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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-12-22

Abilene, Kan. Dec. l6.-J. w. Gil
lett. hardware and implement dealer,
has turned over his business AT Wood
bine to his creditors. Gillert is a
brother of Grant Gillett. the abscond-
ing cattle king, and neld 100000
with of cattle paper issued by his
brother. The cattle which j. W. Gil
lett supposed he owned has been
fcr.>s - have been mortgaged tc
orhe"s. His assets arr placed at
$4,000.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-12-22

Among garden plants commonly in
vogue which possess poisonous nature
botanists mention the jonquil, white
hyacinth and snowdrop, the narcissus
being also particularly d"adly-so
much so, indeed, that to chew a small
scrap of one of the bulbs may result
fatally, while the juice OF the leaves is
On emetic.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-12-22
BRIGHT YOUNG WOMAN.
How She Procured a Fine variety OF
Winter Belts mt RidicuIousIy
Small Expense.

An economical young lady gathered
together last week all the white belts
which she has worn all summer; there's
were white ribbon belts, white satin;
she had collected them she found THAI
they numbered exactly nine. "Now,
said she, II can have nine handsome 1
new belts"
Laying in four packages of dye for
which she paid five cents a package, she
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-12-22
To BE Granted Ample Liberty.

London, Dec. 17.-Thc Rome corres-
pondent of the Chronicle says: In
response to the Vatican's inquiry on
the subject President Mckinley has
the subject of President Mckinley has
sent an assurance that the Catholics
in Cuba and the Philippines will en-
JOY the same ample liberty as the
Catholics in America.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-12-22

Poughkeepsie, y. y, Dec. l7.-There
was terrible explosion in tn gener-
ating department of the Poughlleep-
sic gas works last night. Louis H..
Baurhyte was killed and James Me-
Comb WIS FINALLY inimred.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-01-20
Mosquito Spreads Leprosy,

How pleasant is this bit of informa.
ti6n from the Berlin leprosy confer
ence. In one sense it relieves the mind
to be told that that horrible malady is
not contagious, and also that it is gradu-
ally but surely dying out, but one of the
terrors of life is to know it can be COM
municated by the bite of mosquito.
II one of these insects has the bad taste
TO bite leper, and happens next to at
tack noninfected person. the latter
may become inoculated with the germs
of the disease. Therefore, it behooves
the authorities to put an end to the
mosquito before he bites, for should he
be killed in the very act the danger
is augmented 100 per cent. The day
is surely near when science will make
war against this pestiferous insect with
a view to his determination. What is
the good Of the mosquito, anyhow
Boston Herald.
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BENTON, LOUISIANA THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1898.

20, ma'Eselle," the maid re,:,.,,
crossing herself, mo one was in tha,
room!"
Il left my mother there last night :,
was the rejoinder.
Ma mselle must be mistaken" the
maid insisted. mo person has slept
there for years. 1t is the order of lie
proprietaire"
The two girls sent her to summon the
proprietor to the spot, waited for him
impatiently, and interrupted his polite
greeting with the question if this was
not the room he had given to their moth.
er the night before.
The proprietor surveyed them curl.
ously. "Your mother?" he repeated.
when did madam come?''
Iie sisters stared at him. He had
see them last night.
You arrived alone," he continued.
did you mean she is to come to-day.
and you want the room for tonight %
An impatient exclamation came from
the elder sister. 'We three, my mother,
my sisterand | came last night"
The man interrupted her with a ges-
ture. Pardon, mademoiselle," he cor
rccted, "you and your sister were the
only ones who came"
The girl smiled an annoyed smile and
suggested that the hotel lists would cor
roborate her words. But her face paled
when the clerk repeated what the pro-
Pretor had said, and she ran her finger
unsteadily down the line. Her name.
her sisters yes-her mothers was not
there!
With growing sense of dread, the
two girls demanded the inspector of
police. AS they waited for him in the
reception-room, they caught the angry
tones of an old mans voice. The elder
sister stopped pacing the floor to lis
ten."
Such commotion!" he exclaimed.
'I'll publish it to every foreigner in the
city, and then where is the reputation of
your house?"
The soothing murmur of another
voice followed.
Second story 'front.'" was the old
mans reply, "but I'll not stay there to-
night if have to 6e walked up by all
sorts of noises from the room above
me! They might have been tearing the
house down."
Still grumbling, he passed the girl to
go upstairs. Seized with sudden idea,
she ran lightly up after him and
watched him enter his room. Then she
came down again. "He went into the
room under mothers" she said, grasp
ing her sisters arm tightly. 1--WE were
not mistaken! Merciful heavens, what
does it mean?'''
Even the inspector of police, the om-
niscent of Paris, could not tell them
that. He took their evidence gravely,
promised them all possible help, and adj
vised them to wait patiently in the same
hotel for further developments. With
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-01-20
A RECIPE FOR SUCCESS.

How is it have prospered so? How is 1t l
have struck
Throughout the hull Of my ka-reer Jest one
long streak of luck?
Intellijunce, young man: that's all. I
reason an refec'-
'Tis jest intellijunce an brains plus
straightout intellec'.
Wen I git up I'm alus sure to dress ne
right foot first,
Or put my drawers on wrong side out, or
hev my vest reversed.
For them are signs you'll Lev good luck
an eddicated man
Knows all them signs an shapes his life
on consistent plan.
I've strewed ol hoss-shoes down the road
for somethin' like a mile,
An so out an hunt 'em UP a-every little
while:
For IL you fin a hoss-shoe. wy you're sure
to prosper then,
A fac that is familyer to all dedicated men,
A cats tail p'intin' lords the fire, 1t Is an
awful sign;
But I hev counteracted 1t with every cat
of mine:
II my cats tail should pint that way it
wOuldn give me scares;
I'd go in my back entry then an simply
fall upstairs.
It's good sign to fall upstairs an counter
acts the cat;
An that's the way shape my life, bal
= lunce this with that.
! see four crows-bad sign l know-might
scare a man that's bolder;
But l jest wait an see the moon rise over
my right shoulder.
The moon it counteracts the crows: one
balances the other,
For one is jest wiped out, you see, an can
celled off by t'other.
/ hear dog howl in the night; 1t don't give
me no dread,
] ballunce it by gittin' out the right-han
side the bed.
An so I've prospered all my life by jest a
little pains.
1ntellijunce. young man. that's all, an in
tellec' an brains.
'Tis ignorance that makes men fail. An
wisdom-nothin less
Inlightenmunt an knowledge. sir, can
bring man success.
Sam Walter Foss. in N. Y. Sun.
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Cows Wear Earrfncs.

A cow is the last creature one would
expect to see with earrings, yet every
cow in Belgium must wear them now
The director-general of agriculture has
issued regulation that all animals OF
the bovine species are to wear ear.
rings as soon as they have attained
the age of three months. This is a
hygienic measure, intended to prevent
the introduction into Belgium of ami
mails suffering from tuberculosis
Breeders are to be obliged to keep an
exact account of the animals raised by
them, and the ring on which is en-.
graved number is fastened In
the animals ear for the purpose OF
preventing-or helping to preventive
substitution of one animal for another
Detroit Free Press.
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CAUSE OF APPENDICITIS.
Mistaken Notions Concerning Causes
of the Disease.

of the Disease.
Judging from the reports so fire.
quently made in the daily press, it
would appear that appendicitis is not
only on the increase, but that it seems
to have special prediction for prom
inent persons. Contrary to popular be-
lief, however, it is no more frequent
nor elective in its occurrence than form
erly. 1t is simply new name for the
very old and very common trouble
known as peritonitis, or Inflammation
OF the bowels, which, until lately and
before operative treatment was insti-
tuted, always ended in death.
The trouble having been traced to the
liberation or rupture of an infamed
appendix, causing the fatal peritonitis,
the early removal of the diseased organ
very naturally suggested the proper
line of treatment. 1t is, perhaps, not
generally known by the public that the
various foreign bodies, such as grape
seed, cherry pits and the concretions
usually found in the appendix, are mere
ly accidental consequences of the in
I,
such as never eat a grape without a GER
tain misgiving it may be comforting to
learn that it is very rare circumstance
to find seed of the fruit lodged in the
appendix. In fact, it is now proven that
aside from the intestinal concretions
which really form in the organ after the
latter becomes diseased there is scarce
ly an average proportion of three per
cent. in which forei gn bodies, distinct
lively so called, are discovered. That
these accidental or deposited substances
are not absolutely necessary for the
production of the disease is shown by
their entire absence in goodly number
OF the most severe cases. Among the
latter may be mentioned a recent in
stance which has claimed much public
attention.
The real cause of the disease is asso-
ciated with the destructive tendencies
of peculiar microbe called the colon
bacillus, which always exists in the in
testine, and is absolutely harmless until
an inflammation or injury of the appen-
dix gives it an opportunity for the de-
velopment of malignant qualities. The
microbes then multiply with great rap
idity, penetrate the walls of the weak
ened organ, intensity the inflammation,
and finally escape into the abdominal
cavity by liberation or rupture of the
tube, thus producing the fatal or septic
peritonitis.-N. Y. Herald.
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little calmness of mind they finally ac-
cepted his advice.
1t was long, anxious wait for the
| girls. Weeks passed without bringing
any trace of their mother. The exposi-
| ton was over, and Paris was almost
| emptied Of her crowds before the in
spector came to them with any definite
| news.
Then, one day, the look on his face
told them that at last they were to hear,
and they listened breathlessly for his
explanation.
He began at the beginning. He told
them that, after they had left their
mother that night she felt worse, and,
to avoid disturbing her daughters, sum-
lnoned physician by messenger. By
the time he arrived she was uncon-
scious, and the doctor announced that
she had case of black smallpox. With
out any delay she was put into an am
bulance and carried to a hospital, and
therc-the inspector told it as gently as
he could-she died few days after
ward.
But all was not yet explained. The
room, the maids story, the lists?
If whisper about this dread dis
ease should spread among the great
crowds in the city panic would follow,
financial ruin might ensue, the evil eff
fects would be enormous. The matter
must be kept out of the popular mouth.
And so, in one night, everything in their
mothers room had been changed, her
name had been erased from the hotel
lists, and for the good of the city her
two daughters had been sacrificed.
There was silence for few moments
when he had finished. NJ. PInspecteur
moved uneasily on his chair. One of the
girls looked up at him with numb eyes.
Can we" she asked, and then hesi-
tated.
"Mademoiselle," the inspector replied,
with plying note in his voice, sit is
not marked, you know."-Detroit Free
Press.
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! DROPPED OUT =.
) =. OF EXISTENCE.
a STRANGE AND TRUE MYSTERY
OF THE FRENCH CAPITOL.

nARIS was like scrap basket filled
to overfowing. From every par
of the world people and their baggage
were being deposited in the attractive
catch-all offered them, and, except fol
IA continuous shifting of her contents
in this state Paris was to remain fol
months until the end of the exposition
came to straighten her disorder anc
empty her out.
Among the many who arrived in Paris
at an early period of the exposition was
and her two daughters. 1t was eviden,
that they had been accustomed to travel
much and independently, which might
be accounted for by the fact that they
had scarcely a relation to bind them to
one place and not a relative to offer
them protecting hand. They rame
after dark and registered at hotel.
There were only two rooms left, but
they were on the same corridor.
Madame might like the front room,
and the two mademoiselles would per-
haps be suited with the other, a few
doors away" Thus said the clerk, and
after some inspection the travellers
agreed with him.
ut is very good room," the matron
remarked, leaning back in her chair
and watching her daughters, who were
busy with the contents of her satchel
Il think, though, that might enjoy it
more if did not feel SO wretched."
The young ladies reassured her with
the reminder that she was tired; she
had not yet become accustomed to the
climate; as for calling in physician,
she had done that her first night in
every new city; suppose she try the
cure of long sleep this time. In fact,
they fully persuaded her of her foolish
ness before they left her for the night.
In spite of their convincing arguments
aspeculation as to their mothers health
was the first word uttered by the two
girls next morning, and they made
oaste to go to her room.
light knock brought no response
With satisfied nod to her sister, the
younger girl opened the door softly and
r>o~" 'hAo Viz Aooul. uc clucI START
ed to follow, but stopped with a little
cry. I'VE are in the wrong place!"
she said.
Impossible" her sister replied.
This is the only front room there can
De on this side of the corridor"
But the room was certainly not their
mothers. Last night the hangings and
papering had been green, this morning
.ney were red; last night the furniture
had been OF oak, now it was some dark
stained wood; last night the floor had
peen carpeted. this morning it was bare
except for few rugs; strangest of all,
iast night they had left their mother
nere' but now she was gone and the
room was empty.
ine TWO girls surveyed it in silence.
ohe OF them went into the hall again
aho counted doors. THE fifth one from
US she asserted, "just as we counted
last night" They looked out of the
"'nuo"' The sun was shining on the
same great tree through which they
before. ''s ~
sr'm little maid was sweeping the
.so1r.dor, and of her they inquired anx-
,oesiy: "Can you tell US where the
.aay rs who occupied that room last
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-01-20
THE COMFORTS Of HOME
Graphically Described by a Benedict
to an Old College Chum.

to an Old College Chum.
They hadn't met since the old college
days, ten years before, and of course
| the benedict insisted that the bachelor
| should come home to dinner with him.
Married the year after l left coll
lege," he said, land have the incest lit
tie home and the finest lot of young
sters that you ever saw. want you to
come out and see how nicely I'm fixed.
tell you man doesn't know what life
is until he's married"
MOP"
"Well, should say not"
And so it happened that the bachelor
went with the benedict, and met the lat
ter's wife and played with the children,
and made himself generally useful and
popular until they were all seated at the
dinner table.
1t was over the coffee and cigars, after
the benedict's wife had left the table.
that the benedict finally suggested:
''Pretty comfortably fixed, amt /, old
man? Children, why don't you go into
the other room?'
every nice, indeed" answered the
bachelor, replying to the first question
and ignoring the second.
'Oh, there's nothing like home life,"
went on the benedict. "Willie, stop
trying to climb on Mr.. Browns knee!
He wants to smoke. Do you know. old
man, laugh when l think of my fool
ish idea that l knew in those old days
hot har
doesn't begin to live until Maggie,
put that rutpick back on the table.
You'll jab it in your eye the first thing
you know. Yes, sir; actually have to
laugh when / think of it. Our idea of
contentment in those days was to get
pipe and book and bottle of Scotch
and lock the door and lie down and
Would you mind moving your coffee
cup little farther back on the table,
old man? Tommie's trying to reach it,
ard my wife would raise my scalp if
l should let him break one of her very
best cups. That's it. Thank you. AS
was saying, we didn't know what ease
and contentment was in those days.
No single man does. A man has to
have big armchair and his slippers
all ready for him, and everything sort
of restful and quiet before Now,
don't cry, Mabel. If you didn't want
to get hurt, why did you grab the end
of my cigar? Tommie, take her in to
her mother. There, Willie, told you
you'd stick that nutpick into your
hand if you didn't look out. Run into
the other room and ask your mother
to put bandage on it. Let's see; where
was I, old man? Oh, yes, remember
now, I was about to say that there's
nothing homelike about bachelors
quarters"
NO." interrupted the bachelor with
considerable emphasis; "there isn't"
The benedict couldn't quite see the
reason for such an emphatic assertion,
but he wisely changed the subject, just
the same.-Chicago Post,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-01-20
PlTH AND POINT.

"A Dilemma.-"Well. George, dear,
what do you think of my new hat %
II wish l knew" "Knew what 2"
What l am expected to think.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
-Bob-"Have lively time at the
Hamlins' last night? Fred-"Yes,
very. The old gentleman and got to
arguing about religion, and guess my
dress suit is ruined. Chicago News.
Uncle George-'So you think Mr..
Caxton is literary man?" Carrie
"Oh> l am sure of it. When he wants
to find anything in book he wastes
half an hour hunting for it before he
Transcript.
II wonder what induced the Paldens
to sell their beautiful home and move I?
They haven't suffered financial re-
verses, have they?" ooh, no, indeed;
but you see Mrs. Palden acted as one of
the Judges in a baby show up in that
neighborhood." Journal.
Say said the customer with the
fine red nose, the white moustache and
goatee, "this must be pretty old
whisky" "My grandfather" said the
saloon keeper, bought that whisky the
same year the Kentucky colonel joke
was invented. d."-lndianapolis Journal.
His Growing Atfection.-She-"A
you sure that you love me just as much
as you did the day you led me to the
ALTAR" He-"Darling, love you more
"a hundred times more than did then.
You know your father was disposed to
buck at that time; but he's come down
handsomely since."-Cleveland Leader.
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His Notion of IT.

why" she asked, do so many of the
poets write about golden-rod? 1t seems
as if everyone of them had tried to
glorify it,"
'Well," replied the man, who had
worked on farm, "the only explana.
ton I can give is that the poets probably
never tried to raise potatoes in field
where golden-rod had got good start"
Leader.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-01-20
A Real Hero.

Each man has his own personal linn
itations, and it is unwise to expect him
or ourselves to do that which is beyond
our power. The deed for which praise
is bestowed on man may have been
done without much effort on his part,
though it could not have been done by
is. On the other hand, that which is easi-
ly and even naturally done by us may
only be done by another by strenuous
effort and the overcoming of his nat
ural inclination. It is the soul which
thus puts constraint upon his natural
temperament who is the true overcomer
and entitled to rank as real hero.-De-
trOit Free Press
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-01-20
A Slave to His Senses.

Scheminski-Vat? You take a bath
efcry day? Vat for?
Brown-O, it makes fellow feel bet
ter.
"Chust because it maigs you feel pet
ter? You must pc Won of dem ebbi-
cures" Journal.
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Starch In Old Times.

About 100 years ago starch was only
used for stiffening the frills around
the necks of the ungodly. Religious
people called it the devil liquor" and
regarded its us as highly reprehensible.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
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A Terrible SuHerer

Woman-Poor man! you look as if
you were half dead from the cold,
Tramp-Yes, ma'am; that's what
they all tell me.
"How can l alleviate your suffer.
ings?"
by telling me what alleviate means"
Judge.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-01-20
BROTHERLY SARCASM,
One Lawyer Suggests to Another tn
MistNke He Made


Mistake He Made.
Down in a Virginia town there lives
lawyer, one Maj. Blank, who is power
fully disliked by all the other lawyers
in the place. So strong is this antag-
onism to the major that the other law
yers will not even have an Office in the
same building with him. In the same
town is former judge, who is so good
natured that he will even be on terms
with the unpopular major.
Recently it happened that the Judge
gave up his Office just across the hall
from law firm, and the major hearing
of it slipped in and rented them before
anybody else had a chance at them.
When the firm across the hall heard of
it they showed their appreciation of the
major by giving him $50 not to move in
as their neighbor. Of course, they didn't
put it exactly that way, but that was
exactly what they meant.
Then the judge met the major.
II got $50 for my bargain, judge"
said the major, who didn't see the point
at all.
$50 I heard, 80 l heard" responded
the judge, as if he were not pleased to
death with the majors luck, "and I'm
sorry to hear it. Ialways knew you had
great head for fine financial transac-
tions, major, but you missed it badly
this time"
"Missed it?" exclaimed the major, in
much surprise. "How do you mean?"
"You sold out too cheap, major; too
cheap. You could have got twice as
much if you had held out for it" and as
the judge rubbed his hands unctuously
the major began to regret that he had
put his figures SO low, but he never sus-
pected the judge.-Washington Star.
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Too Attractive.

She-Why is it that they always have
the pictures of men on the bank notes?
He-Oh, my dear, if they had ladies'
faces on them we nev>' would be able
70 pass them!-Yonkers Statesman.
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The Ruling Instinct,

Husband crushing into the room)-
Come out, quick.
Wife-What's the matter?
''The house is on fire, and we will be
burned to death if we hesitate a mo-
ment. Run, run for your life!"
"Yes; I'll be out in minute. I've
got to tidy up the room little so that
it will look decent when the firemen
get here."-Boston Transcript.
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Are the Himalayo. Growing.
Earth Move. Faster In Winter.

It is an interesting fact that the earth
does not travel at the same rate in all
parts of its journey through space. Its
orbit being elliptical, it must at some
time approach nearer to the sun than
at others, and will take less time in
moving through one part of its path
than through another. In winter the
earth is nearer the sun than in summer,
and moves through space more rapidly.
Chicago Journal.