davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-07-18
HE WAS A MIGHTY RICH MAN.
but His Wealth Consisted in Never
Owing Anyone
Cent.

A gentleman recently took n ride
through one of the pretty little vii
lagos that are common in that region,
during which some of the men in the
neighborhood came under criticism,
says the Chicago Times-Herald.
Speaking of a prominent man in the
village, the traveller asked: rs he a
man of means?"
"Well, sir" the farmer replied, "he
hasn't got much money, but he's
mighty rich"
"He has a great deal of land, then?"
was asked.
mo, sir, he hasn't got much land,
either, but he is mighty rich"
The old farmer, with n pleased smile,
observed his companions puzzled look
for a moment and then explained:
"You see, he hasn't got much money
and he hasn't got much land, but still
he is rich because he never went to
bed owing a man q cent in all his life.
He lives as well as he wants to live,
and he pays as he goes. He doesn't
owe anything, and he isn't afraid of
anybody. He tells every man the
truth, and does his duty by himself, his
family and his neighbors. His word is
as good as his bond, and every man,
woman and child in the town looks up
to him and respects him. No, sif, he
hasn't got much land, but he's q
mighty rich man, because he's got all
he wants" :"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-07-18
oueer South African Battle.

A traveller in South Africa tells OF
a queer battle he once witnessed. He
was musing, with his eyes on the
ground, when he noticed a caterpillar
crawling along, followed by hundreds
of small ants. Being quicker in their
movements, the ants would catch up
with the caterpillar, and one would
mount his back and bite him. Paus-
ing, the caterpillar would turn his
head, and bite the ant and thus kill
the tormentor. After slaughtering
dozen or more of his prosecutors, the
caterpillar showed signs of fatigue,
and the ants then made a combined
attack. Betaking himself to a stalk
of grass, the caterpillar climbed up,
tail first, followed by the ants. AS
each one approached, he seized it in
his Jaws, and threw it off the stalk.
The ants, seeing that the caterpillar
had too strong a position for them
to overcome, resorted to strategy.
They began saving through the grass
stalk. In a few minutes the stalk fell,
and the entire force of ants pounced
upon the caterpillar, killing it at once.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-07-18

year ago. Prices in general are
scarcely so good at present as they
were this time last year.
Marten skins, which have brought
as much as $25 skin, sold this spring
for from SIS to SIS. Traders are es-
pecially proud of the otters and
minks which they obtain from Lab
rador, which have fur of peculiar
fneness and luster.
The hunters from the interior of
Labrador had not heard of the death
of Queen Victoria until they emerged
from the woods few days ago. No
mail matter can reach them during
the winter. Even the residents along
the coast had only six mails from
autumn till spring, and these had to
be conveyed over the snow by dogs,
on sleighs, for want of proper roads
and other means of conveyance.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-07-18
The Queen and Her English.

The shy and retiring disposition of
Hawthorne has often been commented
on. Yet on occasion he could be quite
as clever with his tongue as with his
pen.
1t happened in England. Mr.. Haw-
thorne was guest at a formal din.
ner given to one of the foreign ambas-
sadors. The conversation had turned
upon an autograph letter of the queen,
which happened to be very clumsily
expressed.
"What do you think of the queens
letter, Mr.. Hawthorne?" he was asked.
The man of letters was perplexed.
but he replied that it showed very kind
feeling.
NO" persisted the wicked inter
rogator, "but what do you think of the
style?"
Mr.. Hawthorne was equal to him.
"The queen has a perfect right to do
as she pleases with her own English"
he replied
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-07-18

that particular place. A watch taken
from his body contained the names of
Capt. Richard Somers and the regi-
ment to which he was attached, and
also the likeness of an elderly wom-
an. 1t was surmised that the victim
of the pistol shot was a deserter and
robber; that he had been captured
and killed while attempting violence
or an escape. The officer into whose
possession the watch drifted was in
charge of burial party next day un-
der flag of truce, and, learning that
Capt. Somers was among the troops
opposite, sent the watch to him with
a courteous explanation. The graft
tication of Capt. Somers was only
equaled by his bewilderment. Many
weeks before he had intrusted the
jewel to his faithful artilleryman, and
this soldier, he had been assured, was
left dead upon the bloody Battlefield.
His conclusion was that some one had
robbed the body at that time and
had been overtaken by fate while en-
gagged in some other nefarious enter
prise. But when Capt. Somers cas-
ually opened the locket and found
therein a long, slender curl of red
dish-goden hair and on the narrow
ribbon with which it was tied the
name Frances" he was involved in
a hopeless mystery. He was within
sound of the Richmond church bells
that morning, and between the inter
vals of fighting and moving to new
positions he had already in imagina-
ton entered that city. The name
thus sent was the only tidings of
Frances he had ever received, and it
made him a sadly happy man.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-07-18

ing, of an admirable norm, but it is
graceless in petticoats. AS she steps,
she knocks her skirt with her knees,
and gives you the impression that
her leg is crooked, that she does not
lock her knee joint. More often she
toes in than out.
She has a marvelously delicate,
brilliant, fine-grained skin. 1t is in
nocent of powder and purely natural
No beer in past generations has en-
tered it's making, and no port; also,
little flesh.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-07-18

for in past times, when any chairs
and tables and other articles therein
were condemned, it was the practice
to have them burned, says Modern
Society.
The object of this was to prevent
pieces of furniture stamped with the
queens monograms from being let
loose, as it were, and so allowed to
drift into the hands of brokers, and
thence into the possession of persons
having no right to them, but willing
to pay almost any price to be able
to display such royal articles in their
own houses. 1t was a wasteful eX-
pedient, but one can understand the
reed of such precaution. There
have been so many instances of roy
al gifts and discarded articles being
found in shops and stores that some
means of prevention are quite neces-
sary. But up to the present time
there have been no indications of u
holocaust.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-07-18

friend to both sides, and when you
come back with proofs that Richard
Somers is really dead all may yet
be well. If she is free at 81 the will
is binding, even if it were held that
she has not already sacrificed her in-
terest."
"Come what may" he said, pas
sionately, "while live Brodnar shall
never see Frances Brookin the wife
in truth of Richard Somers."
"Nor while / live" said his mother;
"there is my hand upon it,"
keep out of it, mother, keep out,
or you will regret it!" said the
wretched man.
"Ungrateful boyl Where is your
promise? Do you repudiate that?
Have you forgotten your danger?"
mo, but she shall not suffer at
your hands. Leave her to me. And,
mother, if you ever find us dead to-
gether in that room downstairs, have
no thought of me. The man who has
neither love nor revenge has moth
ing to live for" He seized his hat and
rushed from her presence.
ITO Be Continued
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-07-18
THE NEW ENGLAND WOMAN.
Not a Prepossessing Figure in Ont
line or Motion, According to
This Writer.

In body she belongs to people
which has spent its physical force.
and lacks vitality, says Kate Steph-
ems, in Atlantic. She is slight. There
is lack of adipose tissue-reserve
force-throughout her frame. Her
lungs are apt to be weak, waist
normal and hips undersized.
She is awkward in movement. Her
climate has not suffered her relaxa-
tion and the ease and curve of mo-
tion that more enervating air i'm
parts. This is seen even in public.
In walking she holds her elbows set
in an angle, and sometimes she steps
out in the tilt of the Cantabrigian
man. In this is perhaps an uncon-
scious imitation, sympathetic copy
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-07-18

table and, picking up the letter, read
aloud: wound received in my house"
your face beneath the lighted
match" AS he stood thus the letter
slipped from his hand. "Louise!" he
whispered, 1.-The ran whom Louise
shot!" Not in all the vicissitudes of
his wild career had Holbin received
such a shock of surprise. His mind,
dazed and bewildered, could not ar
range a deduction beyond the discov-
cry that Richard Somers was the man
around whom so much of mystery had
gathered, and that Frances referred to
him in the teuder word husband" He
laid his hand upon the bell-cord and
hesitated; then his wicked smile came
back again as he pulled it.
Tell your mistress | shall be glad if
she will favor me with her presence
here" he said to William. When, a
few minutes later. Mrs. Brookin came
into the room he failed to hear her.
What is it, Raymond ?" she asked.
He reused himself and spoke rapidly.
Frances got her wounded soldier a
pass through our lines. and to please
her l carried him to the front. After
he left me L found these papers in the
buggy where he had dropped them.
The fellows captain is Richard
Somers."
"Richard Somers!"
"And now, madam, read the note
from Frances to him and let me con-
gratulate you upon"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-07-18
IN FAR-OFF LABRADOR.
Fur Hunters in That Country Who
Have just Heard of the Death
Queen Victoria.

Reports are reaching civilization of
the operations of the past winter in
the interior and upon the coast of
Labrador. The season was, generally
speaking, a mild one, and the fatali-
ties among the Indians fewer than
usual, a good supply of furs was Sc
cured, but none of such peculiar value
as some of those taken during the
preceding winter, says the New York
Sun.
The highest price paid for single
skin of last winters catch was $500,
which was for black silver fox, the
king of all the bearing animals of
Labrador. Exactly double that amount
was paid for skin of the same va
riety, very noble specimen, about a
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-07-18
REFURNISHING WINDSOR.
The Old Furniture In the Castle VIII
BE Burned to Prevent
Its Circulation.

His majesty intends to clear out
a good deal of the old furniture and
fittings at Windsor castle and replace
them with his own. Having this in
view, old residents have been on the
lookout for signs of bonfire some-
where in the precincts of the castle.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-07-18

decked with lilies and roses. 1t is a
remarkable fact that they frightened
nobody, but called forth the guests
unanimous applause. They were
brought recently to France by Prince
d'Arenburg, who was participating in
the Paris-Berlin race and did not
witness their triumph.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-07-18
The Value of Shocked Nerves.

According to legal decision in the
Vienna courts "shock to the nerves"
constitutes serious accident, writes
a Vienna correspondent. A passenger
on local line claimed damages,
which were awarded him, for a shock
to his nerves, caused by the conductor
shouting out to the passengers to
jump off the car as he feared col
liSion
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-07-18
VeritabIe Lions In n Salon.

At the Comtesse de Greffelhu's re-
ception at Paris, when the music and
had ended, two young lions
entered the saloon dragging a car
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-07-18
Need High bidding.

Some people are always willing to
do as they are bid, if the bid is high
enough.-Puck.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-02-08
Local LaconicS.
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST ABOUT TOWN.
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.

Mr.. L. y. Owens. Of Clifton, spent
the day in Union Monday.
You can get trunk at less than half
New York cost at ]. d. Graham's. 1t
Mr. w. z. Altman, of Jonesville, was
in town Monday.
There will be services at Fair View
Sunday. Services will be conducted by
Rev. j. d. Mahon.
A few pairs of mems pants that were
81, now 45c, at J. d. Graham's. 1t
Mr.. A. II. McComh, of Charlotte, N.
g., Is on visit to his niece, Mrs. W. D.
Arthur, of Upiop.
A bill has passed the House
doubling the Confederate veterans
fund from 800, 600 to $2oO,O
Corsets-a few odd sizes Of corsets
that were 81, now 69c, at J. d. Graham's.
1t
After heated and lengthy discussion
on the wide tire bill by the Senate the
bill was continued to the next session.
Don't miss Mrs. Sarah McDon-
aid Sheridan at the opera house next
Monday night, if you do you will
miss treat.
WANTED-Tenant for good two
horse farm in Bogansyille town
ship. Apply to L. s. TOWNSEND,
at Southern Freight Depot. a-tf
We are glad to hear the favorable re-
seeE.a from the oat crcps. The oats are
doing fine and have not been materially
injured hy the cold weather SO far.
We have an interesting article from
Annie Laurie, on the method Of
making socks in a modern knitting
mill, which will appear in THE TIMES
next week.
Nessrs. Palmer and Fosters new five
room residence just below the post Office
is progressing rapidly. An out house is
also being built on the lot.
Mr.. u. J.. Clark, Of Union, s. c., was
In the city last week on the sad mission
OF attending the funeral Of his brother,
Mr.. r. G. Clarke. .--Andeison Intelli-
gencer.
e II Is reported that the grippe is quite
prevalent in the Sardis section of Union
J county. There are number of cases
in Union and In other sections of the
county.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-02-08
Beware of Ointmcnfs for CataI ri
that Contain Mercury

as mercury will surely destroy the sense of
smell and completely derange the whole
system entering it through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should never be
used except on prescriptions from Ieputa-
BILE physicians, as the damage they will do
is ten fold to the good you can possibly
derive firm them. Halls Catarrh Cure.
manufactured by F. j. Cheney & Co :,
Te.edo O., contains no mercury, and is
taken internally, acting directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces of the system
In buying Halls Catarah Cure you get
the genuine. 1t is taken internally, and
made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney g.
Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggist price 75c per bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-02-08
Sewerage Let Friday.
We are to have Sewerage in
Three Months.

The bids for putting in the sewer.
age system for Union were opened
by the city council at their meeting
last Friday. There wore six bids
in, and the contract was awarded to
Mr.. Geo. O. Tenney,of Spartanburg
at his bid of s2l, ,22O, this being the
lowest bid by some 5000. This bill
does not include the cost of the pipe
The council decided to leave the
purchase Of the piping to negotiation.
Mr.. Ludlow, who has the matter in
hand, thinks he may be able to save
the town some money by direct
purchase of the piping.
There was no definite arrangement
as to when the work will begin, but
it will begin Immediately after the
money for the bonds is received. The
city council has received notice that
the data legalizing the bonds ls now
in proper shape and the money will
be paid as soon as the bonds can be
Autographed, which will be about
March LIST; the work on the sewer
age will then begin.
Mr.. Tenney has deposited with the
Foity treas surer a certified check for
Isl 500 as guarantee for the faith
full performance of his part of the
contract.
The sewerage dump will be at g
point below the old Beatty Mill place
on shoal' creek, from an 18 inch
main. This is about three and a half
miles from town. TIE sewerage is
to be completed in three months.
The following bids were sent in ::
Shirer, Summer and Shirer, Chic.
ago, Ill, s2s,44o.
Gill & Co., Chattanooga, Tenn,
$22.21O.
Geo. .. Tenney, spartanburg, s.
c., $21, ,22O.
Geo. L. Garrety, Patchogue, N.
Y, $3O,322. ="
,oE Erwin Bros, Greenville, o., $24,-
=. ". johnson 4 Co., Newport
News. Va, put in bid of $42,972
TO furnish piping and turn tho work
oyer to the city completed. The
Other bids did not include piping.
With her electric lights, water
works sewerage system and electric
street car lines, Union will be a city
Of no mean Importance, Just keep
an eye on Union.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-02-08
Electric Car Line.

1t will he remembered that the city
ordinance recently published in TIE
TIEEs regarding tire Union electric
street car line, was not effective until
signed by both parties concerned. The
ordinance was made effertive this W elk
when it was signed by M. 7. G.. Duncan,
his associates and assigns, anl thu street
car line is now assured, and operations
will no doubt begin in roai blilding as
soon as the sewerage is put in. By th-
irst of next year we expect to have the
electric street cars whizzing by our do)rs
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-02-08
YOUNG THE GROCER,

Work is progressing rapidly on the
foundation of the cotton mill at Whit
! mires. The railroad siding has been
graded to the mill site, and building ma.
terial is arriving daily.
Mr.. w. James, formerly of Union
but now a guard at the penitentiary
came up to Union Monday after tn,
prisoners, convicted at the last term Of
curt. Mr.. James says Columbia is OF
building boom.
Green 4 Boyd have got their machine
and repair shop in full operation now,
aud are ready for all comers, they have
also opened livery stable, and can fur
nish any kind Of team. Read their ad
this week.
Hose Amer to the lamb and Joy to
the sole, listen, Harry 81 Bslk have just
opened up 1000 pairs of Hose, enough
to supply the town. See his prices on
them this week. Better get a pair CT
those blankets also before they all 60.
Mr.. ]. E. Fowler Is building hand
some residence on South Virgin street
for Mr.. Wallace Meng. Mr.. Fowler
has been building some nice houses for
our citizens recently, he seems to be a
master of his trade.
Mr.. Samuel l.. Duckett, of Whit
mires, dropped in to see us while in town
Tuesday. Mr.. Duckett hdstles In his
community for the peoples paper, THE
TIMES. He is authorized to receive
subscriptions OR renewals for this paper.
You will notice that Vox's war remi-
niscences have inspired Telephone to
coms to the front with some more Of
these interesting anecdotes. That is
right, all these things will be valuable
to some future historian In writing a
book on the war.
The latest and most wonderful" is
how five sticks Of chewing gum and a
handsome piece Of Jewelry can be sold
for cents-Jewelry consists of Gold
Plate Collar Buttons, Hat Pins, Brace
lets, Watch Chains, etc., ETC., at the
"W ondsr Store.'
If you wish to live long, "Longavita''
will give you the power to do so. IF you
want to remain beautiful "L.ongavita''
will keep You 80. II you want to enjoy
continued health and vigor and be }
young man when you are old in years.
"Longayita" win keep you there. Ifyop
long to be be called old, decrepit, sepile
and crippled, il you want To become q
burden to yourself and to others, If you
want to lose all the beauty, all the vigor,
all the health you ever had, then you do
not want to use this preparation, 1t is
made for those only who love life and all
Its pleasures. See ad. In another column
"Longativa" isthe result Of many years.
labor by two Of the best and we'll known
! scientists the world has yet produced.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-02-08
Blow Ye Gentle Winds,

1t may be gentle or it may be fierce
wind, accol ding to the INCLINATION ot the
man ut the fellows, but the fact remaiDs
that The A. III. Fost. Co. has blown off
the profit, SD that any farmer can have
u thoroughly equipped blacksmith shop
for rediculously low figure. See his
ad. this week.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-02-08
Attention s. S. Workers.

AT the last State Sunday School Con.
vention Union county was pledged to
give at least $40 To the State fund.
Superintendents of all Sunday schools are
rquestt d to take collection for this
purpose next Sunday and forward same
at ouce to Allan Nicholson, Treasurer,
Union County S1uday School Associa-
lion, Union, ). G..
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-02-08
THE WILLIAMSON COMPANY
10 6 aVita
THE TABLET OF LIFE

From times immemorial it has been mans
predominating ambition to 'prolong life. Rut
among the many brilliant minds, who have
devoted their lives to the fascinating subject,
It was left for the immort tai Darwin to give
TO the world, in his great theory of Life, the
Imndamental principle upon which to build
an further research in this direction, Follow
Ludwig Buechner, German scientist of in
ternatfonai renown, wi tn his remarkable
work entitled "Das Buch des Langen Iebens''
win he too died ore he could reap the fruit
of his wonderful doctrine Others however.
equally great took up the interrupted thread
with the result that two German scientists,
| at last discovered the secret of Longevity.
In the shape of a remarkable Vegetable Com
pound, which, II properly used, will positive y
prolo, g Life. This new remedy, appropriately
named "Longavita" (meanit0 Long Life) has
been subjec ted to the most rigid tests at ali the
leading clinics and hospitals throughout
Europe with marvellous results. Appreciat
Ing the importance of this discovery. we
siye proprietary right % this truly wonder.
to mankiad. NtonEavita" is the IT true u Tit Tabiett
bodying the veritable secret of longevity in
practical, feasible form. 1t is the fountain
of perpetual youth, which It prolongs far
Sesth in !s Pesest % nor@a M whale
ayita" hrtgftens the eye, stimulates the men
tai activity, gives elasticity to the step,
makes the face full, absorbs wrinkles,
the only true Ponce de Leon remedy for e old d
ropes leading pysiclans.
500 q Box by mail.
HUGO Won TILLENBURG MEDICAL CO.,
sole u. 8. AGEsTs(
iiSi-iis3-1is5 Rroadway,.New York City.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-02-08
Killed a Dog.

A dog was killed OH Mr.. r. j..
LindeI's place by one of his hands Mon
day. The dog acted strangely and it
WAS Thought 1t might be mad, but dill
act like mad dog Upon the al
proach Of anyone the dog would run and
hollO.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-02-08
Mr.. Wash McKOwn Killed,

Mr.. j. II. Bartles received the sad
intelligence by wire Wednesday that his
step father, Mr.. Wash McKown, had
been killed. We have not been able to
learn the particulars. whether by a train
or otherwise. Mr.. McKown lived in
Cherokee county, near the Union county
line. Mr.. Bartles left Wednesday to
att end the funeral.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-02-08
Notice.
Trespass Notice.

All persons are hereby warned not to
hunt, cut timber, walk or ride, or haul
through or In any other manner trespass
or allow stock to Craze on any lot or the
estate of Mrs. Ruth Hart, deceased.
Parties disregarding this warning will
will be prosecuted for malicious trespass.
6-4tp @. +. HART.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-02-08

When in doubt as to what is the
best thing to do to secure bappi-
ness just send in q dollar for a
tses'B subscription to The TaMrs.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-02-08

Stops the Cough and Works off the
Cold.
Laxative Bromo- -Quinine Tablets cur.
a cold In one day. No cure no pay.
frlce 20 cents. 43-l