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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-10-26
NOT so STUPID.
The Old Man Had n Good Reason for
Telling the Traveller to
Walk On.

1t was an old man in Sweden who
gave to a stranger an answer that was
wiser than it appeared. The stranger,
one of prospecting party searching
for gold, had wandered away from the
rest, to find himself at last with a fair
piece of quartz as reward for his
pains, in a region he knew nothing of,
with no guide, and night coming on.
"Friend," he asked of an old man
smoking in his doorway, chow long
will it take me to walk to the next
town."
The old man eyed the speaker quiz
zically.
walk on" he said, with wave of
his hand in the right direction.
"Yes, l know which road; but how
long will it take he to walk there?'
asked the stranger again.
walk on" repeated the smoker, stol-
idly.
"But can't you tell me how long it
will take me to reach the town." per-
sisted the other, impatiently.
Walk on third time directed the
old man, and the stranger did walk on,
inwardly anathematizing the stupidity
of the smoker.
Young man." called the resident,
when the stranger had gone few
yards.
He turned impatiently.
81 just wanted to tell you, that if you
keep up that gait you'll get there in
half an hour"
why couldn't you say so before 2"
demanded the stranger, hotly.
The old man removed the pipe from
his mouth, blew volume of smoke
sfyward, and answered coolly:
How did | know how fast you could
walk kH'-Short Stories.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-10-26
PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL.

Near Hastings, England, lives an ec-
centric old man who daily prays to the
sun at noon.
Philadelphia has a police magistrate
who is said never to have spoken a
grammatical sentence of five words in
his whole life.
According to the latest report of II.
Clay Evans, commissioner of pensions,
there is now only one survivor of the
war of 1812-Hiram Cronk, of north
western New York. He is 80 years of
age.
Gen. Joe" Shelby's old colored body
servant, Uncle Billy" Hunter, in spite
of his 20 years, is still vigorous and in
the service of the Shelby family. He
was born slave on the Shelby planta-
ton. At present he devotes most of
his time to the caraof his old masters
grave.
Miss Perceval, of Ealing, the youngest
but one of the 12 children of the Right
Hon. Spencer Perceval, the English
prime minister who was assassinated
in the lobby of the house of commons
in the early part of the century, en-
tered upon her ninety-ffth year on
August 27 last.
A short while since at Vienna, Karl
Becker, at the age of 90, was married
to FTaulein Rosa StutZel, mature
spinster of 80. The bridesmaids were
three friends of the bride, aged respec-
lively 81, Sc and SO, while the principal
supporter of the bridegroom was his
brother, a veteran of o.
DIR. j. b. Hubbell, representative of
the Red Cross society in Havana, has
found that former agent of the So
ciety named Sollosso, who has refused
to give up certain Red Cross stores, has
been using them to fatten his pigs with.
The fattening food consisted of French
peas and dried apples and aprcots.
Rear Admiral Kane, of the British
navy, who has just been placed on the
retired list was captain of the Calliope
when she succeeded in steamng out of
Apia harbor in the great hurricane,
while her band played THE Star Span
gled Banner" and the crew of the
doomed Trenton manned the rigging
and cheered her departure.
There is living only one possessor of
Canadian title. Reginald d'Iberville,
eighth Baron De Longueuil of Tongue
uil, in the province of Quebec, is the
man. The title was granted by Louis
XIV. in 170O, when Canada was under
French rule, and it was confirmed by
Queen Victoria in 1880. The present
baron is 43 years of age. He succeeded
to the title on the death of his brother
in 1898.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-10-26

under ground by this, for l had heard moth
ing of him, and if the negro was a pris
oner in hulk he might as well have been
in a tomb.
Of what was taking place in the world out
side | knew nothing save from rumor, and
Iumor oft contradicted itself. The only
report seemingly sure was that Washington
had sat himself down on the Hudson Just
north of the Harlem (the very spot from
which he had been driven two years be-
fore), and was there awaiting the arrival of
the French fleet in order to strike a blow.
And there he remained inactive, for the
French did arrive early in July, and, find
ing Howe's fleet drawn up to receive them,
but peered into the bay, and then turned
tail and sped away to Newport on the fruit
less mission Of blockading that port.
In the seemingly open yet wholly secret
life | led | made many friends-mostly pot
house companions-to whom / listened but
spoke little, fearing to be recognized as an
impostor. | kept both ears and eyes on
the alert the while, fighting shy of broils,
Yet holding the respect of the roughest OF
the camp otfscouring, owing to my size and
apparent strength. | even dared make a
map of the lower defenses of the city; but it
was so disguised, so crossed, and recrossed
in a manner clear only to myself that |
would have trusted it to the eye of any OF
them without fear of their coming by its
true nature.
This 1 did not to be idle, for nothing hap.
pened in the way of military movement. or
even threatened to, for some weeks after
my arrival. BY then was practically a prs-
oner, for without a pass and clear state
ment of business / could not have gotten
beyond the lines, which now extended across
the island from the heights of Corlears Hook
to the Hudson ton about the general line OF
the present Grand street,.
My wound healed in the space of two 90
three weeks, but still | kept the arm in a
sling, using it in privacy that the muscles
might not weaken or stifen from lack Of
exercise. The sling saved me from many
awkward questions for when asked why !
did not join the army or apply for berth in
the fleet, had but to point to it, gently NOV
ing the limb, and say: "All in good time, y
adding for weight that I had no call to fur
ther serve his majesty until he paid me the
money had already earned.
But for the arm, backed perhaps by the
way my muscle filled out my coat sleeve,
would have been pressed into The service
whether or not, and the sling being a safe
guard / let it bide.
| had taken quarters in the tavern of the
"King's Arms" on King street (now Pine
street,, near the Broadway, making terms
On credit, an eSsy matter with my prize
money claim in my pocket. Twas the gath
cring place for tories of the better sort, and
but little affected by the military, the dash
i9g element of which favored Fraunce's, on
Broad street.
But my time was not spent here. Twas
the Bulls Head" on the Bowery Lane ION
the site of the old Bowery theater), and
near the inner line of defenses, that saw
the most of ms.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-10-26
ONLY A BRAKEMAN.

Awful the shock when the engines met;
All was terror, confusion. din;
None who saw 1t will e'er forget
The picture that daylight ushered in.
Shattered fragments OF iron and steel.
Spllntered wood and battered brass
Mingled with broken rod and wheel
And some ones blood stained the wayside
grass
Some ones body. all crushed and torn,
Covered with wounds, bereft of breath,
Was found meath the wreck; the jacket
worn
Told how a brakeman had met his death.
Some one wept when the news was borne;
Some one mourned DER the mangled dead,
In line of duty from some one torn
Yet only a brakeman" the papers said.
Sadly they buried him 'reath the sod,
Then took the Grape from the cottage
door;
Over a grave the roses nod
The grave of brakeman whose run is
o'er.
w. H. T. Shade.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-10-26
QUALIFIED FOR PRACTICE.
The Advice of n Young Lawyer That
saved His Client from
Damage Suit.

Hes natural-born lawyer" o.
said, talking to group of profession
men the other afternoon, and then h,
told the story of how the mails that
morning had made glad young law
yer who had not been engaged in ac-
tive practice very long, though admit
ted to the bar number of years. When
he opened the mail there futtered out
a check that had the figures $3.50 in
one corner and the name of a man
at the business end that made the bit
of paper as good rs though it bore the
certification of the cashier of the First
national bank. 1t was the story of how
one breach of promise case came to
be settled out of court. The man
whose name was at the bottom of the
check was the one who would have
been the defendant but for the young
lawyers advice, and this is the story
as it was told:
The man in trouble had gone to the
young lawyer because he had known
him for some time and told his
troubles; he had been indiscreet; he
thought he loved her, but he found out
several weeks too late that he was mis-
taken; no, he didn't want to marry
her. but she persisted and he couldn't
stand the ignominy of threatened
breach of promise suit; besides, he had
written some exceedingly foolish let
ters. Her family was very respectable
and all that, and really there wasn't
any objection, only he didn't like the
girl. Her family stood high in church
al ;pin nd ha
a model girl.
Then it was that the young law
yer's natural-born genius asserted it
self.
LET your beard grow for a week or
ten days" said he. Then put on some
old clothes and muss them up. Go
out and take a number of drinks. Eat
a lot of onions and limblTger cheese,
and then go up to the house. Don't wait
for her to open the door, but rush in,
or. better still, tumble in. Throw your
arms around hsr and tell her she's the
only girl you ever loved and insist on
getting married without a moments
delay and then let me know the re-
suit
The result was the $3.50 check and
the letter.
Dear -" it read 81 am sorry to
inform you that the wedding has been
indefinitely postponed. After that little
talk of ours | fixed up and carried out
your instructions to the letter and a
bit further. In place of drink or two,
I am afraid l got gloriously drunk. I
managed to tumble over a chair as [
entered the room. She said | was n
drunken brute when | tried to hug her,
and then she said she was glad she
had found me out before it was too
late. | don't remember very much
more, excepting that | went down the
front steps a great deal faster than I
went up. | have had all my letters and
presents returned to me. Inclosed find
a little remembrance. to be followed up
when / see you on my return. Mil
waukee Wisconsin.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-10-26
CHAPTER ".
NEW YORK IN IT'S.

New York at this period was scene OF
confusion.
The fear of the French, which had occa-
stoned the evacuation of Philadelphia. had
brought horde of 1900 soldiers to be set
down among 5000 others, where but scant
Preparations had been made to receive
them. What with the smart of the lashing
administered by Washington at Monmouth
On their march across New Jersey, the
weakness of Howe's fleet, the fear of sud-
den movement on the city by the Americans,
End the intense heat of the weather, the
army was in state bordering on panic.
1t was an army, too, that through rank
and file had been demoralized by inactivity
and debauch, and nothing could have been
more apt or prophetic than the remark made
by Franklin when it became known to him
that the Delaware had been opened by
Howe: Philadelphia has succumbed to the
British, but they in turn will succumb to
Philadelphia"
1t had been even so, but the effect had be-
come apparent in New York. The civil law
had long been PROSTATE; the military au-
thority lax. Now the British were waking
in the condition of man after a nights dis
sipation, battling with a muddled brain, and
feeling the internal economy fairly out of
gear Fraud, fear and incompetence reigned
in every branch of the service, and betwixt
free vandalism and the necessities of war;
New Ork, which had never known and was
never to know the dignity of battle, suffered
az no besieged city could suffer more.
All this suited my purpose, as well as d.
rectly favored my interest. The influx of
host of newcomers saved me from being
prominent as a stranger, and the extra prep
arations for the defense of the town, to-
gether with the knowledge that the French
were at last upon the sea, diverted atten-
tion from small naval ventures.
/ had feared the Phantom would be i'm
medately reftted and armed for sound
or river cruising, and was nightly pleased
to have the days go by and see her, as the
saying goes, taking root to the bottom"
Never did the sun set without my having
look at her swinging at her anchor She
lay off the halfdeserted shpyard, which be-
came a favorite haunt of mine when tired
cf the mask | wore and wished to ease into
my true self.
And there l would walk up and down
and each day watch the growth of the muck
that had fouled her cable on the ebG and
flow of the tide. She had not even been
dismanted, and, for aught | could see, was
without a guard save at night; but to have
gone out to her and worked upon the cabin
bulkhead would have been impossible. The
boat from her larboard davits had been
taken away, but the dingey still hung over
the stern, as tantalizing as a cup of water
! just beyond the reach of a thirstlng man.
sweet sight (but a melancholy one) the
| schooner made to me as she swung on the
broad river we'll from land, the fair light of
an evening over her, mellowing her lines and
diminishing the rustiness of her sides. Be-
Jond her was the bald work of Fort Sterling
! Quilt and deserted unharmed by the pa
triots two years before), standing ciear and
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-10-26
Circumstances Alter Cases.

Lady (eXcitedly)-Have you filed my
application for divorce yet?
Lawyer-No, madam; but 1 am at
work on the papers now.
Lady-Thank fortune, l am not too
late. Destroy all papers and evidence
at once, please.
Lawyer-A reconciliation has been
brought about between you and your
husband, | infer?
Lady-Gracious, no! He was run
over and killed by freight train this
morning, and l want to retain you III
my suit against the company for dam
ages.-Chicago Daily News.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-10-26

What can equal the warmth of true
woman's love?" asked the dearest girl.
Her temper" replied the savage
bachelor.-Tit-Rits.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-10-26
Next Thing to 1t.

Your husband doesn't SNAKE, Mrs
Price,"
mo; but lie sometimes fumes" Chi
cago Record
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-10-26
A Foreign Sunset.

Proud Papa-My daughter studied
painting abroad.
81 thought SO. | never saw a sunset
Ike that in this country. y."-Rostop
Traveller.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-10-26
The Same. but Different.

Commuter-When / first went to live
in the country | pronounced the name
of my house "Oakhurst cottage
Citiman-Well, how do you pronounce
it now?
20 Curst cottage,"-N. Y. World.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-10-26
No Compulsion.

Hicks-What was it, anyway, that
drove Browne to drink?
Wicks-I never observed that Browne
had to be driven.-Someryille Jou.niA
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-31
Beats the l<lOntiilSp.

MIR. A. G. Thomas, Of Ma,ysvil]e,
Tex., has found Il more valuable dis
c"very than has vet been made in the
Kl0ndike For years he suffered un-
told agony from consumption, accom-.
panied by hemorrhages; and was ah.
soluttly cured hy DR.. King's New Dis.
r"very for Consumption, Coughs and
Colds. lie declares that gold is OF little
value in comparison with this marvel
Ous cur; would have it, even If ii cost
a hundred dollars II bottle. Asthma,
Bronchitis and all throat and lung
affections are positively cured 10y DR..
Kings New Discovery for Con>ump-
tiou Trial battles free at Robertson
& Giider's and Pelhnm's Drug stores.
Regular size 30 cts, and 81 90. Guar
auteed to cure or price refunded.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-31
a GOOD SUGGESTION.
Lot tho People Speak Oat nnd at to wt rk
for This Now Road
Etheredge, Saluda County, S. G.

Etheredge, Saluda County, S. G..
Mr., Editor; | send out this article
with your permission to inform the
ruilroud men of the specinl needs and
advantages of Il road through this
country. So fur AS know, the double
much at this time from Ohio to Port
Royal, should In my mind he built 10y
Whitmirc, $. G., 70 Newbcrry, which
is ono of the backbone cities of tho
State, then straight through tho ST.
Luke's section, which is the most i'm
portunt part Of Ncwbcrry County,
crossing the Big Suludu about one mile
above the mouth Of Little Suludu river,
thence across the Little Saluda on
through new and thriving little sec
tion of wrll-to-do farmers, sometimes
called jamestown. Hero everything
can be raised in the way Of produce,
fruits and vegetables of all kinds that
any people muy}want, il II railroad was
built through this country. But as it
is, there is no road nearer than twelve
miles; therefore the people have been
kept buck to some extent.
The Big Suludu river, near this
place, Is crowned with factory sites and
water power, the falls being SO great.
And from jamestown this road will run
direct through section of country gen
orally known as Smithvillc, and Il
prctticr place for II town is no where to
be found. This place is situated on the
beginning of high Hat ridge that runs
bcyond Lccsvillc, which, in my Opin.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-31
Very respectfully,
EDUARD SCHOl. z,
The Jeweler aud Optician.
Tho Best Bill Yct.

The best bin yet presented to the
Legislature is Il joint one introduced
by Mr.. Cole Bleasc Of Newbcrry and Mr.
Etird Of Lexington for biennial sessions
and election OF all officers, both State
and County, every four years.
For years we have been an advo-
cato of such II bill. 1t is useless
expense for the Legislature TO meet
every year, and every one will admit
that we have elections too often An
officer barely gets familiar with the
workings Of his Office before be has
perchancc to turn it over TO his sue
cessor.
We hope this hill will pass. 1t viii
be long step forward in getting down
eXpenscs.-Saluda Sentinel, 25th.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-31
News From st. PHILIPPE.
Editor Herald and News:

Editor Herald and News:
1t SHOWS! 1t SHOWS! This portion OF i
old Terra iirma is robed in mantle Of |
white this morning. Won't the chill |
dren have jolly time?
This is our first ycnr in this berg.
To use a western phrase, we pulled mp
stakes last November and crossed the
Rubicon--bettcr known as Cannon's
creek, and we arc now pleasantly To-
Gated near ST Philips. 1t made us
feel sad to leave our old home and part
with such friends and neighbOrs as
Sligh, Kcmpson, the Millers, Mcttscs,
Shcelys, Bowers and Il host OF others,
but when we found ourselves in the
| midst Of such Opcn-hcurtcd, kind, So
ciablc and hOspitahle people as the
! Rufus, Halfacres, Banks, Wickurs, Shcc-
| lcys, Rooms, Siighs, Subcrs, Dickcrts,
Crumptons, Lominicks and others, we
we're soon made to feel ut home. We
can truly say that we are located among
Gods people.
Our school is moving along smoothly
with a splendid attendance.
This community can boast OF more
children in small area than any other
section OF country in the county. ST.
( Philips school has enrolled sixty-six
this session, and not child lives as far
as one and onc-half miles from the
school house. Hasn't such country {,
splendid prospect for the future? The
children are kind, social and high
toned, showing that they have beer
properly brought up. Among the stu
dents we have some who are sure t(
make their lives sublime, and leave
their footprints on the sand of time.
Mr.. Jas. b. IInlfacrc lost good mule
) last week.
= BY the way there is Il new towl
, springing up near MIR. w. ID. EIalfacrc'
, which bids fair TO rival our count
capital in the near future. Mr.. ID. A
i Livingston an cntcrprising mcrchan
of your town is the first to have q stor
: house erected MIR. Halfacre and M
Maybin will soon have the buildin
Il completed.
The students have christcncd the tow
d SLEEPY Hollow, and il the Legislature 4
l. its present session incorporate it, W
IF will proceed to elect Il mayor and wa
,c dcns At once, and get ourselves in shal
" for electric lights, water works opcl
house and street cars. Mr. NJ
Wicker has named q number OF I'll
streets, but we failed to get the name
as the town grows we will let The He
- aid and News hear from us.
:" We took in several turkey Dime
Christmas. one at Walter Rufus. al
;" one nt Coz. Jtuils. TO look at the sprci
" tables it did not rC scmblc hard times
) cent cotton. Why call them turk
dinners when the tables cOnta. =
~ about everything the appetite cou
~ wish? 1t is useless for us TO say
spent pleasant days, for any one "
stopped with Peter, or the Color
knows that they always make il pie
rs ant for their hosts
~, Success to The Herald and News.
=" Jan. %, 1899. G.. Nj
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-31
1RE EAT LAW.
An Act t" Amend the Charters OF Cities and
Towns Ia Regard to the Sale OF Meats.

Section |. Be 1t enacted hy the Geu-
eral Assembly OF the State OF South
Carolina, That from and after the up.
prOval Of this Act no city or town cOun-
Gil shall charge any citizen or citizens
OF this State liccnse fees for the right
to sell or offer for sale fresh beef, por k,
mutton, fish, poultry or veal, produced
or grown by tho vendor, excepting reg
ular butchers, who shall keep rcgu-
lar butchers stall cr marked house
inside tho incorporate limits Of any
city or town in which license may be
required
Section ,. Such license shall not
give the holder thereof monopoly Of
the sale Of the articles enumerated
above, but any farmer or stock raiser
may sell or offer for sale, ut any time
beef, mutton, pork or veal in cities and
towns granting such license without
being required to pay auy fec for the
right SO TO do.
Section ). All acts or parts Of acts
inrnnsisirnt with this act be, and the
same are hereby, repealed.
Approved the 7th day of February,
1896
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-31
Acknowledgements.

The Excelsior Fire Company bcgs to
ing gifts, which help materially in
fitting up their reading room, for which
they feel grateful:
Chief Eduard Scholtz has contribute cd
Il handsome clock.
Mr.. ~. J. McCrary, several yards OF
cloth with which to make partition.
Mr.. T.. II. Leslie, several rolls Of wal
paper.
The hall is now about completed, an(
those who have promised or intend con
trihuting anything in the shape 0
reading matter or pictures will pleas,
let some of the members know and the,
will call or send for them.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-31
ODera House Attachcs,

Messrs. Voss and Bardin, leasecs
and managers of the opera house will
take charge Of the house today, the
new contract dating from this date.
The appointments Of attaches of the
hou3e have been made as follows.
Stage Managcr--J. w. Earhardt.
Assistant Stage Manager and Prop
erty Man-F. j. Russell.
Stage Men-H. K. Blats and David
Mittlc.
Light Man-J. A. Bradley.
Ushers--L B. Kiblcr, Fl. b. Wells,
r. l.. Tarrant and w. b. Werts.
Manager Voss has already booked
several attractions for the next season
and will doubtless give rs few more
ere the present season closes.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-31
a Card OF Thanks.

We desire to express our heartfelt
tives who so kindly assisted us during
the illness and death of our wife and
mother. How sweet and comforting
is the sympathy of earthly friends
while our "hearts are torn and bleed
ing" but God alone can heal the
wound. Oh! may her death point us
to Christ whose blood alone can cleanse
us from all sin, and may she be another
link binding us to heaven and to God
a. r. DOMINICK and FAMILY.