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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-09-30

ID ORTLAND, Ore.-Sojourning here
i the last several weeks has been a
man who has attracted widespread at
tention in medical circles. He is
Thomas p. Dunn, a native OF Mon
tana, who. as a member of the First
Montana volunteers In the Spanish
American war, was shot through the
head at Caloocan in the Philippines
more than twelve years ago and is
alive to tell Of 1t today.
When Dunn fell wounded on the
battlefield of Caloocan he was car
ried to the ward where the fatally
injured were placed and no one paid
any attention to him for two days, as
there were too many other wounded
whom the physicians and surgeons In
charge believed had better chances
for recovery. At the end OF two days,
during which the Montana boy lay
practically without attention, the sur
geon in charge remarked upon his
vitality and decided to try to save his
life.
A Mauser bullet had entered the
left side of his head Just above the
temple and emerged from the right
side just below the temple, a wound
that had previously proved fatal as
far as any of the medical men who
have examined Dunn ever heard
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-09-30

G PRINGFIELD, MONO session of
- the public schools of Springfield
after ten o'clock a. m. on circus day"
This edict from the Office Of Prof.
Jonathan Fairbanks, lifelong educator
and for SO years superintendent of the
public schools of Springfield, brought
10y to the hearts of 5000 school chill
dren, for 1t meant that at ten o'clock
on the morning of circus days the
city schools closed for the day.
"a circus is something every child
ought to see," Superintendent Fair
banks said, in explaining his orders,
''for it is veritable education in IT.
SELF You can see for small sum
attractions that have been grouped to-
gether at cost of hundreds of thou
sands of dollars, and which would
cost large sums to see outside a cir
GUS
School children read Of lions and
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-09-30

NEW YORK.-Tee-hee-hee! Haw-
~ haw! Cra-a-a-ack!!l
Mrs. Cecilia Goldberg's birthday par
ty was an enjoyable occasion up to
this point, or, to be exact, until she
dislocated her jaw laughing at her
mistake in kissing the wrong man.
The occasion was the eighteenth an
niversary of Mrs. Goldberg's arrival in
Harlem, where she has since become
duly popular in her set. She is a
pretty young woman, and her parents
invited all their friends and relatives
to come around and celebrate.
They came by the dozens, and it
was one of those "a-gorgeous-time was
had-by-all" affairs. The tables groaned
with good things to eat, and there
was decorous but all sufficient damp
ness out in the vicinity of the ice box
Along about midnight, when the young
folks began thinking of going home,
some on suggested that blind mans
buff was a good game to taper off
with. The music was stopped and
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-09-30
Woman Laughs Her Jaw Out of Joint

Mrs. Goldberg was chosen as the first
to be the blind one.
She was blindfolded and led into
the parlor. She was entitled to kiss
any man she could catch, and she
supposed that Jim, her husband, would
be on the job and see that he was
caught. But young man named Har-
ry was caught by Mrs. Goldberg and
was kissed. Jim was just a SECOND
too late. Then they pulled the blind
fold off and Mrs. Goldberg saw whom
she had kissed
The crowd combined in a roar of
glee and Mrs. Goldberg graciously
Joined In the laughter. But she over
exerted herself In the midst of an
unusually loud "Ha-ha!" she grabbed
her jaws and began TO dance about
the room She gasped and groaned,
and Policeman Mott, rushing upstairs,
found the company in confusion and
hysteria. Mrs. Goldberg seemed I'M
able to close her mouth, and nobody
could hold her long enough to close il
for her. A policeman gave all the
first aid he could muster without re-
suit, so he called a doctor from the
Harlem hospital. The doctor made a
hasty examination and diagnosed the
trouble as a dislocated jaw. He final
ly succeeded in getting it back in
place, and advised the patient not to
laugh again for a day or so. She
won't for a week at least.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-09-30

preserve Tor desert vegetation, the installation
ana construction of telephone, light and power
connections, and OF road to the site of the lab
oratory' about two miles from Tucson. This
spirit OF hearty cooperation has animated every
organization in the city, and has enabled the lab
oratory to gain control of a domain of $50 acres
OF the greatest usefulness for general experiment
tai work
Extending northward for nearly 100 miles
from FL Paso is the noted Jornada del Muerta
Journey OF DEATH, which has a width OF 80
to 40 miles. 1t formed a portion of the route
connecting the earliest settlements along the Rio
Grande and here the traveller was compelled to
leave the stream far to the westward, in It's
deeply cut, inaccessible canyon, and toll for two
or three days in the burning heat without water
except such might be carried It was for three
centuries one of the most menacing and hazard
Gus overland journeys to be encountered in the
American desert. Recent Investigations however,
have shown that the region traversed is in real
fly a basin, and that water is to be found as in
many other deserts within reasonable distance
OF the surface
Beyond lies an equally remarkable desert the
Otero basin which is the bed OF an ancient lake,
and is noted for great salt and soda fiat, a salt
lake, and most striking of all. the white Sands"
of about 300 square miles covered with
dunes OF gypsum sand rising to a maximum
height of GO feet
The surface of the dunes is sparkling white,
due to the dry condition of the gypsum powder,
but few inches beneath II is of a yellowish or
buff color and is distinctly moist and cool to the
touch, even when the air is extremely hot.
The most characteristic plant of the dunes is
the threeleaf sumac (Rhus triobata), which oc-
cure in the form of single hemisphercal bushes
four to eight feet high, the lower branches hug
ging the sand. The plant grows vigorously, the
trunk at OF beneath the surface often reaching
a diameter OF three inches. The binding and pro-
tecting effect of this bush is often shown In
striking manner when in the cutting down of an
older dune by the wind a column Of sand may
be left protected above from the by the close
covering of the branches and leaves, and the sand
IN the column itself bound together by the long
penetrating roots One of these columns was
about 10 feet high from its base to the summit
OF the protecting bush and about feet in diam
eter at the base.
marked popularity OF the White Sands Is
that cottonwood is occasionally found in the
lower dunes, reaching foot in diameter, out sell
dom more than Is feet in height; yet at the same
time not a mesquite seen. The mesquite Is
a tree requiring less moisture than the cotton
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-09-30
Day Spent in Circus Beats School

see pictures Of them, but they don't
really know what lion is until they
see one. Merely seeing the animals
in the open cages of a circus parade
is of great value to children. They
see many animals with which they
are not familiar and get real knowl.
edge of animals of which they have
read but which they have little op.
portunity to see. In the menagerie
there are animals from all parts OF
the world and the child who goes &c
the circus learns more about animals
in one day than he can learn from
the teacher of a nature study class in
n year
Then schoolroom work is done in
the most perfunctory way when there
IL a circus in town. The minds of
the children-not nearly all OF the
children are there-are not upon the
work. and the teacher can put no life
in his or her tasks. The teacher
knows all the work will have to be
gone over the following day"
Professor Fairbanks is almost eighty
years old, and he has been elected gu.
perintendent Of the public schools
here almost without opposition SO
times.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-09-30
No Missionary Cash for the Indians

speaking congregation of Indians to
some white charge. This is for the
purpose OF getting the Indians under
a white pastor in order that educa.
tlonal as well as religious work may
be carried on. The old idea of teach
ing white missionary to speak the
Indian tongue and sending him among
the Indians to preach in their own
language is to be abandoned.
1t was pointed out that. under the
state government. the Indian and the
white man are the same socially and
politically, that the state schools arc
being extended into every Indian set
Element, and that the Indian children
everywhere are being taught English
1t is expected that other religious
organizations will take the same step
II being practically forced upon then.
by the new conditions arising from
the adoption OF state government anc
state schools.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-09-30
AEIA2N NSEZSZE L.
soldier Victim of Rare Affliction

His remarkable recovery and the
fact that he retains his reason are
the most remarkable features OF this
case. While he is alive. in good
health and able to walk around the
streets and converse with his friends
and acquaintances. Dunn Is handi-
capped by the loss Of all sense oil
smell or taste and has lost the sight
of his right eye. Despite these af-
flictions he bears his lot with forti-
tude He cannot enjoy meal, for no
matter what choice viands he may or
der, he cannot relish them any more
than he would bareback and salt pork.
The loss of the sense Of taste he
looks upon as his worst affliction.
Tommy Dunn, as he Is known among
his friends, is a ward of the govern
ment, though not of his own choosing,
for he has relatives and influential
friends who take care of him and look
after his comfoyt at all times. His
impaired eyesight has proved an OBJ
stacle toward his securing employ
ment, and idldness is something he
breads because of his Affections. His
only amusement Is to join several con
genial companions and tell stories OF
past experiences, or to take street car
rides or journeys through the country
in automobiles. He cannot go to the
theater, being handicapped by partial
blindness and fearful lest the glare OF
the lights shall impair the sight OF
his remaining eye.
AS ward of the government Dunn
must report at Washington or some
other military headquarters at certain
periods and to undergo the periodical
examination required by the surgeon
generals Office
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-09-30

shrub These tuberous formations may be seen
during the dry season lying about wholly unan-
chored as the slender roots dry up with the close
of the vegetative season. which lasts but a few
weeks.
In February, 1902, some of these tubers
taken to the New York Botanical garden, and
large specimen not treated in any way was
placed in a museum case, where it has since
NAMED Annually. at time fairly coincident
with the natural vegetative season in its native
habitat, the major vegetative points awaken and
send up few thin shoots, which reach a length
of about two feet only, since they do not obtain
sunlight. After period OF a few weeks they lie
down again and the material in them retreats to
the tuber to await another season Seven periods
of activity have thus been displayed by this speci-
men with no apparent change In its structure
size 1t does not seem unreasonable to suppose,
therefore, that the guarequi is storage structure
of such great efficiency that water and other ma
teral sufficient to meet the needs of the plant
for quarter OF a century are held in reserve
in its reservoirs
The morning-glory Qphomoea arborescens) is
here tree 20 to 30 feet high, with smooth,
chalky gray trunk and branches. During Fetgu
airy it is leahess throughout while its large white
flowers open one by one on the ends of the naked
branches From its white bark the tree is some
times known pao blanco, and from the gum
or resin, which exudes from incisions made in II
for the purpose and which is used incense In
religious ceremonies It is also called palo santo
One of the striking features of the Tehuacan
desert OF southern Mexico is the extreme locali-
cation or strictness of colonization exhibited by
many species which are found to cover an area
of few square yards. the face of a slope, the
crest of a cliff or the floor of barranca. with
outers and with the nearest colony perhaps
many miles away.
The Cactaceae more abundant here than
in any other part of the world yet visited, sew
eral of the species being massive FORMS
Cephalocereus macrocephalus is a tall species
OF the massiveness of the saguaro, and like It
having central shaft bearing numbers of
branches which are more closely oppressed II
seen only along the cliff near the Rancho
San Diego along the eastern edge Of the valley.
Pilocereus fulviceps, OF more general dlstrIbu
ton on slopes, has series of branches, in many
instances 40 or 80 in number, densely clustered
and arising from a short trunk. which barely rises
from the ground before 1t branches.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-09-30

aridity increases until in the vicinity OF the ha-
cenda of that name extreme desert conditions
found. The ancient structures mere are IN
dicative of a type of civilization characteristic OF
the desert in which cooperation or communism
was carried to as great lengths as 1t must have
been in the pueblos of the northern deserts In
America.
One of the most difficult problems to solve is
that OF transportation in the desert and there
extensive in American deserts that have
not yet been systematically explored by reason
Of this condition.
A comprehension of the part that water plays
in existence and travel In the desert is to be
gained only by experience. Some of the native
animals such mice and other small rodents,
have been known to live on hard seeds without
green food for periods of several months, even
as long as two three years. and nothing in
their behavior indicated that they ever took liquid
In any FORM
Deer and peccary are abundant in deserts in
Sonora in which the only available supply of open
water is to be found in the cacti.
Man and his most constant companion on the
desert of America, the horse, are comparatively
poorly equipped against the rigors of the desert.
horseman may go from the morning OF one day
until some hour of the next in midsummer and
neither he nor his horse will incur serious dan
ger; experiences of this kind are numerous. II
the traveller is afoot, abstinence from water from
sunrise to sunset is serious Inconvenience to
him, and II he continues his journey, the follow
ing morning his sufferngs may disturb his
mental balance that he may be unable to follow
a trail, and by the evening of that day, IL he has
not come to something drinkable he may not rec
ognize the friendly stream in his way. Instances
not unknown in which sufferers from thirst
have forded streams waist deep to wander out on
the dry plain TO grisly death
Scouting Indians have long used the bisnaga
and drink may be obtained in this manner by a
skilled operator In FIVE to ten minltes. Some trav
elers are inclined to look with much disfavor on
the liquid so obtained but 1t has been used with
out discomfort by members of expeditions from
the desert laboratory. That it is often preferred
by Indians to fair water is evidenced by the fact
that the Whipple expedition found the Mohaves
near tho mouth of the Bill Williams river in
1855 cooking ducks and other birds in the juice
OF these plants by means of heated stones
dropped into the cavity containing the pulp.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-09-30

los, MINI.
Brookville, Ohio.--"I was irregular
and extremely nervous. a neighbor
recommended Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound to me and have
become regular and my nerves are
much better. - Mrs. r. KLNNIsoN,
Brookville, Ohio.
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotic or harm
full drugs, and to-day holds the record
for the largest number Of actual cures
of female diseases we know of, and
thousands of voluntary testimonials
are on file in the Pinkham laboratory
ut Lynn, Mass, from women who have
been cured from almost every form OF
female complaints, Inflammation, Ill
ceration, displacements, ibroid tumors,
Irregularities, periodic pains, backache,
indigestion and nervous prostration.
Every suffering woman owes it to her
self to give Lydia E. Pinkham'S Vege-
table Compound trial
you want special advice write
Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass, for 1t.
1t is free and always helpful.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-09-30

MUSKOGEE, Okla.-The Methodist
IVA church in Oklahoma has decided
upon a new policy relative to religious
work among the Indians. At a meet
ing here of the executive board Of
the church Il was decided to combine
all of the FIVE civilized tribes. Creeks.
Cherokees, Chickasaws, Choctaws and
Seminoles, in one district, under the
supervision of one presiding elder, and
to require the Indians to support their
own pastors without the aid of for
eign missionary money.
II was also decided TO request the
bishop to transfer every English
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-09-30
Which Do You Like Worst?

This is the greatest known way for
undecided people to make up their
minds.
None but a strong minded woman
can ever decide which of two or three
hats she likes "the best" particularly
II they are all comely.
Popular bellies have been known to
have similar troubles with their
sweethearts. Which do like best is
often a momentous question.
Why not try the other way?
Decide which. of men. or hats, or
attractive dates" you like the worst.
and then proceed to eliminate.
From there you can factor out in
the grade of desirability. until you
actually find yourself at a decision,
because It, whatever 1t is, is the only
one left.
The process is delightfully."- simple.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-09-30

function to this pur-
pose to some extent,
W lille the fleshy
leaves OF Agave
marmorata and 9TH
er species and of
Hectia, are essen
TALLY storage or
gans for reserve
food and surplus
water. Here is also
a Euphorbia and a
Pedilanthus, with
thick upright cylin-
drical stems, in
which the storage
function is made
more effective by
the possession OF a
thick milk juice.
AS one proceeds
to the ancient ruins
OF Militia, SO miles
to the southeast
ward of Oaxaca. the
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-09-30
Even the Children.

Ex-Governor Pennypacker, condemn
ing in his witty way the American d.
vorce evil, told at a Philadelphia
luncheon an appropriate story.
Even our children" he said. ARE
becoming infected A Kensington
schoolteacher, examining little girl
In grammar, said:
What is the future OF lover
"a divorce. the child answered
promptly"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-09-30

would not drink 1t at
the end of their first
days drive.
Probably the most
extraordinary product
of the Sonora desert,
west of Torres, Mex
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-09-30

I'LL Was nCh lOI
years while passing
through the Change
of Life and was
hardly able to be
around. After TAX
ing six bottles of
Lydia +. Pinkham's
We ge table Com
pound 1 gained 20
unds, am now
able to do my own
W ork and fe ell
ii" - Mrs. ED.
LA DOU, Park Rap
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-09-30

wood Apparently the presence of excess of
gypsum is prejudcial to the growth of the mes
quite.
The bottoms among the dunes have a dense
vegetation as compared with that of the dunes
themselves. 1t is characterized especially by the
presence OF grama grass (Bouteloua), forming
almost turf, and by frequent clumps of Ephedra
OF grayish purple color at this season and with
three scaled nodes. These bottoms usually show
no sign of moisture. but in two places we found
water holes the water so alkaline that the horses
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-09-30

Echinocactus was represented by a half-dozeu
species, OF which one, E. grande, is undoubtedly
the most massive of all the genus, being as much
as 8 or feet in height and 80 or even SO inches
in thickness which. with the many convolutons
of its surface. makes it a very grotesque feature
of the scenery.
f. favescens forms small heads in clusters,
while In z. robusta colonies 10 Is feet across,
making mounds or feet high, include hundreds
of heads.
No systematic account of any desert Is to be
found In which the storage function appears SO
highly developed and by many species. OF
course all Of the cacti exhibit this feature in a
very marked degree and single plant of PHO
cereus fulviceps may retain several hundred gal
Ions of water. The large stems of Yucca which
is a prominent member OF the flora of the slopes,
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-09-30

AAOA "a = AONoiCu ol
Tucson.
Not the least OF
the advantages OF
Tucson as a center
for the activities of
I h o government
desert laboratory is
I h e broad-minded
comprehension of
the Importance OF
the purposes of the
institution evinced
by the citizens, ac-
companied by an
earnest desire to CO.
operate in its estab-
hshment. This APP
probation was ex-
pressed in the prac-
tical form of subsi-
dies of land for the
site of the building
and to serve as a
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-09-30

of the desert of Arizona, it is GEN.
trally located, both as to position
and transportation, with reference
to the deserts OF Texas, Chihua-
hua, New Mexico, California and
Sonora.
The University of Arizona, with
It's School of Mines, and the Ari-
zona agricultural experiment sta
The Prescott daily news., 1910-08-10
DEL VAL IS PFICEMEkER
FATAL SECRETARY TRIES TO
 SETTLE DIFFERENCES.
Cardinal Struggles to Patch Up Trou- bes Between the Vatican and
 Spanish Government

Rome, Aug. 10.-It is reported that Cardinal Merry del Val. the papal sec, retary of state, is trying through offi- cial, semi-official and private chan nels to reach an understanding with the Spanish government
 It is believed the next note from the Vatican will announce an agree ment or a definite rupture between Rome and Madrid
 A good omen was found in the pres ence of the Marquis de Gonzales. the Spanish charge d'affaires to the Vat ican, and the staff of the Spanish em- bassy at the mass celebrated by Car dinal Merry del Val in honor of the anniversary of the coronation of Pope Plus X. In view of the strained rela- tions between the Holy See and Spain the decision of the Spanish represent atives to be present at the morning function or to absent themselves W awaited with great interest.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-08-10
EASILY GET MATTER STRAIGHT.
Apology of "cub" Reporter Something
 of a Masterpiece.

Whenever l see the name of Sena tor Tillman in print" said an old news paper man, T am reminded of little incident that occurred several years ago when was city editor of little paper in southern city.
 Late one night a South Carolina correspondent wired that he had failed to get desired interview because the senator had taken a train for Wash. ington, but that we might catch him ourselves when the train passed through our city. Hastily searching time table. found that the train meE- toned was due in few minutes. There being no other reporter at hand. l seized Bud Lunkly, raw reporter fresh from the country, told him to meet this train at the station and get some sort of expression from the sen. ntor on subject then of much impor. tance.
 Some time later Bud strolled calm. ly in and informed me that after . per. sonal search of every car on the train be had failed to find Senator Till. man.
 "'Do you mean that you looked Into all the sleeping car berths, Budr said 1.