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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-07-27
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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-07-27

Automobile or ought not to mobile seems
TO be the question at issue.-Cycling Ga
xette
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-07-27
A MAN OF PRUDENCE.
He Thought n Cyclone Cellar Might
Come in Handy When He
Was Married.

Speaking of wives and their dispositions
and tendencies" said Mr.. Biskum to the
evening crowd in front of his crossroads
store, there was John Brunt, that lived
for ten years in the cyclone belt in Kansas,
trying to raise corn and mortgages and
things like that, until he was able to bor-
row money enough to get back to Mary
land again without walking more than half
way. John come right to me, and | let him
have a job on my farm at $40 month,
for he was a hard worker and thrifty. At
the end of the first year he had got the
Widow Aliens promise to marry him in
October, and he rented a nice little farm
to do business again on his own hook.
John was a widower himself, and being
practical sort of a man, he went to work
right away putting the farm and the house
into shape. One day | happened over his
way, and found him digging hole in the
back yard.
"'What's that for? says I. walking
around and looking over things.
That's cyclone cellar, Mr.. Bisllum,'
says he. =,
astonished. What do you want a cyclone
cellar for? This amt Kansas
II know it amt says he; but you
know, Mr. Biskum,' and he got very CON
6dential, I'm going to git married, and
cyclone cellar may come in mighty handy &C.
casionally.' "-Washington Star.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-07-27
JOB PRINTING.

The Job department OF the PRESS is complete
sns affords facilities for doing the best class OF
work Particular ATTENTION PAID TO Law
PRIkTlNG.
No paper win be discontinued ntIl arrear-
sses are paid except at tne option OF the pub
Nsher.
Papers sent out of the county must be paid
for N advance.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-07-27

y"If the democratic party wants
somebody to lead a retreat it must find
some one accustomed to walking back
ward" said William Jennings Bryan,
speaking in Atlanta on the Fourth.
That wa Ais way of saying that if the
democracy wanted to retreat from the
silver issue it would have to get some
one else to lead it, as he was not accus-
toned to walking backward. But while
Mr.. Bryan declares his inability to walk
backward with his party, he wants the
whole nation to walk backward with
him. He is persistently advocating the
retreat of the United States from its
duties and its rights in the Philippines;
he is not only willing, but even anxious
20 lead such retreat. Mr.. Bryan is de-
plorably incoasistent.-Alba Jour
nal.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-07-27

OThe democratic issue for the next
campaign evidently is Bryan. They
may call it by some other name, but
that doesn't alter the fact.-Chicago
Post.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-07-27
Justice in the West.

Heard a couple of good ones on this
men. "At little town in Oklahoma court
was in session, and dropped in while wait.
Ing for the train. The prosecution had
taken the testimony of stationary en-
gneer, and the attorney for the defense
took hold. Where We're you the day this
thing happened?' he inquired
Runnin' injun.'
"'What tribe did he belong top
"The day before case had been tried in
which man had climbed to the top of
freight car laid up on siding. He had
no business there; but loosened the brake;
rapidly for five miles, and then turned
somersaut over an embanllment. His col
lar bone was broken and he got a verdict
for $500 because smart lawyer convinced
the jury that the railroad was guilty of con-
tributory negligence. Detroit Free Press.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-07-27
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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-26
Ntcknames among Rough Riders.

Ntcknumcs among Rough Riders.
The men speedily gave one another
niclsnames, largely conferred in a spir-
it of derision, their basis lying in con-
trast. writes Theodore Roosevelt in
S%cribner's. y brave but fastidious
member OF a well-known Eastern club.
who was serving in the ranks, was
christened Tough Ike:" and his
bunlkie. the man who shared his shell
ter-tent, who was a decidedly rough
%cow-punclier. gradually acquired the
name of THE Dude" One unlucky
and supplemented cow-puncller. who
had never been east of the great plains
i'll his life. unwarily boosted that he
mad an aunt in New York, and yer
afterward went by the name of Met
ropolitan Bill" y huge red-headed
lris!lman was named "Sheeny Solo
mon" a young jew who developed
into one of the best fighters in the regi-
ment accepted, with entire equantmity.
the name of 'Pork-chop." We had quite
Il number of professional gamblers.
who. 1 am bound to say, usually made
good soldiers. One, who was almost
~ahnormally quiet and gentle. was call
ed Hell Eoarcr;;" while another. who
in point Of language and department
was his exact antitliesis. was christen-
cd 'Prayeiful James,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-26
CUBANS SHOW ANGER.
DON'T WANT TO SURRENDER
THEIR ARMS.
Trouble Over Their Disnrrinc Has
Caused Some Anxiety in War Depart
ment Fighting Against Brookc's
Troops Deemed Not II impossible.

Special dispatches from Washington in
dictate that there are differences between
the Cubans aud Americans Of n nature so
tense that only the greatest tact and abil-
ity. coupled with Il compromising dispo-
sition on both sides. will be able to solve
them without results OF IL grave nature.
This seems TO be the opinion at the War
Department, although officials refuse to
discuss the situation publicly. There is
less criticism Of Gen. Gomez than there
was. 1t is believed that the old general
is still pro-.AmericaM. but that the oppose
ton of the other Cuban generals has dis
couragcd him.
Although the course of Gen. Brooke is
not approved in all it's details by his SUI
periors, there is no disposition to criticise
him for demanding that the Cubans give
up their arms. This measure is approved
as u necessary one. and if all differences
of opinion are to be traceab!e to this order
it is quite likely that Brooke will be sus-
tanned by the home Government. But
the threat to disarm the former Cuban
soldiers by force, if necessary. is not APP
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-26
THE SILENT MARCH,.

Al OF with the clash Of the sabers, not with
~ the roll of the drums
Or the cheers that greet the hero when home
from the battle he comes,
Not to the sound of the bugle, mellow and
clear and sweet,
Do they pass on the honfcward march with
never returning feet.
But into the dim. deep stiffness, where new
ermOre strife may come,
With never a football sounding, the soldiers
are marching home.
Side by side. the line unbroken, as twas in
the years ago.
When they went with flying banners to meet
the ranks of the foe.
These were the youthful heroes who fought
for the nation then,
These who march to silent music, Scared
and gray, like ghosts of men.
For them no bayonc.s flashing in the tide of
the MONDAY sun.
For them the echOlesS silence, long since
were their battles won.
Now are the batteries silent that breathed
their murderous breath,
That laid like grain of the harvest. the long,
dark swath of death.
Conc is the smoke of the battle that hung
DER the far-drawn line
Till the sky was hid at MONDAY and the sun
forgot to slime,
And where the tide of carnage SurScd over
the trodden plain
No whisper comes to grass or flower of all
~ III oANAts
There were tears and hours of longing for
those who come no more,
For the voices hushed to silence and the
footstep on the floor.
In those far days of battle, those days of
bitterest strife.
When n man for his country's glory set no
price upon his life.
But guarded that nations honor down to his
latest breath,
The soldier brave who knew no fear, who
parleyed not with death.
And ever since the wartime, when love and
home were sweet,
Have the soldiers Joined the silent march,
with never returning feet,
Out from the door of the cottage, from pal
ace of wealth, they came,
And the path led on in silence, the way was
ever the same,
And still the silent army is marching awaN
away,
And the last recruit will Join the ranks and
be mustered in some day.
Buffalo News.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-26

draw it have tiny flags between their ears
and waving OF their backs; white horses
always, the whitest in the lead, md the
more speckled at the wheels. The little
maidcns rise from their uncomfortable
nights sleep. with sore heads and exceed
ingly wavy hair. The out-of-town speak
er has arrived. The bell in the steeple of
the white church on the hill tolls the hour.
The flowers have been placed upon the
white columns; masses Of bloom are about
the dark, old pulpit, around the side
lamps, on the walls, and following the
gallery rail. The church is ready.
The procession of veterans forms in
1.-THE square," They march to the shrill,
weird notes of a fife, and the intrepid roll
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-26

proved, the policy being to placatc rather
than i%rritate, and Gen. Brooke, more than
likely, will be advised to keep this policy
firmly in mind.
a conflict with the Cubans is not desir-
ed, and will be avoided, il possible. 1t is
said that President Mckinley has been
informed of the situation by Gen. .Alger,
ana that the President himself will take
a hand in unravcling the knotted skeins.
The Cubans must be treated with great
patience. They lack stability of purpose
ana other sterling characteristics. Recog-
nltlon OF this iact is deemed requisite in
n1hdllng the questions that nave arisen.
Washington advices say that the Govern
ment Is prepared to establish its author
ity in Cuba at all hazards, although anx-
ious to avoid conflict. Such conflict. it is
generally conceded, would postpone indeti-
nltely the independence of the island.
Secretary Alger cabled Gen. Brooke
asking him for a statement as to the re.
ported troubles i'll Cuba. OF the charges
against Gen. Brooke made by the Gu.
bans, the Secretary said not one of these
had yet been made, and added: "people
VINO are put d q necessary restraint
are apt to complain Of undue restraint"
The Cubans say they are willing to give
up their arms to Cuban officials. but under
no circumstances will they yield them to
the Americans. They point to the fact
that every move by the Americans tends
to Americanize the island. Americans are
favored for government positions; Ameri-
can signs so over the new offices, and the
American glip is Tightening on everything.
Cubans feel that they are being brow
beaten and forced into the background.
They are ready to fight again for indepen-
dence if it is necessary. War, they say,
is not desired, but unless an honorable
proposition is made promptly it cannot be
ayerted.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-26
Even with the butcher.

Not II householder in 1000 can tell
a good steak from Il bad, and purchas.
ers are nearly always cheated by smart
butchers. have been persistently rob.
bed for several years. The other day
1 reaped my reward Of patience. The
fellow threw dow@ OH the block two
hunks OF beef. This is the finest piece
of meat in New York." he said, pinch.
ing one by way of confidence. IAN
right said l. cut me a four-pound
steak Off the other" He slared Mt me.
"Aeu are no judge of meat" he said.
why don't you take the other piece:"
simply because YOU recommend it,"
was the reply. lit is my practice to re.
fuse what Il butcher recommends. 1t
is your principle in life to work off bad
meat first" Was he mad: Madden
Than Il savage bull. 1t was an enjoy.
able revenge. I tell Won. foi1;Si
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-26

NlS33 RgegntfQase9 stesscededsterrit4ry In
asess ses9selllesftv amp naval
have been notified toa II sisa feadi1sss for
any emergency. Troops are patrolIing the
European quarter of Kow Loon. 1t il re.
ported that Chinese rebels from Tunc-
kung invaded British territory, and that
two armed gangs robbed the city of Kow
Loon. Hong Kong itself is quiet. The
territory back of the hinterland is also
disturbed, and Chinese troops have been
sent there.
The Russian demand for a new railway
concession connecting Pekin with Russia's
present railroad system in Manchuria is
still exciting the gravest anxiety. The
Germans and Japanese are particularly
uneasy on the subject of this unexpected
move upon the part Of the Russians. and
it is said that there is a feeling among
the prominent Chinese that the moment
has come to make every effort in the di-
rection Of securing British sympathy and
aid.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-26
cuSpoAr IAeuSA DE RAY.

sition when our troops turned its right
flank. The enemy's loss was fifteen men
killed and twenty wounded. On the
American side one soldier of the Oregon
regiment and one of the Minnesota rcgi-
ment We're slightly wounded. After cap.
turing the town Col. Summers troops
continued their advance, pursuing the re-
treating rebels several miles.
The expedition under Maj. Kcbbc of the
Third artillery. consisting of the Seven
teenth infantry, n battalion of the Ninth
and one battery of the First artillery. left
Calumpit. marching up the Rio Grande
to Gen. Lawton's division at Arayal. A
hotilla of cascoes loaded with supplies also
proceeded up the river. Both forces were
conveyed by the ''tinclad" army gunboats
under Captain Grant.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-26

They called it Decoration day in a little
village some twenty years ago. 1t was
one of the great days of the year. The
village itself was all green md white.
The houses were white, with green blinds,
and white fences inclosed the ample yards.
The green branches of majestic trees met
over the long,, white rOadways. The
Stores with their green, batten shutters,
the aagpole in 'the square, the town
hall, with the hitching posts about it.,
were all white. And ON the hill stood the
white church.
In this hill church, the services of Dec
Grafton day were always held. The people
who looked down on the village from 'the
ridge" could see the white steeple with it's
four little spires rising out Of the dense
green. 1t was a landmark. The church
bell was sweet, clear and ~far-reaching. In
the rear of the church were the long, low
sheds for the horses and carriages. From
each side n little cemetery stretched
away; the "old cemetery" on the left,
with time-worn epitaphs on. gray head
stones, where the w~hite-haircd' men and
women walked; the new cemetery on
the right, with white monuments and
f1ower-bordered plots, where children low
ed to play. Soldiers lay sleeping in both.
Up in the high belfry-tower are little
wooden monuments used only on Decora.
ton day upon the soldiers graves. Each
year they are trimmed with flowers and
.evergreens, and for that one day placed
at the head of the graves. Each has up
on it in black letters the name Of q sol.
der. These are brought down to be fresh
ly ornamented the day before Decoration
day. Certain Of these little monuments
are placed unquestioningly aside, m
times with a whispered word of those who
would trim them. A widow takes one of
these, bearing her husbands name. Two
belong to her; but her sons she leaves,
and glances about the vestibule. Miss
Hannah. with sweet, sad face, goes
her and takes the other one. The
women go out together to the side p, a,
from which they can look across to the
spot, under shading trees, where the two
men lie. Others follow them, till all those
monuments set aside have been claimed,
and n little apart from the gossip on the
porch q group Of sad-faced women sit in
silence. Each twines the evergreens upon
the little monument before her with ten
der, stumbling fingers. The name upon 1t
her eyes cannot read, for the tears that
blind her. but 1t Is written on her heart,
and on the Roll Of Our Honored Dead"
For weeks before the Both Of May plans
toe the decorations were being made by
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-26
SAN IsipRo IS TAKEN.
Gen. Lawton's Advance Led by Col.
Su1nIucra cnntures the To,xn.

Gen. Lawton's Advance Led by Col,
Summers Captures the Town.
Gen. Law;on's advance guard, under
Col. Summers of the Oregon troops, took
San 1sidro, III insurgent capital. We'd
nesday morning. Summers command,
consisting Of the Twenty-second infantry
on the left, the Minnesota regiment in the
center and the Oregon and North Dakota
regiments on the right, preceded by scouts
and accompanied by SCOTS battery of ar
tillcry, advanced from Baluarte. The
troops first encountered the enemy two
miles from San Isidro. the rebels retiring
when our artillery opened fire. just out
side h town a rebel force. estimated to
number 1000 men, was intrcnrhcd. 1t
made a slight resistance, but left its po-
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-26
Bun Rum and Appomattox.

It is a fact not generally known that the
first and the last stand of the Confeder.
ates were made on land owned by. the
same man. A part Of Bull Run battle
field was owned by Mr.. Mclean. After
this famous battle he decided to move to
a locality where there would be less fear
from the ravages of war. By a strange
coincidence he took up his abode at Apo
mattox. which subsequently proved to BE-
the final battlefield Of the civil war.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-26
KRUGER FINDS a PLor.
Seven Men Declared to BE Working
Up "a Revolution.

CV Il NGVOINtIONe
Seven men, nearly all of whom are for
mer British officers, were arrested at 10.
hannesburg on the charge of high treason
against the Transvaal republic. Further
warrants have been issued, many promi.
nent men being involved in the alleged
conspiracy. According to the authorities,
discriminating documents were found OH
the prisoners. showing that they are en-
rolling men to cause Il rebellion. Two
thousand men are said TO nave been enlist
ed. 1t is asserted that the officers arrest.
ed were also preparing to organize Il corps
in Natal. the British colony between the
Orange Free State and the Indian ocean,
to assist the projected movement at 10.
hannesburg.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-26

of a drum. The neighboring band has
come with but six horses, and none of
them white. The church is packed to suf-
location. The ministers of all the
churches sit with the speakers in the pull
pit. The veterans file in. The band clat-
tors to the gallery, and sits with the choir.
The standard bearer drops the great flag
across the gallery rail, and its soft, silken
stripes sweep to the heads of those sitting
beneath. The little girls in white, and
the proudest moment of their lives, march
to the front seats.
The ceremonies begin. They are very
long. The commander Of the G. A. r.
leads the services. The air grows oppres-
sive with the heat and the strong fra
GRANGE Of the flowers. "a selection from
the band" endangers the tympanums of
every n present. A poetess recites with
fervor an original poem of many stanzas
to Our Heroes" The choir has a solo
for the leading soprano Of each church,
and other numbers i~nterspersed among
the readings. prayers and speeches.
Then the procession forms. The flower
girls have their baskets of flowers. The
band leads the way to the cemeteries. A
grave is reached. Two little flower girls
come forward and kneel at either side of
the grave. The name of the soldier, his
agc, rank, regiment. last battle, and date
of death are solemnly read. A short
prayer follows. The children place their
flowers upon the mound. The band gives
three solemn signals, and at ean
Stars and Stripes sweep in salute o
soldiers grave. From grave to graz
go. till all have been remembered, d
sun is sinking in the west.
The village homes are full Of ass.
and relatives from out of town, sta}
tea. Young couples stroll in theta Y
through the shaded streets. Oldsft
sit in groups. recalling their battteSf
In the cemeteries on the hill, theH
have faded on the soldiers graves
little monuments show their ~
thickly under the dark pineA1
Inter Ocean. EES1
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-26
At I,ubiic ~IIxpense.

Americans are unquestionably pro-
gressive; still we can learn much from
Europe. Not long ago the city of Wurz-
burg. Bavaria, arranged to have the
teeth of children in public schools cX-
amincd and kept in good condition free
of cost, and if the experiment proves
successful, free treatment OF diseases
of the throat and ear by skilled ply
sicians, is to be provided for. This is
IL recognition of the fact that Health is
as necessary as education to the rising
generation.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-26

Sam Mattingly, Brush Grove, Ky, kill
ed his wife while she was attempting to
elope.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-26
THE WHITE CHURCH.

everywhere flowers to be layished. In.
stairs in the infants room," are trays
to be filed with the bouquets each child
is to wear. and the large ones for the
soldiers graves.
Already, from every direction, lines of
vehicles are coming into the village from
all the little towns surrounding. The
band wagon is brought out, and trimmed
With aags. The eight white horses which
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-26

we had several tents of what were tE6S!
called rebel prisoners. With oil the radSsss
of a Northern boy I said: Mr.. lincoln as
you wan to go into all those tents? There
are only rebels in there Laying his big,
generous hand on my shoulder he answer
ell in his quiet way: You must mean Con-
federates.' And I have meant Confeder-
atcs ever SINCE" That is the true spirit
of Decoration day. We should bury all
animosities, all hard feelings in the graves
of our dead soldiers. We should Irvine
with the olive branch of peace, the wood
bine of fraternal love and the honor to the
brave comprised by the nasturtium.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-26
Meant ~ConfederasSs.

One Of Lincoln's little stoffss' d
come to light. 1t was told bSS N,
err at the Long Island church clrl
says: "One week before the assasI
Of President Lincoln he visited d
pital at City Point. I was station{
as a member Of the sanitary conn
1 was then a boy of eighteen. Ima
pride Mt being assigned to convey t
ident around the hospital. FELT
We came TO one nart of the hosn;t1