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The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-15

the doctor. IF you were magnifled AZ
much as that you could carry the
Flatiron building in your pocket for
matchbox. But what of ity'
IF you mean that she doesn't look
like you" said Connor, II tell you
you're dead wrong. There's strong
family resemblance"
And you're the man." said /, "who
saw a horse for a few minutes two
years ago and spotted photograph Of
him tonight at glance. Do you sup
pose l could go to the nearest stable
and buy a horse-and a good one. too
land pass him of on you as a son of
Bertram and Humber
"But your sister isn't horse" pro-
tested Conner. "She's a human being.
There's a laundering sight Of differ
ence."
There's this difference" said /
''that it's easy to find man who
knows something about horse. And
now let me tell you what this young
lady is whom | have had the peculiar
pleasure of meeting tonight She is a
thoroughbred Saxon, the last one left
alive. l should suppose; certainly the
most beautiful example. But what
am IL"
English" said Conner promptly.
Gust as English as she is"
'Both my father and my mother
were born in Wales" said l. Both
had what you would call Norman an
cestry on one side and Cymric on the
other am colored like a Norman. but
no person who has made even the most
cursory study of the subject could fail
to recognize my Cymric blood at a
glance On the other hand, there is not
the faintest shadow Of a possibility
that this young lady has one drop of
that blood in her veins"
There was a moments silence, then
Conner said. almost with a sob:
"You don't like her,"
1t was the word Of warm hearted
Irishman. That good fellow had ear
nestly rejoiced in the idea that he was
working to make two people happy
and now he was disappointed. / took
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lit SOl Jul VI
sight Of the harbor. She returned
and was laid up for several days,
not very much damaged, but most
OF the passengers were sent forward
BY another ship, My parents chose to
stay by the Delphic, know not why.
1t has always been supposed that
she struck an iceberg off the banks.
] can tell you only that the disaster
was at night. / remember the awak-
ening, the thrill Of half realized ter
ror, the wild noises and the trampling.
Ny father was carrying me. wrapped
In a coat. my mother following with
little Hilda. Then something crashed.
! recall no feeling of a blow, but my
consciousness went out like candle
The next thing / knew it was dawn
and l was in q boat with one sailor
who had wounded head and was COW
cred with blood. 1t has been sup
posed that this boat was lowered end
foremost in true panic style and all
aboard her were pitched out except the
wounded sailor and myself.
Eventually we were picked up by
sailing vessel. my companion uncon-
Gcious and dying. was taken to Bos-
ton and sent on thence to an uncle in
New York, by whom was reared. He
died when I was thirteen, leaving
small property in trust. / attended Co
lumbia college and school Of mines
and eventually took my inheritance and
went west. Two years later came the
affair of the Golden Bush. and l was
Kich.
The larger part Of the year 1907
spent in New York and Whereabouts.
had everything except home. On the
I'D Of December Of that year / was
living in luxurious bachelor apart
ments, more lonely than / was in the
week that / spent on the Golden Bush
claim with only the haggard faces of
the mountains for company.
On the evening of the day that
have named / returned from a rather
1arly and very lonesome dinner and
found a young man named Conner
waiting for me. had never met him
before. He was a sturdy, pleasant fell
low, Celtic and Dutch on the face of
him, and he introduced himself by pre-
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q journalist, and this is his story My
heartfest congratulations"
In my apartments the tables were
filtered with photographs, as they al.
ways are. Ny fad since / was a boy
has been the study of the different
kinds Of men and the faces that they
wear. l do not study horses, but it
happened that had some photographs
that had been sent up from a friends
stock farm In Kentucky, and 1t seem,
Cd to me that Conner saw these before
he fairly got into the room. He did
not notice any of the portraits of peo-
pie, but pumped straight down upon
the picture of a horse which he recog-
nized instantly, though there was no
lettering on 1t.
"Humbertw he cried and went on to
give me the horses pedigree-Bertram
on one side and Humble on the other,
and all the rest of it-but suddenly
broke off this strain and came to the
business that had brought him there.
First, with inimitable brevity and
pith, he sketched the wreck Of the
Delphic.
''You," said he in closing, "were the
role survivor"
/, YES" said /.
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Du ii 1 u
hands closed suddenly upon it.
"Oh, not yet" she said family
Somehow IL dread it."
The palms of my hands were wet,
and l was swallowing air, but l man.
aged to summon up the appearance Of
calmness.
What do you expect to find hereY'
/ asked
"Oh, you will think very meanly of
me-" she cried. but, indeed, | have
been Overpersuaded and silenced since
the very first hour. Then for just that
earliest hour l believed, but never aft
erward. And l have drifted on and
on, not knowing what to do. l could
see no escape from the evidence, and
you were so surer'
"Did Mrs. Gilbert tell you that?''
''Why, yes. but I'd have known that
you believed without a word from her.
You were such good brotherr And
she smiled through her tears, But
knew in my own heart
Listen" said l. Answer me. Did
you wish to believe? This may be our
very last minute. l think this book
can never convince either Of us, sure
ly not me, unless it tells me who you
really are. But, remember, it may
part us forever. l have known from
the first instant, and l know now, and
l always shall know, that we are no
more to each other than cousins
through Adam. and so ask you, do
you wish to believer
II think not" she whispered, with
white lips. 1.-The bookl"
1t opened under my hand at the
pages headed June and June 5, and
under the first of these dates l read
the following in my uncle's hand:
Captain Enos Gray and his wife
came today. bringing the child. 1t has
blue eyes and bright golden hair. 1t
could hardly be more unlike poor little
Hilda, who had my dear sisters col
oring. brown eyes and dark hair. De-
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that CHARLIE PERHAPS SHE SAW WE
stood for Char LOVED EACH OTHER
lotte. as is common in England, and
not for Charles | shall institute in
quiries." Then. evidently written later:
Lieutenant Aston seems TO have
had not relative in the world. The
child is undoubtedly his, but it will not
be claimed by any one. have decided
to send $40 a month to the Grays for
its support This will give its life an
added value to them, and they will
rear it more carefully"
Here were all mysteries explained
The child was kept carefully and some
what secretly because it was a source
of revenue. At my uncle's death the
income ceased. and a stranger was per-
mitted to take the child away.
IT have a name for you at last" said
l. Not my sisters. Charlotte
81 would like Hilda better" said she
softly. you called me that first"
Mrs. Gilbert has had this book since
the day after Christmas" said l. ''or
the next at the latest Why did she
hold it,"
perhaps she wanted us to wait lit
tie"
Perhaps said I. "she saw just the
very truth. that we loved each other"
I'VE must always be very kind and
sweet to her" said Hilda.
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story; the Cold
en- Bush mine
merely stands in
the background
as a source of
amuence.
j w a s fiv e
years old when
the Delphic was
lost. With my
father and moth
or and infant
sister i had sail
ed from Liver
pool in this i'll
Mted yes S e /,
which was in
collision before
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course. What did
1t mean?
THAT is a vol
ume Of my un-
cle's diary" said
L. Beyond ques-
ton we s b all
find here the
answer to our
riddle, the solu-
ton Of all our
doubts.
/ took 1t from
her hand.
"T b Q arly
j uQ0 n at q a
should be the
Ones" said l and
W o " I'd b a v e
opened the book,
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~AS - AOttOA
from a very es-
t m a Bile a n d
charming young
M a t n, Mrs.
Leslie Gilbert,
w b o S e som E.
what misguided
charities had oc-
ca sionally APP
pealed to my
pocket.
"Mr. Conner
will tell you a
surprising sto-
ry," wrote this
lady. Il would
have liked to tell
you myself, but
he insists upon
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scriptiOn had
q u it e prepared
me for this. yet
l would take no
risk of error and
therefore had the
child brought to
me. If this waif
really came from
the Delphic |
think it is the
supposed son of
First Officer Al
ston. whose body
was found with
1t upon the raft.
According to the
list, there were
on the Delphic
Charles Aston
ii n f a u t. and
nurse | think
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ERE are two matters which
may help to give me nook
of your mind for a few min
utes. If you haven't heard Of
one, you very likely have heard of the
other.
First, / am the only original sur
yiyor Of the Delphic. that was lost at
sea In May of 1887; second, in partner
ship with Tom Campbell 1 discovered
the Golden Bush mine in Idaho. The
wreck Of the Delphic figures in this
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he Christmas
Sister 4g
BY HOWARD FIELDING.
Copyright 1908. by c. N. Lurie
...8Y HOWARD FIELDING /.
Copyright. 1908. by c. N. Lurie

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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-03-26
Surely a No.Account pon.

A man in Missouri recently sued a
railway company for damages for
the death of hound killed on the
track, says the Youths Companion.
The company defended itself upon
the following points:
Said dog was chasing a rabbit up
defendants tracks in violation of the
game laws.
Said rabbit lived on defendants
right Of way, and was therefore the
property of the defendant.
Plaintiffs dog was a trespasser,
and was hunting defendants property
without permission.
Said deceased was not much of a
dog, anyhow, or it could easily have
kept out of the way of defendants
trains.
And having fully answered, defend
ant prays to be discharged.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-03-26
"SINNER" CAN COME AGAIN.
Thiefs Visit Resulted in Nice Margin
of Profit to Farmer.

II there are any more chicken
thieves like the one who entered his
hennery three weeks ago, Thomas In
graham of Park Mills, n. Y, will glad
ly furnish a chart of the grounds and
guarantee to tie up the dog. A few
mornings ago Mr.. Ingraham entered
the hennery, and to his amazement
found a dozen fowls in place of the
ones that he had missed after the
visit of the thief. He also found hang
Ing to a nail in the building a scrawl
which said: Mister Farmer, | was
wicked when l stole them chicks of
you, but wringed their necks when |
hooked em from the roost, so could
not put 'em back. Am awful sorry
done it, and will prove what | say by
bringing you other chickens which
never stole. Them | took were COM
mon chicks, these are blooded. Never
will l steal any more. Sinner With
such a conscience, the sinners resolu-
tion is evidence of good business judg-
ment, for Mr.. Ingraham says the
fowls he received are worth at least
twice as much as the ones whose
necks We're ''wringed" when they
were hooked"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-03-26
STARTING A YOUNG ORCHARD
Points to Be Observed in Securing a
Good Growth

There are many farmers who keep
themselves busy saying that there is
no pay in bothering with an orchard,
and with them and the way they man.
age it, it does not pay.
After you have set the trees the
work of profitable orchard is not all
done. That is only the beginning, and
1t is well to make a good beginning,
but the young trees need some future
care. They need cultivating especially
while young. You had possibly bet
ter not set trees at all as to set them
in sod and let the grass grow up
around them, for then they will grow
slow, be stunted, and likely die before
coming into hearing. The grass takes
up the moisture and the plant food,
and robs the tree of vitality.
Young trees should be cultivated
frequently for the first few years un.
less you know a better method. Some
are using the mulch method and |
think it is all right so far as the tree
is concerned. ] think it is fully as
good as cultiyating if it does not make
too much of a harbor for mice | have
never tried this method.
My success in caring :or the young
orchard, writes an orchardist in Farm
ers' Mail and Breeze, has been to cul.
tvate the young trees during the
spring and summer and go over the
ground about once a week. or after
every rain. Keep the surface cult.
waited. Either do this by growing some
crop which needs cultivating. or be
sure and go through the trees any.
way. Likely you will neglect it if you
DO not plant some crop, and the crop
will not hurt the trees.
Set the young trees on good ground
so they will grow well, and plant DO
tatoes between the rows or any other
/ crop, but be sure and keep the sur.
face cultivated
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-03-26
A Handy Garden Tool

one of the best garden tools that I
nave ever used and one which may be
made for few cents by any black
smith, or even made at home, if the
farmer has forge and anvil. consists
OF a cultiyator made from an old
pitchfork that has outlived its useful
ness by having one or more of the
tines broken. If as much as six
inches of the tines is left these may
be cut off evenly, bent at right angles
like hoe and sharpened. Such an
implement as this far surpasses the
hoe in the cultivation of small plants;
in fact, there is never any need of the
hoe unless it is cutting large weeds,
for this will kill all the weeds and
keep the ground pulverized better and
with much less labor than it can he
done with the hoe
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-03-26
Good Eye, Cuchuillinl

Who can set bounds to the soaring
imagination of the Celt? An enthusi-
astic New Yorker recently watching a
game of hurling-which resembles la
crosse-between stalwart teams, was
moved to ask President Conway of the
Irish Athletic association how far a
good man could drive the ball.
We'll, I'll tell you" responded Mr..
Conway, with a twinkle in his eye that
contradicted his serious speech. 'In
the good old days when Cuchuillin was
champion Of Ireland, the king and all
the nobility were assembled at tho
great games OF Tailtin. CuchuilllR
struck up hurley ball into the sky,
and then walked off to his pavilion and
took drink of potheen, and strolled
back to the spot in good time to catch
the ball on his hurley.
Weekly.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-03-26
Basket Holder for Fruit.

side the trough is made fast to block
which is curved to fit the body. So
cured to this block is metal band
provided with buttons at each end, to
which a strap may be secured. This
strap is provided with number OF
buttonholes, so that it may be adjust.
ed to the size of waist of the per.
son on whom the holder is mounted.
When placing the baskets in the
trough, a, they will rest on the offset
at the forward side thereof, and the
extension, b, will press against them
and bind them in place. The baskets
will thus securely be retained against
accidental displacement as the opera.
tor moves from place to place
Obviously the use of this holder
will effect considerable economy; :;
for with both hands free, the operator
will be able to pick a much larger
quantity of fruit in a given time.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-03-26
FOR FRUIT PICkERS.
Device Which Holds Basket and
Leaves Hands Free to Work.

To enable fruit pickers to use both
hands freely while carrying the bas-
kets which they are filing, Mr.. George
S. Paine of Winslow, Me, has invent.
ed a basket holder which easily may
be secured in operative position by
means of an adjustable strap passed
around the waist. The holder con
sists of a trough-shaped member of
sheet metal, which securely binds the
basket in place 1t is particularly de-
signed to hold pair of small baskets
or boxes of the type in which berries
are usually sold, but it will be evident
that the holder could only be adapted
to carrying baskets of other types. AS
shown in the accompanying illustra-
tion, says Scientific American. the
sheet metal trough A is provided with
an offset at one side and an outward
ly inclined wall, b. At the opposite
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-03-26
Leisure to Burn.

"My dear" asked the overworked
business manager of his wife, as he
tried to write check for her, answer
the telephone, receipt the expressman,
and give instructions to a floor-walker,
at one and the same time: MY dear,
in that Great Beyond do you sup
pose any of the elegant leisure, of
which the preacher tells us, will fall
to my LOTT"
Sure, John" answered his wife,
sweetly, you will doubtless have
leisure to burn" n."-lllustrated Sun
day Magazine.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-03-26
HOW TO KNOW PURE PAINT.
A Way in Which 1t May Be Identified
Before Using.

After a building has been painted
long enough for weather test, it is
easy to tell if the paint used was made
of pure White Lead or not But such
telated knowledge comes like locking
the barn after the colt is stolen.
What one wants is a test that will
tell the quality of the paint before it
and the labor of putting it on are
paid for.
Nature has provided way in which
genuine White Lead may be positive
ly distinguished from adulterated or
fake White Lead before you spend a
cent on your painting.
Pure White Lead is made from me-
tallic lead, and, under intense heat,
such as is produced by a blowpipe,
pure White Lead will resolve itself back
not genuine White Lead, or if it con-
tains the slightest trace of adultera-
tion, the change will not take place.
Therefore the "blow-pipe" test is an
absolute and final one.
The National Lead Company are
urging everyone interested in painting
to make this test of paint before using
1t, and they guarantee that the pure
White Lead sold under their Dutch
Boy Painter" trademark will always
prove absolutely pure under the blow
pipe" or any other test. To make 1t
easy for you to perform the expert
mont they will send you free upon re-
quest q blow-pipo and everything nee
essary for you TO make the test, to-
gether with q valuable booklet on
paint. Address, National Lead Com
pany. Woodbridge Building, New York
City.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-03-26
MUSIC STUDENTS
Should Have Steady Nerves.

The nervous system of the musician
Is often very sensitive and any habit
like coffee drinking may so upset the
nerves as to make regular and neces-
sary daily practise next to impossible
Il practise from seven to eight hours
day and study Harmony two hours, -
writes a Mich. music student. Last
September | was so nervous ] could
only practise few minutes at a time,
and mother said | would have to drop
my music for a year.
This was terribly discouraging as
/ couldn't bear the thought of losing
a whole year of study. Becoming con.
yinced that my nervousness was
caused largely by coffee, and seeing
Postum so highly spoken of, l de.
cided | would test it for a while.
Mother followed the directions
carefully and | thought | had never
tasted such delicious drink. We
drank Postum every morning inste2d
OF coffee, and by November felt more
like myself than for years, and was
ready to resume my music.
Il now practise as usual, do nv
studying and when my days work is
finished | am not any more nervous
than when | began.
Il cannot too highly recommend
Postum to musicians who practise half
day. My father is a physician and
recommends Postum to his patients.
Words cannot express my appreciation
for this most valuable health bever.
age, and experience has proven it's
superiority over all others" There's
Reason"
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to
WellYille," in pkgs.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-03-26
What's a WidoWer?

Is a widower a married or a single
man?
This question continually crops up
and it is continually being answered
both ways. Certainly a widower IS
married-he is not a bachelor. That
is one answer. Certainly, on the other
hand, no matter what the man once
was, he is single now. That is the
other answer. Thus in all match
games of single against married men
games of hockey, football, baseball,
cricket-the poor widower is tossed
from one side to the other like shut
tleclock. The solution depends solely
upon his skill.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-03-26
Absence of Mind.

Exhausted by the labor of carrying
the furniture out of the building, the
man whose dwelling was ablaze from
cellar to garret mechanically rolled a
cigaroot and turned to one of the fire.
men.
Have you got a match?" he painted.
"a match?" growled the fireman.
"If you want to light that thing go
and touch it to your house,"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-03-26
500 Reward, 500.

The readers OF this paper will be pleased 10 learn
that there IL dreaded disease that science
has been able cure in all ts stages, and that Is
Catarrh Hairs Cstarrh Cure ia the only positive
cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being constitutional disease, requires constitu'
tunal treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure IL taken In
ternaliy, acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and assist
ing nature ia doing its work. The propretors have
much faith IN its curative powers that they oreI
one Hundred Dollars for any case that IL falls TO
cure. Send for list OF testimonials.
Address +. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo o.
Sold by all Druggists, 15c.
Tako Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-03-26
g afh Place.

''It states here that bulldog shoes
are in fashion again." remarked Mr.
Stubb as he perused the --latest styles
for men" column.
THAT so?" laughed Mrs. Stubb in
credulously. "Why-er-where does .
bulldog carry his shoes?"
Don't you know, Maria?"
mo, John"
"Why, In his grip, of course"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-03-26
In a Pinch, Use ALIENS FooT-EAsE

A powder. 1t cures painful, smart
ing, nervous feet and ingrowing nails.
It's the greatest comfort discovery Of
the age. Makes new shoes easy. A
certain cure for sweating feet. Sold
by all Druggists, 25c. Accept no sub
stitute. Trial package. FREE. Ad-
dress A. S. Olmsted, lie Roy, n. Y.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-03-26

these years of pain l was despairing
of ever being cured when Doan's Kid.
ney Pills came to my notice and their
use brought quick relief and a perma.
nent cure. I am very grateful"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. n. Y.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-03-26

ten years | was in
misery with back
ache. The simplest
housework complete
ly exhausted me. l
had no strength or
ambition and suf.
fered headache and
dizzy spells. After
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-03-26
Lemon, Chocolate and custard Pies.

II docs not require an experienced cook
TO make good pies from "OUR-PIE." Just
the proper proportions OF all ingredients
in the package ready for immediate
use. At grocers, 10 cents per package.
Order a few packages to-day. Put up
by D-Zerta Food Co, Rochester, n. y"