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The Yale expositor., 1914-08-27
ROBIN FOLLOWED HER NEST
Brave Little Bird Made Trip Of Four
teen Miles, Keeping Breeding
Place in Sight.

An Ulster county New York;
farmer tells of a robin that built its
nest of straw and mud on the wooden
framework of a farm wagon, under
the middle of the box. The wagon
was standing idle in the shed at the
side of barn.
AS the nest was hidden by the wag-
on box, the farmer did not notice it,
and on a Saturday morning he hitched
a team to the wagon and drove from
his home to Livingston Manor, rail-
way town some seven miles away.
While on the road the farmer noticed
a robin that fiuttered anxiously from
abreast of the wagon, or little ahead
of it, all the way to town. When the
farmer reached the town, he drove I'M
der the hotel shed, fed his horses,
and ate his own dinner. When he
was ready to take the road again, he
noticed another robin, as he supposed,
flutter from under the wagon, utter
ing such cries as a bird makes when
danger threatens its nest or its young.
The robin accompanied him all the
way home, and never let the wagon
get out of it's sight for moment.
A few days later, the farmer again
drove the some wagon to the railway
village. Once more he noticed the
friendly robin. When he reached the
hotel shed, he saw that as soon as he
pulled up his horses the robin flew
under the wagon. Accordingly he
quietly looked underneath the box.
There sat the robin on her nest.
Back at his home again, the farmer
pushed the wagon into corner of the
shed, and since he had another wagon
that he could use, he did not compel
the robin to make another fourteen
mile trip to guard her nest II is
pleasant to add that the brave little
bird duly Matched her eggs and reared
family Of three little robins
Youths Companion.
The Yale expositor., 1914-08-27

sion Of surrounded.with-a il-the.com
forts Of home and the incest husband
that sometimes makes streaks of greer
waver before the eyes of her friends.
Well, just then the train stopped,
just little bit of a stop, and it wasn't
so very far from the home station
that Genevieve was waiting for. And
then, after this tiny bit of a stop, the
car door opened, and the biggest man
anybody ever saw came down the
aisle, craning his neck and looking into
seat after seat and just as disap-
pointed And just as his eyes were
getting dim and sorry and wondering,
and Kate saw they we're, all of a sud
den. Kate remembered him. Gene
We've" she said softly, "Genevieve.
look who's here!"
Genevieve turned - well, Kate
doesn't know yet how she got out OF
the way. or whether she got out of
the way, or II she had ever been in
the way. Because Genevieve was out
in the aisle and James had gathered
her up right off the floor in his arms.
Genevieve was so glad to be gathered,
and a small Jennie girl clamored to be
added to the aggregation from the low
er edge Of things
Ten years married? Those two?
They looked more like a honeymoon
couple in the first raptures. Kate
rubbed her eyes. But there 1t was,
and what are you going to do about
it?
"Jim-dear, how on earth did you
think Of coming to meet us?" gurgled
Genevieve, hanging to his arm, and
beaming up into his face. 1t wasn't
very handsome face, either, but gra-
cious, it looked mighty attractive to
Genevieve. How did you ever think
to come way this far to meet us?"
"Oh, got lonely, so / came up on
the first train that got in half an hour
ago, and waited here for yours. You
been away a week, Genevieve, and
there wasn't any time to waste about
seeing you, was there? l got sort OF
used to having you round by this
time!"
And here is Kate. Jim; you know
Kate that used to go to school with
me. and 1 been telling her how glad
l am to get home"
The car full Of people was watching,
but James didn't care, and neither did
Genevieve. Some OF the people laughed
a little, but James didn't care, and
neither did Genevieve. And some of
them-women, mostly-dabbed at their
eyes with surreptitious handkerchiefs,
or just drew a smeary finger across as
IL the snow blurred, and they couldn't
see very well. And even for that
yes, even for that, James didn't care,
and neither did Genevieve. They had
each other, they had been having each
other for ten long years and were glad
of it as ever. and they were going to
continue 10 have each other to the
very end Of their lives. Long or short
that time might be, but think what a
world Of happiness!
Copyright. by Associated Literary Press)
The Yale expositor., 1914-08-27
Gathered Her Right Up OFF the Floor.

bet she's forgot It, But Dora's a mighty
good girl, too. l feel just like she was
my own kin, and she takes the great
est interest in everything.
It's pretty good rabbit hunting now,
too, and you certainly can't go hunting
at sisters! / want to get out with my
gun and Jim with his gun, and just
tramp all day, and eat our dinner by a
little campfire, and come home togeth-
er in the evening as hungry We go
out every week almost, and I'm O
splendid shot, Jim says. ] never took
it up till a year ago, but l certainly
have worked at the trade since! jim
says act as if was getting paid for
it-well, so l am. / guess I'd a been
sick lots and lots Of times IL It hadn't
a been for my gun and the chickens.
They keep me outdoors most every
day.
why, just tramp and tramp, and
row and drive, and every once in a
while take notion and go out and
help milk the COWS. l just love to
milk"
Maybe II you had to" limited her
friend, darkly.
"Oh, l s'pose II / had to ! mightn't
like it so we'll! But Jim just laughs at
me! I'll take the pail, and the hired
man and me, we just have those cows
stripped before you could say scat
There, look at the chicken feathers
floating through THE air! Look, Jennie.
Mamma told you 1t was a-going to
snowl I'm pretty weather-wise II /
have been in the city a week." And
Jennie looks and crinkles up her
baby-black eyes and laughs. and Jen-
ME says, DO you spose pail come
for us in the cutter, ma? Oh, do
your"
"Sure he will II it's snowy enough
And he'll have to have plenty of warm
wraps, too, because four miles is four
miles and sisters house was pretty
warm!" And Genevieve laughs de-
lightedly, her eyes straining out of the
car windows In that eager, seeing-d dis
tantjoys look that happy wives have
yes, and sometimes fiaunt,. all uncon-
sciously-in the faces of wives who
are not-er-er-well, not so happy as
heaven. Genevieve had that look. that
complete self-satisfaction, that express
The Yale expositor., 1914-08-27
The
GeneVieVeS
[ Know
BY Helen Help
THE GENEVIEVE AND JAMES WHO
HAD EACH OTHER.

II am going home" said Genevieve,
her black eyes swapping and a smile
curving her lips. Il never was so lone
ly in my life and James has sent me a
postal every day and have called him
up three times by long distance"
you have been away for some
timer" inquired the old friend, gath
cred up by chance on the train, after
the wont Of the kindly fates You
have been away for some timer"
"Oh, yes, I've been visiting my sis
ter a week tomorrow"
"A week." in an incredulous whis-
per, and he wrote to you every day
and you called him up three times?
Do get that? Is that right? For the
name of mercy, Genevieve, how long
have you been married."
why. you remember perfectly we'll,
because you were at the wedding
Kate" answered Genevieve Jim and
l were married ten years ago. And If
well, If we might have been let keep
him, we would have had the dearest
little boy, besides Jennie. But l sup
pose it wasn't to be. But then"
Ten years married, and you have
been away from home week and you
call it ages! You must be very happy,
Genevieve," murmured the old friend,
who had some thoughts Of her own on
the subject of matrimony.
"Yes-why, Of course, we're happy.
Gracious, have everything on earth
want, and Jim-why, Jim is the best
mantle finest man in the whole
county. Why, he was county treasurer
two terms and didn't really want it at
all. But everybody said he was just
the man-so honest and upright, and
such a nice man with his family! And
he surely Is. You know, Kate, we have
the incest house-and I'm simply crazy
to get back to the farm. l never
thought to tell the girl to warm the
milk for the little pig l bought just
before l went to sisters, and just
The Yale expositor., 1914-08-27
"Not Worth the Candle"

The well-known saying, "the game is
not worth the candle" means that it
is not worth even the candle that
lights the players during their game.
1t is used with reference to an under
taking to signify that the results
would not be sufficient to justify the
trouble or expense incurred. The
French have the same saying-"le jeu
ne Vaut pas la chandelle." In the ia.
cula Prudentum: or Outlandish Prov
cribs, Sentences. etc." OF George Her
bert, an English writer Of the seven
teenth century. occurs the proverb:
1T ia a poor sport that is not worth
the candle" The saying is one Of
those old ones, the origin OF which Il
Is difficult, II not impossible. to trace.
The Yale expositor., 1914-08-27

tribes, and he acted as my interpreter
throughout the trip.
The responsibility of providing food
depended largely upon me. Salt and
beads. given the natives, would get US
food occasionally. but as a rule had
to shoot our supper. Fortunately
there is a bountiful supply Of game In
Africa, which simplihed our provision
ing.
My carriers deserted one day at a
point between two warning villages,
leaving me alone with my interpreter.
The village we were making for was
Inhabited by cannibals, whose chief
had habit Of either eating or making
slaves Of all the other natives who had
the temerity to approach his bailiwick.
AS | approached | feigned not to see
him, but kept my gaze on the sky
watching some birds winging by. Then
picking up my gun, | fired, and the
birds began dropping al around us
This had the desired erect OF i'm
pressing him, as hoped II would, anc
he became very friendly, promising me
food for my followers and myself-a
very special kind of meat. Imagine
my horror when a few minutes later
saw two men carrying the leg of a
black man they had killed the day
previous and were then using for food.
Shoots Big Game.
The greatest danger" continued
Mrs. Roby, rs not from native treach-
cry or even violence, but from the wild
beasts, which infest the camps"
Big and little game she shot in profu-
sion, and laughs at the assumption Of
hunters that any great prestige is at
tached to anything so simple as shoot
ing big game
The attention | received in many
OF the villages was of a remarkable
order Many of the inhabitants had
never seen a white woman before, and
on my arrival they gathered around
me, examined my dress, stroked my
hair and patted my hands. | had TO
wear my hair in a plat down my back.
The Yale expositor., 1914-08-27
"po Noble Thinqs-Not Dream Them. :

"Do Neble Things-Not Dream Them"
To each man by an illusion OF in
terror optics his own real life appears
to be not what we see him doing but
what he feels himself feeling-his own
invisible sensations, emotions, aspira-
tons and satisfactions. He is to him
self the center OF a weblike universe,
and every least nerve message that
comes to him is. by a necessity Of his
souls unity, equally interesting and
exciting to him. But this subjective
ness is not life; II is existence. Life In
conduct; It Is growth and betterment;
II Is what follows the emotion and de-
sire; It is effort and achievement or
failure. Unless we do the things, we
cannot get beyond to seek further
things. As far back as man began he
has thought and felt delicately. The
Mid-Victorians set out to do delicately.
II is this doing the things that makes
us grow up.-Annie Winsor Allen, In
the Atlantic.
The Yale expositor., 1914-08-27
Civilizations.

II Is prominently in youth that the
desire to meet obligations may be
most firmly implanted and become a
permanent possession. Children are
quick to catch the spirit OF those they
are with; they soon learn 10 value the
same things and to strive for them.
And the desire for a worthy object,
continually striven for and attained,
grows into habit Of the heart as sure
ly as any long-continued process Of
thought grows into a habit OF the
mind. or any oft-repeated manual OPP
GRAFTON grows into habit OF the hand.
And what habit can be so inestimable
to the individual or so valuable to So
ciety as that which leads men and wo-
men to meet every obligation as 1t
rises, gladly and speedily, with the
same satisfaction that every honest
man feels in paying his debts?
The Yale expositor., 1914-08-27

without any white companions, and
to have more than once just missed
furnishing a meal for savage natives.
But to me 1t was all a wonderful ex-
perience, one / would be glad to re-
peat-in parts
Traveller Since Childhood.
Il was inoculated young with the
desire to travel. AS very young girl
! was sent to Australia from England
for my health, and that trip devel-
oped into round-the-world trip, which
left me determined to see all there
was In the world to see.
AS soon as | was old enough | pro-
ceeded to extend my horizons, until
the unfrequented corners OF India,
Persia. Australia, China and Japan had
little left to offer. Then came Africa,
where all alone / explored the less
known parts of the Congoland. The
reported atrocities OF the Congo so
Mortified me that just had to 20 and
see II they we're true
Il travelled from one rubber post TO
another. through country often unex-
plored, taking complete charge of the
expedition myself, my native carriers
averaging twenty-five or thirty In num-
Der. Ny path was frequently through
villages of cannibal tribes. II was
necessary at each post to get a fresh
escort, on account OF the different dia-
lects used by the different tribes.
was fortunate. however. In having one
who knew the languages of all the
The Yale expositor., 1914-08-27
"Deua Ex Machlna.r

The term deus ex machina," as
now used, is applied to the arbitrary
introduction of an incident or per.
son in tragedy or comedy to remedy
some inartistic negligence in its con-
struction. The term originated In an
cient times. when the Greek poets, in
conformity with the NEUROLOGICAL be-
liefs OF their age, brought about the
announcement OF their plots by the
Intervention of a god. who descended
upon the stage by mechanical con-
trivance and abruptly settled what
ever difficulty barred the proper ter
mination of a piece. The words are
Latin, and mean. literally, "a god from
the machinery"
The Yale expositor., 1914-08-27
old.EashIoned Canal. Best.

Charley, dear" said young Mrs.
Torkins. they are having a great deal
of agitation about the big canal, aren't
they?"
Yes"
Don't you know, sometimes think
II might have been better IL we had
been content with the old-fashioned
canals where all the talking was dono
by the man who was driving the
mule"
The Yale expositor., 1914-08-27
Shakespeare.

Shakespeare's purpose was to write
dramatic pieces for playhouses of his
day, to which he belonged, and by
which he was paid in good coin Of the
realm. Being a very great man. and
therefore able to hold the mirror up
to nature" with a force and fidelity
never before possessed by a play
wright, he made at one and the same
time a good-sized fortune and an ever
lasting fame.
The Yale expositor., 1914-08-27

because my boys would steal my pins
and amuse themselves, and me very
much more, by arranging their hair In
all sorts of fantastic ways with my
pins. | arrived in Elizabethville with
three lone hairpins, all that was left
of my goodly stock"
Mrs. Roby made a good deal Of her
journey by bicycle.
1T Is difficult to blaze new trails in
African territory" said Mrs. Roby,
for whenever a new chief comes to
the fore the village or province Is
named after him or by a name OF his
selection. So the hopelessness OF try
ing to follow a map of any kind is APP
parent, and mistakes must naturally
follow on account of these inevitable
errors In maps and charts.
"on my return trip / took many de-
tours, because heard that the natives
had rebelled and were being cruelty
massacred. / found them In revolt, IL
is true. but | saw no single instance of
the intense cruelty pictured to me,
and the natives we're really happy.
prosperous and contented. When the
rains fail and there are no crops,
starvation Is the result, but then that
is true of all the southern climates,
India, for instance. and / assure you
/ left with sadness these strange peo-
pie who, from a desire to boil me for
soup developed an affection so strong
that I was asked to be queen of the
Congo"
The Yale expositor., 1914-08-27

R F. YOU were a woman rich enough
to live wherever you wanted to
live, to go wherever you wanted
to go and to do whatever you
wanted to do, would you choose
to go alone into Darkest Africa, and to
strike up acquaintance with canni-
balls!
Yet this is what Mrs. Marguerite
Roby did, because she loves adventure
and was "inoculated" with the longing
Cor travelling in strange places.
Maybe you might fancy some wild
experiment If you had with you a
white companion, man or woman. Or
II you went into the jungle you might
II you were a woman, fancy the COM
fort Of native woman companion.
But Mrs. Roby chose for her guides
and followers simply the black men Of
the trackless African country, and in
departing had so won the affection of
the natives that they wanted to have
her as queen OF the Congo.
Recuperating from an attack Of
blackwater fever, the result of her re-
cent explorations. Mrs. Roby talked en-
tertainingly Of her unusual voyagings
and some of the queer experiences she
had In the course of an s,000-mile
tramp through the largely unexplored
and mostly cannibal Kasai country in
the lower Congo region of Africa, with
only the natives for companions. Mrs
Roby was in New York for eight
weeks on her way to the seashore.
Il suppose" she said, 1T does take
oourage-mental as we'll as physical
to sit all night, as l have, back to
back with the negro boy, each we'll
armed with rifles, in an endeavor to
quell a mutiny to be days at time
without the sight OF white person;
to travel through the districts infested
with sleeping sickness-whole villages
were practically wiped out with this
dreadful scourge-to have your eating
and drinking supplies stolen in the
depths of the wilderness; to face the
incredible loneliness of the jungle trail
The Yale expositor., 1914-08-27

Stout Old Gentleman say. wha.
are you two children following me
about for?
One of Them-Please, sir, mother
told me to take Tommy for a nice long
walk and be sure an keep him in the
shade
The Yale expositor., 1914-08-27
Uncle Eben.

"De man dat wastes his time brag-
GIN" said Uncle Eben, us like an
ingine dat uses up all his steam on
de whistle"
The Yale expositor., 1914-08-27

TO MSnd ceIIuIold Articles.
Wet the edges with glacial acetio
acid and press them close together for
few minutes.
Morris tribune., 1914-12-04
RENDSVILLE.

Harry Day, Mr.. Wagner and daugh-
ter Lena, Mr.. and Mrs. Boone autoed
to Fergus Falls last Wednesday.
Alfred and Paul Swanson were in
Donnelly Wednesday.
Mrs. Van Horn and sons Nathan
and Ray were in Morris last Tuesday.
Mr.. Hanson was in Donnelly last
Wednesday.
Charley Van Horn was in Morris
last Friday.
Ben Struck visited at Brooks Sun.
day.
Nathan Van Horn was in Morris
last Saturday.
C. Shauer was in Morris Monday.
Art Evin visited at Struck's few
days the past week.
Miss Mabel Brooks was a Morris
visitor Monday.
Harry Halfsoul visited at Heinrich
Sunday.
August Giese was in Morris Tues.
day.
M. Margon was seen in Morris last
Friday afternoon.
Morris tribune., 1914-12-04
BUYING EXPENSIVE
COUGH REMEDIES
Make the Best at Home

Money spent for the old style, ready
made, cough syrups in bottles holding
only 2 to 2115 ounces is very largely
wasted, because most of them are
composed principally of sugar and
water. Yet you have to pay the same
price as if it was all medicine. Stop
wasting this money. You can make a
better cough medicine at home at one
fifth the cost. Merely go to j. 4.
Kruegers Drug Store and ask for 2
ounces (50c worth) of Schiffmann's
Concentrated Expectorant. Mix this
with one pint of graduated sugar and
one half pint of boiling water, which
makes full pint (16 ounces). This
new, simple, pleasant remedy is qua
ranteed to relieve the worst cough or
cold. Also excellent for Bronchial
Asthma, Bronchitis, Group, hoarsenes
and whooping cough. One bottle will
make enough home made cough
medicine to probably last the whole
family the entire winter. Children
like it, it is so pleasant to take and it
positively contains no chloroform,
opium, morphine or other narcotics
as do most cough mixtures. Keep it
on hand in case of emergency and
stop each cough before it gets a firm
hold. The above druggist has been au-
thorized to return the money in every
single case where it does not give
perfect satisfaction or is not found
the best remedy ever used. Abso-
lutely no risk in run in buying this
remedy under this pc sitive guarantee.
Morris tribune., 1914-12-04
WengeIin-Van Dyke

A pretty home wedding occurred
Thanksgiving day at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. John Wengelin. of Eldorado,
when their youngest daughter Anna
E. Wengelin was united in marriage
to John H. Van Dyke in the presence
of party of relatives and immedi-
ate friends.
The bridal party stood beneath a
handsome wedding bell. Rev. Levin,
of Herman, was the officiating clergy
man, and the single ring service was
used. Mr.. Ben Van Dyke, brother of
the groom as best man. Miss Marv
Wengelin. sister of the bride was
bridesmaid. Little Anna Van Sum
m ern was ring bearer.
After the ceremony a sumptuous
dinner was served.
Mr.. and Mrs. Van Dyke will reside
on farm in section 20, Edorado.
Morris tribune., 1914-12-04
A WARNING TO MANY
Some Interesting Facts About
sa kidney Troubles

Pew people realize to what extent
their health depends upon the condi-
ton of the kidneys.
The physician in nearly all cases of
serious illness, makes chemical ana
lysis of the PATIENTS urine. He knows
that unless the kidneys are doing their
work properly, the other organs
cannot readily be brought back to
health and sire myth.
When. the kidneys are neglected or
abused in any way serious results are
sure to follow. According to health
statistics, Bright's disease which is
really an advanced form of kidney
trouble, caused nearly ten thousand
deaths in 1918, in the state of New
York alone. Therefore, it behooves
us to pay more attention to the health
of these most important organs.
An ideal herbal compound that has
remedy is D. Kilmer's1 Swomp- Root,
the great Kidney, Liver and Bladder
Remedy.
The mild and healing influence of
/ this preparation, in most cases, is
soon realized, according to sworn state.
ments and verified testimony of those
who have used the remedy.
If you feel that your kidneys re-
guire attention, and wish o. sample
bottle, write to DR.. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y. Mention Morris
Tribune, eaclose ten cents and they
will gladly forward it to you by Parcel
Post.
I Swamp Root is sold by every dru-
gist in bottles of two sizes-50c
and $1.00.
Morris tribune., 1914-12-04
LOCAL DRUGGIST SAYS:
TAKE ONLY ONE DOSE

We want to tell those in Morris suf-
fering from stomach or bowel trouble
that we are agents'for the simple mix
ture of bmekthorn bark, glyserine,
etc., known as Adler-i-ka, the RENE
dy Wich became famous by curing
appendicitis. This il the most thor
ough bowel cleanser known and
JUST ONE DOSE relieves sour stom
ach, gas on the stomach and constipa-
ton almost IMMEDIATELY. You
will be surprised at, the QUICK action
Of Adler-i-ka. J. r. Kruger.
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