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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-05-27
Warm Weather /!

Is now coming and you will want Ice
Cream and Cooling Drinks.
Now if you should want Ice Cream by
the pint or quart you can get it at
Smiths for l5c per pint or 30c quart
and you will get good measure and get
it solid. If you want dish or sun
dae or a soda with strawberry, raspber-
ry, pineapple, maple, orange, chocolate,
lemon, nectar, or vanilla fiayoring you
will only have to sit down at a table
and give your order; also if you want
drink of birch beer, ginger ale, orange
cider, jersey cream, coco-cola, lemon
sour. strawberry pop, birch cream, gin
ger fizz or phosphate in different flaw
ors, you can get the same by just giving
your order and Smith will do the rest.
If you want an ice cream cone just
whisper it and presto change, you are
eating it. Candies, cigars, ETC., will be
found at Smiths also, and as he keeps
only the best, you will not make mis-
take il you should stop in and try them.
Give Us a Call.
E E.Snnith 81 Co.
oS- The old place, but now its new.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-05-27
A Man Wants To pic

Only when lazy liver and sluggish
bowels cause frighttul dependency.
But DIR. Kings New Life Pills expel
poisons from the system; bring hope
and courage; cure all Liver, Stomach
and Kidney troubles; impart health and
vigor to the weak, nervous and ailing
25c al Pollock * Hennessy's.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-05-27

A pain prescription is printed upon
each 25c. box of DIR. Shops Pink Pain
Tablets. Ask your Doctor or Druggist
IL this formula is not complete. Pain
means congestion, blood pressure.
Head pains, womanly pains, pains any
where get instant relief from a Pink
Pain Tablet. Sold by Pollock 4 Hen
messy.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-05-27
FOR MORE THAN THREE DECADES

Foley's Honey and Tar has been a
household fayorite for all ailments of
the throat, chest and lungs. Contains
no opiates and no harmful drugs. Sold
by all druggists.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-05-27
Rooms To Rent.

Four nice rooms equipped with cleo
trio lights, city water, toilet, etc. Spleen
did apartments for small family.
Inquire of Grant Holden, Yale. 5-2
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-05-27
Meat Market for Sal.

Having decided to retire from the
meat business, l am offering for sale
my business and complete outfit.
II. G.. Holden.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-05-27
ADVERTISED LETTERS.

Yale, May 20, 1910.
VIM. Riddle
Mrs. Chloe Perry
Eugene Reed
K. Harvey Drake, L. M.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-05-27

At the postofiice a gold signet pin
with letter G. engraved on it. Finder
will please return to Rev. Case, Yale,
and receive reward. g.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-11-17
She STAYED.

Doesn't your room suit you. Norah.
I'll have a low light put In if 20,
wish and I'll give you my rocker ant
a nice lace curtain. and let you have
an extra afternoon"
'Tndade, ma'am, l couldn't think u,
stayin'. The work do be hard. an me
health that diliket. | mustn't go a.
once: me brother do be takin' me t.
the seashore tomorrow, the hate IL
too f1uch fer me-"
but what shall I do? No cook and
all these ~boarders! Would $40 sui
you better than So"
"Ah, Mis- jerks, o know me wake
ness-me third always said me heart
was that soft-an' to desart you In the
time NV stress! I'll shtay. Yes, I'll &c
back to me kitchen, hate or no hate
an buckle to, IN the victuals will be
illigant the day. Don't be scared:
It's all right; an I'll put up wild the
curtain, but l would be glad of vel
rocker, its style strikes me; an the
extry afternoon; an betther toilei
soap; an the tin dollars. I'll take of
me hat, but ye came by the skin of s
hair to losin' me-. ma'am.'-Argonaut
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-11-17
A Bio Maine Eaole

Mrs. Andrew Hartman of BucksporI,
a few days ago killed an eagle with an
AK in her poultry house. and her quick
action undoubtedly prevented her re-
ceiving severe injuries In an encounter
with the bird. The persistent barking
of the dog drew her attention to the
hen house, and on looking within she
saw a large bird causing a strange
commotion among the hens. Thinking
the bird to be a hawk, she grabbed an
AK from a nearby woodpile and,
strengthened by excitement and fear
for the safety of her hens, she dealt
the big bird a blow which killed II at
once. She was greatly astonished to
find that she had, unaided, killed an
enormous golden eagle. The eagle had
bitten the head of one of the hens and
his talons had done other damage. The
eagle measured even feet from tip to
tip of its powerful wings, and from his
feathered legs talons two and one-half
inches long protruded.-Kennebec
Journal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-11-17

This particular janitor was Charles
the Real. On, but maybe he wasn't
the lad with the loud lingo!
AS soon as we butted-in he picked
mamma out as a steady listener. and
he led her through a field of prose
where the large, fat words grew in
rich profusion.
When a child | fancy he must have
pushed a pocket dictionary under his
scalp, for he had the largest collection
of homeless language ever lis
tened to.
you will notice, men," he chatted
on, that the builder was very es-
sential in obtaining large rooms so
that the tenants might confirm to
their own comfort. Yes, mem; they's
stationary washtubs in the kitchen;
and you will notice, mem. that the
w~ainscoating in the d~ining-hall is
percolated so as to infiict itself neces-
sarily upon the harmony Of the deco
rations you may select. Yes. mem.
1t is all open plumbing"
Clara ]. took me by the arm and
led me through the condensed cata-
combs. pointing out to me the objects
of interest along the route.
"This room" she said, stepping
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-11-17
Financier by inheritance.

Joseph Morgan. ]. p. Morgan's pater
nal grandfather, fought In Washing
toms army until the Revolution closed,
and then settled down to farming neal
the village of Hartford. He made
money enough to invest it in stage
lines and eventually rose to the control
of the chief roads Of transportation In
the state. Hartford. during the first
quarter of the nineteenth century. had
a great prosperity as the center OF
long-distance traffic, the main line OF
stage from New York to Boston pass.
ing through the city. Hartford also
hald the key TO the trade of the Con
necticut River valley. northward near
ly. or quite, TO the border of Canada.
Innumerable taverns were sprinkled
along the countryside. and Joseph
Morgan also dipped into this thriving
business. Later he opened a large no.
tel In Hartford, the City hotel. and
soon afterwacd began to figure as a
capitalist in connection with the Aetna
Fire Insurance company of that city
From the Life Story of ]. Pierponi
Morgan in the Metropolitan Magazine.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-11-17

into a niche in the wall, we'll fix up
for your den-"
ct might make a good den for a
squirrel, but not for me-" I said.
why there's scarcely room to growl
In a den like this"
Nonsense, joint she laughed.
There's plenty, plenty ROOM"
That's because 1t hasn't been pa
pered," l explained. and teen we
moved on to the next stand.
"Oh, what a cute little dining
rooml" she exclaimed rapturously.
1T is cute" 1 said. 1T looks like
a Gus trap"
The dining-room was just about
large enough for two people and a
bottle of pepsin.
Then the ~janitor turned on his cur
rent again. This, maddum, Is one
Of the most conducive diningrooms
that has aver been desicated for the
essential comfort of the tenants. The
builder disemployed much delibera-
ton in the plan Of these apartments.
Yes, mem, they's an electric foot-bell
under the table, which is very essen.
tial to the servants"
Il rather like the place." said Clara
Us mother. Then. to the janitor: rs
1t a pleasant neighborhood?%
"Delirious, maddum, deliriously sol"
he replied. "They's a swell beer gar.
| den only three blocks away for them
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-11-17

yes clouded as he vainly strove to
solve the cause of the maiden-s anger.
"She couldn't be cross about a little
thing like this" he ruminated. Il won
der how she found 1t out, anyway"
That evening Jarvis called up the
girl. She vas not at home. During
the ensuing week he made several
II was after this that the ire of the
youth assumed significant proportions.
my dear Ethel" wrote Jarvis, 81
know. and you have not been at home.
Patience has ceased to be the proven
biai virtue, and / shall not try to see
you again. l am done. l release you
from the engagement. as you ask l
also acknowledge the skeleton In my
closet, but why a normal-minded maid
should take this amiss is beyond me.
II anything. my dear, | am rather
proud of it,"
Ethel positively stormed when she
read this communication. She clinched
her fists until the nails bit cruelty
into the tender flesh and angrily
tossed her little Blonde head.
Il shall never. never have anything
more to do with men," she complained
bitterly. 1.-THE very b~razenness of that
Emery Jarvis-to say that a normal
minded girl shouldn't take such things
amiss. I'm sure no girl with common
would allow her fiance. to act in
that scandalous manner. Anyway. I'm
glad It's all over" To prove this.
Ethel burst into convulsive sobs and
hid a flushed and tear-wet face in a
convenient pillow.
Weeks passed, but the two erst-
while lovers seemed hopelessly es-
tranged. Ethel made no attempt to
salve the wound caused by her letter,
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-11-17

Clara J.. and I had cut short our
honeymoon, fearing we might be bit
ten by my old pals who had developed
phunnyphobia-
Behind closed doors at mothers
we sat on the slopes of Arcadia and
ave our fool friends the laugh by the
absent treatment process.
Clara ]. went through the newspa-
per ads. looking for apartments, and
ut the end of the week she had picked
PIG winners.
One bright day, mother, Clara j.,
lacks, and I sauntered forth for the
purposing of finding a ~janitor tame
enough to live in the same house with.
"A sweet little nest of our own"
was the way Clara j. put 1t, but men,
tally / put the foot to that nest and
pushed It out Of the tree.
A nest, forsoothi Not II I saw 1t
first. / had a friend once who built
a nest in a Harlem fat, and three
months later a strange bird few In
and eloped with his wife. So me for
a dug-out with a yale lock on the
front gate-alwaysI
The first palace we entered bore
up bravely under the name of Hello
trope hall"
/ suppose they had s~prinkled that
name owe 1t so as to counterfeit the
effects of the stir fight a soap factory
was putting up four blocks away.
"Heliotrope half was all right. but
1t wouldn't do. The janitor showed
us through a collection of horse stalls
on the third floor, and when / asked
him IL he knew n place around
there large enough to hold a table and
two chairs he blew out his cylinder
head.
The janitor told us there were only
three dark rooms, and when l told
him that three vas too many for US
and not quite enough for a photog-
rapher I thought he'd bite me.
In the meantime Tacks was put In
the hall cutting his initials on the
dining-room doc with a penknife.
Tacks always manages to leave a
wide, white wake behind him as he
sails through life.
Our next guess was a high bundle
Of stone tied up with strings of white
windows and called The Daisyora-"
Wouldn't that name make your
pulse beat faster?
I've often wondered how apartment
houses and Pullman cars manage to
do business under the burden of the
bitter names that are thrust upon
them Fancy a big slob of a car roll
Ing through the country with the
name .Babyetta" painted all rel 1t!
/ should think 1t would want to
crawl in q tunnel and never come out
again.
The janitor in The Daisyora" was
made up to look like a walrus.
When I told him what we were
looking for he slowed US two tusks
and led the wa to the elevator.
That fellow had the softest voice I
yer heard. Every time he spoke it
sounded like somebody hitting a fat
squash with a paddle.
After the janitor had shown us
through the cubby-hole he said that
no children were allowed there.
Why not?" I said. 1T looks nearly
large enough"
Then he ran the trsks out again
and we quit him.
Three blocks away we anchored
for a few minutes at a bungalow
called 1.-The Dulcydooza-"
A colored bell-boy met us at the
door and dared US to come In.
We were offered a fat on the fifth
floor, but the walls were so close to-
gether I told them they'd better save
It, 1t might be a success as a place
TO press autumn leaves. but never as
q place to live in. unless the tenants
went through life standing up.
Tacks took a knob on one of the
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-11-17

escaped from purgatory and returned
to earth 20 beg their former friends to
pray for the remission of their sins.
Whether the pumpkin imitation of the
marsh light originated among the peas
ants OF Italy or the negroes of our
own southern states, Is still a mooted
question. At first they we're all sor-
owful faces. BETTING the counterpart
OF the soul that is suffering the conse-
quences of a wicked life. But ones
upon a time IN embryo sculptor made
a mistake in the carving of a pumpkin
mouth, causing the corners to turn
up instead of down, and the effect
was so jolly and comical that all who
saw this spirit came to the conclusions
that either the sins had been forgiven
or the gate to purgatory had been
slammed in his face and he need not
return. Since that time 1t has been
assumed by the Halloween hostess
that sins are actually pardoned and
departed spirits are happy. for the
round. rather fiat pumpkin that can
be made to grin is the one most in de,
mand.
Italy lays claim to the origin of the
j~ack-o'lantern and some time ago the
botanists Of Europe laid entire claim
to the pumpkin itself, asserting that
1t was an imported product In Amer
lea. This libel was given the lie in q
little while by the American, who wks
in no humor to be robbed OF his an
nual Thanksgiving pie. Pumpkins
were grown In the rich alluvial soil.
along the Missouri river long before
the white man invaded the interior
of the continent, and in the clif dwell
ings of Mancos Canyon, Ohio. that
were abandoned even before the com,
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-11-17

The girl with brothers. and owning
a home in which brothers friends are
made welcome, has an infinitely better
chance OF making a happy marriage
than the girl with neither of these ad-
vantages.
Brothers make excellent chaperons.
Any man they introduce to their sis
tiers is quite sure to be all that can be
desired. Men know men as no woman
can ever hope to know them.
II a brother shows his willingness
for things to happen by bringing a
friend often home, his little sister may
feel quietly confident that her heart
is leading her in the right direction.
The brother with pretty sisters is
quite a philanthropist in his way, since
he runs the risk of losing the friend Of
his bosom If he becomes his sisters
ardent admirer and the lady fails to
return the admiration.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-11-17

The Skeleton in His Closet
BY STACY E. BAKER


nor did Jarvis try to explain away the
misunderstanding.
Gradually the gossips in the little
town-and there were many-grew &C.
customed to the new order Of things,
and everybody ceased to interest
| themselves in the affairs of the young
couple.
1t was q month after this that old
Pollit Che was a portly butcher, own
ing the meat shop next to the drug
emporium) ventured to incorporate
something of a remark that caught
the youths puzzled interest.
What was that?" demanded Jarvis.
ears metaphorically a-cock. Just re-
peat that last sentence"
81 said," came from the butcher,
that that there book I've been read.
ing-Dr. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde-re-
minds me of your doings." He poked
a pudgy forefinger playfully into the
ribs OF the youth
You'll have to be more explicit"
snapped the drug clerk. Il can't un'
derstand. What are you driving at?
Cant understand. eh?" commented
the other. sourly. He was angry al
the tone of the lad. well, | guess
can put 1t palmer. all right. | mean
that o tried to play double just like
that JekyllHyde Teller did. Every
evening after you called on the cir
you was engaged to. you went straight
to the house of old Doc. Blyly to see
his daughter. My wife she seen you
do 1t time and again. she did"
The dull red stained the face of the
angry butcher. She's the one thai
put a crimp In you, too. Ethel Muir
ray Is too fine a girl to be g~alavantine
around with a young fellow that she
thinks thinks a heap of her, and al
the while he don't. but is making hel
out a fool by ~sneaking away from hel
house to call on another girl"
$50 it was your wife that caused
this trouble between Ethel and me
was it? Pity she can't learn to attent
to her own affairs, isn't it?"
The butcher. his mind relieved
stamped heavily out of the drug store
but he left a knowing youth behint
him. Mrs. Pollit was a gossip mongel
of some notoriety in the community
She resided just opposite the Blyl!
home. and now that the i.ate mea
man had given him his cue. Jarvis
could understand many things.
That evening, his heavy jaws sc
firmly and his broad shoulders thrown
d~efiantly back. the drug clerk mount
ed the steps to the Murray home ant
rang the bell.
Ethel answered the m Al
angry flush dotted her cheeks wher
she saw who her visitor was. but EN-
DRY ignored these trouble signs. ant
pushed by her and into the familiar
parlor.
II am here to explain" began Jar
Wis. Mrs. Pollet's loquacious hus
band has just told things. and
think l understand"
Il don't care for explanation" in
terrupted :ittle Miss Murray formally
Nevertheless" persisted Jarvis. pa
tiently. you are about to receive
them. Listen. dear. | have neve1
called on Mile Blyly In my life-le
alone after | left here. When you re
ferred to the skeleton In my closet.
took the phrase literally. There is
skeleton In my closet-a six-foot skel
eton of a man that DR.. B]yly Loaned
me to aid me in my studies. because
we'll, I'm studying medicine with him
you see. I don't want to be a drul
clerk all my life. L"
But hera his late f~iancee, fac'
asmile. interrupted his sentence In
very pleasing way.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-11-17
FRANXLIN'S CLOTHES STORY
Is Brought Out Again for Airing and
II Is Urged That Our Diplomats
Should Follow Example.

Every now and then when a laud-
able effort is made to dress our dip
lomatic corps in something more be-
fitting their dignity on ceremonial oc-
casions than the funereal spiketail or
waiter costume in which they are now
CARRIED, a cry Is raised by some OF
our representatives in congress that
such a change is undesirable. and
the old story of the way Franklin APP
peared at the court of Louis XVI. of
France is brought out again for an
airing. and it is urged that our diplo-
mats should follow his example.
Franklin, it will be remembered, ap-
peared among other foreign ambassa-
doris and the uniformed generals and
admirals at court in a plain suit, such
as he was accustomed to travel in.
The French, ever eager for novelty.
hailed the innovation with momentary
enthusiasm and supposed it was the
costume of an ambassador from a poor
and struggling nation.
AS q matter of fact. Franklin had
no intention of wearing the suit in
which he appeared. and until he found
out its effect, he probably had an I'M
comfortable time of it. for he was a
man with an acute sense Of the fit
ness Of things. Some time before he
had ordered a handsome court suit
and expected to make al fine an ap-
pearance as any other foreign am
bassador, but the tailor from whom he
had ordered the suit did not get 1t
finished In time and Franklin had to
go in the only suit he had ready.
He continued to wear it after his
court suit was done. as he saw he
had made an unintentional hit"
When he was in England, he ore a
handsome court dress of velvet. en-
broidered with gold.-The Christian
Herald.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-11-17
SURPRISING the Sultan.

Recently a party of American Wis
itors visited Constantinople and were
permitted to enter Yildiz Kiosk. The
sultan, who was walking alone in the
gardens. entered into conversation
with the visitors and addressed him.
self to a bright looking girl. His ma
jesty said: I'VE speak here French,
English, German and Russian. but our
visitors seldom know our language. I
suppose. miss. you do not know a
word?"
Pardon, sire" replied the girl, II
know two Turkish words"
What are they, miss?" asked the
sultan. Assuming the whining ton
of the m~endicants, she replied:
"Baschich, effendi"' Ga sou, mon
sieur), pointing at the same time to
the sultanis pocket. His majesty pre-
scented her with a gold coin, and then
she answered. sweetly: "Tachacure-
darim, ghazi," (thank you, seigneur).
The sultan wondered, for he was ig-
norant of the little pocket dictionary.
Turco- English.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-11-17

The soul-racking tale poured into
the ears of little Ethel Murray could
result only in one thing-a missive
promptly penned to the profligate EN-
cry Jarvis, assuring MIN that she had
learned all, and asking to be released
from the engagement.
Il know of the skeleton In your
closet. wrote Ethel there she applied
a dainty bit of cambria to streaming
eyes ordinarily as sunshiny and blue
as the sky of a June morning). Il am
surprised at youi Had you come to
me and told me all, l feel that l could
have forgiven you-but never. now
that / find the truth through other
people. | return herewith your ring"
The rest of the letter was a ram
bling plant, a " OF n subject-the
engagement existing between these
two must be considered past history.
That was plain.
For more than a year the daughter
OF burgess Murray, the biggest man
politically in the community, and EN-
cry Jarvis, a clerk in Gisson's drug
store, had been making plans for a
future that would embrace them both.
Jarvis was an ambitious young fellow,
well liked by every one, and seeming
ly Having the best of habits.
Eehel had believed In him thorough
ly Until the gossiping tongue Of old
Mrs Poller had disclosed certain
things that no girl of spirit could toll
crate in her fance. Therefore the re
turn of the handsome solitaire that
she had so proudly worn and the
letter to her betrothed asking for heI
release.
Jarvis read the lines In the seclu
sion Of the little prescription room in
| the zeal of the drug shop and his darl
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-11-17
Natives Used the Telegraph Wires foI
Necklaces and the White China
lnsulators for Earrings.

The aesthetic and decorative uses
to which barbarians will turn objects
WHICH to civilized races are things OF
the humblest utility are amusingly IL
Illustrated by this fashion note" from
West Africa:
For some time the officials OF the
German colony In Southwest Africa
noticed that the telephone wires and
other accessories of the electrical
plant disappeared as by magic imme-
diately after they had been put up.
The los diligent inquiries remained
fruitless.
From other parts of the German
predictions for articles of strange
predictions for a rticles of German
commerce, as. for example. rubber
heels, garters, buckles, and so forth,
things which the natives of those
countries do not generally use.
The governor of the colony gave an
entertainment one year in honor OF