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The Yale Expositor. J. k. Mckziks, PublUher. TALE, Mien Ignorance of the law la no excuse even for a lawyer. Kuropoan monarch ar getting to bo as noc-labla" u villaRo mlntcr. The -politician who Mta out to ta" the country U frrniuntly hauled up for robbing her. fhe fl)lnK inaehlne-K and automo Mla an hrlpliiK a :ood elial in the race suiiido husdi.e s. IMamoneln an- nolnj; to he marked up 5 per ent. Lay in your Ktmiti.er atock before the rife. How could C. Oliver lue lln continue? to he fanioiiH if Upton were to juit chaHc-ntilng for the tup? Ilr. Tarkhursfa Ideal newspaper may be handlcapp'l by the khortae of Ideal pt tiple to uort it. The valued ClAeland leader ask: "Why not boil the trust?" True, roast iiiK doenn't necm to answer. A pood many meu ad on tin- join elide that the early worm who e -might the bird Hayed up all nluht to do it. 'hat Maton it who is pp-sblent of Venezuela, now that the custom re ceipt hint ! n properly distrib uted? Masragiii I telling the KuroneanH hat the Indians who Inhabit America are mueh worn- than they luive been ))Ulnted. A I'e-w lornle weekly U to hr start r! in New York, ll is one of the e;S i 8t thirds in the weiild to Mart a eoir.ie weeklj. Tile news that Haiti is on the verps of a r volution is not surprising. The revolution mirr.-be is always active in the tropics. Iluffjil.i liill ndiuits tha lie Is a miSlionaire. and what i beiti r Mill, thai ho will sts;i n-tlre tr.'in tin show leucine- c The TurkoKulariau debate Is ns Fuming a more threatening nttlitnie dally. In South Auit! a it would be railed n war. Tl.o man who Is i i r:.s Nia.uu falls by hanging to a wire with bin teeth will pud. aldy t it i n out to be a new fangled dentist. The Las I, all player who score the Urn home run of the season is great er than he who ruleth at the Ity hall in the minds of i-ono. The New York at tress who hat undertaken to write a play in twenty four hours probably won't get It pro duced In twenty-four year. !r. Jacques of Boston says he can make electricity from coal. More fame for him if last winter he had uiade coal from electricity. YeniiiR Itockefeller Is n chip of the old block. He Insist that, for the purpose of taxation, his vast wealth is more than offset by his ec deist a I debts. Dr. A. ('.man lole is the only man In the world that can unravel the Hurdick murder mystery, and he will want about a dollar a word lor the work. Russell Sace has retired from ac tive business, but it Is net true that be is going Ui spend three ;i f t -moot s a week plalt.g 'ivg n with Mra. Hetty (J to n. .Missouri has gained e oncim-i aide r.oioiietr by making ehtcl.cn Me:;!ir.;; a felony. An a logical soipu-nre It ought now to make mule hteallng n apit.! ( l ime. Henry Ward l;e hei's ep ri nee with lhe c.ii:trlbii!ion plate gave him Kre-jt skill In i!eteting ioin vnliu-s. The con k rc;atle,ii n.-ver (uuld fool him wf;h pant buttons. Minister l'.owen told the Yale stud rnt that Venezuela is no place fur yowi men from the I'nited State. tJood. For Ami-rlcan young men of the right ort there' no place like Lome. Granting all that Sir Thomas may ray a to the terrific speed Shamrock HI. will make during the rare, it I Mill fair to suppose that the Reliant will tot be exactly standing still al the time. The Maine man who ha worked up a buslres of exporting cut-o'-nlne-tall to London, where he find a mar let for all that he tan get. certainly thought of something that hud never occurred to any one before. A port write pltcrnmly to the Now Yoik Time to explain thai be wrote ludrcntcd April livening""' ami the printer made it "Uac-rrntecl April Kvenlrg." The obvious moral Is tl.it he on slit to Improve his hand w rltlng. On Manh 20 the ."hiladelphla In qnlrer boldly averted Itself In the" word: 'Stock In freeilng out In Wyoming, but l.err thp bud ire blooming." And the chance arc two to one that the r.rxt day It tr.tucd in I'MIadHrhla. Michigan WATER OVERFLOWS BEET LAND I Farmer Around Hudson Art Having a Hard Time This Season. A great deal of the low land around Hudson usually used for nt;ar beet culture Is under water, owing to the recent heavy rains, and from present it dicatloiih the farmer in that section who have contracted acreage with the Kalamn.oo Meet Sugar company will have a hard time of It this year. They are having all kinds of trouble to get help on their farm and this, together with the fact that the ground Is so wet that it cannot be plowed for mv eral week yet, make the sugar beet raising Industry around there look as though it would be something of a failure this year. Many farmer are offering a month ami loard for farm help, but this offer seem to bring no results and In consequence many acre of good farm land will not be worked this season. OPPOSES HIGH TENSION WIRES Jackson Alderman Thinks 40,000 Volt Current Is Too Strong. At a recent session ot the common council at Jackson the matter of al lowing the erection of high tension wire for an electric railway was tin der discussion. One ol the alderme n was dead against allowing wire to be put up which weio designed to carry a current of 40,000 volt. Kvcn when It was shown that the ordinary cur rent would kill a man Instantly If he happened to ge t In Its way. he refuse e to abate his opposltieiii. Preacher's Troubles. Uc v. (). V. Wheeler, pastor of the Ilapflst church In Three Rivers. Is having troubles of his own. Ills brother owns a news Hand ami the eiorntiile helps to ilclivir the morniui; papers. Some of the patrons are sa liKitusts and some of the straight backs of h'.s church are eoinplaininu that tin pre;u her he ld the 1 u K y key that drew the $1 in a total shoe Hole in an jdve-rtising scheme. Mr. Wheel er Is still sawing wood and letting the people do the talking ellirlllg the week, but be does the talking c.i Sunday. To Boom Summer Resort. Cincinnati parties Interested in the low hotel project at Manitou beach are at ranging to put a steamboat on Iievil's lake that will have a eapucity of 5ou passenge s. The boat Is tee be tun in connection with the two large summer hotels at the north and south ends of the lake. The Cincinnati Northern railroad will establish a suburban train sen Ice from Jackson, beginning May 1.1. Aged Couple in Trouble. I'p to a few months ago. Winceut V. and Mary A. Williams lived to gether in connubial pe ace and happi ness In liostoti. Ionia county, and bad dene so for fifty years. Then they had a slight quarrel and this has re sulted In the filing of a suit for di vorce by Mrs. Williams. The aged couple have three children. Anent the Dog. It lookn as If it wcie up to the couils cd Mhhigan to get together on the question of the standing of the dog. One court held that a dog was property. Just as much as the furniture- in a man' house, and now along come s the- Supre me court with a deci sion that a dog cannot be- the suhj el of larceny In this state. Onions Are Valueless. Last tall there was a uood markt for onions at price which nflore'c! a icasoiiable j .refit to growc r. but a lot of farmers in Allegan county he 1.1 j on to their crops, expecting a hikhcr price. Now there U absolutely no sale for them, and thousands upon thou famlr of bush) Is will be- 1 In owe. away this sprirg. Farmers Are Losers. Some Oseecda count) fanners redd their wood to a woolbii)cr. who slip ped it to Kalamazoo and then got out of the locality himself "between two day." without paying for the wood. It is safe to say that the home markt t. with spot cash paid on delivery, will be good enough fr IIiom farme rs next wlnte-r. Copper in Menominee. There Is a jeosslbility that Menom inee county may become a copper pro eluclng district. I'rospe. tc r are now exploilng in the vicinity of Talbot, where tney have discovered what they consider very encouraging Indl c at lens. Tramp Drops Dead. A tramp Hopped at a farm house In llagar township to ask tor food nnd the privilege of sle-eplns In the barn. A he was making the request be dreqM d de ad. Honors Three Rivers. Senator J. C. I'.urrow will elcitver the Memorial Pay nd drove at Three Rivers May ."'. This i.-i considered quite hii honor to Three River, as the senator hail refused Invitations to eie liver an address in New York and oth er cities on that clay. Dog Scares Giant Burglar. A big 2"i pound burglar was feare d away from a Grand It a (id 4 house the other night by a tike little dinky dog which weighed n little short of four pound. News Items i XT OF INTEREST TO THE MILITIA Gov. Bliss Asks for Army Officer to Inspect the Guard. The state military Uard has recom mended to Gov. lUIss that he request the commande r of the department of the lake that In ease the Michigan National Guard is not ordered to take part in the maneuvers of the regu lar army at Fort Riley this year that companies of the regular army Ik de tailed to attend the Michigan state encampment. The board doe- l:ot know whe-ther the secretary of war will direct the troops of this state to go to Camp Riley. Gov. Illis. upon the recommendation of the state military board, will ask the commander of the department of the lakes to detail ('apt. Morton K. Smith of the Twe ntieth I'nited State g infantry, to Inspect and Instruct the companies of the National Guard this year. The 'military officials In response to the re-quest to send a detail of state troops to the reunion of the Army of Santiago de Cuba at Detroit. July 1G and 17 have re plied that there ure no funds of the stale that can be used for the purose indicated, and that they legre t to decline the Invita tion. Farms Supplant Forests. The IuiuIm r companies whose head quartc r are at Menominee ure fast disposlr.g of their lands from which the pine has been cut, ami in many sections thriving agricultural com munities are springing up where a few years ago the tracts were covered with forests. ()u- hundred and tweu- t) five thousand inn s have- I n sold by the Menominc-e Lumber company alone within the pan year, and n considerable portion of this lias goue to actual settlers. The lands are fuitnble lor the c ultivation of a gre at variety ot crops ami it Is e-vbleut that the- fanning li.elistry will more than make- op for the los ef the pine. Judrje Is Puzzled. Judge- Slussnr of Antrim county l trying to .idve a mystery ami admin ister au estate in Kcho township, which has some peculiar features. Twc nt) e-lghi year age a man took his little ilaH'-'liU-r and starlet! for Canada, leaving a voting son behind. A short time afterward this son left the house- one day to go out into the wetetels and Hucc that day no trace of him can be found, not were any tid ings e ve r rece ived from the mauorhis daughter who b ft lor Canada. The Jiulge finds it a puzzle to eletc nuin the- heirs. Fish and Men. T.ie inn of suckers in the stieaius of Gene-see county is saiel tu be un usually small this spring. A soon ae the numerous cenvassiug fakir get around if will be- shown that the c rop of the one who live- on dry l.ind is Just a large a e ver. Get Coal Supply. Copper country coal dealer aicn'i geiir.g to be iauul:t napping if there Is anothe r strike and coal shortage this )ear. Within the first twenty-four hour teller the opening of navigation four eargoe of hard coal arihc-d at I'orla- e Lake- K-rts. Girl Is Hurt. While W. A. Drown of Leslie- was holding hi two little girls on hi knee, lhe c-huir tippc I ovc r bu kwards and all three laioled oil the floor with stlf ft( le t.t lon e to frac ture the younger child's 1 1 ell. She will ieoVer. how e ve t. Cosmopolitan. There, is a 1 e.taui ant at Si. Iguace v. hie h o.ighl to h.- e alb J lhe Interna He i'i:l. The proprietor is a Sc-otr i G iiiian. the- ro.k Is French, niul the three wait't ai. rc.-p' -live ly Indian Iriih niiel 10 yio. Gccd fcr Loggers. Tiie drlv ii.g conditions ef the Mc nom inee river this spring ro be-tte!- than for some year past. Tae-re li pl' iity of wate r In tin river, so there will be no trouble in getting the long cleiwn. Rhy Sunar Beets. The farmers of AIK-na county are not Jumping at the chance to raise sugar bee t for Tnwa City' new fac tory a enthusiastically us it wj: fig ured they would. Wasted Onions. On erne farm In Allegan count) r,,noo bushel of onion were thrown away because there li absolutely nee market lor them. Chance for Girls. Last fnll three Fast Tawm' girls we nt to lb Ming to work In ti silk mllN there. They arc all martied i.ow. Fool Pcllce Chief. Seiineofie te le-jdiot.eel to the rhlrf of poliee at Lansing that a frame bullet Iiik won being construe ted at a cer tain point which was within Ho fire limits, and the chief litirrleel tu (he sit only to flue that a mart was building a small cIccVhisc. All Even. Claude ami Arthur Snyder of Si iplo, Hillsdale county, ate twins and mar ried ulsters. Recently lth ef Cie Mr. Sr)der gave birth to !)- lia ble on tip e;;un- dar. State Happenings Correspondents SUGAR PLANTS FORM COMBINE Bay City Mills Will Have a Capacity ef 1,000 Tons Daily. Thu stockholders of the Michigan Sugar company voteel to nil their asset to the prcqsised Day City-Michigan Sugar company, which will be organ!zel from the combined com panies with $l,iioo.o(Hi capital stock, which will be all paid up when the new company Issue Jluo.nuu of its stoc k to take up the Michigan Sugar company'x holdings. The capital stock of the Day City Sugar company is $1100.000, and W. L. Churchill, presl dent of the company, will ! presl-dent-manager of the new concern. The American Refining company, which owned onehalf of the capital stock in each factory, retain pro portionate Interest in the new com pany. C. D. Warren of Detroit, who represents the trust and effected the amalgamation, will represent the com pany on the board of director. The capacity of the united plant will be I.000 ton dally, ami. a only a road way separate- them the probability exist. ay officer of both companies, that the-y will be mechanically united. Firemen's Tourney. The committee in charge of the matter has set Aug. '.''i nnd 21 a the dates for the annual tournament ol the l'pMT Peninsula Firemen' as mm l.itlon. whic h will be hole! at Hau cock fhl year. Thl Is easily the big ge-M e vent of the year In the upper peninsula, department teams und thousand of visitors attending from all parts of that section of the state. Want Better Library. Th men who have- in charge the erection of the Carnegie library at Nib s hr.ve eoiue to the conclusion that $lo. emu Will make a mighty poor h)ol. ii.g buildiiiL. and will ask the council te provide lor raising $!..".oei -ve ry vein in-lead of fl.'.iio If this action i taken Mr. Carnegie will ral.-- hl-c gif; tej Jl.'i.eeoo. Rins May Dring Sewers. The heavy rains this spring have caUSe-d the- fleMxIiug of cellars to so great an e xtent at Central Lake that the- village council has awake-neil to the i in m ir 1 a ne of having so.-ne svs tern of drainage, ami estimate- are now being maele on lhe cost of put ting ill a complete s) stein of ,-e we t s. Seeks Colonists. Tio Houghton County Agricultural soei- ty proposes to cbi more fer agri c ulture in that sec-thin than simply to hold an unnual fair. It ha formed a suit of coioiilnt Ion bureau ami I in c-orre'sMnelence with farmers from other section with a view of hi lug-iiu- the til the re to locate-. Ontonagon Is Picking Up. Things are coming Ontonagon' w ay itgain. nfle r a long pe rlod of clepres )lon following the Are which prac tically destroycel the village some )ear ago. Tlo latest business de velopment there is lhe organization of a national bunk, which is now in progres. Won't Hurt Chicago. lb nton llarlsir has see ured a big fac tory, at pie-sent oealee in Chicago, without the giving of a honu or any othe r ir.eluc e-ment. The concern em ploy a t x 1 1 1 1 loo (M-ople In the maim fae lure ot hardware tioveit le. Large Famely. There- U one family In Olive town )hlp. Ottawa county, which las had thirty children, of whom twenty uie I living. Net t e n 1 et race suit 1. 1 set long 1 .i li e n- are a fair number of futilities ol thl s'ze to bring up the ave Tag' Pcntiac's New Bank. To American Saving bank of I Poiiti..i'. erganlcd with I'lO.ooei capi tal. h.:s filed article- of lncorHi at loi. wPh Ranking (Vmmisslor.e-r Mot re. A. F. Ne wherry I the principal sto-k-l.ole'e-r r.nd cashier. Company Buys Marl Beds. The extensive marl bed in the vi cinity of Walllu. Re-rub county, have been scdil to Manlte-e capitalist, who will build a ceme nt fae lory l here. Surveyors at Work. The surveyor are now at work lay ing out the line route for the extn slot of ihe De-tredt & Muekinae rail le ad to Che boygan. Factory Will Operat;. Notwithstanding the rcoort going aiouml the state, the licet sugar fac tory gt KaiHina.oo will be In equation r.gaiu tills ye-ar. Yell Succeeds Yell. L"rns Yell ha been appointed postmaster at Samls. Marquette count). Vice Moses Yell, reslgneel. Bonds Art Illegal, ll ha be-e n discovered that Cnpne'a iMind issue for water work was Il legal, because of technical Irregulari ties In the election. Another election will have to be' he-Id to do it all over again ilg'it. To Make Wood Alcohol. The first plant In the upper penin sula to be devoted exclusively to the production of wood alcohol will iw built at Well. e Ita county, at once. It will cost $i:;ccii end will rr.p!'y U' men. Good Flour LET US DO TOUR CUSTOM GR1HD1MG The Yale Milling Co., united. XCA.22? The Hotel Rotunda 2uf. 23. Prep.. Oapcic, - -nIcigrcirL. Modern In all Its convenieines. Ceutrallj located. Sample Koom ox first floor. First-class bar in connection. m'iV 'luum CTuTelfplione No. 'ree J3vk SpcUliitei la the) Treatmcoat ol Ncrvoua. Blood. Private and Stxual DImamc al Hen and Women. 23 Years la IXttroit. IN Nam d without Written Cetoaeat. (Cures Guarantee. .i j1 W Av .- I trievl many doctors Wriak. We have a reputation aod buaineaa at eiakeu Beware of fr-ui1 and Imroeceor. AVe will car at.ejejej far air cat we take that onr HEW MKTlIUll TKKATMKNT will n,,t cure. We treat and cure fWvoua fW-blllfv. Vrl-n-U Strlrf ur. Weak Parta. IfMnav y end liladefer Dlieaaee. t oniulcaiioa f iui uoiue a real menu I DRS. KENNEDY S KERGA v n .. ...... .:-7a 9 mm FACTORY LOADED SHOTGUN SHELLS "New Rival" "Leader" "Repeater" m F you arc looking for reliable shotgun am munition, the kind that shoots where you point your gun, buy Winchester Factory Loaded Shotgun Shells: "New Rival," loaded with Black powder; "Leader snd "Repeater," loaded with Smokeless. Insist upon having Winchester Factory Loaded Shells, and accept no others. ALL DEALERS KEEP THEM We Print The Yule Kpoitor ha the Imputation f eietinj; the. tint .lejb Work in the Northern psrt of St. t'Uir Countv. i'KINTI.m is on; i:ri.i. skk mm samtlks. Tito 1903 Latest Perfected GRAPHOPHONE- l" 3 aTl 30 MM. Mm. tNIsc? tolliralflinSii j jg CHAR ACTERIIE THE cyfeM. IlielWilie You wilt make a great mistake to buy any Talking Machine until you have heard the latoat Graphoahono COLUriBIA PHONOGRAPH CO., 37 Grand River Avenue, DETROIT, MICH. - '" " . A Vv la what you want and that Ii just tha kind we makes. Oar "2"lo rrlrl" and 3311M branda will pleas job Ask Your Grocer for either. Wa alio make High-Grade Corn Meal, Jluckwheat and Graham. STRUCT. T.A.X.X:. xcxese To and rrcrrx Trains. ri Tbonaandaof yoaiiij ant mUlJl 4 mea are annally awept tu a pcniature g rava ihroutf h early aba cm or later eacean. Ca. Aaderoei waaona ol tha victiiue, tut wti eeacaenj iat time, lie aaya: 1 Iraraed an aril babit. A change xxa came ctr me. 1 could feel It; toy Irleaila noticed it. t txreame aerTona, dapn deal, p loom, had no amtttloo, eauily tired, evil loretxxJiupa, loor circuUcion, pimple ton fate, back weak, drraaio ao1 drama at nitfbt, tired and wuk nornlnKa, turaitir aeuaalioa. To make matter.. twnr&A I iJ- n.a ,u-L )m. a . , . . . m. klnC rfim.au 1 ri and medical flrnia all failed till Dre. Kta oe.ly A. Kerpaa took my Cane. In one week I felt letter, and ha a lew weeka was entirely cared. They are the only reliable) and h.onet Ntit i.Uiau In tha country . KliAl)i:K We iruaranirfl ti cere roa or no rar. Tovi raa no ree. Hooka frc.Cjll or. write l 't ueauoa Cor. micBiten Ave MteiDj St. Uetroit, Mich. m iiim, iw-i Note Heads, Bill Heads. Letter Heads, Envelopes. Etc. EXPOSITOP JOB ROOMS AND may have prcIou5ly t:cird, r.i inc mojern Auiomooiu 13 encu of the Deacon 'c Or.c Horc Shay. F. W. Smith. Auctioneer. "jTcilc, - Spiels.. Before engaging an auctioneer see me. I have had many years' experience.