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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-10-22
AN ANCIENT JURY.
One That Was Sent to Prison and
Bound Over to BE of Good
Behavior.

In olden times, when jury in Eng
land remained impervious to the
Judges gentle mode of persuasion,
fine and Imprisonment were resorted
to. The jury that acquitted Sir
Nicholas Troclimorton was condemn
ed to eight months imprisonment in
addition to the payment of large
sum of money. In the reign of Queen
Elizabeth a jury, having reduced a
prisoners alleged crime of murder
to that of manslaughter, was at once
sent to prison and bound over in a
large sum to be of good behavior.
Penalties were likewise inflicted upon
the innocent wife and children of the
offending jurymen. Even now it is
believed by some legal authorities
that a judge has the right to intiict
fine upon a juryman refusing to
obey his directions. Such power is
however, not exercised, except in the
case of a juror absenting himself
without q cause. Of this practice
there is the following story:
A judge had fined juryman for
non-attendance. On hearing that he
had been unable to be present be-
cause of his wife's funeral the judge
whose wife was said to be not of a
particularly gentle nature, eXclaim-
ed: THAT was good excuse indeed.
[ wish we all had the same!"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-10-22

l inch thick, free from knots and other
hurtful defects; one stout post IA feet
long and not less than 5X5 in dimen-
sions; SO screws IA to 2 inches long;
three half-inch iron bolts long enough
to pass through sign and post, allowing
for nut at end; l quart good white
paint mixed.
DIRECTIONS: Plane your board
and cut in lengths of 80 inches 4
lengths for 15-inch board or 6 lengths
for 10-inch board; paint both sides;
then fasten together with screws, lay
ing the front and back pieces at right
angles as shown in the sketch: bore
holes through sign and post and bolt
them securely together so that the top
of post shall iust reach the top of sign;
add two coats Of white paint to both
sign and post, and finish by painting
symbol on face of sign. Paper stem
ellis are supplied by the league to in
sure uniformity of size and shape of
symbols; set up sign in hole 4 feet
deep; fill and stamp securely. The face
or the sign should be turned slightly
in the direction of approach (away
from the point to which the sign re-
fers), so as to make an angle 81 about
When completed the bottom of the sign
is supposed to be about feet above
the ground
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-10-22
Motor League Warning Signs.

TT HE American Motor league has
devised series of warning signs
to be put up at points along
the roadside, wherever conditions
are such as call for reduced speed or
unusual caution on the part of persons
using motor cars; though in most cases
these signs will be found useful to
other persons making use of the public
roads. The designs adopted by the
league are in some respects similar to
the caution signs put up by the English,
French and Italian automobile associa-
tions. though less complicated, it hav-
Ing been the aim of the league to re-
duce each sign to it's lowest terms of
simplicity so that each will tell its
story at a glance and by the use of the
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-10-22

the gun is aimed directly at the target,
the pointer registers with a bulls eye
mark at the center of glass disk on the
front Of the apparatus. A clamping de-
vice is actuated, when the trigger Is
pulled, to lock all the parts against fur
ther movement. Deviation from the
proper aim may be then determined by
noting the position of the pointer. In
practice it may be found desirable to Sc
cure mirror in front Of the registering
disk. so as to reflect the position of the
pointer to the marksman. The un-
skillful operator being provided with a
registering target close at hand, can
thus more readily observe his defective
aim and more quickly learn to perfect
himself in target practice.-Scientif
American
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-10-22
AMMUNITION SAVER.
Swedish Military Inventors Device
for Target Practice without
Powder or Ball

The raw recruit may now be perfected
in target practice without wasting any
ammunition or exposing himself and
Others to the dangers resulting from
carelessness and poor craftsmanship.
This can be accomplished by using a
new apparatus recently patented by q
Swedish inventor. The apparatus com
prises a dummy gun mounted upon a
universally jointed support, which per-
mist the gun to be pointed to any de-
sired direction. A pointer cooperates
with this support to indicate even the
slightest movements of the gun. The
parts are normally so adjusted that when
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-10-22
Two Good HiShIandcrs.

During the Crimean war a Scotch
officer was appointed to command a
regiment recruited III Glasgow, Scot
land, and, being a Highlander, took a
vote of the regiment to determine
whether the men favored the adoption
of the Highland costume.
In due time the regimental orderly
apepared before the colonel with the
result of the vote.
"Well, orderly" said he, chow
many of the men favored the adop-
ton of the Highland plaids?'
"Only two, sir"
"Only two! Wen. am glad have
at least two good Highidnders in my
regiment Who are they?"
corporal Flaherty and Private
Mulligan, sir.''-Philadelphia Ledger.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-10-22

Scrgcants Schreiber and Winsor, the
latter borrowed from Ray, far in the
van. Even had the ground been hard
and stony these keen-cyed soldier
scouts could have followed the signs
almost as unerringly as the Indians,
for each had had long years of ex-
perience all over the west; but, de-
spite the steadily falling snow, the
traces of hoofs and, for a time, cf
travois poles could be readily seen
and followed in the dim gray light of
the blanketed skies. Somewhere
aloft, above the film of cloud, the sill
very moon was shining, and that was
illumination more than enough for
men of their years on the trail.
For over an hour, Blake followed
the windings of a rayine that grew
closer and sleeper as it burrowed
into the hills. Old game trails are as
good as turnpikes in the eyes of the
plainsman. 1t was when the ravine
began to split into branches that the
problem might have puzzled them,
had not the white fleece lain two
inches deep on the level when 'Lo'
made his dash to escape. Now the
rough edges of the original impress
Sion were merely rounded over by
| the new fallen snow. The hollOws
and ruts and depressiOnS led on from
| one deep cleft into another, and by
midnight Blake felt sure the quarry
could be but a few miles ahead and
Bear Cliff barely five hours march
away. So, noiselessly, the signal
Halt" went rearward down the
! long, dark, sinuous column of twos,
and every man slipped out of saddle,
some of them stamping, so numb
were their feet. With every mile the
air had grown keener and colder.
| They were glad when the next word
whispered was, Lead on." instead of
Mount"
By this time they were far up
among the pine-fringed heights, with
the broad valley of the Iiig Horn
lying outspread to the west. invisible
as the stars above. and neither by
ringing shot nor winged arrow had
the leaders known the faintest
| check. 1t seemed as though the
| Indians, in their desperate effort to
carry off the most important or val
ued of their charges, were bending
all their energies to eXpediting the
retreat. Time enough to turn on the
| pursuers when once the rocks had
| closed about them-when the wound
] ed We're safe in the Businesses and
the pursuers far from supports. But
at the foot of a steep ascent, the two
| leading scOuts-rival sergeants of
rival troops, but devoted friends for
nearly twenty years-were seen by
the next in column, single corporal
followed them at thirty yards dis
lance, to halt and begin poking at
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-10-22

the highway, the presence of a crowd
or assemblage of people Immediately
ahead, or any other condition requiring
caution. No. 10 is plain, white sign
and can be improvised in emergent
cases by using a sheet of white cloth
fastened upon board of proper shape.
Each sign is placed at a distance of not
less than 200, nor more than 300 yards,
from the point to which it refers.
To enable automobilists at points
distant from league headquarters to
put up signs Of wood, the league has
issued the following specifications with
the accompanying sketch:
MATERIALS NEEDED: One
board 151a feet long by 10 inches wide,
or 101a feet long by Is inches wide and
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-10-22

some dark object by the wayside.
Then they pushed on again. A dead
pony, under "a quarter inch cOyerlet
OF snow was what met the eyes of
the silently trudging command as it
followed. The high-pealled wooden
saddle tree was still "cinched" to the
Stiffening carcass. Either the In
dians We're pushed for time or over
stocked with saddlery. Presently
there came a low whistle from the
military "middeman" between the
scouts and a little advance guard.
Run ahead" growled the sergeant
commanding to his boy trumpeter.
Give me your reins." And, leaving
his horse, the youngster stumbled
along up the winding trail; got his
message and waited. Give this to
the captain" was the word sent back
by Schreiber. and this" was a mitten
of Indian tanned buckskin, soft and
warm, if unsightly, a mitten too
small for a warriors hand, if ever
warriCr deigncd to wear one-a init
ten the captain examined curiously,
as he pioughed ahead of his main
body, and then turned to his subal-
tern with a grin on his face:
Beauty draws us with a single
hair" said he, land can't shake us
even when she gives us the mitten
Ross" he added, after moments
thought, remember this. With this
gang there are two or three sub
chiefs that we should get, alive OF
dead, but the chief end of man, Sc
far as ''Ii' Troops concerned, is
TO capture that girl, unharmed."
And just at dawn, so gray and wan
and pallid it could hardly be told
from the pale moonlight of the ear.
lier hours, the Gark. snake-like col.
umn was halted again, nine miles
! further in among the wooded heights
/ With Bear Cliff still out of range and
/ sight, something had stopped the
! scouts, and Blake was needed at the
front. ftc found Schneider crouchine
at the fo"t of a tree, gazing warily
/ forward along a southward-slopin
face of the mountain that was
sparsely covered with tall, straight
pines, and that faded into mist a few
hundred yards away. The trail-tht
main trail, that is-seemed to &c
straight away eastward, and, for .
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-10-22

halt the moment they s-s our tracks!
Get 'em alive, if possible!" were
Blake's rapid orders, for his eyes were
eagerly fixed on other objects beyond
these detected leaders-upon STUN
bling mules, lashed fore and aft be-
tween long, spliced saplings and bear
ing thus the rude litter-Hay's pct
wheelers turned to hospital use. An
Indian boy, mounted, led the foremost
mule; another watched the second;
while, on each side of the occupant
of the Sioux palanquin, logged a
blanketed rider on jaded pony. Here
was parsonage of consequence
luckier much than these others fol-
lowing, dragged along on travois
whose trailing poles came iolting over
stone or hummock along the rugged
path. 1t was on these that Blake's
glittering eyes were fastened.
"Pounce on the leaders, you that are
nearest" he ordered, in low, telling
tones, the men at his left; then
turned to Schreiber, crouching close
beside him, the fringe of his buck
skin hunting shirt quivering over his
bounding heart. "There's the prize
| want" he muttered low. ''Whatever
you do, let no shot reach that litter.
Charge with me the moment the lead
ers yell. You men to the right" he
added, Slightly raising his voice, "be
ready to jump with me. Don't shoot
anybody that doesn't show fight. Nah
everything in sight"
"Whoo-oop!" All in a second the
mountain woke, the welliin rang, to
a yell of warning from the lips of the
leading Sioux. All in a second they
whirled their ponies about and darted
back. All in that second Blake and
his nearmost sprang to their feet
and flung Themselves forward
straight for the startled convoy. In
vain the few warriors bravely rallied
about their foremost wounded. The
Unwieldy litter could not turn about;
the frantic mules, crazed by the in
slant pandemOnium of shouts and
Shots-the onward rush of charging
men-the awful screams of a brace
of squaws, broke from their lead
ing reins; crashed with their lit
Ter against the trees, nuflln3
the luckless occupant to earth. Back
drove the unhit warriors before the
dash of the cheering line. Down went
first one pony, then a second, in his
bloody tracks. One after another, lit
ter, travois, wounded and prisoner,
was clutched and seized by stalwart
hands, and Blake, painting not lit
tie, found himself bending staring
over the PROSTATE form flung from
the splintered wreck of the litter, a
form writhing in pain that forced no
sound whatever from between grimly
clinching teeth, yet that baffied effort,
almost superb, to rise and battle
still-a form magnificent in it's pro-
portions, yet helpless through
wounds and weakness. Not the form
Blake thought to see, of shrinking,
delicate, dainty woman, but that of
the furious warrior who thrice had
dared him on the open field--the red
brave well-llnown by sight and deed
within the moon now waning, but,
only within the day gone by, revealed
to him as the renegade Ralph Mo-
reau-Eagle Wing of the Ogallala
Sioux.
Where then was Nanette?
TTo Pa Corsr{nuad
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-10-22
MEDICAL INVENTIONS.
Machinery Now Plays an Important
Part In the Treatment of Pm
tients In Hospitals.

Hospital patients can now be nursed
by machinery. An inventor has re-
Gently patented an ingenious little ma
chine consisting of small box. in
which is a self-registering thermom-
eter, connected electrically with tiny
bell. This register is put under the
armpt Of person suffering from
fever, and when his temperature rises
the bell rings, and the doctor or nurse
is summoned.
DR. LabOrde of the French academy
of medicine has recently constructed a
wonderful little electric machine for re-
storing persons unconscious from
| drowning, suffocation or similar causes
1t IS called the electric tongue-tractor,
and has padded forceps, which is at
tached to the patients tongue and pulls
this member out to it's full length at
regular intervals. 1t has restored life
to all apparently drowned person after
friction mustard bath and artificial
injection of air into the lungs had all
failed
A wound-stitchins machine is the In
vention of another doctor named
Michel. II works very much more rap
idly than the old method of stitching
by hand, is painless and effective. 1t
consists of n case, or sheath, holding
number OF nickel hooks, or bands
like those used for the corners of card
board boxes. They are put in position
with pair OF forceps, and can be ad-
justed at the rate OF twenty-five a min
ute. Their rounded points do not pen
citrate the lower layer of the skin, but
only the epidermis, and therefore the
pain caused by them is very slight
They nave the additional advantage
Of being very easily disinfected.
A most curious invention is that of
DR.. Coakley for stimulating a weak
heart. 1t consists of a hollow needle
some eight inches long, made of an
alloy of gold, and driven by little
electric motor. 1t is so shaped that it
can be used to actually pierce the
heart and inject into it a solution Of
salt and warm water. which will stim-
ulate the organ, and so prolong and
save life.-London Answers.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-10-22
The OLD HOME CREEK.

If ! could have my way
VOC bet Ia have, by ging!
Things fixed so evry holiday
Would come around in Spring!
ia like to simply bunch 'em up.
All of EN- in one week,
An go and spend 'em fishin'
Down along the old home creek!
To cut an alder limb,
a springy one and long,
An sit a woven seagrass line,
A long an thin an strong,
An ketCh me some grasshOppers,
Or some blue bottle flies,
An cast along the Of home creek
Where hemlock shadders lies.
Oh, jest ter fix 'em up,
MY holidays, You know,
SO they I'd bunch an I'LL my cup
Till it would overflow
5Sor all the res; the long, long year
I'd make my Sundays do.
Give me r;y holidays in spring
When buds are Dustin thoo.
7 want to trot away
Down thuo the orchard grass.
An hear the sassy bluejays squall
An mock the catbird's sass;
An whistle like a mockin' bird
An mock the tiuklin brook
An jest set bubhliu full o. song
The while | bait my hook.
-. NJ. Lewis. in Houston Post.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-10-22

The shipments of iron ore last year
from the Mesaba range were 33 per cent.
of the total production of the United
States. The discovery of this range
made possible the growth of our iron
and steel industry, for in its absence the
cost of ore would be double.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-10-22
wouId Suft Him Better.

"Did you ever hear of such nerve?"
"What now, Jennie?"
"Why, | gave the janitor one of
your old smoking jackets and what
do you think he said?"
Cant imagine"
'Said he didn't smoke, but he
chewed, and wanted to know if ]
could send him n chewing jacket
Chicago Daily News.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-10-22

The crop of apples this year is esti-
mated at 4S,OOO,OOO barrels, which is
more than half barrel for every man.
woman and child in the United States.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-10-22

Increase In American Exports.
In II years British manufactured ex-
ports have decreased 3.5 per cent, Amer
lean manufactured exports have in
creased TIA per cent, and German man
ufactured exports have increased 355
per cent.
The daily tribune., 1903-12-18
Dastardly Deed of Dynamiters.

Newcastle, Colo, Dec. lS-One of
the most dastardly attempts at whole
sale assassination ever perpetrated in
Colorado occurred here at 80 O'Clock
yesterday morning, and as a result the
homes of five families were blown to
atoms, but. STANCE as it may seem, no
one was injured.
During the afternoon three men
were arrested and are now confined in
the Garfield county Jail at GIenwood
Springs, but they are only being held
ON suspicion, and there is practically
no evidence to connect them with the
crime. The men whose houses were
blown up are officers of the local coal
miners union, and have been the
leaders in conducting the coal strike.
which is now in progress in this part
of the state.
The following are those whose
homes were destroyed: John Lawson
Evan Davis. William Isaacs. william
Doyle, and a two-story building occu-
pied by James and John Doyle All
of the buildings destroyed were in
the upper part of the town, and it
would be possible for one man to blow
up all of the five structures within a
few minutes,
The Evan Davis referred to in the
dispatch is cousin of Mrs. Ed. Jack
of this city.
The daily tribune., 1903-12-18
You Ought to Know 1t.

Here are some bargains that ought
to make you pause and linger. then
away to the Boston store and help
yourself. Better be quick about it
for they won't last at these prices
An all steel Express wagon, No. 4
size, lengh of bed 33. in. width 17-in.
height of wheel lS-in. regular price
81 90, but we sell them at 81 9s. We
defy ell competition to meet this
price.
Christmas candles 36 in box
varigated colors, regular price every
where loo, we let them go at only
10c box.
Spring candle holders-the only
good holder made, regular price l0c
doz., our price &c.
Genuine kid body doll, bisque head,
sin. long mote the size) regular
75c doll at SOC.
Octsgon-shaped Crokinole boards,
highly vanished and finished at only
$l25.
Heavy wood Chautaqua desks. II
drawing designs at 81. 90.
An elegant line of Juvenile books at
lc each and up.
You should see that fine line of i'm.
ported Table Linens, towels, bed
spreads, handkerchiefs, pillow tops
Any of these articles make nice useful
presents.
A fine line of ladies felt slippers
81. 90 to 81. 80 pair.
Genuine horse hide slippers for men,
Elk heads worked on front these are
full kid lined and they go at ~. 90
pair.
A fine line of ladies Belts, the new
est and just out. To be up to date
you ought to have one. from 25c to
81. 80.
Full line of pocketbooks. wrist
bags and cbatelenes. beads and grid
les. galore.
A nice line of sleds and foot balls
to arrive in day or two
This store will save you money on
your Christmas purchases. Here
You viii find all the new things as
they never carry over any old toys.
Yours for Economy,
BOSTON STORE.
Jack Bros. Owners and Props
The daily tribune., 1903-12-18
Broke Up In a Fight.

Pueblo, Colo, Dec. 18-Chief of
Police Shoup and several officers had
to quell a fight which broxe up the
meeting at the grove last night ad-
dressed by @. H. Meyer, president of
the Western Federation of Miners, and
''Mother" Jones, who came to Pueblo
in another vain attempt to organize a
smeltermep's union and add to the
city army of workmen who are idle ON
account of strikes. While Meyer was
praising the union in Cripple Greek.
which sacrificed it's very existence to
obey his orders for an unjust sympa-
thetic strike. Donald Mckensie. a
miner from that camp interposed.
Yes. what do you do to us but sell
out to the mine owners? What did
you do to the men who were trying
to pay for homes and had families to
support? ?"
Meyers friends made rush for
McKensie, and free.for all fight
ensued in which several received
broken heads. Worse damage would
have been done had not the police
put an end to the meeting.
The daily tribune., 1903-12-18
Little Left to Indicate that
Strike Was Ordered.
These Declarations Were Made by
Mayor Franklin OF Cripple Creek
Says Alliance is Not Against
Unions Only W. F. of M.

Denver, Colo. Dec. 1s-Nelson
Franklin, former mayor of Victor, is
at the Brown. Mr. Franklin is in
Denver for the purpose OF buying min.
ing machinery, for some of his min.
lining property. He says that there
is little left to indicate that strike
was declared by the Westren Fedora.
tion of Miners few weeks ago.
1.-The strike is practically a thing
of the past, said Mr.. Franklin last
night. Nearly all the producing
mines are being operated again. The
Citizens alliance in the Cripple Greek
district has fully 5000 members, and
included in that number are several
Thousand miners who have taken the
places of strikers. The miners were
disposed to join the alliance and were
allowed to do SO. They get some pro.
lection. too. If they get into trouble
with strikers. and have right on their
side, we help them out.
Many of the men who belong to
the Western Federation of Miners are
sick and tired of that organization.
Upwards of 8. 600 men in the Cripple
Greek district have been paying the
federation 81 month for long time.
That amounts to S36, 600 year. and
they never got anything out of it.
If miner died, the federation paid
has funeral expenses, and that was all !: