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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1914-06-25
A Ballad Of Vegetables.
PHILADELPHIA Record.)

VI INtCOIu.J
A potato went out on a mash,
And sought an onion bed
That's pit for me-" observed the
squash,
And all the beets turned red.
60 way" the onion weepingly cried;
Your love i cannot be-"
The pumpkin be your lawful bride
You cantaloupe With me-"
But onward still the tuber came,
And lay down at her feet;
you cauliflower a flower by any name
And it would smell as wheat;
And !, too, am an early rose,
And you I've come to see;
So don't turnip your lovely nose,
But spinachat with me-"
Il do not carrot at all to wed;
So go, sir, If you please"
The modest onion meekly said,
And lettuce, pray, have peas!
Go, think that you have never seen
Myself or smelled my sigh;
Too long a maiden have been
For favors in your rye"
"Ah, spare a cuss," the tuber prayed;
MY cherryshed bride you'll be;
You are the only weeping maid
That currant now for me-"
And as the willy tuber spoke,
He caught her by surprise,
And giving her an artichoke,
Devoured her with his eyes.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1914-06-25
Copyright. 1914. by A. S. Cray
FRICTION.

The life and efficiency of every ma
chine depends on overcoming friction
Friction wears things out, and to over
come friction is the recognized need
of today in every branch Of industrial
activity. A large item in the cost Of
operating every machine is that cover
ing anti-friction bearings and lubri-
cants. Neglected friction will quickly
wreck and land any machine on the
scrap pile.
Railway systems, steamship lines,
manufacturing plants of every descrip-
ton, telegraph and telephone corn-
panies, great and small, all employ
highly trained and well paid experts
constantly TO supervise and test appa-
ratus and structure for the purpose or
guarding against breakdown from the
development Of any inherent weakness
in physical equipment and to test finanI
cial and executive departments in or
der to insure against breakdown or
any loss of efficiency in these I'M
portant functions Of our great artificial
bodies. Experience has evolved a now
well established economic theory In
the bushes world to the effect that
it Is cheaper to spend money to pre-
vent wrecks than It is to spend money
to clear away and repair wreckage
But for man himself, the one funda-
mental factor upon and for whom the
entire industrial structure exists, this
theory of the business world is re-
versed. The theory upon which the
medical profession has been organized
is highly absurd and irrational. The
physician must stand around and wait
until there is human breakdown, and
then he is called in only as a repair
man-freQuently too late to secure
worth while results.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1914-06-25

A machine will squeal and squeak
and sob when in trouble. and we all
know there are but two alternatives
to such conditlons--rest and lubrica-
ton to overcome the roughness, or an
early trip 70 the junk yard. And 1t is
the same with man: Man feels, and
on every side we see evidence of the
squealing, the squeakng and the Sob
bling Of the nerves composing the hui
man machine; and but little effort Is
made to remove the cause. And in our
mortality and other statistical tables
premature mortality-an enormous
economic loss through destruction at
what should be the period Of greatest
usefulness and efficiency.
Genius is the type of mind that per-
ceives and grasps principles where the
ordinary mind sees only isolated facts.
Grille, with the flash of genius grasp
ing the principle Of cell exhaustion, de-
veloped and demonstrated it to be the
cause of death from SHOCK" a dis
covery acknowledged by no less an au-
thority than Sir Berkeley Moynihan at
a recent meeting of the British Medi-
cal association to be experimenting"
1t is experimenting" not only be-
cause II has reduced death from
surgical shock" to an almost negli-
gible quantity, but epoch-making" be-
cause 1t gives q rational explanation
to the serious physical and mental re-
suits arising from long continued irri-
tation of any part of the body, wheth-
er the victim be conscious or uncon-
scious of the irritation. 1t Is epoch
making" because it establishes a rea-
sonable cause for and sane basis
from which to combat intelligently
that large group of vague but most
distressing troubles covered by the
general term neurasthenia, conditions
treated with little success but consid-
cradle levity and profit by large per
centage of the profession. And fur
Their It is experimenting" because 1t
demonstrates man to be subject to the
same laws as the primary battery-it
proves we can be run down and ex-
hausted even beyond the point of re-
cuperation by too frequently repeated
nerve cell discharges incident to the
daily routine of life We may short
circuit and exhaust our cells by use
less worry, work and friction, or we
may guard our tissues and so conserve
our vitality as to live long and happily.
II is largely matter of avoiding fric-
tion-irritation
1t matters not whether the irritation
be in the eyes, the feet or the abdo-
men, the final exhaustion is in the
brain, and the net result is premature
decay.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1914-06-25
SEASONING FOR TTAG E
CHEESE, SOUPS AND SALADS.

The savories OF the diet, the highly
favored substances. like herbs and
spices, which we use in small amounts
only, seldom have much food value,
but they are often the means of max
ing the lower-priced food materials
attractive and thus they may serve to
keep down the cost of living. Ameri-
cans are not much given to the use
of these substances and might well
take a lesson from some of the Eu-
ropean nations There is a vegetable
Of European origin, belonging, like the
onion to the lily family and known
as the chive, which has so good a
flavor and is so easy to raise and to
use, and is besides so ornamental as
it grows, that 1t seems strange that
American housekeepers do not make
more use of it, The chive is a per-
ennial which puts forth long, slender,
hollow leaves and has small delicate
purplish flowers. II can not easily
be grown from the seed, but bunch
OF chives can be separated and the
parts replanted They make an orna-
mental border for a flower or vege-
table bed and can be grown in a pot
or window box in the house. Some
people put them into their fern dishes
and consider them very decorative.
The advantage of using the chive,
which resembles but is not exactly
like the onion in taste and odor, be-
sides the fact that II gives variety to
the diet, is that it can be obtained in
suitable form for use in cooking with
out the danger Of getting any OF II
on the hands. The leaves can be cut
off and shipped into small pieces by
means OF pair of scissors, and, I'M
less the hands touch the cut surfaces
land this is avoidable), no trace of
the odor remains upon them. If one
is sure the leaves of the plant are
clean a paper or dish can be held
under them and the leaves shipped
directly on to 1t in pieces small enough
for use. The cutting Of the leaves
does not injure the plant in any way;
il seems rather to stimulate its
growth and TO make 1t more vigor-
Gus and thrifty.
The uses of the chive as a favoring
material are as numerous as those OF
the more familiar member of the same
family-the onion; wherever chopped
onion is used chopped chives may be
substituted. A few special uses may,
however, be mentioned In very finely
chopped condition it is an attractive
addition to cottage cheese (see Farm
ers' Bulletin 3S7, Cheese and It's Eco
nomical Use in the Diet, and Farm
ers' Bulletin 413 The Care of Milk
and It's Use in the Home), or other
soft cream cheese and such mixtures
may be used as sandwich filings. 1t
can be added TO omelets and TO milk
sauces and soups. AS an addition to
plain lettuce salad 1t has almost no
equal, the amount to be used depend
ing, Of course, upon the favor with
which onion-like seasonings are held
in the family.
Still another advantage may be
mentioned The chive is dark green in
color and offers a pleasing contrast
to the white of milk sauce or cottage
cheese or to the yellow of salad dress
ing, thus attracting the eye as well as
the palate.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1914-06-25
Limitation of Art.

The head of a certain Washington
family was recently approached by
his son, just nearing his majority.
Father said he, Il want a talk with
you concerning my future. have de-
cided to become an artist. Have you
any objections?"
The old man scratched his head eff
fectively and replied:
Well, no, son-provided, OF course,
that you don't draw on me-"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1914-06-25


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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1914-06-25

Thought is the one and only domain
wherein man can reign supreme, for
while we may not determine what we
shall think, we can govern what Voc
shah think about, and we have the
power to analyze, to measure, weigh,
Judge and accept or reject any thought
on any subject. Thought Is a canni-
bal because thought lives upon thought
and unless constantly given fresh and
substantial food II must starve and
become inert.
But to think is to change; nothing
can prevent that, and we have noted
that we are constitutionally opposed
to change. Hence most of us solve
the matter by refusing to think; we
just drop into line and do the conven-
tional lockstep and go where we're
taken" 1t is simple and pleasant to
sit in the easy chair of the old order
and let the universe wag along; one
travels much more smoothly IL the
head contains only the ideas others
have developed.
But there is another side to it. 1t is
a physiological truth that any organ,
denied the right to function, will
atrophy, and an atrophied organ sooner
or later must become the source of i'll
health. Experts in any department of
human architecture will verify that
fact. The brain is the organ Of thought,
constructed under pressure of neces-
sity by a long line of ancestors who
used 1t in the struggle for existence;
it is the dominant and fundamental
factor in the creation OF all human
wealth and power and the general
manager and regulator of our bodies
today. Unused brain capacity causes
trouble and danger to both the indi-
vidual and the community.
We will come into better state of
health not so much by improving
physical conditions outside as by i'm.
proving the physical apparatus and
working of our own mind and bodies
from the inside.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1914-06-25
Modern Business Man.

How was the game, Plimson?"
asked Withersly.
Don't ask me-" growled Plimson.
Just as / was starting for the park a
man came in and insisted on talking
business to me the whole afternoon
That's tough. He took up your
time and you got nothing"
"Oh, made $1,000, confound the
luck"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1914-06-25
Can't Tell, These DAYS.

The two men had been observing
the antics of strange man in silence
and finally broke into speech.
Crawford-What's the matter with
that fellow who is holding onto the
lamp post and shutting his feet?
Crabshaw-There was a time when
Id have said he was drunk, but now
perhaps he's practising new dance.
Judge.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1914-06-25
MRS. WINN'S
ADvICE.TO WOMEN
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Kansas City, Mo. 1.-The doctors told
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m 0 MT the pains
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l began taking Ly-
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V e ge table Com
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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1914-06-25
SURPRISED,

THAT ball game was most interest
Ing" said the man from abroad.
What feature of the occasion i'm
pressed you most?"
The crowd. / don't recall having
seen such a large assemblage of peo-
pie with nobody dancing the tango"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1914-06-25

3. To every action there Is always
an equal and contrary reaction.
The first law of motion states that
a body once set in motion will move
forever in straight line with the
same velocity unless acted upon by
some other force which compels
change. This property is known as
inertia. Inertia is not q force, but is
the result of absorbing force.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1914-06-25
EXCHANGES.

Does your son take after your"
mo. I'm afraid we're a little at
odds In our ideas. He wants to wear
a high hat and evening clothes, while
] have a fancy for going hunting and
looking like BOY scout"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1914-06-25

The hardest thing we have to over
come in ourselves is mental inertia.
An idea once formed will persist until
a stronger one overwhelms 1t and
alters ii. This is the foundation of
habit and the reason the past has so
strong a hold on us always. The past
Is the line of least resistance and
leaning on it is highly characteristic
of one with slothful intellect, the ira
dition worshiper, the 6awdling con-
servative.
We are naturally conservative be-
cause II requires an initial effort to up
root old notions and habits; 1t is pain
full and we resent it We want TO be
let alone.
If because OF some indiscretion we
had a pain yesterday for which by
recommendation of authority we took
something out of a bottle, it is easier
to repeat the act again today than it
is to determine the cause or TO ignore
the temporary penalty of pain and re-
solve to sin no more. To repeat an
act is usually to follow the line Of
least resistance. 1t requires less
thought and less effort with each
repetition until finally an automatic
cycle of reaction is established and a
habit is born.
With the track once laid, a word
spoken, the fash of sign before the
eye, the most remotely associated idea,
each serves as a signal for train OF
thought bringing into action automatic
ally complicated line of co-ordinating
nerve centers, and the act iS again per
formed practically involuntarily, often
unconsciously.
This is why the drunkard is in a
perilous condition if he contents him
self merely with saying or swearing
that he will avoid strong drink.
Thought precedes action and therefore
If thought be not clearly focused on
some wholesome dominant idea it
lished line.
To rescue one permanently from
habit we must have an equivalent in
some mental occupation sufficiently at
tractiye to submerge the old impress
sions, else ones vitality will be squan-
dered in the struggle. Inability to re-
sist drink or drugs or bad habits in
general is because of inertia.
If one is weak it Is difficult to gen.
crate sufficient power to overcome the
accumulated force of the little act fire.
quently repeated, and one becomes a
slave to habit
Habits may be good or bad; both
are the natural and inevitable result
of training For the future must grow
out Of and inherit the present, just as
the present grew out of and inherited
the past Intelligence gives thorough
training, good habits, good health and
happiness. Ignorance or indifference
gives bad training, vicious habits, dis
ease and crime. Bad habits can be
surely and safely broken, not by sub
stitution, nor by cures, nor by miracles,
but only by frank and courageous
recognition of the true conditions and
sane development out Of them.
The fundamental necessity for the
correction of bad habits is intellectual
integrity rare quality. The most
difficult and unpleasant duty we have
to perform, but one absolutely neces-
sary If we would have good health and
be able to use the greatest power
within the reach of man, thought, is to
be square and truthful with ourselves,
to see ourselves as we are.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1914-06-25
No Wonder.

Il used to go to the theater jast 81 :
tired business man would"
why did you give it up?"
II found that it was the plays tnat
mere making me tired"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1914-06-25
klnu.ton fEnaIandl Women.

There are now seven women mem.
bers OF the board Of guardians, King
ston, England. No other board in the
kingdom has SO many.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1914-06-25

Red Cross Ball Blue makes the laundress
happy, makes clothes whittier than snow,
All good grocers. Adv.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1914-06-25

YOUR OWN DRUGGIST WILL TELL you
Try Murine Bye Remedy for Red, Weak, watery
Eyes and Granulated Hyelids: No Snarting-
Just Eye Comfort. Write for Book of the Eve
by mail Free. Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1914-06-25

Swallowing his pride never yet sat
isfied a mans hunger.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1914-06-25

If you wish beautiful, clear, white
clothes, use Red Cross Ball Blue. At all
good grocers. Adv.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1914-06-25

No, Not Half Bad.
The Women We Marry and Other
Fictions. Newspaper Headline.
Not Bad.-Chicago Tribune.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1914-12-04
DIET AND DIGESTION.
Length Of Time Different Foods Re
main IN the Stomach.

length of Time Different Foods Re
main In the Stomach.
Few people could make an aecurate
guess as to the length OF time different
foods remain In the stomach. The
popular ideas as to what are the most
digestible foods are all wrong, or near
y So In eating chicken. for instance
one imagines that he is sure of a rapid
digestion. and yet chicken meat re-
mains In the stomach. under uorms
conditions. for four hours. Ducl-
which Is generally supposed to b,
much more difAcult 10 digest thar
chicken. remnins for only two hours.
A hard boiled egg lasts for fouI
hours. which is much longer than III.
average. whereas boiled ush remain.
for only an hour and d half
II Is q very common mistake to SUD
pose that well boiled beer Is very easily
digested. while as matter Of fact IL
remains In the stomach for six hours
which Is longer than any other com.
mon article OF food Tripe. on the other
hand. remains for only one hour in
the stomach and Is one Of the easiest
Of all foods TO digest
A period OF one and a half hours is
required for apples. celery. cheese and
oysters. while twice this time is re-
quired by rye bread. onions. sausage or
raw milk.-Boston Herald
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1914-12-04

Among the itinerant street entertain
ers in London are a number OF tiny
japanese children. usually boys. They
make their way into hotel and public
house bars. saloons and RESTRAINTS
and producing a sleaf OF es from
theis pockets. suddenly bi Nv juggling
with them in the most expert manner.
accompanying the performance with
monatonous singsong which seems to
be inseparable from the exhibition.
Being very small. they seldom depart
without receiving a shower Of coppers,
to which they respond at the doorway
with little chant Of thanksgiving. It
is difficult to guess the age Of Japa-
nesc children. but none OF the tiny tots
engaged in this business appear to be
more than seven years old.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1914-12-04

some OF the brayest acts witnessed
during tho whole war; said an oiacer
Of the Army Of Northern Virginia.
was that Of a young soldier who
was probably not over sixteen. We
had thought Of him as only a boy, al
though he went with the regiment on
all OF - marches and lived with IL In
all Its encampmrnts.
-One dag there was a fierce engages
ment. In the midst OF 1t a bullet
struck this boy in the breast. and he
fell. Our colonel ordered bis men to
disnount. ird as he himself sprang
.rom bis horse. the boy called out in a
weak voice. 1 win holu your horse
eoIonelr
stopping In the midst Of the storm
OF bullets 10 gaze in pity on the white.
boyish face. the colonel said. But you
cant DO t,-at, lad-you are dying
e. I know am. colonel the gallant
boy replied But can hold the reIr
when ! am dead
"The colonel placed the bride in the
trembling hands and went forward.
When the fight was over he hurried
back and found the boy lying dead, tho
bridle reins still wrapped tightly
round his limp right hand"-Youth's
Companion.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1914-12-04

A curiOus barren mound Is to be seen
In Montgomery churchyard. What
ever the cause. there is plainly to be
seen strip Of sterility In the form OF
cross among mass Of verdure.
With the mound a melancholy legend
IS cOnnected. II is called Roberts
Grye." and the story is that beneath
this barren hillOck lie the remains OF
an innocent man who vas hanged on
mistaken evidence. 1t is sad that
while the man stood on the gallows
With the rope round his neck he SOL
emuiy declared, as a proof OF his limo
cenee. that grass should never growon
his grave. And even so II was anu Is.
Any one who attempts to fristrate the
fulillment Of this prophecy by sowing
grass on this spot pays the penalty
with his life. Instances are given Of
individuals who have been rash enough
to do so and have met their doom soon
afterward--Cardiff Western Man.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1914-12-04
THEY LOST THE PRIZE.


eet Anen tnc Contenders were Only
Lot Of Sea Guils.
Some campers at northern lake
once put a big fish on sloylne rock
near the waters edge to SCI what the
gulIs would do
A soaring scavenger soon spied II
and swcoped down for a feast
Seizing the fish 10 his tal0ns the vo
racious bird napped its great wings
and screamed gretsl.ly rs be tried To
make or with his und.
But the dsh was too heavy to be
hftsl The Oriy result Of repeated
attempts was that the fish began to
slide toward the water aud soon fell
In with splash
Diving after It. the gull brought 1t
20 the surface. and then Jegan a curl.
Gus spectacle. Time after time the eull
hoisted the tish as high as his strength
would permit only 10 weaken and let
The iisb fail aEaih. Tie uUise attracted
other gulls and battle ensued First
one gull aud then another would dive
for the iish. lift it part way above the
waters surface and be set upon by
other gulls until the fish slipped back.
sacrifice to jealousy and greed.
For almost an hour this struggle
lasted. ending only when ali the gulls
were tired out The prize was lost.
a fraction Of the energy thus spent
In serappins over an object too big
to handle would have secured for each
gun an ample meal Or smaller fish.
with which the lake abounded.
Or. little cooperation. Instead of
50 much crazy competition. would
have lifted the esh to a safe place on
dry land. where all the gulls could
have feasted at their leisure.
But they were only gulls: hungry.
minimizing, giuttonous gulls.
OF course. men would have known
better. Yesi--Cleyeland Press.