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The Yale expositor., 1920-06-17
Methodist Episcopal Church

Morning worship at 1890. Sub
ject of special interest to all. "Me-
diator or Medium 2" Which do you
prefer ? What does the Bible,
science and experience teach us =?
Sunday school at IL: AS, Alfred
Keys, Supt. We are preparing for
Children's Day.
Evening service at 500 o'clock.
Topic, Never Mind How Strong
You Are; What Do You Know p"
Special musical numbers at both
services.
A cordial invitation is extended
you to worship with us and espec-
tally to hear these two strong,
helpful sermons.
Frederick d. MUMMY, Pastor
The Yale expositor., 1920-06-17

AN IMMENSE STAGE GORGEOUS SCENERY
GREAT MGcHANcAL EFFECTS
The Yale expositor., 1920-06-17

The Barnum OF Them ALI. More Grand
Novelties Than Ever Presented WitEs
Ore Show
The Yale expositor., 1920-06-17
FREE METHODIST CHURCH

On account of the pastor being
away, Mrs. A. E. Briggs will
preach Sunday morning at HOO.
Sabbath school at 1000.
The prayer meeting Wednesday
evening, also the Sunday evening
service will be lifted this week on
account>of the revival services at
the Brick Chapel.
Let there be large turnout
Sunday morning to hear Mrs.
Briggs.
j. A. Kelley, Pastor.
The Yale expositor., 1920-06-17

Poultry Wanted
/ will pay the highest market
price for all kinds Of poultry. If
you have anything to sell notify
me and ] will call. Will buy ev-
cry day. Call SO IL Is.
1926 A. c. Sperry, Yale.
Now is good time to renew your
subscription.
The Yale expositor., 1920-06-17
East Greenwood Evangelical
Association Church

Buell.
Sunday school at 1000 a. m.
Preaching at HOO a. m.
West Greenwood
Sunday school, 200 p. m.
Preaching, 800 p. m.
East Greenwood
Children's Day program at 8
p. m.
All are invited to come.
w. F. Boettcher, Pastor
Subscribe for the Exposition now
while it is only $3.50 per year.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-09-09
LIKE SWORD OF DAMocLEs
How Many Others Have Unwittinsly
u Sat in Peril Of Which They
Were lQnorant7 8

It may have CHANGED that some Of
us have unwittingly sat under sword
Of Damocles' and through good luck
rather than good management" have
escaped its fall Damocles himself
was happily ignorant of his danger
for brief time.
The story, with its perfectly obvious
moral, is thar in the reign Of do
nysius the Elder as the ruler of SYRIA
cuse in Greece, years before the Chris
ton era, one Damocles, a member Of
the court, wishing to establish himself
securely with the monarch, fattered
him unduly. Being good deal of a
man and believing that "fattery, like
cologne water, is to be smelled of, not
swallowed" Dionysius decided to
teach the cOurtier lesson. -
He invited him to a wonderful ban.
quet, which Damocles enjoyed greatly
until he perceived above his head a
sword which was held by one single
hair. How soon he was able to- leave
his perflous station is unrecorded, but
his feelings during the rest of the
feast may be imagined and need not
be described.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-09-09
WAR BRIDES ORGANIZE CLUB
NewIyweds From France Band To-
gether in Los Angeles-Holds
Regular Meetings.

When Greek meets Greek there
comes the tug-of-war, but when
French war bride meets French war
bride, they apparently form club. At
least, that is what they have done in
Los Angeles, which boasts no less than
five one-time mademoiselles who chose
to follow their soldier husbands across
the seas and continent they had new
er seen before to a home in sunny
California.
Regular meetings are held by the
club at which, it is to be presumed,
the main topic Of conversation is what
is new in the way Of fashions from
Paris, and the latest wrinkle in house
hold thrift, an art wherein the French
woman always has excelled.
The members of the club are Mrs.
Jack Elwood, formerly Mile. Blanche
Deckukulaire Of Lille; Mrs. Walter b.
Matthews, formerly Mile Germaine
Walton of Paris; Mrs. Robert Allen.
formerly Mile. Helene Bernard of
Paris; Mrs. l.. C. Wilson, formerly
Mile. Henriette Bergeyre Of Bordeaux,
and Mrs. Arthur Withrow, formerly
Mile Maximillienne Barren of Mar
settles.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-09-09
Matrimonial Oddities.

In bygone days in India women were
sometimes allowed to choose their own
husband. One of their old fairy tales
tells of a fair. princess, who, after a
tournament, placed garland around
the neck of knight who. had won her
heart. > :E
Among the Eskimos of the east coast
Of Greenland a man captures the girl
he wants, but from that time on the
usual order Of things is reversed. He
has to exercise the greatest vigilance
to prevent her from clipping with any
other man whom she may prefer, as
this seems to be her privilege. In the
northern New Hebrides a bride who
is unhappy seeks the earliest oppor-
tunfty of running away from her hus-
band and seeking home with some
man she likes better. If her parents
cannot induce her to return to the in
jured husband they usually send him
pig to soothe his wounded feelings.
National Geographic Society Bulle-
tin.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-09-09
TELL OF BABYLONIAN LIFE
interesting Revelations in Clay Tablets
That Were "Written" On Some
Forty Centuries Ago.

The University of South Dakota at
Vermillion has come into possession
of 81 genuine Babylonian tablets, dis
covered by Arabs in the ruins of bur-
led cities and collected at Bagdad.
They have been deciphered by DR..
Edgar ]. Banks Of Alpine, N. j.. an
authority on these clay and brick rec
ords of 1000 years ago, and their
authenticity proved. Fully half of the
tablets in this collection are perfect
and all Of them are legible. They are
only a few inches in size and were
written on when they were soft clay.
later being dried. or baked. Most OF
them are Of about the date 1850 B. c.,
a few going as far back as $500 B. c.,
and others dating from the time of
the fall Of Babylon before the Per-
SLAMS, in 538 B. G. The most valuable
tablet of the collection is letter.
Holes were made through it so that
it might be attached to a cord and
carried in this way. Next In point Of
value and interest are a number Of
neo-Babylonian tablets of sundried
clay containing business contracts Of
all sorts and giving pictures Of the
life of the people after the Persian
conquest. OF special interest is a
small tablet of exercises in writing,
done by some boy in. the temple sci. DOL
over 40 centuries ago.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-09-09
SLOW 70 ACCEPT BUDDHISM /
People Of Japan Loath to Embrace
Faith introduced Into the
Country by Korea.

Buddhism was introduced into Japan
by Korea in the year $50. It was first
embraced by the higher classes, partic-
ularly in scholarly circles, but the
lower classes still chung to their old
faith of Shintoism. The doctrines Of
Buddhism were written in the Chinese
language and the believers offered
their prayers in that tongue.
At one time Buddhism made such
strides as to become the state religion
in Japan, but the people still opposed
1t with determination of tnpholding
their own Shintoism, until the states
men and priests invented an ingenious
way Of explaining and interpreting the
religious principles of Buddhism.
They adopted the theory Of monothe-
ism as well as polytheisln by saying
that there is only one supreme power
which is personifled in the form Of
various gods and goddesses, according
to the different countries and different
institutions.
The principles of Buddhism and
Shintoism were thus reconciled and
in order to convince the popular mind
Of this theory, Emperor Shomu pa
tronized a movement to erect large
bronze statue of Daibutsu or Buddha
at Nara, the statue being completed
in the year 752 after IL years Of cast
ing and construction. H..
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-09-09
Marehal Eoeh's Cane.

From the first days of the war
Marshal Foch always carried a dap
per stick with him. There is an in
teresting story connected with the
cane that the head of the allied
armies regarded so necessary. 1T
was carved for him in the early days
Of the war by one of his beloved
poilus of the trenches" says the
Home Sector, the ex-soldiers' weekly.
"since which time, If reports are true.
It has nver left his side. It has made
itself useful as we'll as ornamental on
occasions. and there is legend that
1t was used to map out the great
strokes and counter-strokes of the
summer and fall of 1918 by which the
war was ended"
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-09-09
4 ANIMAL LIFE AND CLIMATE
Abundant Proof That Extremes Of
Temperature DO Not Preclude
Possibility OF Existence.

The contention Of DR.. Abbott Of the
Smithsonian astrophysical observatory
that because Of the cold climate of
Mars life could not exist upon that
planet is not convincing.
Polar bears rejoice In temperatures
SO low that little vegetation at any
time of the year exists in the ATTITUDES
in which they are found. The exist
ence Of tigers in Korea, which has a
New England climate, supposedly
changed by sea currents when the
country's fauna was tropical, shows
how animals common to the hottest
parts Of the earth adapt themselves to
climate as cold by comparison with
the tropics as the climate of Mars is
by comparison with the regions in
which the Eskimos live. Monkeys
from, Africa died SO fast Of tubercu-
loses In heated houses that the NOR
tally rate forced an experiment, as
the result Of which African monkeys
are living out of doors all the year
In one of Chicago's parks.
If life as we know 1t, human, AMI
NAL or vegetable, could not withstand
the climate of Mars, might not life
adapted to the climate flourish? The
fabulous salamander lived in fire. An
Eskimo, newly. arrived in Moscut or
Bagdad, could believe that since men
could live in such places reptiles easily
might bask upon live Goals and frolic
in fiames.EWhy might not life, adapted
thereto, exist in temperature Of 3OOs
degrees above, or below, zero II man
from the polar regions can become
acclimated in the tropics, or vice
versa ?-Louisville Courier Journal.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-09-09
TEN POSTS ADOPT ORPHANS
A. e. r. Men. Home Again, Show
They Have Not Forgotten Father.
less French Children.

When the A. e. F. packed all Its
troubles In its old kit bag and sailed
for home loaded down with German
helmets, 1t left behind in France 5000
little war orphans which 1t had adopt
ed during the war and for whose main
tenance and education 1t had been pay
ing. There was hardly an outfit in
France which at one time was not in
communication with its tiny mascot,
a communication of delightfully."-
friendly nature that shellflre, mud and
coolies could not interrupt.
Now the A. E. F. is back home again
and hundreds of thousands have en-
listed in the ranks Of the American
Legion. Consequently, with the men,
cries of the letters of petite Jean and
petite Jeanette fresh in their minds,
the one-time godfathers of the expe-
dictionary forces are again adopting
the war orphans Of France.
So far ten posts have adopted or
phans, and heavy enrolment on the
list Of godfathers is expected. It costs
only SIS to maintain an orphan for a
year, the funds being forwarded ITO
national headquarters in Indianapolis,
where they are turned over to the
American Red Cross, which is assign
ing the children and attending to all
the details of the work on the other
side.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-09-09
TAKE HIGH OFFICE MARCH 4
That Day Officially Set for inauqpra-
ton Of the President OF the
United States.

President Washington was inaug-
urated for his second term, beginning
March 4, 1913, and all the other pres
idents, except four, who were inaug-
<urated March 5, because the 18th fell
on Sunday. >N.
The four exceptions were Presidents
Monroe, second term, 1921; Taylor,
1910; Hayes, 1877; and President Will
sons second term, 1917. President
Hayes took 1.-The oath March 3, 1877,
and was formally inaugurated on the
following Monday. President Wilson
took the oath for his second term on
Sunday, March 4. The usual inaug-,
urations parade took place the next
day. x. KIN
q The question as to whether, In the
event of March falling on Sunday
at the beginning Of a term, there being
an interregnum Of one full day in the
office, was first brought by John
Quincy Adams when he was secretary
Of state. He applied for dfctum Of
the Supreme court to guide the man
ner of inaugurating President Monroe
for his second term. The opinion Of
Chief Justice Marshall does not pro-
hfbit the president from taking the
oath and entering his duties fmme-
diately after midnight Of March 8,
even If March 4 falls on Sunday.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-09-09
Still Make Use Of BIow9un.

The blowgun is still popular for
hunting birds among the Kosati In
dams in Louisiana. This weapon con-
sists of a tube, usually Of cane, about
six feet long, rubbed smooth on the
inside with an implement made for
the purpose and carefully Strengthened
with the aid of fire. Slender, pointed
darts about eight inches long are used
as ammunition, each one wrapped
neatly along third Of its length with
thistledown or cotton to make 1t at the
inside of the tube. The hunter places
a dart in the tube. which he raises to
his lips and with which he takes care
full aim at his game; then with quick
puff Of breath he drives the little dart
flying with a sufficient force to impale
and kill small bird or squirrel.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-09-09
No Way for Ladies to Act.

Scene, a crowded restaurant; dra.
mats personae, the proprietor, sleek,
prosperous, pompous a dOorman-a
detected attendant, rolling anxious, fur.
tive eyes in every direction to find out
whether customer had skipped with
out cashing in his meal check properly.
For a few moments, however, attend
ant relaxes, heavy eyes almost Close
and vigilance abates.
On this peaceful lassitude falls the
voice of the proprietor. "Here, you
Joe, get on your job. Didn't you notice
them two ladies over there beating Il
out without paying their bill T-Reho
both Sunday-Herald.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-09-09
CUTTING THIRD SET or TEETH
Memphis (Tenn.) Man, At g.. 10 Also
Renewing His Youth and vigor
in >Other Ways.

The adage that there Is nothing new
under the sun has been dispr0ved by
N. D. Starr, who has cut third set
of teeth at the age of eighty-fOur.
when usually the only new molars.
bicuspids. etc., that can be achieved
are those purchased from dentist,
says the Memphis Commercial Appeal.
Mr.. Starr, who is in the employ of
the Memphis Artesian Water company,
recently found himself in need Of a set
of these artificial substitutes for the
teeth provided by nature. But when
he visited his dentist the price was too
high and he decided to 60 toothless.
However. through one of the unac-
countable happenings which some
times upsets all rules, Mr.. Starr dis
covered that he was cutting II new
teeth. They are almost through now.
although they are not very useful yet.
owing to the fact that his gums are
sore in fashion familiar to all moth
ers of teething infants or to boys and
girls whose second teeth are replacing
their baby teeth, and even the older
boys and girls who proudly announce:
"I'm cutting a wisdom tooth"
Dentists doubtless will contend
that such thing cannot happen. But
Mr.. Starr knows that he now has teeth
where no teeth were before. More
over, he says his eyesight is better
than it was several years ago, and
that so far from his vigor being I'M
paired by advancing years he feels
stronger and more youthful than ne
g; 4 x1,ho ho SouanfN
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-09-09
WORLD TO BE REPRESENTED
Delegates viii Be Present at cIeve-
land Convention, September 27-29,
From All Countries.

All roads will lead to Cleveland SO
far as the American Legion Is con
cerned when the second national con-
vention opens in that city on Septem-
Der q to run for three days. Fifty
thousand legionnaires, it Is expected
will be present to march in the great
opening parade, which will be headed
BY a battalion of 40 tanks.
Cleveland, In gala attire, will open
her arms to the incoming veterans,
and not only will the downtown dis
trict be decorated but all outlying Sec
tons as we'll will be arrayed with
flags and bunting, and triumphal arch
es will be erected at the intersections
Of important streets.
Already the housing committee is
busily engaged in planning for the nc
commodation Of the legionnaires.
Moonlight steamer rides on Lake Erie,
shows, boxing bouts, outdoor movies"
dances and celebra tons at the amuse-
ment parks are being planned by the
committee on entertainment. Trips
across the lake to Canada also are on
the program.
The legionnaires are coming to the
convention city from all over the
world. From Yukon, in distant Alas
ka, request has been sent for reser-
vations and the post of the Legion in
Paris has notified the committee that
1t will send delegation across the At
lantic to attend One post in Detroit
is planning to charter a special boat
upon which its 1000 representatives
will live during the convention. Del
egates will also be present from Ha-
waii, the Philippines Porto Rico and
the Canal Zone, while representatives
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-09-09
Rare Biblical Collection.

An interesting collection of Bibles,
some Of which are rare books, others
Of which are valuable on account OF
their former possessors or donors, IS
Installed in the Mount Holyoke college
library. In one group are found the
ancient versions of the Scriptures; the
original Hebrew and Greek, inciud-
ing miniature copy Of the scroll OF
the law, called the Sefer Torah,; the
ancient Syriac, the Septuagint and the
Latin Vulgate.
Among the four editions Of the
Latin Vulgate is one bearing the date
1868, with Luther's portrait stamped
on the leather cover with a Latin
inscription, Of which the translation
is, IF you wish to see the face Of
Luther behold the portrait; It you
would know his, mind, consider the
book tx
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-09-09
Iceberg Acrobat.

The sighting of fleet of IA icebergs
one with somersaulting tendencies
was reported by Capt. w. II. Elem
ming recently on the arrival here of
the steamship Munaires from Rotter
dam.
The bergs were seen about $50 miles
east of Halifax. One of them, said
Capt Flemming, suddenly rolled over
with a splash. AS it tumbled, large
piece from the top was broken off
causing the berg to take second tum
BILE. AS it was righting, another sec
ton broke off, and for the third time
the berg turned over. 1t was about 6
mile astern of the vessel.-New YOrl
World,
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-09-09
"lnsult to lnlury.n

Little do we realize when we use
this expression that we are INDUCING
In bit of wisdom. Unknowingly we
are abiding to the classic Of the
classic; an old Latin fable quoted by
Phaedrus from the more ancient YER
sion Of Aesop. 1t is fable about
baldheaded man, and as usual the
baldheaded man is at disadvantage.
In this case it is a mere fly that takes
advantage of him. Well, the bald
headed man was bitten on the head by
a fly and when he attempted In retalia-
ton to smite the insect he succeeded
only in giving himself a vigorous slap
on his bald pate. Whereupon, accord
ing to Aesop, the fly said jeeringly:
''You want to kill me for touch
what will you do to yourself now that
you have added insult to injury?"
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-09-09
our First Person Singular.

Is not English the only great Ian
guage in which the pronoun Of. the
first person singular is capitalized?
How monumentally imposing Is that
upper case err If a writer is ego
tistic the capitals stretch across his
page like colonnade. When he
writes "we' he descends to the lower
case. But this photographic solipsism.
mark you, is shared BY Americans,
Canadians, Australians, New Zea-
landers-all who use the English
tongue. It Is therefore not to be set
down to insularity, but to, Individual
ism-a stark, ineradicable, valuable
quality of these various folks whose
thoughts and feelings have been
nourished by the ssame language.
/ Henry Van Dyke in Scribner's Maga-
zine.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-09-09
A Good Catch.

It is impossible to repress feeling
Of satisfaction over the feat Of the
Atlantic City game warden, who ap-
pretended the owner Of a seaplane
guilty of shooting wild geese in the
air. The law against this sort Of
sport" Is strict, and the penalty pro-
vided for offenders is ample. And, as
bird shooting from the air is on a
plane with the use of dynamite and
selnes in closed waters, the more rig
idly the statute is enforced the better.
Any leniency would be disastrous to
the bird life Of the country and calam.
itous to the United States.-Detroi
Free Press. i&
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-09-09
c. c. CHAM BERS.

chairman OF General Committee TOR
the American Legion Convention In
Cleveland, September 27-2e.
will come from the veterans organiza-
lions of England, Canada and Bel
GUM.
ut will be the first real convention
Of the Legion" said G. G. Chambers,
head Of the convention committee and
himself an ardent Legion worker. 1T
will crystalline the aims and the use
zulness of the organization for men
who are in the Legion or who, as for
mer service men, are fast coming into
the Legion. The American Legion
does not stand for one thing; it stands
for many, and once headed in the right
direction as this big gathering will
head us, we will take our place as the
one big body which serves ex-service
men, and through them serves our
country in every way that is substan-
tial, progressive and constructive"
Every opportunity will be provided
at the convention for reunions Of d.
visions and units where men who have
not seen each other since demobiliza-
tion will once more get together in
eomradeship. In this way the associ-
alton of memories is counted on to
still further cement the service men
together in one big, forward-looking
American body.
The convention is summoned, &C.
cording to the call issued from nation
al headquarters, for the purpose Of
electing officers for the ensuing year,
amending the national constitution and
transacting any other business that
may be brought before it.
More than $500 delegates and alter
mates are being selected to attend the
convention. Representation in the
gathering will be by state departments,
each department being entitled to five
delegates and one additional delegate
for each one thousand members.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-09-09
Pointed Out the Moral.

An American post in Pennsylvania
recently conducted discussion on
what the War Did For Me-" Each
member was called on to say in what
way the war had Influenced his life,
for better or for worse. Many spoke
Of the conflict as sort of dice box
that had shaken them out Of old ruts
A local newspaper made the incident
the basis Of an editorial pointing the
moral that all men who are begged
In ruts should fire themselves prompt
II and strike out on q new road.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-09-09
Affiliation Seems Certain.

A close utilization between the Amer.
lean Legion, the G. A. r. and the
Great War Veterans Association Of
Canada, is the aim expressed in a
resolution that the executive council
of the Canadian organization recently
adopted at Winnipeg. 1t was recon-
mended that negotiations be opened
with the American bodies. The reso
luton Is to be presented to the Great
War Veterans association for approx
al, and It is believed that its adoption
is certain.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-09-09
Patriotism !. Normal.

No one may impugn the American
ism of the Upper Michigan peninsula
without getting a rise out of Bessemer
Post No. 81. which at recent meet
ing adopted resolution denying In
unmistakable terms that the patriot
ism Of that section was other than
normal. The action followed re-
cent statement by legionaire ac-
cusing the peninsula of harboring
"alien slackers."