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The Lamar register., 1902-05-28

time. and IL their eagerness was any
gauge to their capacity for doing
harm, Rhinelander must be in bad
way indeed.
Luckily for him they were nero
tyros with the trenchant blades they
welded so clumsily, and he believed
himself easily capable of mastering
them without trouble.
At the same time the chances OF
were done. grew very dubious, since.
the French were gathering about the
scene of the singular duel. always
eager to watch any feat of arms out OF
the ordinary run.
They saw a spectacle that was not
likely to come their way every day,
for Paul kept his adyersaries guess
ing. and parrying all manner of imag'
mary attacks until at length he saw
his chance to retire one of them with
thrust through the shoulder.
After that his work was easy
enough.
He set upon the second officer. rat
tied his sword with quick tierce and
thrust, and used him up so generally.
that he finally lost his nerve. when a
quick upward blow sent his blade rat
tling away. and left him unarmed at
the mercy of his foe.
Just then, however. Paul was not in
a humor to decide whether to call the
affair off or pink his Jealous antago-
mist as an earnest of victory.
60 t.Il lSH l,,I nh1 oil ha
wanted to take care of in looking out
for himself.
There was about one chance in ten
that he might escape as his comrades
had done. by beating hasty retreat
over the edge of the ramparts.
Paul was not the man to hesitate
and lose valuable time in calculating
chances. Accordingly he whirled on
his heel made mock bow to those
who had just witnessed his remark
able fight. which compliment surely
Frenchmen should appreciate. and
then made headlong break for the
edge of the ramparts, intending to
throw himself down regardless of mi
nor damage. since it was his one
chance to get clear.
So vast had been the number of
troops pressing forward to have a
share in the engagement that his way
was blocked
Finding his escape cut off in the
direction of the wall, he changed his
mind and decided that only a mad
man or one utterly desperate would
continue to advance in that quarter.
and his situation did not call for such
needless sacrifice since as prisoner
he would be liberated when the French
surrendered.
Again he turned and made dash in
an opposite quarter. hardly knowing
what lay ahead of him. yet desirous
of evading capture.
Then his passage was blocked-guns
threatened him. the shining bayonets
being within foot of his throat.
1t was all up. at least so far as es.
cape was concerned, and Paul was
forced to admit this with a grunt of
disgust. So he dropped the point of
yielding, and made no resistance when
they disarmed him.
A minute later he regretted his help
lessness more than words could tell.
for the French officer came and sur
veyed him with grim contemptuous
mien. and Paul recognized his old foe.
man, Conrad Hoffman.
ITO be continued.)
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Transplanted by a storm.

Will Stephenson, residing near
Atchison. Kan, grows onion sets for a
large seedhouse under contract and
he planted twenty acres this spring.
When the winds blew recently
nearly all the onion sets were actually
blown out of ;he ground and into an
adjoining ccrnfield. The wind con
tinued to blow and blow dirt around
the roots, ard Stephenson now has
about ten acres of perfectly planted
onions from quarter of mile to q
mile from the spot where they were
originally planted. They have since
sprouted and are doing nicely.
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ceiving ship, and scores of raw naval
recruits can trace their first expert
ences back to this beginning. For a
long time the Vermont has been sta
toned in the Brooklyn naval yard
and during the late war with Spain
many squads of naval recruits were
assembled on its decks.
The Vermont is character type
of the then formidable frigates that
figured in the early wars of the coun-
try. 1t was an ungainly housed-in af-
fair, and was built by the govern
ment in the Boston yards in 1918.
From that time until the ship was
converted into receiving station it
saw much active service. The Yer.
mont is 1876 feet long. fifty-three feet
wide. and displacement of Also tons.
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Flames soon will consume the cum
bersome hulk of the battleship Yer
mont. The ship recently was placed
on the retired list. and is to be sold
at auction. After it has been stripped
Of everything of value to be found
on it, what remains of the historic old
boat will in all probability be burned
and all trace of one of the finest YES
sells in the United States navy will
then be obliterated.
There was a time when the Yer
mont was regarded as formidable
agent of war, but for several years it
has not been in active service be-
cause it was regarded as unfit for
use on the sea. After its direct value
to the navy department ended the
Vermont was transformed into re-
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CHAPTER XVII.
Beyond the Rhine.

beyoHu lhe A
Months after.
With the Iron Chancellor at the
plow the CHASTITY furrow of war, with
all its attendant horrors, had pene-
trated far beyond the historic Rhine.
All France was quivering under the
fearful shock.
Sedan and Gravelotte had been
fought and lost-Worth was but a
dismal nightmare, the emperor rris
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oRoKeR's NIECE ON THE STAGE

Mrs. Daisy Morgan Has Decided to
Enter Vaudeville.
Richard Croker's niece, Mrs. Daisy
Morgan. will go on the vaudeville
stage
Mrs. Morgan has adopted the stage
name of Daisy Welstead. which was
Mr.. Croker's mothers maiden name.
She will open in q vaudeville sketch
entitled "The Last Lesson"
Mrs. Morgan is 25 years old. and Is
of very attractive appearance. She
is Mr.. Crokers favorite niece. Her
mothers name was Honore Victoria
Croker
Her first attempt at anything in the
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dramatic line was last November,
when she had n smart part with the
Baker stock company that appeared
for a week in the Criterion theater.
brooklyn. She is a clever violinist,
and will play a solo in the sketch.
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1t takes father to point an exam
pie. but mother to be one.
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A Yankee Amazon.

The memory of Deborah Sampson
Gannett, the woman soldier in the
evolutionary war who fought under
the name of Robert Shurtleff, was
aonored lately at "a banquet at Sha'
ron, Mass, where she lived more
than forty years. Her body lies at
Rockridge cemetery in that town.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-06-26
ITO Be Continued
ST. ELMO'S FIRE.
One Instance In Which the Mysteri-
Gus Light Appeared In an I'm
mistakabIe Manner.

The phenomena Of a phosph
Light at the masthead is one so rarely
witnessed by others than superstitious
sailors that it is seldom one finds an in
telligent account of it. The following,
by Rev. DR.. Mason, of Burma, is there
fore of interest, says Youths Compan-
ion:
son one occasion / was with others
on board a small schooner at anchor
off Tavoy Point, when severe squall
of wind and rain, accompanied by
much thunder and lightning came on.
"After the storm began to abate, we
were aroused by cry on deck: There
is a ball of fire at the masthead!' We
went up and saw, what is very rarely
seen, 'the fire of St. Elmo or the fire
of St. Elmo and St. Anne 1t exhibited
an appearance quite different from all
the descriptions l have read. Phipson
saws: Lord Napier observed the fire
St. Elmo in the Mediterranean during
a fearful thunderstorm. AS he was
retiring to rest, a cry from those aloft:
"St Elmo and st. Anne!" induced him
to 90 on deck. The masthead was com
pletely enveloped in a blaze of pale
phosphoric light
"The St. Elmo that saw did not en-
velop the masthead in blaze at all,
but it took the form of perfect blaze
of phosphoric light, perhaps foot
in diameter. 1t was not on the summit
Of the mast, but touched it on one side,
playing about it when the vessel rolled,
as large soap bubble, trifie lighter
than the air.
after remaining some ten minutes
the light grew fainter, and finally died
out, like a soap bubble"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-06-26

For the next two weeks the college
trade" flourished magniicently, and
whenever the mail was heavy the pur-
chases by the girls were corresponding
ly large. The grocer was delighted to
pay the final installment of the pur-
chase money. He adopted the system
of placing the letters in the show case
where candied and sweet nothings were
kept. Here the letters not only were
easily seen by the girls, but the same
time attracted their attention to
dainty commodities with which the
proprietor could be induced to part
upon a slight consideration of so much
per quarter pound.
Things were progressing boomingly
and the embryo post Office was gaining
in popularity daily. Things were COM
ing too easy to last, however, and day
or two ago the crash came.
As bad luck would have it, the daily
run of visitors brought to the grocery
store a member of the college faculty.
The member had been a girl herself not
so many years ago, and while in the
store her fancies led her to inquire
whether or not candy was to be had
there. The proprietor delightedly
pointed the way to the candy showcase.
But the beauty of the bonbons faded
from the teachers view as her eyes
caught sight of a little package of let
ters in one corner of the case and she
recognized on the uppermost one the
name of certain very pretty student
at the school.
"IVhat means this?" she demanded,
as an appalling hush fell over the scene.
The grocer confessed. The girls are
no longer allowed to patronize the
store. The college trade" is but n
sweet remembrance. There is no joy
in the young grocer'S life.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-06-26
THE COLLEGE TRADE.
An EnterprisinE GrOceryman's Way
of Increasing His Sales of
Candy and Pickles.

In the neigh borhood of a fashion
able school for girls within the lines
of the district, there is a small grocery
store where the girls have been wont
to wander almost daily for the pur-
chase of cucumber pickles, crackers
and little tid-bits that all crave and
are not included in the regular menu
of the school table. Recently the pro-
prietor of the grocery store decided
to sell out and return to his home in
another city, says the Washington
Star.
After some advertising he met up
with a probable purchaser. At first
the prospective buyer was not par
ticularly struck with the possibilities
of the location as a grocery mart of
profitable proportions. He was just
a little doubtful, when the proprietor
with the desire to sell brought out his
trump card.
my good man." he said, "there is
the college trade you have not counted
upon in your calculations"
what is the college trade?' in
qured the newcomer.
'It is lively at all times" assured
the proprietor, "and you will find it
So"
The "college trade" slogan carried
the day, and the store was sold forth
with. The newcomer was to pay half
the purchase price down and the other
half within two weeks, during which
time he was to have the privilege of
Withdrawing from the bargain if the
college trade" did not prove all that
was predicted of it.
The new proprietor began business
at the old stand in very good sort of
way, but during the first few days the
college trade" did not materialize,
and he was beginning to grow un-
easy. Occasionally girls came to the
store and looked around. but did not
seem anxious to make purchases.
One bright morning there was a mis-
sive in the mail that brought joy to
the groceryman. His face beamed with
newborn knowledge, and he under
stood for the first time the signifi
canoe of the term which had induced
him to take the business-''colleg
trade"
The missive was letter addressed to
girl at the college, in care of the
grocer. In the monday mail two other
dressed to college girls and the writing
was of the bold, brave sort usually at
tributed to men.
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ter. And with every one she win
By and by the wrinkles will appear;
| fancy there are just one or two al
ready. Then she will not be so fas-
tidious about her hundred of thou
sand francs, and will condescend to
think of mere thousands. After that
it win come to simple hundreds.
Then there will be Az .nterval-after
which a garret, q yharcoal-brazier,
and the morgue. 7 have known SO
many, and it is always the same.
First, the diamonds, the champagne,
the exquisite little dinners at the
best restaurants, and at last the
brazier, the closed doors and win
dows, and the cold stone slab. There
is a moral in it, my dear friend, but
we will not look for it tonight.
When do you intend to commence
business with your man?"
"At once" / answered. "He knows
that ! am after him, and my only
fear is that he will make a bolt. L
cannot understand why he is daily
ing in Paris so long"
For the simple reason that he is
confident he has put you off the
SCENT" was my companions reply.
"He is doing the one foolish thing
the criminal always does sooner or
later; that is to say, he is becoming
over-confdent of his own powers to
elude US. You and |, my friend,
should be able to remember several
such instances. Now, strange to say,
| came across curious one the
other day. Would you care to hear
it?"
He lit a cigarette and blew cloud
of smoke while he waited for my an
swer.
"Very much" 1 said, being well
aware that his stories were always
worth hearing.
ITO Be Continued.1
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-06-26
Her whist Playing Mamma.

Two little girls sat on the steps
chatting over their dolls. Said one:
my mamma tells me lovely stories
before 1 go to bed. Does yours?"
NO" replied the other. my mamma
is hardly ever at home when l go to
bed, and when she is she is too tired
always to tell me any stories. She
has TO play whist every day. She
teaches it, too. l wish she didn't, be-
cause get awfully lonesome and papa
isn't home much, so L most always
have to go to bed alone" and the little
thing added, pathetically, hugging her
doll to her motherly little bosom,
"when l grow up I'll never play whist.
And I'll rock my little girl every night
before she goes to bed" Here was a
childish outburst of a stored-up sense
of radical wrong in her life. And there
are too many little hearts oppressed
by this sense of deprivation. But it is
not alone the children who suffer from
the whist fashion. 1t is responsible
for more tantrums and breakdowns of
over-wrought women than women's
clubs work or woman suffrage, or any
other indoors diversion of society,"
Boston Transcript.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-06-26
THE TOWN O. DREAM.

BY a beautiful stream lies the Town O.
Dream,
On q beautiful summer plain,
with bells achime a golden time
To the tune of a golden strain.
The road lies straight through a golden
Men call II the Port o Sleep
Where far below dim waters flow
Through chambers cool and deep.
o. fair and bright in the broad sunlight,
Her streets and her greening bowers,
And all day long a sleepy song
Murmurs of love and flowers.
And never a care can enter there.
Nor trouble to cause annoy,
There rest comes sweet to toiling feet
And weary hearts find joy.
Now would ye know the way to go
To the beautiful Town o. Dream?
Ye must seek the god of the Land O. Nod,
Ruler of things that seem.
And drawing near with humble cheer
Yen speak the Word of Kin.
And II your mind is good and kind
Ye'll freely enter in.
0. near and far his peoples are.
And he rules them, every one,
with a Pleasance deep and Rod of Sleep
At setting of the sun.
BY a beautiful stream lies the Town O.
Dream.
Weary are we and fafn:
Come let us try the portal high,
And win our Town again
"A b. de Mile, in n. Y. Independent.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-06-26

you," she answered. "Now good-by,
and pleasant journey to you!"
We shook hands and parted. AS |
passed along the road l watched her
making her way along the avenue to-
wards the church. There was need
for me to shake my head.
George Fairfax" said /, ''it would
require very little of that young
lady's society to enable you to make
fool of yourself"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-06-26
Modest Fees,

Sir Walter Scott's first client was a
burglar. He got the fellow off, but the
man declared that he hadn't penny
to give him for his services. Two bits
of useful informant ton he offered, how
ever, and with these the young lawyer
had to be content. The first was that
a yelping terrier inside the house was
a better protection against thieves than
a big dog outside and the second, that
no sort of lock bothered his craft so
much as an old, rusty one.
Small compensation as this was. the
first brief of the noted French law
yer, NJ. Rouher, yielded still less. The
peasant for whom NJ. Rouher won the
case asked how much he owed him:
"Oh, say two francs," said the mod
est advocate.
two francs!" exclaimed the peas
ant. THAT is very high. Won't you let
me off with a franc and half?"
"No," said the counsel "two francs or
nothing"
"Well, then" said his client, "I'o
rather pay nothing"
And with a bow he left.--Green Bag.
Also Requires Greater Ability.
"Do you think women should pro
pose?"
"No; the sport of making men pro
pose is much more exciting and en-
ioySble,"-Chic2So Post.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-06-26
The important Thing

"He told me it would probably be
bitter fight" said the man who had
just been to see a lawyer.
"But he convinced himself of the
justice of your cause" suggested his
wife.
"WelI, no; not right away" replied
the prospective litigant. "He first
convinced himself that l had money
enough to make a fght."-Chicago
Post
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-06-26

about such a God as Mathew Arm
old pictures in his definition when
he says: "A power not ourselves which
makes for righteousness" What good
would it do to tell OF such a God as that?
But tell such a man that God is our Father,
and the effect of such teaching is shown in
results
WHAT PEOPLE WANT IN THE
PULPIT IS RELIGIOUS INSTRUC-
TION, and if we do not give it to them they
will get it from Mrs. Humphrey Ward
George Mcdonald, or elsewhere. l think
perhaps all of us have a morbid desire to see
the shady side of lie, and il not to see it actu-
ally, then to read about it IN books.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-06-26
Like Mont PeIee.

Every husband is a sort of Mont
Pelee, and though he shows symptoms
of growing dangerous. his family re-
fuses to take warning-Atchison
Globe.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-06-26
LITERATURE
| AND RELIGION |
By REV. GEORGE c. L0RlMER,
Pastor Madison Ave. Baptist Church. NY.

the nude was there the nude IN lit
We sometimes hear people talk OF revival OF ancient art but
those express sentiments do not know what they are talk
do understand the spirit the age III which we
are living. --.. - .n,--r . ,r,.r> ,,rrrr
THE ART OF THE GREEKS WAS SATURATED With
! SENSJOUSNFSS BUT WE TODAY, ARE TRYING TO
IENIANCIPATE OURSELVES FROM SENSUOuSNESS.
What good tell poor wretch OF humanity
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-06-26

WILL BE PRODUCTIVE AL
SO OF THE BEST IN LITER
AZURE. The one but reflects
the other.
THE GOVERNING SPIR-
IT OF AN AGE REVEALS
ITSELFIN IT'S LITERATURE.
The literature OF ancient Greece
and Rome was sensuous. Just as
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-06-26

and religion of a people hand in hand AN
AGE PRODUCTIVE OF THE BEST THERE IS IN RELIGION
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-06-26
My Strangest Case
BY GUY BOOTHBY.
Author of "Dr. Kikoia," "The Beautiful
White Devil" "Pharos, The
Egyptian" Etc.
CHAPTER VII.-CoNT1NUED.

[Copyrishted, 1901, by Ward, Lock & Col
New-York tribune., 1902-12-21

are with. Some persons who are charming IN one
situation are not at all attractive In anothet al
though they themselves may he precisely the same.
remember for instance" she conttIued penslNeiS'
falling in love in Germany. and falling very much
out of IL in Isondonali account of the dlhereht
roint Of view for the himself had not changed
but my German soldier baron. who seemed IKE a
hero Of romance in Germany. looked so queer ana
different from the Englishmen l knew when ne
came over 10 see me in civilians dress. that all my
liking for him vanished
Yes l know how that is answered the man 10
whom she was speaking. Il. too had the sar1e eN-
nerience. ] happened year to spend 4 rev
weeks on the coast of Maine. and there was Il
iittle maiden there in pink sunbonnet. who was
too fetching for anything. She was spending me
summer with her people. plain sort of parties VINO
didn't much count. Well. We became great IleIIuS'
and I came very making great 1901 OF III! :
self. Fortunately however. waited 10 max sur m
OF nv feelings. l most impatient TOR heI re-
turn to New-York. and called imHedlateiy- r; Mea;
I had a shock, Gowned in a New-A ork street
dress she a different creature-and her nome p5
looked Stuffv and altogether unattractlEe. ndq
intended asking my sisters TO cal' upon her' nut
cave m that idea at once. and. although am pE
no means OF tickle nature that VISIT was my @ nrsI
and last vet the girl undoubtedly the same
nice little Thing that had 50 nearly lost my heart
10 in The II just shows, as You say. WHAT
creatures of circumstance we all are.
New-York tribune., 1902-12-21
SOME WAYS0F THE WORLD
Il Peaceful and Happy Time Turned
Into q BurdeRSOmc Season.
9

"'Tss true, It's pity, and pity tis It's true, that
the Joyous Yuletide, which. according 10 tradition
and custom. should bring cheer and happiness 10
all is becoming every year more and more OF a
serious and insupportable tax, and is consequently
really dreaded by all whose responsibility makes
them feel that they must meet its obligations,
whether they afford il or not
Il should enjoy Christmas immensely groaned
2 man with a limited income. IF could only feel
shat I could give simple gifts to my family, and
perhaps a few intimate friends, and that good
will TO all and good cheer would make up the rest
But when I know that my wife expects something
handsome. that my sons are looking forward 10
large contributions from the governor ; that my
srownup daughters must each have costly pres
ent: that ] must be genially generous to my en-
ployes at the Office that must subscribe credita-
hlv TO the donation lists every club belong to-;
that cannot wish Merry Christmas TO the post
man mkman. iceman, ashman. TO say nothing
of the grocer's and bakers men and a host of
others without handing out crisp bin at the
same time while every servant in the house smiles
at NE expectantly in passing and expects argesse
as his or her due-when. ] say. all these obga-
tions and many more have become the necessary
cnncomitant Of the blessed season. and the burden
of the aggregate seems heavier than can stagger
under no wonder that dread Christmas for weeks
beforehand. and feel a great sense of relief when
ii is over"
1t is the extravagant standard of the times that
is running our oldtime Christmas. gift that is
costly seems inadequate 10 the donor. who feels
that he would better not give at all than to give
any simple token of goodwill, a feeling which. of
course quite and is in direct contradiction
10 the Christmas spirit of olden days 1t is hard
nowadays for those who cannot afford to give any
but the simplest gifts to others keeping the fes
tiVal with lavish expenditure, and many child
returns from the homes of her playmates saddened
by the inevitable contrast which however, it seems
pity she should have to realize so early in life
at was so lovely and Cflristmassyt" said a little
girl Wistfully. speaking of the home Of one of her
small friends. where she had been lunching They
were all telling of the lovely presents they were
expecting and what they were going TO give every
one and after luncheon Mrs X and Molly drove
off in their beautiful open landau with the front
seat piled up with little boxes, each tied up with
red satin ribbon and bit of holly, while walked