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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1911-12-07

He is broker by trade. Also, he
speculates on his own account, and
part of the time is floating like bub-
BILE on the top wave of prosperity and
the rest of the time swimming for
dear life in the succeeding trough. 1t
was good deal as he himself once
put II, when he had planned to feed
a few Of us a week i'm advance:
"You had better put sandwich in
your pocket, boys, for life is uncer-
tain. AS you know, 1t is turkey with
me one day and feathers the next, and
you have got to take your chance as
to which you will get when you dine
with me. But come on just the same.
IL 1t is turkey it will be the biggest
one in the market, and II it's the
other 1t will be feathers In our caps
anyhow"
In spite of yourself you can't cher
ish anything against a man like that.
never criticized him to any one
save Glare. and only to her incident
ally and openly the same as we criu-
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1911-12-07
CHAPTER II.

In my uncle's large front room there
was a safe that he had picked up
somewhere in the dark ages Of his
youth, doubtless upon some fore
closure; and it was one of the sim
plicities of his complex mind that he
should cling to 1t with the faith which
child reposes in the toy savings
bank in which he had deposited his
treasure. 1t was a logged enough
looking contraption, and around it re-
volve the principal characters and
events of this history as a moth cir
cles n flame. Behind the portly doors
were kept the integrals of his fortune !;
the mortgages, leases, deeds and notes
that were the material evidences of
his possessions. While it was nearly
always practically empty of cash, at
remote intervals, and for a few days at
time only, it contained considerable
sums in specie. This last happened
mortgage or other security, and be.
cause of not feeling well would re.
ceive payment at the house instead of
the bank. Once in a long while this
would chance to occur after banking
hours, or on Sunday or holiday, and
in that event, after the payee had de-
parted. he would give himself over to
revel with the currency with all the
delight of a child fondling a new toy,
He did not seem to care for gold az
the stereotyped miser always does
but would nose around among the
bundles of greenbacks with the seem.
ing fascination of feline for catnip.
It was during one OF these scenes
that our quarrel occurred.
CTO BE CONTINUED)
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o City
They'd

chatter. Five minutes of that would
put her out of breath, after which
she would be content to settle down
to ordinary conversation as she sewed
on the buttons missing from his gar
ments. or trimmed the edges of his
ever-frayed collars. For while Mrs.
Tebbets was employed to do all this,
Glare always reserved those tasks for
herself and jealousy insisted upon
retaining her prerogatives. Perhaps
an hour later, II the weather was fit
ting, would manage to catch her eye
with a significant glance and would
then go down to a rustic seat beneath
the big oaks. Presently she would
join me.
While l was not really in love with
her, neither was ! with anybody else.
liked her exceedingly, realized that
she would make a we'll nigh ideal
wife, and sometimes used to speak TO
her about love matters. would be
half In fun and half In earnest.
Glare" would say, 'you don't
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1911-12-07
DOCTORS SAID he WOULD DIE.
A Friends Advice Saves Life.

] wish to speak of the wonderful
cure that | have received from your
noted SwampRoot, the great kidney
and bladder cure. Last summer l was
taken with severe pains in my back
and sides. l could not breathe with
out difficulty. i tried all the different
doctors from far and near but they
said 1t was no use to doctor as |
would die anyway. / was at the end
Of my rope and was so miserable with
pain and the thought that / must die
that words cannot tell how felt One
day friend told me of the wonderful
help she had received from DR.. Kill
mer's Swamp-Root. She gave me one
of your pamphlets which / read and
determined to try Swamp-Root. After
taking half bottle felt better. Have
now taken ten bottles and am we'll as
I ever was, thanks to Swamp-Root. i
wish to tell all suffering people that
have kidney, liver or bladder trouble.
that DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is the
best medicine on the market.
All persons doubling this statement
can write to me and l will answer
them directly
Yours very truly,
CLYDE f. CAMERER,
Rosalia, Wash.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 23rd day Of July, 1909.
WE'RE TowNE, Notary Public.
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ciged other things that were In COM
mon between us. She understood per-
fectly that there was no animus back
of my words, and | would not have
cared particularly If she had told him
all | said. AS a general proposition
she would agree with me, but not al
ways. / remember once when she
crushed the rose which she had been
caressing into shapeless pulp with
one convulslve squeeze at some care
less remark OF mine concerning his
improvidence.
Did you ever happen to notice
where Bruce's clothes show the first
signs of wear?" she asked defiantly.
| admitted that had not.
Then l will tell you. 1t is at the
flap of his right-hand trousers pocket
where he carries the loose money that
he loans and gives away" So you
see her action signified nothing ex-
cept another instructive desire on her
part to fly to his defense and cover
his sins of extravaganza by the man
tie of his charities. And. of course,
against sentiment like that logic is
useless
Then, too. when 1t comes to his lit
tic love affairs Bruce Is certainly a
pachyderm. You could shoot him as
full of Cupid's arrows as you could
thrust human pin cushion full OF
needles, and the result would be the
same in each case. An unfortunate
affair of the heart affects some peo-
pie not unlike a mosquito. 1t annoys
them for few moments, and then an
other mosquito comes and the first
one Is forgotten. With others 1t gets
under the skin like "chigger"-fes.
ters and torrents and will not be
scratched out. And there Is where
Bruce and differ again. He is of the
first class, while | am of the chigger-
bitten variety.
Clare nearly always came to see us
upon Sunday afternoons. We would
usually hear her whistling as she
came up the walk when she was still
quite a ways distant. Clare can sing
like an angel, but she much prefers
to whistle like the devil. She
squeaks and trebles and flats with
her lips in a quicker and her chin
aslant, and the discord she creates is
shocking. But she never gets dis
couraged, and would rather shrill a
few false notes through her puckered
lips than open her round throat and
let notes pour forth that would drive
prima donna to glaring envy. Into
the house she would come by means
OF her private key with fife Of her
lips and a hat-a-tat-tat of her feet on
the uncarpeted stairs, until a final
hollow thump would announce her ar
rival at the portals of my uncle's in
ner sanctuary. Thereupon | would
arise to military attention" and my
uncle to a creaking resemblance of up
rightness as she threw open the door
to reveal herself, sinking to the floor
with skirts spread in an exaggerated
curtsey Of the olden days. Up TO UNI
Gle she would go with a ridiculous
kiss upon the bald spot of his head,
and then settle light IS a puff-ball in
the window seat and commence to
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1911-12-07

he would sit down and begin to make
the way that any other civilized man
would go about such a thing, but
openly and VIGOROUSLY in the filibus-
tering fashion in which he did every
thing. She always seemed helpless
before his extravagant compliments,
while, as for myself | would watch
him in silence unable to make up my
mind whether I was amused or dis
gUsted. After he got tired of that he
would insist that she go with him
over to the boulevard where they
could sit on a bench and pick out an
automobile from those going by, such
as he was going to purchase for her
especial benefit. At first she would
demur, but would finally say. "All
right, if Tom will go, too" Whereat
he would laugh and say to me with an
audacious wink:
ooh, Tom doesn't care to 60 He
would rather loaf up in his den and
sit in the dust, wouldn't you, TOM"
In reply | would bow low and say
certainly" with a sarcasm that
would have shriveled any other living
human being, but at which he would
only laugh again and straightway
march her off. and that, of course,
would be the last of them for that day
so far as | was concerned.
AS l said before, l was not in love
with her: | did not think that he
was more than half in earnest and
therefore was not jealous. But it al
ways left me feeling sort of Disguised.
| don't believe it is In the male ma
ture for any man to witness woman
whom he likes tacitly accepting the
advances of a man other than himself
without wishing that he had horns.
He may not particularly want the
woman himself, but the sight Of it
breeds a sneaking desire in him to go
out and hook something.
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Labor Endorses the Red Seal.

Direct approval of the campaign for
the sale Of Red Cross seals has been
given by the American Federation of
Labor, according to an announcement
made by the National Association for
the Study and Prevention of Tuber-
culosis.
At the last annual convention OF the
American Federation of Labor,
resolution was adopted calling on all
the members of the federation to
further the sale as much as possible.
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Business.

A train in Arizona was boarded by
robbers, who went through the peck
cts of the luckless passengers. One
of them happened to be travelling
salesman from New York. who, when
his turn came, flashed out 5000, but
rapidly took 81 from the pile and
placed 1t in his vest pocket.
What do you mean by that?" asked
the robber, as he toyed with his re-
volver. Hurriedly came the answer:
Mine trent, you surely would not re-
fuse me two per cent. discount on a
strictly cash transaction like DISC
Fun.
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WORKS WITHOUT FAITH
Faith Came After the Works Had Laid
the Foundation.

A Bay State belle talks thus about
coffee:
while coffee drinker I was a suf-
ferer from indigestion and intensely
painful nervous headaches, from child
hood.
Seven years ago my health gave
out entirely. l grew so weak that
the exertion of walking, if only few
feet, made it necessary for me to lie
down. My friends thought / was
marked for nsumption-weak, thin
and pale.
81 realized the danger l was in and
tried faithfully to get relief from med
icines, till, at last. after having en-
ployed all kinds of drugs, the doctor
acknowledged that he did not believe
1T was In his power to cure me.
while in this condition friend in
duced me to quit coffee and try Post
UNI, and / did so without the least
hope that it would do me any good I
did not like it at first, but when it was
properly made | found it was a most
delicious and refreshing beverage. I
am especially fond of it served at din
ner ice.cold, with cream.
I'm a months time began to inn
prove, and In few weeks my indiges-
ton ceased to trouble me. and my
headache stopped entirely. 1 am so
perfectly well now that l do not look
like the same person, and I have so
gained In flesh that l am Is pounds
heavier than ever before.
This is what Postum has done for
me. l still use 1t and shall always do
So" Name given by Postum Co., Bat
tie Creek, Mich.
There's reason" and Il Is ex-
planned in the little book, "The Road
to MELVILLE" in pkgs.
Ever rend the nbove Ietterf A new
one appears from time 10 time. They
are Genuinc, true, ana full OF human
interest
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myself, whom he tolerated as a sort
of licensed and necessary evil; Bruce
Halliday, my second cousin, whose
happy-go-lucky exploits he would
sometimes chuckle over, and Clare
Winton, another distant cousin of
mine from a different branch of the
family But 1t was practically impos-
sible to know Clare and not love her
a little at least; and it was his at
dection for her, combined with his
fondness for nature, that made me
realize chat he was a human being
after all. Bruce used to say to me
privately that if Uncle Abner was the
crab apple Of the family tree, Clare
was certainly the peach, but always
preferred to regard her as the jewel.
l would not liken her to a diamond
as / would Mrs. Dace, who scintillates
and dazzles, but rather to a perfect
pearl whose beauty Is soft and ema-
mates from deep within.
While it was easy enough to ac-
count for his fondness for Clare, |
never could quite understand what a
man of his instincts saw about a prodi-
gal like Bruce to pat on the back,
good looking and agreeable though he
is. And 1t puzzled me almost as much
to notice that Glare, who is high
minded and as sweet and wholesome
as fresh milk. would so readily over
look things In my cousin of which
knew she instlnctively disapproved.
One day l spoke to her about It.
good naturally charged her with be-
ing very fond of him, and she ad-
mitted 1t with audacious sang froid.
"Of course / am. Everybody is
everything is. Children climb all over
him and stray dogs follow him home.
Why shouldn't they If he pets them?"
l expostulated. But he is so obvi-
GUS might even say notorious
about his-well, l will call them IL
nancial pecullarities.' He doesn't
care who knows about them" She an.
swered me as pertly as sparrow.
That's just what like about him.
Bruce doesn't know there Is such a
thing as underhandedness
So that's the way some immaculate
women have of sticking up for tar
nished men. 1t seems to be one of
the mysteries of the female mental
equipment which is incomprehensible
to the male mind. But while | al
ways liked Bruce, we are of somewhat
different temperaments. | am not a
purist in any sense of the word, but
| believe in discretion. Personally |
prefer person who does the indiscreet
thing discreetly to one who does the
discreet thing indiscreetly. And that
Is one way in which he and | differ.
Neither do | admit that it is hypoc-
risy on my part-merely discretion.
1t has always seemed to me that when
two peoples characters are equal,
that whatever advantage the one
may have over the other rests with
the one who has the better reputa-
ton.
Also Bruce was usually up to his
ears in trouble of one of two kinds
financial or feminine. But no matter
which it was, he always managed to
slip through it like an eel through oil.
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Letter 10
Or. Kilmer & Co.
| Binghamtor, n. Y.
Prove What Swamp.Root Will Do For You

Send to DR.. Kilmer e Co., Bingham
ton, N. Y, for sample bottle. 1t will
convince anyone. You will also re-
ceive a booklet Of valuable informa-
ton, telling all about the kidneys and
bladder. When writing, be sure and
mention this paper. Regular fifty-cent
and one-dollar size bottles for sale at
all drug stores.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1911-12-07
Cause for Jov7

Mis- Pert-Ever since / refused Ton
two weeks ago he hasn't been sober
a day.
Miss Caustique-Not tired celebrat
ing, Ell Exchange.
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NOTHING Else.

He-I wish you would select mors
appropriate times to go to your dress
makers.
She-My dear man, all times to go to
a dressmaker's are fitting occasions
Henderson gold leaf., 1911-08-24
IContinued from last week. |

My article last week left us in John
son City, Tenn, whittier we had gone
for the purpose OF taking a trip over
= li@ Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Rail-
road. We spent the night here and
after supper took a trolley ride out
to the National Soldiers Home and
spent a couple OF hours very pleas
antly viewing the grounds and build
ings and listening to the band con-
cert, an enjoyable feature of every
envening's program. This is q beau
acres of ground with it's many build
ings and improvements costing more
than $3,0OO,OOO The buildings
barracks, mess hall, hospital, execu-
| tive offices, power plant, officers
quarters, &c-are of red pressed
brick with granite trimmings, the
grounds beautifully laid off and ev-
erything as attractive as nature and
man can make it.
There are 1 400 inmates being
cared for at present, number of
them Spanish war veterans Some
of these looked as strong and healthy
as ii they had never had an ache or
pain, but got there through some
slight disability probably, and now
that they are comfortably berthed
although quite able to supprot them
selves they say "Uncle Sam" owes
them living and ought to give it
to them, and they do not intend to
work for it. | found that some OF
the old fellows, the men who served
in the war of '61'65, were disposed
to speak contemptuously of "those
youngsters, Notwithstanding some
OF the old guard looked as if they
might have got their lob" through
a species OF grafton else they had
recuperated wonderfully since becom-
ing inmates of the institution.
Next morning We boarded a train
on the Clinchfield road for a trip
over that wonderful mountain route
to Marion Junction, one hundred
miles OF scenic wonderland and mar
velous railway engineering such as is
to be found in no other region. This
road penetrates through the Blue
Ridge near it's highest point. These
mountains along some portions OF
the route resemble very closely the
Great Smoky range in Northwestern
North Carolina and East Tennessee
which wrote about last week-rough
and rugged in nature and almost as
broken and barren.
When the conductor came through
to take up tickets told him | was a
stranger in those parts. that We had
come all the way from Eastern North
Carolina to Johnson City especially
to tnke the trip over his road. / had
been informed that the Clinchfield
conductors were clever and good
looking men, and personal observa-
ton had convinced me that part of
this at least was true in his case.
Now if he would be clever enough to
make it so we might get the most
out of the trip in sightseeing | would
Henderson gold leaf., 1911-08-24
Heaven Helps Those Who Helps
Themselves.

A splendid object lesson is furnish
ed other towns and cities of the State
by the town OF Hickory. Recently
the progressive people OF that town
raised a fund of 100000 to guaran-
tee the establishment of Industrial
enterprises, and the scheme has work
ed admirably. We are told that al
ready the town has secured a carri-
age and buggy factory, an overall
factory, a filing cabinent factory, a
chair factory, a bridge and steel
structural plant, and others of the
same sort, which means that Hick-
ory is destined to become a great
manufacturing center. And it a'l
came about simply by the people ,.e
termining to help themselves, and
not waiting for outside capital to
come in and do it all. Outside cap
ital will come, no doubt, but it must
be met half way.-Mt. Olive Tribune.
Henderson gold leaf., 1911-08-24
Interesting Marriage in Warren
County.

Few counties in North Carolina are
more historic than Warren 1t is as
sociated with many important events
OF the past. One OF these is the mar
riage of Horace Greedy, which took
place in the Episcopal church at
Warrenton seventy-flye years ago.
He married Miss Mary g. Cheney
who was teaching the Warrenton
school at the time
A curious circumstance connected
with this event was the ancient legal
requirements. Ia colonial times,
when currency consisted of pounds,
shillings and pence, the law made it
necessary for the groom to give
bond that there existed no lawful
cause OF impediment to obstruct the
marriage, and among these impedi-
ments were extreme poverty and
incapacity to support a family,
whereby the parish might be involv-
ed in expense. Mr.. Greedy was a
stranger in that community, as ira
ditiOn and information furnish no
evidence OF prior visit of that gen.
tleman to Warrenton, and it is sup
posed that he met Miss Cheney in
some Northern state. But Mr..
Greeley soon found friend in that
time OF need. One of the prominent
citizens of Warrenton, Mr.. John G..
Yancey, father of Mrs. Jennie Yancey
Harris and Mrs. c. O. Hill, OF this
place, went on Mr. Greeley's bond in
the sum OF 500 pounds. He secured
his license and was married on the
9th of July, 1886. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. William j
Norwood. who was rector OF the
church in which the marriage took
place.
Mr. Greeley and his bride returned
to their home. Afterwards when
Mr.. Greeley was a candidate for the
Presidency, Mr.. Yancey was one OF
his warm supporters.
Henderson gold leaf., 1911-08-24
The Old TOggleS.

The progress of towns and com
munities has been retarded more by
people who want things to remain
like they were when Noah came out
OF the ark than by any other influ
ence that can be mentioned. Until
a person becomes possessed OF a GER.
tain amount of pride in his town or
community and of willingness to
put forth some effort toward making
the section of country in which he
lives look like something besides a
last years jaybird nest he isn't go
ing to be worth much outside of pro,
viding a mere living for his imme,
diate famiIy.-Exchange.
Henderson gold leaf., 1911-08-24

In some sections OF the State this
has been put down as the dryest
summer since 1916, but this is not
true of Vance county. While we had
a considerable drought in the early
spring that made things look blue
for a while, most of the county at
least has been blessed with fairly
good rains through the summer, and
all parts of the county have had
more or less rain while other sections
OF the State have been fearfully dry.
Consequently there is fine prospect
throughout the county for good
crops this fall, for all of which our
people should be extremely thankful
especially in view OF the situation in
other parts of North Carolina.
Henderson gold leaf., 1911-08-24

MIR. LII. Barnes, of this county,
has bought Mr.. G. D. Thomas big
variety store at Lexington and took
charge OF the business Saturday.
Mr.. Barnes is a native of Vance
county, but he has spent the greater
part of the last eighteen years in
Texas. He sold out in Ladonia.
Tex, few months ago and has been
resting at his old home near Hen
derson for the past few months. His
wife and little daughter joined him
here last week.
Henderson gold leaf., 1911-08-24

The general public probably knows
less about the newspaper business
than anything else in the world.
Aud yet there are scores OF fellows in
almost every community who, while
some Of them at least might not
Know a printing press from a thresh,
ing machine if they were to meet both
iii the road at the same time, can tel
newspaper man OF long and sue
cessful experience just how a newspa
per should be run. 1t is a great pity
that towns and communities need
ing live, up-to-date newspapers can
not press some of these fellows into
service.
Henderson gold leaf., 1911-08-24
A Friend to Your Family.

Any newspaper is the companion
and friend of the family, but the local
paper is one identified with the in
terests of the home. 1t is conducted
by those whom you know. It's col
umns are filed with what is of special
value to you. In its prosperity you
have vital interest and to its pros
perity you can best contribute by
giving your support and patronage.
1t is your neighbor. Your duty is
first to know your wants. Its in
terests are your interests. 1t is your
friend, in preference to any and all
Others. No outside or foreign paper
can possibly have claims upon you
until your duty is discharged to the
local paper.