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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-01-22
MORTGAGE SALE

Default having been made in the conditions of
a certain mort age bearing date the 18th day of
July, y. d., loo. made and executed by Hiel Il.
Buckeridge and Louisa V. Buckeridge. his wife.
to the Lambton Loan 4 Investment Company. a
corporation of Sarna, Ont, which said mort
gage was recorded in the office of the Register
of Deeds for the county OF st. Clair on the 10Th
day of July. A. d., 1907, In LibeT Sc of Mortgages
on Page JiS, upon which said mortgage there is
claimed To be due at the date hereof eight hun
dred forty-one and twenty-five Oh c-hundredth
dollars (SS4l22) and no suit or proceeding hav-
ing been Instituted at law or in equity to recover
the debt secured by said mortgage or any part
thereof; therefore
Notice Is hereby given that the premises de-
scrbed In said mortgage will be sold at public
auction at the front door of the Court House in
the city of Port Huron. (that being the place
wherein is holden the circuit COURT on the 23rd
day OF January, 1902 nc nine O'Clock in the fore
noon of said day, tO satisfy the amount due on
said mortgage, together with interest and costs
OF foreclosure including an attorney fee of thirty
five dollars (S350O) provided for In said mort
gage.
The premises described in said mortgage and
to be sold. are as follows:- Lot three 60 east of
Huron street. and lot seven (7) west of Mer.
chant street. all In Thorns Plat of part of the
city of Port Huron. county of St Clair and state
of Michigan
LAMBTON LOAN & INVESTMENT CO..
PHILLIPS a. jerks, Mortgage.
Attorneys for Mortgage.
Dated October ~ 1903. 2'-l2
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-01-22
MORTGAGE SALE.

Default having been made I'm the conditions of
a certain mortgage bearing date the 4th day of
January, 1898. made and executed by Iliel -.
Buckeridge and Louisa V. Buckerldge. his wife,
to Mary III. Tretheway. and Richard j Tretheway
Executors of the Estate of X. Tretheway, deceas-
ed,which said mortgage was recorded In the office
OF the Register of Deeds for the county Of tCair.
on the 9Th day of January 1895 in Iiber 81 Of Mort
cages on Page -, and which said mortgage was
thereafter and on the 2sth day of November, A.
ID. 1899. duly assigned by the said Mary IL.
Tretheway and Richard j. TretheWay, eXecu-
tors as aforesaid, to the Lambton Loan 4 In
yestment Company, corporation. of Sarnla,
Ontario, said assignment being recorded in the
Office of the Register Of Deeds for the county of
st. Clair. on the 18th day of November, 1893. In
Liber l3 of Assignments. on Page 10; upon
which mortgage there Is claimed to be due at
the date hereof the sum of five hundred thirty
nine and seventytwo One-hundredths dollars
(S539.72) and no suit or proceeding having been
Instituted at law or In equity to recover the debt
secured thereby, or any part thereof; therefore
Notice is hereby given that the premises de-
Scrlbed In said mortgage will be sold at public
auction at the front door of the Court House in
the city of Port Huron (that being the place
wherein is holden the Circuit Court on the 30th
day of January. 1909 at nine O'Clock In the fore
noon, to satisfy the amount due OH said mort
gage together with interest and the costs of
foreclosure, and including an attorney fee of
forty dollars (s4O OOl provided for In said mort
gage.
The premises to be sold and described in said
mortgage are as follows Lots one (1) and two
(2) In Block one hundred and forty Oi0) accord
ing to Whites Plat of part of the City of Port
Huron, st Clair county, Michigan
LAMBTON LOAN q INVESTMENT CO.,
Assignee of Mortgages,
Attorneys for Assignee of Mortgages.
Dated Oct. "a, 1908. 29-l2
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-01-22
FRIDAY, JAN. %, 1909.

In the Daily Herald, Port Huron,
beneath the heading, Between You
and Me- you will find different sub
jects treated in way which is certain
~ interesting. Sometimes witty and
humorous. sometimes gravely business
like, or sharply, sometimes W tn vim
of sarcasm, but always right to the
point, the brief articles bring the truth
to the surface. In Mondays spiel we
are told "why men go crazy" and we
be ieve it is the truth that more men
are crazy than we know anything
about. They all have some hobby; if
you don't strike that particular thing
i'm intercourse with them, all well and
good, if You do you may find out.
The subject leading up To this line of
thought was Carmichael, and the soft
spot in his brain was hypnotism. He
thought he was up against it in
Browning lie wasn't really but he
thought he was and hence the trouble.
The writer i'm the Herald article quer-
les why more men don't go crazy,
particularly poor, struggling ministers,
who find it so desperately hard to make
both ends meet, with brains working
overtime figuring the cost of living
down to the last penny and are obliged
to 60 amongst their people with smil.
ing countenances, and CHEEKY, helpful
words, aiding others who are often in
much better circumstances than the
minister. It'll expected of the minister
that he should sacrifice himself and
his fami y but why he should be de-
prived of comforts and necessaries no
one knows.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-01-22
DOGS IN BAGDAD.
Why They Do Not Loot the Food
Bazaars Of the Town.

Bagdad is alive with more or less
hungry dogs. How is it that such
packs OF fuiies do not loot thl bazaars
of the town? The explanation Is as
simple rs 1t is Interesting The Bag.
dad shop fronts are absolutely open.
The goat and mutton caTcWSses are
hung where every dog that runs can
reach them. But time out of mind
the first glance OF Il dogs eye toward
forbidden daintieS has been visited
With the swift descent on him of a
cudgcl or hatcEct.
On one Of series OF marches parai-
lei with the EGphrates cli a"e1 to
meet Il desert horde whose grey hounds
are in high repute. Buying brace
bdging them in the tent and doing
everything that was possible to make
them feel at home
Surprising to relate, they obstinately
refused both food and water. The re-
mains Of venison pasty seemed at
once to attract and repel them. 4 pan
Of water appealed to them even more
strongly, but they would not go up
to 1t.
After time a Persian muleteer ex-
planned the mystery in a twinkling.
No sooner did he upset the water and
toss the viands on the ground before
them than the silky cared ones ran in
like Trojans and made mp I'm n few
moments for a days fasting.
Accustomed to lap from the river,
from irrigational channels and from
sheets OF surface water and reared
among people who do not use tables.
they had been taught by many buffet
to keep their noses out OF cooking pots
and vessels Of every description.
In Bagdad man and beast alike drink
of the great river. which also forms
the arterial common sewer Of the city,
the place where clothes are washed
and the "Stygian wave" into which is
dragged every beast of burden when
II Is not left to lie where ii has fallen.
The muddy bottom, with the water
ever receding, the exposed surfaces
! thick with impurities and the tropical
sun sucking up all the infections. -
must be a regular hotbed OF mlasma
and pestilence.
And yet, mlrabile dictu. Bagdad IS
not, as eastern cities go, unhealthy.
But let the reader imagine TO himself
what the Bagdad OF the foregoing
slight description would be like with.
out the dogs that scavenge II. Refuse
animal and vegetable matter is largely
disposed of by the dogs, in situ.-Nlne
teenth Century.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-01-22
Business Notices.

A second hand organ, walnut case,
good condition, for sale at bargain.
loft Yale Music Co.
For health and happiness DE Wits
Little Early Risers-small, gentle, easy
pleasant little liver pills, the best made.
Sold by Mathews 81 Wight.
DIR. Warner Cornell, eye, ear, nose
and throat specialist, will be at The
each month. His next visit will be on
February IL.
1t soOthes pain, it is soothing and
healing. Good for cuts, burns, bruises,
and scratches, but especially recon
mended for eWitt's Carbolized
Witch Hazel Salve. Sold by Mathews
and Wight.
a great many people have kidney
and bladder trouble, mainly due to
neglect of the occasional pains in the
back, slight rheumatic pains, urinary
disorders, etc. Delay i'm such cases is
dangerous. Take DeWitt's Kidney and
Bladder Pills. They are for weak back,
back ache, rheumatic pains and all kid
ney and bladder troubles. Soothing
and antiseptic. Regular size soc. Sold
by Mathews IL Wight.
This is just the time of the year when
you are most likely to contract severe
cold, and you should always have Ken
nedy's Laxative Cough Syrup handy,
especially for the children. 1t tastes
nearly as good as maple sugar. 1t
cures the cold by gently moving the
bowels through its laxative principle,
and at the same time it is soothing for
throat irritation, thereby stopping the
cough. Sold by Mathews Il Wight.
You may eat all the good sensible
food you like if you will let Kodol di-
gest it for you. Don't worry about
dyspepsia or indigestion, for worry only
tends to make you more nervous Be
sides you don't have to worry any more
about what you eat, because Kodol for
Dyspepsia or Indigestion will digest
any and all food at any and all times.
Kodol is guaranteed to give prompt re-
lief. Sold by Mathews Il Wight.
1t requires proper combination of
certain acids with natural digestive
juices to perfect a dyspepsia cure. And
that is what KodOl is-a perfect di-
gester that digests all the food you eat.
If you will take Kodol for little
while you will no longer have indiges-
ton. You then couldn't have indiges-
ton. How could you have Indigestion
il your food were TO digest? Kodol
digests all you eat. Ii is pleasant to
take, acts promptly. Sold by Mathews
IL Wight.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-01-22

Our brother editor, l.. IL. Howse, of
the Brown City Banner, has received
the appointment, through Gov. War
ner, of Deputy Oil Inspector for the
fourteenth district of Michigan, and
will have the Thumb as his territory.
In years of service Mr.. Howse is the
Oldest Republican editor in Sanilac
County and he richly deserves the
plum that has fallen to him. He is
also well fitted for the duties of the
Office, which duties will not be so
arduous as to interfere with the steady
floating of the Banner, which under
the efficient management of the present
editor, has served ont the cream of the
news to Brown City and Sanilac
county people for the past seventeen
years. Mr.. Howse was school teach
er for ten years, five years being prin-
cipal of the Brown City schools. A
good record, and we congratulate our
brother on his successful advancement
in life.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-01-22

Breakdown

Nerve energy is the
force that controls the Or
gans of respiration, cir
culation, digestion and
elimination. When you
feel weak, nervous, irri-
table, sick, it is often be-
cause you lack nerve
energy, and the process
of rebuilding and sustain
ing life is interfered with.
DR.. Miles Nervine has
cured thousands Of such
cases, and will we believe
benefit if not entirely
cure you. Try it.
"My nervous system gave away
completely, and left me on the verge
of the grave. l tried skilled physi-
clans but got no permanent relief.
/ got so bad / had to give up my
business. l began taking DR.. Miles
Restorative Nervine. In a few days
l was much better. and l continued
to improve until entirely cured. l
am i'm business again, and never miss
an opportunity to recommend this
remedy" MRS. w. l.. BURKE,
Myrtle Creek, Oregon.
Your druggist sells DR.. Niles Nerv-
Inc, and we authorize him to return
price of first bottle (onIy) II 1t falls
to benefit you.
Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-01-22
A Cure For Misery

81 have found a cure for the misery
malaria poison produces" says II. NJ.
James, of Louellen, ). G. ITS called
Electric Bitters. and comes in soc
and it puts yellow j ,undice clean out
of commission This great tonic,
medicine and blood purifier gives quick
relief in all stomach, liver and kidney
back. Sold under guarantee at Pollock
Il Hennessys drug store.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-01-22
New Photoqraph Gallery.

A. 3. Granger. of Brown City, has
opened photograph gallery upstairs
i'm the White Building, Main street,
Yale, and will be here Tuesday, of each
week. lie invites the people of Yale
and vicinity to call and inspect his
work. 12-tf
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-01-22

The grim specter of death turks IN
every neglected case Of Asthma and Bron-
chitis. The delicate membrane lining of
the air passages becomes irritated and in
famed with the continuous coughing
spells, and forms the best breeding-place
for consumption germs Abbey Syrup
which Is prepared from a formula handed
down through the ages by the monks OF
Sancto Paulo In Spain. has proved it's won
derful efficacy as a permanent cure for
every form OF lung trouble with record
that has made IL famous throughout
Europe.
II not only allays the irritation, dimin-
fishing and finally stopping the cough al
together. but builds up and strengthens
the tissue and acts as a splendid tonic.
Even a single bottle has been known to
completely cure the disease though in
more stubborn cases and those of long
duration. longer treatment may be
necessary.
This is the original remedy and is
scld and personally recommended I'm
Yale by Staley Il Bricker.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-01-22
Ewes for Sale or Let.

| have a plumber of store Ewes for
sale or let. Call at my farm miles
north and mile west of Yale
"a Del Waldorph.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-01-22

Girls wanted to sew gloves. Good
wages after few weeks experience.
Apply at once. Yale Glove Factory.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-01-22
Lost

Lost.
A Stick Pin, gold knot with tiny
diamond in center Finder will please
return to Expositor Office. 402
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-12-27

cable and impossible was the estimate
made by the company that a little less
than 6 per cent per annum would
cover depreciation.
And yet we see the spectacle of the
Meridian and Hattiesburg Home Tele-
phone Companies making no provision
for depreciation and spending in one
year on a property capitalized at
$SOO,O00 the paltry sum of $1,431.44-
less than one one-hundredth of one
per cent.
Let us assume that the s4OO. OOO ot
stock is mere wind, and let us leave
out of consideration $4,000 of the
bonds and assume that the $3.50 OOO
on which interest is apparently paid
at per cent per annum is the real
cost OF the property. If s per cent
is charged on this $35O,OOO for depre-
citation, it will be seen that, after
crediting the $1,431.44 spent in re.
pairs, the deficit of $3,63s.43 already
noted is increased to $3O,2O1 80 per an
mum. The annual income of the two
companies together is only about
$4,000 more than this. The two com.
panies collect together an average of
$23.S9 per annum for each telephone.
10 make up the deficit, they would
nave to collect for each telephone
$oS.49 year, or in other words thew
wouid nave to raise the rate on each
telephone $3.50 year. And it must
be remembered that we have left out
or these calculations s45O,OOO of the
capital, or, to put it in another wav
we nave used less than one-half of the
capital in our calculations.
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-12-27
MORE Light THROWN IN
THE TELEPHONE SITUATION

is mystery to those unacuuainted
with the telephone business. We all
Know that most everything wears out
even human life. We may take the
best care of suit of clothes. NAV
brush it nicely every day and patch
1t when needs be, but there comes a
time when this process will no longer
avail and the suit must be laid aside
because 1T is no longer usable. This
principle applies to nearly every kind
OF machinery, to business houses and
dwellings and to telephone property
as well-the life of these things var,
ing only in degree. Some machinery
lasts longer than other kinds, house
built of stone lasts longer than one
built OF wood, and so on through the
list.
The average telephone expert
knows and will tell you that the life
OF the best kind of telephone property.
aside from minor repairs, is only about
ten years on the whole. Hence it is
customary with properly run tele.
phone companies to create, aside from
current or minor repairs. a deprecia.
tion fund with which to keep up the
property: Our company figures that
II can keep up its property with a
sum equal to 1-2 per cent of its cost.
II the amount left after making such
repairs as are necessary from time to
time is so invested as to make the
amount. usable for depreciation equal
to 10 per cent of the cost of the
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-12-27
Facts And Figures Concerning
The Business That Will Open
Eyes Of Many.
TELEPHONE QUESTION.
Bulletin No, 2, ..

In our first bulletin, we announced
our intention to throw some light on
the telephone situation in and around
Jackson. We related in this bulletin
that the promoters of the proposed
new telephone system for Jackson had
built plants in Meridian and Hatties.
burg and that they had capitalized the
plants, embracing less than 1000
telephones), at 100000 in stocks and
bonds, or more than $4,000 of capital
for each telephone.
The proposal of another concern
to serve you at lesser rate than ours
implies that you are paying us too
much-unless you look into the mat
ter far enough to- find the "nigger in
the wood pile" -,.-
According to the quarterly reports
they have made to the railroad com.
mission covering their operations for
the year 1908 the Meridian-Hatties-
burg Home Telephone Companies
earnings and expenses were as fol-
lows: A
Meridian Home Telephone Co.: In
come $32,361.15; expenses $31,SS5.99;
balance, $475.16.
Hattiesburg Home Telephone Co.:
Income $13,S97.25; expenses, $1S,OO5.-
IS; loss, $4,10S.59.
So that on the face of the reports
the joint operations of the two sys-
TENS show a loss of $3,63343. But
what does any analysis show? The
expenses reported include items of in
terest amounting to about 5 per cent
on $35O,00O of the $SOO,OOO of author
zed securities, and they also include
he repairs at Meridian, s1,223.4O, and
The repairs at Hattiesburg, s20S.4O, a
.otal Of $1,431.44 during the year for
he two places.
Unmask Mystery.
At this point, we must unmask what
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-12-27

dignity? He looks about him sheep.
ishly, while his friends gather around
and ask if he wants to take a rise in
the world. His sheepish look has no
meaning whatever, as he is dazed, he
is rapidly studying the heavens, and
discovers more stars than can be seen
with the largest telescope, from Hal
ley's comet to the smallest meteors
His many colored socks blush before
the profane gaze of the gaping multi
tude, and tears are flowing not from
his eyes, but from a pocket copy of a
Vidalia publication entitled Mountain
Dew," whose fragrance is wasted on
the chilly air and ice covered pave
ment. The safest way to walk on ice
is to stay at home by a cheerful fire,
and watch the proceedings outdoors
as given by experts.-Natche News.
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-12-27
PROSPERITY HERE
Continued From Page One.)
Increased Fifty Per Gent.

Increased Fifty Per Cent.
The Hawkins Hardware Company
reports an increase of at least fifty
per cent. and on some days their bust
ness increased seventy-five per cent
over last year. Trade was very much
better than they anticipated, the
sales each day were heavy, and holi.
day trading extended over a period OF
more than three weeks.
Nearly every merchant in the city
reports the same results, and all are
now positively assured that the panic
is thing of the past. Practically all
the holiday goods were disposed of,
and everyone is now getting ready for
an unusually good spring and summer
business, which is confidently ex-
pected.
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-12-27
Depreciation of Values.

An expert commission of the Chica
go City council, after making what is
considered one of the most thorough
and exhaustive investigations of the
telephone business ever made, says of
depreciation: 1--WE have carefully
studied this problem and it
Is our opinion that the sum to be prop.
erly set aside for depreciation is 8
per cent of the value of the tangible
property"
One of the reasons given by this
commission in declaring the proposal
or a telephone company to install a
new system in Chicago as impracti-
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-12-27

bonds at par, you would make 5000,
900. If you get anything for the stock
you would make that much more. But
If you make this enormous profit by
selling out to innocent investors, it is
certain that the investors will lose, if
the public refuses to be pulled into
sharing their losses.
We have shown you the "nigger in
the woodpile."
We will show you in our next bulle-
tin that what we have said in this one
is not far-fetched.
CUMB. TEL. & TEL. CO.,
Qncorporated)
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-12-27
CAPT. c. HI. WEST
HAS RESIGNED
Special to The NeUs.

Special to The NeiUs.
Jackson, Dec. 27-Capt. C. H. West
recently appointed by President Taft
as member of the Mississippi River
Commission to succeed the late Mai.
Henry Richardson, has rendered his
resignation as chief engineer of the
Mississippi Board of Levee Commits
sioners, effective on the 1st OF jan
uary.
The levee board will meet at Green.
vile on the 10th of January, at which
time the question of selecting a sue
cessor of Capt. West will be taken
up. 1t is understood that there will
be several applicants for the place,
including one or two members of the
present engineering force.
At the meeting on January 10th
the levee board will also award con-
tracts for about 100000 cubic yards
Of embankment work on the leyee
district, plans and specifications for
which are on file in the chief engin-
GERS office.
=
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-12-27
Pertinent Question.

Now, the questions are. EirSt -
tne property is to be allowed to rot
down in ten years or less, how are the
pondholders to get the interest on
their investment after the first few
years?
second, on what will they hold a
lien when the sixth, seventh or eighth
years come around?
Third, What is to become Of tho
stockholder who may either buv tho
stock or take it as a bonus with the
bonds?
DO you not think that the proner
answers would be either that the bond.
hoider will have to lose the interest
and their investment, because the
plants will be mere junk heaps? Or
that the stockholders will be called
on to liquidate the debts of the com.
panies by paying par for the stock ?
or DO you think that the public will
stand for an increase in the rates in
order that interest may be paid on a
Verltable ocean Of watered securities
II the public stands for the raise in
rates, and that is hardly likely, then
me public would lose; If not, the in
7estors will lose.
Then who makes the money in these
transactions?
II plants which cost you 100000
an be bonded for 100000 and
tocked for 100000 and you sell the
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-12-27
UNDER DIFFICULTIES.

WALKING UNDER DIFFICULTIES
There may be much disagreement
as to the ultimate plan of salvation,
but during the present cold spell, and
slippery streets, there is no question
about the fall of man. Ones conduct
may be full of rectitude, yet his walk
is devious and not what it should be-
A citizen full of dignity starts down
(the street, looking neither to the
right OF him nor to the left, but
straight ahead, as every provident
man should; he is in a hurry to meet
an engagement. Suddenly he de-
scribes circle in the air by taking a
back somersault, and finds himself
prone on his back, his hat about ten
feet from him. With the loss of his
equilibrium, how can one reserve his