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silla had seen, but they knew it was some
thing awful, and all the negroes for miles
around, regarded Mr.. Bobs and his sister,
as conjurers in active practice. In way,
this notoriety helped Mr.. Bobs, for no ne
gro refused to work for him when request
ed. But no negro would remain near his
house at night. This, however, did not
grieve him to any great extent.
In the south, December is usually
marked by very fair weather, the MORN
ings cool and crisp, and the afternoons
warm and balmy enough to invite the
knocking birds to sing. The December fol-
lowing Sherman's march to the sea was no
exception. and as the holiday season drew
near, Buster John and Sweetest Susan
heard hints to the effect that some of their
grandfather's kinsmen and friends intend
ed to assemble at the Abercrombie place
and indulge In an old-fashion fox hunt. 1t
might be thought that all the able-bodied
men of the region were fighting; but war
is never so exacting that 1t sweeps every
body into the ranks, and there were many
men exempted from CONSUMPTION either by
their occupation or by their age.
The news of the fox hunt was not par
ticuiarly interesting to Sweetest Susan,
but Buster John was stirred by 1t. He
wondered why 1t was that he should be
too young to go fox hunting; and the more
he thought about it, the stronger grew the
conviction that youth is a hardship in
vented to punish children. His views In
that respect underwent a great change
some years later, but at that particular
time, he was quite sure that youth was
something that had to be endured, only
because there was no help for 1t. His
mind was full of fox hunt, and he sought
information on the matter whenever 1t
was to be found. Old Fountain was an au-
thority on the subject, so Buster John was
told. and the youngster lost no time In
questioning the negro.
sUncle Fountain he said on the first oc-
CASTOR that presented itself; they say
there's going to be big fox hunt here
Christmas week..
"I hear UNI sesso,'' replied Fountain.
ssWell, let UNI hunt eff dey will; done had
my day at dat, speck. Dey use ter hunt
fun here right smart; an when dey got
in de notion, nobody couldn't do nothin'
fer UNI but Fountain. 'Twuz Fountain
here and Fountain dar, twel some ere de
quality, new ter de place, would up an AK
eff all de niggers on de plantation is name
Fountain. Yes-yes, subj see mysef
now havin de mommock made fer de dogs,
corn meal stewed thick. wild hanful er
Sf7iSieisfs flung In; an den de mex morn
IN. 10 &c dey. de cry would be fer Foun-
tain: AN nothin' mus do, but Fountain
mus straddle mule-ol' Puss, de pacin'
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NEGRO LYNcHING
Correspondent Discusses the Late Hose
Affair
To the Editor Of the Age-Herald.

To the Editor of the Age-Herald.
Between the unqualified condemnation
and unqualified appreciation of the treat
ment of the negro Hose, near Newman,
Ga, for numbering a man and assaultlng
his wife, there exist many degrees of an
opinion. Do the facts as they were or
whatever they have been justify these va
fious opinions? The answer is yes and
no, and no. The fault is with the under
standing. The few circumstances that are
most intimately connected with an Incl
dent that strike each mind are in the most
cases the things referred to, when we say,
"all things considered" And 1t is upon this
"aI things considered that the most opin-
ions are based. And these things are about
the only things we are willing to consider.
ALI things considered were 1t possible for
finite mind to grasp them, would leave us
with our hands on our mouths; but our
partial views and half light must keep us
wrangling. The punishment and death of
the negro just balanced the negroes crime,
and taken together balanced the circum-
stances Pure reason will keep those that
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-05-21
vII-TALK ABOUT A FOX HUNT, AND
WHAT TILED TO.

WHAT TILED TO.
If the children were not willing to say
that Mr.. Bobs was a smarter man than
Aaron, they were, at any rate, willing to
admit that he had given them something
to talk about. Drusilla. however refused
to admit that there was any merit in that.
''Ef dat oil white man'll gil me sumpln
dat'n wipe all dat out'n my min an make
me fergit bout him an his bubble, I'll say
anywhar dat he de smartest man in de
worl', but whar is. dey any smartness in
skeerin chllun outn der growth? Ez l is
now, DIES so yuull see me when I'm sew
enty year OIL. Eff gittin sleer'd will stunt
folks. den I'm dun stunted, an stunted
bad"
Maybe we were dreaming" Sweetest
Susan suggested when Drusila made this
remark.
dream nothin'," Drusilla retorted
Chow kin folks stan fat-footed in de
broad open daylight, an have 'zactly de
same dream. Nobody amt never see no
creetur like dat, in no dream, kaze eff dey
did. folks 'ud set up an hire somebody fer
ter keep UNI wake. You all do mighty
funny. Wuz you too skeered ter look at
de creetur? Here's what 'uz des skeer'd
'nough ter look at it good. You call dat
dreamin', does your"
The truth is, the whole affair has been
50 unusual, so unexpected and unique that
it took its place in Sweetest Susan's mind,
as we'll as in Buster Johns as a sort of
waking dream. But Drusilla had seen
what she had seen, and to use her own
expression, she had looked at 1t mighty
hard
Buster John and Sweetest Susan were
very shy in telling their experiences in
the bubble. to their elders. They had been
laughed at on other occasions when CIV
ing hints as to what they had seen in the
country next door the world, and that
fact made them somewhat doubtful and
timid. AS for Drusilla, she had in the me-
groes an audience ready to welcome any
statement, no matter how wonderful.
Words We're unable to convey to their
minds real comprehension of what Dru-
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.hule-an go long wild UNI. I had Inns
IN dem days, an lungs, eff you'll believe
me- fes-yes, subj wuz soople FUN de
word go-work all day, an frolic all
night"
OATS So" said Big Sal, lifting her sad
race and looking at the children.
member one time" Fountain continue
Gu, Dat went long fer ter look after de
niue Marster-" he paused and began
10 pick at patched place on his knee. and
Dig sal drew long breath. Now, dar
Wuz a chap fer your he exclaimed en-
tnusiastically. 'Dey say he died kaze he
wnz puny; but don't you b'lieve it, he died
kaz mis- heart an head wuz too big.
Ley TUCK In all dat he yever seed er heard,
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abandoned; but they were large enough
aud thick enough to afford shelter from
the sun In hot weather, and to form sort
or playground or meeting place for the
Wild creatures at night. On the side to-
ward the high road, the sedge shut this
playground in from observation, and on
the opposite side there was a wall of bram-
bles and wild briars and blackberry
bushes. This wall had door, too When
the rains fell, the lay of the land caused
hundreds of little rivulets to trickle
through the sedge toward the thicket. On
the other side, these tiny rivulets coming
together, gathered force and strength, and
the force thus collected, dug its way
through the briary wall BY some this
door would be called a drain or 'dreen,'
by others, gully. Anyhow, there 1t was,
and in good weather it formed a neat en-
trance for the wild creatures coming from
the forest side. 1t was to this playground
that Aaron led the youngsters. BY a mo-
ton of his hand, the Son of Ben Ali indi-
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it meant this:
II am here, Son of Ben Alt here and
waiting But what is this you have
brought?"
At the same instance the head of old
Scar-Face appeared in the opening of the
tunnel made by the gully and the over
hanging briars.
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the force of habit. The Federal army had
spared the stock on the Abercrombie place
as we have seen, but there were few cat
tie left in all that region to stray through
open gates or fallen bars.
1--WE are hunting foxes on Ia new pIan,s
said Buster John somewhat boastfully.
But Aaron warned him to be quiet.
They went through the sedge, which was
as high as Aaron's waist, and higher than
Sweetest Susan's head until they came to
a pine thicket. In a desert this small pine
orchard would be. called an OASIS In the
sedge-field it was known as the pine
thicket. The pines were not large; they
had sprung UP since the field had been
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Gated that they were to sit on the carpet
of pine needles, thickly spread over the
ground. He had no need to ask them to
refrain from talking. His expectant atti-
tude was sufficient of itself to command
their silence, and there was something in
the situation that kept the children quiet.
They felt now, as they sometimes did in
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-05-21
Britannia and Columbia

From the Detroit Journal - ii
Britannia was suffused as to her eyes
with motherly tears.
my child" she protested. IT have no
purpose in life except to see you settled!d
"Oh, mamma! exclaimed Columbia.
Now, Columbia was not an unnatural
daughter; but there was the Irish and Ger
man vote to be thought of.
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Reasonable Assumption

Chicago Record.
my horse has reasoning powers. tell
you"
I'm what respect particularly"
well. instead of shying at that automo-
bile cab he edged up to it and kicked it."
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Eyes. SIR" remarked the amable man,
Il like to see an Englishman come over
here and drop his his once in a while"
YES" answered the man who has been
at EPSON Downs. land he likes to see
us go over there and drop our ks and VS."
Washington Star.
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have it from Incorporate talk about this
matter
l believe in criticism, but 1t should be
without passion. Reason avoids danger
and our idea of heaven itself is born of the
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-07-27
SHAPE OF AN ANAESTHETIC.
An Described by an Eminent Special-
ist Who Had Used One in
an Operation.

1t is a Bath physician who tells the follow
ing: -,
night in a country town not far from Bath
and it happened that there was stopping
at the same hotel an itinerant eye special
list.
1--WE drifted into a conversation, and
during the course of the evening he told
me some of the marvellous operations he
had performed on the eye. One case in
particular he spoke of that caused me
considerable astonishment, for | didn't
know, / confess, that the operation had
been successfully performed. lie said he
had recently taken out patients eye,
scraped the back of it, and returned it to
its proper place. The patient, he said, was
never troubled by bad eyesight afterward.
% That was difficult operation, doctor?
said !.
Eyes said he, it was
"I suppose you found it necessary to
employ an anaesthetic"
"'Yes, | did he admitted.
"What anaesthetic did you use, doc
tor? ! persisted.
"'Oh, well, unless you are familiar with
such operations you probably wouldn't
understand if | were to tell you. But
well, it was shaped something like a spoon,
explained the eminent specialist" Lewis
ton (Me.) journal.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-07-27
MUST PAY RANSOM.
Spsniards Will Yield Money To Secure
Release of PrisOners-ManiIa Streets
Turned Into Rivers.

Manila. July 20.-Fhe Spanish COM
mission charged with negotiating tor
the release of Spanish prisoners held
by the Filipinos expect to return 10
Tarlac soon, with full authority to
so cure the release of all the prisoners.
rhe commissioners hope to be abI" to
make arrangements under which the
money to be paid for the ransom of
Spanish captives will be deposited in
the bank, TO be drawn by the filipinos
at a future date. so that the money
cannot be used to carry on the war
against the United States. The Fill
pin0s have refused to allow civilian
prisoners to embark ON board Il ship
leaving Aparri, although they had
passports signed by Aguinaldo.
There have been terrific rains here
during the last two days. In conse-
cuencc il has been necessary to use
boats in moving about the streets of
Manila and the whole country is flood
ed. The total precipitation thus far
in July has been 35 inches and in 81
hours u inches of rain fell.
Insurgents concealed on the bank of
the Rio Grande yesterday fred on the
gunboat Laguna De Bay, killing one
soldier and wounding two. The gun
boat trained a Gatling gun upon the
shore and quickly dispersed the insur-
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-07-27
POLITICAL DRIFT.

u Mr.. Bryan continues to confer with
eX-governors and former congressman.
The statesmen out of jobs are naturally
Washington Post.
GTThe democratic party of Ohio is
getting ready to sell out once more to a
boss with a barrel. Mclean will have
his own way at anesville.-Cleveland
Leader.
ECol. Bryan says he would rather
lose with sixteen to one than win on
any other issue. He will go down with
his flag flying and his jaw moving
Chicago Tribune.
u Democrats are talking free trade
again in a sneaking way. They say it
is the first step to get rid of the trusts,
which is a characteristic specimen of
crooked and impotent politics.-St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
- Mr.. Bryan declares that he stands
where he did i'll 1896. If that is so he
can never hope to catch up with the
country at large, which has been at the
double-quick while he has been mark
ing me.-Indianapolis journal.
Gan ''anti-imperialist' in Massa-
chusetts is reported to have placed his
flag ut half-mast during President Nc
Kinley's recent visit to that state. The
fool-liiller has been very busy in Mas
sachusetts during the past few months,
and it is not surprising that one should
have escaped.-Chicago Times-llerald.
UUnder republican administration
and during times of war the funded
debt of the country was not increased
much more than under the last demo-
cratic president in a time of profound
peace. There is a whole political
speech in that statement, and it will be
used this year and next with telling ef-
Commercial Tribune.
G1vThe poor, demoralized and faction
torn democracy of this county is APP
parentlv unable to hold caucuses with
out gross frauds and shameless bully
ing. although it has no power to elect
anyone and no reasonable hope of OBJ
tanning such prizes of office as might
be expected to stir up bourbon greed
and lust of power to the fraudworking
pitch. Ohio seems to grow worse and
worse as breeding ground for fac
tions and theater for bitter political
rows. We are sorry to confess that
Cleveland has more than its share of
the troubles in both great PARTIES
Cleveland Leader.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-07-27
4 RvmOr About Hog@.

Austin, Tex, July 2O.--A letter re-
reived here from IA well-known Bryan
leader now in the east says an ele-
ment of the democratic national com
mittee is seeking to elect eX-Gov. Hogg.
of Texas, to the position of chairman
of the committee to succeed Senator
Jones. This letter says further that
the resignation of Chairman Jones is
in the hands of one of the western
members of the committee. The pro-
posed change is said to have been
urged by Bryan, and it is to be given
Hogg as reward for his service in
bursting the Van Wyck boom at the
Tammany Hall celebration.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-07-27
MORE TROUBLE IN SAMOA.
Rival Factions Engage in Fatal Af-
fray - Chief Justice Chambers Re-
signs.

The Joint commissioners will leave
for Washington. July Is. Chief JUS
tice Chambers will leave for san Fran
cisco on the steamer Moana on July
II. He has sent his resignation to
President Mckinley. who does not wish
his resignation. The question wheth-
er this constitutes vacancy in the
chief iusticeship is being discussed by
the commissioners. DR.. SOlf CLANS
that he will preside over the supreme
court if Chambers leaves the island If
there is no vacancy. then either Hun
ter or Mair may be designated to fill
the chief justiceship.
The commissioners are much blamed
for not ordering the restoration of
loot taken by rebels. Mataafa par
tisans among the rebels are raising
funds to fight the kingship question
through lawyers. and are confident of
obtaining a rehearing. Mataafa. how
ever. accepts the abolition of the king
ship and will be present at meeting
with commissioners on Savati island.
Apia. Samoa. via Auckland. y. H.,
July 19-In fighting which occurred
at Sofata. in the Suateles district, July
4, one Malietoa chief was mortally
wounded and two N%ltaafa chiefs and
ers wounded. The British cruiser
Tauranga and the German cruiser Cor
moran arrested three chiefs and
brought them to Apia for trial before
the supreme court.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-07-27
WON IN a WALK.
Shamrock Easily OutsaiIs the Britain.
MIA in Two Races.

Southampton, July 1e.-There was
much excitement on the Solent yestec-
Llav over the RritAnnia-S Shamrock race.
The course was 20 miles long and the
Shamrock won easily, being 10 minutes
ahead of the Ir@ttania at the finish.
On the actual difference in the times
oG the Shamrock and britannia at the
vaTions points and the times at the
finish of the race ii does not appear
that the Shamrock has II great chance
of winning the Americas cup. These
signs. however. may he deceptive. II
was the opinion of those who closely
watched the race from the steamer fol-
lowing the yachts that the Shamrock
was never pushed to her utmost and
that Mr.. Fife. the designer of the
Yacht, who practically engineered the
contest on behalf of Sir Thomas Lip
ton. merely desired to ascertain Wheth-
er the Shamrock could show the
Britannia clean pair of heels. He
had no desire. however, to let every
one into the secret of the actual mer-
its or best speed of the challenger.
Confirmation of the foregoing opin
ion is found in the fact that while the
britannia carried every possible stitch
Of canvas, the Shamrock was running
before the wind from Nab lightship TO
the Solent bank buoy, and only had her
iib headed with the topsail, instead
Of the club topsail like the Britannia,
and that on the broad reach home the
Shamrock lowered her iib topsail,
which would have been of material as
sistancc had her shippers really
wished to show her at her best.
The Shamrock is decidedly the fast
EST boat ever launched in these waters.
No other craft ever gave the Britain
MIA such beating on such fair sail
ing trial.
Cowes, July 20.-There was beautiful
weather yesterday for the trial of the
yacht Shamrock against the Brittana.
The Shamrock won easily.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-07-27

Port Huron. Mich. July 20.-The
fight for supremacy and offices in the
supreme tent, Knights of the Macca-
bees, is over. Maj. Boynton yester-
day Withdrew his candidacy for re-
election as supreme record keeper, AMI
George j. Siegel, of Buffalo, y. V, was
elected to that Office. ID. p. Parker
was reelected supreme commander
Mai. Boynton will hereafter be chair,
nun of the committee on appeals or
the board of trustees, with title OF
past commander. This, it is believed
will give Father Boynton" as much
power as before.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-07-27
Extra Inducements offered Recruits.

Washington. July 20.-The war de-
partment is offering extra inducements
to expedite the recruitment of the
ten volunteer regiments. Nearly all
the applicants have been advised to
enter the ranks. as in that way it may
be possible for them to secure commits
siors. The policy of the adminislra-
ton will be to fill all vacancies which
may occur among commissioned oili-
GERS from the ranks. \ number of APP
plicants for commissions have enlist
ed as privates in the different
regiments and have been appointed
non-commissioncd officers wherever
possible. and consequently arc next
in line for promotion.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-07-27
4 Family DrOMned.

Tckamah, Neb.. July 19.-Word was
received here Tuesday of the drowning
in northwestern Iowa. near the Min
ncsota line, Monday night, of \. w.
Blades. his wife and eight children.
while en- route to Minnesota in an
emiorant wagon. The family was en-
Campcd on a creek, when a cloudblnst
raised the creek 12 or Il feet
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-07-27

New York, July 19.-A combine of
the bicycle manufacturers became ef-
fective at meeting held in this city
Tuesday. Forty-tive smanufacIurers,
SO plants, were present
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-07-27
Trophies of the Chase.

"What are those queer-looking trophies
the Filipinos wear around their necks?"
asked the raw recruit.
"Them's the medals for the century runs
they've made during the war" replied the
Kansas volunteer.-Philadelph North
American
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-07-27

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Rates by the year, or for si1 Vr three months
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Local notices 10 cents per line for one inser-
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No local inserted for less than 70 cents per
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-07-27
A nil of Woe.

This is the way the irrepressible
Henry Watterson in the Courier-J our
nal !amented the departure of Bryan's
Bimetaliic league, which held it's con-
vention in Louisville few days ago:
Now they are gone, and all is dark
again. Yes, they are gone - quite
gonested away as poor Artemus used
10 observe-the leaguesters-the bime-
teoric, monometallic leaguestry, and all
is sad and dark. No more do we behold
the flash of the diamond upon George
Freds shirt front, nor the bulging
brows of Tarvin, the child of genius,
bursting with thought. The sweet,
soft, cynical smile of the only Altgeld
likewise is vanished. The boy orator
has transferred his activities to other
scenes of conquest. Mr.. Belmont has
taken his resplendency eastward. Even
the three little jokers'-llardin, Stone
and Goebel-have fired blank cartridges
at one another in the air, as it were
are off among the hayseeds again to
startle and confound. All is drear. And
the wind blew through his whiskers.
And next day, when it showed, there
was not pickle left in the bottom of
the jar. And no pie"