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The Yale expositor., 1908-01-17
FEATHER BED is INsANIrARY.
Doctor Explains Why II Should Not
BE Used.

Everybody tells me-" said a Wash.
ington business man TO doctor friend
ON the car, according to a Star re-
porter, that you medical men con.
denim feather beds | want to know the
answer"
We'll, said the physician, its be-
cause the feather beds are highly hy-
groscopic."
And who is he?"
THAT means" laughed the doctor,
that feathers readily absorb and con-
dense moisture. The body is constant
ly throwing off waste matter through
the skin and lungs The feathers in the
bed will absorb this waste matter as
readily as they will simple atmospher-
ic moisture. The feathers retain the
waste matter during the day when the
bed Is cold-even when II is aired, I'M
less also warmed by sunshine during
the time it is exposed to the air.
AT night, when the body of the
sleeper warns the bed the feathers
renew their Microscopic action and
throw off the waste matter absorbed
the'night before. The susceptible body
OF the sleeper is soon surrounded by q
dense and highly poisonous at
mosphere, the accumulative effect of
which cannot help but be very injuri-
Gus.
The skin. like the lungs, is con-
tinually breathing, and is very sensi-
tive to external influences. Hence
arises the need for air baths as well
as for water baths. The entire body
should be exposed to fresh air every
day for as long a time as you can
make possible, and all beds should be
thoroughly ventilated"
The Yale expositor., 1908-01-17
BARS KNgeLINe IN CHURCHES.
Mexican Law Also Requires Edifices
to Be Disinfected.

Mexico City, Mex.-The state OF
Chihuahua has taken an advanced
step in the matter of regulating its
churches, theaters and other public
buildings.
The most radical reform embraced
in the new rules is that which pro-
hibits worshipers from kneeling or sit
ting upon the floors of churches. IL
has been the custom ever since the
first church was established in Mexico
for many devout people to kneel be-
fore shrines or to sit upon the floor Of
the edifices for hours at a time. The
practice is generally followed by the
lower classes.
The new regulations also require
that all the churches shall be thorough
ly disinfected after each service and
that the buildings shall be kept clean
and in first class sanitary condition.
In churches and theaters there must
be an ample supply of seats for all.
Fire protection must be provided, and
every building must be so equipped
as to afford good ventilation.
! The older churches in the state we're
erected at a time when no regard was
paid to sanitation or ventilation. They
must be modernized so as to comply
with the new edict.
The Yale expositor., 1908-01-17
OH Yes: He Knew Them.

Not long ago Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Wilcox took a trip TO Jamaica. Mrs.
Wilcox is better known to the reading
world as ELLA Wheeler Wilcox"
AS the ship sailed out OF New York
harbor, Mr.. and Mrs. Wilcox were
Joined on the deck by one of those
selfsufficient beings who are on every
passenger list
Without invitation this passenger
pumped himself down by them and
opened a conversation. lie claimed the
acquaintance of almost every literary
person of prominence in New York
and after a time he spoke of Ella
Wheeler Wilcox-evidently not having
examined the passenger list
do you know herr" asked Mrs.
Wilcox, calmly.
do l know herr" exclaimed the
stranger, Il should say l do Know her
husband, too-Robert Wilcox-'Bob
Wilcox We call him. Oh, yes; Bob
Wilcox is a fine fellow!"
I'm glad you think So" said Mr..
Wilcox, cordially, "for / am Robert
Wilcox and this is my wife"
The Yale expositor., 1908-01-17
FARMER MAKES A FIND.
Julian Duprront of Michigan Digs Up
Relic Dated "49s."

Traverse City, Mich.-Friends Of
Julian Duprront of Provement wonder
who is trying to make him appear
foolish. Duprront plowed up a stone
in one of his fields, and it bears a date
six years later than the time when
Columbus discovered America.
The stone is almost skull shaped
and is of a hard variety common along
the beach of Lake Michigan. On it is
carved a rude portrait of mans face
and below this is the date '149S,"
while above it are the initials u. A.
r." On the other side. is a poorly
drawn picture of bird and an imple-
ment resembling a sword. There are
numerous other marks, but the action
of water or other agencies has rem
dered them illegibe. The figures, let
tering and portraits are apparently of
great age. Duprront would not have
noticed it, as stones are common in
the fields, but the image side happened
to be uppermost.
Duprront believes the find is genu-
ine and will eventually make him rich.
He says it means that a portion of Co
lumbus' expedition was left behind
and in some manner made their way
to the mainland and, pursued by In
dians, or still seeking the northwest
passage, wandered into this region
five centuries ago.
The Yale expositor., 1908-01-17
Costly Government.

The government OF New York city
will spend more than twice as much in
the coming year as the government
of the United States spent in the year
before the civil war. AS late as 1877,
only 30 years ago, the expenditures OF
the national government, aside from
interest on public debt. were less than
those Of New York city now. That in
cluded the whole cost of the army and
navy, pensions, public buildings, river
and harbor improvements, the diplo-
matte service, the care Of the Indians,
the support of the president, congress
and the entire civil service, and all the
incidental expenses of nation of
nearly fifty million people. At the
present time the whole empire Of
Japan runs it's government, aside from
interest on its war debt, for a little
over two-thirds the cost of running the
municipal government of the city OF
New York. That navy which some
European observers think is going to
swallow our own costs less than $751;
100000 a year for ordinary expenses,
with an extra allowance last year Of a
little over 100000 more. That army
which won the greatest three battles
Of modern times costs about $25 ,000,-
600. New York pays more for public
schools alone than Japan for her army
and navy combined. Perhaps that
comparison may be a credit to New
York.-Colier's
The Yale expositor., 1908-01-17

between the animate and the mani
mate furnishings.
One feature that every woman will
appreciate is the large storage closet
off the bathroom for holding extra
bedding and other kinds of household
linen.
Although this is a roomy house 1t
is not expensive to build. 1t is es.
timated that from 81 400 to $500 is
sufficient in most localities for build
ing the house and finishing it com
plete, with the exception of plumbing
and heating apparatus. 1t is intended,
of course, that the house shall be we'll
heated and supplied with hot and cold
water, but almost every owner has a
different idea about such things and
these estimates usually are not in
cluded in the general contract.
The hall downstairs is even smaller
than the hall upstairs, but 1t forms an
easy passsgeway between the front
and the back of the house, and 1t also
opens into the cellar way. We have q
wide, easy stair into the cellar, which
saves tracking in lot of dirt when
you walk through the back hall di
rectly into the cellar with load oil
garden truck without being obliged. to
go through the kitchen or some other
room. The planning of such little la
bor-savers often marks the difference
between a good plan and poor one.
The Yale expositor., 1908-01-17
NEW VERSES FOR GOSPELS.
Result of Recent Discovery Of Biblical
Manuscripts.

Chicago.-Several new verses to
one of the Gospels will be given to
the world soon when the Archaeological
Institute of America will meet at the
University of Chicago and make
known the existence in America of
certain Biblical manuscripts which
have recently been discovered.
The announcement will be made by
Prof. II. A. Sanders of the University
of Michigan. The manuscripts were
brought to America recently from
Egypt by Charles L. Freer The manu-.
scripts bear on the text not only of
the four Gospels, but of the ancient
Greek version of Psalms and Deuteron.
omy as well.
A joint session of the American
Pathological association, the Archaeo
logical Institute, the Council of the In.
stitute, the managing committee OF
the American School of Classical
Studies in Rome and the managing
committee of the American School OF
Oriental Study and Research in Pales
tine will be held at the time.
The Yale expositor., 1908-01-17
STAMP PROFITS LARGE.

year from the sale of stamps,
stamped envelopes. newspaper wrap
pers and postal cards. only $1.634. 554
was expended in their manufacture,
and of this total the postage stamps,
which brought in the largest return
by far, cost the government only
$465, 5000 for a years supply.
Stamped envelopes made up $1,041,-
06S.S0 of the total cost of manufactur-
ing and postal cards S164 ,90032. The
United States is one of the few large
countries which has not fallen back
The Yale expositor., 1908-01-17

at different times to do away with
these lattice panels, but no one has
been able to invent a suitable substi-
tute. Attempts at leaving them out
without anything to take their place
has never met with approval, be-
cause it leaves a bare, unfinished front
which, no cobble-stone pavement on
the ground will supersede. Such fads
are short lived, and sensible builders
usually avoid them.
There also is a comfortable rear
porch that may be easily screened
against flies and mosquitoes in sum-
mer time and paneled in for protection
against the cold winds and SHOWS in
winter.
A house shaped like this lends itself
easily to a sensible arrangement of
rooms. They can be made all with
The Yale expositor., 1908-01-17

ton to a home, but when you put it in
the corner of a room you have every
advantage that you can get from an
open fire. Every house as large as
this should have a crate and every
crate should be in use all the time
whenever there is the slightest pos
sible excuse for it, because nothing
else is so cheerful about the house
except a sweet tempered woman. A
crate fire is a sort of connecting link
The Yale expositor., 1908-01-17
photographs by Wireless.

Paris.-Pascal Berjonneau, an In.
ventor, the other day exhibited before
the postmaster general and a number
of persons interested in scientific in.
vestigation a new telephotography ap
paratus which can be adapted to the
wireless system or to the ordinary
telegraph wires system.
lie transmitted the picture of the
postmaster without the aid OF wires
from one end of the hall to the other
The inventor claims that distance does
not interfere with the effectiveness OF
his method. Photographs, he says
can be sent by It between New York
and Paris.
The Yale expositor., 1908-01-17

without going through any false mo-
tons. This little upper hall is
lighted by the stairway window, which
prevents a dark pocket, a nuisance
that nobody likes.
The one chimney answers for every
purpose. 1t is large and 1t has sepa.
rate flues for the kitchen, for the fur
mace and for the CRATE. and the CRATE,
by the way. is one of those pretty
three-cornered affairs that effectually
sends the light and warmth from the
fire into every part of the room. No
matter where CRATE is placed 1t is
cheerful, and it is a splendid addi
The Yale expositor., 1908-01-17
Death Rate Reduced Thirty Per Cent.
Since Passage of Act Of 1891.

London. - What a wonderfully
healthy place London would appear to
be in spite of it's black spots is shown
by a striking report from the pen OF
Sir Shirley Murphy, medical officer of
health for London county. In compar-
ing London with other towns, how
ever, 1t should be remembered that
the metropolis has health act, passed
in 1891, which gives the local authori-
ties far greater powers than those
possessed by the sanitary districts in
the provinces.
How valuable indeed how neces-
sary are these powers. is proved by
Sir Shirley Murphy's statement that
since the act was passed the London
death rate has diminished by over 80
per cent, and that this means a saving
in each of the last two years of over
10000 lives, which, in its turn, means
an addition to the life capital of Lon
don of three-quarters of a million
years. The London death rate is for
! the year under review 1871 per 1000,
which is less than that of any other
town with more than 100000 inhab-
itants, except Bristol and Leicester.
An analysis of the London figures,
however, reveals that the changes OF
life are much greater in some parts
of the metropolis than in others. The
death rate varies from "a in Hemp
stead to 20.7 in Finsbury. The infant
mortality figures tell the same story
the death rate being a per 1000 FOR
children under ole year in Hampstead
to 100 in Finsbury and 16S in Shore
! ditch.
The Yale expositor., 1908-01-17
A Stunning Surprise.

Congressman George w. Taylor was
talking in Demopolis, Ala, about the
hard times.
Hard times are bound to be full OF
unpleasant shocks and stunning sur
prises," he said. II remember the last
panic and a sermon thatia Mobile pas
tor preached.
The pastor, in powerful discourse.
urged economy and retrenchment on
his congregation. In view of the hard
times there should be no extrava-
gance, no useless expenditure. he said.
but every outgo ought to be pared
down.
His strong sermon had swift and
unexpected effect. The congregation.
before dispensing. held church meet
ing and unanimously reduced the
mans salary from $4,000 to $1,000"
The Yale expositor., 1908-01-17
He crssped the Idea.

Harmony in costumes is the thing
now" remarked Mrs. de Style, "the
idea being that a woman of fashion
should clearly express her personality
in her attire"
well, my dear" rejoined her hus
band, that being the case, you couldn't
possible improve on your present cos
tunes"
They are certainly elaborate" said
her ladyship, "but do they fully ex.
press my character?'
"Sure thing" answered the mere
man. Anyone can readily see that
you haven't a single thought beyond
them"
The Yale expositor., 1908-01-17

square corners and easily accessible
in the most approved relationship one
to another.
The hallway going up out OF the
large living room conforms to a style
of building that has become quite
fashionable of late years. 1t saves
room, and when the work is nicely
done the appearance is very agreeable.
In this case this stair arrangement
does away entirely with an upper hall
There is nothing but landing. Prob
ably no house was ever planned with
less waste room on the second floor.
You just step from the upper stair
through any of the four doorways
The Yale expositor., 1908-01-17
OIL from Rabbits, Skins

A new industry has been started in
Australia in connection with rabbits.
Nearly half gallon Of oil possessing
valuable lubricating qualities has been
obtained by a rabbiter at Gilgandra,
New South Wales. from 7S pounds of
skins, without lessening the CONNER
cial value Of the latter.
The Yale expositor., 1908-01-17
Advice to TheorIst.

what kind OF views would you ad.
wise me to set forth in my next lee
ture tour?" inquired the habitual
orator
We'll" answered the coldly practi
cal theorist, IF l were you I'd get
some steTeopticon views. Washing.
ton Star.
The Yale expositor., 1908-01-17
Naturally.

Now" said the teacher. suppose
you had a dime and lost three cents,
how much would you have"
Pardon me-" interrupted the pre-.
else Boston boy. "but IL IL was a
dime / should have had to get IL
changed first"
The Yale expositor., 1908-01-17
London's Health is on Gain.

The marriage rate. while slightly in
excess of that of the previous year,
shows a steady decline. The birth
rate is the lowest on record.
The Yale expositor., 1908-01-17
SALE YIELDS UNCLE SAM HAND.
SOME RETURNS.
Years Supply Cost Only $465, 585,
Though They Are "PIate Printed"
Which Is Most Expensive Pro-
cess of Taking Impressions.
Copyright by Walden Fswcett

Washington.-Out of the 1855, 742,-
693 of revenue received by the post
Office department during the last fiscal
The Dickinson press., 1908-07-18

township 1888. range 90, and one bridge
between sections two and three in town
ship 1873, range 9o::.
Dated at Bel6eld, North Dakota, July
10th, 1908.
on motion the above petition was
granted and the auditor was authorized
to advertise for two wood bridges as re-
quested in petition.
On motion the board adjourned until
O'clock, a. M, July 18th.
900 a. M, July IA, 1908.
The board convened pursuant to ad-
journment;, present p. w. Mckenzie
and Andrew Jopp.
On motion the board organized as a
board of eqalization and took up the
work OF viewing and correcting the 1908
assessment throughout the different as
SCISSORS districts in the county.
The following changes were made in
the second commissioner district: =
SE4-8-137 "a. $4,000 added for i'm.
provements.
EK. Mex and EN. SEX, 12-137.o4,
added $I3s.oo for improvements.
E4, SW4 and VIZ. SEA, 12-137-o4,
added $1,000 for Improvements.
NWX, 2o.137-o4,i added $1,000 for
Improvements.
SEX. 2o.137.o4, added 5000 for
Improvements.
SEX, 21.137.o4, added $1,000 for inn
provements.
SEX, 27-137-94. added 5000 for i'm
provements.
NEK.7s-I37-o4, added $4,000 for i'm
provements.
NW1, 28-l37.o4, added 5000 for i'm
provements. ss38a
sWX, a8-l37-o4. added 5000 for i'm
provements. 5s.
NW1l 37-137.o4, added 5000 for inn
.provements. RS
The Dickinson press., 1908-07-18
How 70 Stick :etamp,.


"say," remarked the postoflce Gerb
who was of duty as he watched .
friend afix two stamps to the corner
Of an envelope, "why don't you put
those stamps on horizontally instead
Of vertically? Don't you know you
would save a lot of work for US stamp
ers IL you put your stamps beside each
other instead Of under each other? We
always have to make two strokes when
canceling vertically pasted stamps by
hand, and they don't work well through
the stamping machines either"
''1s that so?' inquired his friend as
he took another envelope and proceed
cd to affix two stamps to it in a ver-
tical position. 'Then, by the great
horn spoon, why doesn't the govern
ment sell its stamps in horizontal
lines? Look at these. Here bought
20 cents worth Of two cent stamps.
and they come to me in vertical lines.
# buy five twos, get them attached
one to the bottom of the other. Do
you think I'm going to the trouble Of
tearing each stamp of just to please a
government clerk by pasting them side
by, side? Guess asain."-Nsw York
Press,
The Dickinson press., 1908-07-18
AWAY BELOW ZERO.
The Awful Cold That Comes With
Eighty Degrees Of Frost.

The Awful Cold That Comes With
Eighty Degrees Of Frost.
It is difficult to form any conception
Of the degree Of cold represented by 50
degrees of rrost that at times prevails
in certain parts of Russia. Sir Leopold
McClintock tells US how In one of his
arctic expeditions a sailor was foolish
enough to do some outdoor work at
precisely this temperature. His hands
froze, and when he rushed into the
cabin and plunged one Of them into a
basin Of water SO cold was the hand
that the water was instantly converted
into a block Of ice.
At Is degrees, Dr. Kane says. 1.-THE
mustache and underlip form pendu-
lous beads of dangling ice. Put out
your tongue, and it instantly freezes to
this Icy crusting. Your chin has q
trick of freezing to your upper jaw by
the happy aid Of your beard. My eyes
have often been so glued as to show
that even a wink was unsafe"
During q theatrical performance Civ.
en- by the crew Of his ship at an inside
temperature of 80 degrees ''the con-
densation was so excessive that we
could barely see the performers. Their
hands steamed When an excited Thes-
plan took of his coat It smoked like a
dish Of potatoes. Any extra vehemence
Of delivery was accompanied by vol.
umes. Of smoke. ."-Pearson's Weekly.
The Dickinson press., 1908-07-18
Brand Books

If you want the North Dakota brand
book for 25c., call at the PRESS Office.
This office has 100 Of these books on
hand. the same kind that formerly sold
for $500 to s. 90 per copy. and to those
who pay one year in advance for the
Press the books will be furnished at
2sc., or mailed to any address for 35c.
The price of the PRESS is $3.50; the
book and the PRESS, s1.7s, and Ioc. ad-
ditional if the book is mailed. The offer
is good to both old and new subscrib-
ers. You can't afford to be without a
ZOO page well bourd brand book, con-
tanning {, 500 brands, that costs but 25c.,
when taken in connection with the
PRESS.
The brands in the North Dakota
brand book we're taken from the official
records at Bismarck, and when the edi-
tion Is exhausted it is not likely that
another book will be issued. The stock
men are too scarce in these days. If
The Dickinson press., 1908-07-18
ENGLISH RED TAPE.
War Office Methods and tho Test Of a
Mountain Gun,

War Office Methods and the Test Of a
Mountain Gun.
The story that gun Of marvellous
possibilities invented in England may
be sold abroad owing to the apathy of
the powers that be is not altogether
surprising.
Whitworth refused Napoleon ILLS
offer of $4,000 year for life to go to
Paris and manufacture his cannon for
the French army. but perhaps our war
Office was not SO faddy then as now.
Some little time ago a new gun for
hill fighting was offered and was sent
out to India to be tried. 1t was drag
ged up steep hills, rushed down rocky
defiles. left for week at time in
mountain torrents-in fact, submitted
to all the tests which q veteran officer
accustomed to war with the hill tribes
could suggest.
The report was satisfactory in every
respect. but war Office genius bland.
ly asked If the gun had been dropped
down precipice. 1t had not.
The war Office was Mortified and
amazed at the NEGLECT of so elementary
test. The gun was now dropped down
precfpice with the inevitable result
its Intervals were irremediably dam.
aged.
How was it possible, the war Office
asked. to accept such weapon? And
the army Of India was left to potter
along with obsolete weapons because
this new arm would not stand impos.
sible tests.-LOndon Sketch.
The Dickinson press., 1908-07-18
THE WORLD DRYING UP.
Possibility That the Human Race Will
Die Of Thirst.

Possibility That the Human Race Will
Die Of Thirst.
We are to die Of thirst Compare.
lively few persons know the suffering
involved in a thirst for which there is
no help at hand. The consuming thirst
more than the pain Of any wound
makes the battlefield hell. Yet death
by thirst is the doom forecast for the
race by grim scientists. Biologists
md that the fresh water supply Of the
globe is failing. They have data which
point to the gradual withdrawal of the
streams and other bodies Of water
from the surface. Both in Africa and
central Asia and, indeed, in all tho
great levels the water beds are drying
up. A great number Of lakes well
known in the historical age have en-.
tlrely disappeared. For example, Lake
Chiroua, in Africa, has vanished with.
In recent years, as has also Lake
Ngamj. discovered by Livingstone.
Lake Tchad is more than half dried
up. For centuries bodies Of water in
central Asia have been evaporating
and the deserts extending. Where
2,OOO years ago great cities stood in
east Turkestan there are found only
vast and depressing stretches of sand.
The river Tarim, once a principal Asl.
atic route, Is almost gone, and Lob.
Nor, formerly four times the area of
Lake Geneva, is now but a shallow
marsh. The same sad conditions are
noted in European Russia. Novgorod,
the most pushing city in the cars dis
racted realm, was surrounded by wa
ter In the middle ages. While we may
be sure that the fate which the geolo-
g1sts suggest for humanity Is very far
away, the facts recited to show the
drying up process are convincing proofs
OF the need Of preserving our forests
with more care. - St Paul Pioneer
Press.