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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-10-22
BATTLE RECALLS
WILD WEST DAYS
IOWA CITIZENS IN DESPERATE
FIGHT WITH DARING BANK
ROBBERS.
OUTLAWS OPEN THE FIGHT
Blow Safe and Use Their Rifles When
Surrounded by Posse Which
Gives Chase on
Hand Car.

Runnells. Ia.-Three bank robbers,
who attempted to rob the Farmers
Savings bank of Runnells, were sur
rounded in a thicket near Cordova by
a posse of citizens after a wild chase
of nearly so miles on hand cars, In
which a number of shots were hred'
The battle between the bandits ana
citizens recalled the days OF the
James and Younger bands.
The town of Runnells was awak-
ened by the shock of the explosion
Citizens fastened to the bank and
discovered practically one entire SIDE
of the building blown away by the
force of the explosion.
The robbers were seen cropping
about in the smoke, but apparently
they became frightened when they no.
ticed the citizens peering at them
from every point of vantage. With
rifles to their shoulders they an
nounced that they intended to fight to
the end. They fired a volley toward
the townspeople, which was answered
by few scattered shots. Before an
effective posse could be organized the
robbers had escaped.
Practically every man capable OF
bearing arms in the town was called
on by the sheriff and the pursuers
were soon on their way. The trail Of
the bandits was quickly picked up
and they were traced ten miles in a
southern direction to the town of
Adelphi.
When the posses reached that point
it was discovered that the postoffice
had been dynamited and $40 in cash
as well as a number Of stamps had
been secured The building was bad
ly damaged.
The officers, believing a foot chase
profitless, seized a hand car, going
over the Wabash tracks. A few miles
from Cordova, after practically every
member of the hand car crew had
worked himself into exhaustion, the
bandits were sighted some distance
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-10-22
Am unarateful sufferer.

Steady nerves. strength and gentle
ness had all been included in natures
gift to Miss Harmon, and she made
an excellent nurse. But when she
saw patient in what she called the
glums" she never failed to speak a
few admonitory words.
Nov see here" she said, in her
clear, pleasant voice one morning to
Squire Lathrop. slowly recovering
from an attack of govt which had
been severe enough to send him 10
bed, "see here! / know you've had
quite a siege, but you just look at
some o. your mercies. square"
what, for instance?" demanded
the squire, who knew her ways.
Miss Harmon bent an accusing gaze
on him.
Take this bed, for instance, she
said. Have you thought how few
there are that have the privilege OF
being sick on a handsome black wal
nut bedstead like yours, an have theiI
clean sheets taken out o. such.a ma
hogany linen-press as you've got
That ought to cheer you up some
anyway, to think of such privileges
youths Companion.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-10-22
The highest medical authority
on foods,
Sir James Crichton Browne, L. D.-F. r. S.
Of London,
gives the best reasons for eating
Quaker Oats

duces a big-boned, well-devel-
oped, mentally energetic race.
His experiments prove that
good oatmeal such as Quaker
Oats n OF only furnis h e S
the best food for the human be-
ing, but eating it strengthens
and enlarges the thyroid gland
this gland is intimately con-
nected with the nourishing pro-
cesses of the body.
In conclusion he says
1t seems probable therefore
that the bulk and brawniness of
the Northerners (meaning the
SCOTCH has been in some measure
due to the stimulation of the
thyroid gland by oatmeal per-
ridge. in childhood.
The Scotch eat Quaker Oats
because it is the best of all
oatmeals.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-10-22

names. Perhaps a dozen sailing YES.
sells pass through the gate in a
months time. Looking out over the
bay in early days enc could perceive
SO or 40 sail in a glance. Thirty years
ago 1.400 tons was considered good
Carrying power for a sailing vessel:
5000 tons carrying capacity is the
recognized standard now. Three de.
cade5 ego a 1000 ton steamer was
held first rater to-day anything
smaller than 10000 tons is hardly sec.
ond class.
The displacement OF the sailing yes.
sells by steam propelers has about
caused the towboa, business to pass
out of existence. Wien every vessel
has a ;mokestack. towboats are nc
longer needed. Occasionally a big YES.
sci will use one in docking, but the
few towboats remaining are used
mainly as fishing boats and are owned
by two or three companies, who EN-.
ploy 80 men or more on the boats
which usually work in pairs. The
great ishing nets, 200 and 300 feet
long, are dragged through the water
by bein-s spread out between two OF
the boats, attached to each boats
stern. In this wa, fish are caught by
the ton. The change from the ia
miliar lateen sailed fishing boats
which used to be such a picturesque
sight on tn, bay, is marked.
Fleets of sailinA vessels passed
through the Golden gate in the early
days. Nearly all the coasting trade
was carried on by means of banks and
ships. The bay was full, of two and
three masted schooners in the latter
part of the SOS.
Interesting indeed, not only to the
layman. but even II the scafaring mar
supposed to be familiar with them
are the things told by Hyslop anc
Rankin, these two weatherbeater
friends of the mariner. Monotonous
their life may seem, but to the marine
world they are men whose duties are
of vital Importance to commerce.
Reliability and devotion to duty are
personified in these two guardians o.
the Golden gate.
LUCY BAKER JERoM.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-10-22
InfantiIe Paralysis.

More than 500 cases OF infantfIe
paralysis have been reported IN
Massachusetts since July An cpl
demic as serious as that which in.
vaded New York city a year ago and
killed or left manned hundreds of
children is feared. The disease is
known to the medical profession as
anterior pollomyelitis and is char
acterized by sudden paralysis of one
or more limbs or OF individual muscle
groups, followed by a rapid wasting
of the affected parts. The onset is
sudden and is marked by fever, con.
vulsions and sometimes coma. II
occurs usually during the first three
years of life, and most often during
the summer With the winter season
approaching, the health authorities
expect the epidemic to end.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-10-22
New ceyser in Yellowstone Park.

For few days past there have been
indications of an eruption of some
kind near the Fountain hotel in Vel
lowstone park. says dispatch from
Mammoth Hot Springs. Wyo. Now a
new and magnificent geyser has bro
ken out in full force about 100 feet
north of the regular Fountain geyser
near Fountain hotel. This new geyser,
which does not appear to affect any of
the others in that vicinity, played to a
height OF $50 to 200 feet, throwing off
immense quantities of hot water. mud
and steam. The new geyser does not
play regularly as does Old Faithful,
but at short intervals, the eruptions
occurring FIVE or six hours apart, and
lasting about one hour.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-10-22
Mule chews HIs Arm to shreds..

Saginaw, Mich.-Marsh Hutchins
who drives an ice cream wagon on
the west side. has a mule which eats
'em alive" The carnirorous beast
tried to make a meal off Hutchins, and
only to the timely arrival of neighbors
does he owe his rescue from a shock
ing death. Hutchins was thrown to
the ground, and the infuriated mule
stood upon his PROSTATE body and
commenced vicious assault upon
him with its teeth. Hutchins was
helpless. and before his screams for
help we're answered the beast had
chewed his whole right arm almost to
shreds.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-10-22

In an article published in the
Youths Companion of Septem-
Der 23rd, 1909, DR.. Browne, the
great medical authority on
foods, says, about brain and
muscle building
There is one kind of food
that seems to me of marked
value as a food to the brain and
to the whole body throughout
childhood and adolescence
YOUTH, and that is oatmeal.
Oats are the most nutritious
of all the cereals, being richer
in fats, organic phosphorus and
lecithins."
He says oatmeal is gaining
ground with the well-to-do of
Great Britain. He speaks of it
as the mainstay of the Scottish
laborer's diet and says it pro-
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-10-22

ahead on the track The efforts of
the crew were redoubled and they
gained rapidly on the tired outlaws.
The speed of the car was slack
ened, however, when the highwayman
poured volley toward the car. No
one was hit.
The bandits then took to the woods,
firing constantly at their pursuers.
Farmers came up from every direc.
ton, and in a little time the thicket
was surrounded. Any approach by
the deputies was answered by flash
from the woods, and, as dusk had fall
en-, 1t was decided to await daylight
before storming the robbers.
In the morning it was found that
the bandits had managed to escape.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-10-22
Joke Medicine.

He is a very practical, serious
minded man of business. The other
day he met a friend. and related to
him an alleged joke, and at its con
clusion laughed long and heartily.
The friend looked awkward for a
moment, and then said:
You'll have to excuse me. old man
but | don't see the point"
why, to tell you the truth. don't
Just see the point myself. But I've
made it rule to laugh at all jokes;
think it's good for the health"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-10-22
A BANKERS NERVE
Broken by Coffee and Restored by
Postum.

A banker needs perfect control or
the nerves, and clear, quick, accu-
rate brain. A prominent banker of
Chattanooga tells how he keeps him
self in condition:
up to IL years of age I was not
allowed to drink coffee, but as soon as
/ got out in the world / began to use
it and grew very fond of it. For some
years / noticed no bad effects from it's
use, but in time it began to affect me
unfavorably. My hands trembled, the
muscles of my face twitched, my men,
tai processes seemed slow and in other
ways my system got out of order.
These conditions grew so bad at last
that had TO give up coffee altogether.
MY attention having been drawn to
Postum, began its use ON leaving off
the coffee, and IL gives me pleasure to
testify to its value. find Il delicious
beverage; like IL just as well as did
coffee, and during the years that ]
have used Postum / have been free
from the distressing symptoms that &C,
companied the use OF coffee. The nerv.
BUSINESS has entirely disappeared, and
am as steady of hand as a boy OF
rs, though l am more than 80 years
old. / owe all this to Postum.
There's a Reason" Read the little
book, The Road to MELVILLE" In
pkgs. Grocers sell.
Ever read the above letter. new
| one appears from time to time, They
| nre genuine. true, and fun Of human
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-10-22
The American Spirit.

Countess szechenyi, who was Miss
Gladys Vanderbilt. has startled the
Hungarian aristocracy BY becoming
the owner of large sawmill and an
extensive mandatory at Remote
vasgyar. where all kinds OF cabinet
work is turned ont.
The newspapers all publish the fact
that the countess has purchased this
plant, and add that while most Hun
garian ladies' admire the enterprise OF
the American heiress, they feel that
such departure by a member Of one
Of Hungary's noblest families is not
the correct thing.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-10-22
Perlls of Raloonina.

The curiosity for taste of the
pleasure of ballooning nearly cost
two lives at Breslau recently. A par
ish priest assembled in a captive bal
loon in the pleasure gardens with the
owner, a man named VERT. A sud
den storm of wind bore the balloon
from its mornings, and it rose 1000
feet with lightning rapidity; then it
descended upon roof. The priest
scrambled out, more dead than alive,
and the balloon bore up again, with
VERT, who was finally picked up
miles off with both his legs broken
and other injuries.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-10-22
Grn,u. Etc.

--Wheat-Cash No 2 red,
s1.t5; December opened with a drop OF
&c at s123H advanced 10 Sf.2G; May
opened at $1.24h and advanced TO 1927;
mixed, car at S12l: No. white,
s1241k
yellow. car at e4c: No. yellow,
car at 62c.
Onts-Cash standard cars at 42c;
No 4 white ] car at 40c.
.Rye-Cash No. ]. f5c bid.
Beans-Cash. 81: October. 50 bid; No
vember. $1.95 Did.
Cioverseed-Prime spot. $500: De-
cember. 50: March 100 bags at s9.10
sample, so bags at $3.50. 81 at $S25. 2E
at IS. 20 at $3.50. 8 a. 81; prime alsilke
ss.25 sample alsike. 10 bags at $3.50
Timothy seed-Prlme spot. 25 Dag.
at s1.75.
Bran. SOS: coarse middlings, $e6; fins
middlings. $40: cracked corn and coarse
cornmeal. $50; corn and oat chop. s2'
per ton.
ordinary patent. $3.50; strairht, IS. 40
clear, s5:2b; pure rye. s42g; sprinl
patents. 1925 per Dbl In wood. jobbins
lots
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-10-22
Too Poor For a Senator.

United States Senator Frank P.
Flint, of California, made the an
nouncement that at the expiration of
his present term in the senate he
viii leave politics entirely and will
not seek reelection.
II shall go out and make a living 10
support my family" said the senator.
"n l were a rich man / should like
nothing better than to remain in the
senate all my life, II possible. and
lend my best endeavors TO the needs
Of my country. But | feel that my
first duty is to my family. and that ]
should get out of politics and gain
a competence for those dependent
upon me while I am young enough
active and able to do it,
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-10-22

Misxaukee.--Sound asleep on a FIRE
escape at the Republican house. so
feet above the ground, Lowell Sher.
man, an actor at the Shubert theater
was found at two o'clock in the morn
ing and rescued from his perilous pc
sition, which he reached through q
fit of somnambulism, by Patrolmar
Paul Schultz and number Of hote
attaches.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-10-22
To breaking Ono Neck. So.

The Lineup" man was a facetious
soul The woman for whom he was
putting up a pulley clothes-line was
exacting. She ordered it put in GER
tain place, which 1t was almost impos-
sible for him to reach. He hesitated.
IF l have to put 1t there, lady" he
said. "In break my neck" Still she
did not rele1t. "All right, lady," he
consented, with cheerful grin, but
it'll cost yer 81 extry il break my
neck"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-10-22
Good 70 Her Husband.

George. DEAR" said Mrs. Dovekins,
who had come downstairs in time to
pour the coffee, I'm going to walk to
the car with you this morning Aren't
you glad?"
Very glad. indeed. lovey. It's so
nice of you to think of me and to
get up early for the purpose of making
it unnecessary to walk those dismal
three blocks alone. How much do you
want7"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-10-22

The board of supervisors of Wex-
ford county voted to submit the ques-
ton of local option prohibition to the
voters next spring. There are APP
proximately 1000 voters in Wexford
county, where local option prohibition
has been on file for two years, and q
100 voters had signed petitions for
the resubmission OF the question.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-10-22

Preceding the arrival OF President
Taft in San Antonio several "undesir.
able citizens" as they were classified.
we're arrested, to be held during the
visit of the president. they being held
in detention by the local authorities
Local Socialists. reported missing.
have since been located in Jail.
Jack Johnson, the Negro pugilist
has tied up traffic on the Mississippi
river. Big steamboats, are docked
owing to the scarcity OF labor, and
river men blame Johnson's victory
over Ketchel for the prevailing con
dItions. as all the "roustabouts" are
celebrating.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-10-22
Millions Lost Every
Year.

THE government statistics
L show that millions of dol
lars of property are lost every
year on account of the neglect
to use paint. The rain, the
sun and the exposure wear out
unprotected buildings In twenty
years, which, If painted, would
last fifty years.
What about your buildingss
Are they protected? You can
double the life of a building by
keeping it covered with good
paint. Cheap paint is too cx-
pensive; 1t doesn't wear well.
Good paint is economical.
THERE'S a Sherwin- Williams
Paint or Varnish for every Use
about the home or farm. Ask
your dealer for it.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-10-22

EAST BUFFALO-cattle-T mar
ket opened dun and from Ice TO 15c
lower than last week on all kinds eX-
cept the best. There were no real good
cattle here. The best feeders were
fun strong with last week. while the
common kinds were shade lower
The fresh cows and sprfngers were
slow sale and from 81 to So per head
lower. Best export steers $6.50W7;
best shipping. steers. ss@s;2s; best l.
100 to 1,200-lb steers. S550n5.75: me-
dun i,05o to i.ISO ste.ers ssSS@SIS;
cows, ss,5Q @s7S; trlmmer..- ssa3,SO;
best fat heifers, s4.T545.26; fair TO
best feeders. s440@A5O; best stoclkers
$3.7564; light common stockers, $40
s.2S; best bulls. 1925 $50; bolcnga
bulls S340@360; stock bulls. $363.25;
best fresh cows and springers. $45 a
81: fair to good, ss2Q42; common. s23
SIS G mixed. ssSsiO best ycTkers.
s79O6S.10 light. s7e0@725; pigs.
s7.25@7.lO roughs. s715@7s5; stays.
s5.7566.25. Sheep-Slow best lambs.
s715@725: culls, s5.2565,T5: yearllngs.
s525m5.50 wethers. s4.T5G51s; ewes,
s4.25@4.50. Calves-Best. 1913; heavy,
S4W
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-10-22
THE MARKETS.

Detroit.-Cattle-Dr steers, $50
s.25; steers and heifers. 1000 to 1900
lbs, $3.50 to S4.75; steers and heifers.
500 10 1000, lbs. $4G415; grass steers
and heifers that are fat. 500 TO 900
lbs. $4Q4.15; grass steers and heifers
that are fat. 500 to 700 lbs. S325@3.60;
choice fat cows, s3.75Q4; good fat
cows. $3.50; common cows. $500 4;
Gamers, S1.50@2; choice heavy bulls,
S3.50m3S fair 10 good bolognas, bulls,
s3.25G3.5 stock bulls. So choice feed
ing steers 500 to 1000 lbs. s4944O;
fair feeding steers. 500 TO 1000 lbs,
S3.50M375; choice stockers. 500 10 700
lbs. S3G3.25; stock hefers. S2.7563;
mixers. large. young. medium age. $40
a go; common mixers. $25 30.
Veal calves-Market steady at last
weeks prices. Best sSQS.75; others.
S4m7
Mich cows and springers-Strong
sheep and lambs-Market steady. last
weeks prices. Best lambs. S6.50m6.75:
fair to good lambs. s5@6.25; light to
common lambs. $4mA75; yearlings.
SA5O@5; fair TO good sheep S3.756
4.25: culls and common s2.5063.
Hogs-Market very dull and 25c
lower on all grades but pigs. which are
steady Range OF prices: Light TO
good butchers, 81 40; pigs. $3.50
to $40; light workers. $7W7.40: stays
Ia off.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-10-22
1871 OCEAN CUT

" " THEN the sailor nears
"A land his real troubles
~ commence. Strange as
" " 1t may seem to the
landsman. land Is the
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-06-29

the breeding plot should be applied t.
the corn itself and not to the soil.
About the time cultivation ceases all
suckers should be cut off. This can be
quickly done with a straight bladed
corn knife. These suckers take nour
ishment needed by the good stalks
and produce inferior pollen to fertilize
the silks.
The most important part of the work
is detasseling. When the tassels begin
to appear go through the plot and
carefully pull them out from every
other row. This should be done every
day for week or more-as long us
tassels continue to appear. AT the
same time any imperfect stalks in the
other rows should be detasselcd. If
there are any rows that show mark
ed tendency to sucker, carry the ears
too high or low or have any other
marked defect. they should be detas-
seled also.
Comparing the Yields.
AS soon as the corn is all ripe the
ears from the twenty-five detasseled
rows should be husked, keeping the
produce of each row separate. The
corn from the tasseled rows. as we'll as
from the imperfect rows that We're de
tasseled and from the border rows,
should be discarded. At the time Of
husking the detasseled corn any Pc
culiarity Of the stalks In row should
be noted. The number Of stalks in each
row should also be counted. The
weight Of the corn from row divided
by the number of stalks In that row
will give the weight per stalk. which
is the proper basis for comparison. 1t
will be found that there is very great
difference In yielding ability, some
rows yielding twice or three times as
much as others. This yield. togeth-
er with the number of good seed
ears to the row, forms the basis for
| determining from which row to select
ears to plant next years breeding plot
The rest Of the ears worth saving
should be stored away to plant in the
increase field.
The increase field Is not for the pur.
pose of improving the corn. but merely
to secure larger quantities Of that
which has been improved in the breed
ing plot. Each year seed from the
highest quality and best yielding Of
the Individual rows is saved to plan
the next years breeding plot and tn,
remainder used in the increase field
In this way the standard keeps i'm
proving from year to year. Ten bush
els to the acre increase is by no mean
the limit to which the improvement
can be carried. Indeed, almost tn,
only limit Is the care and time be
slowed upon the breeding plot.
Tho Seed Corn House.
Where several hundred bushels o
corn are to be saved for seed. as i
the case where speciality is bein,
made of well bred seed corn, it is nee
essary to have some sort of specia
seed corn house. This may be file,
with Slated racks. on which the cor
is laid, or the ears may be hung fror
the ceiling with binder Irvine. TIL
latter is the better method. as 1t pei
mits more thorough circulation o
air around the corn. The use of tw