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The Yale expositor., 1909-11-05
Spoiled dry Campaign.

Because the board of supervisors
OF Kalamazoo county adjourned it's
regular meeting last week without
setting the date for the next meet.
ing for the first week in January, as
has been the usual custom for the past
FIVE years, the local option campaign
planned by the dry" faction of the
state next spring has been eliminated.
The local optionists had planned to
present a petition to the supervisors
at the January meeting, which 1t has
been the custom Of the board to make
an adjourned meeting of the regular
October session. 1t was not until the
motion to adjourn had carried and the
supervisors left the court house that
diversion in the matter of adjourn
ment was discovered.
The Yale expositor., 1909-11-05
sherman. roc. Is for II.

ce-President James S. Sherman
has brought to the people OF the mid
die west the message of the east,
promising enthusiastic support of the
waterway program. 1--WE people of
the east depend on your people of the
west" said he. when we help you,
we help ourselves, so there is every
reason why we should do all in our
power for you, as soon as we realize
what you want and why you want it."
Speaker Cannon and Secretary OF
War Dickinson are no less outspoken
in their assurances of support, and
many senators and representatives,
among them Senator Lorimer of I'LL
nois, the father of the deep waterway
movement, this afternoon made ad-
dresses full of hopeful enthusiasm.
Kavanaugh Opens Convention.
William X. Kavanaugh OF Missouri.
president of the association, called the
The Yale expositor., 1909-11-05

been proposed that we issue bonds for
$500. 900, 900 or $1,000, 900. 900, and cut
It up and parcel the money out in this
and that section of the country.
am opposed to any such proposition,
because it not only smells of the
pork barrel but would be pork
barrel
The Yale expositor., 1909-11-05
Our oeoqraphIeal center.

II Alaska be excluded from consid.
GRAFTON. Kansas is geographically the
central state of the United States. II
lies between longitudes "a degrees 3s
minutes and 102 degrees west, and be-
tween latitude 81 degrees and 40 de-
grees north.
The Yale expositor., 1909-11-05
sometImes a Hard Task.

when a man says. and know
what I'm talking about" says the
Philosopher OF Folly. "the only way
I can get even is by asking him to
prove IT,"
The Yale expositor., 1909-11-05
Lat In th. shun.

Scribbler-"so old Skinfiint's family
didn't like the obituary I wrote?" Ed
itor-"Oh, the obituary was all right,
but the fool foreman ran II under the
head Of People and Pleasant
Events.'"
The Yale expositor., 1909-11-05
TAFT FOR WATERWAY
TELLS CONVENTION AT NEW OR
LEANS HE FAvoRS THE
PROJECT.
FOR THE Benefit OF ALL
President Promises the Support OF
the Administration, But viii Not
Stand for Any "Pork Barrel'-
Sherman, Cannon and Dickinson
Pledge Aid.

New Orleans, Nov. 1.-Ringing de-
mands for IA feet through the val
ley" and elaborate argument in sup
port of the program for the creation
of a deep waterway from the lakes to
the gulf have marked the great con-
vention OF the Deep Waterway asso-
citation that opened here Saturday.
President Taft, Vice-President Sher-
man, Speaker Cannon, governors of
the Mississippi valley states, innumer-
able senators and representatives and
a mighty throng of private citizens
who believe in the big river project
are here and all urge that it be un-
dertaken and carried to a speedy con-
clusion.
President Taft Promises Support.
President Taft, who arrived in New
Orleans escorted by a great fiotilla,
after an Illuminating trip down the
Mississippi river from st. Louis, land
ed from the lighthouse tender Olean-
der about eight o'clock Saturday
morning, and was driven to his no.
tel through. streets that were cano-
pied with magnolia barnches, palmet-
toes and southern moss, and every
where the notices Fourteen Feet
Through the Valley" and River Rate
Regulation Is Rate Regulation" At
the Athenaeum in the afternoon the
president aroused a storm of cheers
by promising that If the 14-feet project
proved feasible and advisable, the
present administration would favor
the issuance of government bonds to
defray the cost
Not for a "Pork Barrel"
At the same time Mr.. Taft made 1t
plain that he would not stand for any
plan to make a pork barrel" of the
project. He said he opposed any
such general bond issue of s500,000,-
900 or 81 1,00O,OOO,0OO for waterways
improvement, the money to be cut
up and parceled out to different sec
tions. He declared that the improve
The Yale expositor., 1909-11-05
THE MARKETS.

Detrolt.-Cattle-Ex dry-fed steers
and heifers. S596; steers and heifers,
1000 to 1000 lbs. $4.50@5; steers and
heifers. 500 to 1000 lbs. $4D4.25; grass
steers and heifers that are fat. 500 to
1000 lbs. s49425; grass steers and
heifeers that are fat, 500 to 700 lbs, $3.50
fat cows, S.50QS.75; common cows,
$2.5O@2 2.75; Gamers, S1.25@2; choice
oSNSs hs9yy OqT hns Sg fair al to good h{ PC
SO; choice feeding steers, 500 TO 900
lbs: 81 "a 4.25; fair feeding steers. 500 to
To- Zoo TBS 5s fn9eG fsr SSS S
70 700 lbs, sS.5OQ3.75; fair stockers.
500 to 700 lbs. sS;25 1850; stock heif-
medium age. s4oqeO; common mixers.
Veal calves-Market steady at last
week's opening. Best, $7.5oQs; others.
snasn Mich COWS OC and springsrs.,stssadty;
tive demand. Best lambs s6256665;
fair to good lambs s5.5096; light to
common lambs. $4.50@5.25; fair to good
;:aassSg' ''.'o9'' 'oll' and common
Hogs-Market steady at last weeks
prices Range Of prices Light to good
light yorkers. .F.S5 bo:: stassi ies Of
East Buffalo-Cattls-Best fat grades
steady; common and medium. 10615c
lower; good fresh cows and spring
ssst sss stTonE export ss59S5
to i,2OO-ib steers, $40 to s5.s5 medi-
light H% SsS Sateter se l:sb st.srs sg Ss5
fat cows st9to 4,5O; fair TO good
best fat heifers. s415@5;. fair to good,
feeding steers. s4.4O@46O; best stock
eps $S75Q4: little common stockers.
N N n
3.25: best fresh cows and springers,
s59gS9; fair to good sS5945; common,
Hogs steady; heavy. s7S5@zsO;
roughs. s7io6725.
sheep and lambs-Best lambs. s715
@725: fair to good s6.5067.1O; culls,
S55O66; yearlings. s5.2565.5O: wethers,
s4.1505 ewes. s425Q4.50; Gull sheep.
Calves. steady; best. ss.75@s; fair to
good, $7@7.5o; heavy, s4Q5.
Grain, Etc.
Detroit.-Wheat-Cas No. 2 red.
at 81 "a. advanced to sI2i& and de-
adySnsseSa ad., &c to sl;2SH and dr9Pgeedd back ssk
Corn-Cash No. 2. 64c; No. yellow.
65c
Oats-standard. 2 cars at 42hc: No.
bid.
Rye-Cash No. 1. cars at 77Hc.
Beans-Cash, $2.10: October. s210;
November. 81 bid.
Cloverssed-Prime spot. 50: Decem-
ber s9.10; March. 100 bags at $3.50:
sample, 100 bags at $3.50. 10 at 1913,
27 at IS. at S775: prime alsike, IS:
sample alsike. bags at s725. at
$3.50.
Timothy seed-Prime spot. s175
Feed-In 100-lb sacks iobbing lots:
Bran. t24; coarse middlings S25; fine
middlings. S29; cracked corn and coarse
cornmeal. s27; corn and oat chop. S25
per ton.
Flour-Best Michigan patent. $3.50:
ordinary patent. S5.75: straight, $3.50:
clear. t5.55; pure rye. $40; spring
patent $3.50 per Dbl in wood. jobbing
The surety company having failed
TO make q settlement. the Iron wood
The Yale expositor., 1909-11-05
Kavanaugh Opens Convention.

William K Kavanaugh of Missouri.
president of the association, called the
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-08-27

1t il all very well for German doc
tor to prescribe hearty laughter as q
remedy for nervous diseases. but per-
haps he will also be good enough TO
tell us where we are to get the ingre-
dents for his prescription.
One cannot well sit down and laugh
''till the tears run down the cheeks" ut
nothing at all. however anxious to
cure a severe attack OF neuralgia.
When one comes to think Of II. few
things make one laugh to this extent.
and what IL one persons meat where
hilarity ID concerned may prove so
poisonous to another as to plunge him
to the very depths Of depression.
There are people who will double up
with merrlment when they see some
one else fall down digit of steps.
and afterward describe It as "the fun
niest thing they ever saw" but most
nervous patients probably would not
laugh at all II IN order to effect a
cure an attempt were made to excite
their hilarity by throwing relatives
and servants down stairs. Nerve spe-
cialists who adopt the laughter cure
will have either to practice Glowing
or keep trained fools to set their pa
tients ain a oar."-Lady's Pictorial.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-08-27
wh;ttier's Visitor.

Pilgrims used to visit Whittier con.
tinually. A typical one came from
Missouri Though told that Whittier
had headache, he forced his way
into the poets study, where he de.
clared that he adored all Whittier's
works, which he knew almost by
heart. He asked Whittier to write
his name several hundred times on
q large sheet Of foolscap, SO that he
could cut out and distribute the auto
graphs among his Missouri friends
In fact. 1t was all the poet could dc
TO keep the enthusiastic Missourian
from clipping all the buttons from his
coat as souvenirs.
"And all the time" - so Whittier
would end the anecdote pathetically-
''all the time he called me White
taker."-Exchange.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-08-27
Armour's Generosity.

The employees of the late p. d. Ar.
mour always referred to him as the
old man." This was not SO much the
result Of habit among workmen Of
calling their employer the old man"
as an eccentricity of the "old man"
himself. When he wanted to give aid
anonymously he said. THAT'S from
the old man." Many gifts went out Of
his pocket under the signature Of 1.-The
Old Man."
A young girl went to the business
office of the great packing concern one
day to report the Illness Of a friend
who worked as a stenographer In the
Office. Mr.. Armour happened to stand
near and overheard the girls request
for an advance In her friends salary
with which 10 pay the doctors bill.
Thrusting his thumb into his vest
pocket-that pocket which seemed a
mint of greenbacks-he handed the girl
a roll Of bills.
Take that to your FRIEND" he said,
then adding to relieve the girls aston
ishment, Tell her the old man sent
it,"
Before the girl could thank him he
was gone, but just as she left the
building he again appeared and. and
ing her gone. hurried hatless into the
street.
Here. here! ! forgot something"
he called.
The girl turned back, and without q
word Mr. Armour pressed something
into her hand. She looked down. 1t
was twenty dollar bill.
Mfr. Armour had decided that his
gift was moi sufficient and hastened to
increase II.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-08-27
OLD TIME ENGLISH.
Words as They Were Pronounced In
Shakcspeare's Day.

The innovation of pronouncin.
Shakespeare's words as they were
probably pronounced In his own day
was carried out at fete arranged AT
University college. London. The ex-
pertinent inspired this comment by the
Manchester Guardian:
For zone touch of nature" Shake
speare probably said own tooch of
natter" and, very much like modern
Irishman. he would say. "A haste that
wants discourse Of rayson." Ii would
be 'Loov's Labber's Lost and the
'Midsoommer Neechts Drame." Scraps
Of Hamlet would sound thus:
"A haste that wants discourse OF rayson
Would have moorned longer"
BE they as pure French VI as grass
lgracel."
"A broken VOICE and his whole foonctior
shooting lsuitingl
With forms TO his consayt."
ITO take arms against a say of troobles. :
Our ancestors of even some 80
years ago said Room for Rome,
"cheer" for chair, "obleeged" for
obliged. greet boul' the lou" as in
"out') for great BOWL" and. further
back, Milton would say "biling water"
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-08-27

"And who are your"
"Oh. Walter. It must be your
II was not n ghost that reached out
o cold. wet hand and found her in the
darkness. and It was not In ghostly
whispers that they began to talk. Wal
ter had left the train at the depot
three miles away to walk across the
country to the home of the towheaded
boy, where board had already been Sc
cured for him. He had Numbered into
this house.
II was an hour after his arriva. be-
fore the storm passed away and left
the road almost knee deep In mud and
water. Hand In hand the couple set
out. Sometimes they waded through
puddles. and sometimes II was only
stick mud. Sometimes they fell. and
sometimes the mud about their feet
held them upright until they could
brace up for another struggle.
The hired man was heard hooting
long before the living ghosts reached
the gate. and grim Amt Judith was
found there with a lantern. or course
she was worried half to death. AS the
bedraggled couple stood before her she
held up the lantern and surveyed
them.
"You went TO carry old Mrs. Renfew
n berry piew she finally said.
YES" was the demure reply from
Hilda.
"And she threw barrel Of water
over you and then rolled you In the
mud"
mo"
"ADd Their this-this person happened
along and she treated him In the same
mannerw
mo, aunt. got caught In the rain
and took shelter in the old deserted
house. He also got caught In the rain
and did the same. and he has helped
me home"
"And this this persons name Isl"
"Walter Allen. ma'am, and was on
my way to Farmer Browns to become
summer boarder for a couple Of
weeks" answered the young man.
'ro be near Hilda. OF course! She
left letter lying around today that
explains all Well. sir. Farmer Brown
Is a respectable man. and he goes 10
bed at 0 O'clock. and here II is an honr
and n half later. Come In. sir, and got
out OF those sopping clothes and get
into bed. and you can go on after
breakfast"
"And what about me, aunt?" plain
lively asked the girl.
II will see about your case in the
morning. miss"
But Aunt Judith was a buffer. She
waited two weeks. during which the
young man was almost boarder In
her house. and then wrote to her
brother-in-law In the city:
you may be good lawyer. John.
and may he an Argus eyed old maid.
but Cupid as beaten both Of US, and
we might as well make the best Of It."
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-08-27
Real Thrillers.

Talk OF dime novelist" exclaimed
the insurance man. You ought to
read a detective bureau report ON an
insurance case II you want thriller.
Our company carries great deal OF
burglary insurance and, of course,
when robbery occurs to any Of our
customers we put detectives on the
case. The reports that these men
send in are simple statements Of facts
boiled down hard and containing moth
ing but what is absolutely essential
TO the business, but for intense interest
they beat any novel ! ever read or ex.
pect to read. Occasionally after a
case is finished and has become an
Gent history ! get out these reports
and read them to group OF my
friends, and no play can hold more
absorbed audience. The actual trailing
Of criminal by detectives and the
marvels of ingenuity on both sides are
world beaters for dramatic situations
and excitement."-New York Press.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-08-27
NAPoLE0N'S FAREWELL.
The Most Dramatic Scene In the His
tory Of Eontainebleau.

The Most Dramatic Scene In the His
tory Of FontainebIeau.
II was at Fontainebleau that Napo-
leon received the pope IN 1904. II was
ut Fontalnebleau that he imprisoned
the pope--the apartment which served
as his prison is still shown-in 1917
and 1913 Finally, for Nemesis would
have II 40. II was n. Fontainebicau
that Napoleon signed his abdication
aud said farewell to his army in 1914.
coming down the horseshoe staircase
at the head Of Cour du Cheval Blanc
and placing himself at the head OF the
guard as If for q review.
For twenty years." he said, ~ have
been well content with you and you
have always been with me on the path
OF glory. With your help and that OF
all the brave men who are still loyal
/ could have carried on the war for
three years longer, but France would
have suffered, and / did not wish that
to happen.
~ might have died-that would have
been easy-but I would not. prefer
to follow the path of honor and to
write the history Of our exploits.
~ cannot embrace you all. but l will
embrace your general. Come, General
Petit Bring me the eaglei Dear eagle!
May these kisses find their echo In
every brave mans heart.
Farewell. my children"
That surely Is the most pathetic as
1t is also the most dramatic seen, In
the whole history of Fontainebleau.-
Il. P.'s London Weekly.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-08-27
The Value Of Tact.

A tactful person can make a whole
roomful OF people feel happy by con.
veying to them individually a tacit
recognition of their individual accom-.
plishments. To tell a shy girl that she
is charming Is to transform her and
make her exercise her charm. TO tell
a dispirited man that he is courageous
and clever is to put into him such an
infusion Of strength that he will be on
the highroad to success.-Woman's
Life.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-08-27
A Little vindietive.

$50 you want the privilege Of voting
for people Of whom you approveT
mo" answered the suffragette. IL
desire the satisfaction Of publicly no
'fusing to vote for people whom don't
Washington Star.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-08-27
Il Dspendsl

How do you pronounce s-t-i-n-g-yY
the teacher asked the young gentle
man nearest the foot Of the class. And
the smart boy stood up and said 1t de.
pended great deal whether the word
applied to a man or a bee.-London
News.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-08-27

John. I must have new gown"
But that old gown OF yours is
poem"
at may be a poem, but it's about
ready for the wastebasket now" =
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-08-27

II you listen to honeyed words you
are likely to get stung.-Lippincctt's.
The Big Sandy news., 1909-11-05

NEWS OF THE FARM.
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Thanksgiving.

This is the month in which there
is day set apart for national
thanksgiving, though a cheerful
heart is thankful every day, 1t is
good thing, however, for the peo-
pie to be reminded periodically of
the fact that as a nation we have
much to be thankful for, and wheth-
er we celebrate the day simply or
with enough turkey and stuffiEg to
invite indigestion, let us mark ii
by resolve to be better farmers
and better citizens than ever before.
None of us is too humble for OBJ
scure to exert wholesome in
fluence, day by day. If we do moth
ing more than greet our neighbor
with a cheerful face and a kind
word we shall shed benediction
over an entire community. Let us
therefore give thanks not only up
on one day of the year but every
day of our lives,-Farm Journal.
The Big Sandy news., 1909-11-05
Is Active Again.

They are overhauling the old
Mead gas and oil we'll which has not
showed any oil for is months.
Since they have been at work on
this we'll 1t is showing some oil
again and good gasser. We have
plenty of resources for Kenova to
draw from. Timber as another item
not mentioned. there is prospects
here for to support Kenova with
many factories to put on the mar
ket furnished products OF above
mentioned products and 1t appears
she is doing her part industriously
and we are trying to help her as
it is our interest to attract capital
to get our products as above stated
on the markets, and as Kenova Is
so centrally located and great ship
ping facilities with SO many rail
roads passing through. Every ad-
vantage that a location could ask
for and room for many factories
Tri-State Enterprise.
The Big Sandy news., 1909-11-05

fields he was not given license to
practice inhumanity.
The longer you keep sheep the
more fine white clover you will have
in your pastures,
The best of the spring crop of
lambs should be selected for breed
ers; inferior ewes, wethers, lambs,
etc, disposed of, Ewes that have
not been profitable should also be
turned off.
1t doesn't make much difference
whether you cook pumpkins for hog;
or not. Cornmeal and bran are
both good to feed with them.
The fall pigs should be kept
growing but not too fat. They will
pay to winter for feeding next sum-
mer. The early ones will go to
market in January and February, if
well fed.
The use of the separator on the
farm, if a good machine, benefits tn
owner by close skimming, makes few
utensils to wash, permits the use
of the skim milk, new and sweet,
and saves hauling heavy load to
the creamery each day. If man
has but one or two cows and does
not patronize a creamery, it will
not pay to buy separator. With
good, cold, deep setting, the milk
may be skinned closely, and just
as good butter made as with a sep
arator. ...
1t will cost no more per pound
to grow a colt than calf.
Put blanket on the driving
horse now to keep his coat short
and glossy. ...." g..
OF all things, horse hates to lie
down in a filthy bed. By nature he
is cleanly animal. He is worthy
of a good, clean bed every day that
he lives.
How do you suppose a colt knows
what you mean when you say.
"Whoal Back" all in the same
breath? Say what you mean, and
don't say anything more. Then the
colt will get through his head what
you want him to do.
Farm journal.
The Big Sandy news., 1909-11-05
Light Or Dark Meat?

Reports from turkey producing
counties indicate a very short crop
this season. The wet weather last
spring was fatal to the young tur-
keys, and many more perished dur
ing the summer from cholera and
the limberneck disease. Reports
from over this immediate section
are to the effect that the turkey
crop is practically failure, and it
is very doubtful if it is sufficient
for home consumption at Thanksgiy-
ing and Christmas, and consumers
are beginning to sit up and take no.
tice that they are confronted with
a turkey famine" this year, Usually
hundreds of thousands of turkeys
are raised by the women of the
Bluegrass and quite sum of money
in the aggregate is realized from
their sale.
The Big Sandy news., 1909-11-05


by local applications, as they can
not reach the diseased portion OF
the ear. There is only one way to
cure deafness, and that is by con-
stitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an inflamed condition OF
the mucous lining of the Eustachian
Tube. When this tube is inflamed
you have rumbling sound or i'm
perfect hearing, and when it is
entirely closed, Deafness is the re-
suit, and unless the inflammation
can be taken out and this tube re-
stored to it's normal condition, hear
ing will be destroyed forever; nine
cases out of ten are caused by
Catarrh, which is nothing but an in
famed condition of the mucous sur.
faces. ... -. ..-..
We will give One Hundred Dollar!
for any case of Deafness (caused
by catarrh) that cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send fol
circulars free.
F. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for con.
stipation. ......