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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-02-01
Ito BE Continued
YANKEE ADVERTISING DODGE.
An Instance In Which a Shrevd Hus-
tier Makes n Good Clean-Up
with Cheap Cigars.

An eX-collector of customs relates
this as among HIS experiences: Some
years ago and shortly prior to the holi-
days a man came into the office and
said that he wanted to talk with me
personally. He looked like. an unso-
phisticated fellow who had come in
from the country to try his hand at
business, though he had sharp fea-
lures and nasal twang.
"'Mister,' he began when we were
/ alone, I'm in kind of a snarl and
I've come to you because | want to do
the square thing. l had nice lot of
Havaney cigars shipped to Windsor,
thinkin' 1 could do a stroke sellin' 'em
here in Detroit. / had man there to
take care of 'em till l come on, but he,
not KNOWN nothin' about the law,
packs them cigars in. a boat an brings
'em over here without payin' no duty.
L reckon it was smugglin', but he's
honest as the sun and | hurried right
here soon's | heerd of what he'd done.
Here's sample of them CIGARS as
he held out box, and [ want to say
right here that l never had more de-
icious smoke He took me to the lit
tie room he had rented and showed me
hundreds of boxes on which he had
paid the duty, and 1 bet the matter
drop. 1t got into the papers, even to
my verdict as to the quality OF the
cigars.
''Then my honest Yankee made
special Christmas sale, patronized
chiefly by ladies' who did not care so
much about price as they did about the
credit of having once selected good
goods. He was closed out in no time
and disappeared. There was a rank
odor in the local atmosphere that
Christmas The cigars were cheap
Connecticut filters and cheaper Penn
sylvania wrappers. The cigar he gave
me was a ringer Uncle Sam gat
money that did not belong to him, but
it was an advertising scheme out af
which the Yankee made a fat thing"
Detroit Journal.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-02-01

the moose, it was now my right, as well as
considered duty, to preserve myself from the
disgrace of being hanged as a spy. 'Twoud
he but short struggle, moments wild
agony, perhaps, and then the end. l braced
nysef for the ordeal. Rising to my feet,
gave a last glance around, my eye taking in
the vast sweep of the sea, on deck the ma
r'nes still wrestling with the murderous
royalist, and, hurrying aft, Belden, followed
by Lounsbury. Then turning my thoughts
alOft, | had a revelation, without the
slightest mental effort, without the slightest
bending of the mind toward any refuge this
side of the great unknown, possble-ay,
probable-way of escape opened before me.
As the angel of the Lord at the last moment
called on Abraham to desist from the sacr-
fee of his son, so burst this light out OF
thick darkness and showed me my work was
rot yet finished. More than willing was to
grasp this more than chance. As though
stone had been rolled from my chest, l took
a deep breath, and quickly unloosing my
tclt, threw both cutass and scabbard to the
deck, then turning, with a stride l reached
the rail and cast myself headlong into the
SEA.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-02-01

'He lives, indeed" was the answer, "but
whether or no he will bide long | cannot
cay. He was better on deck than he is be-
low. The cabin still stinks. | hope twill
hot be forever before the doctor gets here.
Was he drunk at mess? 1t is possible he can
hold the lads life long enough to allow him
to speak; he does little now but moan"
At this the two walked forward, and
heard nothing but the coarse voices of the
marines as they sang out to one another or
laughed uncouthly.
The knowledge that Ames still lived gave
ME a quick sense of relief-a relief which
fled on the instant as | thought of the prob
able future III store for him. My own posi-
ton was infinitely better than his, even were
he not suffering from a wound, and, as for
his sister, after all was done, was she not
better off than either? But was she dead =?
Ii not, what could have become of her?
had heard that the vessel had been searched
without finding a trace of the third party
to whom Belden had referred. On seeing all
was lost, was it possible that she had thrown
herself overheard that she might not wit
Tess her brothers tragic end? 1t was like
her. 1t would have been an act showing
Der strength of character, as well as the
weakness of her sex; a natural recoil from
physical and mental suffering without a
purpose; a heroic self-sacrifice 1t were as
well she had not suffered captivity and
long-drawn misery. With her brother at
deaths door, or perhaps saved to die by
military law; her property confiscated, with
cut a home or relatives and at the mercy of
Cinton's heartless mistress, life would have
held no more for her than the doubtful ben
gift of mere existence in confinement for an
indefinite period.
And yet was my reason against the idea of
her self-destruction. There was mystery in
her disappearance, but its solution lay not in
tnat. The attacking party had boarded us
from either side, yet not an eye had seen her
cast herself into the sea. There was more
than this to make me doubtful. For her
brothers sake she had sacrificed herself be-
fore Clinton, yet on my hand was placed
her last kiss. Had she left the world thus,
without word to him, without warning to
me? 1t was unnatural, unholy; it was mon
strous to think of, and yet The possible
solution of the riddle as it drove into my
brain had scarce time to find lodgment be-
fore it was put to flight by the voice of Bel
cen, which seemed to come from directly
overhead, his words showing that the con-
tinuance of my present safety was not as
sured
''Think you that dingy could be hauled
aboard and repaired? Twas a neat shot,
ind the ball seems to have cleft her like a
ipife."
80 it looks" came an answer, "but I'll
warrant you'll find her full of assures. The
work will barely repay the trouble. Better
cut her adrift. If wind comes, the wreck
will drag like sea anchor. You might give
attention to the quarter boat yonder and
get the hatch aboard"
"The hatch, yes" Belden returned "but
the boat is stove badly. Curses on the rebel;
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be has cost us ten men in all, and only to
give us the slip! 'Tis small wonder Louns-
harry has the shakes at thought of him!
Think of the nerve"
Damn him!" was the retort. "What
about the schooner? Lounsbury wants to
take her in. There's nothing gone but the
foretopmast, and With three men he could
work her if the captain consents. In the
face of our being short handed, the idea is
not bad if the villain can be trusted"
Hell scarce run off with the schooner"
answered Belden, "and lead is no tempta-
ton, though I'd be shy of trusting him with
anything more valuable. | know him of
cd. He was scavenger to Clinton, and to
Howe before him. Here lad, cut away that
painter"
The last words were an order probably
given to a sailor, for presently | heard the
splash of the severed line. At the same
u.oment boat swept by, and from the few
words could gather | guessed the Irish sur
geon had arrived and gone aboard.
After that more boats passed and re-
passed as time dragged on, and finally the
bulk of the vessels captors returned to their
own schooner, for, saving now and then
tie sound of single man tramping the
deck, the stiffness was unbroken.
1t was WlIlF mighty SdIlsIdCIlOIb IudJ IluQ
heard the final order to cut the tie binding
my refuge to the schooner. | gave no
thought to what might come of my beng
sdrift on the broad ocean. Beyond each
moment as it came and went | seemed to
Rave no interest. The future was blank,
nor need | consider it so long as the wind
held off, for in the calm the dingy and
schooner would not part company, and un-
Ill darkness fell | would be compelled to
remain in my present pinched quarters.
Hooded as | was, up to the present my
hearing had been my only sense brought into
pay, but with the departure of the last boat
load of men | used my eyes for the first time
The interior of the shelter under which
hung was lighted almost entirely from be-
low, and delicate greenish-blue tint played
over the planks and ribs of the wreck
Shielded from direct light overhead, the
shell gave all the effects of a water telescope,
for, on turning my eyes downward, my
sight pierced the ocean for fathom after
iathom, the color of the depths growing
from the most tender blue to a clear and
then dark green, showing me that the bot
tom Icy beyond vision and far below. 1t was
cnly by turning to the hole in the keel that
/ could guess the hour, nor was it long be-
fore the sun had set and darkness came on
apace. By the natural attraction Of float
ing bodies, the boat had drawn near the
schooner, and. as they struck and cruacAcl
together, heard the voice of the s,l,"-e5.. g.:
be left the cabin and came on de;a.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-02-01

we soon shall be far beyond mere the
ory. Until the best serum for use to
the end of strengthening and invig-
Grating the nobler cells of the human
body is found, we shall be defenseless
against old age, but this once discov-
cred, the cells needing it are armed
for the conflict with their destroying
neighbCrs. Then death will become
less terrible, for we can adjourn the
final hour until the tired body calls
for rest. The time assuredly will
come when we shall be able to main
tain for an indefinite period the equi-
ibrium between the constructive and
destructive forces of the body. / am
not prepared to say that man ever
will be able to live always. No one
would want that. Some force appar-
emily outside ones self, but really
within, now commands that one
should die. All of us will be glad of
death at some time, just as we wish to
stop eating when we are satiated."
DR.. Mirey, the newly elected pres
ident of the Academy of Medicine, ex-
presses regret that this so-called dis
covery has received such wide pub
lefty thus early. 1T has not yet come
before any scientific body for exaL-
nation" he says, "and until this hap
pens scientific men will pay no atten-
ton tC newspaper talk on the sub
iect"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-02-01
BOYS.

Now, II anyone has an easy time
In this world of push and pull,
1t is not the boy of the family,
For his hands are always full.
I'd like to ask, who fills the stove7
Where is the girl that could?
Who brings in water, who lights the fire,
And splits the kindling wood?
And who is it that cleans the walks
After hours of showing?
In summer, who keeps down the weeds.
BY diligently hoeing?
And who must harness the faithful horse
When the girls would ride about?
And who must clean the carriage off?
The boy, you'll own, no doubt.
And who does the many other things
Too numerous to mention?
The boy is she general utility man."
And really deserves a pension!
Friends! just praise the boy sometimes,
When he does his very best;
And don't always want the easy chair
When he's taking a little rest.
Don't let him always be the last
To see the new magazine;
And sometimes let the boy be heard,
AS well as to be seen.
That boys are far from perfect
Is understood by all,
But they have hearts, remember,
For ''men are boys grown tall"
And when a boy has been working
His level best for days,
It does him good l tell you.
To have some hearty praise!
He is not merely a combination
or muddy boots and noise,
And he likes to be looked upon
AS one of the family joys.
The Gem.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-02-01
DUKE OF WESTMINSTER.
Determined to Remain in the Field
Although He Is Now the Richest
Man in Great Britain.

The new duke of Westminster, who
has just succeeded to his grandfather's
titles and estates, is the richest man in
England and bears one of the proud
est names in the British peerage. But
he is not too rich nor too proud to servo
his country in war, and at this moment
is an aide-de-camp on the staff of Sir
,Nlfred Miner, the governor of the Cape
of Good Hope and its dependencies.
The duke, better known under his
former country title of Viscount Bel
grave, will come of age next March,
should he not fall in the campaign. lie
is a second lieutenant of the Cheshire
Yeomanry cavalry. The romantic in
terest aroused by the determination of
the young duke to remain in the field
in South Africa, is increased by re-
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-02-01

cent discovery. 1t appears that the 600
acres in the heart of London, which
constitute the chief wealth of the duke
of Westminster, came into the family as
the result of arunaway love match made
by an ancestor of the present duke.
In 1856 Sir Thomas Grosvenor fell in
love with the pretty daughter of Ebury
Manor, a house standing far without
the city, and surrounded by five large
pastures. This property became the
dover of the bride and gradually Lon
however, until the first part of this
century, when the great-grandfathe
of the new duke conceived the idea of
building up the estate with row after
row of palatia houses.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-02-01
TO CHECK SENILITY.
covered "a Serum by Which Death
May lie warded on

DR.. Metchnikotf's discovery of an
alleged means of checking senility is
still the subject of intense interest at
Paris, although the authors are still
trying to prevent the premature pub
lication of the results of their re-
searches. The distinguished physi-
clan, however, received a correspond
ent in his private laboratory in the
Pasteur institute.
"At present" he said, eve are only
in the theoretic stage, but the sur
prising success that has attended our
experiments thus far gives hope that
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-02-01
The Woman of 1t.

Postal Clerll-This letter is over
weight, ma'am. You'll have to put an
other stamp on it.
Woman think the government Is
just too mean for anything. l know I've
mailed hundreds of letters that weren't
anywhere near full weight, SO / think
the least yon can do is to let this one
go through.-Judge.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-02-01
swords May BE Abolished.

The suggestion of substituting a
Martini-Mctford carbine for the sword
an officer usually carries is being large
ly discussed in military circles. The OBJ
lection against the sword is that, when
marching through hilly country. it
hampers an officers movements in ge;-
ting over rough ground, while car
bine could be used as n walking-stick,
thus being great help and support.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-02-01
a Pertinent Inquiry.

Newlywed (complacently)-Oh! of
course, all women have sharp tongues;
every rose has its thorn" you know.
Oletimer (dryly)--And have you no.
ticed, yet, how u rose will fade, but
thorn won't?-Pucl.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-02-01

"Why is it that you .Et down to the
office so early now?"
MY wife's doing her own cooking,
and | have to make her believe that
cant wait for breakfast. ."-Chicago
Daily News.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-02-01
She Talked.

"Ic said you were Il Bird
"Ecauy?" sne exclaimed. delighted
"Iea--a Parrot. '-Chicago Post.
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copyright, 1897 by D. Appleton g. Co. All
rights reserved
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1t isn't so easy to collect as to recollect
what men owe you-Chicago Dispatch.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-08-16
9aitg EagIc
NJ. NJ. MURDOCH. Editor.
Ex-senator ingalls, Reported Dying

special from Las Vegas New Mexico, at which point
the brilliant been sojournng
son. Ariz where gone over year ago hoping for
physical results that
gals receiving no benefit waters Hot
Springs that rapidly failing Of late
that considers dying condition The
special says expressed brought back to
Kansas home of which son. Ellsworth ingalls,
has advised by wire. Mrs. ingalls, him and
son. who Dakota repair Immediately
Vegas and accompany his parents back to Kansas
Dispatches New York papers of his critical Illness
While is very sick and a very weak his phys
clan holds out hope may live several weeks
The ex-senator attacked by trouble months
since during time could in hoarse whis
pers But he has very actively writing
editorials for the Journal other matter
writing as few write. A master Of English
learned and experienced nothing from pen
ronplace Judge suss sitting the federal
Tucson few weeks says that the ex
senator was head over journalistic liter
airy work the chairs and tables being piled up
in confusion with manuscripts a writer and orator
Ingalls, and the people Of his state
without regard their political convictions and affiliations
will learn with unfeigned regret the serious indisposon
Of Kansas famous son. fervently hoping that the
change back to his may allay his maady
and return his old-time vigor.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-08-16
commenting upon the changes the climate Of kansas

commenting upon the changes the climate of Kansas
says:
Many things have been indicate the change of
western Kansas One of the most
of all the present effect Of western Kansas air
on fresh meat plainsmen win testify that
up to 1873 quarter buffalo other meat might be
strung up the hottest of weather and that it
would keep pure for indefinite period In
fact the left the prairie did not
purify as animal elsewhere but they simply
dried up and shriveled away Now meat will spoil in
western Kansas quickly anywhere else The microbe
of decomposition arrived the increased humidity
of the atmosphere has something to do with it.
I'm this connection in the Dodge City Globe
calls another curious phenomenon Up to
something like years the tomato plant grew mos
luxurious1y but it bore no fruit. Dodge City man
saws he has grown plants six feet tall which flow
cred proifcaly but Now, tomatoes are
raised in abundance soil and under the same
treatment.
One of the most things that used to be OBJ
served by the other pioneers upon the plains
was the pertinacity sunower seed in searching out
place to grow the buffalo sod be disturbed IN
the fall and following spring would find sunhoWer
growing The government surveyors often aug
out bit of sod in locating township corners There
might not be plant within ten miles; but sure
as fate there growing at the sodbroken spot
in the following year. wasting of buffalo carcasses
often rotted the Sod sunfower would soon
find It's
But curious anything is the way the grass known
as estem of late been trespassng upon the
buffalo sod though civilization must bring
full equipment every to take the place OF what
nature planted in the wilderness Like the bison, whose
name it bears the crisp curly of the plains
seems doomed to extinction. The bue-stem, a
rank and rugged growth, first plants itself in the low
places known the draws, in the mars-ke depres
sons which originally buffalo walows and then in
diousy year by year. it the rounded sides and
of the buffalo sod ever conquer1ng now"
ever slowly rancher who has bit of bue-sten that
ran he moved for hay finds that with succeeding
it's area has grown larger regions the buffalo sod
has been entirely expelled That it is pershng as
other things have persisted before civilization is manifest to
every observer"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-08-16
Brother Billy Bryan Is Bright Man.

Brother Billy Bryans latest appeal to the people Of this
country sets forth his desire stop the
that being made reproacable form Of govern
ment" -Four years ago Billy denounced this same govern
ment as "a government by Injunction" demanding
organization Of the supreme court the election Of senators
the ballot box and insisted Dingley law be
struck from the statutes law substituted
Now he calls is "irreproachabe form of government
Then he goes off in Fflipinos. He is for.
standing by band brgands with Aguinaldo at their
head this patriot who only three years ago sold his coun-
Spain for 100000 Mexican silver this Judas
Iscarot who turned traitor his country epatriated
himself for bride in money Mr. Bryan talks about the
consent Of the governed" forgetting that party spent
millions of money and spilled blood to hold The
doce negro as chatte as man who had no rights
which the White bound to respect And yet the
negro IS angel compared TO Asunaldo and his
gang Of cut-,hroats Is Brother Bryan little for
ee,ful little Inconsistent and something Of demsrorus
withal?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-08-16
Another Kind of Republican Expansion.

There is one kind of Republican expansion that the
Democrats of this nation not kicking about
is the free rural delivery system purely Repub
lican invention. system which going to rapidly
applied to all sections country population
is numerous enough to demand it. farmer write
neighbor farmer anywhere within his delivery
letter delivered day without going through
postohice This rural free delivery system going
to revolutonze social largely the political and
conditions entire country large
jority farmers reading daily paper They will
up the markets politics and the
day, better posted than average townsmen,
they viii devote time reading noontimes
evenings having distractions than town men,
Expansion means growth and growth is desirable Or as
Lawrence puts it: THE Republican speakers
Kansas should not neglect to mention among other good
things Republicans DONE the establishing
routes. There any thing. begun Or
accomplished benefit of the people that gives such
promise good free delivery system.
The bane Of farm life is its isolation Put every farm in
the country close with you
only the longing for town and city that
every boy you bring greater
tegence increased ambition contenment happiness
home farmer This may not be and should
be political question the work has been
done the Republican party deserves credit it The Pop
uist party theory the
masses" unfortunately masses the
party well the Populsts confined their literary dssem-
roaring political pamphlets and wild unreason-
able speeches extracts Revolution and
speeches warning farmers against putting their
necs pluocrats delivery brings
paners and letters and magazines and books TO the door
every day kept up and the service
increased until past every this great country mail
carrier shall go every day bringing do
ings world farmer from the utterrnost parts
world"