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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-03-06
HIGHLAND FOX-HUNTING.
Scotch Terriers Are Hereditary Foes
of Reynard-kindly Dogs That
Are Fierce in Battle.

Ben Buei and the wild glen it over
looks have never been glad with the
cry of the hounds, as that phrase is
understood of the shires, yet the dis
trict is the home of the hill fox and
of one man and many dogs for whom
fox hunting is the serious pursuit of
life. Ben Buie never saw scarlet; it
never knew a meet. True, it has seen
the chase, but it has been the pursuit
of Highland war or the following of
the red deer in the old days with horn
and hound; yet more foxes are killed
each year by the hunter and his dogs
than fall TO the busiest of packs in
the best of countries" south of the
Tweed, says the London Express. Up
here on the hill the only sounds COM
ing to the ear are the faint murmur-
ing of the dwindled river and the yelp-
ing of the terriers somewhere down
there where the stream Joins the sea.
You are in land of wild, dark, frown-
ing hills, dotted with the cairns in
which the fox loves to make his home
"A land of sheer descents, of cliff
deep ways, of precipices and barrier
rocks.
Fox hunting, in the ordinary sense,
is obviously impossible. Nor is it at
tempted. In the Highlands they have
a short way with the fox. They do
not hunt him with dogs; they do not
desire rum" their whole aim is
a stly III - III, l. l., . ,I,
are not as the foxes of the plain.
They are larger, stronger and fiercer,
more like wolf than fox as a beast
of prey. In autumn, summer and win
ter the foxes are hunters merely Of
such animals as are the spoil of south
ern foxes. As destroyers of game,
often as wanton among birds as an
otter among fish-there is war be-
tween them and the keepers, and to
shoot a fox is not a sporting crime,
but n good service to the whole hill"
In spring other interests are in
volved. The hill fox, from Eskdale on
the borders to dark Loeb EribolI" in
the far north, is the enemy of the
sheep farmer, for he preys on the
young lambs, and grim and great
would be the slaughter if there were
no fox hunters to follow him to his
Businesses in the wild hills, and there
with dogs of high and low degree
make him pay the penalty of his mis-
deeds down to his last cub. In some
districts the tod hunter to give him
his border name, is a person of con-
siderable Importance. Among the
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-03-06
The Explorer
Needed In AfriCd
by SIR HENRY NJ. STANLEY.

small from either side but Of the great interior there
is much yet to be learned.
Uganda there lies of the highest
ranges known Twelve years glimpse of it.
Since many like gTmpses photo
grapd but scientific information about
far known has assembled its sides
THE GREAT RUWENZORI RANGE AWAITS THE MASTER
WHO SHALL FATHOM IT'S MYSTERIES FOR THE BENE-
FIT OF MAN.
the day when Africa offers the adentue seeking
passing glory from unread public opportunity attain
his ends. THE MAN WANTED IN AFRICA TODAY IS THE
CAREFUL, CONSCIENTIOUS, SCIENTIFIC EXPL ORER. The
man both by and careful training investigate the
bring back with him facts that shall be of value the de-
of the great rich territories lying all about Acas
kissed lakes There Africa but what has something
TO offer civilization What need is the who will
spot will investigate the details who will give his
work for which only poseriy will praise him. of which the
rabblc of to-day will have appreciation
We have such and to them Africa do the work
find there do and will yourself the
history of the FUTURE for Africa where future history made.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-03-06
Ny Strangest Case
BY GUY BOOTHBY.
Author NIKOIA,' 1.-THE BEAUTIFUL WHITE DEVIL"
"PHAROS, THE EGYPTIAN" Etc.
copyrighted, 1901, by Ward. Lock & Col
BY GUY BOOTHBY.

noon and night, the quarter in which
the Hotel of the Three Desires was
situated was fragrant with the smell
of garbage and Chinese tobacco; pc
culiar blend of perfume which, once
smelled is not to be soon forgotten.
Everything, even the bottles on the
shelves in the bar, had a greasy feel
about them, and the mildew on ones
boots when one came to put them on
in the morning, was triumph in the
way of erysiphaceouS fungi. Singa-
pore at this season of the year is
neither good for man nor beast; in
this sweeping assertion, of course, l
except the yellow man, upon whom it
seems o exercise no effect whatsoever.
1t was towards evening, and,
strange to relate, the Hotel of the
Three Desires was for once practical
ly empty. This was the more eX-
traordinary for the reason that the
customers who usually frequented it,
en- route from one end of the earth
to the other, are not affected by sea-
sons. Midwinter was to them the
same as midsummer, provided they
did their business, or got their ships,
and by those ships, or that business,
received their wages. That those
hard-earned wages should eventually
find themselves in the pocket of the
landlord of the Three Desires was
only in the natural order of things,
and, in consequence, such of his
guests as were sailors, as a general
rule, eventually boarded their ships
without as much as would purchase
them a pipe of tobacco. 1t did not,
however, prevent them from return
ing to the Hotel of the Three Desires
when next they happened to be that
way. If he had TO other gift, Manuel
at least possessed the faculty of max
ing it comparatively homelike to his
customers, and that is the desider-
atum not to be despised even by sail
or men in the far east.
AS l have said, night was falling on
one of the hottest days of the year,
when a man entered the hotel and
inquired for the proprietor. Pleased
to find that there was at last to be a
turn in the tide of his affairs, the
landlord introduced himself to the
stranger, and at the same time in
quired in what way he could have the
pleasure of serving him.
~ want to put up with you" said
the stranger, who, by the way, was a
tall man, With a hawks nose that was
not unlike the beak of the same bird.
"You are not full, SUPPOSE
Manuel rubbed his greasy hands to-
gether and observed that he was not
as full as he had been; thereby insin-
uating that while he was not over
flowing, he was still not empty. 1t
will be gathered from this that he
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-03-06

seemed to know when she might be
expected At last, tired of his occLpa-
tion, he returned to his hotel, an6 in
due course sat down to supper. He
smoked another cigar in the veraEda
afterwards, and was on the point of
retiring for the night, when two nen
suddenly made their appearance be-
fore him, and accosted him by name.
He Immediately sprang to his feet
with a cry of welcome.
81 had made up my mind that you
were not coming" he said, as they
shook hands.
"The old tub didn't get in until a
quater to nine" the taller of the two
newcomers replied. "When did you
arrive?"
This afternoon" said Hayle, and
for a moment volunteered no further
information. A good poker player is
always careful not to show his hand.
81 suppose this place is not full?"
inquired the man who had last spoken.
"FuIl?" asked Hayle, scornfully. ITS
full of cockroaches and mildew, if
that's what you mean?"
THE best company we could possi-
bly, have" said the taller man. Cock
reaches and black beetles don't talk
and they don't listen at keyholes.
What's more, if they trouble you, you
can put your heel on them. Now let's
see the landlord and see what he's got
to offer us in the way of rooms. We
don't want any dinner, because we had
it on board the steamer"
I'rn BE Cnntinrlnd
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TEAM WORK AMONG SQUIRRELS
Whnt One Is Unable to Garry 9th
ers Aid in Getting Away
with.

A party of young people who were
tenting in grove near a glen at
Northfield conference witnessed an
incident which seems to show a
friendly unders standing among squir-
rels. The Deerfield Valley Endeav-
orer tells the pleasing story.
An out-ofdoors dinner had Just
been finished and the party was still
sitting at the table, when red squir-
rel, with glistening, eager eyes, came
creeping down a tree which stood
near the table. lie crept nearer and
nearer, and finally leaped upon the
table.
The lady who was presiding said:
Eyes, help yourself to anything you
want!"
Upon this invitation the little fell
low made bold to creep up to a loaf
of bread from which only a slice or
two had been cut. He seized it and
dragged it to the side of the table,
and somehow managed to scramble
down the side with it to the ground.
He then fixed his teeth in the crust
and dragged it away and down the
steep sides of She glen.
But when he reached the bottom
and confronted the steep rise on the
other side it was too much for him,
Then he gave a sort of call, which
seemed to be understood, for soon
squirrels were seen coming from sew
eral directions. They crowded round
him, and after a little conference all
took hold, and with tug and strain
they managed to bring the loaf to
the top of the hill and disappeared
with it in the woods beyond.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-03-06
Riches of Mind,

A rich mind will cast over the hum
blest home radiance of beauty and
wholesomeness which an upholsterer
or a decorator can never equal. Emer-
son says: There is no beautifier of
complexion, form or behavior like the
wish TO scatter joy, and not pain,
around us."-SucceSs.
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Mayme-I've a mind to break my en-
gagement with Jack. / don't believe
he loves me any more.
Edyth-What makes you think he
doesn't?
because the last time he was here
it took him only ten minutes to say
good night Chicago Daily News.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-03-06
Nothing In Him

Ida-The assertion that you were
"good enough to eat" did not appeal
to him?
May (sadly)-No, he is a dyspeptic.
Chicago Daily NGwA
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-03-06
PART l.

AM, OF course,
prepared to ad-
NIT that there
are pre- t / i e +
places on the
face of this earth
of ours t h a II
Singapore; there
are, however, l
venture to as
sert, few that
are more inter
esting, and GER
tainly none that
can afford a bet
ter study of hui
man life a II d
character. There,
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-03-06

Nor is it necessary that he
follow his chosen duty within the
arctic regions. There is as yet
an abundance of work for those
competent and willing within trop-
ical Africa. That great continent
is still, for the greater part, a mys-
terry. Civilization and progress
have touched either end and pene-
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-27
In ,Japane,e Costume.

Mung, and as John Mung he went to
school for the next six years in the
little village school of Fairhaven. The
men who to-day are the leaders in
town affairs were then his playmates.
and many are their "reminiscences of
the funny little Jap and his struggles
with the English language and Yam
kse ways But he was certainly bright
and few excelled him in his classes.
once he had contrived to get the hang
Of things.
When he left school John Mung
learned the cooper's trade and follow I'D
It eor O while When he attained his
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walls. Yet we had daily common
prayer morning and evening, every
Sunday two sermons. and every three
months the holy communion till ouy
minister died"
Excavations near the church have
disclosed foundations of two churches:
these have been enclosed to preserve
them from the elements.
little church, historic in its way.
stands on the celebrated Hermitage"
estate near Nashville, Tenn. 1t is
structure in which President Andrew
Jackson worshiped at times. and was.
in fact, built by him as gift to his
wife. This was after she had reached
middle age and when she had become
nomination. Regular services were
held in the church until after Mrs.
Jackson death. For many years.
however, the editice has not been used.
but 1t is still in good repair. In quaint
ness of construction 1t is peculiar in
its way. 1t has the outside chimney Of
colonial and frontier days and is fitte'i
with slab doors and windows. The
Little Brick Church." as 1t Is called.
is center of interest for visitors to
region made memorable as tho
dwelling place of one OF the most
famous OF American Presidents.
AS the setting sun marked the close
Of September day in 1876. 100 years
before the declaration of Independence
declared the end of English rule in the
colonies, Jamestown was burned by
those opposed to English domination
jamestown is a historic site worthy
of preservation. Here the first baptism
and the first marriage by English
men on this continent were performed,
and here sat the first Legislature.
The ancient tower encompasses three
centuries of our history. and should
! be preserved for future generations
! Thanks TO the efforts OF the Associa-
| tion for the Preservation of Virginia
! Antiquities, its future seems secure.
! regardless OF any action which may be
| taken by the federal government on
/ the memorial just presented to Com
| gress.
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Doctor Gordon, who was the nrst
minister of the church in Jamaica
Plain. about the year 177l. was D
Scotchman. very stern and arbitrary
in his manners. and precise and order
ly in his own habits. The following
anecdote of him is recorded III the
family journal of one OF his old par
ishioners:
One Sunday while preaching ne had
begun to develop his theme with the
usual firstly" and got through thac
and secondly" Then, turning the
leaves of his manuscripts. he said:
Thirdly" second time, Thirdly.
and again in great embarrassment.
Thirdly"
Just then a little girl in one OF the
front pews stood up and said:
Please. sir. thirdly flew out OF the
window some time ago"
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accommodating.

the strong were compelled to exercise
them with great severity to revive
their circulation"
Gen. Clarks last important military
service was against the savages in the
Big Miami He died at Louisville,
Ky Feb. l8. 1918. after passing MS
declining years in sorrow and pov
erty.
There is an insignificant tombstone
over the grave. and in indianapolis
there is a handsome Clark monument.
SurmOunted by statue, but that is
all pOSterity has to say about George
Rogers Clark.
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There is one train announcer in this
city who seems to have mad a college
education. Tou can see him any day
at the Grand Central Station. And he
pronounces st. Louis ''Sanh Louee." In
other words, in the French style.
That may be good French" said a
Western man who heard the an
nouncer. but it's the first time | ever
heard that pronunciation in this part
of the country.
'Easterners are more apt to call the
place Saint Louie, not sounding the
final s. in Louis and sounding the
L plainly. People out West say Saint
l.OuisS.
The only other thing ever heard
the place called was almighty hot
But 'Sanh l.ouee, Never, New
York Sun.
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jamestown was the
First Permanent Eno-
lioh SottlOmont In
AnericA-Now In
Ruins.
Especial letter.

bells. which. in April, 161a, rang JOY
ously as John Rolfe and Pocahontas
were married in the church below.
Although the mortar is as hard as
flint. relic hunters have secured many
rc.rentoes and left large holes in the
sides OF the old tower. Even the grave
yard has not escaped the hands of the
yandals, to whom nothing is sacred.
The jamestown colonists held rei-
gious services before this ancient
church was erected. for an old docu
ments relates: when l first went to
Virginia | we'll remember we did hang
an awning an old sail, to three or four
trees to shadow us from the sun: our
walls were rails of wood, our seats
unhewed planks until we cut planks,
our pulpit bar of wood nailed to two
trees This was our first church till
we built homely thing like barn,
set upon crotchets. covered with rats
sedges and earth. so We're also the
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Revolutionary Here
Who wres.sd. the Great
Northwest from the
British and the Indians
Gen. George
Rogers Clark
Especial Letter.)

ting shallow. and whe. near the woods
to cay out 'lald.
This sCrataScm had the desired ef-
feet. The men. encouraged by it, eN
erted themselves almost beyond their
abilities, the weak holding on to the
stronger. On reaching the wood. where
they expected to find land. the water
was up to their should ars, but the
weakly held on to tie trees and hoated
on the d at until they We're taken Off
by the canoes. The strong and tail
got ashore and built fires. but many
Of t.e feeble, unable to support them
selves on reaching land, would fall
with their bodies half in the water.
The latter We're so benumbed with cold
that fires would not restore them and
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seen a great light and become one OF
the great powers OF the earth.
But histories has not recorded-at
least popular histories have not-that
much of the success which attended
Commodore Perry's great mission was
due to little Yankee schooihouse, IN
the little town OF Fairhaven, on the
shores OF BuzZards bay. Mass. The
wondering open -heartedness Win
which the ASlerican commissioners
were received was not spontaneous.
for mere lad. whose education had
been obtained in that little Massachu-
Setts village. had paved the way ana
sown the seeds of friendiiness and
eager curiosity which made possible
the friendly overtnres brought behind
the grim muZZles OF those Old black
cannon of Commodore Perry.
That lad. who was afterward nearly
half century, an honored nobleman
of the Yankeeland of the east, is now
dead. His name was Manjiro Naka-
hama. and his life story reads like
veritable romance.
1t was in 1910 or 1871 when the
American whaleship john How!and OF
Fairhaven. Captain William Fl. Whit
field. sailing on "A cruise in the Japan
sea. sighted u speck on the bosom of
the Pacific. The speck was found to
be the wreck OF Japanese fishing
boat, stranded hopelessly ON lone
reef in the open ocean.
Clinging desperately to the trail
bamboo frame We're five Japanese fish
ermen. gaunt and well-nigh tamished.
Already they had lost all hope of be-
ing saved, for they were farther from
land than any Japanese had ever been
before, according to tradition. and not
a particle of food remained within
reach.
Captain Whitfield took the poor
creatures off and made them comfort
able on what was perhaps the biggest
ship they had ever seen. They proved
apt pupils and soon became useful
sailors.
After q few weeks the John How
land reached Honolulu, and there Cap
tain Whitfield decided to drop all Of
his supertluous crew but the smallest.
snip of boy, III whom the captain
had taken decided interest. This
boy. scarcely l. years OF age, had
shown himself bright and capable. and
dispIa yed an Unsuitable greed for the
knowledge he found the Yankees pos
sessed and OF which he had never
dreamed.
a mere fisher lad. he had had no
education whatever. and the ship from
an unknown land was to him thing
OF wonderful interest. He begged to
accompany his benefactor home, and
finally the captain yielded.
For want of a better Interpretation
OF his Japanese uame, his piaymates
In Fairhaven called the boy John
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Prominent Part Played
In History by Little
American Village
SchOOlhOuse

majority he took the necessary steps
to become an American citizen, and
his name may be found on the old lists
of the town. From a cooper ashore 1t
was but step to be ships cooper,
and in 1916 or 1S47 he shipped on the
bark Franklin for whaling voyage
During that voyage he applied him
self closely to the study of navigation
He was actually learning it for whole
nation. but ne little knew this as he
applied himself to his task. By the
time he returned home he was COM
petent navigator. He remained ashore
but a short time. and then shipped on
vessel bound to the mines of Cali
fornia, impelled by the gold fever
which swept over the country in lS4s'
He landed at San Francisco and went
to the mines. but only remained a few
weeks.
During all his wanderings John
Mung had cherished an intense love
for his old home and his mother. He
wanted once more to see Japan, ana
in 1850 he went home.
Commodore Perry, it appears, knew
nothing of John Mung and his com
panions, When he opened negotta-
tions with the mikado and his court
he did it through the Chinese. and
then by the Chinese-Dutch Interpreters
to the Dutch English speaking force
1t was a very unsatisfactory method
Without saying a word to Commo-
dore Perry and his staff of what they
were doing. the officials of the impe-
rial court determined to put John
Mung. or. as he was again known.
ManjirO Nakahama. to the test. II q
was taken to the imperial palace al
Yeddo and secreted in room adjoining
that in which the negotiations were in
progress Every word spoken by the
Americans he heard. and interpreted
to the Japanese long before the official
interpretations had been officially re-
ported
When the time came to decide on
what should be done in the way OF
treaties the officials had a long con
ference with Nakahama. and his
friendly words in behalf of the Ameri-
cans are said to have had a great in
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was begun in 1910, and was the first
brick church in Virginia. The tower
is 1S feet square and SO feet high.
The walls, which are now crumb-
ling. are three feet thick. Embrasures
In the wall. through which guns could
be pointed. are still visible, mute re-
minders OF the sacrifices and suffering
endured by the inhabitants of this in
fant colony in their endeavor to plant
civilization on this western continent.
Two attempts at Roanoke island had
failed and it required heroism to sur
mount the difficulties and sufferings
to which these sister colonies had
sucCumbed.
This ancient church was probably
the earliest erected for religious uses
on this continent north of Mexico. Tho
church contained chancel of red ce
dar. baptismal font and tall pull
pit.
In the picturesque tower were two
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At the forks OF the road March lost
his way and loudly called his winds
that wandered in the crimson deeps
and violet wales OF April. They cried
to the hills. that si2naled them with
banners green and glorious and sent
the echoes OF their voices back to the
opposing hills. And then did March.
with trumpet blast. command his
winds to storm the rosy battlements
and all the wreath crowned captains
of the April armies; and the captains
fell before their might. and their riCn
raiment was rent and scattered over
d thousand hills. and under sky
serene and beautiful the soldier-winds
lay down TO rest and sighed them
selves to sleep. and sleeping. dreamed
OF little children. sweet-si0ging in the
sunshine. and reaping from that
storm m-swept battle field bright arms
full OF bloom.-Atlanta Constitution.
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No Nectar and Anbrosia for Him.

One Of the passengers on the kron
Prjn2 was a woman quite prominent
III Chicago society. Prince Henry was
pointed out to her. and she studied
him much as one might study an in
telrstinS object in museum.
what do you think OF the prince"
asked one of the party.
It was hei chance
Think o~ ninI," she blazed Il was
near by. III the smoking room, when
Baron Won Sec!iendorf asked him what
ne wished to drink"
.Weli?"
His royal highness. Admiral. Prince
Henry OF Prussia said. i guess III
have z beer"
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Save Your Cash.

Simeon T. Baldwin of New Haven.
associate Justice OF the supreme court
OF errors of Connecticut, and profes
sor Of Yale law school, spoke recently
before the Hartford Workingmen's
Club on Saving and Spending" and
made some interesting remarks. He
said that single man earning $3.50 a
day should lay by % cents day and
should not get married until he had
Sl00 saved up He said there was
general tendency to spend more money
than necessary. Judge Baldwin SAID
the American native is spending too
much money in eating and furnishing
the home. and although the nation Is
much richer. people are not saving as
much In proportion to income as they
did fifty years ago.