every afternoon as they
made the journey from the Jersey
shore to the city and vice versa. Every
attempt that has been made to fathom
the identity of the stranger has met
with failure. If the attendants on the
boat have known they have kept the
secret well-until now. Approached
and spoken TO, the Man in Black. as
he has come to be known, has mum
bled inarticulately and has walked
quickly away.
Who is the Man in Black?
The question has been asked and
unanswered fully a thousand times by
the Wall street men this season. The
search for knowledge of the mans
identity has aroused as much interest
even among the holders OF state
rooms-as have market discussions,
races with passing yachts or Lawson's
advertisements. Even more
He is about so years old, of stopped
shoulders, slight build. mouselike
face, furtive walk and twitching hands.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-09-18
Niqht SWeatS & Couch.

f. w. Walton, Condr. s. p. Ry.. TIT
Van Ness St., San Antonio, Tex,
writes: "During the summer and fall
of 1902, my annoyance from catarrh
reached that stage where it was actual
misery and developed alarming symp-
toms, such as very deep-seated cough,
night sweats, and pains in the head and
chest. i experimental with several So
called remedies before finally decided
to take a thorough course of Peruna.
1.-TWO of my friends had gone SO far as
20 Uniform me that the thing for me to do
was to resign my position and seek
higher, more congenial climate. Every
one thought had consumption and 1
was not expected to live very long.
"Having procured some Peruna, de-
cided to give II a thorough test and APP
piled myself assiduously to the task Of
taking 1t, as per instructions, in the
meantime.
"The effects were soon apparent, all
alarming symptoms disappeared and
my general health became fully as good
as it had ever been in my life.
81 have resorted to the use of Peruna
on two or three occasions since that
time to cure myself of bad colds"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-09-18
Wall Street Men on Full Feed Again

party of his best customers out to
luncheon with him almost every day,
and, of course, foots the bills. He
patronizes naturally the best restsur.
ants and his weekly bill for luncheons
is considerable Of an item.
In bad times. however, all this is
changed. Where the brokers' office
was filled with customers in the boom
days, IL is now deserted and the few
clients on hand are not usually in
cheerful mood. The broker, who sees
his daily Office expenses eating heav.
lily into his capital, is i'm no mood 70
incur additional outlay Instead OF
the merry luncheon party, he slips out
TO the nearest restaurant and eats a
frugal meal.
Now, however, cheerfulness has
supplanted pessimism I'm Wall street
and broker and office boy alike are
feeling the effect of IL. SO is the res
taurant keeper
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-09-18

NEW YORK.-Mrs. Willie X. Wander.
~ bilt, Jr., and Mrs. Herman Oelrichs
must be breathing easier than they
have for some years If it is true, as
reported, that their lawyers have at
last settled with the last of the heirs
of the late Mr.. Charles Fair The lat
ter was the brother of the ladies men,
toned and with them equal heirs of
the estate of the late bonanza king
and United States Senator j. G.. Fair.
1t will be remembered that the
late Charlie Fair and his wife were
victims of an automobile accident in
France and that after their deaths a
dispute arose as TO which died first
If, as Mrs. Charles Fairs relatives con-
tended, the wife survived her hus-
band. even by minutes time, they
were rightful heirs of the wife's share
in the husbands estate. If the hus-
band lived longer or the same time
after the accident, Charles Fairs for
tune went to his two sisters, Mrs.
Vanderbilt and Mrs Oelrichs.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-09-18
The Value of Russell Sage's Estate

partial list of Mr.. Sage's loans in
the six months previous to his death
shows the amounts he loaned and the
firms that came TO borrow from him.
No single loan is for more than $780,
900. The total amount of these loans,
with the interest, which the executors
called in and collected, was more than
500 900 900.
Mr. Sage also owned large blocks
of gilt-edged bonds and stocks, the
total value of which, figured at the
market price of the day of Mr.. Sage's
DEATH exceeded $30,000.00O Most of
these stocks and bonds are to-day
quoted at lower figures than they
would have brought if sold at market
prices on the day that Mr.. Sage passed
away.
Summarizing the whole appraisal.
the gross personality is valued al
$64,411,21S and the gross realty at
81, $500, total of $66,336.71S. AS
told to-day, the state will receive
$667,53S from the legatees as trans
fer tax. The executors will come in
for $995,636 each, as against the
$4,000 each left by Mr. Sage to each
of his 26 nephews and nieces Mrs
Sage's share of the estate is S63, 49,.
500.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-09-18
TALK OF NEW YORK
Gossip of People and Events Told
I'm Interesting Manner.
Fair Estate Reported Settled Again

The sisters lawyers made no less
than three settlements with the only
known relatives of Charles King, be-
ing forced to succeeding and more ia
vorable settlements owing to renewed
reports that Mrs. Fair, as a matter of
fact, outlived her husband by half an
hour After the latest of these three
settlements, which was for relatively
small sum, $250,000 | have heard, the
sisters divided Charles Fairs estate.
probably not less than $5.000.000, be-
tween them, and the matter was
thought TO be closed
Then appeared brother OF Mrs.
Fair, who was SUPPOSED to be dead,
one Frank Preston Smith of Newark,
who proved TO be not only alive but
kicking. He also demanded a settle
ment What troubled the lawyers OF
Mrs. Vanderbilt and Mrs. Oelrichs was
the fact that this troublesome lost heir
had been i'm France making independ-
ent investigation and claimed to have
ample proof that his sister survived
her husband not less than 40 minutes
after both were dashed against a tree
upon being thrown from an automo-
bile.
No figures have been given out by
lawyers on either side as to the
amount the sisters were compelled TO
settle with the latest heir, but IL is
rumored that the sum was large.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-09-18

r HE official appraisal of the estate
L of Russell Sage, now on file in the
surrogate's office, not only discloses
the value of the property, but also
throws an interesting light on the ex-
tent of the call loan business for
which Mr.. Sage was best known in
Wall street.
The report of the appraiser shows
that right up to the day of his death,
which occurred on July %, 1906. Mr..
Sage's treasury was open TO call to
any borrowers and that it was no I'M
usual thing for him to loan several
million dollars in a day.
The executors, Charles w. Osborn
and John =. Mum. on taking charge
of the estate. found a great many call
loans still outstanding on the day of
Mr.. Sage's death, some OF which had
been made as far back as the begin
ming of the year.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-09-18
Mystery of the 'Man in Black" Solved

His attire is always black, even TO his
tie black derby is pulled down
over his eyes. As soon as the boat
that carries the Wall street men to
the city in the mornings steams away
from the Highlands pier the Man in
Black appears No one has seen him
at any of the connecting trains. No
che has seen him walk down the long
wooden walk to the landing. Yet he is
always on hand.
With his hands clasped behind him
he walks around the boat Now and
again he drags out a chair and sits
down Soon he is up again, however
and walking around the decks. He
never looks at anyone. His half
closed eyes are seemingly always di-
rected at spot on the floor five or
six feet ahead of him.
That he is not in Wall street has
been known. That he is not an officer
or attendant on the boat has also
been known.
Every effort has evidently been
made to veil the mans identity i'm a
cloud of mystery. Three weeks ques-
tioning brought no light-until a day
or so ago 1t was learned then-and
the solution will settle many wagers
that have been made during the sea-
son among the Wall street crowd
that the mysterious Man in Black is
the fatherin-law of the man who con-
trolls the bootblack privilege on the
Sandy Hook boats. He acts as spot
ter" among the bootblacks on the yes
sells and sees to it that the boys ring
the bell twice instead of once. The
well guarded mystery has been solved
and the Wall street commuters may
once again take deep breaths.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-09-18
"THE PALE GIRL"
Did Not Know Coffee Was the Cause

In cold weather some people think
a cup of hot coffee good to help keep
warm. So ii is-for a short time but
the rug-caffeine-acts on the heart
TO weaken the circulation and the re-
action is TO cause more chilliness.
There is a hot wholesome drink
which Oak. girl found after a time,
makes the blood warm and the heart
strong.
She says:
Having lived for five years in n.
OAK, have used considerable coffee
owing TO the cold climate. AS a re-
suit | had dull headache regularly,
suffered from indigestion, and had no
life In me.
Il was known as the pale girl and
people thought was just weakly.
After a time l had heart trouble and
became very nervous, never knew
what II was to be real well. Took med.
icine but 1t never seemed to do any
good.
"Since being married my husband
and I both have thought coffee was
harming us and we would quit, only to
begin again, although we felt II was
the same as poison to us.
Then we got some Postum Well,
the effect was really wonderful. My
complexion is clear now, headache
gone, and | have great deal of en-
ergy l had never known while drink
ing coffee.
Il haven't been troubled with indi-
gestion since using Postum, am not
nervous, and need no medicine. We
have little girl and boy who both
love Postum and thrive on 1t and
Grape-Nuts."
There's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek. Mich. Read. The Road to Well
ville," I'm pkgs.
Ever read the above letter. A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full OF human
interest.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-09-18
So Much Alike.

A curious story went the rounds
some little time ago about a lovely
foreigner, one of whose verbal slips
gave King Edward occasion for a
hearty laugh. A very lively person
age, with a delightful accent, she
made such a favorable impression
upon the king that he asked her to be
his partner at bridge. But, sir" she
said, Il really don't know how TO
play" The king would take no de-
NAL, however, and she became rather
embarrassed. II assure you. sir" she
said, II don't know the difference be,
tween king and a knave.' There was
an awkward silence, and then she real
ICED what she had said. and was Gov
cred with confusion. The king. OF
course, laughed 1t off, and now tells
the story with gusto.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-09-18
THE STORY.

IT WAS during the dark period follow
i ing the threatened invasion and de-
struotion OF Jerusalem by the mighty
Sennacherib, king of Assyria. For
weeks and months the encompassing
hosts of the Assyrian army had been
closing in around the city. That was
an army which had known no defeat
under the masterful leadership of the
great general, Rabshakeb, and his was
no idle boast that the gods of none of
the nations against which he had gone
with his army had been able to de-
liver them from his power And it
had seemed when he had bias
phemously cried out against Jerusa-
lem and Israels God that he would be
able to execute his threats and raze
the proud city to the ground and utter
ly destroy the inhabitants thereof as
he had done with the other cities he
had conquered.
Then had fallen upon the camp of
the Assyrians that pestllence which
had left $4,000 dead men lying where
the day before they had been strong
men able to do battle. and the rem
nant OF the army had withdrawn. Je-
rusalem was saved for the present.
But for how long?" was the anx-
fous query, heard on every hand.
will not the Assyrian hosts return
yet again and consume us? How bit.
ter is their heart against the city
which has defied them. Surely, while
Nineveh stands and Assyria rules the
world, Jerusalem is not safe"
IL was during this period that the
spirit of the Lord came nightly upon
Nahum He knew the power OF the
yoke of the Assyrian king. His home
had been In Galilee In his early youth,
and there the devastating scourge OF
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-09-18
Scripture Authority-Book Of Ma

Scripture Authority-Book Of Ma
hum.
Nahum the Prophet. Name means
consolation" and "vengeance"-the first
for Gods people. the second on their en-
emies. Nothing is known of prophet
save that which is indicated by the title
which declares him the Elkoshite, that is,
a native OF Elkosh, probably a place in
Galilee, Period of prophet in much doubt.
but probably was during latter half of
reign OF Hezekiah. As poet Nahum oc-
cupies a high place in the first rank OF
Hebrew literature. This is evidenced by
the opening verses 1926, and to the mag
nifcent description Of the siege and de-
struction of Nineveh I'm chapter =. The
subject OF the prophecy, as the super
scription in verse | indicates. is: the
burden Of Nineveh." The three chapters
INTO which the book is divided form a
consecutive whole. The first chapter is
Introductory. The last verse of the first
chapter and the second chapter set forth
he vision of the prophet as To the cam
oaign against Nineveh and its certain
5ownfall for: behold, | am against thee,
saith Jehovah OF hosts" The vision end
ID. the prophet i'm the third chapter, re-
called from the scenes of the future to
The realities of the present. breaks forth
one final outburst of whitening denun-
,iation against the Assyrian city.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-09-18
UNEMPLOYED.
A Situation That Causes England
Grave Apprehenslon.


Alarmed by outbreaks of the army
OF unemployed In all OF the large
cities In the United Kingdom, parti-
cularly In Glasgow. the ministry Ia
holding series OF informal confer
ences on plans to minimize suffering
during the coming winter.
So grave Is the situation that the
government refuses to admit publicly
that 1t notices 1t, fearing this would
attract attention TO conditions for
which II is hard to find a remedy.
Throughout England, Scotland and
Wales, 1t Is estimated that 1000, 900
workmen are idle, and with their fam
lilies, a total of 100000 persons are
at the point of starvation. Many hun
dreds are actually shelterless, as well
as starving and nearly naked All
over the island entire families are
tramping aimlessly from town to town,
sleeping in strawstacks and hedges
and living on handouts" from farm
houses.
Dozens of deaths are reported daily
from all over the kingdom in bitches
and fields, where disease-stricken
vagabonds have sought rest when too
weak to stagger farther through mire
and storm.
The warehouses; and hospitals
everywhere are SO full that admission
of applicants is impossible.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-09-18
WorkIna Under plffeuItles.

Duties of newspaper correspondents
in Russia are not light. In Reval, for
instance, journalist had to get per
mission from five different police au.
thorities before he could work unmo-
lested-the secret police, the ministry
of the interior police, the gendarmes
the palace police, the Reval police
Each police official acts independent
ly, so as TO make the confusion as
complete as possible. One OF the first
precautionary measures adopted by
the Russian police was TO photograph
the special correspondent and circu
late his portrait among the police au
thorities. He was then encireled by
a Gordon OF secret police OF both sexes
who kept up vigilant espionage. He
was then perfectly free. to do bis
worst
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-09-18
The Two Versions.

At dinner during the recent Epis.
copal convention at Richmond a young
lady sitting near the bishop of London
said to him:
Bishop, | wish you would set my
mind at rest as TO the similarity or
dissimilarity between your country
and ours on one point. Does the but
terfiy because the tomato CAM"
The bishop laughed heartily at this
vivacious sally. Not so a young Eng.
lishman of his party, who, after din.
ner, sought his host.
Il want TO know, you know" said
he, about that joke of Miss r. s.
She asked If the butter few because
tomatoes could. Pray tell me wha'
the point is. "-Lippincott's Magazine.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-09-18
SERMONETTE.

1.-THE Lord is slow TO anger,
and great in power, and will not
at all acquit the wicked
There is no escaping the final
reckoning with God. The per-
pIexitles and inequalities of
time will all disappear and be
evened up by the God-directing
justice of eternity.
The patience of God in dealing
with men too often proves
snare to the feet of the evil
doer, permitting his wicked
ness to come to full fruition.
Jonah preached to the city Of
Nineveh, and she repented and
the Judgment of God against the
city was stayed, but il was only
for a season, for the wicked
ness Of the city, as the prophet
Nahum wildly points out, was
at last to feel the aVeneing
anger of God.
When God balances the &C
counts Of human life, justice is
melted out without fear or favor.
Gods greatness of power is
not only shown by the execution
of his judgment upon sin, but
by the manifestation of his
mercy In saving from sin.
No sin can escape the power
of Gods Judgment except il
take refuge behind the power of
Gods love as manifested in the
crucified Christ.
1.-THE Lord is good, a strong
hold in the day of trouble; and
he knoweth them that trust In
him."-This is the second great
fact concerning God which
comes to reassure the heart of
man. Just as the wicked cannot
escape Gods Judgment, so the
one who trusteth God hath MOTH
!. ing to fear, for Gods eye is
} upon him and his protecting
arm is about him. in the day of
trouble.
To the man whose heart Is
not reconclled to God the
thought that Gods eye search
eth him and knoweth him
brings only distress and dis
quietUde Of conscience. To the
man who trusteth in God the
thought that God knoweth him
brings a two-fold Joy and salts
faction. First, that God will
search out the evil which turks
in his heart and help him get
hid Of il, and second, that God,
who seeth not as man seeth,
can understand his failures and
mistakes, and loves and sympa-
thizes with him in his troubles.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-09-18
n Came OF.

The fair bather was in the greatest
danger when the heroic rescuer seized
her by the hair. 1t came off. Puffs
and coils and waves and rats il
strewed the shuddering sea.
For a moment the rescuer was
dazed.
Then he grasped the tiny knob of
real hair that remained on the lady's
head and drew her into shallow water.
Did she thank him for saving her
life?
She didn't.-Clevelan Plain Dealer.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-09-18
shower Of Sulnhur-

Charolies, a small town 80 miles from
Macon, in France, has recently been
visited by n shower of sulphur, The
roofs, gardens, fields. vineyards. rivers
and ponds were covered with yellow
dust, and for some time the peasants
in the fields were troubled by sui
phurous biting odor which made
breathing difficult.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-09-18

THE high-class restaurants in the
i Wall street district. which are
patronized by brokers and bankers. re-
port a decided improvement in bust
ness I'm the last month. In the panic
and post-panic period there was a
marked falling OF In the number of
customers who patronized the restaur-
ants and cafes of the better class in
the financial section. but with the re-
turn of prosperity trade picked up
rapidly.
When business is good and commits
sions plentiful, the broker takes a
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-09-18
The Crops.

The condition of corn September 1
was 79.4 per cent Of normal, against
a 1O-year average of 81 per cent;
spring wheat when harvested. 77.6 per
cent, against 10-year average Of
77.9; barley when harvested, S1.2 per
cent, against a 10year average of
S3.5, and oats, 69.7 per cent, against
a 1O-year average of S0.7, says the
crop report issued by the department
OF agriculture in Washington.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-09-18
ADJUSTMENTS IN DETROIT.

Week Ending September 10.
TEMPLE R-VAUDEVII.LE
Afternoons 2:15 iOc 10 Csc. Even
ines, S:15. 10c TO soc.
WHITNEY - Evenings. 1520-30c.
Matinees 1o-15-25c. Robert billiard
presents Miss Annie Blanche and COM
many in "Sold I'm slavery"
and Vaudeville. : and 10 cents
ELECTRIC PARK. Belle Isle Bridge.
furnishes entertainment for all. Free
vaudeville by high-clnss talent spe-
cfal feature.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-09-18

The state military board decided to
purchase rifle ranges offered in Kala-
mozoo and Bay City if funds are avail
able. Notifications will be made in
the Ionia armory plans to bring them
within the appropriation.