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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-09-06

1 shall be glad when the portrait is
and to let my friends see it. But +
should be indeed ungrateful if l be-
grudged my poor little time and trsu-
BILE, when yours have been SO lavishly
and SO ungrudgingly spent"
These sittings have been a source
of so much pleasure to me" continued
Sprague, thoughtfully, that l have
selfishly overlooked the fact that they
could Only be an annoyance and a bore
to you. L fear l have needlessly pro-
longed them"
But, indeed, Mr.. Sprague, I assure
you it has been anything but a bore to
me to pose. L am sure l shall miss the
pleasant morning hours l have spent
here"
They have been the happiest hours
of my life," said Sprague, earnestly, in
a low voice, 'and now they are nearly
gone-forever."
Agnes started slightly, blushed and
riveted her gaze upon the dainty white
hands which lay clasped together in
her lap. Her bosom rose and fell in
quickened undulations.
"Why forever, Mr.. Sprague?" she
asked. softly; 'do you think of leav-
ing New York;"
No" he replied quickly; "it is you
who are about to desert this studio,
which for short time has been
frightened by your presence"
We'll" interrupted Agnes, "since
you are not going to leave New York,
/ hope you will continue to call on
u.s."
Il suppose I shall continue to call
on your reception days, if that is
what you mean" said Sprague, some
what disconsolately
"Now that" laughed Agnes, sis not
in line with the polite things you have
been saying"
Il did not mean to say anything
rude, Miss Murdock, but call on
your reception day is call on your
guests. Surrounded as you are on
such occasions, one has barely a
chance to catch a glimpse of you,
much less to speak with you"
1--WE are always glad to see our
friends at other times than on our
reception days"
do you really mean it?' asked the
artist eagerly. MAY l call on you
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-09-06
THE HORRORS OF WAR.
They are Brought Home to Chinese
Large Territory Laid Waste.

London, Aug. 3O.-The Taku corrc-
spondent of the Daily Telegraph, wir-
ing August 26, says that the country
around 1aku and Peliin is devastated,
with the result thai the Boxers are
most unpopular and are being at
tackled by the peasantry. The Box
ers who were moving north from
Shan Tung are now returning hastily
to their homes.
Belated dispatches ard the stories
of refugees arriving at Che Foo de-
scribe the terrible conditions IN Pc
kin. One of the worst incidents is
the shocking deSecration of the for
eign cemetery outside the west wall.
The details are too revolving to be
detailed. Hundreds of bodies of Chi
nese are found in the streets of Pc
kin. supposed to be those of traitors
to the cause of the Boxers.
\ correspondent at New Chwang
saws that the Russians at Hal Cheng
are awaiting reinforcements, whose
advance is delayed Nv the impassablc
conditions of the roads 20 Leao Yang
and Mukden. Meanwhile the native
DoDulation of the district is being
treated with the utmost severity.
Fvewitnesses report an indiscrimi-
nate slaughter of non-combatants
and the reduction of the country in
the vicinity of Port Arthur to state
of utter desola ton.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-09-06
RICH MANS ADVICE.
How the Late Coils P. Huntington
Acquired Fortune.
He AIwnys Considered .TO-Dny" the
AII-ImpOrtnnt Issue and Didn't
Worry About the Past or Fret
Over the Future.

AS told by himself. Mr.. Huntington's
story of how he became a millionaire
is truly interesting. 1t shows the spirit
of independence which characterized
the man who at the early age of IA
started out to shift for himself.
appreciate the value of to-day" he
said. That's my advice to young men.
1t has been my rule through life-I am
nearing the century mark now-not 70
look forward, for the future is a blank
To-day is the ali-important issue.
have never gone against the tide, nor
worried while my schemes were ma
turing. A farmer sows field of wheat.
To worry over it would merely sap his
energy. The wheat requires mis- at
tention at the havest.
when | was a boy on my fathers
farm in Connecticut l worked hard,
utilizing every moment. for there was
plenty to do. But if | had any spare
time | did chores for the neigh bors. L
never wanted for anything l needed;
| always got it. But very many buy
things they do not need. When | went
to New York in 1886 l had quite a sum of
money, the result of my savings, judi
cious investments and little tradings
about the neigh borhood. The great Sc
cret of success is in laying by a nest-egg
and adding to your little store, never
spending more than you make and be-
ing strictly economical. Again, a
young man should command what he
is worth and always endeavor to Eet-
ter himself. 1 was my own master
since l was IA years old. l have had
hundred thousand people in my employ
in different parts of the world at the
same time.
''In my mercantile life I have noticed
the man who arrives at his post on time
and not one minute later. and who
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-09-06
IT CANNOT BE.

It cannot be. my God. 1t cannot be!
When day by day from out the dawn
ing skies.
Thy morning sun smites on my opening
eyes,
Undimmed revealing radiant land and sea.
md years still find my strength as ever
strong
That some time all must cease. and come
the hour
When this poor handful of brave, mortal
power
Dissolves. a rope of sand. while round me
throng
The somber shadows of a dawnless night!
Nay, but l ween some morning L shall
wake
And on my sight a scene familiar break.
And yet transfigured somehow, in the light
OF suns more golden. skies more crystal
clear,
And my soul marveling understand at
last,
That in brief sleep my ready feet have
passed
Dry-shod the still. dark river without fear.
That consciousness to consciousness is
Pearl close to pearl. linked in one shining
chain,
Whose perfect thread was never snapped
in twain,
Life knew no lapse. and is not now re-
found
But never lost, and its full tides proclaim
Through all eternity, my God, Thy name!
Stuart Sterne, in Springfield (Mass.) Re-
publican.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-09-06
CHAPTER VIII.
THE PORTRAIT.

Sprague was seated before his easel
arranging his palette for the morn
ing's work. The unfinished portrait of
Agnes Murdock looked down upon him
with eyes of living beauty. Occasional
ly the artist would bestow a deft
touch upon the glowing canvas and
would retire to distance to note with
a critical eye the new effect Then he
would consult his watch in nervous i'm
patience; and, going to the window,
he would glance anXiously up and
down the street. Once or twice the
rumble of wheels caused him to look
up in glad expectancy, which gradual
ly gave way to gloomy discomfort as
the noise died away in the distance.
AT length hope seemed to depart al
together from the young mans breast.
He threw down his brushes, gave up all
pretense of work and drifted off into a
brown study. His eyes, fixed upon
those of the portrait, had troubled
look in them-so troubled that it was
clearly out of all proportion to the
professional disappointment of a paint
er kept waiting for fair subject.
SO absorbed did he become in his
gloomy meditations, that, when at last
carriage stopped before the house,
the artist did not hear it. But when,
presently, gentle tap sounded upon
the door of the studio, he sprang to his
feet as if he had received an electric
shock.
Perhaps he had; for it was followed
by rapid current of delicious thrills
tingling through every nerve and eff
fecting in his whole being a sudden
and marvellous transformation. At
once the furrowed brow was smooth;
the dropping lips were wreathed in
smiles; the troubled look gave way to
one of glad welcome.
For she had come at last. There she
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-09-06
ROYALTY SPANKED.
Henry Nv. Gave Orders That His Son
Should De Properly
Chnstised.
ITo Be Continued

The family of Henri Tvs children
ways submit to the dauphin's whirns,
says Mrs. Lucy Crump, in Atlantic.
One quaint little scene shows his eld-
est sister standing up for the rest.
The king had directed Nine. de Mong-
lat to give the Nendome and Nerneuil
children their dinner with the dau-
phin and his sisters. Louis received
the order to allow Verneuil and the
chevalier to dine with him as terri
BILE insult. 'Valets should not dine
with their masters" he said, angrily
Little Madam Elizabeth preached at
him from her end of the table: "Ha.
Jesus, monsieur, you must not do like
that. Nobody thinks you the kings
only son. One mustn't have fanciss.
One gets spanked for them, smack
smack. Mamanga will whip you"
The dauphin held his peace, for whip
ping was no empty threat in the
nursery at st. Germain.
When Louis was six years old, the
king thus wrote to Nine. de Monglat,
the mananSa OF nursery lang SuaSe:
II am veXed with you because you
have not sent me word that you have
whipped my son, for l wish and COM
mand you to whip him every time he
is willful or naughty, knowing by my
own experience that nothing will do
him so much good And yet to mod
ern ideas Nine. de Monglat does not
seem to have erred on the side of leni-
ency. From the time the little prince
was two years old "fouette pour etre
opiniatre" was a very frequent entry
of Herouard's.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-09-06
An Expensive Hat Bet.

A hotel man in Portland, Me-, made
a bet of hat with friend and lost
The loser telephoned to the winner:
Get just as good a hat as you want;
in fact, buy any kind of a hat that suits
you and have them send the bill to me-"
In a day or two bill for S33 from a
well-known Congress street miIliner
for a woman's hat was received by the
loser. The winner calmly informed
him that he was pretty we'll fixed for
hats himself and so he thought he'd
turn the thing over to his wife. 1t was
hat and the hotel man paid.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-09-06

New York, Aug. 3O.-That branch
Of the nuuerous Smith family known
as the Peapack Smiths gathered at
Peapack. y. j.. yesterday to the num-
Der of about $500. They stood around
the site of the cabin which their
founder and common ancestor erect
ed $50 years ago 1T that place. Inc
original Peapack Smith was from
Holland and spelled his name Jan
Schmidt. but when he married ne
changed it to the English form OF
spelling. There were present repre-
scntatives from California. Colorado
and Nevada and all the eastern states
were represented, as were number
in the middle west.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-09-06

stood, with laughing brown eyes and
glowing cheeks, when Sprague threw
open the door. Alas, as usual, she was
accompanied by her maid. Never mind
was it not enough to have her there at
all, to bask in the sunshine of her
smile, to look into the dangerous
depths of those soul-stirring eyes, to
listen to the ripping OF her silvery
voice?
'Ifear am little late, Mr. Sprague;
/ am sorry to have kept you waiting.
But you see this is how it was"
What mattered it to him now how it
was? Was she rot there? An eternity
of suspense and misery would have
been wiped out by that single entran-
cling fact. Her words beat upon his eGr
like rapturous melody; he drank them
in. hardly conscious of their meaning
Agnes Murdoch, followed by her
maid, proceeded at once to the dress
ing-room set apart for the use of the
artists models. When she returned
dressed for the sitting, she assumed un-
der Sprague's directions the pose of the
portrait. while the artist critically ar
ranged ber draperies and adjusted the
shades and screens.
The maid had remained in the dress
ing-room.
"And so these are positively the last
final touches, are they, Mr.. Sprague"
asked the young girl, mischievously
| after a few minutes. You artists seem
to be quite as uncertain about your
farewell appearances as any famous ac'
tress or singer
The artist looked up quickly as the
girl spoke. An expression of pain
| crossed his features.
Yes, Miss Murdock," he answered
gravely. II shall not have to trouble
you to pose again."
Miss Murdock's attention was at
tracted by the melancholy note in his
voice. She observed him from the cor
ner of her eyes in kindly curiosity.
The artist fell into a moody silence
For awhile he worked with feverish ac-
tivity at the portraits; and then, grad
ually falling into a fit of melancholy
| abstraction, he sat, with poised brush
gazing intently at the beautiful girl
before MIN. His task forgotten, he
was apparently unconscious that he
was taking advantage of his privileged
position to stare at his fair subject. Ag-
mes felt his burning glance and was en-
barrassed by it; but, womanlike, she
retained control of herself, outwardly,
at all events, as she uttered some com
monplace remark, which broke the
spell and brought the artist to his
| senses with a sharp consciousness of
his rudeness. He replied to the young g
girls question in a low, changed voice,
and then relapsed into gloomy silence.
After an awkward interval he asked,
suddenly:
"Are you so very glad, Miss Murdoch,
that our sittiugs are almost over?"
why. no, MIR. Sprague," replied Ag-
nes; Il did not mean that. OF course
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-09-06
when the crowd is not

sometimes when the crowd is not
tnere?"
1--WE shall be happy to have you
call at any time, Mr.. Sprague.'
Sprague thought he detected a
slight emphasis on the pronoun.
But it is not we | wish to call on.
1t is you, Miss Murdock."
"Of course / shall be pleased to
have you call at any time, Mr.
Sprague," she said, after brief in.
stant.
What more could any sane man ex-
pect modest girl to say? 1t is not so
much the words spoken as the manner
of their utterance that conveys mean
ing. But it is a truism that a lover
is not sane man. Sprague was not
yet satisfied. He was about to speak
again, when a knock sounded upon
the door.
1t was the hall-boy with a letter
"Miss Murdock?" he inquired, glanc-
ing in the direction of the young
girl,
For me?" exclaimed Agnes, sur
prised.
Eyes, miss; a gentleman left it
for you"
Agnes took the letter, inspected it
curiously for an instant; then, ex-
cusing herself, she tore open the en-
velope and unfolded the note which
it contained.
At once a deep flush suffused her
face, and an expression of annoyance
passed over her features She glanced
up hastily at Sprague, who was ap-
parently hard at work upon the back
ground of the picture.
The haIl-boy was waiting expect
antly.
"There is no answer" said Agnes
quietly.
And as the stern mandates of fash
ion either forbid a woman to wear
pocket, or else decree that it shall
be located in some particularly mac
cessible position, the young girl
dropped the letter and it's envelope
into her lap and resumed the pose.
When at last the time came for
Miss Murdock to leave, Sprague ac-
companied her to her carriage. After
watching it until it disappeared
around the corner, he returned mood
lily to the studio.
AS he entered the room, his eyes
fixed in vacant stare upon the floor
he caught sight of something white
"a sheet Of paper-resting there. Me-
chanically he pushed it to one side
with his foot.
The sunshine seemed to have gone
with Agnes Murdock. A gloom had
fallen upon the place and it's occu-
pant. The artist tried to work; but
he was restless and depressed. At
length he threw down his brushes;
and rising from the easel he put on
his hat and coat and started out for
walk, in the hope that exercise
would drive away the blue devils
whose grip he felt tightening upon
his heartstrings.
Meeting some friends in the course
of his aimless wanderings, he was
persuaded to spend the rest of the
day in their company, and returned
to his bachelor quarters late in the
evening. tired enough physically to
obtain that healthful sleep which is
the boon of strong youth.
ITO Be Continuedl
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-09-06
EYIlentIy Sinking Fnst.

"Doctor!" cried the excited man, 'I
want you to come up to the house right
away"
Dear met" returned the doctor.
reaching for his coat, has your wife
had turn for the worse?'
Turn for the worse." exclaimed the
excited man. 'Why, she hasn't spoken
more than IS or 20 times in the last
hour and ahalf!'-Chicago Post
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-09-06
CauIkers, Wages Reduced.

Pittsbnrg, Aug. 30.-Notices have
been posted at the docks of the Mo-
nonrahcla River Consolidated Coal
and Coke Co. that reduction of p
cents day will take etfecr next Sat
urdav in the wages of all the caulll-
ers employed there. The men an
nounce that the reduction will not he
accepted and that a general strike
will occur.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-09-06
Has N Presidential Ree.

Topeka, Kan, Aug. 30.-It is the
talk in republican circles here that
Senator Fairbanks, of Indiana, is
candidate for president to succeed
Mckinley four years from now and
that his western trip next month is
to make acquaintances and to push
his boom into view. While he speaks
under the auspices of the national
committee, his itinerary is entirely
his own.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-09-06
Wi9eJy Wisdom.

band of smoking in the parlor?"
Il threatened to make a smoking
jacket for him myself if he didn't quit"
Chicago Tribune.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-09-06
bterranenn Plant Life.

Soil was brought up from a depth OF
326 feet from a coal mine in Belgium,
and from it sprouted weeds of species
entirely unknown to botanists.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-09-06
Depends Hn CIrcumatances.

She-Do you think it proper for
woman to propose?
He-Certainly, if she can support a
husband.-Town Topics.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-09-06
wonders of Modern Gums

The tube of 12[nch gun has so,
spiral grooves inside, which cause the
shot to revolve rs times per second an
1t rushes through the air.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-09-06
To Repeal the Goebei Law.

Frankfort, KY, Aug. 30.-In both
houses of the legislature yesterday
bills were introduced to repeal aud
to amend the Goebel election law.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-29
TUESDAY. MAY 20, 1900.
4 WELCOME REFUSAL.

Events have eliminated with striking
rapidly in relation to the raid made on
the city through medium of the resoIu-
lions and ordinance passed of late. so
numerously on behalf of the Manhattan
Light. Heat and Power company. After
having, apparently at least, secured all
that it desired and infinitely more than in
conscience ought to have been granted to
It, the corporation in question has been
forced within the past twelve hours to
Indicate its refusal to accept the prfvi-
leges and concessions made to 1t.
Public opinion has asserted itself with
remarkable force in this case. 1t has
undone one of the most remarkable raids
ever made upon the public rights and
easements Of the people 1t has been
effective in demonstrating that it is never
safe to rely too much on public apathy
or on the complaisance of public officials
There certainly existed no apparent rea.
son whatever for assuming that the Man
haitian concern would be denied anv
requisition it might think proper to make
upon our local officials. After having re-
ceived at their hands concessions of the
most lavish nature. without the exactfon
of even one dollar of public compensa-
ton, it was reasonable to believe that
the only limit that could be placed to its
claims on the official consideration would
be dictated purely by its own sense of
need and eXpediency. Yet, after having
confirmed and ratified in the most formal
manner all that it had done in behalf of
the Manhattan company, and which had
aroused such turmoil of public feeling.
the council at the last moment has un-
done all its performances, and placed
such restrictions on the exercise of its
previously conceded privileges as compel
the favored corporation to decline the
acceptance Of the favors so layisbIy he.
slowed
The reasons assigned by the Manhattan
concern for its refusal to accept the
amended ordinance and resolutions are
really hardly worthy of serious public
consideration. The concessions originally
made are now acknowledged to have ex-
eeeeded all reasonable understanding of
public liberality. In their amended form
they may or may not have rendered
their acceptance by the favored corpora,
ton not worth while. But at any rate
in that form they threw much needed
safeguards around the public interest. If
the concern in question could not find
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-29
A RARRARnus POLICY

In no direction has American diplomacy
been so uniformly and apparently hone
lessly a failure as in our relations with
the Chinese empire. From the beginning
we have alternately assumed and aban-
doned one false position after another
until today it would be hard for the most
Intelligent student of our relations with
China to determine for himself lust what
position we do occupy toward the mass
of the Chinese people, or, indeed toward
recognized Chinese authority.
At the outset we urged on the Chinese
the advisability Of establishing the most
unrestricted national relations. The
work of our diplomats in this direction
was unexpectedly successful. We helped
materially to throw down the bar
riers which separated the Flowery
Kingdom from the civilization Of the
West We invited the subjects of tho
Chifese tc come among US, and thew
came They helped in the wonderful ma
tel1al development of our Western sec
ton. They built the leading rai:road
systems of the Pacific coast. Their labor
was accepted; and, until the frenzy OF
Kearneyism broke out in California
there was no fault to be found. The
Chinese had not come to stay. When the
principal activities which brought them
had subsidized, many Of them were thrown
together in the Chinese settlement of San
francisco and elsewhere along the Pa
cihc coast country. Politics and noliticaI
influence asserted themselves, and the
war on the Chinese opened. rot to close
to the present hour It would not be too
much to say that our Chinese exclusion
policy is one of the most barbarous svs-
tens of the ldnd ever designed. 1T has
brought us no gain. but in It's operation
it has naturally incensed against us
millions of human beings whose trade We
are row solicitoGs of doing. 1t is a
thorn which rank!es in the breast cf
every Chinese national Official, and VII
continue TO ankle as long as it remains
what ii is, botk II Inception and exc, u