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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-08-07
PEARLS IN WHITE RIVER.
Indiana Boy Finds Gem Which He
Sells for $500.

Muncie, Ind.-For the first time
pearl hunting this season has become
a distinct industry in White river.
Many campers along the stream hunt
pearls, while a few persons make it a
regular occupation.
AS yet no very valuable pearl has
been discovered nearer this city than
Farmland, IL miles away, where a boy
found a gem which he sold for $500.
Many pearls are found, but most Of
them are worth no more than a dol
lar or so, and are bought at these
prices by local jewelers..
Every day local jewelers. receive
pearls, nearly all known as "slugs," or
imperfect stones. Usually a part of
the gem is good, but most of 1t is
worthless, and when the valueless end
Is cut off the remainder is so small
as to be of little worth.
A boy who walked all the way from
Windsor, IL miles east of here, was
greatly disappointed when local jew
eler offered him only five dollars for
three pearls. The lad decided to keep
them himself.
Local jewelers. have begun making
regular shipments of White river
pearls to the eastern markets, where
the gems bring considerably more
when polished and set than is paid to
the pearl hunters.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-08-07
WORK CUT OUT FOR NEWLY
CREATED COMMISSION.
Body Of Men Under Direction Of Pin
chot to List Resources Of Entire
Land and Will Compare Re-
suits for Good of All.

Washington.-Actu work on the
inventory of the natural resources of
the United States has begun. Under
the direction of the national conserva.
ton commission, it will be carried on
vigorously throughout the summer.
This is necessary in order to enable
the commission to make the report
President Roosevelt has requested Of
it for January /, 1909.
A meeting of the chiefs of bureaus
of the executive department has been
held, and the heads of the various di-
visions concerned with the country's
natural resources have offered their
hearty cooperation in the task the
commission has undertaken. So now,
within only a few days more than a
month from the date the national con-
servation commission was named by
the president, active work is going on
in every bureau of the government
that can furnish material available for
the commissions report.
A great amount of this material al
ready is available in the government
department; other important parts of
it, however, will be collected through
special channels. Among these will
be the state conservation commits.
sions, which the governors are APP
pointing; and some of the great ma
tional organizations that were repre-
sented at the White House conference,
and that have entered with spirit into
the general conservation movement.
In other words, the machinery for
making the first inventory of the re-
sources of the nation ever attempted
has been set in motion and is running
smoothly.
Clifford Pinchot, chairman Of the
commission, has changed his plans
and will return to Washington shortly
to continue personal supervision of the
work. BY early fall the commission
expects to have in hand sufficient
material to begin the study of the
stock of the country's resources, and
by the middle of October 1t hopes to
have the greatest part of this material
in hand This will be necessary in
order that the full commission, which
holds its first melting Tuesday. Deem
Der 1, in Washington, may take up at
once the study of the facts that the
summers work has brought together.
One week later the commission will
hold a joint meeting in Washington
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-08-07
Sparrows Attack A Cat.

and nearer, and crept up close enough
to spring. He did spring, but came
down. not on a bird, but on the
ground.
Before he could recover himself the
sparrows were flying around him in a
flock. They kept out of reach and
wheeled rapidly backward and for
ward over his head. Black and White
sprang at them and missed again, and
they few lower and lower. He be-
came confused and struck out wildly.
The birds flew in still closer. Some of
the bystanders were found willing to
aver that they even pecked his tail
and tweeked his nose.
Black and White soon had enough.
He gave up the unequal fight, and,
needless Of the jeers of the men who
were watching him, dived between
their legs and made for city hall.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-08-07
PRIZE STEAMBOAT" HEN DEAD.
Stuck In Concrete Fowl Lively for
Nearly Year.

Chatham, N. Hudson Budd's sta.
tionary hen is dead after a career OF
nearly year as the only one Of that
variety in this section OF New Jersey.
She became stationary at the time Mr..
Budd laid the new concrete floor In
his hennery.
The hen wandered into the roost q
few hours after the concrete had been
put down and sank ankle deep into
the mixture. Next morning the con.
crete had set" and the hen was an.
chored.
AS It was impossible to get her out.
Mr.. Budd provided seat for her.
One point that interested chicken
fanciers of the section was that the
egg-laying ability Of the hen was not
impaired in the least.
Mr.. Budd thinks that fatty dengen.
GRAFTON of the heart finally took his
prize "stand-patter" to hen heaven.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-08-07
CMVALRY UF TODAY
OLD FASHION HAS GIVEN PLACE
TO NEW.
elaborate Compliments Now Seldom
Exchanged Between the Sexes
Men and Maidens More Than
Ever Truly Companions.

To-day the young man of fashion
marries the girl with whom he has
ridden, rowed, climbed, fished, hunted,
played tennis and golf. He knows she's
a good sport and the finest girl in the
world, but If he ever thought her a
saint, that idea is knocked Que of his
head long before the wedding day. He
doesn't boost her by the elbow over
every rock, because he knows she can
climb better than he can. He doesn't
CALAMITY give her points in games, be-
cause he knows that If he does, she'll
beat him.
And so 1t is with the women in the
professions, in the arts and in bust
ness. There they meet men as fellow
workers, just as the more idle women
meet them as fellow-athletes. They
are drawn together by common inter
ests, and in the cases where love and
marriage result the common interests
remain and form a serviceable and
stable background for the romantic
foreground. But the man who works
in the same Office with a woman can't
bob up and offer her his chair every
time she comes into the room. He
wouldn't have time to do anything
else. He can't stop smoking when
she is in the room. If he did, he might
as well give up smoking altogether. If
he happens to keep his hat on in the
office, it doesn't show any disrespect
toward the women. It's simply habit
that is bad for his hair. This whole.
some comradeship in work and play
insures a mutual knowledge before
marriage which is certainly more Sc
cure basis for permanent happiness
than are romantic dreams. There is
slight danger that lovers will thus be-
come too practical.
The flowers of chivalry are fading
The old-fashioned lady of ruffs and
feathers and perfumes has indeed
fallen upon evil days. Elaborate COM
pliments are few and far between. The
courtly gallantry of the dominant male
for 1.-The fair and weaker sex" no long
er fourishes. The frail parlor girl
is no match for the vigorous golf girl
The old dowager of 40 is no match
for the sprightly middle-aged woman
of 60. The new woman" is not as new
as she was. With each few years she
becomes less uncouth and better I'M
derstood. She is fast learning that
she hampers rather than promotes in
terests of her sex by aping men. She
is coming to realize that feminine
charm is just as potent force in the
twentieth century as ever 1t was in
the days of chivalry. She is beginning
to understand the sacrifice of her
womanliness is far too heavy a price
to pay for independence, and that by
no such sacrifice will she ever receive
from men the justice she seeks. The
old-fashioned woman, on the other
hand like her pug dog, is fast passing.
She will be, in no very distant future,
memory of the past, like the mas
todon of bygone geologic ages. She
cannot survive in an age in which JUS
tice and independence are supplanting
flattery and allantry.-Appleton
Magazine.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-08-07
BURGLAR IS TIED TO
TREE AND TORTURED
CAUGHT STEALING PAIR OF TRoU.
sERs coUNTRYMEN TURN MOS
OUIToEs LOOSE ON HIM.

New York.-The natives of Port ga.
Tonga, l.. l., enjoyed themselves dur
ing the early hours the other morning
at the expense of a burglar who WAS
captured invading the general store
of Lewis Cass Smith. The burglar Is
William Johnson, so years old.
During the excitement in Northport
the day before following a shooting
Johnson roamed about the village
stores seeking in vain to buy an so
cent pair OF trousers. There was moth
ing in town for less than one dollar
that would tit him. Eighty cents was
all he had.
In the evening he wandered to Port
Salonga, where he priced Smiths
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-08-07
Eleven Geese Under Arrest.

Pottstown, Pa.-Burgess Hiram Col
fer gave his Republican administra-
ton its master stroke the other day,
when, to show the populace that 1t
could not set at defiance his recent
edict that no geese or ducks would
be permitted TO roam the streets, he
had II of the former arrested.
The specific charge was that the
geese, with others not yet pulled in,
had ruined 300 head of cabbage in
Chester Kepners truck patch"
AS the station house was too small
to accommodate so many prisoners at
one time, they were impounded in
Harry Livengood's yard until their
owner paid $3.50 fine.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-08-07

Man.
gave no indication that he was In
ternally injured. and the physicians
then found no evidence Of such in
juries, but were we'll satisfied with
his condition. En- route out he said:
After felt that / had escaped
death, and that the worst OF the fall
had passed, began to think about get
ting out alive. / could not move my
body, but managed to get one hand
free, and by feeling could understand
how / escaped being crushed to death.
After the noise OF the falling and
crunching Of coal had stopped l began
to listen for some sound which would
tell me the fate of some of my COM
rades. My own shouts seemed to come
back against me from the wall of solid
rock, which pressed hard against my
sides.
After what appeared to me to be a
day at last l heard the rapping from
the rescuing party.
1T was only a short time after this
that the sound of voices reached my
ears, and / was then able to tell the
men how to reach me. The work of
rescue was risky, knew; but, al
though 1 was badly cramped up, did
not hurry the men.
1T was pretty tight fix to be In,
but l am out, thank God! am more
than glad that none OF my comrades
got caught and none Of the rescuers
we're hurt during the work Of reaching
me.
Yes, will go back at the Job as
soon as / get my legs Strengthened
out. / thank God from the bottom of
my heart for getting me out alive"
When Clebon reached home he was
able to greet his wife and two little
children, and he appeared in good
spirits. DIR. Smith insisted on the
man being put to bed and absolute
quiet being maintained. Notwithstand-
ing the precautions thus taken the
physicians apprehension soon began
to be verified. At five o'clock DR..
Smith was again summoned and found
the patient suffering from shock. Two
hours later Clebon died.
DIR. Smith later stated that shock,
superinduced by the terrible nervous
strain during the hours he was i'm
prisoned, was the cause of death, as
he was uninjured physically
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-08-07
BULLDOG Saves a Life.

Colorado Springs, Col.-Apparently
seeming danger for George Bradbury.
II years old, should he secure nrm-
err grip on a live electric wire, bull.
dog made a leap at the wire and tore
it from the hands of the senseless boy.
The dog was killed instantly, but his
master escaped with a severe shock.
Bradbury started to push the wire
aside with his hand, when the dog
made the leap to save his life. Brad.
bury was unconscious Ave minutes.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-08-07
Little Birds Turn Tables Nicely In
New York Park.

New York.-Black and White, a cat
that for years has lived in the city
hall and conducted innumerable hunt
ing expeditions in City Hall park, met
with defeat from few sparrows
which filled him with shame and
chagrin. To make matters worse, the
crowd of park loungers saw 1t and
jeered him numerically as he fed
from the birds.
The cat started out to find his
luncheon on the grass to the west of
the city hall and saw, to his great de-
light, about 20 sparrows so busy chat
tering over their private affairs that 1t
seemed the easiest thing in the world
to bring one of them down. He
crouched in the grass. drew nearer
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-08-07
Her Identity.

Farmer Honk (musingly)-They say
Deacon Klutchpenny's wife was
paragon before he married her, and
Mrs. Honk misunderstanding OF the
kindl She was SMITH l knew the
whole family.-Puck.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-08-07
Not What She Wanted.

THE stupid reporter who called to
see me. wrote me up as a peerless
beauty" sobbed the heiress and soci.
ETY. belle.
isn't that fiattering?" asked her
chum.
"FIattering? When every other girl
in our set has married or is engaged
to a foreign nobleman?"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-08-07
How II Goes In ceoroIa.

what do you think of his chances
for recovery, doctor?"
whats his age?"
"Seventy-eight."
We'll, with his constitution, and be-
ing just In his prime, he'll sure pull
through. Atlanta Constitution.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-08-07

Chinese this recently made the state
gentleman who him inquiry received from the imperial Chinese legation
daily diplomat
follows a. have given up tans two meals day lunch and
dinner whole wheat bread fresh vegetables nuts and fruit avoid all
found that salt makes ones bones stiff n
meals after T. practice
truly, FANG"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-23
FLEETS ADVENT CHANGES
DATE OF TRACK CONTESTS

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 22-Al-
though the athletic calendar of Stan
ford and the University of California
sets the annual intercollegiate field day
for Saturday, April IS, 1t is very I'M
likely that the big contest will be held
ON that day. When Uncle Sam decided
to send admiral Bob Evans around
the Horn with his big fleet he forgos
about the field day, and in making up
the sailing schedule he decided to have
the sixteen great battleships and their
supply vessels reach San Francisco on
April IS, because he thought that would
be an appropriate way to celebrate the
second anniversary of the newer and
greater San Francisco.
And so there has come about the
conflict of dates that has just dawned
on the colleges and which undoubtedly
will lead to the postponement OF the
intercollegiate meet for week or so.
The necessity for such action Is ex-
planned in the following words of q
prominent Stanford man:
I'VE really have no option. for 1t
would be impossible for us to buck
Uncle Sans navy as an attraction, and
we very sorely need the money Both
colleges are badly in debt and they
have to count on good big attend
ance at every intercollegiate contest.
1.-THE meet this year is to be on the
Stanford track, and If we hold 1t on the
18th of April there will not be a cor
porals guard present, and we will come
out very poorly financially. 1t would
be foolish In the extreme to hold the
meet on that day. The fleet Is scheduled
to be here on that day and it is a per-
fectly safe bet that Admiral Evans
will land 1T here on the minute. That
seems to leave us little choice"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-23
YALE HAS SMALL HOPE
OF EXTRAORDINARY TEAM

NEW HAVEN, Feb. 22.-With prac-
tically a months work in the training
OF the track tear, completed at Yale,
the prospect for a more than average
team this spring does not appear at
present to be particularly brilliant.
For one reason, the team is rather
poorly balanced, for such veterans as
remain in college are grouped princi-
pally In the sprints and the pole Walt.
with one or two scattered through the
other events which form the intercol-
legiate track and field meets.
The low hurdle events, the broad
jump and the mile are almost conceded
TO Harvard already in the annual dual
meet, and the quarter mile is also a
weak point for the Ellis. Altogether
Yale has but winnerl of 261a points in
last years dual meet remaining to this
years team, whereas Harvard has men
who won over 40 points. 1t is hoped
however, that before the men get out
of doors for the real work of the sea-
SON some new material will have been
developed with which to strengthen
the squad before 1t meets those OF other
colleges on the 'cinders.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-23
DERBY GOES
TO MEELICk

BY Associate Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 22.-One Of
the largest crowds seen at the Emery
vile track turned out this afternoon to
witness the running of the California
derby, the classiest event for the g.
year-old division.
There was not much of a contest in
the event of the day, however. In the
betting Meelick always ruled favorite,
with Stanley Fay second choice. The
others were as good as 10 to l. After
slight delay at the post they were sent
away to a perfect start. Meellck inn
mediately jumped to the front and ran
away from his field, winning from wire
to wire. In a fierce drive Stanley Fay
,outgamed Early Tide. Results.
First race, six furlongs, selling-Tawa-
sentha, 107 (Hayes}, IT TO 10, won; Seven
full. 100 tMentry). 10 to l. second Phil
fgoe. 1O2 (E. sullivan. 20 to /, third. Time.
mass. Senator Warner. Triumphant,
Prince Brutus. Governor orman, Aisatian.
Buchanan, Alice Carey and Matt Hogan
finished as named.
Second race, mile and seventy yards, SELL
ing--Royal River. 101 q. Butler), to ],
won; wuerzburger. 80 "a. Waish), - to l.
second; Reservation. 107 (McClain), II to 5.
third. Time, las. Vesme. Ruth w, Wild
dem Mabel Hollander, The Broker, Markie
Mayer and Emily NJ finished as named.
Third race. mile and three-quarters. Cup
Neutrality-suspicious.. 104 (Moriarity), 10 70
/, won; Treasure Seeker. % CIV. Kelly, u
TO 1. second: Red Leaf. 1o5 tGilbert), IL
10 4. third Time, 1901 1-b. Janets, Miss
Rillie, Graphite. Monaco Maid. Peter Steri-
ing and Ethel Abbott finished as named
Fourth race. mile and a quarter. Califor-
MIA Derby--Meelick. t22 &c. Dugan), to 8.
won; stanley Fay. III (Hayes), to 2. sec
ond; Early Tide. 1911 tKnapp). 10 to ].
third. Time. 1905 2-5 Keep Moving I'M
port, Cloyne. Saint Modan and creston
finished as named
Fifth race, seven furlongs, Cherry Tree
handicap-rhe Mist. IS CIV. Kelly, IL to 5,
won; Bucolic. 400 (Hayes), - to 2 second.
San Aiviso. 100 tDugan). Q to Q third.
Time, 1929. Fantastic, Tom Shaw and Dol
lie Dollars finished as named
sixth race. one mile, purse-Iimothy
Wen. 100 (Gilbertl. to s, won; Krukar 100
(AIentry), 10 to 1, second; Billy Pullman.
% tDugan), to ]. third Time 20
ovelando. Joe Nealon. Senator Beckhani.
Royal Maxim and Tho Mouser finished as
named.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-23
CATHOLIC PREPS HOT
AFTER CITRUS REMNANT
Two Victories in Riverside and San
Rcrnardino Added to Their
Belt During Past
Week

st. vincents high school baseball
team has made a flying start in It's
effort to capture the pennant OF the
Citrus Belt league.
Friday morning Coach Mooers took
his team to Riverside, where 1t defeat
ed the high school nine of, that place
by the score of IA to 4.
The heavy batters from Los Angeles
had the Riverside pitcher at their
mercy at all times, while Couts of the
Grand avenue institution kept his hits
well scattered. letting the Riversiders
down with but four runs.
Immediately after the game the team
Travelled to San Bernardino and In a
hotly contested game yesterday after
noon defeated the boys from the high
school by the score OF 8 to O.
Cunningham. In the box for the
Saints, was a Chinese puzzle to the
high school boys. They never got within
in hailing distance of the plate. while
the local boys batted the San Berdoo
pitcher freely and finished the game
five runs to the good.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-23

by Vatican for what was left. but stuck

by Vatican for what was left. but stuck
1t out.
Lee Harrison II opened as favorite
for the third race. but heavy play on
Merrill sent him up in the betting until
to was obtainable. He won without
much trouble, beating Sink Spring half
a length. Hslton made the early rum
ming. but slowed up at the paddock
and was forced to be content with third
money.
Sainrida was made favorite for the
last event, but she was not well meant
and failed to finish in the money.
County Clerk was well rated by Schil-
ling and was three lengths In advance
of Orinondes Right when they went
over the pay station. Lord Rossing-
ton. as good as 100 to / to win, was
third. after leading into the stretch.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-23
V.ANDERBIL7'S FAST
TROTTERS ARE OFF

NEW YORK, Feb. 22.-After being
delayed twenty-four hours by the
blockade of ice in the river, which
interfered with her taking on COAL
the Minneapolis, of the Atlantic
Transport line, left for London yester-
day with eighty fast trotte-- for AL
fred G. Vanderbilt's international
coaching project.
The Venture coach, which Mr.. Van
derbilt will drive on the famed Brigh-
ton road next spring, was left behind
at the last moment to be lettered mere
for the seasons coaching in England.
1t had been decided to have the let
tering done in London, but tho COACH
maker who built the vehicle was ur-
gent In his request that even the nm
ishing touches be put on the venture
here and Mr.. Vanderbilt consequently
cabled over from Paris to let the We
hicle follow the horses on Iatef
steamship.
His park drag, a skeleton break ana
several private carriages, together win
park carriages for private dr'vlns'
went on the Minneapolis with the Ven-
ture teams The Youngster q -ham-
pion high stopper that figured in sem
sational horse show In 1906, was on tiie
Minneapolis, as were two of Mr.. van
derbilt's four famous grays that won
everything in England and America
last year. With two fresh horses OF
the same color, the grays are to make
up the town team running out OF Lon
don. For the team that will take the
coach into Brighton there were four
skewbald trotters that could step away
like speedway flyers.
None Of the coach horses that wen,
away on the Minneapolis will be
brought back to this country in July
for the summer horse show season here.
Arrangements have been made to sell
them all at auction at TattersalIs In
London on June go. This is the Mon
day following the close of the interna-
tional horse show at Olympia, where
Mr., Vanderbilt is to be one of the
judges of harness horses.
The Venture teams will be the first
American trotting bred coach horses
to be seen in England, and 1t is ex-
pected the sale will attract much at
tention in the home of the hackney and
the thOroughbreds.