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The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-08-04

Buck fever is a hunters disease, the
symptoms of which are pretty we'll
known. but they have seldom been
more feelingly described than by a
Marquette citizen, whose first expert
ence in deer shooting is related in the
Mining Journal.
After spending few hours tramp
ing through the woods, feeling tired,
he sat down on log to rest Like
most hunters, he had taken his pipe
and tobacco along. Filling the pipe,
he smoked for time without inter-
ruption, when. happening to turn his
head a little to one side, he saw a
large buck coming straight toward
him AS luck would have 1t, ne had
sat down to smoke near deer trail.
The deer came nearer and nearer
until he was nearly opposite the place
where the hunter sat concealed While
the hunter was watching the approach
of the deer he forgot that he had a
gun, and that the deer was his meat. !
He began to tremble and shake In
every limb and joint, and it was diff
cult for him to restrain yell of fright
He watched and trembled until the
deer passed his hiding place and went
into the thicket beyond. Then feeling
for his pipe, he discovered that it lay
on the ground near his feet. BY the
time he had picked it up the deer was
out of range and then he discovered
that in his excitement he had bitten
the mouthpiece of his pipe in two.
He was greatly relieved to see the
deer move on, as it seemed to hin
that he was the game and the deer wa
the hunter.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-08-04

briar or Mermel roses and foliage, or,
"gilli'' or wall-fIcwer blossoms in deep
orange and pale yellow velvet, Inc
creamy Leghorn hats are again erin
kled and bent into very odd shapes, and
trimmed with fiounced, puffed, and
pleated chiffon, Venetian lace, brilliant
blossoms and large towering ostr1cn
plumes, with added ones dropping at
each side Pretty Cuban straws in pale
ecru are trimmed with yellow lace, vel
vet loops, and pink peach blossoms, or
with brilliant red tulle, poppies, and JET
ornaments.
The tilt of the hat over the eyes does
not seem to prove as popular as the
tilt at the side. Certainly it is not SC
becoming Some very smart looking
sailor hats shown at a fashionable inn
porting house looked really quiet and
subdued, in spite of their trimmings OF
gay silk and satin plaid. beside the ar
ray of French models decked out with
all colors Of the rainbow and half
dozen different garnitures The plain
sailor hats had merely a band Of Tartan
ribbon around the crown, with a num-
Der of outstanding bows at one side.
Many women are dubious about the Sc
lection of plaids for any purpose except
for children's wear. But with a dark
cloth dress, these plaid-trimmed hats
are certainly bright and smart-looking
on their proper wearers, which does moi
mean either gray-haired women or
stout matronly looking ones Of forid
complexion, however young.
The new plain and silk-striped
French challi fabrics are brought out
in very many of the beautiful designs
popular in matelasse silks, Pompadoui
sa1ins, midas, and foulards. There are
besides these, small brilliantly colored
Persian devices, strewn over pure white
grounds: also Empire garlands, chints
patterns, and richly shaded foliage
sprays, in tints of olive-green and gold
These soft, sheer, all-wool materials
make up very effectively with founced
skirts, the bodices slightly toned with
velvet trimmings.
This year there are many dress pat.
terms of Swiss muslin, linen lawn, and
organdie, which come with beautiful
designs wrought upon them. Most ot
these are remarkably handsome, very
effective when made up, and moderate
in price. The prettiest and easiest way
TO make them is to fashion them with
out lining, then wear them ovec a silk
lawn, or batiste slip of any color which
VIII best display the embroidery, and
prove most becoming.
Laces and embroideries, in white ane
cclors, are prodigally used in the max.
ing up of wash" gowns for next sea
son, the majority of which. however,
are not intended to ever pass through
the crucible of the laundry There are
many new and very attractive styles il
batiste. india null nainsook and Dish.
ops lawn, embroideries, while the IrisI
point and guipure patterns have LOST
none of their popularity
There has been an immense sale this
season OF genuine Scotch tweeds, as
these materials are in high favor for
cycling and travelling dresses. he pat,
terms are handsome, and, besides the
soft gray mixtures. show any number
of pretty color -blendings. The dnrabiI.
ity of these goods we are entirely fa-
miliar with. For general uses they
rank well with English serge and the
stylish waterproof cravenettea
Roman ties comes in many different
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-08-04

Roman ties comes in many different
cclors, with the violent predominant
For example. the most fashionable Tie
is striped, with band Of white between
two bands of violet; then comes a pir
stripe of green, a broad one of violet
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-08-04

IN France bicyclists use whistle in
stead of a bell. =
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-08-04

a tiny one of yellow and another violet
band. With this brilliant conception
in violet the tie becomes very gorgeous
when placed upon the neck 1t is fas-
tened at each side with a tiny violet
pin.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-08-04

not real, are not imitations--fancy ma
chine-made laces merely, but woven as
fine and web-like as many OF the cost
Iier designs. The making of one OF
these pure white gowns is quite within
the capabilities of the deft visiting
dressmaker The skirts are gored, the
waists not intricate, the sleeves small.
Flounces or ruf1es are easily made, and
for that matter the owner Of the pretty
dress can get much time ahead if she
herself prepares this part of the trim
ming in dvance-oyercasting the mar
row lace to the edge of rufHe or frill for
bodice and skirt These gowns require
very dainty sewing and handling; yet
it is facinating work that caa be done
for six weeks yet or more to come at
odd moments. Seven or eight dollars
will purchase enough white or tinted
silk for the separate underslIp, if one
has not partly worn evening dress to
utilize for the purpose. The skirt of
silk must be gored on the front ana
sides, to exactly match the white dress
skirt. The sleeves are mere caps, as
the sheer dress sleeves are preferably
lined only with white net. The waist
of the slip is cut on the lines OF a half
low, closely fitted evening bodice.
Gauzes, nets, etamines, canvas goods,
grenadines, tulles, veilings, and like
high fashion that it might be supposed
that organdies and batistes, Swiss mus
Inns and India mulls were relegated to
the shades this year; but never was
there greater or more attractive dis
play of these airy textiles to choose
from, and they are quite as fashionable
as the Aforementioned goods
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-08-04

A prominent feature of fashion as
regards fabrics is among silks, which
will be more universally worn than
they have been in many seasons; and
the assuring element on this side OF
fashion is the fact that remarkably
good quality can now be purchased at
an astonishingly low price-for in
stance, a very pretty striped or checked
taffeta at fifty-nine and sixty-nine cents
a yard. A silk gown is necessity in
any sort of fashionable dressing, and in
these times of wonderfully low prices
the number is not necessarily limited
TO one or two. Between the elegant
brocades and the simple inexpensive
foulards, Indias, and surahs there is a
great variety of silks most tempting
and beautiful, which cannot fail to
please every taste and accommodate ey-
cry purse. In general favor they take
precedence over the very fashionable
grenadines, etamines, and other trans
parent textiles, for the reason that
these tempting goods require the price
Of a second dress, owing to the fact
that they require handsome silk lin
ing.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-08-04

Although passementeries, galloons,
arabesque trimmings, appliques, and
gimps can never be called novelties as
far as mere names go, they neverthe-
less deserve the title regarding their
designs and combinations. and they GER
tainly never possessed the Importance
they have gained this year. Not only
do the latest importations appear in
admirable imitation of ancient laces
and embroideries, but they are brought
out in constant succession of new and
beautiful devices. One of the novel pat
terms consists of graduated set Of err
sian arabesques designed for the skirt
bodice and sleeves. here are also mural
devices in shaded effects, Gothic bands.
Venetian and Vandyke points of every
width, palm leaves and ferns which are
wholly new in arrangement and effect
and which are disposed in various ar
tistic ways on evening toilets, day cos
tunes, and elegant small wraps, some
times forming one continuous design on
the skirt, sometimes graduated in width
at the sides or set on in separate pieces
en- applique to resemble very closely
shaded silk embroideries wrought di-
rectly on the gown Ingenuity never
rests, and exquisite jewelled and se-
quined pieces are made in special de-
signs for the girdle, rounded Jacket
fronts, yoke, guimpe, marrow. or far
ing Medici collar. bretelles, sleeve cuff
or puff, skirt border, and falling chate-
laine-each design delicately shaded
49, L
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-08-04

A prominent French milliner has
made the prettiest and most tasteful
and normal exhibition of round hats
and bonnets noted in New York this
season. Tea roses, hawthorn blossoms,
bluets, and black-hearted meadow dais-
les of brilliant yellow are combined
with various shades of wide, dark vel
vet ribbon and fastened in fiat clus-
ters on low-crowned hats of Neapolitan,
Milan, or Leghorn braid Others, trim
med with white lilac and soft pink
roses. have wide loops Of cream satin
intermixed. At the back the brims are
turned up against the crown and deco
rated with more of the flowers and rib
bon, with somesof the garniture stand
ing in high~eAef Hats of very open
work strEWktmyesrny ruches of pleated
tulley at sthesextreme edge, and at the
back are set up long-stemmed sweet
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-04-29
Precedents Pointed To.

Several presidents may be noted. In
1927, when Greece was fighting for indie
pendence from Turkey, three powers,
France, Russia and England. blockaded
all the Greek coast where the Turkish
armies were encampcd. They stated that
this was a pacific measure, despite the
fact that IL was intended TO paralyze the
Turkish armies. The sultan did not con
slider 1t SO. and To prevent hostile action
by his fleet IL was destroyed by the Brit
ish AT the hattie OF Navarno. In 1881
France blockaded the Tagus i'm order TO
compel Portugal to pay certain claims
against her. Otherwise peace was not in
terTuptod, and Portugal finally gave up
and France restored the vessels she had
captured. In 1923 France and Great Brit
ain exercised pacific blockade against
Holland until she permitted Belgian in
dependence 10 become established. In
1898 France block2ded Mexican ports pro-
testing the while that her intentions were
friendly. Mexico. however. resented this
act ana declared war. Practically hos
tilities did not take place and after two
years peace was made. In the same year
France and Great Britain together insti-
tuted q pacific blockade against Argen-
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-04-29
British Authority Quoted.

As IL happened no ships other than
Greek attempted to enter Cretan ports
during the blockade and there was there
fore no test of the question whether this
blockade was binding on neutral govern
ments or even on the citizens of one of
the six powers. At the time Sir Walter
Phillimore. who Is a strong authority up
on international law put the case of the
rights of the British citizens as follows:
One would wish 10 know whether the gov
eminent has consulted it's legal advisers
as TO certain eventualities which are not
unlikely to follow upon this so-called
blockade of Crete Surprising that a Brit
ish ship. seeing a chance of doing a good
trade I'm provisions. sails for a port i'm
Crete. She will be perfectly within her
legal rights. and II will be Illegal to stop
her. We are not at war with Crete or
Greece. SO it will not be n case of trad
ing with an enemy, and nothing short of
an act of parliament can take away the
right of any British subject TO go 10 or
trade with Crete.
Suppose this ship is stepped and turned
back. There will be an Irresistible claim
for damages at the suit Of the sufferers
against the captain of the British man-of-
war. Suppose she is fired at and sunk.
The damages Will be greater. Suppose
one of her crew is drowned. l see no de-
Tense 10 an indictment for murder
There have been repeated other instan-
ces. but in most OF them no one other
than the blockading and the blockaded
powers had any occasion TO contravene
their rules. or course, the blockaded
powers would have gone 10 war at any
time In resistance. but in most instances
il did not care to do so. When il did,
the blockade. of course, became a legl-
innate war measure. subjecting neutral
ships that tried to run in TO capture, in
stead of merely TO being prevented and
turned back. Hence IL was to the adj
vantage Of neutral powers not to force
the blockader to transform his rights,
and the exact question has passed UNI
settled.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-04-29
Military Guard for Mckinley.

A military guard will be placed at the
white house in a few days. This has been
definitely settled. but none Of the details
VI the arrangements are known. Colonel
bingham. superintendent of public build
ings and grounds, will have charge OF the
guard and such others as may be placed
at the public buildings. Torpedoes and
mines are being planted in the Potomac
river below Washington. They are being
put there as a safeguard In case of an
emergency, and the exact location of the
mines are being kept secret. The major
ity of the work is being done by night.
and is being pushed forward with an eye
TO the possible contingency Of hostile
fleet attempting to shell the capital.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-04-29

During the course of the discussion
which recently took place in the French
senate on the subject Of the sugar du-
ties in that country, some interesting
figures were quoted showing the prog
ress OF the sugar industry in the three
sugar producing countries, Germany,
France and Austria. During the year
1S74-75 France produced 100000 tons of
sugar, Germany 100000 tons and Aus
tria 100000 tons, while twenty years
later France fell to the third rank, and
Germany produced 1881 900 tons. Aus
tria 1,046, 900 and France $4,000 tons.
In 1873 France exported 100000 tons
. of sugar, Austria $4,000 and Germany
81 900, while in 1895 Germany exported
100000 tons, Austria 100000 and
France $4,000 tons. The consumption
in France in 1895 amounted to $4,000
tons and in Germany to $4,000 tons.
The total bounty granted in France On
the manufacture Of sugar amounted in
1S84-S5 to G1.012,000 and in 1896 to
e2,302,000. The quantity of sugar
consumed per head of the population in
Germany, France and Austria am punt
ed respectively to 26.7, 27.S and 16.5
pounds.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-04-29
Spain Takes Initiative.

The first official act of war was commit
ted by Spain. Minister Woodford at Ma
drid was, without his own request given
his passports and told to get off Spanish
soil. This. of course, was tantamount to
a declaration of war. Our minister was
not even allowed time to deliver the ulti-
matum of this government informing
Spain to evacuate Cuba before noon April
%. The Spaniards had already received
a copy of it from Polo Bernabe. the
Spanish minister at Washington. 1t was
after sending this copy that Mr.. Polo
took leave of Washington, going to To-
ronto Ont, where he will enjoy British
protection until THE war Is over"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-04-29
Move to blockade mnyann.

The next official step I'm the war was
taken by the dispatching OF the Key West
squadron to sail for Havana and block
ade that port. The ships of this squad
ron set sail from Key West at 2:Sj Friday
morning, April %. The vessels of this
squadron are; Iowa. New York. Indiana.
Marblehead. Montgomery, Detroit and tor
pedo and dispatch boats. The whole sailed
under command Of Captain Sampson, new
rear admiral OF the United States navy.
Captain Evans C'Fighting Bob'D com
mands the Iowa. Capt. McCalla com
mands the Marblehead.
Captain Simpsons white squadron is
one of the most formidable fleets ever
gathered together i'm any waters.
t represents the stiffest lighting
material that modern naval archi-
lecture and the science of the
new gunnery can construct. IL is com
posed of some of the biggest and most eff
fective of the war ships I'm the American
navy, and can be surpassed by no nation
in the world for the lighting devices with
which IL is equipped Without going into
a detailed description of the ships that
Captain Sampson has under his control
IL may be said that they are all capable
of doing such destruction as the mind
reels from when one tries to picture II.
Captain Sampson can, by "A simple signal
turn loose upon HaVana's fortress a storm
of projectiles calculated TO reduce old
Morro's ponderous walls to a heap of
ruins. Steel projectiles 1000 pounds In
weight can be hurled from the 13-inch
guns. Every such discharge costs the peO-
pie of the United States matter of 500
per gun. Every l3-inch gun at every dis
charge gives a pressure of two and one
fourth tons to the square inch on the
protected deck. SIMPSONS squcdron
represents n power worthy of the mighty
nation whose standard il carries into the
seas of the enemy. Commanding tEcse
boats are some of the ablest sea lighters
In the American navy. Officers and men
alike are as eager for action as the mem
DRY of their dead compatriots in Havana
harbor can make them. From Captain
Sampson and Fighting Bob Evans down
every man-jaclS In the fleet is anxious for
work The sailors in the fleet are just
now the envy Of all the navy men wearing
Uncle Sans uniform. That they will give
a good account of themselves. whatever
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-04-29
The Second Act OF War.

The second act of war was done by our
own government. The Spanards had
purchased 1.200 mules in this country for
use i'm Cuba. These were being loaded on
to the Catalina, Spanish ship. at New
Orleans. About o'clock Thursday the
Collector Of Customs at that port official
ly informed the Master of the Catalina
that the mules already aboard his boat
should be at once put ashore. The Collec
tor at once sought out the Spanish Con-
sui. who protested, but cooled down when
informed that the mules were under seiz-
ure of our government as contraband OF
war. The Catalina sailed for Cuba with
out the mules.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-04-29

Mr. Moody thinks If Christ offered to
rule here as he does in heaven he
would be adopted by no political party
and the majority would vote him down.
Evidently Mr.. Moody believes that the
masses are growing in strength and
number; but he ought to give the ma
jority some little credit for intelli-
gence. While ignorance and egotism
go together and are powerful, there is
such thing as common sense. And
besides Mr.. Plat is not going to live al
ways.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-04-29

Mark Twain. following the noble ex-
ample of Sir Walter Scott, has devoted
all his gains for several years to the
payment of what his creditors were dis
posed to regard as dead claims" The
English papers are lavish in their APP
plause-as if this kind Of honesty were
a rare virtue. Perhaps it is rare; but
then, more's the pity! Creditors should
forgive us as they hope to be forgiven;
but no debtor should let hims If off
easily, unless he is willing to take the
risk Of moral bankruptcy.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-04-29

Where a purchaser bought and paid
for all the standing timber on a tract
of land and received a written transfer
from the owner, in which it was stip-
ulated that the purchaser was Ito have
four years to take off said oak tim
ber." and was to take it clean, and
nothing was said of forfeiture, the
Supreme Court of Indiana held HAL
stead VS.. Jessup) that the purchasers
failure to remove the timber within
four years did not forfeit his right to
it. The court based its decision on
the ground that the law does not favor
forfeitures, and will not enforce them
in the absence of clearly stated con-
ditions of forfeiture.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-04-29

In the last four years, according to
Consul Dickey. at Callao, only one car
20 of wheat has been sent from the
United States to Peru. The reason
why he is not able to explain, but says
that the cargo referred to went from
San Francisco in October last year
THE total import of CHILEAN wheat into
Peru during the year 1897" says the
consul's report, amounted to 22,613,-
723 Kilograms (49,S54,213 pounds).
These figures show that Chill supplies
the Peruvian markets with wheat and
flour. But why Chilli and not the Unit
ed States should supply the Peruvian
markets when our products are far SUI
perior to those Of Chill do not know,
unless it is due to the very low freights
charged by sailing vessels carrying
wheat from Chilli which am told are
only soles ($1.69) a ton" The con-
sui thinks that the first thing to be
done by the United States to gain the
trade of Peru and OF other countries on
the Pacific coast of South and Central
America is to establish a fast line OF
steamers from San Francisco. This,
combined with the present lines plying
between New York and the west coast
of South America, would greatly help
the United States in regaining the
vast trade that she once had with this
coast.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-04-29
War OmcialIy Begins.

War between the United States and
Spain officially began Thursday. April q.
When ii will end only the God of Nations
knows. How II will end Is a simpler
question. The whole world will have
learned lesson from IL and the cause OF
freedom will point to a new star i'm the
armament of liberty. AS our heroes on
land and sea pour to the front. bearing
aloft the glorious flag yet unsullied by
defeat from a foreign foe and still UNI
stained by the avarice of Commercial in
terests" they will be blessed with the
prayers of nearly all the American people.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-04-29

1t seems that football players in
Paris are exposed to even greater per-
lis than they face in the United S ates.
Two football captains got into an al
tercation during a football game in
Paris, recently. challenge was made
and accepted, and in the duel which
followed both men were badly wound
ed. In this country the danger, how
ever great, is over when time" has
been called.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-04-29
"Betwixt and Between."

This whimsical anecdote from File
gende Batter suggests that even the
middle Glass; the strength of any
nation, have many grievances: Doctor
You ought to take that child into
the country for several weeks every
summer. Mother-O, doctor, I'm sorry
to say that we are not rich enough.
Doctor-Well, then, have her sent by
fresh-air fund. Mo her-Eut, doctor,
we're not poor enough.