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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-01-03

ginia Carteret, would figure as the
Delilah triumphant.
She rose tingling to her finger-tips
with the shame of it, went to her
stateroom and found her writing ma
terials. In such a crisis her methods
could be as direct as a mans. Win
ton was coming again that evening.
He must be stopped and sent about his
business.
So she wrote him a note, telling
him he must not come-a note man
like in its conciseness, and yet most
womanly in it's failure to give even
the remotest hint of the new and bind
ing reason why he must not come.
And Just before luncheon an obliging
Cousin Billy was prevailed upon to
undertake its delivery.
When he had found Winton at the
shale-slide, and had given him Miss
Carteret's mandate, the Reverend Bill
ly did not return directly to the Rose
mary. On the contrary, he extended
his tramp westward, stumbling on
aimlessly up the canyon over the un-
SuTldCeu eHlDdllhnenL Ol lIe HeW llHt.
Truth to tell, Virginia's messenger
was not unwilling to spend little
time alone with the immensities. To
put it BADLY, he was beginning to be
desperately cloyed with the sweets of
a day-long Miss Bessie, ennuye on the
one hand and respondent on the other.
Why could not the Cousin Bessies
see, without being told in so many
words, that the heart of a man may
have been given in times long past
to another woman?-to Cousin Vir-
ginia, let us say. And why must the
Cousin Virginias, passing by the life
long devotion of kinsman lover.
throw themselves-if one must put it
thus brutally-fairly at the head of an
acquaintance of day?
So questioning the immensities, the
Reverend Billy came out after some
little time in a small upland valley
where the two lines, old and new, ran
parallel at the same level, with low
embankments less than a hundred
yards apart
Midway of the valley the hundred
yard interspace was bridged by a
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-01-03
Return in Ace to chlldhood.

Attention has recently been called
to the curious fact that the shells oi
certain animals, such as cephalopods,
brachipods and some bivalves, ara
commonly marked by retrogressive
changes as age advances. THE old
man returns to second childhood in
mind and body" states a well-known
scientist at Washington, "and the
shell of the cephalopod has, in old
age. however distinct and highly orna-
mental the adult. very close resem-
blance to it's own young"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-01-03

him Immediately back to the Rose
mary. Instead of keeping on down
the canyon on the c. 6 G.. r. side, he
turned up the gulct at the back Of
Argentine and spent the better half
Of the afternoon tramping beneath the
solemn frs on the mountain. What
the hours of solitude brought him In
the way OF decision let him declare
as he sets his face finally towards the
station and tho private car.
81 can't do it. | can't turn traitor
to the kinsman whose bread l eat.
And that is what it would come to in
plain English. Beyond that l have
no right to go; it is not for me to
pass upon the justice of this petty
war between rival corporations
All, William Calvert. is there no
word then of that other and far
subtler temptation? When you have
reached your goal, if reach it you
may, will there be no remorse-
full looking back to this milestone
where word from you might have
taken the fly from your pot of pre-
cious ointment?
The short winter day was darkening
to its close when he returned to the
Rosemary. BY dint of judicious MS
neuvering, with a love-weary Bessie
for an unconscious confederate, he
managed to keep Virginia from ques-
tioning him, this up to a certain mo-
ment of cataclysms in the evening.
But Virginia read .momentous things
in his face and eyes, and when the
time was fully ripe she cornered him.
1t was the old story over again, Of
woman's determination to know pit
ted against a truthful mans blunder.
ing efforts to conpeal; and before he
knew what he was about Calvert had
betrayed the RaJah's secret-which
was also the secret OF the cipher tele.
grams.
Miss Carteret said little--said moth.
ing, indeed, that an anxious kinsman
lover could lay hold of. But when
the secret was hers she donned coat
and headgear and went out o.i the
square rallied platform. whittier ths
Reverend Billy dared not follow ho5.
(TO BE CoNT1NUEDl
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-01-03
SHOCK FOR THE HUSBAND.
WlfeIy Anxiety Had Considerable
Motive.

Anthony Comstock was talking in
New York about certain information
that had been lodged with him.
1T Is perhaps helpful information, !"
he said, "but l confess that l mistrust
its motive
ut suggests to me an incident that
occurred last month in Matawan.
"A young woman of Matawan said
to her husband one night:
My dear, there is gentleman IN
the parlor. He wants to speak to
you
Who is It, do you know" the
husband asked.
Dear, said his wife, you must
forgive me-but that cough has both
cred you so much of late-and though
winter is coming on it still clings to
you and oh, IL you knew how wor-
ried I've been about you!' And she
threw her arms around his neck.
What would | do il were to lose
you? she moaned.
Come. come said the young man
patting her shoulder tenderly; men
don't die OF slight cold. So you've
called In the doctor, eh? Well, I'll
see him gladly IL it will make you feel
easier. Which one Is 1t? Squills?'
1T isn't the DOCTOR was the an
swer. It's the life insurance agent"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-01-03

y cow that fattens readily as a rule
is beef bred rather than of the milk
strain.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-01-03
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STORING WATER.
How a Reservoir Can Be Cheapiy
Built at the Spring.

An easy way to make a reservoir
at the spring, is to throw up bank,
perhaps laying a wall first, founding
1t below the surface. l have seen
many reservoirs excavated at great
expense, sometimes in the solid rock,
at the useless expenditure of money.
By going down hill few feet it would
have been simple and inexpensive.
Should the soil be such that water
percolates through it, face the soil
with loan on top and puddle it well.
If this leaks face it with clay and pud-
die the clay, as shown in cut. These
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-01-03
Famous Band Leader Dead.

Prof. Louis Schneider, the first di
rector of the Marine bard in Wash.
ington and the leader of the Imperial
band, which was at the surrender Of
Sedan, has just died in New York
He received decorations from Ma
poleon Ill, from the king of Italy, the
king of Belgium and Pope Leo XIII.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-01-03

Encourage your boy to plant wal
nut, butternut and hickory trees in
odd corners on the farm instead O.
trees useful for shade only. By the
time he is man they will commence
to bear. Then you can crack home
grown nuts for your grandchildren.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-24
Governor Hagerman Resigns.

WASHINGTON. April l8.-Governor
Hagerman of New Mexico, against
whom charges were preferred, has
rendered his resignation, and the
president today announced the ap.
pointment Of Capt. George Curry,
governor of Samar province, P. l.,
as governor of New Mexico.
Governor Hagerman was recently
in Washington, to answer the charges
which related to the transfer of terri
torial lands to the PennsyIvania De.
velopment company. While here he
had long interview with the presi.
dent and Secretary Garfield about the
charges, which he declared were the
result of personal intrigues. 1t is un.
derstood that the resign alton was ten
dered in compliance with an intima-
tion from the president that such &C.
ton on the governor part would be
agreeable to the administration.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-24
Will Reduce Mail Profits.

WASHINGTON, April l9.-Railroad
profits will be reduced materially be.
ginning with July l, when the postof-
fee department will put into force the
enactment of the last session of con-
gress, reducing the rental paid by the
government for railway mail cars by
25 per cent.
The economy that will BE- achieved
by this legislative reform for the gov
ernment will foot UP we'll into the mil
lions. Under the present conditions
there are cars in the railway mail SER
vice costing when new abont 5000
each, for which the government has
paid in rentals more than 100000 in
twenty-five years.
The average annu al rental which the
government pays for full railway
postal cars is S5,447. The average
cost OF maintenance a year for these
cars, including expenses and allow
ances for wear and tear, is placed at
81. 200
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-24
Colony Of Newspaper Men.

DENVER, April 1S.-A colony of
newspaper men is to be established in
the Little Snake river valley, in Routt
county. Colorado, where the state of
Colorado will throw open for settle.
ment this summer, under the Carey
act, so, 600 acres of land. This land
is under the Little Snake river canal
system.
The plan is to make this colony an
up.to.date farming community, where
each man will own his farm and i'm.
provements, the only connection in
vail, If it does at all, being with re.
gard to labor. Under the Carey act,
any citizen of the United States may
select l60 acres, the price of land and
perpetual water right in the canal
system being fixed by the state at
2.5O per acre. w. r. Given, for.
mer newspaper man, has taken options
on 10 selections OF l6O acres each for
the newspaper men.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-24
Land Grabbers Convicted.

OMAHA, April l9.-Thos. NJ. Hunt.
irgton, Ami B. Todd and Fred Hoyt
We're convicted in the United States
court today on charges of conspiracy
to defraud the government out of about
100000 acres of public lands in Sheri-
dan and Cherry counties, Nebraska.
The men were indicted jointly with
Richards and Comstock, OF the Ne.
braska Land & Cattle company, who
were convicted last fall.
Huntingdon, who is a banker at Cor
don, Nebraska, furnished the money
to pay the expenses OF the entrymen
when going to file on the land. Hoyt
is q partner of Huntington, and is
charged with having paid the expenses
of five entrymen on having given them
the descriptions of the land upon
which they afterward filed. Todd ia
from Denver, and procured the con.
sent of old soldiers of Iowa, Nebras.
ka and Illinois, to place the fraudu.
lent filings upon the homesteads.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-24
Gigantic Counterfeiting Scheme.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 1S.-The
most stupendous counterfeiting opera.
tions in the history of the world are
coming to light in the Orient. The
amount of money involved is almost
beyond reckoning, and the methods of
forgery so far-reaching, clever and
dangerous that all the financiers in the
far east are alarmed. The gigantic
scheme, so successfully carried out
that no man knows its extent, is prac.
tically laid at the door of the Jap.
anese.
Point by point the fact that the lit.
tie brown men flooded all Manchuria
and stuffed the Russo. Chinese bank
with spurious money during the war
with Russia is being established by
experts. Sixteen million pounds, or
$50, 600, 900, of the worthless stuff, is
said to have been detected. Nobody
can guess how much is extant. Ap.
peal has been made to the Japanese
government to enact and enforce strin.
gent laws to exterminate the shrewd
counterfeiters in Nippon, who elude
the watchful officials of that empire.
Experts from the Bank of England
and the American Bank Note company
are on the way to China to assist in
ferreting out the tremendous amounts
OF bogus money known to be mixed
with the genuine. Their findings are
expected to startle the world.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-24
No Fuel For.,Locomotives.

BELLINGHAM, WASH, April I9.-A
special to The Herald from Vsncouv.
er. B. c., says bad condition of at.
fairs exists on the Canadian Pacific
railroad on accountlof the coal min
ers' strike In the Crows Nest pass
mines and Alberta. Orders were issu-
ed from the headquarters Of the west.
ern division here today that nothing
but passenger trainsl and perish able
freight trains are to;be rur over the
lines, and all freightlsteamers are to
be taken of their runs. The supplies
Of coal on hand cannot last more than
two or three days. Ifithe Vancouver
island mines are called on to supply
the railways it Is likely to precipitate
strike in these mines. The order
covers the main line from Winnipeg
to the coast, the Crows Nest pass
line, and all branch lines.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-24
A NEW LAND ORDER,
Secretary Of Interior Would Prevent
Abuse Of Land Laws.

WASHINGTON, April 19.-An order
was issued today by Secretary Gar.
field and another by Commissioner
Ballinger of the general land Office,
each intended to put stop to prac.
tices which are regarded as evasions
of the general laws. The order of
Secretary Garfield provides tn at here.
after whenever land is reopened for
settlement after having been tempor-
arily Withdrawn for proposed forest
reserves or other purposes, no entries
shall be permitted until after the fact
Of the reopening has been advertised
for sixty days in newspaper of the
widest circulation nearest the land in
question. The secretary says it has
come to his knowledge that heretofore.
when lands have been restored to the
public domain, interested parties have
been notified" by wire from Wash.
ington on the d ate the notice is issued
and persons have located upon the
more desirable portions of the restored
lands, thus obtaining an advantage
over others.
Commissioner Ballinger's order is
directed to an alleged abuse of the law
allowing the purchase from the gov
ernment by auction sale Of "isolated
tracts of land. The commissioner
believes this privilege has been
abused, particularly as one applicant
now has pending thirty .three applica.
tions to purchase different "isolated
tracts" The order cancels all such
pending applications and makes a
further requirement that all applica-
tions hereafter to have such tracts
held at auction must be accompanied
with an affidavit stating that the in.
tending purchaser wishes the land for
homestead purposes and not for spec
ulatiOn.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-24
REBUILDING SAN FRANCISCO,
Anniversary Of Earthquake Shows
Record Of Remarkable
Recovery.

SAN FRANCISCO, April IS. - One
year ago today San Francisco was
all but wiped out of existence by fire
succeeding terrific earthquake shock.
Nearly a quarter Of million of people
were rendered homeless, and the finan.
cial loss amounted to about $500, ,O00,.
600. The city was left mass of
smoking ruins and rehabilitation
seemed q matter Of many years.
Today the sun rose from q cloudless
sky over busy metropolis in which
the volume OF business more than
equals that of twelve months ago, and
whose population is fast growing.
Such q record is said to be without
parallel. During the year s75. .000, 900
has been expended in the work of con.
struction, one.third of which was fur.
nished by the savings banks, which in
common with all the financial institu.
tions withstood the disaster without q
sign OF weakness. Over $50, ,000, 900
has been paid for labor and $4,000
men are now engaged in building,
while before the fire only 10000 were
at work. Temporary construction,
which for while prev allied, has
ceased, and permits for the erection
OF the first class fireproof structures,
to cost over $50, 600, 900 have been
granted. The reconstruction of old
buildings, which survived the flames,
is now in progress, and requires the
expenditure of many millions more.
About 200 miles of street railway
rendered useless are now in running
order. Perhaps the most convincing
proof of the substantial al reha bilitation
of the city is shown by the bank clear.
inge, which for March exceeded by
nearly two and half millions of dol.
lars the figures for the same month of
last year, the month preceding the ca.
tastrophe.
In recognition and celebration of
what has been done, services were
held in the various churches. Tonight
the Merchants association, promin.
ent factor in the labor of RECONSTRUCT
ton, will fittingly commemorate the
uprising of the new San Francisco by
banquet at the splendid new Fair.
moups hotel, many prominent citizens
being among the invited guests.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-24
Stolen Money Recovered.

ST. PAUL, April Is. - The police
secured today confession from John
Gunderson, who held up clerk in the
Northern Pacific express Office at the
union station here Tuesday night and
compelled him to open safe and hand
him out a package containing s25, 900
in currency. He told the officers where
they could find the money, S24 900 in
one package and $1,000 in another.
The officers at once secured the larger
amount and are now after the second,
1900.
One of the large packages was under
pile Of dirt in Jackson street, the
other two under the platforms at the
Great Northern shops. Gunderson,
in his confession. corroborated the
story of the holdup as told by the ex.
press company's clerk. Gunderson
when arrested was in bed apparently
in drunken stupor.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-24
An April Snowstorm.

OMAHA, April 18.-Five inches of
snow fell during the night and the
storm continued during the afternoon
The fall was general over eastern
Nebraska, and is the heaviest known
in April for many years. In some
counties along the southern and CEN
trail belts, cherries, peaches, plums
and berries are said by some author.
tiles to have been ruined almost en-
tirely, while other growers are conf.
dent the fruit was not far enough ad.
vanced to be endangered.
A Norfolk dispatch says: "North.
ern Nebraska, southern South Dakota,
eastern Wyoming and the Black Hills
are covered with a blanket of snow six
inches deep upon the level, which is
still falling"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-24

water front king Of Bellingham. has
effectually blocked j. J. Hill from FIVE
miles of Bellingham water front. II
has developed that Larrabee has pur-
chased all the tide lands and holds q
30.year lease on the harbor area in
front of five miles of uplauds owned
jointly by him and the Great North.
ern nagnate. 1t is impossible for
Hill to reach any part of the water
front, which is valuable for docks,
without bargaining with the Montana q
man.
AS the two men are not paragons of
Jonathan and David, owing largely,
It is said, to right.of.way troubles be-
tween them, Hill is not likely to have
an easy time getting concessions.
Hill, it is declared by one of LARA.
bees former agents, has repeatedly
tried to influence the Montanian to
agree to seRreg alton of the uplands,
but Larrabee persists in holding the
property foot for foot and inch for
inch with Hill.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-24
MILLION DOLLAR STEAL,
Idaho Timber Company Charged
With Extensive Land Frauds.

BOISE, April ]9.-The government
has filed suit in the United States cir.
cult court here to set aside 2l5 patents.
involving 10000 acres of land in Boise
county, against the Barber Timber
company. The property is worth over
sl,OOO,OoO. Fraud is allegedsin secur-
Ing title to the lands. Government
special agents have been conducting
the investigation for nearly year.
The first result of their work was the
recent finding of several indictments
by the federal grand jury.
DENVER, April l9.-Judge M. C.
Burch, special assistant United States
attorney general, who has fjust re-
turned from Boise, Idaho, in an in.
terview today denied that there is any.
thing between the land frauds investi.
CATION in Idaho and the prosecution
OF the Western FederationLof Miners
officials on the charge of completely in
the assassination of former Governor
Frank Steunenberg of Idaho.
"Sensational reports going the
rounds OF the western newspapers con.
cerning the Idaho conditions should
be very largely discounted" said
Judge Burch. "The timber lands in
vestigations in that state are not new.
For nearly four years these investiga.
tions have been going on in northern
Idaho, and Twas instrumental in send.
ing both special attorney and q spe-
cial examiner of the department of
justice there at the start. It requires
some time to pry off the lid which or.
dinarily covers such trans actions, and
such was the case there, but nearly a
year ago some of the guilty parties
were indicted and convicted. In
southern Idaho the alleged frauds
were much more recent and the officers
OF the department Of justice and of
the interior have neither urged nor
retarded their operations by reason of
the pending offenses alleged against
the three officials of the miners feder.
alton in that state, and statements to
such effect are without found alton"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-24
Valuation Of Railroads.

WASHINGTON, April 1S.-Some In.
teresting Information on the operation
OF the Texas stock and bond law of
1893, under which a valu alton of rail.
road property in the state was made
in 1895, was given to the president to.
day by Judge S. H. Cowan, of Texas,
special employe OF the interstate
commerce commission and attorney
for the Southwestern Cattle Growers
associa alton.
Mr.. Cowan told the president thai
the Texas law had proved a success.
1t had not been put on the statute
books for the purpose of becoming the
basis for rate making, he said, but to
fix line beyond which the roads
could not go in issuing stocks and
bonds.
He added that the valu alton put up.
on the railroads by the Texas COM
mission having charge of the matter
exceeded the cost of construction by
Is to 20 per cent. and the cost of the
assessment of the roads lad been CON-
paratively small. So far as be was
aware, Judge Cowan said, none of the
railroads had contested a valuation
made under the law. President Roose.
velt is acquiring all the inform alton
available upon the various phases of
the subject.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-24
It Makes Ashess6urn.

ALTOONA, Pa, April 21.-The re~
mark able ash.burning secret discover.
ed by John Gilmore, an Altoona cob
bier, which has excited attention al~
most the world over, is common pro.
perty. Almost every householder in
Altoona is now converting his ashes
into fuel, with great saving in coal
bills.
Several we'll known chemists, inn
mediately it was announced that Ell.
more had solved the problem of oh.
tanning heat from ashes, set to work to
", to discover the formula. They
were successful and here it is:
Common salt, one pound; oxalic
acid, two ounces; water, one gallon.
Mix aud moisten with mixture
containing one part coal and three
parts ashes, and better fuel than
pure coal Is obtained.
The ashes of anthracite coal burn
as readily as do those of bituminous
coal.
This mixture will, upon being placed
upon a burning fire, fuse into q coke
like mass and deposit but little residue.
Gilmore, who discovered the secret
and focused attention upon the possi.
bilities that lurked in the ashes, says
his patent will protect him in his sec.
ret.
While it is conceded that Gilmore
has conferred great boon upon hu.
manity it is feared that he will not de-
rive any tangible benfits from his dis.
covery.