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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-10-07
THE GENTLE SHEEP As A RAPID
FIRE MoNEYMAkER

An enormous number of sheep are
coming into the Union Stock Yards,
Chicago, which are being sent there
by Western grazers on account of
the scarcity of feed in that section
Of the country, and which must be
sold at buyers prices.
The states Of Michigan, Ohio, In
diana and Illinois, are well provided
with good feed and an opportunity or
this kind, If offered by one of the
great dry goods houses or department
stores of Chicago, would deplete three
quarters of the homes of that city OF
It's womenkind inside OF half an hour
after the notice appeared. All they
would want would be time enough to
throw a few clothes over them; some
wouldn't even stop to put rats" in
their hair. thousands would forget
the powder" none would stop to
paint" but every fathers daugh-
ter" of them would make a "B" line
to bubbles pants, and extract there
from without leave, license or con-
sent, all that therein was to be found
in the shape of cash, and then tum-
BILE over each other to be first on the
spot.
Lots of these women would buy
much more than they required, and
would quietly hold over their pur-
chases until the close of the sale, and
then let loose their surplus stock up
on their less wide awake friends, and
paon fharahU no ~ oh
which we may take for granted would
be at once returned to the trouser
pockets of their husbands while those
gentlemen still slept. That is the
woman Of It.
Let us take a lesson from her
thrifty and honest example. Extract
ing from the pockets of a slumbering
spouse, under such circumstances Is
not robbery, it is only borrowing, and
more than that, 1t is borrowing on
account of that most beautiful of all
female characteristics - thoughtful
consideration-She did not wish to
disturb the peaceful rest of her softly
sleeping consort.
Sheep feeding at this particular
time. and after the season of West
ern drought just experienced, will be
most profitable to those who are for
tunate enough to have the feed, and
such as have, can in the course OF
sixty days turn over their money in
such satisfactory way as will add
very largely to their bank accounts.
There is nothing in sight at the
and safer investment than the pur-
chase of these sheep, in numbers that
each buyer can accommodate, and
nothing that offers so speedy and SO
certain a return.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-10-07

G AN FRANCISCO.-Leland Stanford
~ university is to acquire a child
prodigy Of whom quite as great things
are expected as of Harvard's boy won
der, William James Sidis. In this case
the prodigy Is a girl, Winifred Sack
vile Stoner, better known to her
familiars as Cherie. Her mother is a
daughter of the late Lord Sackville
West, ambassador from England in
one of the Cleveland administrations
and her father is Col. j. B. Stoner Of
the Marine hospital service.
She is now aged eight years, and
as linguist is in a class by herself.
Her knack for poetry enabled her to
print book of 81 pages called jim
giles" when she was five. At the age
of four she was proficient enough in
Esperanto to receive from the founder
OF that composite language a medal
for proficiency. She had heard this
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-10-07
Pythian's Twins Now Join the Order

lodge and was officiating at an i'm
portant meeting when a courier called
him from the meeting and announced
that he was wanted at home-that
the stork had left two sons at his
house. Then, for the first time, Fred.
erick asked to be excused from a lodge
meeting.
Two hours later--the meeting held
late-the. chancellor commander re-
turned to the hall and reported that
the mother and boys were sleeping. A
resolution prevailed that the lodge
adopt the twins as honorary members
and that the parents be requested to
name them Damon A. and Pythias A.
Frederick Mrs. Frederick consented
and the boys became known as the X.
p. twins.
When the Frederick family removed
to indianapolis. Frederick retained his
membership in the vincennes lodge
but became a frequent visitor at In.
dianapolis lodges, and is one of the
widest known lodgemen in the city.
When his sons became of age they
sought membership in No. Sc. Their
story was known to the members and
they were welcome. Several Win.
cennes friends we're present at the
initiation.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-10-07
EIGHT Cents a Day, Wages.

Henry Smith Williams in McClure's,
tells of the standard OF living in Eng
land four centuries ago.
There was time when work
man in England received 8 cents a
day as an ordinary wage, when skilled
artisans commanded IL cents a day.
and when women worked in the field
at such tasks as reaping straw, hoeing,
planting beans and washing sheep, for
2 cents day: and a wise student of
the subject has expressed the opinion
that the British workman of that day
was better of than he has ever been
since.
THAT sounds paradoxical. But the
explanation is this: The workman
who sold his services for cents a
day could buy good beef or mutton for
Ia cents a pound; wheat cost him,
on the average, only IS cents bushel
He could get board for from IL to 16
cents week. The pay he would re-
ceive for Is weeks services would
suffice to purchase a supply of suit
able foodstuffs, according to the stand.
ard of his time consisting of wheat,
malt. and oatmeaD, to maintain his
family for an entire year.
Under these circumstances s cents
a day-increased to ~ cents In har-
vest time-was a fair wage, and times
were good for the average workman !"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-10-07
TOPEKA, KAN.-In any one of 20

Topeka, KAHN any one of 20
Kansas towns today one may see
hundreds of chickens running and fly
ing, with many sQuawks and cackles
and calls, to meet incoming motor
trains. AT every station along the
lines where motor cars are operated
the chickens have learned to hike
with all their might to the depot
whenever they hear the sharp blast
of the siren whistle of the motor cars
Chickens usually run away from
steam trains, but they run for the
motor cars. The chickens are as reg
ular about meeting these cars as the
bus driver and the postmaster Every
old hen, pullet, rooster and cockerel
not penned up answers the call of the
motor car siren. This whistle sounds
more like a fog-horn than a railway
whistle, and can be heard long dis
tances. When the siren sounds the
chickens take the shortest cut to the
station.
What's the reason? Grasshoppers,
Just, plain, old, ordinary, tobacco
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-10-07

softened her grief. And then William
Hall came into her life.
He was kind to her, relieved her Of
many burdens, and finally they were
married in January of this year. Life
was bright for her again. Hall was
fond of her boy. Mrs. Hall began even
to sing as she went about her work.
Their little cottage was a model OF
neatness and 1t was comfortable.
1t was before this cottage that she
was sitting the other evening while
her husband was downtown on some
business, when her former husband
greeted her.
Mrs. Hall said that when she saw
him she grew faint. She could hardly
believe 1t was Sam, but it was Sam.
Then after they had talked It all over
he tried to comfort her, 1t is said, and
explained that at one time while in
the south he had been Ill and had
tried TO send her word and he sup.
posed that this was the cause of the
message saying he was dead
After a time Stevens and his little
boy went down the street and did not
come back. Stevens had left the city.
so far as was known. He is said to
have told friends before going away
again that he was going this time
never TO return, that his wife seemed
TO be happy, had a good home, and
that he would leave her to get d.
vorce II she wished and remarry Hall
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-10-07
To business Women.

A recent number of the Commercial
Tribune has some sensible remarks on
the subject of the business woman's
appearance. The personal appearance
impresses one with the business fac
ulty of young woman. ut adds con-
siderably to the business value of a
woman, no matter in what humble
capacity she may be, to consider per-
sonal cleanliness and neatness i'm
dress" Tidy garments, topped by a
clean. natural complexion and neatly
arranged hair. will aid in securing a
position and help to hold It. There is
something most Susinesslike in keep
ing up ones appearance. whether a
woman is employed In an Office, a
factory or in the kitchen.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-10-07
FAITHFULNESS AND GOOD sERV-
ICE GENERALLY MEET WITH
DUE REWARD.
HERE IS A TYPICAL CASE
Stenographer Considered Herself Over
worked, But Business Manager
Had Simply Been Testing
Her Value to the
Firm.

Miss Miller was pouting in the rest
room because Mr.. Hardley had called
ler up for dictation ten minutes to
five when all the other girls were
crowding into the elevator II was
the third time he had repeated the Of
tense that week. Her face crimped
with indignation and she pricked the
top OF her hat as if she were pricking
Mr.. Hadley's daring presumption.
you do look like storm" teased
her friend. who come into the rest
room from another department.
81 am a storm" she emphasized.
I'm not going to stand for it any
longer. I'm not a dupe. Fifteen min
1tes three times a week makes almost
an hour. I'd have 81 cents anyway
{ know ii sounds small for me to say
It, but it's just as small of him not
20 give me raise. or all the brass
riveted cheek that mans got"
"Ssssh." soothed her friend; you're
foolish for feeling sore over thing
hat ought to make you feel like the
good old summer time. I'm jealous of
you. II my DoSS called me up at Such
time in such manner in preference
10 everybody else, and with such a
grin as I've seen him give you, I'd
have a feather in my hat so big /
could hardly. see you. I'd know there
was something coming, Bosses are
aot unreasonable without a reason and
yours hasn't been in the Office a half
dozen years without getting wise.
You mark my word, you'll have a
raise pretty soon."
I've had raise coming for over
year." remarked Mr.. Hadley's peev-
sh stenographer. But if this keeps
on I'll just make bold and ask for it.
hate to do IT, because a man ought
10 know what's coming to hard
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-10-07
Dancing Craze Has Grip on New York

dancers name, like that of Abou Ben
Adam, has led all the rest. The
masked dancers at the rival vaudeville
theaters, are the latest examples Of
the music hall craze for dancing SEN
sations. We had STORY" dances, toe
dances, clog dances, cake walks, can
cans, everything, 1t seemed. that the
mind of man has been able to invent
or resuscitate.
1t remained, however, for some en-
terprising manager to take advantage
of the idea and give the public an en-
tire evening of contrasted and almost
unbroken dancing.
From the beginning to the end it
is almost one unbroken dance. Be-
tween the dances and between the
acts the audience has a chance to rest
its eyes and prepare for a new round.
Now a glimpse at the popular sup
per places or the tea rooms at the
big hotels would give a stranger from
Oshkosh the idea that the hobble
skirt was quite as much of craze
in its way just now as, well, let us
say, the dance.
No play, therefore, which attempted
to call itself apotheosis of the dance
could be considered complete without
an attempt to show how woman
would look dancing in hobble skirt.
The hobble skirt dance, to say the
least, is amusing.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-10-07
LITTLE WASTE ALLOWED IN THE
HANDLING OF GOODS.
Practically Nothing Is Wasted In the
Shipment of Millions OF
Pounds Of Sugar, for
instance.

Waste in the handling OF goods Is
one Of the biggest drains on modern
business. This is due to the fact that
we are continually working under the
stress of making time" Because OF
this universal feeling of feverish activ-
ity IL is all the more remarkable that
there Is such a slight loss in the hand
ling of the millions of pounds OF sugar
that is imported every year from Cuba.
and brought to the American refineries
to be turned into white crystals.
A loss of three pounds of sugar out
of 100000 pounds handled In the
process of unloading 1t from the
steamer, weighing It on the govern
ment scales and reloading It on to
freight cars doesn't seem big loss.
but Il is too big to satisfy the men
who buy the sugar.
OF the 5000, 900 or 100000 pounds
of sugar lifted from the holds of the
tramp steamers that put into New
York or Boston or New Orleans. IL is
seldom that twenty pounds is lost by
leakage or other causes. This amounts
to .O0033 of / per cent. Sugar Is put
I'D in bags weighing about 800 pounds
when full. From 10000 to 10000 bags
therefore are unloaded, weighed and
reloaded on to trains at the insignit-
cant loss OF twenty or twenty-five
pounds. This is all the more remarka-
BILE when into each bag, as IT Is
weighed. three men did with long cir
cular scoops called tryers, which take
out samples OF the yellow sugar
Every grain that falls from the
scales or from the bags at any other
stage OF their trip from the ship Is
carefully swept up. set aside ana
weighed by itself at the end OF the
day. II Is entered in the government
welgher's books under separate
heading. Then the decks and hold OF
the steamer are swept for ship sweep
ings." which also are weighed and
entered en- the books. The dock
sweepings" and the ship sweepings"
are analysed and tested separately.
But this isn't all. During the trip Of
a week or ten days from the West In
dies the moist sea air often causes
the sugar to stick to the bags and
sometimes even to saturate the bags
With saccharlne matter. The bags,
after being tied as thoroughly as pos
s,ble. are carefully washed. the water
beinx used 10 melt the raw sugar
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-10-07
Loves Crime.

George was manly fellow, yet, sur
prising as it may seem, he was guilty
Of grave charge, a criminal offense-
theft, for had he not many times,
stolen kisses from his fair sweet
heart?
Maude, one of the most lovable Of
girls, was equally guilty as an acces-
sorry; she received the stolen property.
Each seemed to have perfect conf
dence in the other, however, and when
sentence was pronounced by proper
ly qualified official, they decided to
serve their time together.
They remained loyal to the end.
neither making any effort to have
their sentence abrogated or shortened.
but during the course of their long
term together several small offenses
were directly chargeable to them.
w. B. in Puck.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-10-07
WIFE IS REMARKED
WHEN HUB Reforms
INDIANA MAN WHO WAS GONE
FOUR YEARS AND BELIEVED
TO BE DEAD.
DISAPPEARS WITH HIS SON
Is Declared to Have Said That He
Found Woman Happy and That He
Would Go Away Again Never to
Return.

indianapolis are you, Man.
dy!" spoke Samuel Stevens, the other
evening, to a woman sitting in front
of her little cottage. The voice
startled her. She looked up and sud.
denly rose to her feet.
II thought you were dead-dead
and buried" the woman cried. How
did you get here? Where did you
come from?"
mo, no, Mandy; l am very much
alive" the man replied evenly. 81
don't know what made you think /
was dead" he continued, tenderly, to
the emotion-swept woman before him.
She then told him of her belief that
he was dead, and that she had mar
ried William Hall, who had given her
a good home and been a kind hus-
band.
Such is the brief description given
of the meeting of Samuel Stevens and
his wife, from whose presence he had
disappeared four years before.
The story of the Stevenses - like
a chapter from a novel, Four years
ago they were living together and
had seven children. The husband and
father was a laborer. The family is
said to have gotten along as well and
lived as comfortably as the average
family of laboring man and the fam
lily relations were pleasant. Then, one
day, after some little upset over one
Of the children, the punishment by
him of a daughter, 1t is said, neigh
bors made a complaint, and a war.
rant is declared to have been issued
for his arrest. He disappeared from
his home. His wife expected that he
would soon return.
AS time wore on she found the
struggle alone of trying to provide for
the large family too hard battle.
She made a brave effort, but the
handicap was great. She could not
get steady work and sickness now
and then invaded the little home.
Then she allowed three of the chill
dren to be taken away, she keeping
the youngest. Through the day she
toiled for her children, and continued
to hope for her husbands return. She
was confident that he would come
back and believed that he was doing
the best he could and what he thought
was right.
Then one day a grocer brought the
news that her husband was dead. He
had received letter, he said, In
which it was stated that Sam Stevens
had been a victim of yellow fever at
Oswego, Miss.
She lost heart and gave up the re-
naming children except the youngest,
Harry. With only one child to care
for she found it little easier to get
along. Neighbors helped and time
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-10-07
Kansas Chickens Meet Motor Trains

chewing, green, red, yellow, streaked,
striped and spotted grasshoppers.
Bunches OF 'em, fat and juicy from
feeding in Kansas corn and wheat
fields.
All the motor cars have pilots, fend-
ers or cowcatchers of big scoop-like
pattern. They are made Of heavy steel
bars and covered with wire screen
ing. AS the cars go hiking through
the country these tenders gather up
thousands of grasshoppers. Going the
six or seven miles between stations
a motor car will often gather bushel
of grasshoppers on the fender.
These are the big T-bone sort of
grasshoppers that are found only in
the fields. They are the porterhouse
and sirloin cuts of the hopper family
and they make very delectable re-
past for the chickens. The chickens
cannot catch very many OF them IN
the fields and gardens, as the hoppers
are quick and make long fights.
The grasshoppers are not any more
plentiful this year than in former
years, but the chickens never had a
way of catching them as they have
this year, this being the first season
of the motor cars on most of the lines.
The chickens of the small town, when
the whistle sounds, make quick dive
for the depot, ready 10 pounce ON the
hundreds of stunned hoppers lying on
the fender.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-10-07
Success In Business Life

Clean whether or not she is going to
make good"
And make good she must II she In
tends to advance, Il she intends to re.
main with one firm and gain in bust.
ness knowledge and in the ability to
draw well filled envelope each Sat.
urday night.
There are plenty of girls OF the
other type; girls who are content to
chew gum, eat caramels and chat with
other girls about the young men OF
their acquaintance, while customers
wait or go elsewhere for service. But
this kind of girl rever rises above a
very small salary. She stays in one
place only so long as the employers
patience can be stretched, and then
she's In that, to her, frequent business
OF hunting a new job
Politeness in the business world
means lot more than saying Good
morning to the proprietor. 1t means
In the business world just what 1t
means in the world at large, where DO
likeness stands for nothing more nor
less than an exemplification of the
Golden Rule
The girl who enters a store and
stands behind a counter making ar.
rangements with fellow clerk to at.
tend a moveing picture show while an
eXasperated customer stands before
the counter. waiting to make a pur-
chase and catch car. is not polite.
This clerk hasn't the ability to put
herself In the customers place and try
to render the sort of service she
would desire If she was on the other
side of the counter.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-10-07
Loss Reduced to Minimum,

when it is being prepared for further
publication at the refinery.
At this point the bags, which are not
available for sugar traffic again. are
sold. A number OF concerns make a
business Of buying them, mending the
rents made by the insertion of the
"tryers." and selling them to be used
for potatoes. onions. etc.
The work of the weigher at the
docks isn't the easiest thing In the
world. Standing between two of the
government scales, he keeps track of
the weight of nearly 1000 bags of
sugar in ten-hour day.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-10-07
Wa. Afraid Of Phonoaranh-

freed by COW moose. Massuchu.
sets man started to play phono-
graph, and the moose thing was lust
six seconds jumping over two barns
and four haystacks and losing itself
in the woods We know exactly how
the moose felt about It, and nothing
but the speed laws prevented us from
taking similar hike on no less than
two thousand different occasions
philadelphia Telegraph.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-10-07
ESSENTIALS FOR THE GIRL WHO
WOULD MAKE GOOD"
inclination to Work, Attention and Po-
l..eness Will All Help In
Upward Climb Of
Ladder.

One of the most essential things for
the girl who. instead of returning TO
school. intends to make her way into
the bushes world. is politeness. Next
to an inclination to work, an intention
to be prompt and attentive to work
during business hours, politeness
stands third in the list of essentials
which must be possessed by the girl
who would succeed.
1t doesn't take a business man very
long to size up" the new girl who en-
ers his store or Office for business. He
knows, in spite of all the theories
about the new brooms" which sweep
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-10-07

It is true that all wealth comes
from labor. but not necessarily from
labor by the hands. The thinkers OF
the world have added inestimably to
it's development. IL was a portrait
PALMER who invented the telegraph. a
college professor who produced the
telephone. and the list might be ex.
tended almost indefinitely. IL is well
that today. with all our indulgence in
rest and play, that we remember that
It Is intellgently directed energy of
whatever kind which makes man bet.
ter and helps along the world TO the
millenial dawn--Weekiy Dispatch.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-10-07

duties of chief correspondent and
business secretary"
Miss Miller gave little scream of
delight.
Il can see the feather in your hat
right now" laughed her friend.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-10-07
Same Wlth Political PASTRY.

Teacher-Now, Willie, which would
you rather have, two-sixths of pie or
one-third?
Willie-One-third, miss.
Teacher (sarcastically) would,
Ell! And why so?
Willie-Cause If you cut 1t into
sixths I'll lose more of the juice.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-10-07
PIN PI-ES

'T tried all kinds of blood remedies
which failed to do me any good, but I
have found the right thing at last. MY
face was full OF pimples and black-heads.
After taking Cascarets they all left. am
continuing the use of them and recon-
mending them to my friends. / feel fine
when rise In the morning. Hope to
have chance to recommend Cascarets.
Fred c. Witten, 70 Elm ST., Newark, N. ].
Pleasant, Palatable. Potent. Taste Good
Do Good. Never Sicken, Weaken or Gripe.
l0c. 2Sc, Soc. Never sold Ia bulk. The genu-
Inc tablet stamped G { c, Guaranteed to
, cure or your money back 92z
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-10-07
Latest Mine Horror.

The Doctor-Of course, IL the oper-
ators in the anthracite and bituminous
fields form a coalition
The Professionalism there will be
nothing for the consumers to do but
to, coalescsa -
(Slow c1rtain.)
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-10-07
Well EMPLOYED.

Friend-Pretty busy Just now. Mr..
Klexl?
Artist-Very thanks. Painting all
my creditors. Fliegende Blaetter.