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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-11-06

have completed one runner, mark out
the other with IL as a pattern.
Cut the connecting cross braces A
IA inches long, inches wide and 2
inches thick, and cut the tongues on
the ends to at the notches in the
runners. Nail the braces to the run
ners, and also drive nails through the
side face OF each runner into their
ends an shown In Fig. /.
Make the seat out of a board II
inches wide and feet inches long.
The ends of the seat are shown
square In the illustration. but they
may be curved or cut of upon the
diagonal II you wish to take the ex-
ira time to do this. Screw or nail
the board to the cross braces. Notch
the edges of the foot-bar strip slight
ly, at its center, to provide good
place for tying the sled rope.
Cut two pieces of broom-handle for
handle-bars, and screw screw-eyes
large enough to hold their ends into
the side OF the runners. Drive a
nail through each handle and into the
runner, to keep 1t from turning and
slipping out of place.
You can improve the sliding quail
ties Of the runners by greasing them;
but at a small expenditure you can
provide them with shoes OF hoop-iron
or of half-oval iron strips, which of
course will be more satisfactory. The
iron strips can be bought at almost
any hardware store. They must be
bent to At the curved ends of the run
ners, and be drilled for the screws
with which they are fastened in
place. You can get this work done
at blscksmith's shop or machine
shop. Hoop-iron is easy TO put on, be-
cause IL can be bent by hand and
holes for nails and screws can be
punched through II with a nail. The
iron strips with which large packing
cases are bound can be used for run
ner shoes.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-11-06

ant was asked what he had been do
ing with them.
"The first week." was the reply,
when you told me to carry the let
ters to the poost, l went to the shoe
makers and was putting them among
the poost (meanlng leather and skins)
but the man said 1 should carry them
to the Poos-e-Buzurg." BY this the
shoemaker means the big British
postoffice.
Then took them to the Poose Blu
zurg Chg dock) and threw them in.
The first time there was plenty of wa
ter, but the next week the water was
low, and had to dig a hole In the
sand for them"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-11-06
Married Too Young.

A rare old philosopher is M. Teller
Of Paris, who has invented process
for the preservation OF meats in the
open air. He has Just been decorated
with the cross Of the Legion of Honor
at the age Of eight-six. Although a
little tardy, this distinction over.
whelms his with Joy, much more than
the $4,000 francs of the subscription
opened In his favor. That Is for my
son." he says. This son ia twenty
years old. Il have lost a great deal
of time in my youth" says NJ. Teller
to his friends. Il married too young
was only sixty!"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-11-06
POSTAL TROUBLES IN PERSIA
Same Word Means Dock, Hides and
Postoffce and other Things Of
Equal Usefulness.

The difficulties of the postofice in
the Persian gulf are aggravated by
the Persian language, which invests
the word "poost" as coloquially
pronounced with considerable am
biguity.
"Poos" means a dock or anchorage;
"poost" means hides, skins or leath-
er. and is also the term for the post
office. On the coast the final at is
dropped and "poos" therefore has to
do duty in three capacities.
A merchant at Linga, says the Pho
neer Mail, recently complained that
his letters were being lost, and serv.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-11-06
RIDING
THE SURF

I THE time Of their annexation to the
United States much was heard of the
Hawaiian Islands as the key to the
Pacific, name which, unlike most
tags, seems to be fairly accurate de-
scription. Situated between 10 and 23
degrees north latitude and between 154
degrees 40 minutes and 1862 degrees
west longitude. they are at the juno
ton Of the principal steamer routes
across the Pacific and indeed are the
only land of any extent within a radius
OF 2,0s0 miles. This situation gives
them, inevitably, great strategic and
Ii IL
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-11-06

Lydia T. Pinkham 3
We g ia BILE Com
pound did for me.
One year agoI found
myself a terrible suf-
ferer. l had pains
in both sides and
such a soreness I
could scarcely
str al gh ten up at
times M y b ack
ached, / had no APP
petite and was SO
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-11-06
In the Hall.

She--John, what on earth are you
doing down there at the clockf
He (meekly)-Undertaking a great
labor work, dear; trying to call or .
bad strike.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-11-06
No STANDING.

why is that doctor regarded az q
sort of cuack?"
because he will use any kind OF
treatment which will relieve the pa
TENT
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-11-06
WOMAN ESCAPES
OPERATION
By Timely Use of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.

Here is her own statement.
Cary, Maine. al feel it duty l owe
TO all suffering women to tell what
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1913-09-27
VENICE SECOND ITALIAN PORT
l1arbor Capable Of Accommodating
Many Ships, but Is Unequal to
Demand Made Upon II.

The fact that it is separated from
the city and almost hidden is the eX.
PLANTATION of the legend that Venice is
practically dead" as a port, whereas
Ia reality II is the second in import
ance in Italy as a point of trans-ship-
ment The port consists of two piers
least and wesD, of the quays which
surround the basin, and of warehouses,
etc. ut the east. but is inadequate to
the demands made upon il. The har
Dor of Venice can accommodate a
larger number of ships, which may en-
ter the lagoon by the Lido and Mala-
mocco and anchor in the numerous
canals and basins. The commercial
port is. however, much more restrict
ed. and close to the city, and consists
of three parts, the basin of st. Marks
the Giudecca canal. and the maritime
station The basin of st. Mark s,
which at one time constituted the
chief port of Venice, serves at pres
ent principally as a passage, or at
most as anchorage for smaller ships.
The Giudecca canal receives ships OF
various kinds, but generally sailing
craft, which brings firewood from
Istria likewise ships with cargoes of
salt for the government storehouses
and with grain for the Stucky mill,
or coal and other merchandise, when
the maritime station is full
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1913-09-27
II Hammered In the Suburbs.

She was running across lots to
catch the ;25 train for New York. 1t
was precisely 1:241a and the train al.
ready was painting into the station. AT
her heels was youngster making as
good time as he could. and he was
crying. BY the time she reached the
station steps she was a good one hun.
dred yards ahead of the little boy but
he kept at it. crying louder and loud.
err. The conductor was holding the
train for her.
Madam" said the conductor, as she
climbed up the car steps, who is that
little boy?"
My youngest" she said perfectly
breathless
What's he crying for?"
q didn't have time to kiss him good.
by"
Well, you get right off this train
and kiss him. We can wait better
than he can"
The conductor stood with his hand
on the signal cord while the operation
was performed, and then the train
went off. leaving the youngster happy
and smiling.-New York Sun
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1913-09-27
Fair; Cooler.
WHEN NIAGARA RAN DRY.
March 81, l848, Wonder Of World
Was Silent.

Only once in history has thu roar
Of the mighty Niagara been silenced,
says the Cleveland Plain Dealer. This
startling phenomenon occurred March
81, 1s4s.
Early on that morning people liv-
ing near the falls were surprised BY
strange hush. as startling in effect
as would be an unexpected and tre-
mendous explosion in any ordinary
quiet community. Many thought they
had been afflicted with deafness and
all were oppressed by a sensation
of dread.
With the coming light the amazed
people comprehended the reason for
the disquieting silence. Where they
were used to see the geat falls was a
bare pecipice, dlwn the face of which
few small and constantly diminish
| ing streams trickled. Above the tails,
instead Of a rushing river, was ouly
naked channel, with insignificant
brooks splashing among the rocks.
All day long this astonishing con-
dition continued, and persons walked
dry shod, from the Canadian side
along the very edge of the precipice
as far as Goat Island, on the Amer
lean side. Early in the morning of
April J the familiar thunder of the
great csteract was again heard, and
has never since been silent, though
similar conditions with like results,
might prevail any spring.
TIE winter of 1S47-4S was one of
extreme severity, and ice of unpre-
cedented thickness formed on Lake
Erie. When the breakup came, to-
ward end Of March, a strong south
east wind was blowing, and the ice
was pill I'd into banks as large as ice
tergs. Toward the night of March
80 the wind suddenly changed to the
opposite direction, increased to a ter
rjble gale, and drove the ice into the
entrance of Niagara river with such
force that huge dam was formed of
such thickness and solidity, as to be
practically impenetrable AMI strong
enough to hold back the great mass
of water pressing against it.
at last, in the early morning of
April /, the ice dam gave away unde r
the tremendous pressure of the re-
strained water and the falls were
once again one of the scientific won
ders of the world.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1913-09-27
anaisun WAL Nan,sd

The Latin name of the daisy comes
from a word meaning pretty" and
all win agree that it is we'll named
Our English word daisy is really
days eye, and that is what it was
called many hundred years ago.
Like the dandelion, each of its low-
ers is made up of number OF little
ones. the tiny golden disk flowers"
in the center and the long white ray
flowers" around them. Daisies grow
ing on the prairies Of Kentucky to
Texas have violet or purple rays.
To this same big family or order
belong the asters, robins plantain
goldenrod. dahlia boneset and many
other common but beautiful wild
Towers which we all know So Well
If we look at the flowers in the
yellow center of daisy through a
microscope we shall find that each is
shaped like a little bell and has point
ed teeth on its edge
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1913-09-27
Value of Appreciation.

To know that we are disappoint-
ment to our friends has paralyzing
effect on our energies, and there are
many people in the world who have
failed simply from want of encourage
ment and appreciation. We feel it our
duty to find fault where blame is
merited. but are not nearly so careful
10 acknowledge work well done. or TO
show gratitude for services willingly
performed 1t is the dumb,
silent folk who most appreciate warm
hearted words and actions What a
much brighter world it would be If we
were more generous in this respect;
how happy we might make our friends
II we gave them the benefit of our low
ing thoughts instead of locking them
tightly in our own breasts.-Jessie de
Horne Vaizey
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1913-09-27
.fsANY IDEAS OF CONVERSATIONS
Al All Times, There Nave Been osffer-
ences Of Opinion as to Art OF
Exchanging Ideas.

A Norwegian writer has been poking
fun at our methods of conversation.
II is GOOD for US occasionally TO see
ourselves as others see US. This critic
is intensely amused at the weil-bred
American person who regards it as i'm
polite to talk about anything that is
interesting 10 himself, to refer to any
thing that the other person does not
know. or to disagree with the ex-
pressed opinion of another.
II is obvious that. with such limi-
tations. conversation in the real sense
Of the word is quite impossible.
The unwritten law that one must
not talk of oneself is on the face OF il
A stupid and restricting one. Probably
ii originated as a protection against
the arrant egotist. the individual who
pauses neither for dissent nor APP
prevail but who maintains a steady
and forcible flow of words until the
listener loses consciousness of time
and space. and becomes faint and
giddy through sheer exhaustion.
Such a person is not a conversation.
alist, but lecturer, deifverer OF
homilies or sermons.
The interchange of ideas is the basis
Of all conversation meriting the name
Very different are the ideas of lit
erary men regarding conversation. Did
not DR.. Johnson say that every man
has a right to speak the truth. and
every other man a right to knock him
down for IL?
Haglitt gives a description of con
yersation as it was among the illumi-
natl OF his day. the men who were in
terested in ideas" They squabble
and quarrel over an idea like dogs, "
he says, but they pick it bare to the
bone; they masticate it thoroughly"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1913-09-27
EVERYTHING ALL RIGHT
TWO FOND SEARTS WERE
HENcEFoRTH TO BEAT AS ONE.
OF Course, His Popping of Momentous
Question Was Sudden, but as
Matter Of Fact It Generally
Is That Way.

Il suppose" she said. after she had
slyly glanced at the mirror to assure
herself that her hair was becomingly
arranged that you will think / am
old-fashioned when tell you that
have learned to darn as neatly as my
grandmother ever did"
Oh, can your he replied.
And have taken a complete
course in domestic science"
1T is getting quite fashionable for
girls 10 do that, isn't it?'
Not at all. don't believe one girl
in 100 takes the course-no, not one
in 1000.
What do you get out of domestic
science?"
Dear mel Haven't you been inter
ested in it at all should think every
man would be--every young man, es-
pecially. We get nearly everything
,hat is worth while out of it. have
learned to cook and manage a house
hold on scientific principles"
That sounds interesting. Surprising
YOU had household now, how would
you proceed to manage it?"
OF course, it would all depend on
the household. One wouldn't expect
to manage $20-a-week household in
the same way that a S10,0OO-a-year
household should be managed
Say a S40-a-week household. Do you
think anything worth while could be
done with that kind?"
20, I'm sure | should be able to
make 1t perfectly delightful You see
am able to make my own shirtwaists,
too, and having an abundance of hair
OF my own. l shouldn't need TO spend
money for switches and such
things"
And l shave myself, and hardly
ever smoke so my personal ex-
penses wouldn't amount to much he
put in.
And | know all about buying at
the butchers and the grocer's, she
said.
j have an uncle who is in the fur
niture business, aud he would let me
have such things as chairs, tables,
bureaus and beds at cost.
"Of course, father would expect to
let me have my piano and my cousin
George, ! think, would be able to fix
it so that We could get rugs at a very
reasonable price"
Well then shall we consider it all
settled?
What do you mean?'
Why, what we have been talking
about. We're going to get married,
aren't we?"
Really, do you mean it?"
Certainly What do you suppose l
meant?'
Why. IL thought you merely
wanted me to explain domestic sci
ence. But, if you insist, | feel almost
sure that THAT / can learn TO love
you. Would you want me to be ready
as soon as a week from next Thurs
day?"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1913-09-27
Insnious Matermelon.

Watermelon, to be fit to eat must
be ripe No halfway ripeness will
do. But if it is fully ripe and is
chilled through to boot, It is so deli
cious served simply in slices or
wedges that no form of preparation
could make it more worth while.
Chill it on the ice for several hours.
If possible for ten or twelve, before
serving it. 1t is never so good sery-
ed a second time But it can be
kept i'm fit condition TO eat if the part
that is left from the first serving is
left in thick waxed paper and kept on
the ice Never serve or eat any
watermelon that looks withered or
that feels or tastes rubbery. It viii
be crisp. pink and full of juice if it
is fresh.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1913-09-27
lie Should Worry.

At least one Detroiter is possessed
OF 4 philosophical turn of mind that
should send him through life content
with his lot, remarks the Free Press
Of that city. Recently he had the
misfortune to break an arm while
cranking his automobile. A few days
later a friend encountered him on the
streas and started to sympathize with
him because of his trouble. The man
with a broken arm sat up in his seat
and eyed his friend closely
why should I worry?" he inquired
your accident, said the astonished
sympathizer.
Say condded the injured one. 4
haven't any hollsr coming on that
score, DO you know. lust few days
before I broke my arm ! took out an
accident policy that pays me SO
week I hire a chauffeur now for SIS.
That leaves me $40 every week with
which to buy gasoline for the car.
Not so bad. eh?"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1913-09-27
PITY WASTED ON THE TOAD
Philosopher Advances Many Reasons
Why Small Creature is Not in
Need of Sympathy.

Il have lately read several bits OF
good writing in defense of the toad"
calmly stated Stanley Livingston Nut
shaw, the amateur philosopher. "But
while | do not wish 10 appear hyper
critical. or anything of the kind. /
beg TO say that His Honor the Toad
rs | see him, needs little defense
by summer visitors from the city
strolling along the gooseberry vines
he is often mistaken for a wellhlled
pocketbook. and it is certainly quite
n nice thing to look like ready money
The toad cannot sing asd never at
tempts TO, which is greatly to his
credit He worries not at all about
next winters gas shortage, but re
tires in the fall into the bosom OF a
sand bank and there lies as dormant
as a doormat while the wild wyndes
GLOW and the driven shows drive
Indeed. you can bury him in the mid
die of a solid rock in the time Of
Pharaoh and crack him out on the
Fourth of July, 1914, and find him IN
perfect order, physically and mental
ly lie is built on the architectural
style OF the average alderman, than
whom there is nobody better qualified
to take care of himself in emergen
cies; and he goes the politician one
better, for while they both run large
~ to abdomen. the toad merely sits
meditatively and rests his stomach
on the ground whenever 1t becomes a
wearisome burden, and the alderman
can't. To the thoughtful the toad
would seem to be more an object foT
envy than pity. kansas City Star
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1913-09-27
Exotic Butterflies.

Mrs. A. II. Clarke of Earls court
has given to the University of Lon
don the collection of continental and
exotic macrolepidoptera made by her
late husband. who was one of the
senior fellows of the chronological
society. The section of exotic butter
flies consists of nearly 5000 speci
mems from all parts of the world, and
is particularly valuable as a reference
collection not merely from the num-
Der and careful selection of the forms
represented (some being of great rar-
ity), but from the perfect condition
and beauty of the specimens them
selves. The whole donation COM
prises over 10000 specimens all care
fully set. arranged and labeled: and
10 il Mrs Clarke has added her hus-
bands working library of entomology
cal literature After the work of ar
ranging and cataloging has been con-
cluded, the collections viii be avail
able for reference by entomologists
generally upon application to the pro-
lessor of zoology at the university
Science.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1913-09-27
PAID FOB WITH HUMAN LIFE
HANS Many conuuests In Various
Fields Of Struggle Have Always
Been Costly.

II would be difficult TO decide in
what field OF struggle the indomitable
soul OF man finds its freest expires
sion OF the courage that is in it, In
every age the spirit Of adventure has
spurred men TO the point OF holding
life very lightly, where high achieve
ment was possible In the expert
mental stage of the submarine and
the areoplane hundreds Of lives have
been sacrificed; but every loss has
brought success one step nearer than
before. And the world has always
been willing 70 pay for its triumphs.
IL aviation hundreds have persisted
in Attempts al long-distance flight. and
nov we have the news Of the wonder
lul achievement OF Brlndejonc De
noulinais, a French aeronaut who.
on July .. completed an aerial
journey of 300 miles, from Paris to
st. Petersburg and back, being the
longest voyage thus far recorded.
This eonqueror of the air is a mere
lad Of twenty-one. Part of the time
he was travelling at 10 miles an hour.
and for a short distance he attained
a speed of 140 miles per hour.
Travelling at great height over the
Baltic sea. he was seriously confused
by mistaking a. group of islands for
dancing and vanishing clouds, but his
nerve Of steel kept him from losing
his head, which doubtless is the rea-
son why so many aeronauts suddenly
go to pieces" and perish His won.
derful adventure will doubtless stimu.
late others to still more daring at.
tempts, involving new sacrifice of lives
laid on the altar OF aerial conquest.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1913-09-27
Year,s Work h the MInts.

The United States minis in the fis-
cal year ended June 80, 1913, turned
out lS6.62s.S71 coins, pretty good
years work. The face value of these
coins was s37, 4se. $50, but this amount
was rather uneyenly distributed. $780,
O5S.2SS being in gold coins, s3,44s.200
in silver and ss.94o102 in copper and
nickel In number. however. the cop
Ger coins had even more preponder-
ance than the gold coins in valne,
since there were 1T0.0ss. 7e1 of them.
asainst only 1921. 400 Of the gold
s Engineering and Mining Jour
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1913-09-27
A GREAT MYSTERY.

Standing out in bold relief as one Of
the most uncommon, mystifying and
fascinating stories of love that has
been presented to the readers OF good
fiction in q decade, The Ghost Girl
by Henry Kitehell Webster. unques--
tionably is unapproaehed. By special
arrangement with the publishers this
enthralling narrative will be published
seually il the 24-Page Illustrated
Magazine of the New York Sunday
World, commencing Sunday, Oct. D.
Remember the date. You will act
wisely to order the Sunday World from
your newsdealer in advance. s22St
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1913-09-27
The Horn Of Impatience

For blocks around the neighbors
know whe Pa aud Ma are going
out,
>An' just how long Ma takes to dress
they know each time beyond a
doubt;
An how impatient Pa can be they
know, for every night an morn
He goes an gets the car an then he
calls her on the Klaxon horn.
at first he signals Here l am, an
sits while in peace, an then
He presses that old buzzer down an
signals 'Here | am" again,
An then Ma yells to one of US For
goodness sake, he'll wake the
town,
Go tell him, please, to stop that noise
for in minute I'll be down"
Pa sits little longer there in silence
then his fingers slip
To where the Klaxon button is, and
gives the horn an awful zip;
There never was Hurry Up" said
palmer in the world than that
An Ma says Listen to that man
Here, one OF you, hand me my
hat T.
BY this time Pa is mad all through,
as even passersby can tell,
An now the horn goes "Grrl Orr
Grrp'-a sign of Pas impatient
spell,
An things he d never say in speech,
an words that he has never
sworn
He hurls at Ma when he gets sore by
footing on tn Klaxon horn.
Pa couldn't rifle Ma quite so much the
times these short delays occur
If he. should come right out an say
the things she knows he toots at
her.
She says she's sure that it would rile
the sweetest woman ever born
To have a man Inside the door who S
swearing at her through horn.
Edgar A. Guest, in the Detroit
Free Press.