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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-01-02

He saw that she was ironical. Hav-
ing nothing to say, he said nothing,
but looked longingly at the vacant
space beside her
She rested her chin upon the sill of
the window and gazed at the stars. A
wild rush of the wind beat upon her
face, bringing a thousand vague heavy
perfumes and a pleasant numbing.
How cleverely she had eluded the
dukes police! What a brilliant idea
it had been to use her private carriage
key to steal into the carriage compart-
ment long before the train was made
up! 1t had been some trouble to light
the lamps, but in doing so she had
avoided the possible dutiful guard. He
had peered in, but. seeing that the
lamps We're lighted, concluded that
one of his fellows had been the rounds.
The police would watch all those
who entered or left the station, but
never would they think to search a car
riage into which no one had been seen
to enter. But oh, what a frightful pre-
dicament she was in! All she pos
SSSStu III the WOTIu was d ndll-CIOWH IL,
scarce enough for her breakfast. And
if she did not find her governess at
once she would be lost utterly, and in
Dresden! She choked back the sob.
Why couldn't they let her be? She
didn't want to marry any one-that
is, just yet. She didn't want her wings
clipped before she had learned what a
fine thing it was to fly. She was
young.
oh"
What is it," she said, turning.
81 have something of yours" an
swered Max, fumbling in his pocket,
grateful for some excuse to break the
silence. You dropped your purse this
morning. Permit me to return it to
you. l hadn't the remotest idea how [
was going to return it. In truth | had
just made up my mind to keep it as a
souvenir"
She literally snatched it from his
extended hand.
my purse! My purse! And thought
it was gone forever!" hugging it hys-
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-01-02

will be imprisoned. / shall only suffer
a temporary loss of liberty; my room
will be my dungeon-keep." How big
and handsome and strong he looked!
What terrible thing it was to be born
in purple! Tell me about yourself"
His hand strayed absently toward
his upper vest pocket and then fell to
his side. He licked his lips.
Smoke" she commanded intuitive-
ly. Il said that you might"
II can talk better when | smoke" he
advanced rather lamely. May l.,
en?-gratefully.
Il command it,"
Wasn't it fine to be ordered about in
this fashion? If only the train might
go on and on and on, thousands of
miles! He applied a match to the end
of his cigar and leaned back against
the cushion.
Where shall begin?"
'At the beginning. I'm not one of
| those novel readers who open book
at random. | do not appreciate effects
till l have found out the causes. l
want to know everything about you,
! for you interest me-"
He began. He told her that he was
a German by birth and blood He had
been born either in Germany or in
Austria, he did not know which He
had been found in Tyrol, in railway
station. A guard had first picked him
up, then a kind-hearted man named
| ScharfenStein had taken him in charga
advertised for his parents and, hearing
nothing, had taken him to America
with him.
''If they catch you," she interrupted
do not under any consideration let
them know that you were not born
in the United States. Your friend, the
American consul, could do nothing for
you then"
CTO BE CONTINUED1
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-01-02

chief should be the wife of the presi.
dent, ex officio, and of each succeed
ing republican president with regents
and vice-regents in Washington, and
in the states where the league may be
established The yearly dues and
membership fees would form a fund
which could easily he added to by sub
scriptions, when needed, and the only
pledge required of the members of the
league would be that by their personal
eXertion they procure, outside of their
own family connection, one or two
votes at most to be cast at the gen.
eral elections for the Republican party.
The question of a national flower
has been matter of discussion for
long time, but the golden rod grows in
every state of the Union, and as its
color suggests sound money" what
better emblem could be found for the
party which has taken that issue as
a part of its political faith? With the
general election every four years, with
no prime minister whose tenure ex-
tends indefinitely, we lose the pretty
custom which obtains in England,
where Primrose day" is celebrated
by wearing primroses and by decking
Beaconsfield's grave with the bright
eyed flower of spring. That, no doubt,
would save the woman who may
choose to inaugurate a league such as
described the reproach of the Anglo
phobists-that we are becoming un-
American, and even that awful thing,
imperial, by sharing the old honor
with old England of maintaining
floral and political society.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-01-02
Floating Workshon.

A unique and interesting vessel is
H. NJ. S. Cyclops-general repair ship
to the fleet. Amongst her machinery
she has plant capable of turning out
castings weighing two tons, and lathes
which will deal with such castings up
to a length of Is feet. The Cyclops
is equipped to repair anything from
broken bolt to a Cotton gun, special
feature of her machinery being that it
is all electrically driven.-London Tit
Bits
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-01-02
TOOK NO CHANCES.
But They Gave the Judge an opPor.
tunity to Be Generous.

But They Gave the Judge an Oppor-
tunty to Be Generous.
The recent agitation for the better
safeguarding of money deposited by
clients with solicitors must not be al
lowed to suggest that all solicitors do
not look faithfully to the pecuniary
interests of those who put their trust
in them. Especially is the contrary
true in the case where A having
placed a sum in the hands of B, B
has been compelled to hand it on to
greater man in the person OF c.
For example, Judge, now deceased,
had many briefs on hand at the mo-
ment of his elevation to the bench.
solicitor who had instructed him
in one case called and suggested that
as his client was not a rich man, the
new Judge might properly return the
sum which he had been paid for the
conduct of a case which he could no
longer take.
His lodrship was profoundly sensi-
BILE of the morality Of the suggestion.
II ought undoubtedly to be done
nothing could be more just; but then,
il was not for him to establish pre-
cedent which would be unwelcome to
the profession. He was naturally OF
a retiring disposition.
Exactly, my lord" answered the
solicitor 1--WE quite anticipated that
Won would experioace such difficulty,
ond for that reason we have stopped
the check"
Whether the language the new
iudge must have used, if only to him
self was of a judicial nature the
chronicles do not relate. 1t may be
taken, however, that it would have
sounded odd from the bench, and
must have been blacker than tbs
black cap.-London Sketch.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-01-02
CHAPTER lx.-Continued.

81 haven't the slightest idea of what
you are talking about" he said, might
lily discouraged. Il never saw this
country till Monday, and never want
to see it again"
''From what are you running away
then2"-skeptically
81 am running away from man who
slapped me in the face, bitterly; and
all his wrongs returned to him.
Indeed d!"-derisively
eyes, T." He thrust out both his
great arms miserably. I'm a healthy
looking individual, am l not, to be run
ming away from anything?"
Especially after having been a sol
dier in the Spanish war. Why did you
tell me that your name was Scharfen-
stein?"
Heaven on earth, it is Scharfen-
stein I'm simply taking my chance
on another mans passports"
81 am unconvinced, "-ungraciously.
She was, however, inordinately happy;
at the sight of the picture of woe on
his face all her trust in him returned
She believed every word he said, but
she wanted to know everything.
every well; | see that | must tell
you everything to get back into your
good graces-Fraulein Won Heideloff."
"If you ever were in my good
grHces!"
Graphically he recounted the adven-
ture at Muller's. He was a capital
story teller, and he made very good
impression.
eff it hadn't been for the princess
clipping | should not have been here"
he concluded "for my friend would
have had a waiter bring me that
chair"
"The princess clipping! g!"-aghast.
'Why, yes. 1t seems that she eloped
tonight; so the report came from the
palace"
The girl sat tight as they say; then
suddenly she burst into uncomfortable
laughter. It was the drollest thing she
had ever heard. She saw the duke
tearing around the palace, ordering the
police hither and thither, sending tele-
grams, waking his advisers and drag
ging them from their beds. My! what
hubbub! Suddenly she grew serious.
"Have you the revolver still?"
"Yes"
"Toss it out of the window; quick!"
But"
"Do as ! say. They will naturally
search you at the frontier"
He took out the revolver and gazed
regretfully at it, while the girl could
not repress a shudder.
What a horrid-looking thingI"
"I carried it all through the war"
Throw it away and buy new one."
But the associations!"
"They will lock you up as a danger
GUS person" She let down the win
dow and the cold night air rushed in
Give it to me-" He did so. She flung
1t far into the night.
''There, that is better. Some day
sou will understand"
Il shall never understand anything
IN this country What are you run
ming away from?"
ga man with o red nose"
"a red nose? Are they so frightful
here as that?"
This one is. He wants-to marry
aoe."
Marry you!"
Yes rather remarkable that any
man Should desire me as a wife, isn't
it?"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-01-02
500 Reward, 500.

The readers Of this paper will be pleased to learn
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has been able to cure IN all its stages, and that is
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strength by building up the constitution and assist
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so much faith In its curative powers that they offer
One Hundred Dollars for any case that it Fails to
cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address f. j. CHENEY Il Co, Toledo o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Pall's Family Pills for constipation.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-01-02

"Are you still troubled by your
neighbors chickens?" asked one man
of another.
"Not bit" was the answer. "They
are kept shut up now"
How did you manage it?"
"Why, every night l put a lot OF
eggs in the grass very carefully, and
every morning, when my neighbor was
looking, went out and brought them
IN
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-01-02

Copyright, 1906, by Joseph b. Bowles.l
(Mrs. Jeanne Gould Lincoln, widow of
the late eminent surgeon, DIR. n. s. Lin
Washington, where she is also prominent
in society. Her first book, "Marjores
Quest" brought her into public notice
years ago. A later book, Her Wash
ington Season." was one of the first writ
ten in the now popular diary style. Her
more recent books, "a Genuine Girl"
with favor by the public OF her verses
which have been set to music the best
known is Tender and True.'D
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-01-02
Money the New Workers. God.

An aged man familiar with the peo-
pie of the metropolis says that moth
ing seems to astonish New York
man as much as to find some desired
purpose which cannot be accomplished
by money.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-01-02

Cost of Worlds Rulers.
The amount of money paid annually
to the worlds rulers amounts to $780,
100000.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-01-02
Political Clubs
for American
Women
By Jeanie G. Lincoln

DV JedTIfH U. LIICOW
Well-Known Washington Woman
Advocates the Founding of a
Political Society for Women
THE League of the Golden
Rod" Might Be Made Similar
to 1.-The Primrose Club" of Eng
land--Woman's Influence Should
Purify the Ballot.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-01-27
NO MORE OF PHoNooRAPH.
Why Secretary MeteaIf Has DIscon.
tnued Its Use.

Secretary OF the Navy Metcalf has
had an experience with the phono-
graph which causes him TO lean all THO
more strongly upon stenographefs.
When arranging to prepare his an
nual report he found all the short
hand clerks I'm the department en-
gagged upon work they could not sus-
pend. and he decided to use phono-
graph. The first day he dictated some
thing like 10 900 words into the little
instrument. The cylinder turned with
an easy motion and the machine ap-
parently registered what the secretary
said without hitch. The next day
thousands Of more words were uttered
by the secretary in the little wonders
ear The third day he completed the
report The cylinders were turned
over to the typewriters and the sec
rotary went out to play golf When
he returned a typewriter came 20
him
Mr. Secretary" he said. eye phono
graph did not register properly. some
thing was the matter with IT,"
What's that?" asked the secretary,
astonished. Let's hear It."
The story circulating at the navy
department Is that the secretary put
the receiver 10 his ears and heard
the photograph gurgle There was a
buzz then 10000 battle ships are re.
quired'-buzz, submarines are
weapons, the armor Of which causes
them TO make not less than 10 knots
per hour"
Then the secretary said few words
which were not registered on the CYL
inder, and called to his stenographer.
He is now engaged in debating his re-
port to his private secretary
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-01-27

There are two old Sdages, Haste
makes waste" and MAKE haste slow
ly," that every one should employ
when they undertake to cure cough
IN few minutes with preparations
containing Morphine. opium. Chloro.
form or other opiates. They must
stop the cough and cause sleep quick
y, | It they also dry up the secre-
uons mi constipate leaving oft
times idr worse trouble. Rydale's
Cough ELIXIR is Guaranteed under
the Pu'o Food and Drug Law to con
tain no opiate or harmful drugs OF
any kind or character. Think about
II when YOU or one OF me children
have a cough. For sale by the White
Pharmacy.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-01-27
TO DISCUSS AINE-HOUR LAW

Washington, Jan. 27.-A commit
tee of the operating heads OF some
of the leading railroads of the coun-
try had conference with President
Roosevelt today, when several ,r,.
portant matters relating to railway
management and control were
touched upon.
One OF the most important -
these was the provision of the La
Toilette law, which relates to a nine
hour DAY for railroad telegraphers,
ana which becomes effective March
II. The members OF the committee
attempted TO convince the president
that the clause IS Improbable
There is little disposition among the
railroad men to oppose the hours
prescribed by law for trainmen, but
they cannot see their way clear to
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-01-27
The THIEF.


A wicked sort OF thieving lass
- pert and protY Nancy.
When First We mot twas la tie sprinr-
Al once she took my Fancy
tho0Sht Of her 1 dreamed OF her:
Her lmage in my breast
Kept mo aWakc-l could not sleep:
She robbed me of my rcst
! Ercw unhappy 40 Ter long
taie Arrt US Tar apart.
TIE truce ! did discover soon.
She robbed me of my heart.
sot when ia press her with my love.
And ask 20 name The day.
She'd blush and lauyh aud lust eVado
And thea she'd steal away
When her own way she wanted sore.
Shed piQuaut 6c. and arch.
But soon as was o0 uly guard
Then she would steal a march.
Her father said. 'NNNl YOU. thcn. rob
Me OF my duushter. prave''
oh, NO" said 1. 'you promised ma
You'd give her. sir away"
Baltimore American.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-01-27
LIttls rurks At the capltal.

The Turkish minister's little young.
sters drive around the national capital
In a victoria. in the most remarkable
and undesirable millinery The head
pieces Of ali four or FIVE Of the swarthy
little strangers are exactly alike. with.
out any sex discrimination They ell
wear little smooth black fezes. appar.
emily OF rubber or oil silk, with ex.
tensions that come down over tho ears
and fasten under the small chins. The
slhn faces peep out oddly upon the
new sights about them in this great,
lVange land.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-01-27

Il had no idea you were Inclined TO
be decidedly gay Ethel"
"llow do YOU mean"
You've been reaching FOR high balls
the whole enoon!-Chicago Jour
ual
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-01-27
NS&zNlN6ffa!kS


Leave N.ts a. al. Tor Roanota
Norfolk and AT points on tho shen-
andcah division. pullman Sieeper
Roanoke % New York. VIA Uasors-
Town. Pullman Parlor Car Roanoke
TO Norfolk.
s;t5 a. m. Tor Roanoke. rich.
mond, Norfolk. Pullman sleeper
Dining Car 20 Roanoke. parlef car
Roanoke 10 Norfolk
1855 a. m. FOR Roanoke aud lynch.
burg and intermediate stations ana
the Shenandoah valley. Phualelphia
and New York sleeper 60 phliatsi-
phla. Cafe Car Gary aud Roanofe.
s;3S p. m. FOR Roanoke. lynch
burg, Richmond, Norfolk. Pullman
sleeper to Roanoke ana pullmnn
sleeper Roanoke 90 Norfolk
Leave Blueeld StaO D. m. for Ken
ONa, Columbus aud All points Wcaf
and Northwest Pullman Slearer f,f
Columbus and Cincinnati CAFE Cara
1856 n. m. Pullman sleeper Tor
Columbus, Toledo Cafe Dining Car
lcae 9:03 a. m aud 9.ea h. I'm
daily for Tazewell. Norton aud am
stations on Cllnch Valley division
Arrive from Norton aud rolnta on
the Cllnch valley division az $40 n
m and S:25 p. m.
Leave Gas n. m. for Kcuoya ana
intermediate stations via WAYNE.
Leave $40 "A. m. and 2s4O n. m
for Wclch aud Intermediate stafions
Call on agent Norfolk and Weat-
ern Railway for tickets, mana ana
additional information.
w. u. BENlIL. @. Il. A..
Roanoke. Virginia
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-01-27

'.wooaman. srarc tha, tr.,r.


'Wocdman. spare that trees
We sang Il long ago.
But tost tho same the woodmaA eanaa
And l0id the giants low.
We turned them into tahlea
We chopped them into pegs
And things unique In styles antigua
With queer. unsteady legs
We swept them from the hillside
Ana from the mountain stream
And lest the AK our arms might tan
We sawed them up by steam.
Anu even art got busy
With gcomctric marks.
To ease the nerves that shrank from
curves
They cleared them from the parks
Across a sterile plaza
Tho winter wind blows free:
ON summer days thc suns hot rays
Beat fierce az hcrcc can be.
All. Spare that tree"-tAe echo
rails ON the desert air
But such Is fate. IT'S all too late
There are no trees to spare
-Washington Star.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-01-27
THE LOVERS CHOICE.

IA Ike % be the tiny shoe
With which my ladys shod
That ], with all my sole might kiss
The ground on which she trOd
10 Ike 70 be the glove she wears,
For then. you understand.
ia take the opportunity
To squeeze fer little hand
ia Ike % be her looking glass
(AU hung about with lace)
And know no duty than 60 just
Reflect upon her face.
But. more than ALL I'd like 20 be
Her ribbon belt. and haste
With absolute prOprIety.
To clasp her slender waist
Royal Magazine
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-01-27

If the person who removed n new
brass and leather collar from
white bull terrier, on Princeton ave
nue.. Saturday morning, will leave
the same at my office, he will re-
ceive suitable reward. No questions
asked. YORK COLEMAN.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-01-27

adjusting conditions for the univer-
sal observance of the nine-hour law
for telegraph operators.
The question of legalIzing pooling
agreements was discussed inform
ally. In this matter the president has
indicated his position as favorable
to such an agreement under proper
supervision by the interstate com
merce commission.
Among the railroads represented
at conference were the Pennsylvania,
New York Central. St. Louis and
San Francisco, Southern, Burling
ton. Illinois Central and Northwest
ern.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-01-27

The Mcdowell Times, the negro
organ at Keystone, calls West Vir-
ginia the Political Promis d Land
FOR the Black Man" And political
promises is all the black man VIII
get in West Virginia.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-01-27
II Rubbed OH.

Just she and ! alone were ihrre beneath
the stars so calm aud bright.
told her that TO mo Ter checks wers
like twin lilies. pure and white.
But in the mornlns, gs / brushed my
powdered vest for hair ~ hour.
/ realized The lilies must have beos Bomo
other kind II uOur.
Royal Magazine
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-01-27
FOR RATIFICATION
FOR REJECTION.

State
Mercer to-wit:
w Honaker Clerk OF the Circuit County.
West Virginia hereby
therein referred to-
Given day Of January 1908
w. b. HONAKER
Clerk Of the Circuit County virginia
1-272310-17.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-01-27
OFFICIAL BALLOT

Election IL,
question Of and
of
Pond,
o Of
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-01-27
FOR REJECTION

For Ratification.
For Rejection.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-04-23
BAD FIRE

Last Sunday afternoon about
2 o'clock, Mr.. Mcdonald, who
lives one and a half miles n. e. of
this place, lost his house and
barn, together with all his house
h~old.goods, 1000 bushels of feed,
harnesses etc. and alarge quaint
ty of hay, by fire. The origin of
the fire is supposed to be from
some ashes having been emptied
too near the manure banking
around the kitchen. The fire
was not discovered until the east
end of the kitchen was a mass of
fames, which quickly spread to
the barn, there being a strong
n. W. wind blowing. 1t was by
the heroic work of the crowd
from town that the granary,
which was situated but "a short
distance south of the house, and
which was filled with seed grain,
was saved.
The loss is estimated at about
$5O00.00, with no insurance.
1t is a heavy loss to Mr.. Nc
Donald as there was practically
nothing saved, not even their
clothing.