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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-09-07

"Now!" cried Mr.. Tym. whirling
upon us. up and fire!"
Promptly enough we responded.
AS Towland gave his sign we thrust
forward our weapons, steadied them
while ones pulse might give single
beat, and fired.
"Down!" shouted Mr.. lynn again.
We all dropped, and no sooner so
than five or six pistols banged in re-
sponse, and at least one ball buried it
self with a spiteful chug in the boat.
We scrambled up, drawing our
swords and remaining pistols, and as
the smoke lifted were able to see what
we had done.
Both bow oarsmen were gone and in
a little space amidships, piled up in
shining kind of bundle, was one of the
fellows in armor. All passed, as it
were, at a glimpse. for the smoke was
hardly up and we ready in our places
before the other fellows at the oars
gave i few furious tugs, and their bow
came churning up to our quarter.
We stood fast with our last pistols,
and as the oars ratified in and the
boats nose forged past, we fetched
swiftly to bear and let go.
Some one shouted, and I thought
there was crash, as though at least
one fellow had gone down, but before
the smoke had fully cleared their bow
ground along our side and the boats
length of them balanced themselves
for the spring aboard.
From here I lose nigh all but my own
personal part of the business. I know
that the nearest fellow came first to
Mr.. Tym. and received a swift under
stroke that whipped the whole side of
his neck open. and thereupon fell back
ward, and I believe also that the next
man made fierce but ill-judged thrust
at the captain, but beyond this I have
no clear thought of the general doing.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-09-07
CHAPTER XIX.-CoNrlNUED.

I'VE will hold on steadily and yet
without firing ourselves" said the
captain. The farther we can draw
those fellows from the ship the bet
ter, especially since the wind may by
and by spring up"
This was clearly wise, and we went
On to carry out his plan, the boat
astrrn of course continuing to gain.
''We had best stop rowing" said Sell
huger finally. In fact, | am bit
blown. Unship oars, Mac Ivrach, and
prepare to put your breath to another
purpose"
15t is time we armed" said Mr.. Tym,
rising. "Ardick, you will have to ex-
plain the matter to the senorita, which
is harsh duty, but may not be avoid
cd. She must be cautioned as to lying
lasT when the bullets begin to fly"
at is almost worse than the fighting
to tell her" | said, with Il sigh, "but,
as you say, it must be done"
I stepped along to the cuddy accord
Ingly. and in tone which | made as
commonplace as I could spoke her
name.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-09-07
CHARLES M. SHELDON.
Known the World Over as the "Story-
TeHing Preacher" and Re-
yered by Thousaads.

From a desile to preach everyday
Christianity in an entertaining form,
Rev. Charles NJ. Sheldon, of the Gem
tral Congregational church at Topeka,
Kan, wrote the story, I'm His Steps;
or, What Would Jesus Do?" each chap
ter being used by the author as a Sun
day-evening sermon. In 1891 Rev. Mr..
Sheldon wrote his first sermon story,
entitled Richard Bruce" Since then
he has written II other serial sermons,
which have all been published in book
form, and 'In His Steps" is said to have
had the largest sale of any story ever
printed, having reached a sale of over
100000 copies. This book has been
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-09-07

secure in its belief that it would never
pass from British hands, put the cup
up as prize to be competed for by all
nations in 1871. 1t was a splendid piece
of audacity for John c. Stevens, of New
York, at a time when American yachts
could almost be counted on ones
fingers, to take his schooner America
across the Atlantic and enter it against
the crack English boats. America won.
although it took it from 9:55 n. m. to
6:35 p. m. to sail about GO miles, its lead
ing opponent being 20 minutes behind
it. The cup which it brought back was
given to the New York Yacht club, and
since then has been a challenge trophy.
Ten times the British have Srossed the
Atlantic and competed for it, and each
time their representative has been
beaten.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-09-07
Criminal Bric-a-Brac in Paris.

Relics of great crimes in Paris are
not placed in a government museum,
nor are they retained within the arch
ives of the prefecture de police; they
are exhibited for a few days and are
then knocked down to thehighest bid
der. Many Parisians, and foreigners,
too, residing in Paris, have large collec-
tons of this bric-aIbrac de crime. The
government shop in the Rue de Ecoles,
where the grewsome objects are eX-
posed for sale occasionally, has a GU
rious lot or two to offer any wouldbe
purchaser. Up to the present, how
ever, pieces of human anatomy have
not figured in the catalogue, but there
was recently offered for sale gentle
mans ear in an eXcellen: state of pres.
ervation, as the auctioneer remarked,
owing to its having been kept in spirits
of wine. The ear belonged to one
named NJ. Deloyer, and was bitten off
by an adversary in the course of a
street row. Deloyer recovered from
the effects of the injury. The article
was finally knocked down for five
francs. A heavily muff1ed man in the
audience was supposed to have been
the original possessor of the ear. He
continually managed to raise the bid
at a doubtful moment, but he was not
able to buy in the article. which finally
went to a NJ. Lafage.-Chicago Inter
Ocean
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-09-07
THE GUEST.

Down In the wild green wood
My love in thoughtful mood
Went wandering.
Come, watch we how the wood,
Weary of solitude,
Gives welcoming.
Shade for her bright, young head.
Sun-woven, is straightway spread;
Bloom for her skirts to brush
In passing, and the plush
OF red moss for her feet,
And many a scented seat
With violets overgrown;
And myriad music, blown
From many q hidden nook,
Music Of bird and brook,
OF wind and whispering flower;
While many ferny bower.
The sweet of the woodland, waits
To open its dewy gates
For her blithe entering.
Into my quiet heart
With bright, unconscious art,
My love came wandering.
Come, watch yet how my heart
Weary of life apart.
Gave welcoming.
Love for her fair young head
Its shelter straightway spread,
And Joy marked. cool and sweet,
A pathway for her feet.
Radiant-stlll-she came,
All unconfessed in name,
Where no strange foot had crossed,
Into the innermost
Sweet citadel of mine.
A visitant divine.
Then l, her worshiper,
In honor throned her,
And Time and Care come not
Unto the quiet spot
Where we are tarrying.
Mildred McNeal, in N. o. Times Demo
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-09-07
We'll Euuspped.

Papa" said the beautiful girl
George and I are two souls with but
a single thought"
"Oh, well, don't let that discourage
you" replied her father. kindly.
That's one more than your mother
and | had when we were married. -
BROOKLYN Life.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-09-07
An AristOcrnt.

Broncho Bill--Since Pistol Pete dug
up that tree the boys lung his father
Cn and planted it in his front yard he's
got awful proud.
nderfoot-Proud? What is there
about that to make him proud?
Broncho Bill-Why, he's now the
only man in town with an authentic
family tree.-N. Y. journal.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-09-07
THE AMERICA CUP.
Trophy for which the Columbia and
the Shamrock VIII Race on or
About October 3.

1t is just As years since the trophy for
which Columbia and Shamrock will
race came into possession of American
yachtsmen. During all of that time the
United States has proved its superiority
in the building and sailing of yachts.
The Royal Yacht club Of Great Britain,
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-09-07

Hewitt-Gruet said when he went TO
New York to study art that he would
be heard from some day, but he hasn't
been heard from.
'@wett-Oh, yes, he has; his father
hears from him two or three times
month-every time he gets "broke. -
y. Y. Journal
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-09-07

The majority of motor ears in France
are now driven by petroleum, hut 4
French engineer recommends the use
Of alcohol instead, and motors are be
ing altered so as TO consume that fluid.
There is no fear of explosion with alco-
nol, and it Is said to. be less costly than
petroleum.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-09-07
Force of IInE,it.

Kitty (musing'17-Why does man
always tell girl she is the only one
he ever loved, | wonder?
Jack (absently)-Force of habit,
probably.-Town Topics.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-09-07
Plenty of Leisure.

"My grandparents married in haste.
And did they repent at leisure ?"
"Oh, yes, both lived to be over 90."--
n. Y. Truth.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-09

soon as get my discharge. So if !
don't get back it won't be my fault.
carry myself in the army, as l would
where have few fellows in the com.
pany | chum with, but a person can
judge who and what any one is, even
though they be in a soldiers uniform.
You remember Cecil Taylor and George
Scott, the two kids that were with me
the morning / left Raleigh? Well,
Scott got a disability discharge Gin
growing toe nails in Frisco. Taylor LETT
Preside behind me, so we couldn't get IN
the same company together. He is in
Company II, and l am in Company l.
have met good many North Carolina
boys since my arrival and all from near
home. have been in the best OF health
and hope to remain so. III fact am
fatter than when l left the States.
Aguinaldo's headquarters were at
Tarlac, but thinking himself unsafe
moved to Daguapan, on the coast, and
at the extreme north of this (Luzon)
Island.
None of the natives are allowed in
town. But there is family of Maeabee-
bees that followed the 18th infantry
from San Fernando to this place, and
have been doing work for this regiment.
You know the Macabeebees are sup
posed to be peaceable ciass of people;
well, hey have been since they ran about
200 of them) into one battery OF the
Bird artillery with bows and arrows.
They were scared half to death by the
boom of the big cannon, but when the
shrapnell Shells bursted right in their
midst it was all over then, they We're
completely demolished from the face of
this earth. Now they are but few left
to tell the tale.
There are lots of sugar cane raised in
this country, and fruit, lots of that also
Well, it is now mess time so | will close
this long letter and hope you will write
me at your first chance.
| remain yOnr Nephew,
@. ID. WOOD,
Go. !, 18th Infantry, Manila, Philippine
Islands.
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Two Narrow Escapes.

Yesterday morning as the s. A. l..
northbound mail train entered the she6
at the Union Station an elderly lady
walked across the track and was barely
missed by the train. The engineer was
forced to half reverse his lever and by
this sudden change i'll the rate of speec
of the train caused the engine to miss
the lady about one foot.
As the baggage was brought ont of the
Baggage room for this same train Mr..
John r. Morris, of this city stepped in
front of the truck and was forced againsT
the iron bars. lie was saved from any
injury by Ben, the colored baggage por-
ter who stopped the truck just before
it reached the bar partition.
Repeated warnings have been given for
the public to look out for baggage trucks
and for passengers under the shed to re
main on the platform and keep off the
tracks. In the case of Mr.. Morris, he il
deaf and did not hear the rumble Of the
truck, but there is no excuse for passen.
gers to walk on the tracks under the
she'd.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-09

The lecture was thoroughly appre-
ciated by the students and the visitors
as was evinced by the strict attention
given to the speaker Mr.. Wittkowsky
leaves Raleigh this afternoon for Char
lotte.
DIR. Winston announced shat on next
Friday evening Mr.. d. r. TompKins, Of
Charlotte, one of the most successful
business men and manufacturers in the
State win speak in the college chapel,
and that the public will be welcomed.
DR.. Winston, the faculty and the stu
dents generally are pleased with the sue
cess of the gala-day.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-09
For Whooping Cough use
CHENEY'S EXPECTORANT

Gone Minute Cough Cure is the best
remedy / ever used for coughs and
colds. 1t is unequalled for who6png
cough. Children all like it." writes Fl.
n. Williams, Gentryville. Ind. Never
fails. 1t is the only harmless remedy
that gives immediate results. Cures
coughs, colds, hoarseness, Group, uneu-
monia, bronchitis and all throat and lung
troubles. It's early use prevents con
sumption. Bobbitt & Wynne Drug
Company, w. II. King, Adams & Moye,
William Simpson
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Supreme Court.

Neal vs.. Railroad, argued by Jones &
Tillett and Clarkson & Duls for plaintiff;
Burwell, Walker & Cansler for defen-
dant
Potts VS.. Dulin, argued by Burwell,
Walker K Cansler for plaintiff; Jones &
Tillett and Clarkson & Duls for defen-
daalt.
Southern Pants Company vs.. Smith,
submitted ON printed brief under Rule
II by Morris < Morgan for the plaintiff
Wilson VS. Wilson, argued by s. Gal
leIt for plaintiff; NJ II. Justice for de,
PENDANT
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PERSONALS.

Mr.. Jas. II. Pou went to Clayton yes
terday ON legal business.
Mr.. Cameron MaeRae returned yestcr
day from Hamlet, where he has been on
legal business.
Miss Lou Horne who has been visiting
friends in the city left yesterday for her
home i'm Pittsboro.
Mrs. All Bynum, Of Sanford is in tine
city visiting her father and mother, Mr.
and Mrs. A. w. Shaffer on Fayetteville
street
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-09
BIsAIARCK'S lon -.rRyE

Was the result of his splendid health.
Indomitanle will and tremendous ener-
gy are not found where Stomach, Liver,
Kidneys and Bowels are out of order.
II you want these qualities and the sue
cess they bring. use DR.. Kings New
Life Pills. They develop every power
of brain and body. Only 25c. at all
drug stores.
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SUPPLEMENTARY STATEMENT
Showing the Balance Now in thestate
Treasury.


In addition TO the statement previously
terday by the State Treasurer showing
Blie BdtdiiCe dON th idHu.
State Treasury Department,
Raleigh, n. c., Dec. y, 1899.
The following il : statement az The re.
CENTS and disbursements ~ the State
Treasurer during the fiscal YEAR ended
Nov. 80. 1899:
pIrfglgsTr,fp-
Dec. i ls9s' Balance IN ~,
IHea ~ y. :. % ioo'- o'oi
NOV. ~, 1917 from Ifas 900 -
son debt bonds soid. l-o'zoz.ou
NOV. oO, 1909, FROM SosHae
farm bonds sold. 6o,2oo.0o
NOV. 81, 1893, from All otn-
er sources $1,000. i.5'io 200. n
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Dobbin * r erraII.
At fuckers Store.
And Now
For Christmas.

There is great deal Of getting ready for
Christmas. We are willing and able to help
you and give YOU al the pleasure possible in
making your gift selections. For your choos-
ing we have gathered the interesting, useful
novel ard decorative things for personal wear
or home adornrnent.
We have never offered such varied, nor
as choice stock, OF rather stocks, Of Holiday
Wares. There is no store offering such val
ucs. Our prices are low and the articles are
right. Nowhere can holiday things be bought
Ito better advantage. II intending purchasers
would only look they would find 1t out. Wide
awake, money saving people know this al
ready, and we want every one to realize the
great advantages Our store offers, largest as
sentiments and newest articles, and prices low
er than elsewhere, with the qualities beyond
question the best. Everybody is welcome.
DOBBIN g. FERRAL,L.
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Mrs. II. Churchill, Berlin. VT. says:
Our baby was covered with running
sores. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salye
cured her. A specific for piles and skin
diseases. Beware Of worthless counter
feits. Bobbitt q Wynnc Drug Co, w
II. King, Adams Il Moye, William
Simpson.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-22

cred many sisters, mothers, and even for
mer wives. The woman question soon be-
came a serious one. The MahOmetan
law allows a man a plurality of wives;
our men had not seen their families for
months, and were anxious to form new
ties; many women had died at Assouan
and Halfa in the cholera epidemic, and
there were corresponding widowers in
our ranks ripe for consolation. So, wise
ly enough, men, under certain conditions,
We're allowed to marry, n soon little
villages sprang up round all the canton
ments. The men who had permission
took unto themselves their dusky brides,
and in many cases adopted the small
Dervish children, and all went merry as
a marriage bell. The little villages, built
of dried grass or mud, were kept scrupu-
lousy clean; military police were made
responsible for order; and the most prom
inent lady was elected Sheikha, and with
the assistance of the Oldest non-commis-
stoned officer and some black commits
stoned officer settled all disputes; and
never were there more orderly, law-abid-
ing communities. When the troops left
the Doneola province for further opera
tons south. the grass widows We're sent
down to Wadi Halfa to join the other
families, and it is to be hoped that by
now all have been happily reunited at
Fashoda, Khartoum. or wherever the
bread-winner may happen to be sta
toned. l Mention all this because ones
thoughts annot help turning to Uganda
and to poor Thurston, whom we all knew
and liked so much; and with the opening
up of a vast Black Empire and the en-
ployment of numbers of black troops, I
think that a word in season is not amiss,
an dthat a useful moral may be deduced
as to the great secret of dealing with
| black troops. Respect his one great
weakness-give him a wife and family
and home life, and he is the most genial,
! contented, easily managed being in the
! world; deny him this, and he rapldly be-
comes restless and Disconnected, spends
his leisure in wandering about IN search
| of adventures. braWls and loots IN the
! villages and gives endless trouble.
Some of our blacks We're very good
shots, but the majority We're below the
average of English soldiers, and the
~ICgyptian were not such good shots as
the blacks.
At the battle Of Firket a company OF
Camel corps were lining a ridge OF rocks
with a corresponding ridge held by the
Dervishes some three or four hurdre
yards to their front; a black sergeant
named Capsoon had found a sort of nat
ural embrasure in these rocks and, call
ing an English officers attention to his
prowess he shot down Dervish after Der
yish as he showed himself. The company
then charged the DerVish position anc
cleared them out, and the fruit of Cap
soon's skill at arms stood revealed; his
bag was nearly a dozen, killed dead. This
almost equals what one has heard OF
Boer workmanship.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-22
A GRAMMARLESS LANGUAGE.

Chicago Inter Ocean: With the college
commencements over and the academic
wear of 1899 fully closed. it is time to d.
rect attention to a branch of learning
which. from an American point of view,
has but recently acquired practical I'M
portance.
All American universities teach foreign
tongues. Nc longer content to give m
structions in Greek and Latin, they pay
heed to many modern languages. In the
list is Spanish. a knowledge OF which
would be of the greatest use now to
MANY Americans who before the last war
| had no occasion to regret Their ignorance
Of it. But there is still another
| which should be taught at every Amer
lean seat of learning boaStlng a Depart
ment of philolosy. 1t is Malay, the
mother tongue OF millions OF people who
came beneath our flag by virtue of the
Treaty of Paris.
The Malay language is the vernacular
Of more than forty million people. Pro-
fessor r. Clyde Ford, of Albion college,
rrOnounces it soft and melodlOus, rich
in expression, poetical in idiom and sim
ME in construction 1t has another
feature which ought to commend it to
the student-it is almost without gram
mar. The vocabulary says professor
Ford, "is full of subtle distinctions and
fine %gradations of thought and mean
| lnS,' / [ Is WIllltH Ill luC ~
ters. but it had an alphabet of its own
before the Mahometan invasion and con-
| quest of six or seven centuries ago.
In explanation of the statement that
the language is almost grammarless. 1t
is stated by the Albion professor that the
Malay language has mo proper articles,
and it's substantives may serve equally
we'll as verbs, being singular or plural,
and entirely genderless." All this may
be rather confusing to a novice, but we
have the assurance OF Professor Ford
that the ngu is easily learned, and
has much to repay for 50 DONG 1t GER
tainly must AVE many surprises.
Several examples are given OF the
poetic character Of the language. Thus
q friend is a "Sharer of your joys and
sorrows:" interest is the flower OF
money!" stroiling to take the air is eat
ing Wind;' a coward is "a duck Wlthou,
spurs" and to be drunk is to "ride the
J green horse
AS nearly every Malay is quite conten'
to speak his native tongue, and does nott
know how to write, it might answer
every purpose to employ the English al
phab bet in the textbooks for its study
For the purposes of COMMUNICATION l
would be quite immaterial what alphabe
was employed. For instance, if a Mala!
dealer in agricultural implements wer
;. asked the price of %ploughs. it would b
: the same to him whether the fact tina
!, "hala," the word for plough, was Learned
!. from English or Arabic characters, pro
vided only the right pronunciation wer
: given to it.
. Which of the universities will be tn
: first to enter this new field of learning?
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-22

nj was the greatest musician in Italy,"
The asked her "hich of the
great living masters she liked best. and
the proud mother turned toward the
child to hear the pretty little speech
which mad been taught to her. Instead OF
the compliment came the whitening re-
mark:
There are no great masters living.
They are all dead"
The musician gave a little start and
then said:
Your Excellency, permit me to con.
graduate you. You are the most TRUTH
full critic in Europe"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-22
MASCAGNTS ROYAL CRITIC.

Philadelphia Saturday Post: Mascagni,
the famous composer of "Cavalleria Rus
entertain the royal court in Rome. He did
so. and delighted his audience. When he
had finished playing he started a CONVEX
sation with a little princess who had
stood near the piano during the recital
and had shown every sign of deep inter-
est. AS a matter of fact, she had been
instructed by her mother to say If any
question should be asked, that Mascag-
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-22

in the style of comfort one can afford, md
driven from place to place with it's OBJ IL
pants and accessories. All that you va mt
is a nice roomy ~ava with good,
strong horse and a dining tent. carriedso on
the roof, to put up when a halt is made.
Two vans are needed-one for the kitchen
and %ervants and the other for the rest
of the party. q
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-22

Bedroom space is. Of course, limited.
and. therefore, the number of guests must
be small. But if there is an inn in the
near neighborhood. you surplus friends
can sleep there and spend the rest of the
day with the caravan. This kind OF gypsy
life in a pretty part of the Ountry pre-
sents endless opportunities for amuse-
ment.