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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-09
Josh's Conjecture,

Aunt Betsy-Josh, how is it the weather
man here can only tell what it's going to
do for "a hours, while the weather man
in Washington can tell for As hours, or even
a week?
Uncle JOSH guess the Washington chap
has more sensitive corns.-Philadelph
Record
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-09
Putting II Gently.

meeting Of the Boston beanbund, II shall,
in elucidating my subject, give you nothing
but -the-that is to say, shall give YOU
erthe-the decollete truth. Baltimore
American
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-09

Kemps Balsam will stop the Cough at
once. Go to your druggist to-day and get a
sample bottle free. Large bottles Is and 5C
cents. Go at once: DELAYS are DANGEROUS.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-09

one kissing you in the kitchen last night. |
don't like that" Susan--"Yes, ma am, the
master said you didn't like kissing much
and that was why he kissed me. ."-Philadel-
phia Press
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-09
DiscOuraginG,

He-It is my aim in life to do something
that will make my name eternally remem-
bered.
Shells it? You are pretty poor shot,
are you not?-Somerville Journal
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-09
Hoxsie's Group Cure
Checks a cold in one hour. SO cent


Judge Ito female witness)-Iiow old are
you?
Miss Passeigh--I guess | am
pray do not be reckless with your guesses,
madam. We can allow you but three
chances at ii. Baltimore American
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-09
SPRING CATARRH makes
PEOPLE WEAK AND NER v0US
Thousands of Fair Women Are
Never Without Pe-ru-na The;
National Catarrh Remedy,

Miss Marie Coats, President Of the
Appleton Young Ladies' Club, writes
the following concerning PeruDa:
Appleton, Wis.
The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, o.:
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-09

How My Throat Hurts! Why don't you
use Hale's Honey OF Horehound and Tar:
Pike's Toothaehe Drops Cure in one minute
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-09

| do not believe Piso's Cure for Consume.
ton has an equal for coughs and colds
John +. Boyer, Trinity Springs Ind, Feb.
Is, 1900.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-09

81 find Peruna
an eXcellen II t
S p RI n g and
summer medi-
c i n e and am
glad to call the
n t t e n tion of
my friends to
it. When that
languid, tired
feeling comes
over you, and
your food no
longer tastes
good, and small
annoyanceS IT.
ritate you, Pc
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-09

Carrie-"There goes Nell with her fan
Gee. They say he fell in love with her at
first sight" Bessie-"That's just like him.
He always was a funny fellow. They say
he liked olives the first time he ever tasted
them. boston Transcript
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-09

An empty headed man is always full Of
himself.-Chicago Daily News.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-09

Many a poor tune ls played on good
horn.-Chicago Daily News
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-09

The man who boasts of paying as be poes
IS usually slow about making star1.--St.
Louis Star.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-16
The EpiscopaI Church andDivorce

The Episcopal convention has set and
has risen again, and the privileges of
the innocent party in divorce remain
una bridged Marriage, as heretofore,
may be committed by the innocent par
ty with the Church's blessing. limo
cent parties who wish to marry are
not the only persons who are pleased
with the result. 1t generally 'gratifies
the Low-Church clergy. who scent pa
pistical tendencies in the movement to
make the Episcopal marriage rules
more nearly Ike those of the Church
of Rome. The High Church party seem
not to have shown much accession of
strength, this year. Besides the fail
ure to restrict the innocent party, they
failed to bring about a change of
church name. They would like to he
Catholics" but their brethren. though
respecting their sentiment, are salts
fed as yet to be Protestant Episco-
palians." and are like so to continue
to the end.
Divorce was also considered by the
CongregatiOnalists at their national
triennial conference, which closed at
Portland, Me. on October II Their
conclusion was pracucally the same
that was reached by the Episcopalians
They viewed with misgiving the in
crease in divorces. and wished that
folks would bsiere better. but resolved
not to question the Dropnety of SOL
emnizing the marriage of an innocent
party.
The innocent party seems to stand
wei IN the community. In these two
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-16
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
LIGHT FREIGHTS.
By w. w. Jacobs.
Dodd, Mead & Coz
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This is a volume of short stories or
sketches 1t is intended primarily for
English readers, although Americans
will appreciate the whimsical humor
and the rather rough incidents of the
stories. The dialect isn't too difficult
for American readers, although the
English and Scotch dialects appeal less
than the Irish brogue to our sense of
humor.
The stories are all from the point Of
view of a common sailor, who mar
rates his trials and pleasures. In Eng
land this author has certainly taken
high rank as a humorist Owing to
the scarcity of humorists in English
literature at this time these products
will be studied with more than ordi-
nary interest by the literary world.
An idea of the stories may be gained
from the first sketch, which Is entitled
AN Old Freak" Four sailors being at
the end of their money and at the be-
ginning Of a spree which should last
two weeks longer, plot to- sell the ex
tremely homely and unprepossessing
youngster of the quartette to a mu-
scum manager for G100. The young
fellow is properly rugged up and acts
his part admirably, but the museum
manager, being accustomed to buying
freaks of this character, ingeniously
circumvents the crafty sailors.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-16

lady's affections. In this way it is soon
proved to Peggy that the chamber
maids story was false, but rather than
confess to her identity she fights duel
with her lover, in which she is slight
" wounded. She gets through the
evening safely, however, and is about
to escape IN order to get back to her
maid-whom she has managed to SNUG
gle out-when her carriage collides
with that OF nobleman In excusing
herself to him she is obliged to give
her new name and is Mortified at find
ing that she has run across an old
friend of Sir Robins father, who not
only apologies, but insists upon her
going home with him for a visit.
This she must perforce do, and off
she goes with her small bundle of wo-
mans gear, to be introduced as a man
into London society. While in London
she not only meets her brother and Sir
Percy constantly but she also runs
across her other lover, the real Sir
Robin Mozart Her numerous adven-
lures and narrow escapes from deten-
ton form a most diverting story, and
one which holds intense interest to the
end.
The story is we'll told and the plot
most cleverly planned. The slight i'm
probability Of the tale is apparent, but
is readily excused for the sake Of the
entertaining story which without it
would not have been possible.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-16
The Journey of a Dry Dock

The new dry dock recently completed
by Baltimore firm for the naval sta
ton at Algiers, La, was towed the
entire distance of 1900 miles between
the two places. the inside route" be-
ing taken. A tugboat and a coal
steamer did the towing, the former
sometimes acting as rudder, being
attached to the dock by a line. This
line was composed Of two five-inch
Manila hawsers twisted together.
The route taken by the Algiers dock
was down Chesapeake Bay, along the
Atlantic coast, rounding Cape Halter
as and Florida, thence across the Gulf
of Mexico to the Southwest Pass,
where the Mississippi River was en-
tered, and up the river to Algiers.
The dock represents nearly 1000 tons
in weight-not excessive as compared
with the Atlantic liners, but owing to
its peculiar construction, most I'M
wieldly craft. The dock is 525 feet in
length; in its normal condition the
tops of the side walls are so feet above
the water level when the pontoons
are filled the dock sinks 40 feet.
The dock cost over $500 900. 1t is the
largest of its kind in the world, and
will accommodate two small cruisers
or a 15,000-ton ship. The pump
ing machinery is located in the side
"alAo, anu 10 SohtiOliSu ny leNeAS Up
Grated from the top of the walls. These
pumps are of such capacity that ves-
sci can be lifted clear of the water in
two hours.
The height Of the dry dock above
water made the problem of towing it
especially serious in stormy weather,
and the engineers planned that in such
an event the proper method to pro-
tect the dock from damage would be
to sink it, the towing steamers stand
ing by to keep it from going ashore
or turning broadside to the wind
Harper's Weekly.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-16

This is a novel, The heroine Is a
young English girl who inherits an es-
tate in Northern Germany from a
queer old bachelor uncle. She has lived
SO long upon the bounty of wealthy
but selfish and rather vulgar sister
in-law that she welcomes the oppor-
tunity to be independent and takes pos
session of the estate in company with
her sisterin-law, her niece and the
Disguised and returns, the following
day, to her English home
The heroine is Anna EStcourt. She is
called the benefactress' because, after
taking hold of her German farm, which
had high reputation for producing po-
tatoes and pigs, she decided to devote
the great dwelling house to a sort of
home for dependent women, treating
them as guests and supporting them in
comfort as her friends.
She begins with three who are singled
out from lot of applicants in answer
to newspaper advertisement. Here
comes the opportunity of the author to
WELD her favoriate weapons, the vivi-
section of character that made her
other books so attractive and so witty
Here is her best opportunity for re-
YeaIing the weakness and the mean
ness and vanity of these three women.
Anna had no end of trouble with the
overseer of her farm, whom the au-
thor calls an inspector. She is helped
over hard places in her plans by a
charming bachelor neighbor, Axel Won
Lohm. Anna is so absorbed and earn
est in her task of making the old wo-
men happy that she rejects Axel when
he asks her to marry him; but a sense
of proportion and a rational viewpoint
are restored to her when Axel is ar
rested on the charge of burning his
barns, a crime that had been committed
by half-crazy and jealous vicar who
had been fooled into believing that
Anna had encouraged his love. After
Axel has been in prison some time,
(and it is in prison that the betrothal
takes place. the poor young priest con-
fesses the crime and AXel is released
and we can see the end of the glorious
experiment with the Chosen, as the au-
thor elects to call the inmates of the
home.
The book is distinguished for great
knowledge of what we call human ma
ture, for want of a better term, for
delicious humor and for an unusually
picturesque view of life in Northern
Germany The sharp contrasts be-
tween the point of view of English wo-
men and German women are shown
throughout the book.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-16
THE SIGN OF THE
PROPHET.
By James Ball Naylor.
(Saalfield Publishing
Company

THE Sign of the Prophet is an Indian
that figure in this story have the usual
adventures. The War of 1872 furnishes
exciting scenes.
To make a skilful story of this kind
one needs a good Indian character, a
good strong young American scout, a
dog, at least two pretty girls, plenty
of hunger, moonlight, some battles, and
a mystery. We have them all in this
book satisfactorily sprinkled through
the 400 pages.
The Sign of the Prophet is one of
the mysteries. The prophet is the In
dian leader, Tenskwatawa, one of the
chiefs of the Shawnees. 1t seems that
a rascally Englishman gave to this In
dian chief a young orphan baby girl,
who had property that an uncle was
attempting to secure wrongfully. This
Englishman was a spy in the War of
1877. The girl, who is called La Vio-
lette, had grown to womanhood and
was exceedingly pretty. She had been
educated at the convent into charm
ing young woman, Notwithstanding her
life among the Indians.
The young scout who figures as the
hero of the story was really a son Of
this spy, but until the day OF the
death of the spy, who is known
throughout the story as Hiram Brad
ford, Ross Douglas, his son, has no
knowledge of who his father is, nor of
his identity with Bradford, who had
been his captor and companion in many
of the desperate adventures they had
had.
Ross begins the story as betrothed
to Amy. She re-appears later in the
story as the wife of a brute named
George Hilliard and the mother of a
child, whereupon Ross discovers his
love for the adopted Indian girl, and
as the reader hopes and expects, closes
the book in orthodox fashion, by mar
rying her.
The Sign of the Prophet Is a peculiar
ring, which the chief with the long
name uses to work the hypnotic spells
on his superstitious and ignorant In
dians Ross gets possession of the
charm and uses 1t once or twice with
great effect, 1t seems that the old
chief possesses the secret of hypno-
tism and uses it unscrupulously.
The book certainly contains some
strong chapters. Its human interest is
predominant and the pictures of men
tai anguish at the times of danger
and despair are particularly well
drawn.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-16
The President and the South

Says the South to the President:
you have trod on my cornsl" 1t is
true. There is no doubt about 1t. 1t
is too bad. But, oh, the South has so
many corns! With the best intentions
in the world, a Northern man Is liable
to tread ON one of them when he least
expects 1t. No one knows whether the
President realized that 1t would Of
fend the South to have Booker Wash
ington sit at the White House dinner
table. 1t is quite probable that no one
ever will know. The suppoSttion that
offense was given inadvertently finds
support in the fact that 1t is not to
the advantage of Booker Washington
to be even the innocent object of the
South's displeasure. He is devoted to
the accomplishment of q great work,
which to many of US seems the most
important work which any one man is
doing in the South 1t Is his policy
and undoubtedly his desire, to live in
peace with his white neighbors, and to
have the countenance and support of
all good Southern white men. He has
the rare grace of meekness in remark
able measure, and seems wise enough
and big enough to welcome any de-
gree of personal effacement that may
be a necessary part of the price Of
success in the service to which he is
committed. So it seems likely that If
Booker Washington had foreseen how
violently his dining with the Presi-
dent would excite his Southern neigh
bors, he would not have done it, and
possibly if the President had foreseen
1t he would not have asked him.
Another thing that favors the the
DRY of inadvertence is that it was a
perfectly natural thing for DR.. 'Roose-
welt to invite B. Washington, M. A., to
dinner He would have done it at AL
bany or at Oyster Bay AS between
man and man, scholar and scholar it
was a natural proceeding. In all the
North and all the West it stirred no
comment, till the South jumped into the
air and proclaimed the sudden anguish
of it's unsupported corns.
Well it is too bad! 1t cannot hurt
the President If he has made a mis-
take, it is a mistake of the kind that
he grows politically fat on. There is
nothing for him to do but to sit tight
and let the heather rage. But Booker
Washington's case is different. The
harmlessness of the dove is as impor-
tant to his equipment as the wisdom
Of the serpent. If his neighbors in Ala
bama and Georgia should conclude that
his harmlessness had been impaired by
dining with the President, it might
prove unfortunately. S. Martin, in
Harper's Weekly.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-16

This is a story Of Huguenot life. It
is laid in New Rochelle soon after the
settlement in 1889 The opportunities
for a historical novel of absorbing in
terest are presented, but the material
seems to have been used in a crude
state. 1t is decidedly unbalanced Scant
attention is paid to the plot on which
the romance is founded, a large part
of the book being stories related by
the characters about events in Old
France. The matter related by Hugue-
nots of Old France is altogether lack
ing in novelty and freshness. The
events centering about the edict of
Nantes are the most dramatic, in some
respects, in the history of the world
since the Middle Ages. They are black
stain on the history of the Christian
church. They account in a great meas
ure for the stain of French blood in
the American nation.
There are Huguenot settlements in
New Rochelle, Schenectady, on the
Hudson River, in Georgia, and in other
parts of the country. Some of the
scenes in this book are placed in Sche-
nectady. The story of the massacre is
given with no little skill and detail.
Some of the old family names given
the characters in this book are still
retained in New Rochelle
The hero of the book is Etienne lie
Compile, which, being translated into
its present English form, is Stephen
Lecount. The explanation in the book
to the name is that there We're two
Stephens, one being distinguished by
his title and he dropped his surname
and the family name thereafter be-
came LIE Compile.
The heroine seems to be a good wait
er and a good listener, but there is
slender excuse for presenting her in
the book
New Rochelle, today, is a city of
nearly 10000, yet it is as proud as ever
of the ancient Huguenot families;
many of them have grown wealthy in
the last 20 years, owing to the dividing
up of the paternal acres into city
house lots. Not a few of the residents
of New Rochelle who inherited only the
tumble-down houses and acres of farm
lands, are, today, possessed of a COM
potency. Some of this Huguenot land
is extremely valuable. The shore front
where these Huguenot settlers landed
is now possessed by millionaires, and
yacht clubs, and is perhaps changed in
its physical aspect less than the old
farms that have turned into parks and
city blocks.
The same transformation has gone
on in Schenectady but the peculiar his
tory of the early settlement of this
place gives it an historical attractive
ness.
Though the book be a disappointment
in some respects, it is yet worth read
ing, for its historical honesty and ac-
curacy. 1t compensates the reader for
a lack of humor and brilliancy by Civ
ing him serious historical matter in a
most sincere and unaffected way.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-16

ROSALYNDE'S LOVERS. I
BY Maurice Thompson. !
(The Bowen Merrill I
Company

This story, by Maurice Thompson,
was, it is understood, the only piece OF
fiction from his pen unpublished at the
time Of his death. 1t was at that date,
however, in the hands of the editors
Of Lippincott's Magazine, and shortly
afterward appeared in that periodical.
1t has now been given more permanent
form and with numerous illustrations
and unusually handsome typography,
makes an attractive volume. Rosa
lynde'S Lovers is a pleasing, graceful
tale; a love story, pure and simple,
in which the incidents related have a
bearing on the fate and fortunes of the
lovers. The scene opens in Indiana,
where, on country road, enjoying
bicycle ride, the young man and Wo-
man whose lives become entangled
have, by chance their encounter. The
town. "Hawford," in which many of the
events take place, has certain features
which suggest that Mr.. Thompson had
Charlottesville in mind when portray
ing it. Indiana politics figures Incl
dentally, though in rather a realistic
way in the narrative but after the
defeat Of the herotne's father as can
didate for the office of governor in the
state convention and his sudden death,
the scene is transferred to New Or
leans. The incidents are not many or
in any way dramatic or unusual. In
fact, 1t is quite the old-fashioned, con-
ventional love story, in which GER
tain amount of anxiety and heartache
are experienced by the lovers, but no
heartbreaks or unnecessary miseries.
Because of this consideration for the
characters themselves, as well as for
sympathetic readers, is a refreshing
variation from the prevailing tendency
in current fiction to tragedy and har-
rowing situations. Rosalynde and her
lovers, as we'll as the second young
woman who kindly comes in and takes
the suDerfluous lover off the first
named maiden's hands, are quite ideal
In point of personal beauty and other
attractions. There is also an abundance
of wealth for all concerned. The story
will serve to occupy a pleasant hour
and is quite worthy to take it's place
beside Alice of Old Vincennes" as a
souvenir of the departed author
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-16
IN THE DAYS OF AUDI
BON.
By Hezekiah Butterworth.

Cd. Appleton & Coz

This is a story for young readers, and
as it is by Hezekiah Butterworth, it
should be interesting. He declares in
this book his attempt to write a pic
ture of old times in the pioneer West,
and to encourage the forming of So
cieties for the protection of birds. In
the study of birds the camera opens a
new field for the young naturalists and
calls them to the woods and country
under new conditions.
While the story of Audubon's life in
this volume follows the methods of
historical fiction, the narrative and il
Illustrated anecdotes are substantially
true. The forest tales of Audubon fur
nish also one of the most real and dis
tinct pictures of the early history Of
pioneer life in this country. Folk lore
is sometimes the truest history.
There is much dialect in the book
that is in an attractive form for young
people. The hook is certainly one of
great value for young readers, both for
its value as a history and for the
study of nature that it stimulates.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-16
BACONS UNE SEMAINE A
PARIS.
BY Edwin F. Bacon, Phi. B.
american Book Company

This series of helpful conversations
will make the visitor to Paris ac-
quainted both with the physical fea-
lures of the city and with the infor-
nation and phrases necessary to get
about independently. In addition it af-
fords to the student valuable drill in
modern idiomatic French. The CONVEX
sations, which deal with the sights Of
the city, and the necessary orders in
hotels, restaurants, stores, ETC., We're
in each case written on the spot of the
scene described, and are true to the
life and features of modern Paris.
The book is supplied with a French
English vocabulary and contains a
sketch-map of the city, as well as nu-
merous illustrations of its principal OBJ
jects of interest. 1t is a far cry from
the old Ollendorffian Have you seen
the green shoes or the gardeners
daughter?' to a modern and attractive
phrase book such as this, and we hope
1t may meet with well merited sue
cess.