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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-07-29
The Giant Among Cameras

men to operate 1t. A massive frame
work Is substituted for tripod when
1t Is set up. and the negative which II
takes measures eight feet by four and
one-half feet.
The camera had It's origin in the
following circumstance: 1t was desired
to make picture OF the company's
Limited Flyer" for exhibition pur-
poses, and also to take some OF the
picturesque scenes along the road on
large scale, and there was no suit
able camera for the purpose to be
found anywhere.
EnlIsting an expert to aid him In
the project. the railroad man bent his
energies to the task OF reproducing
every detail of the most approved type
OF camera ON scale so entirely be-
yond the ordinary that the optical
company which received the contract
for the lenses had to set up special
machinery for their production.
The best lumber was secured for
the walls of the huge box that forms
the dark chamber of the camera, and
first class carpenters. rubber workers.
and painters were employed to build
and pu. it up. together with the great
bellows to be used In securing a focus.
The cloth for the bellows was Sc
lected with the utmost care. In every
part OF the work every possible pro-
vision was made to secure that degree
OF strength which should be a guar
antee of maintained shape and adjust
ment, such as metal corner braces and
connecting rods. says the Chicago
Tribune. Waterproof and lightproof
conditions were obtained by the use
of forty gallons or more of superior
cement
The two lenses with which this
mammoth camera Is provided have
focus. one of FIVE and one-half feet and
the other OF ten feet. There Is
view-hnder of special construction, at
tached to which is an automatic meas
ure. so gagged that each half inch
upon Il represents one foot TO which
the bellows must be drawn out.
When picture Is to be taken.
framework is erected at the viewpoint
and the camera is placed thereon. the
bellows part supported by rollers,
which facilitate the drawing out or
pushing in process incidental to focus
ing.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-07-29
SOME LONG BRIDGE SPANS
The Longest One Now Being Built Is
Across the Tiber at
Rome.

The long span of concrete bridge
over the Wissahlckon at Philadelphia
is not long to hold the distinction of
the largest structure of the kind. Its
span is 233 feet and the Rocky river
bridge of ESQ clear span is now under
construction at Cleveland. A bridge
having a central span of 2S1 has been
designed for Spokane to carry Mon
roe street across the Spokane river.
A span of 2S5 feet has been adopted
to carry the New York barge canal
over gorge In the vicinity of Me.
dina. n. Y. The 10 foot span of the
proposed Henry Hudson memorial
bridge at New York City Is not likely
to be built soon, but 1t will not cease
to be the subject OF discussion among
engineers and others interested In
such matters.
With the exception of the Henry
Hudson bridge the longest single span
yet proposed is that of a bridge re-
Gently placed under contract by the
civic authorities of Rome. This will
cross the Tiber with a span of 32S
feet. The cost of this bridge has been
estimated at s250,000 A bridge COM
parable with Ii in every respect is
now more than half finished at Auck-
land, New Zealand 1t has a total
length of go feet and, its main feature
is a span of 800 feet, which will carry
forty foot roadway at an elevation
of lat feet above the ground below.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-07-29
Non-AIcohoIie Wine.

For making non-alcoholic wine hav-
ing the bouquet of natural wine a
special method OF distillation has been
developed In Germany. Temperature
and vacuum are so regulated that the
most volatile aromatic constituents are
passed without volatizing the alcohol.
by a powerful alternating current In
and the aromatic vapors are received
in an absorption liquid OF de-alcohol-
lied wine. grape must and sugar. In
the second stage the heavier aromatic
substances distill over with some alco-
hol and water. the alcohol and water
being separated by their quicker con-
densation. The remaining alcohol is
then distilled of. and the absorption
liquids with their aromatic substances
are mixed with the wine residue In
the still.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-07-29
How Much Must He Earn

berculosis-that curse which has re-
Gently been named "the great black
plague" In fact. such "murderous
silence" has been maintained about
this form OF disease that an astonish-
ingly small proportion of young girls
know anything whatever about II:
therefore, the average girl is ready to
fall victim to the first diseased
coward who can win her hand. And
yet, as a noted scientist declares. no
other disease can rival this in It's
hideous influence upon parenthood
and the future.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-07-29
BENEFIT DERIVED FROM
SPRAYING FRUIT TREES
Under Average Conditions Fair One.
Fourth OF Total ,st.


of that shown above. but only by ta
king the dropped fruit into account
can a correct estimate of the value OF
the spraying be made. When there is
an unusual amount of worminess and
the best spraying, the benefit due to
spraying will often amount to half OF
the total fruit borne by the tree, as
was shown by some of our plots.
which in the case of a tree with the
same amount of fruit as cited above,
would amount to two barrels instead
of one out of three picked being saved
by spraying. But under average con-
ditions, it seems a fair estimate that
about one-fourth of the total fruit, or
one-third of the fruit actually picked
is saved as perfect fruit by spraying.
This is shown graphically in the &C
companying illustration. Such state
ment of the benefit derived from
spraying is not as striking as to say
that but one apple In one hundred of
those picked as wormy, but the for
mer statement merely clearly states
the facts and only one in a hundred
of tho picked apples may be wormy.
and yet the real benefit from spraying
may not be as great as on other trees.
where a larger proportion of the
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-07-29

given me, and am recommending 1t
to all my friends. Mrs. w. s. FORD,
22O7 w. Franklin ST., Baltimore, Md.
The most successful remedy in this
country for the cure of all forms OF
female complaints is Lydia 4. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. 1t has
stood the test Of years and to-day is
more widely and successfully used than
any other female remedy. 1t has cured
thousands Of women who have been
troubled with displacements, infam-
nation, liberation, fibroid tumors, ir-
regularities, periodic pains, backache.
that bearing-down feeling, flatulency,
indigestion, and nervous prostration,
after all other means had failed.
If you are suffering from any of these
ailments, don't give up hope until you
have given Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound trial.
If you would like special advice
write to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn,
Mass, for it. She has guided
thousands to health, free OF
charge.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-07-29
not SPRAYED

the unsprayed plots the picked fruit
free from worms is found to average
only 43 per cent. of the total crop,
while on all sprayed plots 1t averages
20 per cent, a difference of q per
cent. OF the total crop. Thus gain
of about one-fourth of the crop seems
to be fair average of the actual ben
eft to be derived from spraying. If we
base our estimates upon the total fruit
borne by the tree. This would mean
that on a sprayed tree which picked
three barrels of fruit. one barrels of
perfect fruit. worth 81 to $1.25 net,
had been gained by the spraying.
II the difference in amount of per-
feet picked fruit was based on the
picked fruit only. leaving the drops
out OF consideration. the benefit would
appear to be only about three-fourths
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-07-29
WEEPING WILLOWS
STRANGE STORY
Peculiar Dropping Tree Has INTER-
estfng History Regarding Its
Introduction Into Europe
and America

This peculiar dropping tree has q
strangely interesting history regarding
its Introduction into Europe and Amer
lea. This was after Alexander Pope
had builded home on the Thames
river In England. At that time he re-
ceived from a friepd in Smyrna a drum
of figs. and with # there happened to
be a small twig that greatly excited
the poets curiosity--so much so that
he stuck II into the ground by the
rivers bank.
The little tree rooted and soon grew.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-07-29
When the Concrete Building Must
Come Down.
WILL NOT BE EASY TASK
Experts Differ as to Means Necessary
TO Demolish the Great Masses OF
Nodded Stone and Twisted
Steel.

There's going to be a big time in
the building business one of these
days when the men in it begin to tear
Gown the steel and concrete structures
they are putting up everywhere just
now. How will they tear to pieces the
masses of artificial stone and twisted
metal?
Experts differ as to what violence
will be needed to level to earth the
huge, hard unyielding structures
which stand as solidly as a steel
skeleton with flesh of granite. Some
say nothing short/of dynamite will do
the job. Others say that men with
picks and shovels will suffice.
II dynamite has to be used there
will be trouble. for blasting OF that
sort in a city street is dangerous. The
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-07-29
SiIenced the Critic.

Charles Sumner, when in London,
gave a ready reply. At dinner given
in his honor, he spoke Of "the ashes"
of some dead hero. Ashes! What
American English" rudely broke IN
an Englishman; dust you mean, Mr..
Sumner. We don't burn our dead in
this country" yet" instantly re-
piled Mr.. Sumner, with a courteous
smile, "your poet Gray tells US that
Even in our ashes live their wonted
fires" The American was not criti-
cized again that evening.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-07-29
How Perfume Is Extracted.

There is a method employed In
France whereby the perfume OF flow
ers is extracted without crushing or
killing the blossoms. 1t consists In
immersing the flowers in water. which
as II becomes charged with the odor
is gradually withdrawn, while fresh
water takes its place. Afterward the
perfume is isolated from the water
with the aid of ether. 1t Is said that
by this method some flowers whose
perfume had never before been ex-
tracted have been successfully treat
ed. The process has been notably eff
ficient in the case of the lily of the
valley.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-07-29

The orchard owner Is chiefly inter-
ested in the effect of spraying on the
amount Of picked fruit free from
worms. In most cases the value of
spraying was due to reducing the
amount of wormy windfalls, or, in 9TH
er words, preventing worminess so
that the fruit remained on the tree.
On the unsprayed trees an average Of
26 per cent. of the total fruit dropped
as wormy, and 1871 per cent. was
wormy when picked.
In the four orchards In 1908. about
20 per cent. of the total fruit was
wormy drops on the unsprayed trees
and Ave per cent. on the sprayed
trees.
An average of all the sprayed plots
shows that of the total crop of fruit
on any tree, AZ per cent. drops as
wormy and Al per cent. is wormy
picked.
Subtracting the percentage which
drops plus the percentage which is
wormy when picked from 100, gives
the percentage of the total crop which
is picked free from worms, which is
the essential matter for the fruit
grower. says a bulletin of the New
Hampshire experiment station. On
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-07-29
MANY WAYS TRIED FOR CATCH
ING THE WATER PRODUCTS.
Fashioned Floating Darrell Which
Is Easily Made.

Though there may be considerable
diversity of opinion as 10 the value OF
the muskrat as a food, there Is no
question as to the value of it's skin as
fur. In the last $50 years the yearly
trade in skins has increased from 75.-
400 to nearly 100000 The prices for
the raw skins range from 35 cents to
81 each. London quotations, the prices
being fixed by the LONDON market. AL
though a quarter of a billion muskrats
have been trapped in North America
in a century and a half there is APP
parently no reduction in the supply.
In comparison with other furs of
such small size the muskrat furs are
Of excellent quality and wear well.
sThey are greatly in demand and their
relative cheapness is due to their
numbers for the manufacture OF so
called beaver" hats, but the demand
for them fell off when silk replaced
fur in hat making. Some time later
the muskrat skins again became pop
ular for use in the manufacture of
imitation sealskins. Their wearing
qualities are quite inferior to the
genuine seal, but when properly dyed
and made up 1t requires an expert to
distinguish them from the genuine
sealskin.
Modern furriers also have found
methods of utilizing the muskrat skins
for initiating nearly all the most cost
~ furs. The increase In demand has
resulted in an increasing effort to
learn easier ways by which they can
be trapped. Numbers OF mechanical
traps have been invented and tried,
but none gives more satisfaction than
the old floating barrel trap that has
been in use for many years.
Both ends are left closed and hole
about by IL inches square Is sawed
in the side. A strong cleat is nailed
across each end, the cleats projecting
six or eight inches beyond the barrel.
and upon the cleats are nailed two
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-07-29

years or less ago are torn down with
ease by a few workmen using pick
and crowbar and rope. The steel and
terra Gotta combination of a few
years later offers more but not much
greater difficulty.
But getting concrete and steel apart
Is very different matter. The slen-
der bands of steel are wound in and
out through the stony mass. crossing
and recrossing and tapping over each
other, tangled up as thoroughly as
hair in a rat.
Certain 1t is that when concrete has
bound its letters more and more Sc
curely on the cities the cities will
find it more and more difficult to
break those letters or change them
for new ones.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-07-29
Profits in Muskrat Skins

boards, one on each side Of the bar
rel and several inches longer. Water
then is placed In the barrel so that 1t
will float with the board platforms
about on a level with the surface OF
the pond or stream. About one-third
of the barrel remains above water.
Apples. carrots and other delicacies
that the muskrat likes are placed in
the barrel. In their attempts to get
the bait the animals fall into the bar
rel and are unable to get out.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-07-29

to the delight of Pope. II was the an
cestor Of all those that have since
lived both in Europe and America.
In 1775 young British officer going
to Boston, Mass, took along with him.
very carefully wrapped IN oil silk. a
twig from the genuine Pope willow"
and gave the precious twig to Mr. Cur.
tbs. stepson Of General Washington
Mr.. Curtis planted IL near his home in
Virginia. There the twig took kindly
to the soil, growing vigorously. II was
a child OF "Pope's willow" the first
one to strike root In America. Later,
In 1870. General Gates also put out
twig on his farm on Manhattan is
land, New York. which grew, and
was known as Gates weeping will
low tree"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-07-29

In the single-comb breeds, side
sprigs, as seen in illustration No. 1,
are Objectionable; No. shows a
comb too coarse to be typical; whilst
No. possesses too many serrations;
No. is q weak comb. The rose or
double comb. as seen In a typical
fowl, such as the Wyandotte. is an
object for admiration. but It must be
firmly set on the head, the entire sur
face being covered with small cor
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-07-29
SPRAYED

picked fruit was wormy, but on which
the spraying had prevented large
drop and thus secured much larger
crop to pick. The old saying that
noting will lie like statistics" is we'll
exemplified in considering the bene-
fits of spraying as often recorded and
compared.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-07-29
prv Bran far Fed.

II is a good plan to keep dry bran
before the fowls at all times. They
won't eat too much of IT, and It is a
very good food and acts as laxative.
After chicks are month old bran can
be placed before them to eat at their
pleasure.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-07-29
Milk Needs Water.

Milk is mostly waterfall milk, not
just the kind the milkman leaves at
the door. Cows cannot make milk
without plenty Of water. and they like
good water, too.
At the old home farm the cows used
to wade right through the creek to
come to the we'll to drink. The old
man educated those cows to an appre-
citation Of good drink.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-07-29
Comparing Notes.

Mrs. Newly-My little Robbie is re-
markably strong; he is only four
years old. but he can raise his high
chair with one hand!
Mr.. Spoodler-Oh, that's nothing;
in the apartment house where try to
do my sleeping there's a baby that's
only four months old, and that child
can raise the roof with no hand at all.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-07-29

The Teacher-Who was 1t that
climbed slowly up the ladder of sue
cess, carrying his burden with him as
he went; who, when he reached the
top gazed upon those far beneath
him, and
The Scholar (aged ST. know.
ma'am. 1t was Pat O'Rourke, presi-
dent of the Hodcarriers union.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-07-29

ITOm lIEeBuldIl-
ties, terrible drag
ging sensations,
extreme nervous
ness, and that all
gone feeling in my
stomach. 1 had
given up hope Of
ever being well
when / began to
take Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound. Then
/ felt as though
new life had been
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-07-29
BUILT BY AN ENTERPRIsING
WESTERN RAILROAD MAN.
Produces a Negative Eight by Foul
and Onc-Half Feet-Detalls
Of Construction.

A camera almost large enough to
serve as living room owes Its crea-
ton to the enterprise of the general
passenger agent of a western railroad.
1t is indeed q giant among cameras.
and requires a corps of ablebodied
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-07-29
Real Novelty.

Knocker-Say, hereS an original
baseball story.
Second Senior--How's that?
Knocker-Hero wins game in eighth
inning instead of ninth.--Yale Record.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-07-29

Horses very often lose their eye
sight through dust and hayseed fall.
inc into their syes from the loftNaboys
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-07-29
AFTER
FOIJRYEARS
OF MISERY
Cured by Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound

Baltimore, Md. "For four years
my life was misery to me. L suffered
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-07-29
SENTENCE SERMONS.

Forgiveness is mans deepest need
and highest Observation-Disclosures
BE ye therefore imitators OF God,
as beloved children" An unforgiving
Christian is. therefore. a moral mon.
ster.
AN old Spanish writer says. To
return evil for good is devIlish; to re-
turn good for good Is human; but to
return good for evil is GodIike. -
Archbishop Whately.
Il have known a man nurse the tiny
cockatrice egg Of unforgiveness till II
has burst into the fiery serpent Of
crime. "-Fsrrar.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-26
PubIication Notice.

State OF Illinois. Rock Island Coun-
In the Circuit Court Of said county.
To the May term, A. .. 1870. In
oeorgs A. Lyon trustee IN bank
ruptey OF the estate OF josiah i Rob
inson, Ada Stone Robinson, Mutual
Wheel company, q corporattoni Fred ].
Kraft; L. G. Willis. trustee In bank
ruptcy OF the estate Of Rohinson-Miller
e. Fry, trustee In bankruptcy of the
estate OF Robinson Manufacturing oom-
pany, a corporation, defendants
To Fred J. Kraft Josiah L. Robin
son, Ada Stone Robinson, /. @. Willis,
trustee In bankruptcy of the estate OF
Robinson-Mfner company a corpora
ton.
You and each Of you win take notice
that the above entitled cause 10 now
pending in gRtd court against you ana
the other defendants; that an alias
summons In chancery has been. issued
by the clerk OF said court against you
ana each OF you implicated with the
other defendants above named directed
to the sheriff OF Rock Island county. to
execute, returnable to the May term, A
D. 1910, of said court, TO be begun and
holden at the court house in the city
first Monday Of May next, at which
time and place you and each of you
will appear. plead answer or demur to
said bill in chancery in said court hled
Bowersock & Hall, and Jackson, Hurst
& Stafford, complainants solicitors.
Dated at Rock Island, Ill. Web. IL,
1919. GEORGE w. GAMBLE. Clerk
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-26
LEGAL.
~~~-~-~~-~~~-
Executrfx's Notice.
Estate of Grace Buford deceased.

Estate Of Grace Buford deceased
The undersigned having been ap-
pointed executrix of the last will and
testament OF Grace Buford. late of the
county of Rock Island state of Illinois,
deceased, hereby gives notice that she
will appear before the county court OF
Rock Island county. at the county court
room, in the city of Rock Island. at the
March term, on the first Monday in
March next. at which time all persons
having claims against said estate are
notified and requested to attend for the
purpose of having the same adjusted.
All persons indebted to said estate are
requested to make immediate payment
to the undersigned.
Dated this 18th day of February, A
d. 1910. SARAH B. BELL
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-26
Administrative Sale of Real Estate.

Administrative sale of Real Estate.
State OF Illinois. County of Rock Is
land-ss:
January Term. A. d. 1910, of tho
County Court. In Probate.
Mary j. Mckee. administrators OF the
estate of Patrick Mckee, deceased. petit
toner, VS.. Robert Mckee Eleanor Nc
Kee, Mary Mckee. and John Mckee. de-
Petition OF administrators TO sell real
estate TO pay debts OF estate.
Public notice is hereby given, that
by virtue of a decree OF said court, made
and entered in the above entitled cause
at said January term, 1910. the under
signed, said administrators, viii. on the
26th day Of February, 1910, AZ the hour
east door OF the court house in the city
of Rock Island. in said county OF Rock
Island. offer for sale at public vendue.
to the highest and best bidder. for cash
in hand, TO pay the debts now due from
said estate. and the costs OF admins
tration now due or TO accrue. the fol-
OF as may be necessary. and all the
right, title, estate and interest therein
which the said Patrick Mckee, deceas-
ed had at the zine of his death. Bitu-
ated in said county described as FOL
The east half ODD of the northwest
quarter "a of section twenty mine (20),
and all that part or the east halt Nh)
of the southwest quarter ~ OF sec
tion twenty GOD, south OF the railroad
right of way now occupied by the Chi
cago, Rock Island Pacific Railway
company, formerly by the ROCK lslahd
& Peoria Railroad company; reserving,
however. from this sale the east TWEEN
ty-five (25) links OF the tract OF land
last described for a road, containing
ninety-six $3.50 acres, more or less. sit
uated in township seventeen (17) north,
range one % west OF the fourth (4th)
principal meridian.
No bid will be received for said lands
at lower rate than nfty-three and "a
100 dollars (S53.34) per acre; said tracts
OF land to be sold entire. and free from
all claim Of dover on the part OF said
Mary J. Mckee. widow OF said de-
ceased. No deed will be delivered TO
the purchaser until the sale is approx
ed by said court.
Dated this 26th day OF January, 1910.
TSiRnedl MARY J. MCKEE.
Administrators OF the Estate of Patrick
jackson, Hurst & Stafford. attorneys.