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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-16

his massive frame bent above the
sick man, his eyes everywhere. Pulse,
respiration, temperature, were pa
tiently asccrtained, and with unsat-
isfactory results, evidently, for the
doctors face was a tell-tale. Once
or twice his eyes rested upon a tall
woman in black who moved slowly
about the invalid, touching his hands
and forehead, admonishing him gen
tly, and keeping watch upon TIE
physicians actions with a singular in
tentness.
This woman was of marked per-
sonality. Her iron-gray hair was
brushed back smoothly from a broad,
low forehead, her black eyes were
well sunk under dark brows and
lashes, but flashed indolently from
time to time when she was speak
ing. The small, straight, relentless
mouth and aquiline nose gave a note
of severity to her face. Her charm,
it is likely, had existed in the con-
tour and coloring of that face, and
in certain easy self-reliance, or
consciousness of power. Just now her
face was inscrutably placid. She
spoke only in tones so low as to be
audible but a short distance.
Across the room girl stood looking
idly, dreamily, from a easement win
dow into the trees. She was slender,
with a mass of reddish, golden curls
gathered back and fallen over her
shoulders. The profile revealed birth
and refinement, and suggested nobil-
ity, high purpose and innate purity.
There was wistful tenderness about
her mouth and a soft radiance in her
blue-gray eyes when from time to time
she turned towards the group gath
cred about the sick man.
Il am at Il loss, madam" the doctor
was saying, ito account for his lack
of improvement. There seems to be
nothing organically wrong, and yet
the nerve centers are totally inactive" :"
He picked up several medicine bottles
and examined them, testing their con-
tents by smell and sight. The tall
woman's eyes met his,
''He passed restless night" she said,
laying her hands upon the sick man 3
forehead. There was considera bic
confusion in the city, and some one
just before daylight fired pistol near
the house. This gave him fearful
shock"
''There is much excitement in Rich
mond over the secession movement"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-16

said Brodnar. "and the police are far
too few for these times. What have
you given him during the night?"
Il want my daughter to be present. -
said the sick man. fretfully; II want
her to hear the will read before sign
it, doctor"
81 am here, papa" said the girl, COM
ing slowly forward and standing quiet
ly near him. He looked into her facs
long and intently, his own softenirg.
81 would suggest" said the doctor.
rising and addressing the elder wom-
an, that we leave them alone for a
few moments; he seems trife bright
er just now" She fixed her black eyes
upon him steadily, ard slight smile
moved the hard lines of her mouth.
1T would not do. Frances is excit-
able, and excitement is contagious"
But am sure, madam"
at is useless, sir. He relies upon me,
and is nervous if leave him for even a
minute" Her white hand fell in rhyth-
mic monotony upon the invalids fore
head Presently he reached up impa.
tiently and pushed it away; but, watt
ing a moment. she resumed her caress-
ings, and he made no further resist
ance.
Il want my daughter to hear it read"
he said, querulously, Ieverting to .
thought unspoken.
"Oh, L would not let her do that. sir"
said Brodnar. you will not permit
that, madam!"
''She shall hear it," said the woman,
ut pleases him; and he has good OBJ.
ject in it, am sure"
ITO Be Continued
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-16

Clement Scott, the dramatic critic
used to be a clerk in the war office in
his young days, and even now is in
touch with men and matters military,
says a correspondent of the Washing
ton Post. A capital story, says he, is
told of an officer now on Lord Roberts
staff. This officer is noted for his ready
wit and power of repartee. Early in
his career he went to India, when he
was ordered to proceed to South Africa
On his arrival there he found that he
was to be attached to the staff of the
then commander-in-chi as aid-de-
camp, and he learned, casually, that
the chiefs new military secretary was
man who thought no small beer of
himself. A big fuNction was held soon
after the officers arrival, and the
secretary, with due sense of his
own Importance, proceeded to exhibit
his contempt for all subalterns. When
the new aid-de-camp arrived the secre-
tary gave him a supercilious stare,
and then gingerly offered two fingers
to shake.
Nothing daunted the sub. looked at
him for moment, and then said, quite
genially:
''Oh, say, major, hang it all, yoN
know, the governor gises me three!"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-16
The Irish of 1t.

One of the city physicians tells an amusing
story about a charity patient, an old Irish
woman who sent him hurry-up call. He
found her suffering from nothing more Sc
rious than a severe cold, and prescribed ac-
cordingly. Two days later when he dropped
in to see how she was getting along the old
lady was sitting up in an easy chair, her
head wrapped in camphor- saturated cloth.
We'll, how are you feeling to-day, moth
err he asked.
Much better, praise tn saints" was
the fervent reply. ''Shure you're foine
docthor. IF I'd a-sint fer ye beforehand
Old niver been sick at all, at all. Detroit
Free Press
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-16
CHAPTER v.

Facing the sun on the same morn
ing which broke through the length
ened slumbers of Louise in the Rich
valid chair. Everything that wealth
could provide for his comfort, every-
thing demanded by convention, sur
rounded him. No one would ever saw.
looking in upon the appointments of
his house, that the sick man lacked
anything that loving sympathy and
tender solicitude could suggest. The
deep velvet carpet gave back no sound
under the feet of those who moved
around him; curtains of damask and
lace softened the too direct ravs of
light which entered the long windows
across the balcony; bits of landscape
and color relieved the wide expanse
of wall; and flowers lent freshness
and fragrance to the soft spring air
sparingly admitted.
The old man was haggard from
loss of rest and from apprehension
His once forid face was pallid and
the cheeks sunken. His eyes shone
with an unnatural brilliancy. One
need not have been skilled physi-
clan to have detected the fact that
deaths seal was upon that pale face
and shrunken frame. The tiny spark
of life might glimmer in its socket
for days, weeks, even months; it
would never again send up clear and
steady blaze.
Within the same room several peo-
pie had gathered, controlled by varied
sentiments. DIR. Brodnar was there,
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-16
Try Grnin-O! Try Grain-o!

Ask your grocer to-day to show you pack
age of GRAlN-O the new food drink that
takes the place of coffee. The children may
drink it without injury as well as the adult.
All who try it, like it.. GRAIN-O has that
rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it is
made from pure grains, and the most deli
cate stomach receives it without distress.
! the price of coffee. 15c. and 25cts. per
packare. Sold by all grocers
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-16
1t Would Seem So,

Hix-Has your friend Wederly hobby?
Dix-Weii, | wouldn't call it hobby.
It's more like insanity.
"How's that?"
Hes been married five times. Chicago
Daily News.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-16
SEA GIVES UP A MESSAGE.
Bottle Cast Overheard Nine Years Ago
Finally Reaches Port in Norway.

Miss Ada !. Griffith, of Newark, has
just received news of the finding on
the coast of Norway of a message in
closed in bottle which she cast into
the Atlantic ocean nearly nine years
ago while on her way from England
to America. Miss Griffith is the
daughter of Thomas w. Griffith, a
well-known insurance man of New
ark. One day September, 1892, while
returning from Europe. she wrote on
an English telegraph blank form a
message to w. U. Byington, a mem
Der of her party. In addition to the
message she wrote: Miss Ada l.
Griffith, Mount Prospect avenue. New
ark, n. j., will pay two dollars for
the return of this telegram" The
bottle containing the message was
cast overheard at what was judged to
be the middle of the ocean. The in
cident was forgotten. A few days ago
Miss Griffith received a letter CON
tanning the original telegram. 1t is
said that the bottle had been picked
up by poor fisherman.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-16

''Do you know, Willie, what horrible
example is?" said the fond mother.
Yes said the schoolboy, with frown;
Statesman.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-16
A Tni;Iess Carriage, Also

The eGroom-Begorra! There's wan
great advantage about tn autymo.
bile, sor.
mployer-What's that, Barney?
"Yez kin rub it down widout bein'
swished in tn face be it's tail ivery
two siconds. Puck.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-16

All manner of exravagant expressions possible when
a Womans nerves are overwrought.
The at the top of the wind pipe bronchial tubes
ball rising in the throat" violent beating of the heart
laughing and crying by turns muscular spasms Throwing
the about by the insignificant occur
rencesare all symptoms of hystercal condition Sc
rious arrangement of the female organs
Any female complaint may produce Mysteries, which
must be regarded symptom only. The however
yields quickly to Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Conn
pound, which acts at the organ afflicted
nerve centers dspeing effectualy all those distressing
symptoms
Mrs Lewis Says "I Feel Like New Person,
Physically and nentally."
DEAR Mrs PNKHAM:-I wish Lydia E.
P1nkhams Vegetable Compound
and suffered everything headache
medicine
tnued and feeling like
and glad add testimonial remedy
Writing to Mrs. Pnkham the quickest and suest way
to get the right advice about all female troubles ad
dress is Lynn Mass She advises free. Following
is stance:
Mrs. Haven's First Letter to Mrs. Pinkham.
DEAR MRS PNKHAM-I would like in
troubles suffer month time menstruaon
and for that become
that hardly around
pain IN back down feeling desire
from Mrs EMMA HAVEN 25Os South Ave. Council Bluffs
Oune 3, 1897
Mrs. Havens Second Letter.
DEAR Mrs PNKHAM wish
medicine has done for suffered
Every month flowed badly bad that could hardly my
time obtained relief
Pinkhams Vegetable Compound Blood Purifier
25O8 South Ave, Council Bluffs, ,Iowa(F (Feb 19oO) ~ '
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-16

Your neighbors abuse you for one of these
two things: you are silly about sending
for doctor every time the baby sneezes,
or you don't send soon enough, because you
are too miserly y.-Atchison Globe.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-16

Stop lookin' fer trouble an happinessn
look fer you.-lrving Bachelor.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-16

A brave retreat may show greater cour.
age than foolhardy advance.-l.lm' Horn
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-16
He VIII he No Tool,

The sharper a man is the harder it is
to make tool of him.-Chicago Daily
News.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-16

One reason the very young think they
have great many friends is that they never
need any.-Atchison Globe.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-16

Copyright. 1899. by j. B. Llppincott Com
pany. All rights reserved.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-06-21

Washington, June l7.-Acting Quar-
termaster General Bird has telegraphed
General Long, in charge of transportation
at San Francisco, directing him to fit up
the transport Thomas, if the Sherman is
not available, so that she may sail on
July % as special transport for teachers
The Thomas is to be fitted to carry 10
female teachers and 400 male teachers to
the Philippines.
The war department has received from
Judge Taft approval of the selection of
$50 teachers, who will sail on the Thomas.
One hundred and fifty-six teachers will
sail on the Buford and Logan July II
and 10.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-06-21
A MONTANA Girl.
She Was Pale and BIoodIess, But
Now Has a Good Complexion.
Her Ailments Gone.
From he Pioneer press. s.. Paul. Minn.

From Florence, Ravalli county,
Mont, comes a cheerful letter, the
writer of which is willing to tell how
she obtained the rich glow of health
that thousands of women are envious
to possess. Before she found the
right remedy she was in that pale,
emaciated condition which doctors
call anaemic, and which, if neglect
ed, inevitably means early death.
Miss May Smith, whose address is
given in the first words of this ar
ticle, says:
About five years ago l became i'll
without apparent cause, and l grew
worse until l was completely run
down. The least exertion would
bring on a very severe pain in the pit
of my stomach. At other times l
would have pain in my head, some
thing like neuralgia. My kidneys
were very weak and my limbs always
felt tired. l was troubled with short
ness of breath and had pale, blood
less appearance. There was a smoth-
ering sensation about my heart,
which would beat heavily, with fits of
palpitation. For three years l was
under the care of two doctors, neither
of whom seemed to know the nature
of my trouble. They treated me for
dyspepsia, liberation of the stomach,
gastritus and neuralgia, but without
good results.
1.-TWO years ago, when saw an adj
vertisement in st. Paul paper of
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale Peo-
pie, l bought box and began
taking them. They helped me SC
much that l kept on with them
until l had taken five boxes alto
gether, and became we'll and
strong again. 1 gained in flesh
and they gave me healthy color
! have great faith in DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People, and take
them every spring and fall as a BLOOD
medicine and for the general building
up of my system.
81 have recommended Pink Pills Il
many people who are suffering mucl
as | was, and they have all been bene
fitted. My younger sister, whose ski
is pale and transparent, is now takini
them to restore her color"
Signed. MAY SMITH.
At all druggists or direct iron
, DR.. Williams Medicine Co., Sche
nectady, N. Y, on receipt of price
so cents per box; six boxes ST.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-06-21
BOERS SURPRISED BRITISH
KILLED EIGHTEEN VICTORIAS
Beers Captured Nearly "a Hundred and
Wounded ty-Two-Prisoners Were
Soon ReIeased-Lord Kitchener Said
Says They Were "a Superior Force.

London, June 17.-Lord Kitchener
has cabled from Pretoria. as follows:
Near Welmansrust. 20 miles north
of Middleburg, 250 Victorian mounted
rifles from General Beastons column.
were surprised in camp at Steenkoot
Spruit, by a superior force of Beers,
at 1880 p. M, June u. The enemy
crept up to within short range and
poured a deadly fire into the camp,
killing two officers and 16 men and
wounding four officers and 38 men, of
whom 20 were slightly wounded. Only
two officers and so men escaped to Gen
eral Beastons camp. The remainder
were taken prisoners and released.
Two Pompoms were captured by the
enemy. Full details have not yet been
received"
The serious reverse which Lord
Kitchener reports is the first accident
of the kind that has happened to the
Australian contingent, and it is sup
posed to be due to neglect of proper
picketing. Although it is offset by the
defeat inflicted upon Dewet, the loss
OF the guns is regarded as a serious
matter which will encourage the Beers
to continue the struggle.
More or less fanciful accounts are
published on the continent of alleged
peace negotiations, but there is moth
ing in them and nothing has come OF
the interview between Mrs. Botha and
Mr.. Kruger beyond revealing the fact
that Mr.. Kruger will listen to no pro
posals unless they are accompanied
with a guarantee of the independence
of the republics. The Daily Mails
Cape Town correspondent says tha
Cecil Rhodes. speaking at Bulawayo
Saturday, predicted that a federation
of South African states would come il
three or four years. but he contende(
that to grant self-government to tht
republics before federation would rem
der federation impossible.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-06-21
800 REWARD 300.

The readers OF this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded dis
ease that science has been able to cure in all
it's stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls Ca
tarrh Cure is the only positive cure known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being con-
stitutional disease. requires q constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. thereby de-
stroying the foundation OF the disease, and Civ
ing the patient strength by building up the con-
sti ution and assisting nature in doing its wJrk.
The proprietors have so much faith in its cura-
tive powers that they offer One Hundred Dol
lars for any that IL fails to Send
for list of testimonials. Address
f. ]. CHENEY &c CO.. Toledo. o.
Sold by druggists 75c.
Halls Family Pills the best.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-06-21

ct a constant disadvantage. This is
why, for the past twenty-five years,
thousands of women have been con-
fiding their troubles to us, and our
advice has brought happiness and
health to countless women in the US.
Mrs. Chappell, of Grant Park, Ill,
whose portrait we publish, advises ali
suffering women to use Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, as IL
cured her of Inflammation of the ovaries
and womb she, therefore, speaks from
knowledge, and her experience ought
to give others confidence. Address Mrs.
Pinkham's Laboratory, Lynn, Mass.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-06-21
WAVE SAVED TWO SHIPS.
Interposed in Time to Prevent Seri-
Gus Collision.


Captain Butch of the British ship
Cawdor, from Newcastle. y. $, tells of
narrow escape his vessel had from
colliding near the Australian coast with
the schooner Golden Shore. A hurri-
cane was raging when the ships nearly
came together, and a big wave which
came along at the opportune moment
averted "A disaster. The Golden Shore
is owned in San Francisco and was
lumber laden.
The Cawdor was In ballast. and a
gale arose. In few hours its fury be-
came terrible. Captain Burch soon re-
allied the folly of sailing in such a sea,
and every yard of canvas was stripped
from the masts. There was nothing to
do but drift, and this the ship did for
some time. Soon the bare masts of the
Golden Shore hove in sight, she also
drifting rapidly in the storm.
AS the ships neared one another their
positions became perilous. The terri
fed crews were unable to control them
and looked for nothing but the sinking
of one or both of the vessels. The Cav
dor bore straight down toward the big
schooner with a force that meant de-
struction.
But a few seconds more and the YES
sells would have crashed together had
not something occurred that filed the
sailors with wonder. A great wave, as
If conscience stricken, rose between
the craft and turned the nose of the
Cawdor just enough to prevent the
crash that seemed unavoidable. She
just missed the Golden Shore. So
close were the vessels as the ship fled
broadside by the schooner that one
could have jumped from the Cawdor
to the Golden Shore Captain Burch
says.
When the vessels slipped by one an.
dred voices. The Golden Shore drift.
ed on. but in the distance it was seen
that she had turned completely around
The Cawdor was uninjured.- Fran
cisco Call
F. E. Green, representing Koshlant
G. Co., commission merchants of SaI
Francisco and Boston, has bought o
Lewiston parties 100000 pounds o
wool, half of which has been shipped K
Portland by boat The price paid TO
the wool was 915 cents pound. Their
are still nearly 100000 pounds of woo
held in Lewiston for sale.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-06-21

San Francisco, June l3.-General Shat
ter and Colonel Maus, inspector general OF
the department of California, anu the fed
eral grand jury are investigating the
many reports of fraud committed in the
commissary branch of the army service in
this city. That the reports seem to be
based on something more substantial han
idle rumor is evidenced by the disclosures
following the arrest of Louis Abram &
Son, dealers in second hand clothing The
extent of the alleged frauds has not been
determined, and there is a diversity OF
opinion on the subject.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-06-21
WHAT THE FOOL SAID.
Story of an Earnest Seeker, a Quota
tion and Who Wrote 1t.

An ignoramus, not knowing the au-
thor of the line Though lost to sight,
to memory dear" appealed to a per-
son of discretion. You don't mean
to tell me you don't known" laughed
the person of discretion so rudely that
the ignoramus skunk away ashamed.
Plucking up his courage he approach
ed a diplomatist: 1.-The same author
that penned the line Consistency, thou
art a jewel, was the answer. The
ignoramus asked a man who is never
caught mapping. "Of course | know
the author" said the man who is never
caught mapping ITS aforementioned
1t, I've forgotten. The name is on the
very tip of my tongue, but-how stu
pid-I know perfectly well. you know,
but your asking me has knocked 1t
clear out of my head" The ignoramus
went to q wise man and told him all.
''Three separate students upon three
separate occasions were asked three
different questions" said the wise
man, oracularly. THE first question
was, What was the exact number of
the ancient Greek chOrusT the second,
What is the cause of the aurora bore
ais? the third What is the source of
animal heatY To each question each
students gave the same answer, L
know, but I've forgotten and
each instructor, it is said. made the
same comment, TO think that the only
man who ever knew should have for
gotten!' Still mystified, the ignoramus
asked a fool-there was no doubt about
his being a fool, because everybody
said so. His answer proved it. 81 don't
know" said the fool.-New York Even
ing Sun.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-06-21

The President who succeeds in getting
this measure through Congress. will hold
a high place in the esteem of the people,
but no higher perhaps, than the esteem in
which every body holds HosretIer's Stom-
ach Bitters, This medicine gets at the
starting point of the disease by acting on
the stomach, helping that organ in its
duty of dgesting food. 1t cures dyspep-
STA, Indigestion, constipation. stimulates
the kidneys, and strengthens the nerves.
Be sure to try it.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-06-21

The Philadelphia Academy of Sci
ences own lock of hair from the head
of each president of the United States.
Hot water, drawn from an artesian
we'll, is used to sprinkle the streets of
Boise, Idaho.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-06-21
Rough, the Colorado Plant.

Chicago, june l7.-John w. Gates and
his associates have accomplished what
they set out to secure by buying in the
controlling interest of the Colorado Fuel
& Iron company, and the disposal of the
plant will be made in New York during
the coming week
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-06-21
EghY a Woman
Is Able TO Help Sick Women
When Doctors FAIL

How gladly would men fly to wo-
mans aid did they but understand a
woman's feelings, trials, sensibilities,
and peculiar organic disturbances.
Those things are known only to
women. and the aid man would give
is not at his command.
To treat a case properly 1t is neces-
sary to know all about it, and full
given by woman to her family ply
sician. She cannot bring herself to
tell everything, and the physician is