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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-08-01

Somewhere in the records ot the
government is told how one battery,
the focus of artillery and infantry,
held back for hours the tide of bat
tie that day; somewhere are preserved
the names of those who fell, and of
the few who, at last, with despairing
strength dragged back the guns that
had not been dismounted, and saved
them from capture; but no official
record preserves the picture of
wrecked and half demolished cottage
by the roadside, the body of a frail
child dead in the arms of dead
woman visible through the shattered
timbers. The picture lives to-day only
in the memory of a soldier, who,
standing before it moment under
the bursting shells of that June
morning, covered his eyes and MUIR
INJURED a prayer.
To this same place in the after
years came one day in June a man
and woman who tenderly laid flow
ers upon grave beneath the one
cedar which had escaped the battles
wrath. A slender shaft of marble
stood above the grave, and upon it
was carved the name of the dead
woman who slept beneath. By the
grave a rose-vine was growing. It's
upward branches clung to the tree
and let fall long streamers of white
blossoms, peace banners, in the breeze.
81 planted it here when i gave the
place to the boy who brought you
through the lines to me that night,
Dick. 1t is a Lamarque, too. l want
ed her to share the white rose with
me-to sleep peacefully under it al
ways. For somehow, Dick, have al
ways felt that once you loved her,
and that you loved me at first be-
cause she had taught you how to
love" She lifted her blue-gray eyes
and rested them upon the manly face
of her companion; a tender light was
cleaning in their misty depths. "And
| am glad, my husband, that her brief
life was blessed even for a little
while with the worship of brave
gentleman's heart" He drew her to-
wards him, and her face grew radiant
against his breast.
"God bless them both, mother and
child" he said, gently; 'and God
bless you, Frances, my wife'
THE END
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REST AND WORK.

Where is rest? In what isles of the sum-
mer-glad seas?
An what gardens of balm? Meath what
sleep-drooping trees?
BY what stlll-flowing waters, what lily
fringed streams?
In what meadows of silence, what valleys
oS dreams?
Meath what thunderless skies, by what
hillsides of sleep?
On what moon-lighted mountain, or star
lighted deep?
Yes, where on the earth's or the oceans
wide breast
rs the home of release and the harbor of
= rest?
why. here in the corn feld-and take up
your hoe!
Right here In this mill-make its wheels
onward so!
Right here with your engine-up steam
and away!
Right here with your sewing machine
every day
Where there's work. there is rest, and It's
nowhere beside.
Though you travel all lands and you sail
every tide.
Where is rest? Go to work, and your
spirit renew,
For no man can rest who has nothing to DO.
Sam Walter Foss, in Christian Endeavor
World.
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Smart Lunatic.
trayed.

Although this anecdote from Short
Stories is so good as to suggest the
hard writing which makes easy read
ing, we all know that for unexpected
and splendid intervals of lucidity the
unbalanced mind cannot be surpassed.
Horace Mann, the famous educator,
was sitting one evening in his study
when an insane man rushed into the
room and challenged him to fight.
"My dear fellow" replied Mr.. Mann,
sit would give me great pleasure to
accommodate you, but l can't do it,
the odds are so unfair. l am Mann
by name and a man by nature, two
against one 1t would never do to
fight"
'Oh, come ahead!" the insane man
answered. 81 am man and a man
beside myself. Let us four have a
fight"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-08-01
CHAPTER XVI

The woman who leaned from the
upper window of the wing of the Brook
in residence that June night in 1862
was the ever-cautious mother scanning
the outward route chosen for her son,
who at that moment was in his room
concluding his arrangements for a per-
ilous enterprise.
The time had arrived when Raymond
Holbin was to risk his future upon one
bold stroke. If he failed, he was no
worse off than at the moment, unless,
indeed, he should be captured. 9th
the Brookin fortune dissipated by war,
Richmond presented but few attrac-
lions for him. If he succeeded in all
Hhat his busy mind had planned, life
held for him Frances, revenge and
wealth. The cause for hesitancy lay
In the possibility of detention and dis
covery; for although the papers which
ne so highly valued were, as he sup
posed, unintelligible to any mind other
than his own, he was confederate of
6cer, and desertion meant death. He
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-08-01
CARDINALS AT ROME.
Have Singular Privileges and Rules
for Their Conduct.
Always Dress In Red and Etiquette
Does Not Allow Them to Walk
The Sacred College and How
1t Is Constituted.

While in Rome etiquette does not
allow a cardinal to walk. He must
have a carriage and pair. When he
goes out beyond the city walls an at
tendant follows him. Going to pub
lie ceremony at the Vatican he is en-
titled to a gala train of three car
riages, and if prince to four.
In the pope's chapel the cardinals
kneel at the benches on which they
sit. They wear at ceremonial func-
tions a cassock with train of cloth
In winter and of moire in summer.
collars, shoes and stockings are red.
The girdle is of red moire with gold
tassels, the rochet of lace and the mo-
zetta the same as the cassocl. In
Rome the rochet is covered with a red
mantelletta; outside the city it is un-
covered. The hat is red felt with gold
tassels.
The cardinals di curia, or those re-
siding in Rome, are entitled to a year
ly income, or piatto cardinalizio of
32, 900 lire-about Sc, ,400-which is paid
out of the ePter's pence. The cardinal
dwelling ordinarily has these special
apartments: At the entrance is an
antechamber for the domestics.
Above a credence are the arms of the
cardinal under canopy. On the wall
are suspended his two kneeling cush-
ions, one of red and the other of violet
silk, and his two umbrellas of the
same colors. These last are for COW
ering him when he is making solemn
entry into a church or following the
viaticum bareheaded. The second
room is for the cardinals secretary.
The third is called the antechamber of
the biretta, because the red biretta
is placed there on a console before a
crucifix. Then comes the throneroom.
When a cardinal asserts that the
pope has said this or that, or has given
such an order, he must be believed on
bis word without being obliged to
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question. "Did you suppose that she
was dead?"
"Yes. She insisted upon trying to
run the gantlet." A light dawned
upon Somers. A cry of horror escaped
him, and all the old enmity for the man
came rushing over him again.
"You encouraged her! You knew she
was going to her death! You sent her
under false promise-her statement!
Frances, Frances, out of this room.
God has sent me to ayenge Louise.
Madman, murderer, we settle many
debts to-day" Blind, almost, with his
rage, Somers rushed upon his enemy
Their swords clashed as, facing each
other, the two men circled about the
room. Then Holbin's sword went
down. With incredible quickness he
avoided the thrust which was almost a
part of the disarming blow, rushed to
the easement window, leaped into it,
and burst open the blinds. His hand
thrust in his bosom quickly reached
backwards; pistol flashed. At this in
slant the sergeant rushed into the
room, saw the blue uniform escaping
through the window, and the extended
pistol. He leveled his gun and fired.
The man in the window reeled back and
plunged headlong into the room.
at couldn't be helped, capt ain," said
the soldier, lowering his weapon. "Once
outside he would have given us a long
chase. Did he hit you?" Well might
he ask the question. Capt. somers was
4 II. L - i Il
of his foe.
"No," he said, utterly at loss to un-
derstand the situation. Frances, in
the moment of the tragedy, reeled
against the wall, sick and faint, but the
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-08-01

prove it. This is called the oruculum
Fivae vocis.
Cardinals should be 30 years of age.
Mgr. Martinelli will be one of the
Youngest members of the college. He
is now SO. Cardinal Skebensky, arch
bishop of Prague, is the youngest, be-
ing only 38. Cardinal Yives y Tuto
comes next. He is AZ. Then Mgr.
Martinelli fits in, says the Baltimore
Sun.
When the sacred college is complete
there are 10 cardinals, namely six
bishops, so priests and IA deacons.
Cardinals of a lower order have, with
the consent of the pope, the right of
option to pass to higher order. The
ieacons can chose the vacant places
of the cardinal priests if they have
been deacons for ten years, and have
been ordained to the priesthood. The
Rome when one of the six bishoprics
falls vacant has the option to succeed
to it, with the exception of the sees
of Ostia and of Porto, which are re-
served for the dean and the subdean
of the sacred college. The dean is
the senior cardinal, dating from his
promotion to one of the sees.
There are now 67 cardinals-40 Ital-
ians and 81 of other nationalities. It
is said that Pope Leo XIII. desires
always to have the membership near
the plenum, or limit, and that he said
just before making out the recent list
of 12 new cardinals:
"Better that there should be as
many as possible to choose from in
the next conclave." Pope Plus TX,
having had the longest reign, created
the most cardinals, 170; Pope Leo
XIII. has buried 13s cardinals since
he began his pontificate.
Besides Cardinal Martinelli seven
other cardinals have had to do with
the church of North America. They
are Cardinal Cheverus, the first bishop
of Boston; Cardinal McCloskey, arch
bishop of New York; Cardinal Glib
bons, of Baltimore; Cardinal Tascher-
eau, of Quebec; Cardinal Perisco, bish-
op of Savannah; Cardinal Mazzella,
the Jesuit theologian and professor
at the college at Woodstock, Md, and
Cardinal Satolli, former delegate to
the United States. OF these cardinals
Cheverus, Perisco and Mazzella had
left this country before they were
created cardinals.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-08-01
A PROFLIGATE KING.
Milan of Servia Was Bad Man, q
Bad Father and m AbOmina-
BILE Husband.

Few even of the wisest precepts bear
universal application, and that de
mortuis would debar some of the de-
funct from any sort of recognition.
The best we can say of King Milan of
Servia is that the rascal possessed
persuasive tongue, says the London
Saturday Review. One day when
mob was bowling for his blood outside
the Konak at Belgrade, he came out
upon the balcony amid a pandemoni-
um of groans, but before the lapse of
many minutes all were listening to his
language with rapt attention, and
soon his peroration was the signal for
wild applause. He was a bad king,
bad man, bad father, and an abom-
Unable husband, and we can only plead
for him that an evil nature and
shameful education were accentuated
by the blackest misfortune. To the in
nermost recesses of his soul-if indeed
such a being could claim a soul-he
was a gambler, and he staked his
throne, his reputation, and the regard
of his friends as lightly as the hard
earned dinars extorted from a long
suffering peasantry. The demon of
ill-fortune pursued him everywhere,
as it has the habit of pursuing un-
skillful players. Yet never surely did
any man receive greater indulgence
or deserve it less. Defeated by the
Turks, he was rewarded by his people
with kingship and by Europe with
province; exhibiting gross cowardice
at Slivnitsa, he retained the devotion
and confidence of his army; outraging
his sanity queen with physical cru
elites and open insults, he found her
ever ready to forgive; bought off again
and again by an impoverished ex-
chequer, he could always count upon
the charity of the subjects he had be-
trayed.
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CHAPTER XVII.

Richard Somers did not need his
pass that morning, nor have to ex-
plain why he, if a paroled prisoner,
was wearing the uniform of confed-
erate officer. That uniform was his
salvation in his wild ride upon the
crowded road, for aides and couriers
were rushing to and fro and no one
questioned him. Day was breaking
as he neared the front, and the tu-
multi of a great battle surrounded
him. He passed cavalry, moving in
fantry and artillery, and was soon
swallowed up in the confusion. He
had no knowledge of the topography
of the country; there was no chance
to use a pass in that mass of con-
fused men-he could only move for
ward with the host. An officer, rein
ing up violently by his side, gave him
an order to carry to a struggling line
that, half enveloped in it's own smoke,
reeled back in front of wooded slope
on when some guns were being han
died desperately, and on that slight
eminence as he approached in mad
galiop he saw at intervals the familiar
stars and stripes. He passed the con-
federate line, at that moment badly
broken, its officers riding as madly
as he up and down it in an endeayor
to rally it, and seeing here his only
chance of escape, took It. Burying
his heels in the fanls of the terrified
animal he bestrode, he headed
straight for the battery. He swung
back in the saddle as though endeav-
oring to stop a runaway horse. A
little thicket screened him for one
instant, and emerging beyond that.
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bred, he soon earned for his rider, Abe
Conger, of company A, the distinction
of being frequently detailed for spe-
cial service. Several extraordinary
marches of over so miles a day are
placed to his credit, but the event which
most endeared him to the hearts of
the troop was his being participant
in the capture of Jefferson Davis.
During the term of his service he
acquired a wonderful veneration for
his country's flag and many are the pa
thetic stories told in this connection
1t is the special pride of Capt. Harter
to relate that one day when flag was
being raised at schoolhouse near the
field in which Frank was grazing hs
Jumped the fence as soon as he saw
it and stood beneath its waving folds
until it was removed at night.
The monument, which is on Capt
Harter's farm at Upper Sandusky, Is
a single bowlder, extremely hard and
red and gray in color, with sharply cut
facets which sparkle and glisten in
the sunlight as it beams upon the spot
which will long be venerated in honor
of one of mans best friends and an
influential factor in the making of his
tory.
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FUNSTON TO RESIGN.
Man Who Captured AguinaIdo VIII
Quit the Army for Profitable
Commercial Work

Army officers returning from the
Philippines report that Gen. Fred
Funston expects to tender his resig-
nation as brigadier general in the
regular establishment and engage in
private business. He is quoted as
having said as soon as all active mill
tary operations in the islands cease
he will give up his place in the army
and will represent a large CONNER
cfal concern which has made him a
handsome offer for his services. His
resignation is expected to be forth
coming before October. The report
that the Kansan would resign was
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thoroughly discussed by officers at
the war department, and while no
one seemed to have any direct infor-
nation concerning his intentions the
statement that he would leave the
army was generally accepted as true.
People in Washington who know
Funston say that he is not by nature
adapted to the routine of military
part in times of peace and that his
spirit of daring and enterprise will
lead him into other fields.
Officers who have returned within
the past few days said he did not ex-
pect the promotion that resulted
from his capture of Aguinaldo and
that when he was shown the cable
gram from the war department an
nouncing his appointment as briga-
dier general he expressed astonish-
ment that his exploit should have led
the president to accord him such
recognition. At that time, it is said,
he was making arrangements to get
out of the army, his intention then
being to accept a proposition of a
large business concern to represent
it in the Philippines. The promotion
for the time being, of course, divert
ed his attention from such plans.
The offer is said to have been re-
newed since, and as it would bring
him a much larger salary than that
of brigadier it is understood he has
almost decided to accept it.
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BRAVE CAVALRY HORSE.
Its Memory Has Just Been Pcrpetu-
nted by the Erection of II Monu-
ment in Ohio.

Survivors of the Twelfth Ohio cav
airy have unveiled monument erected
over the grave of Frank" veteran
war horse connected with that regi-
ment during the rebellion.
Frank was a thoroughbred Ken
lucky colt, five years old when he en-
tered the service So years ago. Fleet of
foot, strong of limb, and with the splen-
did endurance of the true thorough
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Called to Freach.

The old negro was working in tho
cotton field one hot day in July.
Suddenly he stopped and looking to-
ward the sky, he exclaimed:
so Lawd, de cotton am so grassy,
de wull am so hard, an de sun am so
hot, dat l b'lieve dis darly am called
to reach!"-Booker L. Washington,
in Outlook
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Rebuke to stinrx EMPLOYERS

Judge Danforth, of Maine, believes
that a fair salary tends to keep a man
honest. Lately, in speaking of a con-
victed bank cashier, he said: 81 wish
that the law permitted me to send
directors who, through long term of
years, expected you to do your work,
live respectfully, bring up large fam
ly and be honest-all on a salary OF
k6on a year."
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Copyright, 1899. by J. B. Lippincott Com.
pany. All rights reserved.
CHAPTER VX.-CoNTINUED.


! "God has arranged it for u.s. he said,
a glad note in his voice. II have found
you without seeking; l have looked
into your face without knowing-why
what is it?" The girl had drawn be-
yond the reach of the arms stretched
out towards her and was sadly shak-
ing her head.
"What does it mean?" she said, in
fear, her voice trembling. "Why are
you here in that uniform?"
upon a mission requiring the ut
most secrecy, Frances; discovery
would cost me my life! 1 shall ex-
plain"
ga spy! You a spy! All, can believe
all the other things now-they told me
only the TRUTH" She began to wiring g
her hands; but, suddenly drawing up
her slender figure, she said:
Capt. Somers, leave these premises
at once-and Richmond, or yes, even
Twill give you up to the law" He
saw her mistake, but he was as proud.
"You condemn me without a hear
ing"
"Your uniform, your presence in this
city condemn you'll"
"No Soners was ever a spy. have
risked my life to help dying woman"
he said, quietly. 81 came here to see a
man named Raymond Holbin."
raymond What of him?"
"You know him, then?"
eyes! Yes! He is herein this
Souse!"
"Take him my message, and we part
for all time, Frances; tell him that
Louise is dying-tell him to come here
to me"
'Louise! Oh, sir-wait! VIII you
not tell me who is Louise?"
"a lovable woman whose life has
been a failure. 1t was she who fired
the shot that night-not at me who
once loved her, but at Holbin, as she
thought, the man who had brought her
nothing but sorrow"
Amazed and dumb, Frances was re-
garding him with questioning eyes.
'And the child?" she began, weakly.
"Ah, there is the most pitiab!e part
of it. Holbin has never married Lou
ise." The girl covered her face an in
slant.
Forgive me-" she said. 81 wronged
you-my friend"
"You do not say my husband. So let
1T be-"
81 cannot" she answered, in great
distress, when 1 think of my poor
boys dying and dead all around mel
some Cay when it is all over, perhaps;-
but not now, not now! But oh, SIR" she
exclaimed, looking in terror about her
''come inside, come in; the danger is
frightful."
Somers drew himself up and saluted
"Kindly deliver my message. / shall
wait here"
'You must not-you shall not!
Quick, sir, into my room"
at is the room of young girl" he
said; "if | am discovered there the life
that lose is nothing compared to her
loss!" A struggle was going on in he1
heart. Her face was white, and a wan
smile dwelt upon it.
at is your wife's ROOM" she said
"and you will be safe there"
He took the hand, touched his lips to
it, and suffered her to lead him in.
Above their heads, woman, hearing
every word, leaned out moment. The
upward glare of the swinging lamp lii
up her face, savage in its vindictive joy
AS Richard Somers entered, the room
the woman overhead closed the blinds
gently. The floor she traversed gave
no warning to those below.
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he lirted his handkerchief in the air.
waved it and with the speed of the
wind swept on into the lines of blue.
Strong hands seized the bride; and
then cheer went up from the bat
terry Col. Somers was with his own
again.
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Drummer-What was the effect of
the big temperance agitation here
last week?
Landlord (of Pettyville tavern)-Aw,
several persons who had never drank
in their lives were persuaded to
swear oT-Judge.
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Uncle SANS Penny Coinage.
Last year the United States coined
56,546,243 cents, which sounds big
but 1t is less than o penny apiece.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-09-17
ONE HUNDRED MEN
KILLED N A MINE

COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo, Sep
TENDER ia special to the Gazette
from Glenwood Springs, Colo. says:
A frightful gas explosion occurred at
$50 o'clock this evening in the coal
mine of the Colorado Fuel & Iron Com
pany at Spring Gulch probably re-
sulting in the instant death OF all the
miners engaged in work, estimated at
one hundred men.
The conclusion of the explosion
were terrific and the entire entry was
badly caved in. Three men were res
eued from near the entry soon after
the explosion but they were so fright
fully mangled as to be unacceptable.
The telephone line to Spring Gulch
is out of order and a messenger was
dispatched to the office of the Poca-
hontas mine. eight miles distant,
where telephone connection was held
with Glenwood
special Midland train was ordered
and all doctors in Glenwood Springs
were at once sent to the scene of the
Accident.
No definite information has yet
been received here as to the number
of men killed. but it is supposed that
the men at this mine work until six
o'clock except those who do contract
work, and in that event it is thought
almost one hundred men must have
been in the mine at the time of the ex-
plosiuon. There is not one chance in
a thousand for many of them to escape
with their lives.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-09-17

Special to the Register.
CADIZ. O.. September 16.-In the
Rumley Crossing territory, on the Pan
Handle railway between Scio and
Jewett. L. A. Brenneman e. Co have
completed their No. 10 on the ketner
farm and have a 10 or Id barrel
pumper.
In the Bowerston field, in Monroe
township, w. P Black & Co. have a
ia barrel pumper at their No. II on the
Mary Shaney farm. The same com
panys test on the p G. Honk farm in
the same locality makes showing for
II barrels.
In the Bricker field, two miles
northeast of Cadiz, the National OIL
Company have just completed their
No. 20 on the John Brickes place, and
have % oil 80 barrel we'll.