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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-11-09

guessed to be only password through which
his allies might come by him, and this con-
lecture was all / had to assist me in my in
tended search But it was something to go
on, connected with the rest, and with no
further attention to the vast conhagraton, |
made my way out of its vicinity.
Within two hours of the time [ left it a
deluge of rain, which had been Threatening
all day, came down and quenched the flames.
For my own interests | looked upon the
flood as providential, and it was as we'll for
the interests of the thousands of patriots
shut up in the city, as, had it not been for
this interposition of Heaven, the entire
town would have been swept by fire, and the
imprisoned inmates of the packed sugar
houses might have shared the fate of the
buildings themselves.
1t did not surprise me that on repairing
to the Kings Arms | found Scammell had
not returned to receive my note, nor did
greatly wonder when told the next morning
that he had not been in overnight. The con-
fusion attending the fire might easily ac
count for many Irregularities, and what
cared l, after all? | had done what prom
ised him, and he might take up or leave the
matter as he saw fit. As for myself, | busted
me with my damaged clothing, that / might
be presentable at headquarters in the after
noon, and when these were in as fair shape
as clumsy bachelor could make them, | had
nothing to do but pass the time.
OF all the days of the overheated summer
of 1878 that of Sunday, the Sth of August,
was the most terrific in point of tempera-
ture BY high noon no man might stand the
suns rays unprotected, and the heat radi-
ated from the streets as from furnace. In
doors was but little better than without, yet
for that little | remained in my rooms and
well nigh stripped myself for comfort.
Being now in the best of humors, [ ordered
measure of rum and a jug of water, and
with these before me sat me down to build
air castles for the morrow. Great waves of
heat surged through the open windows, and
the drowsy stiffness made me nod. Not
wishing to sleep, l brought out the paper re-
ceived from headquarters, and opened it as
had done for the tenth time at least.
had reread but few lines when l was
attracted by the sound of distant thunder,
and going to the window, behed mighty
bank of blue-black clouds towering above
the western horizon, the topmost ridge min
Cling with the thin column of smoke rising
from the burned district Not breath of
air stirred the hanging leaves OF the trees be-
fore the door, nor was soul in sight save
small squad of redcoats that just then swung
round the corner from the Broadway and
entered the tavern b~r.
The coming of tempest has always been
delight to me, and | watched with sup
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-11-09
Treating Himself.

The Partisan critic, NJ. Jules Claretie,
narrates an amusing story of the elder
Dumas: At the height of the great
novelist's vogue he could not turn out
books fast enough to satisfy his clam
oring publishers, and 1t became neces-
sary for him to employ collaborators,
to whom he sketched the plot, perhaps,
leaving them to do the rest Among
the most distinguished was NJ. Paul
Meurice, who is still living and writing
in Paris at an advanced age. Thus it
came about that NJ. Meurice was the
author of one of the most amusing nov
els of Dumas, LES Deux Dianes."
Dumas when travelling found this novel
in hotel and opened 1t to pass away
the time. He began reading it serious
ly, got interested in it, and was
amused. Presently some one came to
his room and found him with LES Deux
Dianes" in his hand. What are you
doing there, dear master?" Il am read
ing" said Dumas, "a novel of my own
which | did not know, and which pleases
me vastly!''-AthenaeuS
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-11-09

But had no sooner brought him to where
we could take a whole breath and see few
rods in advance than he held back, darting
his glances in every direction az though in
fear of detection Hat | not kept close
grip on him, he would have broken away and
fed, being more like frightened animal
than a man.
"Now, once for ALL" said I, with great
pity stirred by his miserable condition as
well as admiration by his gameness, what
are you-a criminal or prisoner of war;"
"Nay, no criminal" he answered, looking
me fairly in the eye and drawing a long
breath.
what then? A prisoner of war-an es-
capped patriot?"
'You can be no tory to have used the word
patriot, he answered hastily, with a sud-
den lifting of his head.
"You are right" | returned quickly. "If
you are hunted as a rebel, you have found
a friend and l the same We were each in
need"
"Then, for the love of God, let me go!
There will be price on my head! 1t is
teath to hold me here! | was to be hanged
as a spy, but the fire set me free"
"a spy! BY the Lord from your looks you
might be second Shadrachl What name
are you under? Come, let us work into safer
quarters" said |, full of a sudden fever, for
it never occurred to me to be doubtful of his
statement.
"Nay, then, I am best alone. Let me go,
man; your grip is crushing my arm! | have
a friend, and, once with him, ] am safe. l
believe you to be true. Know me as Rex"
Zone second more, then!" said I, loosen
ing my grip. "Where can we meet?'
He had drawn from me apace and was
prepared to run, but halted long enough to
throw back: "The Dove-Kingsbridg road
if God be willing | get SO far. See Nick
Stryker." And with this he disappeared
into the smoke.
This incident happened so quickly that I
bad met him, taken Us status, and he had
gone before | realizef that had not gotten
from him tithe of the knowledge | wished.
The Dove" was no puzzle, but of Nick
Stryker had never heard. The former was
q tavern somewhat back from the Kings
bridge road about seven miles from the city,
and near M2Gowan's S pass, [now included in
Central park |, the latter probably the host
of that house of call.
| knew the place from having stopped
there before the war, and, in fact, the upper
island was as familiar to me as to the ma
jority of its inhabitants, but at that time
there was no Nick Stryker holding forth at
the Dove. Years and the vicisstudes of war
had doubtless changed many features of the
country abovet the town, and might well have
changed the proprietors Of tavern. So to
1t determined to go soon as could come
~ pass from Clinton.
How the spy could run the barriers was
a peg further than | could see, but he seemed
full of resource, and evidently knew his bust
ness. Doubtless, thought l, his friend is
powerful, and will put him on his way. |
berated myself for having let him go. l
would have stood by him in the face Of a
platoon, so hungered was l for one in whom
/ could confde and who could assist me in
the plan which still boiled in my brain.
Find him again | must. The name of
Rex" being but Latin for "the king" l
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Her Materinlisttc Point of View

love in a cottage"
His beginning was good, but she in
terrupted him:
"Granting that you have cottage"
she said, "where will you put ii? 2"
He rose from his knees and sadly de-
parted, realizing that he was up against
a materalst, who would insist upon
seeing deed to piece of Land at least
20 feet square, which was 1914 feet each
way more than he had the money to
purchase. Thus does romance give way
before the cold, hard philosophy of ths
times.-Chicago Post.
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Youthful Newspaper Headers.

yennie-Hegbie, it says here another
octogenarian's dead. What's an octo-
genarian?
Herbie-Well. l don't just know what
they are, but they must be awfully sick'
ly creatures. You never hear of 'em hrit
they're dying Life
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-11-09
HIS Red Hair.

Very Rcd-l1aired Passenger say,
guard, why on earth don't the train go
on?
Guard-Good gracious, sir! Put your
head in; how can you expect it to GO
while that danger signal is out?-Syd-
ney Town and Country Journal.
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A SONG.

] hear q sound of weeping,
A dirge of bitter tears,
Like the sea rains Keeping
The tally of the years.
I ask myself what sorrow
Must needs be loosened so;
Whence mortal grief could borrow
Such litanies of woe.
And the sad voice, replying,
Is strange and yet well known;
1t Is my own soul crying
Through Gods great house alonel
Bliss Carman. in The Puritan.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-03-25
A FIENDISH PARENT.
Man Charged With Numbering
Five of His Little Children.

Hutchinson, Kas. March 90
A crime was revealed here today
when the coroner and his assistants
removed the dead bodies of the
five little children from the house
occupied by John Moore, which
burned at an early hour. A cor>
oner's jury investigated the case
and, in accordance with the jury's
returns, the father was arrested
on a charge of murder. The
tragedy has caused much excite.
ment here, and there is some talk
of lynching the prisoner.
When the fremen and neigh
bors reached the burning house
the father was the only member
OF the family of seven found out,
side. His actions were queer and
he would not talk. While the
building was still burning and his
children were within the burning
walls, he took a horse from his
stable and rode away.
When the firemen entered the
house, after having partly quench
ed the flames, they found tho five
children lying side by side in q
bed on the floor, all dead, but not
badly burned. The skull of each
child was deeply indented, and
from the dents long fractures ex,
tended. All but one of the chill.
drsn had been stabbed in the
neck. The 3 year. old boy had
been s!ashed so deep that the
spinal column had been severed.
Upon these facts and the strange
behavior of the father the authors
ties base their charge of murder.
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THE CONFEDERATE RE.
UNION.
Charleston making Preparations
to Entertain the Expected
Crowds of Visitors.

Charleston, S. c., March 21.-
Charleston will open her homes,
as well as her boarding houses
aud hotels for the comfortable
and pleasant accommodation Of all
the visitors who will attend the
Confederate reunion May 10th
to 18th next. The following in
formation as to rates of board
and lodging Is officially given
out:
Private homes and boarding
houses, lodging 81 to 50 per day;
hotels board and lodging 50 and
upwards; restaurants, meals. 25c
and upwards. Dormitories for
ladies, SO cents and upwards; also
restaurants under the control of
the Kings Daughters, Daughters
Confederacy and Revolution and
Church societies of all denomina-
tions, will be established. Dor-
mitOries for men with abundant
accommodations will be opened at
so cents. Visitors are requested
to make all arrangements for
board and rooms in advance, and
all information can be obtained
and quarters engaged by address
ing Mr.. Robert 2. Evans, chair
man committee on information
Charleston, >. e..
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BLOODY AGUINALDO,
CUTTING OFF HEADS OF
FILlPINOS DESIRING TO
SURRENDER.
Furious at the Advice of General
He Has Him Immediately De-
capitated Grows Angry at
the Idea of Surrender.

Manila, March 2O.-Aguinaldo
Is taking extreme measures to
suppress signs calculated to cause
a cessation of hostilities. Twelve
OF his adhsrents to the plan of IN
dependence, residents of Manila
have been condemned to death be-
cause they wrote advising a sur
render, and all loyal Filipinos
have been called upon to perform
national service in dispatchinp
them.
Friday last General Legarda
visited Malolos for the purpose of
advising Aguinaldo to quit. He
argued with the insurgent leader
and attempted to convince him of
the folly of his persistence in the
face of overwhelming odds. Agui-
nsldo grew furious at the advice
and ordered Lagarda executed
immediately. The unfortunate
general was promptly decapitated.
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HOW TOLOOK GOOD

Good looks are really more
than skin deep, depending entirely
on a healthy condition of all the
vital organs If the liver is in
active. you have a bilious look :
if your stomach is disordered,
you have dlspept)c look; if your
kidneys are affected, you have a
pinehed look. Secure good health.
and you will surely have good
looks. ''Electric Bittsrs" ia a
good Alternative and Tonic. Acts
directly on the stomach, liver and
kidneys, parifies the blood, cures
pimpiess ,blotches and boils,p and
gives good complexion Every
bottle guaranteed. Sold at Craw-
ford Bros Drug Store. 69scents
. bottle.
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A $50, 600 Home for the Wood
men of the World.

Memphis, Tenn, March 20.
The Woodmen of the World to-
day passed resolution providing
for home for the SOVEREIGN
Camp. to cost 100000. Ten cities
will bid for the location The
sovereign commanders salary
was fixed at 81, 500 per annum.
During the afternoon the sover-
elgn commander resigned, and the
resignation was accepted by the
convention, after which j. G..
Root was elected for the term of
eight years.
The scale of salaries adopte d
is as follows: Sovereign com :
mander 81, 500 per annum; clerk
S3, 600; banker 81, 500; two physi
clans 81, 800. The question of
readJustment of insurance rates
was left to the executive council
for settlement.
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DISCOVERED BY A
WOMAN

Another great discovery has
been made, and that too, by a
lady IN this country. disease
fastened its clutches upon her and
for seven wears she withstood its
severest tests, but her vital organs
were undermined and death seemed
imminent. For three months she
coughed necessarily, and could
not sleep. She finally discoved
a way to recovery, by purchasing
of us bottle of DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, and
was SO much relieved on taking
first dose, that she slept all night ;
and with two bottles, has been
absolutely cured. Her name is
Mrs. Luther Lutz. Thus writes
w. c. Hamnick 6 Co., of Shelby
N. G. Trial bottles free at Craw
ford Bios Drug Store. Regular
siss socand $f.00. Every bottle
guaranteed. 2
HEApACHEeuredi in % minuses By Dr. Miles
FAN PSkxAb One ceut dose" AZ dsuaststA
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A famous Prussian general was
inspecting some military stables.
"What do see there" he said
in tones of thunder to a sergeant
-"cobwebsa" "Yes, Sir" was
the respectful reply, eve keep
them here to catch the flies and
prevent them from teasing tho
horses"
"Go Bang" a wire haired fox
terrier, the property of promi-
'nent New Yorker, enjoys the
distinction of carrying on his life
the highest insurance a dog ever
had. He may take additional
pride that the premium paid is
unprecedented. So valuable , is
Go Bang that when an insui ance
g ompsny demanded $500 for a
$500 policy for a year, tho
owner paidst without = "mur mur.
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GARRIS ON
THE GRIDDLG,
PENlTENTIARY INYESTIGA,
TION PROBE GOES A LIT
TIE DEEPER.
FROM BRICK TO OATS
Another Two Thousand Dollars
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Fuel
and Laundry Work for
the Governor and
Colonel Neal.
Special to GreenvilIe News


Columbia, S. c., March o.
The penitentiary Investigation
committee resumed it's session to-
day and the first witness was S.
Z. j. Garris, member of the board
OF penitentiary directors, who
asked that he be permitted to tes-
tlfy on a question of personal
privilege.
The report circulated the past
few days that he had received q
car load of bricks from the peni-
tentlary was erroneous, he SAID.
The Car consisted IF brick bats
which had been rejected. He
tried to sell them but could not
on account of their their worth
lessness.
When questioned about the
management of the State farm.
MIR. Garris agreed, as the re-
ports showed, that during 1898
oats had been sold, bringing 81, :
$3.50. The published receipts
showed that 81, 1906 had been
turned iii as cash and there was
owing on oats 1862. 30, thus leav-
ing a balance of S2,O33.76 not
accounted for. When this had
been developed Mr.. Patton paid a
tribute to the board by these
queries:
'Dld you ever take occasion as
a member of that board to ex
anime into what became of that
S5, 600 or $4,000, worth of oats
that were sold and see whether
the penitentiary charged itself
with them and whether it had
been received in cash or if not
whether notes or other evidences
of the indie otedness were properlv
set out as assets in making the
reports rs cash?".
"Did you ever make any such
examinations"
"Well, no sir, myself l did
not" answered Mr.. Garris.
"Did you ever know any other
member OF the board to make arv
such examinations"
''Of course the board looked
over the books;
"Do you appreciate now what
appears to be q very grave dis.
crepancy in that matter since YOUR
attention has been called 20 it.9'
"Yes sir
"And you had never suspected
that or discovered it befors2"
"WeIl, no sir"
"But don't you think it was
your duty as one who had been
charged by the State with the
supervision of that large institu.
ton to have so posted yourself
SO that such discrepancy, if
there is net one 80 you could
have explained how it vast"
Mr.. Boggs objected to this
question, Mr.. Patton insisted.
Chairman Stevenson over ruled
the objection and Mr.. Garris
answered:
81 have never been educated a
y book keeper-never had any
education much in that line.
depended entirely upon the reports
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RURAL DELIVERY.
TWENTY ROUTES TO BE
ESTABLISHED IN THE
STATE.
The Chief of the Service in the
State Organizing the Work
Six Already in Working
Order.
Columbia Record.

Rural mail delivery is a new
thing in South Carolina, but
start has been make and the re-
suit will be watched with in
terest.
This territory is under the
charge of Mr.. Fred f. Bach.
which includes the country from
the Savannah river to the Della
ware river, and the expenses of
the work are directly from
special appropriation of congress.
Mr.. Bach works in connection
with the congressman, and if all
the plans are successful the new
delivery will be a great advantage.
1t is already extensively used in
the East.
1t has been determined ia
establish about twenty of these
rural deliveries in South Carolina,
and Mr.. Bach has been steadily
at work for some time. Six have
already been established and he
is at present at work on a route
from Bamberg.
The routes cover about twenty
five miles each and will ultlmate-
ly do away with the star routes
and fouth class postofflces.
The system is very much like
that used III the city, the planter
or dweller in the country having
his mail delivered at his door
daily or ut the longest every
other day. If man does not
live directly on the route, the
carrier leaves his mail at the near
est house, thus saving him pos
sibly sending several miles for the
mail. For his services the carrier
gets S4O0 year and furnishes
his own horse.
The stations established from
which routes leave are Orange
burg, Corpes, ElIoree, st. Geor-
ges, Smoakes and Leesville. From
Orangebul q one route goes, the
carrier delivering mail daily.
From the other posts two routes
90, the carrier taking them al
terpately every other day.
The two new routes now beng
established at Bamberg 90 to
Colston and to Hartzog. 1t does
away with two star routes and
some fouth class postoffices.
The progress of the work is
being watched with interest bv
those VINO will be benefited by
the routes if they are successfully
operated.
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No-To-Bac for Fifty Cents
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure makes weak
men strong, blood pure. soc n All druggists
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Great harrington. n

An individual who answered an
advertisement reading, "Man
with push wanted" was rather
disgusted to find that the business
was to furnish motive power for
a wheelbarrow
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LAGRIPPE'S LEGiCY.

Worn out and exhausted in body
and mind, with shattered nerves and
palpitating heart; no desire for food
and no ability to digest IL: unable to
rest or sleep day or night-lhis Is La
Grippe's legacy. Long after the grip
germs have been driven out the poi
sons which they created remain in
The blood, the heart. the lungs. the
stomach, weakening the nerves and
lowering the vitality Of the system.
There Is one way Of destroying the
seeds Of disease and death which are
IN inheritance from grip. DR.. Miles
Nervine will do 1t. 1t gives the shat
tered nerves a rest and helps them TO
recover their strength. 1t stimulates
the appetite, strenthens the stomach =,
assimilation and fills the blood with
the vital ele ments Of life.
Two wars ago, after a severe at
tack Of the grip. l was overcome W ith
nervous prostration, heart trouble and
nervous dyspepsia / was so low that
L could not bear to be spoken to- and
N'''bS 'hS hctNOus SpdeIu WDlcn
frequently suffered, had no control
OF any of my organs. Every remedy
known t" my physicians was tried
without success and then my wi e
brought me bottle OF Dr.. Miles
Nervine After using one bottle
could speak few words At the end
OF three mouths l could talk quite
naturally and now 1 am completely
cured of tho trouble"
GEO A. ANDREWS,
Great Darlington, Mass.
A trial package OF DR. Miles favor.
ite treatment for the grip. consisting
of DR.. Miles Nervine, DR. Miles Anti
Pain Pills and Or Miles Nerve and
Liver Pills will be- sent absolutely
free OF cost to any person sending
name and address on postal card, re-
questing The samples, and mention n e
the name Of this paper. Adress
DIR. Miles Medical Co, Elkhart, Ind.
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Ea R S.: e.ss . 2 ss. .!s
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LANCASTER. s. G. MARCH 25 1899

An outside suggestion is that
Ellerbe exchanged some of his
hams for those at the penitentiary.
Some outsiders got coal at cost,
Captain Westfield said.