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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-09-25

Clip says that there aren't twenty-five
people in Chicago who are capable of
recognizing art. There were about fiji
teen of them at the tea. / felt all
swelled up with the distinction of be-
ing among them, to say nothing of the
attentions Mr.. Megilp paid me-
Il wouldn't encourage him, Melissa"
said Aunt Jane.
Genius should always be encour
aged, dearie," declared Mrs. Merriwid.
"It's our duty to encourage it."
1.-The question is, is he a genius?"
Aunt Jane asked.
Mercy! | should say he was" said
Mrs. Merriwid. IF you had been at
that tea and seen his studio and his
pictures, not to mention his guests
you wouldn't dream Of doubling 1t. IL
he hasn't the divine fire, I'll be willing
to bet he finds il chilly in the winter.
There wasn't the first sign of radia-
tor in the room. We all kept pretty
close to the samovar and the warmer
tinted canvases, however, and there
was one heated argument on art, so
we didn't suffer especially. The argu-
ment was started over Maidgood's pic.
lures. The only Philistine present
said they we're delightful, and there
was a general movement-the kind of
a movement you'll notice on the street
when two dogs begin to fight. Mr..
Megilp was just telling me something
pretty about my gown, but he made a
sort of bound to pick up the gage of
battle and left his compliment broken
of short.
Delightful, perhaps he said, with
deadly calm and poisonous politeness
Delightful it may be; but, my dear sir,
do you consider that sort OF thing
artY
al supposed it was said the Phil
istine. The critics seem to think his
cOloring is extraordinarily fine
Nearly everybody shiveTed at that
You'd have thought some one had left
an outside door open. There were sil
distinct shrugs, and one lady with 3
sinuous neck said: oh, the critics!
in Just the tone Mr.. Prosit used to say
'boorgewah!'
"'And you can't dem b. s~9erl
drawing the Philistine continued.
"'Oh, the fellow can draw Mr. Me
gHp Admitted, with lofty smile. 81
can an automobile designer But WI
were speaking OF art
"'Well. there's sentiment and ar
peal and human interest in his pic
lures said the Philistine. I may b.
wrong. but ! consider
THAT was as far as he got The,
fell on him en- masse and choked hin
with relative proportions and value
and BurneJones and idealism and mid
die distances and high lights and al
mosphere until he couldn't do any
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-09-25

thing but gasp and look at them with
dumb pleading eyes. But he deserved
il. He ought to have known better.
To even mention Maidgood in the
presence of Mr. Megilp, not to speak
of Mr.. Blivvy and Mr. Klein and Mr..
Blodman, who we're also present, was
honestly about the limit. Even | know
better than that"
I'm sure j wouldn't" said Aunt
Jane.
"Auntie. DEAR" said Mrs. Merriwid
THAT vandal Maidgood paints his
things just the way they are. He isn't
ashamed to have green grass and blue
sky in his landscapes, and his sheep
actually look like sheep, and when 1t
comes to the female form divine, he'll
make curves when he could just as
we'll do them in straight lines and an
giles. Then he uses either brushes or
a palette knife TO apply his paint, in
stead of a plasteTers trowel, and the
worst thing of all is that he sells his
| pictures for real money and quite lot
of ii. Just to look at the man you'd
know him for the panderer to de-
| based taste that he is. He might be
a stockbroker or banker for all the
| distinction there is in his dress AS
different from dear Mr.. Megilp with
his cunning blonde beard and his loose
flowing peacock-blue necktie as any
thing you can imagine. Auntie, just
! think how perfectly lovely it would be
to own a being in brown velveteen like
Mr.. Megilp, to sustain and inspire him
and pose for him and tie his neckties
and soothe his agitated spirits when q
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-09-25
TWO KILLED At
GRAND RAPIDS
BANDITS ENTER JEWELRY STORE
AND MURDER
CLERKS.
THREE SHOT AS THEY DEFEND
STORE.
Robbers Escape After Murderous At
tack With Several Thousand
Dollars Worth of Valuable
Jewels.

Grand Rapids, Mich.-The murder of
two jewelry store clerks and the SER
ious wounding of another by robbers
who entered and rified the store while
the streets we're alive with people
Thursday afternoon is the latest and
most serious of a series OF crimes
which have kept the people of Grand
Rapids in terror throughout the sum-
mer.
Shortly before 8 o'clock two men
walked into the jewelry store OF j.
]. Thomson, on Monroe avenue, and,
with drawn revolvers, demanded that
the employees throw up their hands.
John T. Thomson. a cousin, of the
proprietor, sprang forward and a bull
let ended his life. Ed. Smith also
started for the men and he, too. fell
to the floor, mortally wounded. Paul
Townsend, a matchmaker, formerly
of Detroit, started from the workshop
and received a bullet in the neck. He
was taken 10 Butterworth hospital
in critical condition.
The robbers then dashed from the
store and along Monroe avenue to
Crescent street, where they disap
peared They took several thousand
dollars worth Of jewels.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-09-25
After a Pleazant EVENING.

Mr. Sydney Buxton told an anus
ing story for the purpose of illustrat'
ing a point at a recent dinner. A
certain convivial soul, who had been
invited to dine with a friend, whose
house was at the end of dark and
muddy lane, was advised to bring a
big lantern. After a very jovial eve
ming the convivial one left and strug
gled home through the mud, firmly
gripping his heavy burden by the
handle. Next morning he received
this message from his host: Here
with your lantern; please return par
rot and cage"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-09-25
MELISSA WILL HAVE NO MEGlLPS
ABOUT THE HOUSE.

Mrs. Merriwid took off her big, fuzzy
hat and sent it skimming to the daV-
export, with her habitual, careless
ease, and then slipped out of her long
fur coat, revealing a costume that clio
tied a little squeal of establishment
from her maternal maiden aunt Jane.
II was certainly bizarre in coloring
and remarkable as to it's draping. that
costume.
You don't mean to say you wore
that, Melissa" said Aunt Jane.
IL certainly did, darling replied
Mrs. Merriwid. "Why do you ask"
"Oh, for no reason in particular, my
DEAR" said Aunt Jane; only you
won't mind my saying that hope you
kept your coat on"
"DeaTie," returned Mrs. Merriwid,
equally, II never mind anything you
say. ] know that even your harshest
criticisms of my conduct are uttered
wholly and solely for my good and
with a view to my improvement. All
the same, loved one, your remark be-
trays the fact that you are hopelessly
PhiHstine and have never made a
serious study of the clinging and the
cadaverous in art. I'm afraid, dearie
you don't even know what art is
perhaps / DON'T said Aunt Jane
snappily.
We'll, don't lose any sleep over it
loved one" said Mrs. Merriwid
There are whole communities in the
same fix. gather from what Mr.. Me
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-09-25
New Camera Is Invented.

Vallejo, GAIA wireless photo
graphic instrument, which works only
at night and is said to reflect every
thing within a radius Of several miles,
has been invented, it is declared, by a
local inventor, formerly an expert in
the government employ.
Secretary Of the Navy Daniels has
invited the inventor to take the ma
chine to Washington for inspections
by the navy department. The i'm
pressions are made from a screen of
wire on top of a tall mast.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-09-25

Col. ]. L. Smith, 50 years old, OF
Detroit. retained the speed champion
ship title by winning a sprint and a
long distance race from seven chal-
lengers at the Chattanooga G.. A. X.
reunion. The Michigan champion took
the 100-yard dash in II seconds. In
the two and one-half mile contest, Col.
Smith crossed the tape 800 yards
ahead Of II. G. Barnes, OF Pittsburg.
The elapsed time was 16 minutes 10
seconds.
Milan was chosen as the meeting
place next year at the forty-fourth an
nual reunion OF the Sexenteen Michl-
gan regiment at Jackson. Officers
we're elected as follows: President,
James Johnson, Milan; vice president
James Knowles, Milan; secretary
treasurer, Thomas J. Wood. Chelsea.
Rev. George McCallem, of Weber,
Vile, was struck and instantly killed
by a Michigan Central passenger train
at Leoni. Rev. McCailem had stop
ped over at Jackson TO visit friends en-
route from the Detroit M. K. confer
ence - Ypsilanti.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-09-25
Views of William Dean HoweIIs.

VIEWS OI WhndIU bCdH ElOWChos
William Dean Howells, on the recent
occasion of his birthday anniversary,
expressed the great interest with
which he was watching the spread and
progress of the feminist movement.
1T u.s. he said, "one of the most
important developments of this gen.
Grafton and one OF the most hopeful.
The men have made such a mess of
things that if the women do not come
to the rescue, I'm sure ! don't know
what is to become of u.s."
Coming from the widely recognized
dean of american letters, such an OBJ
servation scales some pounds heavier
than were it merely from an idle
singer of an empty day.
1t expresses, perhaps, the growing
conviction of a great many thinking
people who, until rather lately, have
not been disposed to regard the Votes
for Women agitation overseriously.
Specially to be noted is the cheer
full optimism with which the eyes that
have looked so deeply into American
life and character now, after seventy
five years, see only hopefulness in the
surging of women toward the ballot
box, or, to be more accurate, toward
the privileges of which it is the sym
bol.-Chicago Tribune
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-09-25
Arabs XIII Italian General.

Bengazi, Tripoli.-The Italian COM
mander, General Torelli and SO Italian
officers and men were killed in battle
Tuesday with Arab tribesmen.
The Italian column, which had been
operating for some time against the
tribesmen, found them strongly en-
trenched on a hight commanding the
Valley of Tecniz. When attacked. the
Arabs resisted with great stubborn
ness, being aided by the nature of the
ground. But the Italian artillery
served with remarkable precision
pouring a hail of shell onto the posi-
ton and compelling the Arabs to re,
treat to the desert.
General Torelli fell at the head OF
his troops while urging them on to
the attack.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-09-25
Two More Treaties sianed.

hington-Secretary Bryan sign
ed treaties putting into effect his
peace proposals between the United
States and Panama and Guantamala.
Like treaties now have been nego-
tiated between this country, and three
other nations, while Honduras has
agreed to sign a similar pact, and it
is expected that a similar agreement
soon will be reached with Costa Rica
Secretary Bryans plan has been ac-
cepted in principle by 20 nations.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-09-25
Heads Of Commissioners Appointed.

hington-Secretary Bryan has
appointed Henry St George Tucker,
of Virginia. formerly president OF the
jamestown exposition, as the head OF
commission on behalf of the
Panama Pacific exposition to visit
China and Japan.
The secretary also announced the
appointment of former Gov Alva
Adams, of Colorado, as the head of an
exposition commission to visit Aus
tralia, New Zealand and the East In
dies and the Strait Settlements.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-09-25

loathsome realist got an honorable
mention! And he could design all my
gowns"
Melissa, my dear" said Aunt Jane.
"You can't scare me a bit. But, hon
estly, what did you have that awful
dress made for?"
ITO tell the truth, dearie," said Mrs
Merriwid, Fl intended it for the Dry
salters' association masquerade ball.
I'm going to impersonate an Easter
lily. Only" she added, with a down
ward glance, I'll have to have the
stem let out considerably if / do any
dancing"
Copyright, 1913, by w. G. Chapman)
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-09-25
Scorned.

Its true, Miss Plummer, that ]
should not have tried to kiss you on
such a slight acquaintance and | am
heartily sorry. What can do in
palliation of my offense?"
IF you are sincere, Mr.. Pinhead,
in what you say, you might betake
yourself to some other part of the
lawn and leave the coast clear for a
man / see approaching who has the
reputation of getting what he goes
after"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-09-25
Slavery in Islands Again Charged.

Misunderstanding Of boys and
girls for from $50 to 500 and regard
ing the practice 10 sell native women
to the highest bidder as a right were
told of in report from w. II. Phipps,
auditor of the islands, TO Secretary
Garrison.
Il have no hesitancy in saying that
the charges OF Secretary Dean Wor-
cester that slavery in its worst forms
exists in the Philippines are true, -
he said
It is probable that formal inves-
tigation will be ordered.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-09-25
British r. r. Strike Settled.

London-The strike Of the railroad
men in the British Isles was practical
ly brought to an end Saturday.
Oficials of the companies reached
an agreement with the representatives
of the mems unions on the basis of
the reinstatement OF all strikers who
agree to handle all the traffic which
the railroads are bound to carry under
the law.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-09-25
De ToeqveviIle's Faith.

cannot believe that the Creator
made man to leave him in an endless
struggle with the intellectual miseries
that surround US. | am ignorant of
his designs, but cannot cease to
believe i'm them because cannot
fathom them, and had rather mis-
trust my own capacity than his JUS
tice.-De Tocaueville.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-09-25
Speak Louder.

An cid farmer in Ayrshire had
habit OF feigning deafness when he
wanted to avoid answering an awk-
ward question One day neighbor
said TO him:
I'D like to borrow your cart this
morning: mine is having spring
nended."
You'll have to speak louder the
old farmer answered. Il don't hear
very well-and l don like to lend my
cart. anyhow Glasgow Spy.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-09-25
pIaint Of a Plant.

"But, your honor, my wife won't let
me work"
Won't let you work?'
NO: | got a job last week, and she
made me quit"
What kind of position was it?'
AT the burlesque theater, sitting
in the audience where a soubrette
could come down twice day and kiss
me.'-Judge.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-09-25
An Endearinu Act.

Wife (pleading)-l'm afraid, Jack,
YOU do not love me any more-any.
way. not as well as you used to.
Husband--Why?
Wife-Because you always let me
get up to light the fire now.
acknowledgements, my love! Your
getting up to light the fire makes me
love you all the more.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-09-25
After the Premiere.

You're a gay kind of a friend! y
said Whimpler to Wigglesworth
Laughing like hyena all through the
first act of my tragedy"
Tragedy? Tragedy" echoed Wig
ellsworth why, Whimper, old man,
| really wasi trying to help you! !
thought all along the darned thing was
a very amusing farce!'-Iudge.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-09-25

The Page Fence Co. promises to
bring Adrian into the automobile in
dustry, by developing a new depart
ment, in which windshields will be
manufactured. Contracts for 10000
shields have been closed with auto
mobile concerns throughout the coun-
try. The new branch will give en-
ployment TO nearly 200 men.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-09-25
Like a Balloon.

Apropos of the divorce evil, Dr. Her
bert NJ Shisho'm, the Reno statisti'
clan, said with sigh:
AN exhaustive study Of divorce
statistics forces me TO the belief
that the average woman's heart is
like a toy balIoon-lighter than air
and most restless men tied to some
body"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-09-25
Important Appointments In ohio.

Columbus, O.-Governor Cox ap-
pointed Hugh l.. Nichols, of Batavia,
as chief justice of the Ohio supreme
court. Mr.. Nichols, who was serving
his second term as lieutenant govern.
or, is succeeded in that Office by State
Senator w. A. Greenlund, of Cleve-
land, who also was appointed by the
governor.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-09-25
Their Turn Now.

Father am sorry 70 have to say
my son, that from what / hear about
town you must be running into
debt" Son-"YCu are mistaken, sir
am already in debt: my creditors
are doing all the runniRg."
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-09-25
A Steady One.

There is one enterprise into which
everybody manages 10 get.
What is that?'
THE directory"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-09-25
Nothing To Il

Il believe in calling = spade
spade"
Guess you might as we'll I've new
er been able 70 pass one OH for a dia-
mond or a heart
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-09-25
Rejected.

He-Be mine and you will make me
the happiest man in the world.
She-Im very sorry; but unfortun-
ately ! want to be happy myself
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-09-25
Tnmmv,s Hands.

Ma-Tommy, did YOU wash your
hands this morning?
Tommy washed one of them,
mother. The other didn't need 1t.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-09-25

The Saginaw city council has de.
cided to equip the police department
with autos, and recommended the pur-
chase OF two machines.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-09-25
Conditional.

Figures can't lie"
well, that depends on whether they
are on paper or in bathing suit. -
Exchange.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-09-25

Some people carry economy craze
to excess. A dispatch records at
tempts of a man to fit new bristles to
an old toothbrush.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-09-25
His Idea

Coed don't think clothes makes
the man!
College Man-Nor I. think it all
depends on the cigarettes he smokes.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-09-25
Bulky.

"That fat man over there used to
be a page in the Senate
"A page, Ell! Well, he's grown
into volume now"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-09-25

He who has no mind 10 trade with
the devil should be so wise as 10 keep
away from his shop.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-09-25
Can't Buy Those.

81 suppose your neighbors, the New
riches. have the best of everything"
Yes, except manners.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-09-25

Knocking, as a profession, is badly
overcrowded
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-09-25

important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that 1t
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1913-09-25
READERS
of this pa per desir-
/ ingto buy anything
advertised in its

| columns should insist upon having what they
ask for refusing all substitutes or limitations
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-07

and feeling thousand times better"
Miss AMELIA JAoUILLARD, GLIB Sew
enth Street, New Orleans, La.
st. Clair, Pa. "My mother was
alarmed because my periods were sup
pressed and | had pains in my back and
side, and severe headaches. had PIN
Piles on my face, my complexion was SAL
low, my sleep was disturbed, had ner-
vous spells, was very tired and had no
ambition. Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound has worked charm in
my case and has regulated me. worked
in a mill among hundreds of girls and
have recommended your medicine to
many of them" - Miss EsTELLA MA
CURE, ITO Thwing St., Saint Clair, Pa.
There is nothing that teaches more
than experience. Therefore, such let
tiers from girls who have suffered and
were restored to health by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound should
be lesson to others. The same remedy
is within reach Of all.
II you want special advice write to
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (c0nfi.
Lynn, Mass. Your letter will
be opened, read and answered by
woman and held in strict confidence.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-07
so RICH HE CAN'T
COUNT HIS MONEY
Senior Ossio of Chill, Nitrate King
Says He May Be Worth
a Billion.

New York, June John d. Rookie
| Teller Is. by comparison, fit subject for
the poor house when it comes to count
ing cash in hand, if the statements of
senior Ezequel Ossio, Of Chilli, who is
mere, are to be accepted Ossio arrived
on a United Fruit steamer and when
questioned by reporters calmly stated
that Rockefeller was a poor man com
pared to him.
Il have so much money that | have
never been able to count it," said Senior
0ssio. Perhaps have four or five hun
dIed Million or most likely a billion |
am nitrate king and the richest man
in the world" With this Ossio bowed
himself away.
ossio also appears to have it on John
d. in the matter OF health. He is ro-
bust. He travelled with a suite includ.
ing secretaries, valet, maid, chauffeur
and boy who had charge OF three suit
cases said to have been filled with shoes.
The nitrate king is on his way to Eu-
rope and. had IL trunks and Is hand
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-07
GREATEST USER OF ASBESTOS
Domestic Mine Production Small as
COMPARED with Canadian.

IF the United States can not boast OF
pre-eminence in asbestos production, as
it can for many other minerals, it is at
least matter of some qualification to
known that the bulk of the worlds pro-
auction comes from America and that
the Canadian deposits yield by far the
larger part of the total In this too the
United States benefits, for the nearness
and reliability OF the Canadian supply,
largely owned in the United States, af-
ford the basis for our eventual unques-
toned supremacy in the development OF
asbestos manufactures. Even as it is,
there are, according to J. S. Diller Of
the United States geological survey,
some valuable deposits and promising
prospects in the United States and these
undoubtedly be much more largely de-
veloped were it not for the extent of
the Canadian deposits. The domestic
production in 1912, according to Mr.. Dill
ler. was 4403 short tons, valued at $751;
$50, and although this was decline of
% per cent. in tonnage compared with
the output for 1911 it was only 81 per
cent. less in value, owing to the larger
quantity of higher grade asbestos in
1912 Georgia, Vermont, and Wyoming