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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-08-11

! Just finished dressing for the ball when the
maid raped at her door and said:
There's workingman down in the hal
! that insists on seeing you, and says he won
| go away till he does"
| What in the world can he want of me@
said she, and then added: well, if he
won't 90 away take him into the library
! and I'll be there In moment"
Soon she came fiuttering in, in a cloud
of tulle and ablaze with diamonds. Judsor
| had never seen such vision and he hated
her more than ever. He wanted to strangle
her and to wrench off her jewels to sell for
bread to feed his starving family. He stood
near the door, with his cap in his hand
and was looking half doggedy out from his
half bowed head when Miss Thornby
| crossed to where he stood and said with the
airiest good nature:
did you wish to see me, sir?"
| Her tone confused him. Somehow he had
expected to be i'll treated, if not ordered
out. Collecting himself he said tremblingly
Yes, miss, | came TO ask if you would let
us stay little longer in your house.
am out of work and cannot pay the rent,
and your agent is going to turn us into the
street tomorrow"
my agent is going to put you out of
your house," said she, excitedly.
"Out Of your house." he corrected
"Why, how perfectly horrible" she ex.
claimed in amazement.
Judson caught at ray of hope in her
sympathetic manner and urged on by it he
went on rapidly:
"If you'll only let me stay in f little
longer mebbe can get work soon, and then,
miss, III pay you as fast as / can. It's hard
enough to starve-"
"To starve!" she echoed, dropping her
hands and staring at the man, as though
straining her mind to conceive the idea.
"Yes, miss" said Judson, in a low, res9-
lutte voice. MY wife, and the children and
me-we are starving"
Miss Thornby looked at him with unac-
customed but sincere distress Suddenly she
crossed the room to the writing desk
Here said she, handing him leaf from
check book, 81 hope this will help you
out. ! am very sorry that it happened
didn't know that l had an agent who
I would be so cruel l am very sorry for
you"
Judson was overwhelmed with grateful
surprise. He did not know how the check
read, but he knew by Miss Thornby's gen
erous manner that it was enough to help
him out of his trouble
Miss Thornby was scarcely conscious of
having conferred favor, the effort had
been so slight, until she saw the man 5
trembling hand as he took the paper from
her, and listened to his fearful voice as he
thanked her again and again.
Judson went hurriedly down the street
in the effort to reach the first electric light
There he stopped to read the number on
the check. He read it once, and then
looked closely and carefully at it again. His
heart gave sudden bound. There was no
mistake-it read ''one hundred dollars"
Judson's angry thoughts OF few mo
ments before flashed over him and struck
him to the heart. His eyes filled with tears
"God bless her." said he prayerfuly; "she
has saved me from something worse than
death" and so she had, for Judson had
made up his mind not to let his little ones
live TO suffer starvation.-Maxine Wray.
burn, in Detroit Free Press.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-08-11

Friend Ito be frank with you can't see
how Mrs. IIardcash happened to consent to
your marriage with her daughter" Mr..
Slimpurse-'S She said ! was the only young
man who showed any consideration for a
mothers feelings. You sae when the other
fellows took her daughter out riding they
seldom got her back until after dark; but
when | took her out | always brought her
home promptly in an hour" Friend
"IIumph! How was that" Mr.. Slimpurse
THE other fellows had their own rigs.
hired mine IN. Y. Weekly.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-08-11
Wheat 40 Cents "A BusheI.

How to grow wheat with big profit at 40
cents and samples of Salzer's Red Cross $50
bushels per acre. Winter Wheat, Rye, Oats,
Clovers, etc, with Farm Seed Catalogue for
cents postage. JOHN A. SALZER SEED
CO., La Crosse, Wis. Il
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-08-11
A scarce Article

Il have had such a lovely time" the l6.
year-oId daughter said on returning home
from visit. The Did man looked up and
grumbled: We'll, it's the only one in the
family IN years. '-Atchson Globe
The principal river of Egypt is the Nile.
It's smaller tributaries are the Juveniles
L. A. w. Bulletin
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-08-11
Equal to 1t.

Brggs-liow well and strong you are look
ing.
Griggs-Yes. I've almost made up my
Evening News.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-08-11
Real Warm weather Restand Comfort

There IS powder to be shaken into the
shoes called Aliens Foot Ease, invented by
Allen :. OImstead, lie Roy, n. Y, which
druggists and shoe dealers say is the best
thing they have ever sold to cure swollen.
burning, sore and tender or aching feet.
Some dealers claim that it makes tight or
new shoes feel easy 1t certainly will cure
corns and bunions and relieve instantly sweat
ing, hot or smarting feet. Aliens Foot Ease
costs only a quarter. and the inventor will
send a sample free to any address
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-08-11
Journ Amenities.

"Our wart of a contemporary" the cur
rent issue of the Jazeville Gazette says,
Claims, as far as the war is concerned, to
have the earliest intelligence That is the
kind of intelligence they always had at that
Office. It is more than early; it is primi-
tive. Cincinnati Enquirer.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-08-11

1t is not work that kills you, but fool peo-
pie who annoy you, although they have no
right to. For some of the greatest wrongs
there is no protection whatever.-Atchison
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-08-11

Kissing may be unhealthy, but every girl
considers herself an immune. Chicago
Daily News.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-08-11
That Is " ny.

Fosdck-What made Spain think she
could deal the United States a terrible,
glorious blow"
Keedcl--I suppose it was because she had
20 many terrible, glorious blowers. Judge.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-08-11
Tnfailfn =.

If man wants to have a particularly fine
meal let him inform his wife that he will
bring up some old sweetheart OF hers to din
ner. Nothing so inspires a woman to her
best effort to make an old sweetheart re.
gret that he was not more active.-Atchison
Globe
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-08-11
A New Countersign.

'L.t me in, dearie," he said, rather un-
steadily, at $3.50 a. m.
Repeat the sentence: 'Schley simply
awiped Cervera off the sea-, first" she re.
piled from the upper window.-PhiladeIp
North American.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-08-11

1t is rumorcd that Spain will issue a new
Hap of her possessions after the war-that
5, if she has any possessions left.-Chicago
Daily News.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-08-11
Temporarily,

Mr.. Poppitt-How would you like me fo
your big brother, Tommy?
Tommy lwho knows his sister)-Oh,
guess you'll do until the war is over.-N. Y
,Iournal
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-08-11
SyvC... .ish Philosophy.

Ven faller es Young an praying for mus
tache hae naver tank how DICKENS long hae
will half to wait ven hae grow oop for te bar
Der to say "NeXt Denver Times.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-08-11

Theorizing;-"Now," said tie professor,
'supposHg that by some CONFUSION of ma
ture portions of the earth now under water
should become dry land; what would be the
most prominent characteristic of the land
seape" And the summer girl, who was
trying to suppress a yawn, replied: Span
ish warshIps. Washington Star.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-08-11

A manufacturer of wheels is not tailor
but he always tries to make his own bi
cycle suit. A. w. Bulletin.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-08-11

If men would dig half as hard to raise
corn as they do digging gold, there would
be more rich men.-Washingto Qa.) Dem
Ocrat,
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-08-11
Halls Cutnrrh Cure
Internally. Price 75c.

A man should always be supplied with
just enough work and trouble to keep his
mind off the pimple on his nose.-Atchison
Globe
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-08-11

"Where are you going?" "To the re-
cruiting Office" But thought you said the
other day that you couldn't afford to go to
war-that your business would suffer if you
did" I've decided to let it suffer My
wife's mother writes that she is coming here
to spend the summer. Cleveland Leader
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-08-11

1t is much easier to acquire fault than
It Is to inspire a virtue.-Chicago Daily
News
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-08-11

l can recommend Piso's Cure for Con
sumption tC sufferers from Asthma-E. ID
F. Howard, Wis, May 4, '9i.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-08-11

Some men are long on energy, but short
on the ability to utilize it.-Chicago Daily
News.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-08-11

You can see CUTE deal of patriotism vat
tax hull eedvalk to get home on.-Denver
Times.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-08-11

1t isn't every playwright who can write a
play right. \. w. Bulletin.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-08-11

Why They Became Extinct-Noah-"Ar
all the animals on board?" Japhet-"Ail
but two--the ichthy-ichthy-g a pen
cil' lwrites,. ichthyosaurus and the pleo-
saIrus) there" Noah (whisperng)-
Don't say word about them; they never
will be missed. Puck.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-08-11

Swedish PbiIosoDhy.

AXE Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets All
,uggists refund money if it fails to cure 25c
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-08-11

everybody's business Will be minded..-L
A. W. Bulletin.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-08-11
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal
LOUISVILLE. Ky. NEW YORK. n Y
The record-union., 1898-11-06
THE INDIANA STREET. IMPROVE
MENT SYSTEM

The good old Hoosier State has many
wise laws and systems which other
communities may study with profit
For instance, it has the best ballot law
Of any of the many formed upon the
| basis Of the Australian plan; II has the
! best convict-return-s system known,
under which the discharged convict is
returned to the place from which he
was sent up; it's school laws are COM
posites of the best features of those
Of the other States; and so on through
g. long chapter of wise systems.
There is one law in Indiana, how
ever, to which we desire to call especial
! attention, since it works to charm
| there, and could be copied with profit
| in California. We have in a partial
way provided some such system al
ready, by statute which has, we be-
lieve, never been availed of. But it
is not so complete as the Indiana Ten
Year Payment Pavement Law
Under that system Wien the proper
authority has resolved upon the con-
struction or improvement of a high
way in a city or town, it causes a care
full estimate Of the cost to be made,
actual cost go. AS soon as this esti
mate is filed and approved, the work
may be ordered under a plan by which
the property owners assessed for the
n
installments, or may pay it earlier If
they wish.
The property owner may elect to be-
gin payments in November or in April
following the date of the estimate.
Every six months after payment of the
first one tenth and accrued interest
there falls due, alternately, the inter-
est for six months on the unpaid part
of the cost, and one-tenth part Of the
cost with six months interest.
Thus in the middle of each year in
terest only is paid, and once each year
interest and principal is paid. The rate
Of interest is e per cent. A prop
erty owner can anticipate any pay
AllCAIL 4lG CuOOSGS, OF ciA OL LIlSIIl, dIAQ
thus save interest payments entirely.
The finance department of the city
can issue. if it so desires, paving bonds
for each improved street, and use
them in payment for the work in ad-
vance Of the collection of the assess
ment.
Under such a system Sacramento
could afford to grade and pave every
one of her unimproved streets, and re-
place all gravel streets with macadam
inside of the next five years, and the
burden Of cost would scarcely be felt
by the people, because of the ease Of
payment and the exceeding benefits
which would accrue from such improve
ment: these benefits being improved
drainage, improved sanitary conditions,
induced home building and augmented
population. enhanced values Of prop
erty. and the development of outlying
sections into handsome residence quar-
tay-
The record-union., 1898-11-06
AN EDUCATOR PESSIMIST.

Professor Norton of Harvard is again
before the public as a persistent pes
simist, bird Of croakings and Ill fore
casts, dismal fearful and prophesying
i'll for his country because it does not
go his way. He now says we have no
leaders; that the nation is devoid of
sense and information; that we were
sinful in wiping out the Spanish dis
grace and inhumanity in Cuba; that
we will do grievous wrong in the Orient
unless We pause in our course, and that
the whole system of our Government
needs ripping up and building over.
Fortunately, Norton has but a small
following. Radiant, unthinking opti-
mism and hopeless, dismal pessimism
are equally extremes. Norton's ex-
treme position, however. goes to the
verge of monomania. He is SO bound
up with the ideals Of his fancy that he
is impatient if one suggests a possi-
bility of their being overdrawn. Pro-
fessor Norton has prominence as an
educator, but none as a statesman. He
Is essentially scholar and an essayist.
He moves too little among men to have
ordinary worldly wisdom, or else we
read his productions with poor under
standing. He Is a doubter to the ex-
The record-union., 1898-11-06

work nodded already, and to be fash
Toned out Of the casting in the destiny
Of the American nation, the Admins
tration must not be rebuked in the face
Of the enemy by the defeat Of its
party the return of an antagonistic
and obstructive Congress, or the ele-
yation to the Gubernatorial chairs Of
Maguires charged with single-tax no.
tons, objecting to national eXpan-
sion, quibbling over protected indus
tries, snarling about war revenues and
opposing. as our own Mr.. Mcguire did,
legislation for the exclusion from our
shores Of anarchists and their kind.
After all, there is more than half
truth in the demonstration of Mr.. Web
ster, Governor Budd and the Humboldt
committee-this election involves the
question Of pie counter or principle" "
with a flavor of single tax and the well
coming of anarchists thrown in.
The record-union., 1898-11-06
Says the Stockton Mali:

No one believes that there is any dis
loyalty in the Democracy of this cam
paign; certainly there Is none in Cali
fornia. The war is over, Spain is prone
it cannot help itself, and the Admins
tration can work it's will with it, and
nothing California might do would help
or hinder.
No one has charged Democrats with
disloyalty. The assumption that any one
has is a violent one. The war is over
so far as fighting lines are concerned
at present But the more difficult task
now presents and the attitude of Cal
ifornia assuredly will either help or
hinder the Administration in the task
now before it. Moral support is at
times of greater value than material
aid
The record-union., 1898-11-06
WHAT SHALL THE ANSWER BE?

It is announced that the President
and his Cabinet have resolved that the
national policy must be one in favor of
retention of the Philippine group, since
we canUot in common justice turn the
islands back to Spanish misrule; we
cannot sell the possessions to a strang
er; we have no right to barter the
triba people who inhabit them; and,
because having fallen heir to this great
trust by the fortune Of war, we must
administer it wisely and well, for the
best interests of the people Of the
group, and at the same time in the
interest of expansion of our trade and
national Importance, and to secure
full recognition of our flag by the ma
tions of the earth as one worthy of
respect and affording protection to
Americans and American interests
everywhere.
That declaration is in keeping with
the throb Of the national heart to-day,
and it will receive from one end Of the
land to the other approval, save from
the doubling and timorous, who cling
to the past and fear paternalism more
than they desire the fulfllment of the
destiny of the nation and it's placement
where it belongs, in the front rank Of
the greatest Powers of earth.
And, by the way, the election in CAL
ifornia next week is to be an aye or nay
response of Californians to this an
nouncement Of Administration policy
The verdict being for Mcguire and the
conglomerate ticket, the President
stands rebuked and California sends
word Of comfort to the eXasperatingly
delaying Spaniards and the enemies of
America everywhere. If for Mr.. Gage
and the Republican ticket, it sends
word to the uttermost parts that Cal
ifornia stands by the President and his
policy and eschews the carpings, theo-
ries and theorizing, objecting and dem
agogic obstruction doctrines Of the
Whites and Maguires.
The record-union., 1898-11-06
LOCAL OPTION TAXATION.

It is explained that if the so-called
local option plank Of the Democratic
platform should become constitutional
law, the only effect would be to permit
counties so voting to try the single-tax
system, and that would be only expert
mental, sort Of try 1t on the dog"
process. That is precisely what the
Record Union" has claimed, nothing
more nor less. But, be it noted. COM
munities have been more injured by
political experiments than by any other
processes. When now we come to in
Guiding single tax and other crank no
tions in local option experimentation,
we open the door to the worst kind of
confusion.
It is not possible to have in each
county an independent system of tax
alton and preserve that unity of the
State which is essential to its welfare.
Counties are but divisions of convent
ence: they are not little sovereignties
or independencieS. The State is the
unit of system; its subdivisions are
political conveniences for the purposes
Of fixing and choosing representatives,
and for administering the State
system economically. Even the local
or county government systems are but
parts of the one machine we call the
State, and which alone is the recog-
nized unit in the national system.
The record-union., 1898-11-06
To the new party [SingIe Taxi,

To the new party CSingIe Taxi |,
founded upon these principles,
which I conceive to be the very
soul and essence of true Democra-
cy, all OF the time which I can
henceforth give to the political
services Of my county will be de-
voted. shall, therefore, in the
next political campaign, do all in
my power to secure the election OF
Henry George, or some other land
reformer, to the Presidency Of the
United States, unless the Demo-
cratic party shall, in the mean
time, become democratic by adopt
ing the principles which we have
espoused.-James G. Mcguire.
The record-union., 1898-11-06
MRS. HENRY r. GAGE.
Expects to Reside in Sacramento
After January First.

Inc IOllOWlnS from the san FRANCISCO
Cali will be read with interest by
Sacramentans:
| The home of Henry r. Gage is about
an hours drive from Los Angeles. The
| road Is bit dusty, but one does not
mind that slight inconvenience, after
arriving at the home, which amply re-
pays one for the journey. The house
and grounds are on sloping piece of
land, and in the immediate vicinity are
acres of green lawns and walks shaded
with palms, magnolia, cypress, orange
and lemon trees, while here and there
are rustic benches, roses, lilies and
| flowers galore.
| Every blade Of grass upon the place,
| every fruit tree and wide-spreading
| cypress tree attest to the fact of Mr..
| Cages love and interest in his home,
for they were planted by his own hand.
Mrs. Henry T. Gage believes firmly
that her husband will be the next Gov
| ernor, for she does not think that the
people of California would fail to avail
themselves of the opportunity of plac-
| ing such a man at the head Of their
government. And as she says it her
blue eyes glow with pride at the con-
viction of her husbands superiority
over all other men.
She is an earnest woman of vivid con-
victions and a never-failing fund of
personal enthusiasm. She is essential
| ly domestic all her interests being CEN
| tered in her home, her husband and
their five children. She takes the keen
est interest in the campaign and reads
everything the papers say, whether
good or bad. The good she already
knows, and the bad she doesn't believe.
when Mr.. Gage is elected I shall
| certainly reside at Sacramento" she
said, and rising to the five feet seven
| inches of her magnificently proper
| toned womanhood she stepped to the
window, and glanctng over the land
scape, added, "and we will try to have
our home there a reproduction Of this
happy and beautiful one, where all our
children were born. That row of pop
lar trees, the orchards Of oranges, lem
ons, walnuts and olive trees were all
laid out and planted by Mr.. Gage him
SELF
At the thought that there might be
four years spent away from the pretty
Southland home Mrs. Gage grew bit
meditative, and then said quietly:
Eyes. it will be a wrench to leave
this beautiful home, but, as Governor,
my husbands duties will require his
residence in Sacramento during his
| term of office, and of course I will be
there with him and our children.
During our residence in Sacramento
we will both be pleased to enter into
the social pleasures and enjoyments Of
the citizens. AS for myself, I am not
sure how I would entertain, for sur
roundings would, of course, affect that;
but if Mr.. Gage is elected, and I believe
he will be, we will, / think be fully
| able to meet any demands that may
| be made upon US"
The record-union., 1898-11-06

American people is conceded. That ne
has maintained the honor and dignity,
the new standing and credit of the
Republic before all the nations is ad-
mitted. 1t is essential, therefore, that
he shall not now from any State re-
ceive rebuke and suffer withdrawal of
confidence by adverse expression at
the polls. To place obstruetions in his
way in this time of trial is unpatri-
otic. To attempt to excuse opposition
by pleading that within State lines no
political expression can operate ad-
versely to the policy of the Admins
tration is to beg the question. The
support Of the people is what the Ad-
ministration is entitled to now, and it
can be best given by expression at the
polls next Tuesday.
The record-union., 1898-11-06

The opposition press is complaining
that Republicans are maligning and
abusing Mr.. Mcguire. That is untrue.
The assaults upon Mr.. Mcguire by Re-
publicans have all been directed
against his beliefs and positions as ex-
posed by records and expressions.
There has been made no personal at
tack upon the candidate, no misrepre-
sentation of him, no maligning of the
man The Republican party and press
has made a clean, defensible and ag-
gressive fight against Maguireism,
without any mud fiinging at the<can-
didate as a. man.