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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-09-06

not eXerting myself to open my eyes.
Finally l realized that the sound was
that of a feminine voice and came
from somewhere the other side of Min
erva
Eyes, ma'am," the voice was saying,
I'm engaged. Jake give me this ring.
And we're goin' to be married in about
two weeks. An was just thinking
that seems you're from the city, as
how mebbe you'd advise me little
about my dress. See here''-and l could
hear the rustic of paper-'I got these
samples. l sorter had a leanin' to-
ward this here lilock, or else that there
pea-green, but l thought mebbe you d
know better what was just the thing"
Minerals voice broke in, her clear.
sweet tones in pleasing contrast to the
nasal twang of the other. Don't you
think that white dress would be
nicer? l always prefer brides dressed
in white"
A vision of a slender figure, gowned
in pure white with a shimmering veil
over all, and carrying a cluster of
white bride-roses, came into my mind
and l did not hear the conversation
which followed. Soon there came a
shrill call from the house: "Rebecky!
Re-beck-y-y!
reused myself just in time to see
stout figure clad in blue calico van
ish around the corner, her heavy shoes
resounding on the bare boards.
stFrha Dih1iaap IL
fail yet" l remarked who is she,
Minerva?"
"The hired help believe" she re-
piled, lazily sinking down among the
pillows.
got up, yawned, stretched to the
height of my six feet two inches and
walked up and down the long piazza
three times. Then 1 sank down at
Minerva's feet again.
do you know, dear" | began mus
ingly, II admit that it's funny and all
/ that, but still there's something touch
ing-something of the real thing about
the love affairs of girl like that She
is a sort of diamond in the rough, as
1t were, unpublished, unspoiled by our
so-called modern culture"
Minerva was silent. / think she is
sometimes conscious of her slight de-
ficiency in poetic insight and feels a
kind of hesitation in conversing with
me.
| rambled on: THAT type of girl
represents the forces-the masses OF
humanity. The etherealized cultured
specimens that we are 20 apt to meet
in the whirl of society IRE merely the
overtones-the producta of a useless
! degree of refinement. the represents
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-09-06
CONDENSED NEWS.

Women outnumber men in New
York by 81 SOP.
There is a considerable demand for
bicycles III Japan.
over 100 insurgents surrendered in
the Philippines last week.
In New York there are on the gener
nj average II persons in each dwelling
house.
With a population OF only 100000,
Britain.
More than 45,O0C0O0 passengers a
year go through North and South
Union stations in Boston.
Total transactions of the clearing
houses of the country last year were
more than $Si ,00O,000,00
Mrs. Albert COeyman is in Jail in
Belleville. y. j., for bigamy. She is II
and married two men in one month
last winter
Cecil Rhodes is to erect n monument
to Maj. Allan Wilson and n men who
were surrounded and massacred by
Natabele savages during war against
-Lobengula.
Holland is conducting war in
Sumatra that has been going on with
more or less violence since 1870, has
cost over $20G,00o.0 600 and is by nc
| means ended yet.
Prof. George G. Tilden. noted miner.
aloglst. who became insane in Sar
| Francisco recently, has considerably
improved, and it is now thought his
| trouble is merely due to overwork.
Like Hawaii, Alaska comes forward
with petition for the removal Of q
United States judge. Fifty-two law
yers OF the Nome bar petitiOned the
! president to sever Judge Arthur II
! Moves from his job
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-09-06
FAMINE IN THE SOUTHWEST.
Thousands Are Starving in South
ern Texas.
MAKE APPEAL FOR RELIEF.
Zapata County Reported to DO In Des-
perate Straits-Desert District Is Far
Removed From All Railway Facilities
-Drouth Causes Distress.

Dallas, Tex, Sept. 3.-Widespread
starvation and terrible distress have
followed in the wake of the drouth in
Zapata and several adjoining counties
in southern Texas. 1t is estimated that
about so. 900 persons will be dependent
for their very lives on the outside
world for food and other assistance.
After enduring their misery for weeks
in the vain hope that they would be
able to better their condition the peo-
pie of Zapata county have at last APP
pealed for assistance, and a generous
response is being made by the citizens
here, at San Antonio, Galveston and
Austin. So far the governor has not
issued a call for out of state aid, but
if conditions continue to grow worse
he may be requested to do so. How
ever strange it may seem to the unin-
itiated that such a terrible condition
could exist anywhere in the United
States, there is nothing strange about
it to one who knows the desert or
southwest Texas, of which Zapata
county is a part. ZGpata county is one
of the tier that lies next the Rio
Grande river. 1t is the fourth from
| the Gulf of Mexico, Cameron, Starr
| and Hidalgo lying between. 1t Is
about $50 miles southwest of San An
tonic. No railroad traverses 1t. The
nearest railroad town is Laredo, the
! terminus of the International and
| Great Northern and sixty miles away.
The AGO people of the county are
Mexican rancheros and banqueros'
women and children. The drouth De-
gan last summer. Since then no rain
has fallen anywhere in the county.
The cattle nibbled the dry and fast
disappearing grass as long as any re-
manned. Then they ate the sparse FOL
iage of the mesquite, and at last, In
their desperation, they devoured the
prickly pear. The progress OF the
drouth to this point removed the only
source of revenue which the people
had. Their cattle no longer fit for
sale. they faced the problem or eXls-
tence. Their small stock of corn soon
disappeared. They, of course, had no
gardens. From that point 1T was des-
perate struggle for mere existence,
This has gone on for months, no word
of it reaching the outside world The
Americans of the county and the most
PROSPEROUS among the MeXicans nave
done their best to relieve the suffering,
hoping always that rain would come.
But no rain came. Cattle were dying
bv thousands. Women and children,
gaunt and emaciated, were reduced to
begging for food to keep body and
soul together
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-09-06
WOman'S Consistency.
BY IRMA L. HULL.

BY IRMA l.. HULL.
Copyright, 1901, by Daily Story Pub Col
We were spending the summer at an
old Pennsylvania farmhouse, just out
side a village, shut off from the rest
az the world by towering pine-crested
mountains. In front of the wide porch
rippled little run" as the natives
called it, spanned by broad foot-loS'
with a rickety hand-rail on one side.
Minerva called the place Beersheba,
and l had persuaded myself that TINS
stream was the Brook Besor. The lone,
conical-shaped mountain, towering up
at the south, straight in front of us, we
called Mt Sinai; and the farmer had
informed us that the long range at
the west was the "Pisgah mountings."
IF this Biblican atmosphere doesn't
cure you, Minerva" l remarked, as
carefully established my invalid in the
long, low steamer chair, it'll do some
thing else, I'm thinking. Do you know
1 discovered this morning that that big
gray cat which has taken such a fancy
to you is named Ebenezer, and the
horse which pulled us from the station
is Hosea!"
Il feel better already" she assured
me.
sauntered down along the brook,
putting leisurely at a cigar. When l
had reached the bend where the brook
turned into the little strip of rocky
pasture land, leaped across the water
at a narrow place and came back up
the other side, pausing now and then
to gather some wild blackberries and
spear them on a long blade of grass.
/ gave it to Minerva when l rejoined
her on the porch where she reclined
dreaming in cheerful loneliness.
Did you ever strike a place so ut
terly sleepy in your life?" l asked.
Minerva looked at me thoughtfully
as she leisurely munched a blackberry
and drew another from the stem, hold
ing it poised daintily between her
slender ferefinger and thumb. At last
she replied, do you know, perhaps it's
strange, Socrates, but it seems to me
that l never exactly struck a place in
my life"
If Minerva has a fault, a thing which
/ am usually inclined to doubt, 1t is
that at times she has a tendency to
take some of my remarks rather too
literally. l am always careful not to
appear to notice this shortcoming, so
seated myself on the porch-fioor, and
leaning my head against her knee,
made no reply.
She dropped a big blackberry into
my mouth as she continued:
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-09-06
SHAW WILL NOT SAY "N0,"
Iowa's Governor Says 1t Is Too Early
to Talk OF the Presidency.


to Talk of the Presidency.
Omaha. Neb., Sept. 3.-Govern1r
Shaw of Iowa passed through this city
and was shown the Dolliver interview
in which his name was mentioned as
Iowa's candidate for the presidency in
1904. The governor was evidently sur
prised by the language of the interview
and was reluctant to talk on the sub
iect When asked as to whether he
was a prospective candidate for the
nomination he declined to say yes or
no. Pressed for direct answer, he
said: "You may say this l have not
inspired any mention of my name in
connection with 1904. Senator Dolli-
yer is correct in the statements that it
is too early to determine. The first
thing for Iowa to do is to roll up for
our own ticket the biggest majority
ever polled in the state, and this we
will now do" The governor further
stated that his present plans contem-
plate resuming business life on retir-
ing from the governors Office next
January. Il like business better than
politics." he said, land the two will
not mix. l shall be slow to break
away from my previous intention of
keeping out of politics. 1t is too early
to decide and too early to talk about
it. The one thing to be considered now
is the campaign upon which we are
optar{po'
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-09-06
CIcIlr a Natural Gnrden.

The natural fertility of Sicily is in.
deed remarkable. Without the use of
fertilizers three different growths-
olives, vines and wheat-hourish in
close proximity, writes a correspondent
in the New York Post. Great sectione
already artiflcially watered are among
the garden spots OF the wsrld. The
piano del Cappucinui" at Trapani on
the Western shore, the far-famed
"Conca lOro," near Palermo, and the
entire eastern coast north of Catania
are sections which surpass in fertility
the favored valleys of Tuscany. AL
ready 100000 orange trees, or two.
thirds of the total number grown In
Italy, flourish on the island, while cot
ton and linseed, the almond, the olive
the CARGO and the mandarin are exten.
sively raised.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-09-06
STARTS ON A LONG SWIM.
Plans to Reach New York From Boston
i'm Thirty Days.

Boston, Mass, Sept. 9.-Peter S. Nc
Nally, the long distance swimmer.
started at 2:16 p. n. yesterday on his
attempt to swim to New York in
thirty days Despite heavy down
pour of rain 1000 people gathered on
the Charlestown bridge and witnessed
the start. The tide was on the ebb
and the water very rough and tonight
the waves in the harbor run high. Nc
Nally was accompanied by tug upon
which were h,I attendants. He was
reportei OF g Nerno. q island at Z
p. m. making slow progress, having
covered only about FIVE miles. He will
keep close to the shore until the con-
ditions improve and then cut across
the bay and around Cape Cod. He
plans to cover ten miles day, resting
at night on the tug.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-09-06
America to Lose WI.

Washington, Sept. S.-Wu Ting
fang Chinese minister to the United
States, is soon to be transferred TO
London. He is to take the place of
Sir Chi Chen 10 Feng Luh, who is
appointed to st. Petersburg. The
United States loses the popular minis
ter simply because the st. Petersburg
post was declined by Ii Ching Fang.
the adopted son of Ii Hung Chang, to
whom it was first offered. This neces-
STATED the shifting about of the dip
lomats.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-09-06

at seems sleepy, but it's the kind
of sleepiness that it does one good to
slip away from the unending turmoil
of the world and get a taste of. Lis
tent"
From somewhere within the house
came the faint sounds of a soprano
voice slewly singing:
Let not a wave of trouble roll
Across my peaceful breast"
Above us the branches of the great
elm tree brushed gently against the pi-
azza roof. The scent of the honey
suckle was in the air. The water rip
pied on increasingly. In some mex
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-09-06

not so much an individuality as type.
Love with such a girl is an instinct.
And it Is from instincts that we get the
highest form of poetic expression.
Don't you think so. love?"
No answer came.
"a nature OF this type could no more
think of treachery than of suicide.
Any promise made would be fulfilled
without a moment of hesitation. The
very idea Of non-fulfillment would
never-could ne5er-come into such a
mind. The Biblical atmosphere with
which we have clothed this place is
fitting habitat for such a soul. She
would be faithful and true in the face
of anything. She stands for-she is
! an epitome of the constancy Of woman!
Don't you agree with me, Minerva"
No answer.
Minerva"
"What?"
Don't you think you ought to an
swer me when / speak to you?"
Doubtless | would my lord" she
replied with a little yawn, Gut l can
Suppose | was asleep?"
"Oh!"
Three weeks from that day Minerva
and / again sat on the long porch near
the honeysuckle vine. Two figures
crossed the broad foot-log spanning
the Brook Besor. The flrst-a stout
girl dressed in a scant white gown with
a bright green ribbon about her waist;
the second, a small, dark man with a
flaming tie at his throat.
AS they approached us l retreated
into the shadow of the hallway. Re-
becca paused in front of Minerva, and
taking the man by the sleeve brought
him forward.
I'VE were married this mornin'," she
announced. a dull red overspreading
her freckled face. This is my man
Dan Smith, Mis- Rogers"
The man bowed in an awkward fash.
ion and touched gingerly the little
white hand which Minerva extended
to him, and then rauitering something
about "seein' to hookln' up the horse,
shambled around the corner of the
house.
But, Rebecca," began Minerva, a!
he disappeared, 'it's queer. No doub
l was mistaken, but l was quite sure
that the boy you told me about was {
blonde, and l thought his name was
Jake"
'Oh, that one" simpered Rebecca
lingering her green belt-ribbon, yes
his name was Jake. But he was killed
last week. You heern about it-tha
Teller that fell off the barn up in thu
mounting? And l had my dress al
ready n everything, n Dan, he'C
been a pesterin me FIR long time-st
l jest concluded that bs'd dol"
And she followed her HUSBAND
around the house.
l stepped out on tire porch agaiI
and gazed at Minerals splrituelle fac,
as she lay back with closed eyes in thu
steamer chair.
At last she opened tAem and looked
at me wickedly.
Il was just thinkini.s" she said, 80
what an epitome of the constancy o
woman that girl represents"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-09-06
Chiffon Season Is Ended.

Memphis, Tenn, Sept. 3.-The Mem
gross receipts since Sept. 1, 1900 were
676,576 bales, against 596,945 last sea-
son; net receipts, 443, 1873 bales, against
461 $3.50 last season. The value Of net
receipts is $2O,792 ,OS496, against s17,-
943,O6S2O last season. Stock on hand
to-day, 20.29S bales. Bales of new crop
received to date, as; same last year.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-09-06
Grim. Etc.

Detroit-Wheat. No l white, 7Shc, clos,
ing 73c: No. 2 red. 724c, closing nominal
at re; September. 12cm12hc, closils -
Corn-Nixed grades. 55c: yellow do, o1l2c
per bu nominal. Oats-No. white. spot,
S7lbc; August, 372lc; No. white, 31c per
bu. --,, Ia,
New York-Wheat-No. red, i1'4C ere ere
,,ator. No northerr. Duluth, 797sc afloat
No. hard Duluth. S39,c f. o. o. ahoat'
Corn-No. 2. 61lkc elevator. and Ol9sc L. a., o.
h nioat. Oats-No 2, 3Sl5c; No. .: o Ssc
No. white. 4Ohd4Olzc; NO Wnlte' t tyatJ
white, 39ih@i7c. .,,,.or red
Observation-Disclosures winter rec
offered at 72c. prime winter red SOLD 10y
sample zoe. Corn-No. yelloW anu r., H.,
. ,nixed sold at SIC. on track. no. = wiz wiz
:. nnotahle at 5SIhc. Oats-No. 2 whltt
Sold AZ soc and No. mixed at S''sc' on
track.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-09-06

plicable way. it all went to my head
like wine.
Minerva ran her fingers through my
hair soothingly. l closed my eyes and
settled myself more comfortably
against her knee. l got to thinking
hazily how much more appropriate
the name Minerva was to her than her
real name Elsie" The ripple of the
Brook Besor sounded in my ears as
the tinkling of fountain. l dreamed
that Minerva and | were wandering
hand in hand through Palestine. At
last l became aware that something
more than the sound of the Brook Be
sor was in my ears. l lay quite still,
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-09-06
Kicks Kin to Death

Baltimore, Sept George Kline.
brewery employee living at GIG East
avenue in this city, killed his sister,
in-law, Mrs. Caroline Kline, by kicking
her. He had quarreled with her about
tobla panlxins
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-09-06
Ixins Father for NnI,Inr RemnrL.

Raleigh, N. c., Sept. John Ware.
enraged by remark of his father,
David Ware, about his wife, killed his
father with a revolver, and twice shot
a negro who attempted to interfere.
The murderer fed Immediately.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-09-06
win Not wed Jim Younger.

st. Paul, Sept. 3.-Miss Alix Muel-
Ter denies the rumor that she is en-
gagged to marry Jim" Younger Her
sister and both the Younger brothers
also deny the story.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-09-06
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
ADJUSTMENTS IN DETROIT.
EEK ENDING SEPT.

AVENUE IHEATRE-Vaudeville Prices: after
noon ~ TO- & %; evening TO- 70, 25c; rcscrv SOC.
NoNDERLAND-Vaud ville-Prices: afternoon
lOi' loo & ?Jc; evening, luc, - & &c: box SOC
WHITNEY GRAND-'The Gameke ,nor Nat
lVc' 10 and &c; evenings lOc .Uc ana Soc
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-09-06
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK.

To all the faithful of Christ, to whom
these presents may come:
Whereas, it is Pious and Just to
bear witness of the Truth, lest error
and deceit overthrow it;
And WHEREAS the Ship Penman
Of which Alexander Coffin, Jr., under
God, is master, and now ready to de-
part from the port of the city of New
York and, if God please, to sail from
Canton and other places beyond sea,
with twenty-six men, including the
master of said Ship
We THEREFORE, to you all. by the
Tenor of these Presents, do make
known that (praise be to God the Most
High and Good no plague, or any
dangerous or contagious disease. at
present exists in the said port.
Given under our hands and seals
of office, this twenty-third day of
March, 1902, and in the twenty-sixth
year of the Independence Of the United
States"
The signatures are not quite legible
but appear to be those of John Kear-
ny, d. c., and d. S. Oglethorp, M. G.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-09-06
Ernert Swimmer Drowned.

New York, Sept 3.-George Belcher
of Brooklyn, well-known as an expert
and fancy swimmer, was drowned at
Broad channel, Rockaway beach today.
He was giving an exhibition in deep
water of how a swimmer could carry
a person on his back and his daughter
Eva. IS years old, was the one he car
ried
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-09-06
Miss Elizabeth ]. Smith, Derby,

Miss Elizabeth ]. Smith. Derby
Conn. heiress. has married William
shaw. n mechanic. who earns D. Il
dow Relatives tried to dissuade Der
from marrying the poor artisan. some
80 thcm had threatened to attend the
wedding and she hired policemen TO
turn them away.
Famine in Seabita county, Texas;
continues. A ptiable case Is reported
from Carriso. the county seat. where n
mother and three children were dead
from starvation. In Jacal n mother
body was discovered in the road two
miles from her home, partially eaten
by wolves.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-09-06
BIAS BALL.

Below we publish the standing of
the American and National league clubs
up to and including the games played
on Monday, September .:
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-09-06
SEEMS ODD IN THESE DAYS.
Old Ships Papers Were 'Trittcn in ouee rIy
Stilted PhraseologY.

The formal wording Of old public
documents, contrasted with the brew
ity and directness of those which now
serve the purpose Of official announce
ment and certification, suggests the
inquiry whether the point of view has
pressing facts Of public interest. AS
illustrating the appropriate phrase
ology of formal public document OF
a century ago readers will be interest
ed in the following transcript of bill
of health issued to a ship leaving the
port of New York in 1902, which is
preserved as a literary curiosity in the
archives of the Maritime exchange of
that city.
The sun., 1901-02-13
LEVY COURT MEETS.
The Cost of Feeding Prisoners al
New Workhouse.

The Levy Court yesterday heard the
report OF the grand jury and ordered
it recorded without comment.
From the trustees Of the New Castle
county workhouse was received an
estimate of the amount to be needed for
the support of prisoners. Counting
from July / to the end of the year,
1924 days, for 200 prisoners at 40 cents
a day. the cost would be $4,000, This
estimate was received and filed.
The trustees hope to have the institu
ton ready for prisoners by July 1.
The following report was adopted
'Your committee appointed to ex
anime the assessment of Red Lion hun
dred beg leave TO report that we have at
tended to the same and find it to contain
as follows:
"First district eastern, S44 names ant
entries, IA male dogs, / female dog.
Second district, western, 416 names
and entries 70 male dogs, 1 female dos
making total of 1860 names and eli
tries, S4 male dogs, female dogs an
recommend allowance on same.
Committee,
"Charles Megginson,
"John G.. Armstrong"
Court adjourned to this morning.
The sun., 1901-02-13
Judge Dallas Instructed Jurors to
Return for Defendant.
MR., JOHNSON FOR N0N-SUIT
suit Was Brought on Charge Of
Misunderstanding Between the
Gas Company and
Kent.

In the United States Circuit Court
yesterday afternoon, by instruction from
Judge Dallas, Of Philadelphia, the jury
returned verdict for the defendant in
the suit of Samuel l.. Kent of Philadel-
mia against the Bay State Gas Com
pany of Delaware, in which Mr.. Kent
sought to recover s1,S00,0O0, which he al-
legged was due on the ground that he
had entered into certain contracts with
the company relative to acetyline gas
rights in Boston, Mass.
Counsel for the plaintiff noted an
exception to the judges charge, and mn
appeal will be taken, in all probability
10 the United States Court Of Appeals
Among the witnesses who testified
were w. Harry Miller, treasurer OF the
Bay State Gas Company and Walter
Bigelow. The attorneys in the suit were
J, II. Hoffccker, Leonard b. Wales, o
this city; Slas w. rettit and IL. y
trll, of Philadelphia; H. ii. Ward, O
this city; John G. johnson, Of Philadel
phia, and Parker Chandler, of Boston.
After the plaintiff had closed Mr.
johnson asked for non-sult. IN
Judge said: 'This case has taken con
dition where you are relieved Of all duty
You are now instructed to render you
verdict for the defendant. 1t is no
necessary for you to retire. An ex
ception was noted to the charge.
The jury was polled and a verde
rendered for the defendant.