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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-10-31
IN LIFE'S BRIEF SPAN.
Experiences, Joys and Sorrows of the
Human Existence.

The loves and friendships of indi-
viduals partake of the frail character
of human life, and are brief and un-
certain. The experience of human
life may be shortly summed up: A
little loving and good deal of sor-
rowing; some bright hopes and many
bitter disappointments; some gor-
geous Thursdays when the skies are
bright and the heavens blue, when
Providence, bending over us in bless
ings, glads the heart almost to mad
ness; many dismal Fridays, when the
smoke of torment beclouds the mind
and undying sorrows gnaw upon the
heart; some high ambitions and many
Waterloo defeats, until the heart be-
comes like a charnel house filled with
dead affections, embalmed in holy
but sorrowful memories; and then
the chord is loosed, the golden bowl
is broken, the individual life-a cloud,
a vapor, passes away.-Matthew Hale
Carpenter.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-10-31

ing nothing and lallygagging at cotst
with the nobility. l wish / had an
uncle who was a senator. Pull Ia
everything these days"
You Dutchman, won this place on
my own merit. Indignantly.
Forget it!"-grinning.
"You are impertinent."
But truthful, always"
And then we smoked a while in
silence. The silent friend Is the best
of the lot. He knows that he hasn't
got to talk unless he wants to, and
likewise that it is during these lapses
of speech that the vine of friendship
grows and tightens about the heart.
When you sit beside man and feel
that you need not labor to entertain
him it's good sign that you thorough
iy understand each other. l was first
to speak.
Il don't understand why you should
go in for medicine so thoroughly. 1t
can't be money, for heaven knows your
father left you yearly income which
alone would be a fortune to me-"
CulNdlIy SHlNefS IheSc udyS, the
chill of money is on everything. A
man must do something-a man who
is neither sloth nor a fool. A man
must have something to put his whole
heart into; and l despise money as
money. l give away the bulk of my
income"
Marry, and then you will not have
to" l said flippantly.
You're a sad dog. Do you know,
I've been thinking about epigrams."
mol"
"Yes. find that an epigram is pro-
duced by the same cause that produces
the pearl in the oyster"
THAT is to say, a healthy mentality
never superinduces an epigram ?
Fudge!" said l, yanking the pup from
his lap to mine. According to your
diagnosis, your own mind is diseased"
Have cracked an epigram ?"-with
panied surprise.
well, you nearly bent one" com.
prom ised.
Then we both laughed, and the pup
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-10-31
THE PEACEFUL SUBURBS.

Sort OF an endless chain war with
your neighbor, eh?" said the visitor
from the city. How is that?"
Well" replied the suburbanite, his
chickens flew over the hedge and ate
all my garden seed. | got even by
getting a big tomcat and the cat ate
the chickens"
"Ah, an eye for an eye,' eh?"
Yes, but it wasn't long before he
got bulldog and the bulldog finished
the tomcat."
Great Scott! I suppose that end
ed the feud?"
Not at all. I borrowed a cata-
mount from a wandering circus, and
that killed the bulldog. Now, If he
don't get an elephant to finish the cat
amount before | can return it to the
show l guess III come out winner"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-10-31
"Max, There Never Was Girl Like Herr

other besides her is concerned, and I
can not tell you. Some day, when
everything quiets down, I'll get you
will find it worth while"
"The bottle?"
Both"
From rumors I've heard, this prin-
cess is a great one for larks; rides
bicycles and automobiles, and general
ly raises the deuce. What sort is she 2"
IF you are going to remain IN Bar
scheit, my boy, take a friendly warn
ing. Do not make any foolish attempt
to sec her. She is more fascinating
than roulette table"
This was sly dig. Max smiled A
recent letter from him had told of an
encounter with the goddess at Monte
Carlo. Fortune had been all things
but favorable.
I'm not afraid of your princess; be-
sides, came here to study"
"And study hard, my boy, study
hard. Her highness is not the only
pretty woman in Barscheit. There's a
raft of them"
"I'll paddle close to the Shore" with
smile.
"By the way, I'll wake you up Thurs
day"
How -lazily.
"a bout at Mueller's Rathskeller.
Half dozen American lads, one of
whom is called home. Just fixed up
his passports for him. You'll be as
welcome as the flowers in the spring.
Some of the lads will be In your
classes"
Put me down. 1t will be like old
times. ! went to the reunion last
June. Everything was in its place but
you. Hang it, why can't time always
go on as it did then?"
Time, unlike our watches, never
has to go to the jewelers. for repairs" +"
said l owlishly.
Max leaned over, took my buli-ter-
rier by the neck and deposited him on
ais lap.
Good pup, Artie-if he's anything
like his master. Three years, my boy,
since l saw you. And here you are. do
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-10-31

started up and licked my face before
| could prevent him.
did ever show you this ?"-taking
out a locket which was attached to
one end of his watch chain. He passed
the triuket to me.
What is it?" 1 asked, turning it
over and over.
lIa the one slender link that con-
meets me with my babyhood 1t was
around my neck when Scharfenstein
picked me up. Open it and look at the
face inside"
| dfd so. A woman's face peered up
at me. 1t might have been beautiful
but for the troubled eyes and the
dropping lips. 1t was German in type.
evidently of high breeding, possessing
the subtle lines which distinguish the
face of the noble from the peasants.
From the woman's face | glanced at
Maxs. The eyes We're something alike.
Who do you think it is?" 1 asked,
when | had studied the face sufficient
ly to satisfy my curiosity
I've a sneaking idea that it may be
my mother. Scharfenstein found me
toddlllS about in railroad station,
and that locket was the only thing
about me that might be used in the
matter of Identification. You will OBJ
serve that there is no lettering, not
even the jcweler's usual carat mark to
qualify the gold. 1 recall nothing; life
with me dates only from the wide
plains and grazing cattle. I was born
either in Germany or Austria. That's
all | know. And to tell you the honest
truth, boy, it's the reason I've placed
my woman ideal so high. So long as
l place her over my head I'm not fool
ish enough to weaken into thinking
can have her. What woman wants a
man without name?"
(To BE CONTINUED)
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-10-31

plugging away over rusty nails and
grass-grown ties-till he came to Bar
soheit.
Hope is the wings of the heart"
said |, when l thought the pause had
grown long enough. you still hope ?"
In a way. If l recollect, you had
an affair once,"-shrewdly.
I smoked on. I wasn't quite ready
to speak.
ideals, too, as l remember; hope you'll
find her."
Max, my boy, am solemnly con-
vinced that | have"
Good Lord, you don't mean to tell
me that you are hooked?" he cried.
Il see no reason why you should use
that particular Tone" l answered stiffly.
"Oh, come now; tell me all about it.
Who is she, and when's the wedding"
Il don't know when the wedding S
going to be, but I'm mighty sure that
| have met the one girl. Max, there
never was a girl like her. Witty she
is, and wise; as beautiful as sum-
mer's dawn; merry and brave; rides,
drives, plays the cello, dances like a
moonshadow; and all that, a
wave of the hand.
you've got it bad. Remember how
you used to write poetry at college
Who is she if l may ask?"
THE Honorable Betty Moore, at
present the guest of her highness, the
Princess Hildegarde, with pardon
able pride.
Max whistled. You're a lucky beg
gar. One by one We turn traitor to our
native land. A Britisher! / never
should have believed it of you, of the
man whose class defamation was on
the frey subject of patriotism. But
| is it all on one side?"
Il don't know, Max; sometimes /
think so, and then | don't"
How long have you known her?"
Little more than a month
"A month? Everything moves swift
ly these days, except European rail
way cars"
There's a romance, Max, but an.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-10-31
ONLY Royal Doctor,

The only royal doctor in Europe is
Duke Carl Theodore of Bavaria. Few
German princes have had a more ro-
dore. He recently completed, with
his wife as his assistant, his five-thou-
sandth operation for cataract.
Poor people flock to his hospital,
where they are treated free, the duke
asking payment only from those who
can easily afford it. He it was who
successfully treated the kaiser, when,
eight years ago, he was temporarily
blinded by a swinging rope when
cruising on the Hobenzollern in the
North sea.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-10-31
Saw Il Come Out of a Cow.

A little city boy and his sister
Dorothy were taken to the country
for the first time.
The two children were happy as the
day was long. In the late afternoon
they watched the COWS come home,
heard with delight the tinkling cow
the barns to see the milking done.
At supper, just as Dorothy was lift
ing her glass to her rosy lips, the boy
cried out:
"Oh, Dotty, don't! You mustn't drink
that milk. It's not fit to drink. 1t
came out of a COW; saw it."
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-10-31
Delicate Shade Of MeanIno.

A keen retort is credited to the late
DR.. Haig-Brown, master of Charter
house.
His brother-in-law, Dr. Porter, the
master of Peterhouse, another famous
English school, wrote him, inquiring
his precise meaning in certificate
that a boys character was general
ly" good.
when I say generally" he replied,
II mean not particularly"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-10-31
The Art of Milkinu.

Suburban Resident-Yes I want a
useful man about my country place.
Can you milk?
Applicant-Yis. sor.
(Which side of a cow do you sit on
when milking?"
"Wul1, sor Oi never milked but wan
cow, ap' she wuz kicker; an, bedad,
a good dale av the tonne Oi was on
both sides av her, sor."-Washington
Star.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-10-31
Sure Cure.

you will never break up automo.
bile speeding by timing the automo.
biles," bantered the stranger in the
big goggles.
Maybe not, neighbor," drawled the
rural constable with the huge star,
"but we have broken up lot of speed.
ing by timing the chauffuers."
Timing the chauffuers?"
Eyes, giving them sixty days time
in the county jail."-Chicago Daily
News.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-10-31
Sufficient Credentials.

Careful Parent-Before l can give
consent to your proposed marriage to
my daughter, I must know something
about your character.
Sufcor-Certainly, sir, certainly.
Here is my bank-book.
Careful Parent (after glance)-
Take her my son, and be happy.-N.
Y. Weekly.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-10-31
Sweets or Meat,

She-Before we were married you
used to bring me chocolate every time
you came.
He-Yes, dear, and 1t cost good
deal less than the meat and potatoes
bring you now.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-10-31
Sounded Familiar.

Eva-Uncle Tom made millions with
his mines. When he went over to
Europe he could offord private cabin
for himself.
Edna-Gracious! How funny!
Eva-What is funny, dear?
Edna-Why, it must have been
Uncle Toms Cabin. n."-Chicago Daily
News.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-10-31
STATE OF ONO. CRY OF TOLEDO, s..

LUCAS CoUTY.
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he is senior
partner Of the nrm of +. j. CHENEY i Co. doing
business In the City of Toledo. County and State
aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every
OF CATARRH that cannot be cured by the use of
HALLS CATARRH CURE. -
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn TO before me and subscribed In my presence,
this 9Th day Of December, A. D., 1856.
- A. w. GLEASON,
SEAL NOTARY PUBLIC.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts
directly on the blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system. Send for testimonials free.
f. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Hall s Family Pills for constipation.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-10-31
Life Insurance Figures.

Statistics show that there are now
in the United Kingdom 27,940,26O
persons carrying life insurance for a
total amount of nearly 92,OOO,O0O, 900.
The total amount of premiums paid In
about G37.0O0.0O0.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-10-31
The Inevitable Result,

Stage Manager-I got the leading
man to run over his lines in that au-
tomobile part.
Manager-Well?
Stage Manageable simply mangled
them.-Baltimore American.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-10-31

was impaired and the kidney secre-
tions were badly disordered. | was
completely worn out and discouraged
when / began using Doan's Kidney
Pills, but they went right to the cause
of the trouble and did their work well.
l have been feeling well ever since"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-10-31
Fair Warninu.

well, I see that slim girls will be
the style this winter" remarked the
harmless idiot.
YES" responded his sister, "and if
any of my girl friends suddenly get
slender over night l don't want you to
ask any fool questions. Hear me?"-
Pittsburg Post.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-10-31
Old Church

The one thousandth anniversary of
the founding of st. Peters church.
Chester, England, finds the structure
in good condition, portions of it hav-
ing been rebuilt in 1440 and 1878.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-10-31
Saws It's Not So,

Report to the effect that electric
lights are detrimental to the eyesight
are pronounced unfounded by an cleo
trical expert in the London Times.
He says that the trouble arises from
too direct exposure of the eye to the
light, and that effect would be the
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-10-31
Only Then.

Does yorr husband snore in his
- ,, madam"
Yell, doctor. 1 have never noticed
him snoring at any other time.-Balti-
more American. -----
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-10-31
In the Forest.

II must spruce up" said Dame Ma
ture, as she took a glance at the
woods about her.
Well" returned the West Wind,
you needn't pine to waste about it
with all those new firs."-Baltimore
American.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-10-31
Not for Doqqie.

Mrs. De Stile-Are you going to
take your poodle to the country with
you?
Mrs. LeGrand-Mercy, no! They
have such miserable food there
Cleveland Leader.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-10-31
Rural Music.
heavens

Country Boarder-For heavens
sake, listen to those mosquitoes!
The Landlord-Skeeters nothin'-
that's my darter playin' the mandolin.
Cleveland Leader.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-10-31

f1ve months in a hos
pital l was dis
charged as incurable,
and given only six
months to live. My
heart was affected, l
had S m o t h e ri n g
spells, and some
times fell uncon-
scious. / got so I
couldn't use m y
arms, my eyeSight
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-10-31

The shortest and surest way to live
with honor in the world is to be in
reality what we would appear to be-
De Scales.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-10-31
The Method of Incidence,

De lazy man sits in de sun
De bes' part of de day.
An brags of work he hasn't done
An kicks about de pay.
Washington Star.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-10-31
FIVE Months IN HOSPITAL.
Discharged Becaues Doctors Could Not
Cure.

Levi P. Brockway, S. Second Ave,
Anoka., Mimi, says after lying for
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-10-31

Squire-I say, Pat, that's the worst
looking horse l ever saw. Why don't
you fatten him up?
Pat-Fatten him, is 1t? Shure, the
poor haste can hardly carry what lit
tie flesh he's got now.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-06-27

NOURT PROCLAMATION.-W
~ Hon. HARRY A. HALL, President Judge and
the Hons. JOHN MCDONALD and GEO. J.LABAR,
Associate Judges of Courts of Oyer and Terminer
and General Jail Delivery, Quarter Sessions of
the Peace, Orphans Court and Court of Common
Pleas for the county of Cameron have issued
their precept bearing date the 9Th day of May,
A. d. 1907, and to me directed for holding
Court of Oyer and Terminer, General Jail De.
livery, Quarter Sessions of the Peace, Orphans
Court, and Court of Common Pleas in the
Borough of Emporium, Pa, on Monday, the
list day of July, 1907, at 10 o'clock, "A. m.
and to continue one week.
Notice is hereby given to theCoroners, Justices
of the Peace and Constables within the county,
that they be then and there in their proper per-
sons, at 10 O'Clock, a. M, of said day, with their
rolls records, inquisitions, examinations, and
other remembeTances to do those things which
to their offices appertain to be done. And those
who are, bound by their recogniZance to prosecute
againstthem will be just.
Dated at Emporium, Pa, June Sth, 1907,
and in the l3lst year of the Independence of the
United States of America.
]. d. SwoPE, Sheriff.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-06-27

being hardy and luxuriant. In one
case where we drove posts and built a
wire fence around our garden we were
compelled inside of two weeks to put
additional wires around the bottom to
keep out the neighboring cattle, and
will so on have to repeat the dose
Some of these stories may be little
large but the writer very carelessly
dropped this letter on the ground He
tried to get all the soil off lest there be
postage due when it reached its desti-
nation, which would be the case unless
there was like amount rubbed on the
stamp. With best wishes am
Yours very truly,
j. +. RHODES.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-06-27
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
Bulletin.
Bulletin.
LOW RATE NIAGARA FALLS EXCURSIONS.

"It soothcs, while it the mind, }" is the phrase
used by the great American author Nathaniel Hawthorne
writing of Niagara Falls and its phases of beauty
and grandeur
To those who have viewed this magnificent
spectacle it will prove enrang revelation of majesty
beauty, and power that must remain forever delightful
memory
Those who have visited Niagara Falls and
dered amid its historic environments viewed its varied
of wonder, delight return to gather impress
sons of the falling waers the dashing rapids, aud the
great gorge.
This year the Pennsylvania Railroad will run series
of attractive ayconduced excursions Niagara
Falls on July 3and 24 August and 2I, September and
IS, and October g.
Tickets will be sold at very low for the round
trip aud will be valid for return passage within days
Aspecal train in charge of an experienced tourist
agent, will be run each date from Washington, via
Harrisburg Wiamsport and Emporium Junction, carry
ing paror cars, dining car and high-grade coaches.
Tickets will be good going the special train and to
return any regular train within the time limit permit
ting eXcursonists to stop off at Buffalo and view the bea
tiful metropolis of Lake Erie.
Full detailed information OF this attractive series of
summer outings may be had on application to Ticket
Agents.
55r1a2t
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-06-27

THE unusually backward sea.
] son has left us with a very
large stock of Wash Goods and
White Goods which must be clos.
ed out at once. The way to &C
complish this is to cut the prices
80 low that quick sales are as
sured.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-06-27

There is no case of indigestion, no
matter how irritable or obstinate that will
not be speedily relieved by the use of
Kodol. The main factor in curing the
stomach of any disorder is rest, and the
only way to get rest is to actually digest
the food for the stomach itself. Kodol
will do it. 1t is scientific preparation
of vegetable acids containing the very
same juices found iu healthy stomach
1t conforms with the Pure Food and
Drugs Law. Sold by r. G. Dodson
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-06-27
Governor Stuart's Pension Veto.

Governor Stuart's Pension Veto.
Governor Stuart has manfully
faced what the legislature timidly
shirked. 1t was not a pleasant
duty for him to veto the pension
bill but it was d duty none the less
and he bravely accepted it. Under
the shield of their collective ac-
tion the members of the Legislature
eyaded their individual obligation
and threw the burden on the gov
ernor, but he did not hesitate to
meet his personal responsibility.
Some Of the soldiers may be disap-
pointed, but we believe that all of
them win respect and honor Gov
crnor Stuart for obeying his sense
OF right says the Philadelphia
Press.
The bill was crude, raw and i'm
possible. The legislature would
not have passed it in its ill-consid-
cred form if it had not expected the
governor to veto it. 1t voted the
pensions without voting the money
to pay them. 1t provided for the
expenditure without providing the
revenues to meet it. The bill
could not have been allowed to be-
come law without striking re-
morselessly at the charities,
the hospitals and the asylums
which are dependent on the state.
We do not believe that the gallant
soldiers who showed their heroism
on the field would be content to
accept this additional reward, well
deserved as it may be at the ex-
pense of the sick, the injured, the
INDECENT, the insane and the dying,
who are the rightful care of the
commonwealth.
1t had been said that the aggre-
gate expenditure of more than $5,
000,0 involved till the next ap-
preparation could be reduced to 50, =
600, 600 But this was impossible.
This specific monthly pensions
would become a charge from the
moment the law become effective.
and neither the mony available
or not, the obligation would stand
at its full face value, aud there
could be no escape. The governor
thus had only the choice between
two alternatives either to veto
this bill or to cut off millions from
the educational and charitable in
stitutions of the state. 1t was not
an agreeable choice to make, but
who that respects the soldiers will
doubt that they will say he made
the right decision?
The veterans who fought to save
the union deserve generous recog-
milton. The nation which they
preserved has been liberal in its
provision. In addition Pennsylv-
ania at least has done much-more,
perhaps, than any other state-to
show her gratitude. Up to this
year she has spent $40, 700, ,974. ID
for the Soldiers Orphans schools
and 81, 40, SAG for the Soldiers
and Sailors home-an aggregate of
$12, $50, $50. IA, and this expendi-
ture goes right on in unabated vol
uIne more than forty years after
the close of the war.
1t is not claimed that this pro-
vision discharges the debt of honor
which is due to tho nations de-
tenders. But if a state pension is
to be paid it should be arranged,
not in a haphazard way which
makes it impracticable, but with
full consideration so that it will
not nullify the other obligations of
the state.