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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-16

couple of coyotes, possibly frightened
by our approach, had trotted and
loped up the valley ahead of us, leav-
ing trail like that of two dogs; the
sharper, more delicate footprints of a
fox crossed our path; and outside one
long patch of brushwood a series of
round imprints in the snow betrayed
where a bob-cat-as plainsmen term
the small lynx-had been lurking
around to try to pick UP rabbit or
a prairie Sfowl:
AS the dawn redeemed, and 1t be-
came light enough to see objects some
little way off, we began to sit erect
in our saddles and to scan the hill
sides sharply for sight of feeding deer
Hitherto we had seen no deer tracks
save inside the bullberry bushes by
the river. and we knew that the deer
that lived in that impenetrable iun-
gle were cunning whitetails which in
such a place could be hunted only bv
aid of hound. But just before sun
rise we came on three lines of heart
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-16

way to the Lord and complained how
Death had led away part of his work
ers. .vnz
And the Lord sent q great white
angel unto the remainder and forbade
them, through the angel, to hearken
unto Death until they could serve Life
no longer.
For the Lord knew that the stern
dominion of Life must be, for the sake
of the men he hoped to complete.
But only few, very few, of the
children of men obeyed the angel. Let
Death but pass the toflers, and her
beauty was so great they continued to
desert their posts and follow after
her.
Then Life cried unto the Lord With
a great voice:
death seduces my servants!"
And the Lord said:
Deal with Death as thou wilt
Therefore Life seized on Death and
cut away her perfumed locks, and put
on her painted mask, most hideous
to behold. And he sealed the lips OF
Death, saying, BE thou dumb, and be
thou no longer known as a woman"
With this he cast over Deaths won
derful form black mantle, like pall.
and on 1t Life painted:
This is the King of Terrors."
Then he sent Death forth, and there
after whenever she came near the
workers they fed from her and cricd
aloud unto Life:
Matters not how hard thy tasks, oh
dear Life, If thou wilt but save us
from this frightful DEATH"
And Life said unto the Lord:
"Have I not done well?"
And he answered in exceeding sorA
row:
Needs must thy work on Death
stand. And this because of the weak
ness of men who were seduced by her
beauty and who needed not my an
gels voice. Yet very differently had
planned for my people. For In the
beginning l set the loveliness of Death
plainly before them, that they might
endure their tasks happily, knowing
how sweet the end would be. But
they have defeated my wisdom. On
their own heads be it,"
And Life went his way, satisfied.
Thereafter, when child or man be-
came useless to him he cast 1t into
the arms of Death, because its task
was finished.
And the soul of Death sang to the
soul of the mortal given her, though
her lips were dumb, and she blessed it
with an infinite blessing and bore tt
away.
But the toilers mourned greatly thai
Death should have dominion over one
of their number, and they turned the
more desperately to Life. who smiled
sternly and was content.
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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-16
a Christmas Hymn.

Christ, upon whose natal morn
Rejoicing angels sang,
When DER the blue Judean hills
Their heavenly anthems rang!
Christ. to whom with gifts from faA,
Came shepherd, sage and king,
Our choicest gifts on this glad morn,
Our hearts. we humbly bring!
Grant US to follow Thee in love,
Nor from Thy path to stray,
Thy blessed feet have gone before
And glorifed the way.
We join the angel choirs that sing
This happy morn again,
GLORY to God, the Lord Most High,
Goodwill and peace to men!
Martha c. Howe.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-16

shaped footmarks in the snow, which
showed where as many deer had just
crossed little plain ahead of us.
They were walking leisurely, and from
the lay of the land we believed that
we should find them over the ridge,
where there was brush coulee.
Riding to one side of the trail, we
topped the little ridge Just as the sun
famed up, burning ball of crimson,
beyond the snowy waste at our backs.
Almost Immediately afterwards my
companion leaped from his horse and
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-16

N that 1t was within week
of Christmas before we
were able to take any
thought for the Christmas dinner. The
winter set in late that year, and there
had been comparatively little cold
weather, but one day the ice on the
river had been sufficiently strong to
enable us to haul up wagonload of
flour, with enough salt pork to last
through the winter, and very few
tins of canned goods, to be used at
special feasts We had some bushels
of potatoes, the heroic victors of
struggle for existence in which the
rest of our garden vegetables had sue
cumbed to drought, frost and grass
hoppers; and we also had some wild
plums and dried elk venison. But we
had no fresh meat, and so one day my
foreman and l agreed to make hunt
on the morrow.
Accordingly one of the cowboys
rode out in the frosty afternoon to
fetch in the saddleband from the pla-
teau three miles off, where they were
grazing. 1t was after sunset when he
returned.
1t was necessary to get to the hunt
Ing grounds by sunrise, and it still
lacked couple of hours Of dawn when
the foreman wakened me as lay
asleep beneath the buffalo robes.
Dressing hurriedly and breakfasting
on a cup of coffee and some mouth
fuls of bread and jerked elk meat,
we slipped out to the barn, threw the
saddles on the horses, and were off.
The air was bitterly chill; the cold
had been severe for two days, so that
the river ice would again bear horses.
Beneath the light covering of pow
derry snow we could feel the rough
ground like wrinkled iron under the
horses hoofs. There was no moon,
but the stars shone beautifully down
through the cold, clear air, and our
willing horses galloped swiftly across
the long bottom on which the ranch
house stood, threading their way deft-
ly among the clumps of sagebrush.
A mile off we crossed the river, the
ice cracking with noises like pistol
shots as our horses picked their way
gingerly over it. On the opposite
side was a dense jungle of bull-berry
bushes, and on breaking through this
we found ourselves galloping up
long, winding valley, which led back
many miles into the hills. The cram
nies and little side ravines were filed
with brushwood and groves of stunt
ed ash. BY this time there was a
faint flush of gray in the east, and as
we rode silently along we could make
out dimly the tracks made by the wild
animals as they had passed and re-
passed in the snow Several times
we dismounted to examine them. A
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-16

Turning to Go Into the Log House.
raised his rifle, and as he pulled the
trigger | saw through the twigs of
brush patch on our left the erect,
startled head of a young black-tailed
doe as she turned to look at us, her
great mule-like ears thrown forward.
The ball broke her neck, and she
turned complete somersault down
derbrush told Of the fight of her ter
rified companions.
We both laughed and called out
dinner" as we sprang down toward
her, and in a few minutes she was
dressed and hung up by the hind legs
on small ash tree. The entrails
and viscera we threw off to one side,
nfter carefully poisoning them from
little bottle of strychnine which /
had in my pocket. Almost every cat
tleman carries poison and neglects no
chance of leaving out wolf bait, for
the wolves are sources of serious loss
to the unfenced and unhoused flocks
particularly revengeful because it
was but few days since we had lost
a fine yearling heifer. The tracks
on the hillside where the carcass lay
when we found it told the story
plainly. The wolves, two in number,
had crept up close before being dis
covered, and had then raced down on
tho ad has al,
she could get fairly started One
brute had hamstrung her with a snap
of his vise-like jaws, and once down,
she was torn open in a twinkling.
No sooner was the sun up than a
warm west wind began to blow in our
faces. The weather had suddenly
changed, and within an hour the snow
was beginning to thaw and to leave
patches of bare ground on the hill
sides. We left our coats with our
horses and struck of on foot for
group of high buttes cut up by the
cedar canyons and gorges, in which
we knew the old bucks loved to lie.
1t was noon before we saw anything
more. We lunched at clear spring
not needing much time, for all we
had to do was to drink a draught of
icy water and MUNICH a strip of dried
venison. Shortly afterward, as we
were moving along hillside with ST.
lent caution, we came to a sheer can
yon of which the opposite face was
wind-beaten cedars. AS we peeped
over the edge, my companion touched
my arm and pointed silently to one
of the lodges, and instantly | caught
the CLINT of bucks horns as he lay
half behind an old tree trunk. A
slight shift of position gave me
fair shot slanting down between his
shoulders, and though he struggled to
his feet he did not go SO yards after
receiving the bullet.
This was all we could carry. Lead
ing the horses around we packed the
buck behind my companions saddle,
and then rode back for the doe, which
put behind mine. But we were not
destined to reach home without
slight adventure. When we got to
the river we rode boldly on the ice.
needless of the thaw; and about mid
way there was a sudden, tremendous
crash, and men, horses and deer were
scrambling together in the water amid
slabs of floating ice. However, it was
shallow and no worse results followed
than some hard work and a chilly
bath. But what cared we? We were
returning triumphant with our Christ.
mas dinner. ~',
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-16

m ND there were in the same country .hsp-
~ herds abiding in the field. keeping watch
IL ~ over their flock by night And 10, the
angel Of the Lord came upon them. and the glory
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-16

MoO HRS TMAS is not only mile mark Of
W. another year, moving us to thoughts of
~ selt-examination; it is season, from all
ats associations. whether domestic or religious,
suggesting thoughts of Joy. A man dissatisfied
with his endeavors is man tempted to sadness.
And in the midst of winter, when his life runs
lowest and he is reminded of the empty chair.
OF his beloved, it is we'll he should be condemned
40 the fashion Of the smiling face.-Rober
Louis Stevenson.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-16

HNOW many old recollection. and how
IN many dormant sympathies does the
- II Christmas time awakenI Happy. happy
Christmas. that can win US back to the delusions
OF our childish days; that can recall to the old
man the pleasures of his youth; that can trans
port the sailor and the traveller Thousands of miles
away, back to his own fresde and his quiet
home. Fill your 81 ass again. with merry face
and contented heart. Our life on it, but your
Christmas shall be merry and your New Year
happy one.-Cherle. Dickens.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-16

Of the Lord shone around about them. and they
were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them:
Fear not. for behold bring you good tidings Of
great Joy which shall be to all people. For unto
you is born this day in the city Of David,
Savior. which is Chnst the Lord. From the
Gospel of St. Luke.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-16

@ ANITA CLAUS remains. by virtue Of
~ a common understanding that childhood
W shall not be despoiled of one Of its
most cherished beliefs, either by the mythologst.
with his sun myth theory, or the scientist. with
his heartless diatribe against supers,ition,. He
who does not see in the legend Of Santa Claus a
beautiful faith on the one side. and the native
embodiment of divine fact on the other. i, not
fit to have place at the Christmas board
Hamilton Wright Mabie.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-16

NTY CHRISTMAS wish for all is that
EWt( they may taste the sweetness Of love,
~ A enter into the joys of friendship. and
know the divine benehcence of helping someone
at present less fortunate than themselves. In
these words are we 10 find the living spirit Of
abe human end eternal Christmas. The uni
vsrsai gladnoss of Christmas is proportioned to
lhs exteat Of its unselhshness. People are happy.
aot in what they get so much as in what they
gye,-Minot J. Savage.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-16

ONEMEMBER that as surely a, in that
INK baby lie at Bethlehem there lay the
IL ~ power which has run through all the
world; the power which makes Judea burn like
star forever; the power which has transhgured
history: the power which has made millions
OF men its joyous servants; the power of the
mienniums yet to be, so surely in the humbess
souls humble certainty that it does love Christ,
there lies enioded all the possibility of the most
perfect sainthood.-Phi!ips Brooks.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-16

TIT IS good thing to observe Christmas Day.
The mere marking of times and seasons,
IL when men agree to stop work and make
merry together, is wise and wholesome custom.
1t helps one to feel the supremacy of the common
life over the Individual life. 1t reminds a man
40 set his own little watch now and then, by the
great clock Of humanity, which runs on sun
time.-Fienry Van Dyke.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-16

N UPPOSE note came on Christmas Day
~ saying not 81 send my love and best
W wishes with this isspool-box," but. 81 want
you to know that your patience. or courage, or
tenderness, during this last year. will help me
10 live more bravey and courageousy this year"
What Christmas present the receipt Of such
letter would be to any one of us. What gift
for any one Of us to send to the human heart
that has given US courage for the burden and
heat Of the day.-Margaret Deland.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-16

1TTAHE season Of regenerated feeling-the
season OF sindlins. not merely the FIRE of
Il hospitality in the hall. but the genial
Aarae Of charity in the heart. He who can turn
cburhshly away from contemplating the felicity
OF thS fellow beings, and can sit down darkIins
md repining in his loneliness when all around
is joyful, may have his moments Of selfish graft
hcation, but he wants the genial and social
sympathies which constitute the charm Of
Merry Chrstmas.-Washing Irving
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-16
THEODORE ROOSEDEz

NE DECEMBER, while I
was out on my ranch, SO
much work had to be done
that 1t was within a week
of Christmas before we
were able IN take apv
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-15

GA ToR Bears the zlhe Kind You Have Always Bought of Aa<z3 zzzs1<~
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-15
housekeeping In Papua.

European housekeeping in Papua is charmingly simple. Everything arriv- ed in tin, for the most part ready for US. Meat, milk, butter, vegetables-all stood in tins in neat rows in the store room. A diet of timed stuns grew rather monotonous at times, but we were able occasionally to vary 1t. Sometimes a man would arrive with a live turtle, which he would sell for two sticks of tobacco, costing threepence. The wretched turtle would be killed and cut up, but would still insist on quivering in most realistic manner even when placed on the fire to cook. Then, too, 1.-the season was a good one, the kitchen would be found lined with joints of wallabies, and it would be hard to know what to do with so much fresh meat.-Wide World Maga- zine,
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What He Was Allowed to Do.

A Presbyterian delegate who was accustomed to being sent to denomina- tional conventions to extend fraternal greetings was delegated to the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church.
 Rising to speak, he said it was al- ways an interesting study to him to note the different receptions accorded him at the conventions of the various denominations.
 "Whenever attend convention of the Episcopal church, for example" :" said he, .I find I can do anything I like except preach in the pulpit. When I go before the Baptist church I am accorded every privilege except that of taking communion. And" he said. with a smile, "when appear among the Methodists notice I am allowed every privilege except taking the col lectionv'-Ladies' Home Journal.
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Witty Savings.

W. s. Gilbert said of Beerbohm Trees Hamlet that 1t was funny without being coarse" :"
 During an Englishman's lecture in New Haven the usher said to late conner: Please, sir, take your seat as quietly as possible. The audience is asleep.",
 A Philadelphia woman said: "Of course there will be no marriage in heaven. There will be plenty of wo- men there and a few men, but none any one would care to marry"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-15
Spoiled by the Cook,

Cardinal Manning, the famous Eng fish churchman, was gaunt of face The great ecclesiastic's appearance was so ascetic that he seemed to have been almost starved. Once in Liver pool he visited convent. andAae cook knelt to him for blessing, which she got.
 May the Lord preserve your emi- nence." said she. and then. looking at his thin face, she added, "and, oh, may God forgive your cook"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-15
Insisted on a Chanqe.

London Coster (meeting village idiot)-Oo are yer a-larfin' at? Idiot Oi bean't a-larfin'. Coster-Well, put your face straight. Idiot-It is straight Coster (exasperateO - Well, then. bloomin' well bend it.-London Tatler. :
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THE RECOY VERY. A Story of Kentucky
 Copyright, 1908, by
 JOSEPH A. ALTSHELER Entered at StatiOners' Hall
 All rights reserved Continued from Page l0.l

Grey's fate, seemed sealed and despite myself-I write it here with shame-I felt a thrill of joy. Alicia would be a widow and I might yet win her hon. estly and fairly, as a man should win a woman. But the thrill soon passed, as it passed in the first instance in Louisville, when I recognized the facts. Alicia would not be won in any such way and I could do nothing now, but wait and let events occur without me. Little I knew the problem that was soon to be set before me. We were, now in the depths of winter and the Legislature had convened again, fore ing from me the utmost attention, al though my mind, in spite of itself, would wander elsewhere. I was op- pressed, too, by a question that grew more serious from day to day. As soon as Grey was convicted I was be- seged with petitions for his pardon. The Governor of the State may pardon any criminal he chooses, and he need not give any reason unless he choose.
 All of Grey's great wealth was ex- erted in his behalf, and it raised up for him many friends who were willing to work to save him. The petitions poured in to me, and delegations came to see me. Often their suggestions became personal. I was reminded by indirection that I myself was none too white, I, too, had a black past; it was intimated to me more than once that l probably had my own snare III LniS tragedy, gossip had credited me with the love of George Grey's wife-that scene in the hall could never be forgot ten-and it was not the worst thing in the world that a man losing his wife should turn to another woman. Mercy had been shown to me, then why should not I show it to another, when now of all times 1t would so well be- come me? Something was said about him who was without sin throwing the first stone. It was urged that Grey was in a state of intoxication, mental ly irresponsible, and that Harrison himself was full of blame.
 I listened to all the speeches, read all the petitions, I passed over the slurs upon myself and the insinuations against my motives and I always shook my head. If I could have spoken for myself alone I should have pardOned him. because he was Alicia Grey's hus- band and because ]. loved Alicia Grey. But was the Governor of the State, and 1t was an atrocious murder, 1t seemed to me absolutely without pallia- tion and jury had so said. l must say so too. %:3~
 But 1t cost me many terrible mo- ments, gossip and a portion of the press raked up my past again, the hid- eous tale that I would profit by this mans execution was started and grew. Once again I was a storm centre but Guthrie and Warfield; and Judge Whar- ton. men, to- whom I could speak with intimate thoughts, counselled me to stand firm, and T. refused to yield. Moreover, the bulk of the State was behind me.
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An Early Riser.

Mrs. Hicks-You mean to tell me that you have servant girl who gets up in the morning without being call- ed? Mrs Wickes-Yes. She's in love with the milkman. Boston Tran script
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THE MAN WHO DOES NOT

Advertise .s "iloL m IL" The name, which stick in the public mind. ar those of the advertise rn---those wh let their light ShinA
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1909-05-28
Happenings Of a Week Through
out the State.
STAYS SISTER AND HIMSELF
Mitchell Man Kills Two When
Threatened With Arrest.

Tragedy somber and spectacular
the officers of the law just about to
cross the Threshold of his home to
Srrest him. w. c. Gray, a long time
resident of that city, seized his sister,
Edith Gray, suspended her from a
rafter in the attic and fired a shot
from his gun into her brain, killing
her instantly, and then turned the
weapon upon himself and ended his
own life
Gray, who was forty-five years of
age, lived with his sister Edith, aged
forty, in a small house on the south
side OF town. Living with them were
three children Of the man. They had
I'LL been living together for the last
four years and during that time ru-
mors which were generally credited
" idle gossip reached the town peo-
pie. But recently neishbors living in
the Immediate vicinity Of the house
made complaint to the authorities con
corning Gray and his sister. Finally
complaint was formally lodged In
the police court and Off GERS had pro
ceeded to Gray's home to investigate
when the double tragedy was enacted
There WAS no evidence of strug-
Bae on the part of the woman in ar
effort to resist being killed Tho. be-
JET of the officers ? is that the PAL
Brother and sister, realizing they
were about to be- arrested and ex-
posed, determined to die and carried
Il out in the nick Of time. ~.v~..-e