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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-06-30

Anyhow, I don't see how boys can be
expected to remember aprons, not wear
ing such things themselves.
Just as mother said, Tod began to
be sleepy in no time. But I'd prom
ised to take care of her, and knew she
would go in the house and go to sleep
again. 1t was really pretty early for
a five-year-old to get up. She wanted
to cause l did so, so mother said she
could try it.
1 like to please Tod. She's my ia
vorite sister, too. She's nearer my age,
and the others are SO grown-up-prtic-
ularly Jerry. Then, besides, I'm Tod S
favorite brother; at least, l should be
if she had another, which she hasn't.
To proceed: l told Tod to run in and
take a nap, and to do it softly, SOS not
to wake 'em up; for it couldn't be six
yet, as the early train hadn't started.
Billy Crocker came along then, run
ming like mad.
"Hello!" says he. "Guess I'm late"
Guess you are, lazy-bOnes," says 1,
handing him some crackers and punk.
but now you're here, SO blaze away"
Jimmy" cried Tod, touching my
arm; and the cracker I'd lighted went t
off rather quick. However, it didn't
hurt much. l put my finger in my
mouth to cool it. Jimmy, L can't open
the front door; it's locked"
That's sol" l says. How stupid of
me! forgot to fiN the night latch"
''Oh, Jimmy, I'm awful sleepy" says
Tod.
1t wouldn't have hurt her bit to
take a nap on the nice warm grass, but
mother had warned me specially
'gainst that. If Louie had been home, /
could have called her quietly. She was
away on a visit, though, and l hated to
disturb mother and father.
LET her take nap in that empty
car" says Billy.
1t had stood on the side track several
days, and L thought it capital idea.
So L went across the road with Tod and
she laid down on one of the cushion
seats.
1t was pretty warm, but didn't want t
to run any risks, so Billy rolled up his
coat for pillow and l put mine over
her, and she was fsst asleep in a minute.
We had fine time after that, Billy
being boy with ideas. What we didn' t
do with frecrackers isn't worth men
tioning. But after the bad luck we had
setting off some in front of the chicken
coop-we nearly killed two of our best
chickens-I drew the line at firing any
near the setting hen.
Billy thought it would be fun to see
what she'd do, but somehow l felt it
would be better not to. Besides, that
hen was Jerry's.
never thought once Of Tod till most
breakfast time, when mother put her
head out of the window and called:
Come, Jimmy; it's time to get ready
for breakfast. Bring Tod in
"All right" shouted; and Billy and
I ran over to the track.
And no car was there!
Billy and just looked at each other,
and felt kind of dizzy. He stuck both
hands in his pockets and said ''Whew!"
with a very red face.
"The cars gore!" said /, though
p'r'aps it wasn't necessary remark.
The next minute we were rushing
into the station and asking if the car
had gone with the six o'clock train.
The agent said it had, and asked me If
I felt sick. Well. did, sort of; but /
hadn't time to tell him so, and ran. full
tilt, out of the station door and got into
the 750 that was just ready 10 start.
What are you going to do?" says
Billy.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-06-30

missioned lieutenant commander, and
In 1872 was the executive officer of the
Colorado (hagship), and commanded
a battalion of sailors in the assault on
Fort Mckee. From 1891 to 1893 Capt.
Casey commanded the Newark and
more recently the New York. During
the time he was stationed at the Brook
lyn navy yard he and his family were
very popular in New York society.
Troops of the Four Hundred visited the
yard and learned all about war vessels
that the head officer could tell them,
or rather all that he could make them
understand. He was made captain in
1889.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-06-30

where was she? How frightened she
must be!
II spose the men at the station don't
know anything bout Tod?' broke in
Billy, after we'd been quiet long time.
"Of course the men in that train'd
know" says l.
That trains gone back by this time,
you silly!'
I'd never thought of that. Just then
long came the conductor.
"Tickets!" said he.
And of course we hadn't any, but I
paid him, and he gave me a sip of card
board with printing on it. He looked
goodnatured. I'd often seen him be-
fore, so just told him the whole story
He sat down in front of us, as kind
and sympathetic as could be.
Its too late now," said he; "the
trains startel back. We passed it at
Martinville. But I'll make inquiries.
Don't you cry, little boy"
And / wasn't. One or two tears aren't
crying, l hope.
Then your parents will be in a fine
worry, too" says he. "I'll send them a
telegram when the train gets H."
The minute we got into the station
the conductor took us to a room, where
he said lost articles were sent.
'My sister isn't an article" says L,
thinking of "a, "an," and "the," that
was studying about in grammar.
81 guess you'd think she was a very
precious article if you could find her"
And he sort of laughed. don't see how
he could.
'See anything of little lost girl on
the six o'clock local from Harristown?"
the conductor asked, when we got to the
lost article room.
NO." said man, writing at desk,
never looking up. Nothing reported
here, except three handkerchiefs, a
glove and two boys coats brought in
from that train. That's all"
"Those are our coats" said l.
"Then identify 'em," said the man.
looked at Billy and he looked at me;
then we both looked at the conductor,
who laughed again.
Describe your coats, boys" said he.
"Oh!" says we. And then we told
him, and he brought out two coats,
which, sure 'nough, were ours.
mine was over her and Bil!y's was
rolled up under her head" L said.
"Who? ?" asked the man.
TOD" l said.
"Was that your brothers name?"
"No, sir; it's my sisters, and l should
think you might act S if you cared a
little, cause she's lost"
"Oh, she'll turn up all right" said
that hard-hearted, mean man, and went
on writing.
AL; this time the conductor had been
standi5g in the doorway, with his fore
head all puckered up, like fathers when
he's thinking.
Come, boys" says he; "wt'll go and
telegraph to your father"
"I'll bet my kite you'll never see her
again, Jimmy" Billy said, and then he
began to tell me a story bout little
girl who got lost and was never found
don't b'lieve ever liked Billy Crock
er so little as then, but tried to make
'lowances for him, cause Tod wasn't
his sister, you see. Besides, if I'd spoken
sharp to him, as I felt half mind to,
l was sure I'd break out crying.
After the conductor had teIgraphed
to father, we got in the car again. He
gave Billy and me each two sandwiches.
He said he thought we must be hungry.
And he was right, and ever since that I
don't think conductors can be beat for
being good to little boys.
He made the train stop at every sta
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-06-30
LORD GARNET WOLSELEY.
Great Britnin's Foremost General
May BE Appointed Governor
General of the Canadas.

Sir Garnet Joseph Wolseley, who may
help Great Britain out of its Canadian
difficulty by accepting the post of gov
ernor-general of the Dominion, is more
of a soldier than a statesman, but would
no doubt make a popular viceroy. He
was born in Dublin in 1893 and entered
the army as ensign in 1852. His first
experience in battle was in the Bur-
mese war of 1923, when he was severe
Iy wounded, and in which he won q
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-06-30

iSIl al
s'pose Jerry'd think she could do it
better, but I'd rather have Louie, any
how; and Jerry'd always have to be
spoken of as Geraldine, which is too
long to write often.
All the boys call her Jerry behind
her back, though she doesn't know it
and it's lucky for them. You see, Jerry
gets mad pretty easy. P'raps it's cause
she teaches school.
Mother says boys are trying. She
thinks I'm a very trying boy, and l
s'pose she ought to know. l wonder if
old people ever think they are trying
themselves? They are, anyhow. l
don't mean mother.
Well, to proceed-that's a good way
of putting it, l know, cause Mr.. Simp-
kins said it in his lecture, and Louie
said: ''Now, Jimmy, don't ramble, but
stick to your story" So here goes for
sticking-I mean proceeding. It's hard
work, cause 1 never wrote real story
before.
The reason why my story happened
on the fifth was cause Fourth of July
came on Sunday that year, so that fire.
crackers and other celebrations had to
wait over.
And it was hard for the boys that
waited, judging from experience-Mr.
Simpkins said that, too. 1t sounds well,
l think, besides being fact.
Well, mother said I could get up at
five a. m. on Monday, and not a min
ute before, and then l did think mother
was very trying, indeed.
/ knew I'd wake up sooner, and, sure
'nough, I did, and heard the clock
strike four. / was a long time till
half-past four, and four minutes from
that the sun would rise, 1 knew, for I'd
looked in the almanac.
l just raised up in bed to peek at my
frecrackers and punk, lying handy, and
that half hour was longer than the
other.
l can tell you it didn't take me long
to slide into my clothes when the time
came, and did wash my face, though
my toothbrush happened to slip back of
the washstand, and l didn't feel like
taking the time to get it out.
Tod heard me moving round, and
help her good DEAL and that wasted
a lot Of time. But she's smart child,
and combed her own hair pretty well,
considering.
P'r'aps you don't know that Tod 3
(short for Toddlekins) our youngest.
Some body thought / meant dog one
day when | spoke of her; but think
Tod's a fine name, being short and sort
of brisk.
Well, we tiptoed downstairs, SOS not
to wake anybody.
Tod slipped down one step, dropped
her torpedoes and began to cry. But
spoke up as much like Jerry as l could:
"Tod, not a word, or you go back
to bed"
That scnred her so she jumped and
dropped another package; so had to
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-06-30
No Two Birds Fly Alike.

Not two kinds of birds fly alike. The
style of fight depends on the struc-
ture and form of the feathers, the wings
and the tail.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-06-30
Russia's Great Penal Colony.

In IS years Russia has sent $4,000
persons to Siberia, fully 100000 rela.
tives of prisoners having accompanied
the exiles of their own free will.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-06-30
Cavalrymen Attack 1000
Spaniards Near Santiago.
DEARLY BOUGHT VICTORY
Americans Drove the Enemy Into
the City, but Lost Heavily.
BLOCK HOUSES DESTROYED.

Linares and His Spanish Soldiers Were In
Such Hurry to Reach Santiago that
They Did Not Try to Burn the Town OF
Juragua.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-06-30
Fate.

On the Fourth you might just as well hav.
your fling,
For life is wonderful plot.
It's the fellow who never was doing a
thing
Who always is sure to be shot
Judge.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-06-30

FREEDonS
.GE'2'lglotD.p .pENX
.HH>zzlgg!ga$} ~
66;;@NS &:
2Nzll.'''3'@.' -
~ /8-QRoM where the
N/M stately pines of
! * Their crests lift to
N/M y II the sky
~ SONS gem
plains
! That toward the sunset lie
Our banner In its glory waves
Without a missing star.
Ger happy homes. Ger patriot graves,
Unmarried to-day by war.
The bells of Liberty ring out
Z From sounding shore to shore.
And loud and lofty is the shout:
: "Our land for evermore!'
Through every sea our navies glide,
/ Their sails kissed by the sun.
And Honor lays her wreath beside
The sword of Washington.
The winds that sweep the Icy gorge
/ OF boundess freedom sing
And patriots to Valley Forge
/ Their votive off'rings bring:
Aye, thro' the msts that dim tho years
! We see the early day;
4 And not n loyal freeman fears
! A foe from far away.
The mountains bare and rugged peaks
4 Our Nations worth proclaim,
And every lucent river speaks
The story of our fame;
Der all the land our fathers gave
And blessed with pray'r divine,
In peace rejoice the free and brave
/ From orange tree to pine.
Unfettered soar the thoughts of all
Where'er our standard flies.
Aye Right must rise and Wrong must fall
Meath Freedoms azure skies:
( With iaureled progress in the van
We march with pride to-day;
Before us newer hope for man,
Behind us old Cathay.
Then let the anthems that we raise
From swelling sea to sea
Fill every heart with peace and praise
Beneath our banner free:
For man is man whereer it flies
In splendor. near or far;
No evil in it's shadow lies,
No stain on stripe or star.
IT. c. Harbaugh. in Ohio Farmer.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-06-30
A Scheme That Failed,

Said NC.nber One to Two and Three:
What is this object that we see,
So lons and smooth and red and round.
That lies before US on the ground?"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-06-30

He Is certainly far from poetic.
But when from his frolic he turns,
He seems-'ts thought most pathetic
A modern edition of Burns
Washington Star.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-06-30

Now Number Four chanced to be near
And happened these remarks to hear;
And touching to the fuse light
Said: Now we'll see who'll get the
fright"
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-02-19

my, replied:
81 have not. In that | am in.
fuenced by the fact that Can't.
Sigsbee has not yet reported to
the navy department on the cause
He is evidently waiting to write a
full report. So long as he does
not express himself, 1 certainly
cannot. think from Indications
however, that there was an acci.
dent-thAt the magazine exploded.
How that came about l don't
know. For the present, at least,
no other war ship will be sent to
Habana.
Secretary Long undoubtedly
summarized the general opinion
of the majority of the naval ex-
perts, in finding it impossible Just
now to state the cause of the de-
struction of the Maine.
DIVERS TO INVESTIGATE.
There are number of theories
but most of them are of charac
ter that makes it easy to prove or
upset them by simple investiga-
tion by a diver Secretary Long
has taken steps to make this in
vestigation. Late tnis afternoon
he telegraphed to Admiral Sicard,
at Key West, to appoint a board
OF naval officers to proceed at once
to Havana to employ divers and
generally to make such inquiry as
the regulations of the Navy de-
mand shall be made in the case Of
the loss of a ship. 1t is probable
that this work will take some time
and while there are officers who
say that in their opinion it will not
he possible, owing to the proba
BILE disrupted condition of the hull
of the ship, to make out the cause
of the explosion, the opinion of
the majority is that the question
will be easily settled by the sim
pie ObscrN alton or the condition
of the ships hull plates in the
neighborhood of the hole which
sunk her, whether or not if they
are bulged out, rs would be the
case if the explosion came from
the inside, or whether they are
driven in, as would be the result
from the attack of torpedo, or
the explosion of mine beneath
the ship. The large majority of
naval officers are inclined to the
belief that the explosion resulted
from spontaneous combustion in
the coal bunkers; the overheating
of the iron partition between the
boilers and the magazine or from
an explosion Of boiler. though
the last theory find, little support.
A LONG DEATH ROLL.
AT 1880, while Secretary Long
was still with the President. Mr.
Finney, private Secretary of the
navy, was admitted with an i'm.
portant dispatch just received
from Capt. Sigsbee, commander
Of the Maine. This was read by
the President and secretary and
then given out, as follows:
"Advise sending wrecking yes
sci at once. Maine submerged
except debris, mostly work Of di.
vers now. jenkins and Merritt
still missing. Little hope for .heir
safety. Those krown to be saw
ed are : Officers, "a uninjnred;
crew IS; wounded now on board
Ward Line steamer, in city hos
pital and hotel SO, so far ss known
All others went down on board or
near the Maine. The total lost
OR nnissinn is 0h2 With few ax
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-02-19
MEILSTRUP'S LETTER.
A Gunner on the Maine Wrote of
Being Surrounded by Torpe-
does and His Expecta-
tion of Being
Blown Up.

Detroit, Mich, Feb ia
special to the News from Bay City,
Mich, says: A letter was receiv-
ed to-day from Elmer Meilstrup,
a gunner on the battleship Maine,
dated Feb 11th, addressed to his
mother, in which Meilstrup wrote
that he would not be surprised if
they should be blown up at anv
day, that the ship was surrounded
with torpedoes and could not
leave the harbor without consent
and directions of the Spanish au-
thorities. Meilstrup's letter says:
"Ihe Spaniards have a couple of
gunboats and a cruiser, and there
are two German gunboats. The
guns of MORO Castle are pointed
at us as l write. The whole bot
tom of the harbor is covered with
torpedoes, SO that if they did not
want to let us out, we would not
be able to 90 very well. We are
lying between the Spanish and
German men of-war ant, .thcy
have picket boats out all night
watching u.s."
In a letter of Jan 18th Meilstrup
tells of an incident aboard the
cruiser Marblehcad, when five men
were injured by a shot. Com
menting he says: "ltis a wonder
some of the Spaniards don't blow
us up, they are SO careless"
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-02-19
The Ruling Spirit.

A Paris journal relates that
speculator who had
reached the age of S5, and still
preserved q lively interest in the
market, was told one day:
Evidently you are going to live
to be 100 years old
'No-no,' he said, I'm going
to die very soon-I know it,
What makes YOU think so?'
What makes me think so?'
Do you suppose Death is such
fool as to take me at 100 when he
could get me at S5.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-02-19
The Value of Cow Peas.

DIR Stubbs of the Lo uisiana sta
tlon, in summing up the advan-
tages of the cow pea, gives these
points:
l. 1t is nitrogen gatherer.
2. 1t shades the soil in summer.
keeping it in condition most suit
able to rapid nitrifcation, and
leaves the soil friable, and loose,
in the best condition for a future
crop.
3. 1t has large root develop
ment, and hence pumps up from
great depths and large areas the
water, and with it the mineral
matter needed by the plant.
4. Its adaptability to ali kinds
of soils, stiffest cIays to most DO
rous sands fertile alluvial bottoms
to barren uplands.
5. 1t stands the heat and sun
shine of southern summers.
6. Its rapid growth enables the
farmer in the south to grow two
crops year on the same soil.
Z. If sown thicklv, will by its
rapid growth and shade effectually
smother all weeds, and thus serve
as a cleansing crop.
8. 1t is The best preparatory
crop known to the southern farm
er; every kind Of crop grows we'll
after it.
9. On the alIuvial lands of the
Mississippi bottoms it serves to
pump off excessive water, evapor-
ating it through its great foliage,
thus keeping the soil in condition
for most rapid nitrifcation during
the entire growing season.
10. 1t furnishes a most excel
lent food in large quantities for
both man and animals. With all
these advantages, it is no wonder
that it is called the "clover of the
SOUTH" and were it used regular
ly, as one Of the crops in regular
but short system Of rotation, the
soils of this section would soon
rival in fertility their primitive
condition.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-02-19

and saved. Olivette leaves for
Key West at 1 p IN. Will send
by her to Key West the officers
saved except myself and Vain
wright, Holman, Hennerburg,
Kay and Holden. Will turn over
three unlnjured boats to Captain
of port, with request for safe
keeping. Will send all wounded
men to hospital at Habana.
SlGSBEE."
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-02-19
GEORGE D. TILLMAN
l. A CANDIDATE.
Formal Announcement of the
Fact Is Made.
A SENSE OF DUTY IMPELS.
Sees Evils to be Corrected, A Peo.
pie to Reunite and Taxes to
Save-A Later An
nouncement.
A SENSE OF DUTY IMPELS.
Special to The State.

Special to The State.
Edgefeld, Feb. 15.-There
is no longer any doubt the "Old
Roman" from Edgeield is in the
race for governor. Yesterday
he came to Edgefeld from his
farm on the banks of the
Savannah River, looking cherry
and hearty and when asked if he
would run for governor, handed
your correspondent the following
signed announcement:
To the Democracy of South Ca
rOlina:
Much more at the suggestion of
others than by my own prompting
L announce my candidacy for gov
ernor, honestly believing that the
office seeks the man, or else |
would not have received SO manv
letters urging me to run.
Manly candor also bids me to
confess that sense of duty as a
citizen impels me to make the
effort to reunite the people of the
state and correct certain evils,
which If done would result in
more liberty and less taxation.
To achieve these ends | shall
advocate several measures that II
adopted would both strengthen
local self government and reduce
present annual State and county
taxes at least a fourth-or saw.
half a million dollars-without
diminishing but positively increa.
ing the efficiency of our govern,
ment. What these measures are
and argument in support of them,
will be discussed later on.
| shall run ss the candidate OF
no faction, no ring, no boss, but
simply on my own character as 9
man and record as = public ser.
want. Geo. d Tillman.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-02-19
Deposits Uncalled For.

A great deal of money is depo.-
tied in banks and never called for
by its owners. In the savings
banks Of Massachusetts alone, ac-
cording to the report of the state
commissioner, there is half . mil
lion dollars Of deposits which have
not been called for in a period of
20 years, and which its owners
e: YER will call for. The amount
in the Provident Institution, a
Boston savings bank, is $3.50, 900,
and two other Boston savings
banks have $50, 900 each.-S Sioux
City journal.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1898-02-19
SOmein D,,,,d n,

Mr. James Jones. OF the drug firm of
Jones & Son, Cowden, H.. In speak
Ing OF DR. Kings New Discovery. saws
that last winter his wife was attacked
with La Grippe, and her case grew so
serious that physicians at Cowden ard
Pans could do nothing for her. II
seemed to develop into Hastv Con
sumption. Having DIR Kings New
discovery In store. and selling lots of
IL; ne took bottle home, aud to the
surprise OF all she began to get better
rom hrst dose, and half dozen dollar
bottles cured her sound and we'll. DR.
Kings New Discovery for Consump.
tion. Coughs and Colds Is guaranteed
to do this good work. Try It. Free
TRIAL bottles at Crawford Bros Drug
Store.