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The Yale expositor., 1915-12-16
The High School Tattler !

ISOBEL MENEREY, Editor.

ISOBEL MENEREY, Editor.
Hurrah for Christmas vacation Be.
gins on Thursday before Christmas.
All grades are practicing for Christ
mas programs. Everybody invited.
GRADE NOTES
There will be one session of kinder
garten next week. All children come
in the morning.
Miss Hubbell spent the week END in
Ypsilanti.
Willie Jones is back in school after
short illness.
Mrs Sinclair was home over Satur
day.
The eighth grade is ahead of its
schedule in arithmetic for this semester.
The third grade are the possessors of
great many tardy marks.
The grades are all preparing their
Xmas invitations and gifts.
Miss Heaton, former member of
our corps of teachers, spent the week
end here.
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
Don't forget the Senior Play Friday
night
Julia, Katberyn and Helen Mcmahon
returned to school Monday after being
quarantined for diphtheria.
Why is Phyllis so interested in the
north side of the room?
Mr.. Reynolds rhetorical division will
have short program Friday afternoon.
Don't fail to see "At the End of the
Rainbow"
The High School students fear that
Fordyce will not recover from his sec
ond attack of Bright's disease.
II. ii. Randolph. of Jonesville, visit.
ed the High School on Tuesday.
Marion objects to Senior Play prac-
tice on account of the many draughts( p
and the heavy cold contracted there
from.
Next Thursday afternoon, the last
day of school, Miss Ritchie's rhetorical
division gives program. 1t is going
to be one of the finest this year. Don't
fail to see it.
Mr.. Reynolds to Ralph V.-"Ralph,
would you like to change your seat ?"
Ralph, seated in midst of girls-No \
this is the best seat and best neighbors
that | ever had"
The High Room was greeted with a
very sweet smile last Tuesday morning
Inquire of Hattie +. for particulars.
Several students i'm chemistry class
mad difficult problem, but il was all
traceable back to the Power be.
hind the Throne. They also learned
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Presbyterian Church Notes.

Services next sunday are to be un-
usually attractive on account of the
following program
sunday morning sermon at 10 o'clock
subject, "The Influence of Childhood. F."
Sabbath school follows.
Evening service at $50 O'Clock.
Hymn number 55.
Invocation.
Anthem-"The Sound of Holy Voices"
Reading of Responsive Scriptures.
Anthem-"O. Holy Night.
Prayer, concluding with the Lords
Prayer.
Solo-"0 Song Divine" by Olin Beavis
Anthem-"Hope's Guiding Star"
Offertory "Silent Night solo by Mrs
G. s. Cochrane
Anthem Wonderful Song the Angels
Sang"
Solo "Life's Glorious Anthem" by
Clifford Hutton.
Anthem-"The Herald Angels Song"
Hymn number 5S.
Benediction.
Special Christmas Offerings for Gen.
eral Fund will be taken morning and
evening.
There have been no services in Ere.
mont lately, nor will there be next Sun
day on account of quarantine regula.
tions. We sincerely hope all will be
clear before Christmas.
Mr., Bradiield delivered the charge to
the people at an installation service
held in the Westminster Presbyterian
church of Port Huron on Tuesday ev-
ening, the new pastor being Rev. John
Tyler Charlton, of Louisville, Ky.
Remember Thursday evening.
Rev. f. Ii. Bradfeld, Pastor.
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the helpful idiom, THE Lord helps
those who help themselves"
Miss Buck, in modern history class
"Well, I'll have to stop talking, that's
all there is to it, The more tell you,
the less you know"
What happens Friday night? Why,
the Senior play, of course. Don't for
get it.
One of the Senior boys and one of
the grade teachers very recently discov'
cred that they were in the same BOAT.
Ask Neil for particulars.
Mr.. Reynolds Informed us the other
day that if we were half way here
when the bell stopped and would notify
him of the fact, he would not mark
US tardy.
Don't forget to be on hand Friday
night.
We had fire drill last Wednesday
morning.
Invitations for the annual 81 Hop"
have been issued.
Notice-Do not throw chalk across
the room or there will be heavy fine
Signed, Donald
The Yale expositor., 1915-12-16
unity, Mich, THURSDAY, December l6, 1915
SLEEPER FOR GOVERNOR
The State Press Takes Very Kindly To
The Candidacy of the Seventh Con-
gressional District Man.

The entire seventh congressional dis.
trict is going to stand solidly behind
the candidacy of A. T.. Sleeper, of Bad
Axe, for governor. 1t is splendid
movement to support
Mr.. Sleeper is not Of the snowy type
II e is the same practical man of hard
common sense as was John II. Rich,
who was elected governor from this
congressional district
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SENIOR PL AY
" At the End of the Rainbow"
Friday Evening, December 18th

School the history
of
Of
appears drilling
without them
senior classes
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Mary Pickford in "Hearts Adrift,
at the Princess Theatre Tuesday, Dec
2lst. 10 and 15c.
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BASE BURNER FOR SALE-Regal
Peninsular, lS-in. fire pot. Will be
sold cheap. Milton Edighoffer. 37-2
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ADVERTISED LETTERS.
Yale. December l3. 1!

Mrs. M. Burbridge.
Miss sylvia LaForest.
Mrs. ). ii. Cookson.
+. w. Farley, T.. NJ.
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The Clio messenger., 1915-02-26
Elephant Office Boy.

A few years ago, when Lord Duff
ferin became viceroy of India, among
his gifts was a young elephant whose
tusks had been sharpened and who
had been taught to open the daily
mail of his master. Oriental rulers in
all ages sought collections of wild ami
males whose savage instincts have in
some way been overcome and made to
do the bidding of man. In 1897 the
people of Beirut saw wonderful col
lection of tanned animals sent by the
negus of Abyssinia to the former sui
tan of Turkey. | once helped tame a
small bear from Mount Hermon until
he was as playful as a kitten, though
not easily handled by reason of his
strength. The promise in this reign
of peace is not the extirpation Of
predatory animals, but having their
habits and instincts changed.-Chris
tian Herald.
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Get Ready.

1t is a great thing to be prepared,
not only to die, but also to live. The
prizes Of life-the higher, IL not al
ways the lower material prizes-go to
the man who is there, and who is
there as prepared man. The best
advice, then, that can be given to a
young man or woman is this: BE
ready!" But no one can be ready
without getting ready, and to get
ready, for any great task, at any
rate, Is q matter of time, perhaps
also OF much toll and severe sacrifice.
Often we fail to achieve the best re-
suits because we do not take time
to get ready, our zeal springing up
like tho squash, instead of hardening
into fiber like the oak. The best val
ues In life come high and come hard.
But how vast are the rewards that
are insured for the man who Is ready
In the day OF his chance, only God
and the angels can estimate.
The Clio messenger., 1915-02-26
The Turkish Idea.

A wealthy Turk once complained
about the British rule in Egypt Isn't
II just?" he was asked. THAT is ex-
actly the trouble" he replied. 81 have
no more influence with the govern
ment than the water carrier. OF what
use has 1t been to me to work hard
and accumulate riches If they bring
me no more favors from the govern
ment than the water carrier can get
who has no money!"
The Clio messenger., 1915-02-26
SUGAR From the Bamboo.

The natives of India many centuries
ago, discovered that sweet substance
could be got from the bamboo, and
Theophrastus refers to it as Honey
which Is from bamboos." Another
writer calls it Indian salt. Seneca OBJ
serves, There is found amcng the
Indians honey contained in the
reed" and Pliny tells us ARABIA pro-
duces sugar, but that Of India Is
more renowned"
The Clio messenger., 1915-02-26
Substitute for Lemons.

Some years ago my uncle, physi-
clan in a small town, received call
to the country and asked me to ac-
company him. writes a correspondent.
The patient was the wife OF very
miserly man who lived In the back
woods. My uncle advised the hus-
band to give his wife good, wholesome
food and to purchase some lemons for
her. The husband said: Wont
pickles do Just as we'll? have pickles,
as sour as any lemon"
The Clio messenger., 1915-02-26
Expert Taxldermy.

In the art Of modern taxidermy the
old system of simply "stuffing" the
skins Of animals has been done away
with and standard method Of ac-
curate lifesize modelling established.
Over a carefully made plaster cast Of
this model the skin is stretched, glued
and sewed so that It Is difficult to see
how it was accomplished; for the mo-
ment 1t is easy to believe that the
animal itself has been preserved In.
tact in some marvellous manner.
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years. and at times became SO bad !
would become unconscious. / have been
found In that condition many times.
Physicians did not seem to be able to
do me any good. 1 would become
weak and for days at time could do
no work. Not long ago l got box
of DR.. Miles Laxative Tablets. ana
after using them found I had never
tried anything that acted in such
mild and effective manner. believe
1 have at last found the remedy that
suits my case"
Thousands of people are sufferers
from habitual constipation and
while possibly realizing something
of the danger of this condition, yet
neglect too long to employ proper
curative measures until serious i'll.
ness often results. The advice OF
ali physicians is, keep your bowels
Clean" and it's good advice.
DR.. Miles Laxative Tablets are
sold by all druggists, at rs cents a
box containing rs doses. If not
found satisfactory, your money IL
returned. >
MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhsrt, Ind.
The Clio messenger., 1915-02-26

had several fights. The distance from
the frontier to Lhasa is 800 miles, and
Gyantse is just about half way. The
town is situated In fat, open valley,
dotted all over with flourishing ham
let's, and watered by numerous
streams. It was an agreeable change
for us. especially as spring was COM
ing on, and the bitter cold had been
left behind.
On the fifth day Of May our camp
was awakened by wild shouts and
firing, which were the prelude Of an
attack in force by the Tibetan troops.
For fully two months we were be-
sieged; then re-enforcements arrived,
and we were enabled to proceed. On
July IA we set out for Lhasa in the
midst of a rainstorm. Frequent rains
thereafter went far to destroy the
delusion that Tibet Is rainless coun-
try.
Lhasa, the Forbidden City.
AS we passed over range after
range Of hills we looked eagerly for
the mysterious city 1t was on the
second day of August that we beheld
at last the golden roofs of the Potala
the huge group of buildings on the
hilltop composing the official quar-
ters of the grand lama-glittering in
the distance; and on the following
day we pitched our camp beneath the
walls Of Lhasa, the forbidden capital,
which no living European had ever
seen before.
The first fact of importance that
we ascertained was that the grand
lama had fed. He had sought refuge
in Chinese territory.
We found much to interest us mean
while in the monasteries, which might
be described as ecclesiastical settle
ments, surrounded by high walls and
gathered about one or more temples.
The temples always have red walls,
and in many instances the roofs are
covered with plates of pure gold. In
The Clio messenger., 1915-02-26
LAWYERS Still Use Quill Pens.

The quill pen is not quite extinct In
London. The legal profession, which
is very conservative, clings to it te-
naciously, and none of the courts
would be completely equipped without
a plentiful supply of good goose quills
Have you noticed what an indispens-
able accessory the quill is to counsel,
whether in ostentatiously taking a
note, making a speech, or in helping
to point a warning finger at hos
tile witness London Chronicle.
The Clio messenger., 1915-02-26

with Everest, the loftiest mountain
In the world, as the eliminating OBJ
ject. In the dim, mysterious distance
lay the sacred city of which so lit
tie is known, and entrance to which
was barred by every obstacle man or
nature could raise.
Not Opposed at First.
At place called Yatung a trading
post had been established under an
old treaty. But a wall had been erect
ed to shut out all intruders, and be-
yond it our traders had never been
allowed to pass. The wall was built
directly across the road and high up
the mountain side on either hand. We
thought we might have to fight our
way through, but the great door in
the tower which guarded the road was
standing open, and thus we passed
peaceably through the gate of Tibet,
and descended into the Chumbi val
ley.
In the valley bottom and on the hill
side were comfortable villages and cul-
tivated fields. The people seemed we'll
to-do, and we're decidedly we'll dis
posed toward us. They soon showed
themselves keen traders, and must
have made a small fortune out OF their
dealings with the expedition.
After three weeks, which we're de-
voted to military preparations. we
started again. A force of the Tibetan
troops attempted to oppose our prog
ress, saying to VS. over and over again.
go back to the frontier!"
It was not until early April that
after exhausting every possibility OF
peaceful agreement. we finally pro-
ceeded to Gyantse. On the way we
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each temple is usually long altar, be
hind which stand huge images OF
the gods. Inside they are very dirty
and grimy, with highly decorated i'm
agina&ive pictures Of demons and drag.
ons. Before the images Of the gods
burn many bowls of butter night and
day, just as candles are burned in
Roman Catholic churches before the
figures of saints.
People Were Hospitable.
When once we had entered Lhasa
we found the people hospitable as
well as friendly. They even gave US
free access to the monasteries and
temples. They are very fond of theat-
rical performances, which are con.
Quoted In the open air. On one occa-
sion / was routed out of bed at seven
o'clock in the morning to attend such
performance, which lasted until
seven in the evening 1t was got UP
expressly for my entertainment. and
consisted mainly of pantomime, &C.
companied by dancing and music, the
latter being chiefly drumming They
wanted to go on with IL for three days
more, but one day was enough for me.
We saw a good deal of the women
OF Tibet They are not yelled or Sc
cluded in any way, as in other orien.
tai countries. Many Of them came
to our camp, between fights, bringing
eggs, poultry, mutton, butter, wheat,
barley, and other produce for sale.
Polyandry is practically restricted
TO the agricultural laboring class. II
is an expedient OF economy, the ar
rangement usually being one under
which woman is the wife of several
brothers. She does not choose her
husbands from different families.
The Clio messenger., 1915-02-26
All Not Lost.

Here, my son." said the father to
Willie, what does this mean? Your
report gives you only fifty for arith-
metic, and your teacher makes the
comment that you can't count straight
up to twenty-five. What are you go
ing to do with such record when
you go into business?"
"Now, don't worry father" replied
the son. ITO count up to twenty-five
isn't necessary for success In business
nowadays"
mot necessary" gasped the father.
mo, sir, can start a ten-cent
store"
The Clio messenger., 1915-02-26
How Indians Purified Water.

The Indians had way OF purifying
water from pond or swamp by dig
ging hole about a foot across and
down about six inches below the wa
ter level few feet from the pond.
After 1t was filled with water, they
bailed 1t out quickly, repeating the
bailing process about three times.
After the third bailing the hole would
be filled with filtered water. Try IT..
Boy Scout Handbook.
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WlIlIno TO Let IL Ache.

A barefooted darky, while hoeing
cotton one day, saw his big toe under
a clod, and, thinking It was a mole's
head, hit 1t and hurt himself. After
working with II for while he got
tired, set his foot on stump and
said; well, jes pain away now;
doesn't care, you hurts yeself wus'n
ye do me-"
The Clio messenger., 1915-02-26

Many cases or
typh old fever.
appendicitis a n d
other severe dis
eases are trace
able to prolonged
clogging of the
bowels. Regard
the effects of
constipation, c.
Z. Ayers, 6 Sabin
ST., Montpelier,
VT, says:
II was amicteo
with constipation
and biliousness for
The Clio messenger., 1915-02-26

up, says Col. Sir Frank Young
husband, the famous English
explorer, in a published inter
Eiew. AS the most important result
Of the expedition which l led to
Lhasa, he continues, formal treaty
was signed by which the country was
practically thrown open to foreign
ers. Trading posts have been estab-
iished, and the natives are anxious
TO cultivate friendly relations with
the outside world
The city of Lhasa is situated in a
lovely valley, well irrigated, richly
cultivated, and watered by a river
broad as the Thames at Westminster.
1t is exceedingly picturesque, the town
being huddled about the base of a
lofty hill, on which stands the huge
palace of the grand lama-an impos-
ing structure of masonry, very solidly
built.
Many of the houses are of stone and
substantially constructed, and not a
few of them are surrounded by shade
trees. The picture presented to the
eye by the rock-perched palace, with
the stray city at it's base-the whole
set in beautiful valley, deep in the
heart OF the mountains-is wonder
fully impressive.
Our expedition started from Dar-
jeeling, and the first part of the jour-
ney lay through the wonderful trop-
ical forests of Sikkim-the mountain
sides covered everywhere with a
wealth of tropical vegetation. Mar
velous orchids and innumerable but
terfiies of brilliant hues lent addition
al beauty to the scenes through which
we passed.
Steadily ascending, we finally
emerged upon the high Tibetan ta-
bleland, and found ourselves in view
of magnificent panorama of $50 miles
of the tallest peaks of the Himalayas,
The Clio messenger., 1915-02-26
A STUDY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
THE MAN.

1t has been said of Lincoln that he
grew to a great mental stature and
achieved his masterful grip upon the
intelligence of the world, not alone
because he had extraordinary natural
endowments. but because he had an
Unsuitable interest in realities, and
never allowed a book or a formula to
obscure the sunlight of a living fact"
A great many people are inclined to
look upon Abraham Lincoln as mar
velous being, raised up for divine
purpose, and endowed with sublime
attributes which are not bestowed
upon ordinary mortals. Yet IL we an.
alyze his character we find II made
up of the humblest virtues, the most
ordinary human qualities.
It was his incorruptible manhood,
his answering honesty, his love OF
truths, his adherence to what he be-
lieved to be right in the face of all
temptations and difficulties, that, more
than all else, made him the sublime
character he was.
Lincoln never shrank from espous-
ing an unpopular cause when he be.
lieved IL to be right. At the time
when It almost cost a young lawyer
his bread and butter to defend the
fugitive slave, and when other law
yers had refused, Lincoln would al
ways plead the cause OF the un-
fortunate whenever an opportunity
presented. 60 to Lincoln" people
would say. when these bounded fugi.
tives were seeking protection, he's
not afraid OF any cause, II it's right"
His fellow lawyers called him per
versely honest" Nothing could induce
him to take the wrong side of case,
or to continue on that side after learn
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Ing that II was unjust Or hoVsless.
Only the most sublime moral courage
could have sustained him as president
to hold his ground against hostile
criticism and long train OF disaster;
to Issue the emancipation proclama-
ton. to support Grant and Stanton
against the clamor OF the politicians
and the press
Everybody who knew him felt that
he was every inch a man. large
hearted, generous friend. always ready
to help everybody out OF their troubles.
whether II was a poor widow in dis
tress or a farmer who needed advice.
He had frank, transparent mind He
never covered up anything, never had
secrets. He always left the door OF
his heart wide open, 80 that anyone
could read his inmost thoughts.
Abraham Lincoln inherited no op-
portunities, and acquired nothing oy
luck. His good fortune consisted sim.
ply of untiring perseverance and
right heart.
Yet the romance anu achievement
of his marvellous life have no match
in fiction or history. We shall search
the biography of the world in vain for
man who reached such heights OF
power, and yet has graduated from
such humble beginnings and such an
iron environment.
Instead of a school and university
training. Lincoln had sittle else than
hardships, trials and struggles to lift
him above relentless circumstances.
Behold him as lank, awkward
youth, telling trees on a little
claim. building his homely log cabin.
without floor or windows, teaching
himself arithmetic and grammar IN
the evening by the light of the fire.
In his eagerness to know the contents
of Blackstone's Commentaries, he
walked A miles to procure the
precious volumes, and read 100 pages
while returning.
Yet it was this man, born in a log
cabin, without schooling, or books. or
teacher, or even ordinary opportunt'
ties, who won the admiration of man.
kind by his homely, practical wisdom
while president, and who emancipated
100000 slaves.
What an inestimable blessing to the
world. what an encouragement, an In
spiration to the poor and lowly born,
that his great achievements can bs
accounted for by the triumph In his
character of those qualities which are
beyond the reach of money, of fam
lily. of influence, but are given freely
to the lowest as we'll as to the high
est There is no quality of integrity,
perseverance, or industry that distin.
| guished Lincoln, that any one, no mat
ter how poor and humble. how hardly
circumstanced. cannot cultivate.
His career Is rebuke to the indo
lent, faint-hearted youth of today, who.
in this age of opportunity, dares to
cry mo chance!"
Abraham Lincoln is becoming more
and more our national hero, and he
would drop into oblivion. were we to
discover that he had ever bartered
that most precious aNribute-his man
hood, his character-or ever offered
it for sale.
die, when l may" said this king
among men, 81 want it said OF me by
those who know me best, that l always
plucked a thistle and planted flower,
where I thought flower would grow"
What a glorious ideal, and how glo
riously realized!
No man ever lived Of whom 1T couid
have been more truly said that
"The elements
So mixed in him that Nature might stand
up
And say to all the world. This is q
mani"
The Clio messenger., 1915-02-26
Purpose Of the Chain.

A countryman In Savannah OBJ
served a gang Of darkies labori1g on
the streets. each wearing ball and
chain. He asked one why that ball
was chained to his leg. ITO keep peo-
pie from stealing It," said the darky;
heap Of thieves about here"
The Clio messenger., 1915-02-26
Doubt and UnbeIIef.

Christ never failed to distinguish
between doubt and unbelief. Doubt
is can't believe, unbelief Is won't be-
lieve Doubt is honesty; unbelief Is
obstinacy. Doubt is looking for light:
unbelief IL content with darkness
Henry Drummond.
The Clio messenger., 1915-02-26
podaIna Responsibility.

eyes," said Mr.. Growcher, 81 intend
to keep up the idea Of Santa Claus In
my family as long as possible"
What fort"
81 don't want the children to blame
me when they don't get Just the pres
ents they were looking for
The Clio messenger., 1915-02-26
Bone.

At the urgent request OF an umpire,
the pitcher plodded his weary way to
the clubhouse.
Il lost my head, guess" he vouch-
safed, as he hesitated near his mana
ger.
"I saw a dog gnawing something
outside the gate," sympathized the
manager-Puck.
The Clio messenger., 1915-02-26
Constipation, If Neglected,
Causes Serious Illness

Constipation, if neglected, leads
to almost innumerable complica-
hons affecting the general health.
The Clio messenger., 1915-02-26
Small Facts About Hnr.s..

Gray horses are the longest lived
and cream colored ones the most az.
fected by temperature changes.
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| IBET is no longer a closed
kingdom; we have opened 1t
up. says Col. Sir Frank Young
husband, the famous English