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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1921-11-24
AND THE SENATOR SUBSIDIZED
Edison's ReJoInder to Statesman Who
Had Corrected His Pronuncia-
tlon Was Crushing.

Thomas A. Edison, whose question
nnire 10 college graduates excited
good deal Of wrath in college circles,
can hold his own with anybody.
Once Mt a dinner in New York a
learned senator from Harvard took
MIR. Edison to task for pronouncing
the word "curator" in the Scottish
way-the inventor is Of Scottish Pres
byterian descent-with the accent on
the first syllable.
"Mr. Edison" the senator said, sit
Is the usual custom to pronounce this
word curator, following the analogy
OF the Latin, in which tongue, as
you're doubtless aware, the penulti-
mate syllable is long"
"'Thank you,' said the great in
ventOr. II suppose you know, how
ever, that IT is the Scottish custom to
follow the analogy Of the English, and
TO accent the word on its first rather
than its second syllable; but of course
/ bow to the authority of so learned
a senator and so eloquent an ORA
tor as yourself"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1921-11-24
Summer Birds Of Missouri.

Very few people realize the num-
Der of different kinds of birds that
make their home here during the sum-
mer. Some time ago the Columbia
MissOurian published list of about a
dozen species, but one Of their sub
scribers took exception to the small
list, and sent in the following, which
he had personally seen: Blackbird,
red-winged blackbird, bluebird, blue
Jay, indigo bunting, buzzard, cardinal,
catbird, chickadee, cowbird, crow,
cuckoo, dove. field lark, flicker, gold
finch, rose-breasted grosbeak, hawk,
humming bird, martin, hooking bird,
nuthatch, owl, Baltimore Oriole, or
chard oriole, pewee, phoebe, pigeon,
quail, robin, sparrow, snipe, swallow,
scarlet tanager, summer tanager,
brown thrasher whippOorwill, downy
woodpecker and wren. - Centralia
Courier.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1921-11-24
CREDIT TO ITS BUILDERS
With Authentic Record From
1858, Is Still Standing.

The old Quaker meeting house at Eas-
ton, Md, Is probably the oldest frame
building standing in the United States
Just where 1t was built and as II
was built. without any change, addi-
lions or subtractions and with an au-
thentic record since 1853. An occa-
sional replacing of the shingles on the
roof and Of the weather boarding are
all the repairs it has had. Its frame,
inside and woodwork, and some Of the
weather boarding are the same as
when built about the same time that
William Penn, who visited the build
ing, was trading with the Indians and
laying out Philadelphia.
The only preservatlve used on the
wood has been old-fashloned white
wash on the outside. Seven of the
original plank seats and the wood
work inside have had no paint what
ever. White oak, white pine cypress
and Southern pine from the Maryland
forests were the woods used.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1921-11-24
II You Need a Medicine
You Should Have the Best

Have you ever stopped to reason why
II is that so many products that are ex-
tensively advertised, all at once drop out
of sight and are soon forgotten? The
reason is PLAINTIFF article did not fulfill
the promises of the manufacturer. This
applies more particularly to a medicine.
medicinal preparation that has real
curative value almost sells itself, as like
an endless chain system the remedy is
recommended by those who have been
benefited, to those who are in need of it.
A prominent druggist says, Take for
example DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, a
preparation / have sold for many years
and never hesitate to recommend, for in
almost every case it shows excellent re-
suits, as many of my customers testify.
No other kidney remedy has so large a
sale"
According to sworn statements and
verified testimony of thousands who have
used the preparation, the success of DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root is due to the fact,
30 many people claim, that it ful6lls al
most every wish in overcoming kidney,
liver and bladder ailments; corrects uri-
rary troubles and neutralizes the uric
acid which causes rheumatism.
You may receive a sample bottle Of
Swamp-Root by Parcels Post. Address
DR.. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y,
and enclose ten cents; also mention this
paper. Large and medium size bottles
for sale at all drug stores. Advertisement
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1921-11-24
Got EN- GUESSING.

Miss Alice Robertson, the only wom-
an member of congress as the records
put It, was in conversation with a
group of male members including Rep
resentative Towner Of Iowa and sew
eral others. Something made Miss
Alice peevish at the way part of the
house was acting.
'Pm not the only old woman in this
house." she said as she looked around
the group defiantly.
Now the question that is agitating
those present is exactly who Miss Alice
looked at at the moment. There are
as many different versions as there
were members present.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1921-11-24
MOTHER! OPEN
CHlLD'S BOWELS WITH
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP

Your little one will love the "fruity"
taste of California Fig Syrup" even II
rOnstipated, bilious, irritable, feverish
or full of cold. A teaspoonful never
fails to cleanse the liver and bowels,
In a few hours you can see for your
self how thoroughly 1t works all the
sour bile, and undigested food out Of
the bowels and you have well, play
ful child again.
Millions OF mothers keep California
Fig Syrup" handy. They know a tea
spoonful today saves sick child to-
morrow. Ask your druggist for genu-
ine California Fig Syrup" which has
directions for babies and children OF
all ages printed on bottle. Mother !
You must say california" or you may
get an imitation tg syrup.-AdVertise
ment.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1921-11-24
CHAPTER l.

Cherry Strickland came in the door
of the Strickland house, and shut 1t
behind her, and stood so, with her
hands behind her on the knob, and her
slender body leaning forward, and her
bosom rising and falling on deep,
ecstatic breaths. 1t was May in Cali
fornia, she was just eighteen, and for
twenty-one minutes she had been en-
gagged to be married.
She hardly knew why, after that
last farewell to Martin, she had run
so swiftly up the path, and why she
had flashed into the house, and closed
the door with such noiseless haste.
There was nothing to run fOrl But II
was as If she feared that the JOY with
In her might escape into the moonlight
night that was so perfumed with
lilacs and the scent of wet woods. She
was afraid that 1t was all too won
derful to be true, that she would
awaken in the morning to find II only
a dream, that she would somehow fall
short Of Martins ideal-somehow fail
him-somehow turn all this magic of
moonshine and kisses into ashes and
heartbreak.
She was a miser with her treasure,
already; she wanted to fly with 1t,
and to hide it away, and to test Its
reality In secret, alone. She had
come running in from the wonderland
down by the gate, just for this, just
to prove to herself that 1t would not
vanish in the commonplaceness of the
shabby hall, would not disappear be-
fore the everyday contact of everyday
things.
Dad was In the sitting room, with
the girls. The doctors house was full
of girls. Anne, his niece, was twenty
four; Alix, Cherry's sister, three years
younger-how staid and unmarried
and undesired they seemed tonight to
painting and glowing and glorified
eighteen! Anne, with AliX's erratic
help, kept house for her uncle, and
was supposed to keep a sharp eye on
Cherry, too. But she hadn't been
sharp enough to keep Martin Lloyd
from asking her to parry him, exulted
Cherry, as she stood breathless and
laughing in the dark hallway.
An older woman might have gone
upstairs, to dream alone of her new
Joy, but Cherry thought that 1t would
be "fun" to join the family, and "act
as If nothing had happenedw She
was only a child, after all.
Consciously or unconsciously, they
had all tried to keep her a child, these
three who looked up to smile at her
as she came in. One of them, rosy
gray-headed, magnificent at sixty, was
her father, whose favorits she knew
she was. He held out hts hand to her
without closing the book that was In
the other hand, and drew her to the
wide arm Of his chair, where she set
tied herself witt, her soft young body
resting against him, her slim ankles
crossed, ana her cheek dropped
against his thick silver hair.
Allx was reading, and dreamily
scratching her ankle as she read; she
was a Iall, awkward girl, younger far
at twenty-one than Cherry was al
eighteen, pretty in gipsyish way, un.
tidy as to hair, with round black eyes
high, thin cheek-bones marked with
scarlet, and a wide, humorous mouth
that was somehow dron In Its sxpres
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1921-11-24
sion even when she was angry or seri-

sion even when she was angry or seri-
Gus.
Anne, smiling demurely over her
white sewing, was a small, prettily
made little woman, with silky hair
trinity braided, and rather pale,
small face with charming and regular
features. Anne had admirers" too,
Cherry reflected, looking at her to-
night, but neither she nor Alix had
ever been engaged-engaged-en-
gagged!
aren't you home earlyT said DR..
Strickland, rubbing his cheek against
his youngest daughters cheek in
sleepy content. He was never quite
happy unless all three girls were In
his sight, but for this girl he had al
ways felt an especial protecting fond
ness. He had followed her exquisite
usual devotion, perhaps because she
really had been an exceptionally en-.
dearing child, perhaps because she had
been given him, tiny crying thing in
a basket, to FIJI the great gap her
mothers going had left In his heart.
"NIr. Lloyd had to take the nine
o'clock train," Cherry answered her
father dreamily, land he and Peter
walked home with mew She did not
add that Peter had left them at his
own turning, quarter of a mile away.
"I thought he wasn't going to be at
Mrs. Norths for dinner" Anne OBJ
served quietly, in the silence. She
had been informally asked to the
Nortifs for dinner that evening her
self. and had declined for no other
reason than that attractive Martin
Lloyd was presumably not to be there.
"He wasn't" Cherry said. HE
thought he had to go to town at six. /
just stopped in to give them Dads
message, and they teased me to stay.
You knew where l was, didn't you
Dad?" she murmured.
Mrs. North telephoned about six
and said you were there, but she didn't
say that Mr.. Lloyd was" Anne said
with faint hint of discomfort in her
tone.
Alix fixed her bright, mischievous
eyes upon the two, and suspended her
reading for a moment. Alix's attitude
toward the opposite sex was one OF
calm contempt, outwardly. But she
had made rather an exception of Mar
tin Lloyd, and had recently had o
conversation with him on the subject
of sensible, platonic friendships be.
tween men and women. At the men.
| ton of his name she looked up, re
membering this talk with a little
| thrill.
His name had thrilled Anne, too, al.
though she betrayed no sign of 1t as
she sat quietly matching silks. In
fact, all three of the girls were quite
ready to fall In love with young Lloyd
If two of them had not actually done
so.
Cherry had not been at home when
Martin first appeared in Mill Valley
and the older girls had written her
visiting friends In Napa, that she must
come and meet the new man.
Martin was mining engineer; he
had been employed In Nevada mine
but was visiting his cousin in the val.
ley now before going to new position
In June. In Its informal fashion, Mil
Valley had entertained him; he had
tramped TO the big forest Eve miles
away with the Stricklands, and there
had been q picnic to the mountain-top
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1921-11-24
By
KATHLEEN
NORRIS

everybody making the hard climb ex-
cept Peter Joyce, who was a trifie
lame, and perhaps a little lazy as well,
and who usually rode an old horse,
with the lunch In saddle-bags at each
side. AliX formulated her theories of
platonic friendships on these walks {;
Anne dreamed a foolish, happy dream.
Girls did marry, men did take wives
to themselves, dreamed Anne; 1t
would be unspeakably sweet, but 1t
would be no miracle
1t was just after that mountain pic
mic that Cherry had come home; on a
Sunday, as 1t CHANGED, that was her
eighteenth birthday, and on which
Martin and his aunt were coming TO
dinner. Alix had marked the occasion
by wearing a loose velvet gown In
which she fancied herself; Anne had
conscientiously decorated the table,
had seen to II that there was Ice
cream, and chicken, and all the acces-
series that make Sunday dinner In
the country a national institution.
Cherry had done nothing helpful.
On the contrary, she had disgraced
herself and Infatuated Hong by decid-
ing to make fudge the last minute.
Hong had finally relegated her to the
laundry, and 1t was from this limbo
that Martin, laughing joyously, extri-
Gated her, when, sticky and repentant,
she had called for help. 1t was Mar
tin who united the checked brown
apron, disentangling from the strings
the silky gold tendrils that were blow
ing over Cherry's white neck, and
Martin who opened the door for her
sugary fingers, and Martin who
watched the flying little figure out of
sight with a prolonged "Whew-w-w y
of utter establishment. The child was
a beauty.
Her eighteenth birthday Martin
had been shown her birthday gifts
books and q silver belt buckle and q
gold pen and stationery and handker-
chiefs. A day or two later she had
had another gift; had opened the tiny
Shreve box with a sudden hammering
at her heart, with presage Of delight.
She had found a silver-topped candy
jar, and the card of Mr.. John Martin
Lloyd, and under the name, In tiny
letters, the words "Oh, fudge!" The
girls laughed over this nonsense APP
preciatively, but there was more than
laughter In Cherry's heart.
From that moment the world was
changed. Her father, her sister, her
cousin had second place, now. Cherry
had put out her innocent little hand,
and had opened the gate, and had
passed through 1t into the world. That
hour was the beginning, and 1t had led
her surely, steadily, to the other hour
tonight when she had been kissed
and had kissed In return.
"So-we walk home with young
menT unused the doctor, smiling.
Look here, girls, this little Miss Muf-
fet Will be cutting you both out with
that young man, II you're not care
full"
Alix, deep In her story, did not hear
him, but Anne smiled family, and
family frowned as she shook her
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1921-11-24
SHE DYED A SWEATER,
SKIRT AND CHlLD'S COAT

Each package of Diamond Dyes" con-
tains directions so simple any woman can
dye or tint her worn, shabby dresses,
skirts, waists, coats, stockings, sweaters,
coverings, draperies, hangings, everything,
even if she has never dyed before. Buy
Diamond Dyes"-no other kind-then
perfect home dyeing is sure because Dia-
mond Dyes are guaranteed not to spot,
fade, streak, or run. Tell your druggist
whether the material you wish to dye is
wool OF silk, or whether it is linen, cotton
or mixed goods.-advertiseme
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1921-11-24

and the Card Of Mr.. Johr Martin
Lloyd.
head. She considered Cherry suffi-
GENTLY precocious without Uncle Lees
ill-considered tolerance.
He would have had them always
children, this tender, simple, innocent
DR.. Strickland. He was In many
ways a child himself. He had never
made money in his profession; he and
his wife and the two tiny girls had
had hard enough struggle sometimes.
Anne and her own father had Joined
the family eight years ago, In the
same year that the Strickland patent
fire extinguisher, over which the doc
tor had been puttering for years. had
been sold II did not sell, as his
neighbors believed, for a million dol
lars, but for perhaps one-tenth Of that
sum. II was enough, and more than
enough, whatever II was. After
Anne's father died Il meant that the
doctor could live on In the brown
house under the redwoods, with his
girls, reading, fussing with a new In
vention, walking, consulting with
Anne, laughing at ak, and spelling
his youngest-born-
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1921-11-24
"You darling-you little ex-
quisite beautyp
(To BE coNrINUED.)
Cold Comfort.

The maiden of forty or so was up
set. Said she to a younger friend I:
Kate talks so outrageously. Yester-
day she told me was nothing but a
hopeless old maid"
That's pretty frank" exclaimed
her friend. "StIll, It's better than hav
lag her tell lies about you"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1921-11-24
Correct.

The teacher had been talking to her
class about the elements. Now she
was asking questions.
Darkness itself is not an element"
she said. "Now, Tommy, define dark
ness"
'Darknessv' said the boy, rather in
dignantly, darkness is what's there
when light isn't"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1921-11-24
Not Pats Of Approval.

Wife-Joe, your mother got to talk
ing this afternoon about what kind of
a boy you were. She said your school
teacher used to pat you on the back
nearly every day.
Hub-That's true, my dear, but gen
orally the patting was too low down
for comfort.-Boston Transcript.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1921-11-24
IF MOTHERS ONLY KNEW

During these days how many children are COM
planning of headache, feverishness, stomach
troubles and irregular bowels. II mothers only
knew what Mother Gray's Sweet Powders
would do for their children no family would
ever be without them. These powders are so
easy and pleasant to take and so effective In
their action that mothers who once use them
always tell other mothers about them. Sold By
druggists everywhere.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1921-11-24
Happy Marriage.

what is happy marriageT said
George AIDE at a wedding breakfast.
"A happy marriage" he went on,
as one wherein the husband endures
discomfort and doesn't complain, while
the wife doesn't complain and en-
dures discomfort"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1921-11-24
A Beautiful Woman Is
Always a Well Woman
What This Woman Says 10 of Vital
Interest to You.

AntCrGbI 10 Il Ods
Boune Falls. Mich.-'T am the
mother OF eight children and I
have taken DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription every time and found
II OF great benefit. It builds up
the prospective mothers strength.
] have all faith in this medicine
and do my best to have other
women take it."-Mrs. Flora A.
Debutts, Box 1856.
The use of DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription has made many
women happy by making them
healthy. Get 1t at once from your
nearest druggist, in either liquid
or tablet form. Write DR.. Pierce,
Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo, N. Y,
for free medical advice,
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1921-11-24
"WHAT A MESS-MESS-MESSw

mo" she whispered to herself almost Gudibly mot can't
be thatI 1t can't be Cherry and Peter-Oh my God Oh my
God has been that all the time that all the tmednd never
knew 1T dreamed til
ITS Peter and Cheryi They hare come to care for each
ohety haze to for each other she said to herself
thoughts rushing and tunbng mad confusion she tested
and tried the fear at must be But can't be So! Alr
interrupted herself in terror Or what shall dowhat shall
dol Cherry lore Nth Peter But Peter huSbGnd-he
my husband Peter who has always been good to me-SO
generous to me-Gnd it wGs Cherry all the time
"Poor Cherry" the older said aloud Poor little old
Chere hasn't been very kind her She and Peter must be
so sorry and Si And Dad woud be sorry
things he waned that Cherry should be hGppyl Perhaps
thought Ar che realized that she that sort Of nature she must
Lore Ve But Why did he let her
Martin hy waSnt he here to keep from marrying PeerY
What a NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. We've made Of 1t all!
"Chcuy woud be dsgraced and Martin-MGrtn would Kill
her he found her outi Oh my little ssteri She would
be talk she reckless she would do Gnyhng-She Woud
public scandal and the papers would hare her cres-DGfs
little yOw-heGded Chartyl oh, DGd she said looking into
the dark tell wGt dol need you sol Won't you somehow
tell M what to do9"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1921-11-24
Keep Your Troubles to Yourself.

NeeP TOUT ITouUIes 70 foUTseHs
"If you wastes too much time tellin'
yoh troubles" said Uncle Eben, 'soon-
er or later yoh friends is gineter
lose patience an say dey serves you
right"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1921-11-24

Alix 10 Cherry's older sister And
husba Martin And Alix
And Martin and Cherry drifting
nd is dead and can't help Of them.
the only she of the II work:
sayn for the best?
knows, California auhoress
ability handle big like this Sister
example of the of stories that has given her so large
and friendly a public.
The Washington times., 1921-06-13
GIANT WARSH|PS
BUILDING IN JAPAN
DWARF BEST HERE
Even English Monster, Hood,
Pigmy In comparison--lm-
pervious to Air Attack.

NEW YORK. June 13.-Two bat
tleships of the largest dimensions are
under. construction in private yards
in Japan. They are the Kasa and
the Tosa, and are units of the naval
program of 191s-1p19.
Until now these ships were thought
to be the type OF the Negato. now
the worlds most powerful warships.
However, this IL a great mistake. for
they are at least 1000 tons larger
and have 25 per cent greater gun
power. There is nothing in commits
sion in the American navy with
which they may be compared. Nor
may they be compared with the mon
ster British battle cruiser Hood.
The only ships in our service with
which they may be compared are
those of the Colorado class now un-
der construction. But the Japanese
ships far exceed them in length. dis
placement, cruising radius, gun
power and speed.
Especial attention is being given
to protection from aircraft bombs in
Japan, and II is said that these ships
are absolutely impervious to attack
from the air.
The Japanese ships will be turbine
driven. with an extremely large crus-
ing radius. They will be capable, II
Is believed, of crossing the Pacific
three times without refueiing.
Unless Congress votes to continue
the 1918 naval program TO It's fullest
extent. America will have nothing
with which to combat these giants.
The general board of the Navy De-
partment has asked for more battle
ships and battle cruisers than those
OF the 1916 program.
Designs are in the course of prep
aration in japan for even further war
ships OF greater power, which are to
be built as soon as the yards have
room.
The Washington times., 1921-06-13
WILSON TO keep
IDEALS BEFORE
PUBLIC, HE SAYS
Ex-President Tells Plans TO
Audience of Princeton
Under Graduates.

Former President Wilson, in receiv-
ing yesterday a delegation of Prince
ton University students. was quoted
as saying that he plans TO keep his
ideals actively before the public"
Mr.. Wilson. his callers said. told
them he was keeping In touch with
political Developments. but he did not
Indicate In what manner he planned
to participate in public affairs.
The former President and Mrs. will
SON received a committee Of four
Princeton undergraduates represent
ing the newly formed Woodrow Will
son Society OF Princeton.
l.. G. Woods, 5r,. OF Pennsylvania.
president OF the association. presented
Mr.. Wilson with a letter signed by
500 Princeton students promising ef-
forts for "dus recognition by MEM
bers of all parties to, Woodrow will
son. as Princeton's foremost graduate.
for his leadership of America during
the trying times of peace and of war,
and for the courage and idealism he
showed in endeavoring TO promote the
peace OF the world"
Mr.. Wilson expressed his apprecia-
tion of the tribute.
The delegation i'm addition 10 Mr..
Woods. included Morgan C. Day. of
Missouri: c. T. LeViness. of Maryland,
and Sidney Sherwood. of New York.