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The Yale expositor., 1918-04-25
Cheap Tea.

The queue was long and the waiting
weary. One respectfully attired lady
at length announced that she couldn't
stand it any longer, her feet ached so.
Then she began to question those
about her as to their wants. "Marge," !"
was the general answer, but one or
two said "Tea." well" said the re-
specially attired lady, ~ can help you
bit I've got some tea here, more
than l want. and I'll let you have some
n you like" From her bag she pro-
duced several neatly made parcels. and
In a few moments disposed of them
all. Then she stepped out of the
queue, and was soon lost 10 sight. Not
till she had been gone some minutes
did the spirit of distrust and inquiry
descend upon one of the purchasers.
When 1t did, however. the woman
found that her package was full of
sawdust. There was an instant tear
ing open of the others, which were all
filled with the same material-Man.
chester Guardian.
The Yale expositor., 1918-04-25
One Killed At Los Angeles.

Los Angeles-A general earth
quake shock, felt throughout southern
California Sunday afternoon, cost one
life at a nearby resort, caused the SER
ious injury of one woman in a mad
rush from a downtown theatre, broke
large plate glass windows, shook
down cornices and cut off communi-
cation with at least two small towns.
At San Bernardino the quake was
said by old residents to be the worst
of years. Scores of plate glass win
dows were broken, hundred feet of
brick wall from one low building fell
into the street, and cracks were brok-
en- in several other walls.
There was a panic at the ball
grounds, where a game was in pro-
gress, and one man was hurt in the
rush to escape. Another, running out
of a theatre into the street, was
struck by an automobile and seriously
injured.
Riverside suffered a shock of simi.
lar intensity. Ornaments were shaken
from the courthouse cornice and win
dows smashed.
At Banning, the front of the Odd Eel
lows building fell out, striking two
automobiles which had just been va
Gated by their passengers.
The tremor was first reported from
Barstow at $3.50 p. m, and apparently
moved east and south from that point.
The Yale expositor., 1918-04-25
GOLD IN NEW YORK STATE2
Many Still Believe That Man With Oh
vining Rod Found Precious Metal
Many Years Ago.

Thomas HartshOrn, an eccentric
Hundred and Sixth street and Fifth
avenue, New York city. One of his
hobbies was absolute faith in the di-
vining rod. He talked about Its un-
erring certainty in the pointing out of
metal for many years until he could
seem to talk of nothing else and be-
came known as the Rod Crank.
One afternoon Hartshorn sailed
forth from his home and entering Cen
tral park took his way to an estab-
lishment which, in those days, was
known as the Mount st. Vincent House
of Refreshment. Several boys noticed
Hartshorn walk along the path to the
east of the tavern and hold out his di-
stop and, after looking about to see
whether he was observed, stick a
small stake into the grass.
One of the boys followed him for
the remainder of the day and told his
father. That night Hartshorn was
followed by the boy and his father TO
the place of the stake and they saw
the Rod Man fill pail with sand. The
news spread the next day or two that
HartshOrn had found gold. The Rod
Man never denied it up to the time he
died and many residents of Harlem
still believe there is gold near that
SPOT
The Yale expositor., 1918-04-25
K0RNIL0FF LEADS SLAv REBELS
Russian General Reported to Be At
Head Of New Revolt.

Petrograd-Hostilities have been re.
newed between the troops of General
Korniloff and those of the Soviets.
Rostof-on-Dom is in the hands of the
anarchists. AT Kherson after the Ger.
mans left, massacres of officers and
bourgeois by soldiers occurred. The
Germans have since reoccupied the
town.
Criminals at Novo-Tcherkask, who
began to indulge in excesses were dis
persed by machine guns.
The Turkish cruiser Hamidieh and
two torpedo boats are reported to have
arrived at Odessa.
There was severe fighting between
the White Guards and Red Guards
north of Viborg.
The Yale expositor., 1918-04-25
German War Debt $4,000, 900 900.

New York.-Germany will have to
observe the greatest economy, for her
national debt is now $24,S00,000, 900,
aud the hour of reckoning will come
when there will be wailing on the part
of the taxpayers. This reflection was
made in the reichstag by Count Arthur
Won Posadowsky-Wehner, according to
the Cologne Gazette. The count
added: up to a few years ago the
German cities we're still paying of war
debts and indemnities resulting from.
the wars of the Napoleonic period"
The Yale expositor., 1918-04-25
Austrian Factions Near RevoIt.

washington.-Follo the resigna-
ton of the Hungarian ministry, the
political situation in Austria Hungary
is extremely delicate, according to an
official dispatch from Switzerland,
summarizing reports from Budapest
and comment in Austrian and German
newspapers. Marked discomfort reigns
IN viena, according to the dispatch.
while speeches delivered in parliament
by the Czechs. Jugo-Slavs and Poles
inspire hatred OF Germany and demand
Reorganization OF Austria Hungary.
The Yale expositor., 1918-04-25
TWO MILLION MEN IN CLASS ONE
Expected That All Future Calls Will
Be Taken From This Rank.

washington-Under the classifica-
ton of men for selective draft service,
Provost Marshal General Crowder has
advised the senate military committee,
approximately 100000 will be placed
in class 1, from which 1t is expected
all future calls will be taken.
These 100000, according TO Gen.
eral Crowder, ar exclusive of between
100000 and 100000 more annually,
il is estimated will be made subject
to military duty under the bill nov -
congress subjecting to registration
youths reaching their majority.
The Yale expositor., 1918-04-25
Allies Improve Positions.

London-Both the British and
French struck sharp, successful, local
blows in Flanders April 20, which ma
terially improved their positions.
The crowning success of the Allies
local operations came when the French
in a brilliant charge on the center of
the German southern wedge, to the
northwest of Bethuns, hammered a
great dent into the enemy's lines. They
took prisoners and captured several
German cannon, the first to be taken
from the foe since he launched his
great spring drive.
The Yale expositor., 1918-04-25
' Events of the First Month
y of Present Great Battle.

The chief events of the first
month of the biggest battle the
world has ever known are as fol-
lows:
March 21-Offensive opens with
German artillery attack on Brit
|" ish near st. Quentin that could be
heard in England.
March % German massed
troops assault in close formation
over line of SO miles.
March 23-British army driven .
back between Arras and LaFere,
with Germans throwing million
men into fight.
March 24-Somme crossed by
Germans who capture Ham, Pc
rome and Chauny.
March 26-Deep wedge, driven
between French and English arm
les with the capture of Noyon.
March 27-Albert lost by Brit
ish.
April 12-Armentiers lost by
British.
April 16-Neuve Eglise lost by
British.
April 7-Wytschaete, Wulver-
Chem and Bailleul taken by Ger /"
mans.
April 1S-Germans checked =
along Givenchy-LaBassee canal
front. Their drive in Flanders
slowed up.
April 20-British make counter
blow, compelling Germans to give
up ground around Givenchy.
o . . = y
The Yale expositor., 1918-04-25
German Papers Fsee ExtInetIon.

washington.-The German language
newspaper may soon be thing of the
past in the United States. Negotia-
tions, started sometime ago with the
government officers, but initiated by
German publishers themselves, looking
to the discontinuance of the publica-
ion of newspapers in the German lang
uage, are proceeding very satisfactor-
lily. There are a few recalcitrants
among the German publishers. but the
leading publications have gladly fallen
in with the plan.
The Yale expositor., 1918-04-25
BIG POWDER PLANT STARTED
Government Building Factory With
100000 Pounds Daily Capacity.

Washington - Ground has been
broken for the largest powder plant
in the world, for the United States
government. Within two months, the
daily output will be from 100000 to
100000 pounds of smokeless powder,
and the plant, which is being con-
structed in nine setions, will cover
five and one-quarter square miles and
will have a working force of more
than $4,000 men.
Each of the nine sections is capable
of turning out in excess of 100000
pounds of smokeless powder every %
hours.
The plant will cost the government
SIS 100000
The Yale expositor., 1918-04-25
STATES LOAN QUOTA BOOSTED
Michigan Asked to Raise so Per Cent
More Than Original Quota.

Detroit-Michigan, together with
several other states, has been asked
by Secretary of the Treasury William
G. McAdoo to oversubscribe its Lib
erty Loan quota so per cent.
A so per cent over-subscription for
the entire state will mean that the
original quota of $S4,5OO,OOO will be-
come $126.75O,OOO 1t will mean that
Detroit's original quota of $36,S46, ,90S
becomes s55,270,362, an increase of
half the original quota, or S,423, Asa
The Yale expositor., 1918-04-25
APRIL rs, NAMED LIBERTY DAY
Patriotic Demonstrations to be Held
to Boost Loan Drive.

Washington-Friday, April 26, is
Liberty day throughout the United
States under a proclamation issued
by President Wilson calling on citizens
of every community to hold Liberty
loan rallies and "liberally pledge anew
their financial support to sustain the
nations cause"
Patriotic demonstrations similar to
those on the opening day of the cam
paign will be held on April 26 and the
day devoted to giving the race toward
the $3,O00.000,000 war credit goal a
new impetus for the final week.
The Yale expositor., 1918-04-25
AUTO DITCHEs, TWO KILLED
Third Member Of Party Fatally Hurt,
All Employees Of Buick Factory.

Bay City, Mich.-Herbert Foss, "a
years old, and Charles McDermitt, SO
years old, are dead, and Hugh Nc
Crane. aged 35, was fatally injured, as
result of an accident about o'clock
Saturday night, when the automobile
in which they were riding ran into a
ditch eight miles south of this city,
on the Saginaw road.
All three resided in Flint and held
responsible positions in the Buick fac
tory.
The Yale expositor., 1918-04-25

Santa Fe, N. M.-Four hundred con-
victs in the state penitentiary tarred
and feathered and led around with a
rope about his neck Maj. John M.
Birkner, a United States army officer,
held in the penitentiary as a federal
prisoner. He is charged with viola
tion OF the espionage act. Birkner
was born in Nuremberg, Germany, but
had been In the American military
forces for more than 80 years. He
was arrested at Camp Cody, where he
was an artillery officer.
The Yale expositor., 1918-04-25
Restaurant Scene,

"what did you put in this sandwich
--goldleafT"
"The color deceived you. That's
cheese"
"The thlnness deceived me. that's
ALL"
The Yale expositor., 1918-04-25
Non-commIttaI.

Patience-Have you heard the Ha.
waiian ukulele played?
Patrice-Oh, Yes.
"And do you like it?"
"Well, 1 confess I prefer II to the
bagplpes."
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-11-28
BRITISH WOMEN In WAR WORK
Gentle Sex Is Certainly Doing It's
Share in the Great Contest Being
Waged for Liberty.

With a gay laugh, the pit-brOw girls
bend to their task over the picking
belt.
Their duty consists of picking out
and casting aside all the "dirt" and
rubbish from among the coal which
moves slowly along in front of them
on the belt on its way to the shoots
into the waiting wagons below.
Splendidly strong, hefty lasses they
are, too, in their dark-blue Overalls
and caps.
"Quite equal to the men at this
job" says the foreman of the screen
ing house, where all the coal is care
fully screened into different sizes.
from huge Jumps to tiny pieces no
larger than a very small bean.
We wander from here into the lamp
room, where the miners lamps are
cleaned, trimmed and filled. Here,
again, the girls do the work, with the
aid of machines in which rapidly 10
volving brushes play large part. ~
AS the miners come out of the pit
they hand their lamps to the girls
through a little window in the lamp
room, receiving them again next day,
cleaned and filed, on their return to
work.
Saving the timber into lengths for
pit-props to support the roof in the
mine is another branch of labor under
taken by women and girls.
Thus do the girls assist the miner
to fulfill his great task of supplying
the allied nations with the coal which
Marshal Foch assures US is "the key
to victory" Thus do they help to light
his way and to keep him safe. Cupid,
too, is busy at the pits today. Many
a knight of the Silver Badge returns
to find bride among the bonnie
lassies on the pit-brow.-London Mail
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-11-28
SHEEP ON SMALL SCALE PAY
European War Has Developed Very
Important Enterprise for the
New England Farmer.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of .Agriculture.)
Conditions created by the European
war have made sheep raising on a
small scale a very important enter
prise for the New England farmer,
so situated as to take advantage of
the economic conditions. Prior to the
recent remarkable advance in prices
of wool and mutton, sheep raising in
New England was comparatively I'M
profitable, but now, under certain con-
ditions, a revival of the industry
seems desirable.
In study made of sheep raising
in the New England states by special
lists of the q. S. department of agri-
culture it was found that this indus
try when conducted on a small scale
was more profitable than dairying.
They therefore recommend that sheep
replace the improbable cows and that
the industry be given more attention
in sections unfavorable for dairying.
Kept in small numbers, sheep do not
replace other kinds of live stock but
are kept in addition to the regular
quota of other stock on such farms
as have available pasture.
It was found that regardless of
whether sheep were kept in conjunc-
ton with dairy or with beef cattle.
farms with sheep have practically the
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same kinds and numbers of other live
stock as did farms without sheep.
Moreover, farms with the sheep had
an average of Is more acres of pas
ture than did farms without the sheep,
Warranting the conclusion made by the
specialists that sheep in New England
have not been kept to the exclusion
of other live stock but have been kept
on farms with large pasture areas to
utilize the extra pasture available.
Though sheep raising as now con-
Quoted on the farms studied is profit
able business at present prices, there
is much room and great need for the
improvement of the industry, and the
specialists say that the average grower
could, with better care, make the bust
ness much more profitable one even
under normal conditions and without
the artificial stimulus to prices given
by the war. By proper care in breed
ing and feeding, the Landing rate
should be increased One-third and the
wool clip 10 per cent, which at present
prices would mean an increase in re-
ceiptS of nearly So per sheep.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-11-28
Weeninn Stove Pipes.

Weeping stove pipes, from the joints
Of which a tarlike liquid leaks out, is
often a difficult trouble to remedy. It
is due to insufficient draft. The smoke
moving slowly through the pipes con-
denses, and the liquid so formed oozes
out at the joints of the pipes. Some
times having the pipes on an incline,
upwards towards the chimney, will
increase the draft. Some find that
a little opening in the pipe next the
chimney, with a sliding cover, in
creases the draft up the chimney,
when open, and so causes the smoke
to pass out quickly. It all comes to
this: Increase the draft and the heat
Of the pipes, and so cause the smoke
to pass out so quickly that it cannot
cool and condense in the pipes.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-11-28
Wear sunfIower in France.

The fame of the sunfower as the
emblem of Kansas has penetrated
France, and is the object of much ap-
probation on the part of the French
people, according to word received at
Camp Funston. A letter from men,
Der of the Eighth division states that
the members of the division all wear
big sunflower on an arm band as a
distinguishing emblem Of the division,
which received its training here. The
division, the first to be trained at
Camp Funston, was trained by Maj.
Gen. Leonard Wood.
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is most famous for, flood. It rose 45
feet, inundating a great part of the
city, driving the natives to the hills.
on to house tops, and few who were
able to pay 40 cents day, to house
boats.
OF course, we lost no time in seeing
that great missionary hospital Of which
my brother is chief surgeon and super.
intendent. He had three Chinese men
and ten Chinese women nurses, trained
also as Bible students, and can accom-
modate about $50 patients. They have
every heinous disease and affection
conceivable-leprosy, typhus, Asiatic
cholera, smallpox, tuberculosis, dengue
fever, opium smokers poison, and
plague. The first sight that struck my
eyes was a woman who had just come
in with her throat cut wide open and
bleeding to death. The bleeding was
quickly stopped, and the Bible women
going to work at once, found that she
had suffered from guilty conscience
and cut her throat to let the evil spir-
it's out of her body.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-11-28
Care Of Kitchen Equipment.

American women as q class have
not practiced economy to any extent
in the care of household equipment,
the states relations service of the
department of agriculture believes.
There generally has been sufficient
money to buy a new article when it
was needed, or when there was wish
to buy, and the market has been we'll
supplied with new devices to tempt
the housewife. Now it is impossible
to purchase some of the simplest arti-
cles because they are not being manu-
featured. The housekeeper is sud-
denly confronted with the unusual
value of little things and the present
is the opportunity to acquire habits of
thrift.
AreYou Guilty of These Misdemeanors?
The want of thought in the care
and use of equipment is often the
cause of it's short life. Some Of the
apparently trifiing mistakes which
cause utensils and tools to wear out
before they should are the following:
Contents of saucepans and kettles
boiled until dry and the metal over
heated.
Handles, screws and fastenings of
knives, forks, egg beaters, etc., loos-
ened from having been left in hot
water.
Metal utensils put away wet, caus-
ing them to rust.
Covers put away wet with steam as
they are taken off the saucepan.
Brooms and brushes used continu-
ally on one side and worn to point.
Brooms allowed to stand on the
floor until their weight bends or
breaks the straw.
Glasses broken because the bottom
instead Of the side is put into hot
water.
China dulled by washing with too
strong soapsuds.
Liquids spilled on rugs or polished
surfaces because the container was
too full.
Contents Of the saucepan boiled
over on the stove or in the oven be-
cause allowance was not made for the
expansion of liquids by heat.
Burners of gas and oil stoves clog
ged and useless by burned food.
Rugs torn by having been held by
the edge while shaking in cleaning.
Glazing of porcelain and enameled
sinks, tubs and wash bowls scratched
and broken by cleaning with coarse
cleaning materials.
Finish Of furniture married by plac-
ing hot dishes, medicine bottles and
by spilling liquids on 1t.
Furniture cracks and parts loosened
because the oil bath and rub are not
applied regularly.
China broken In the refrigerator by
placing heavier dishes on it,
Dish towels scorched and stained
when used for oven cloths and to lift
hot saucepans from the stove.
Vanished and oiled woodwork
spoiled by washing with soap.
Springs in BEDS couches andIchairs
and other pieces Of furniture broken
by allowing children to jump and play
too roughly on them.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-11-28
SMALL OR BIG SHEEP .LOCK
Many More Animals Can Be Kept With
Little Added Labor-Overhead
Charges Are Less.
prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture)

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agricultural
The economical disadvantage of a
very small flock lies in the fact that
the hours of labor are practically the
same for a dozen or 20 ewes as for the
larger flock. The fencing to allow de-
sirable change of pastures or to give
protection against dogs is about the
same in either case, so that the over
head charges per eve are much small
er in the case Of the larger flock. Fur
thermore, the small flock on a farm
having large numbers of other animals
is unlikely to receive the study and at
tentiOn really needed or that would be
given to one of the chief sources Of
the farm income.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-11-28
NO PROFIT IN STAR B0ARDER
Them on Animals That Do Not
Earn Their Living.

Kick out the star boarder. This is
not the time to feed animals that will
not work. Feeds are too high priced
md too much needed for the winning
Of the war to waste them on slackers.
Nearly every farm has one or more
animals that are not paying for their
feed and care. They may be in the
beef herd, in the COW stable or the
hog lot. Try to spot them and then
get rid of them before they "eat their
heads off," It is the patriotic duty of
every breeder of live stock to send to
the butcher any animal that fails to
give satisfactory returns on the food
consumed.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-11-28
Hot and Cold Water.

A sanitary drinking fountain from
which gushes both hot and cold water
is the decidedly novel feature to be
found on a street in Ouray, mining
town in western Colorado. The foun-
tain consists of an ornamental cast
iron post from which extend two
curved arms, each supporting a basin,
in the center of which is an overflow
ing cup. From the one flows cold wa
ter piped from snow-fed mountain
streams, while from the other runs
hot water drawn from NEARBY hot
springs, of which there are many in
the vicinity.-Popular Mechanics Mag
aZine.
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and mix with them the bread crumbs.
Form into fiat cakes, dust with bread
crumbs or cornmeal and fry in little
fat until a delicious brown. Varia-
lions: To utilize leftover cereals, use
one cupful Of cooked rice, oatmeal or
cOrnmeal mush with three-fourths cup
full of bread crumbs. Dry cornmeal
or finely ground oatmeal may be
used for stiffening the above mixture,
but in such case it is better to form
into a loaf and bake it In the oven
about 25 minutes. Other seasonings
may be used in place Of the above. The
amount Of liquid will vary in every
case. The mixture should be very
stiff, since the cheese tends to soften
it during the cooking.
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Liqht READING.

"Wall, I'll declare" exclaimed old
Missus Prude. ''The stories in some
of these current magazines are enough
to shock a body" And so saying she
threw off her switch for the sake Of
comfort and wired her eyes to the
page.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-11-28
Use Leftover Boiled Rice.

Here is use for small quantities
Of leftover boiled rice, suggested by
the United States department Of agri-
culture:
Rice With cheese.-Heat one cupfui
Of boiled rice in two tablespoonfuls Of
milk. Add one cupful Of grated cheese,
one-half teaspoonful Of salt and other
favoring If desired, and cook slowly
until the cheese is melted. Then add
one egg well beaten. Serve on crack
ers or toast.
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ShortSiahted.

what does Bliggins think the out
come of the war will be?"
'Bliggins is profiteer. He's inter
ested in the income"