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EDITORIAL nENTION.
Chamberlain is likely to deal a
death blow to Free Trade in Eng
land.
Tom Johnson can now meditate
on the folly of counting votes by
the number who come to the free
circus.
With the aid of Tammany and
race prejudice the democrats suc
ceeded in carrying New York City
and Maryland.
No doubt Johnson is very grate
ful for Bryan's moral support in
Ohio. And so ought to be Sena
tor Ilanna.
In the last election, the Socialist
vote in Massachusetts, their
"banner state", fell from 32,629
last year to about 25,000.
Gorman is after the democratic
nomination next year, but if he
gets it, he will be wise enough not
to resign his seat in the senate un
til he knows the result of the elec
tion.
There is much talk of General
Nelson A. Miles, as McCellan's
choice for head of the New York
Police. Would the General con.
sent to taking a position similar to
that formerly held by Devery?
111 the National Repre
sentatives there are 236 lawyers,
63 business men and 17 farmers, in
the Senate there ars 61 lawyers, 19
business men and 3 farmers.
There are only 21 foreign born leg
islators in both houses.
Two hundred sailors from the
Navy were recently served refresh
ments in the State dining room at
the White House. There were live
negroes among them. Had Gor
man been President, he would have
requested these negro seamen to
eab in the kitchen.
The democratic attitude on the
negro question is, first, the negro
is so inferior to the white man that
he should not have the right to
vote; and second, the negro is
making "lcii progress that the
whites are threatened with negro
domination. In this connection it
is interesting to know that while
forty years ago, no negro in the
South owned a foot of ground,
there are now 130,000 farms valued
at $350,000,000 and owned by
negroes; besidee this, 150,000
homes, valued at 8265,000,000 and
personal property worth about
8165,000,000. After the War not
one per cent of the adult negroes
could read or write, to-day forty
per cent can do so. Fifty per cent
of the children areattending school
and more could do so, if there were
facilities. There are 800 colored
physicians, 300 lawyers and 30,000
school teachers. The colored peo
ple own and publish 450 news
papers and magazines. In view of
the handicap under which they
started and the limited opportuni
ties they have had, it seems that
their progress has been quite in
keeping with that of the great
Nation to which they belong.
Those who are not jealous of their
prosperity and do not fear their
competition, congratulate them on
what they have accomplished.
What airant folly to spend millions
in missionary work upon the
negroes of Africa and yet try to
repress their progress and prosper
ity at home.
A Thank^sginJing
Sleigh Hide
HfQF' ~ * * (Copyright, 1901, by C. B. Etharlngton]
•• OMR to us at Thanksgiving-'
|B wrote my mother. "We're
polng to have with us a love
ly girl, who will take the
woman hating out of you. Now, don't
fail us."
There was a very good reason for my
woman hating, a reason of flesh and
blood. Anita had listened to my soft
words till I made them a formal dec
laration, then, with one of those sud
den feminine revulsions, cast me off.
Had a man treated me so shabbily I
should have looked upon him forevex
afterward with sovereign contempt.
As for Anita, I simply said, "What can
be expected from one of hor sex?"
However, there was one woman ot
whom I made an exception—my moth
er. I wrote her that I would certainly
be at home for Thanksgiving, but I
preferred that the "lovely girl" be dis
pensed with.
That year the cold came on early.
At any rate, during the week preceding
Thanksgiving we had a snowstorm,
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"IT WILL EE PNEUMONIA."
followed by cold worthy of midwinter.
I had concluded to take my horse and
cutter home for sleighing and to drive
there myself. When I started the
weather was quite mild, and I feared
for the melting of the snow. But sud
denly the wind veered into the north,
and the mercury fell to a point consid
erably below zero. I passed through a
small village, and my mother had writ
ten me to be sure to stop there and
see my aunt. I was very glad to do so.
as it gave uie a chance to warm up.
"John," said my aunt, "there is a la
dy waiting for a conveyance to town.
Could you take her in your cutter?"
I protested that any woman would
freeze to death in such exposure, in
deed invented every excuse for refus
ing, but my aunt told me that the lady
hated men as badly as X hated women
and would not on any account talk
with me on the way, not even about
the weather. I reluctantly consented
and went out to arrange the robes. In
a few minutes my aunt brought out
the lady, whom she introduced to me
as Mrs. Budloug. She was so well pro
tected against the cold that I could
neither see her llgure nor her face. I
made one or two remarks, to which
she gave monosyllabic replies, excus
ing herself from talking on account of
a cold and a husky voice. The truth Is
I had a terrible cold myself and should
have been by a warm Are instead of
facing a blast which had in it the frost
of the pole.
We soon struck a drift so deep that
I was obliged to get out and lead the
horse over It. We came to several of
these drifts, and so great was my exer
tion that after passing each of thein I
was in a profuse perspiration. Then I
would get back into the sleigh and sit
with the cold wind driving right
through me.
Finally there swept over me from
head to foot a sudden, terrible, wrench
ing chill.
"What Is it?" asked Mrs. LSudlong
anxiously.
"It will be pneumonia."
Without a word she thrust me down
into the bottom of the sleigh and bur
led me under the robes. I was too ill to
protest, though I realized that the wo
man was left to the mercy of the wind.
With her feet on my prostrate body
she drove on, now and again leaving
the sleigh to lead the horse over drifts,
enduring the successive changes that
I had endured, yet without the protec
tion I had had. But at this part of the
road there were no houses, and she
was obliged to press on. From a pass
ing wagon Mrs. Budlong obtained n
bottle of whisky, which at intervals
she poured down my thront. I soon
drank enough to make a rum cask reel,
but the stuff had 110 other effect on me
than to lessen the frequency and the
violence of the chills. After awhile,
whether from illness, cold, exhaustion
or the effect of the whisky, 1 fell Into
what was either coma or sleep. I don't
to this day know which. I had occa
sional realization of bumps, but was
not conscious of anything else. Final
ly 1 was oblivious to everything.
OCAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1903.
The next thing I knew I was In bed
at home, and my mother was looking
at tne anxiously, though the moment
I opened my eyes an expression of re
lief came to her. My tirst thought
was for the woman who when I was
last conscious had been driving me.
"Mrs. Budlong?" I asked. "What
has become of her?"
"She's In bed in another room re
covering from the cold and exhaus
tion. She will come out all right."
"Did she get me all the way home
herself?"
"Every bit of It."
"She's a trump. How fortunate that
you wrote to me to stop at Aunt Em's!
How would I ever have got on without
Mrs. Budlong? I should have per
ished."
"It was fortunate, my son, and now
I'm going to make a confession that I
didn't luteud to make till we were all
nt the table for our Thanksgiving din
ner. Mrs. Budlong is not Mrs. Budlong,
but the 'lovely girl' I wrote you about.
She made your aunt a visit, and I
thought it would be nice for you to
drive her over and get acquainted be
fore meeting her here."
"Mother," I said after some thought,
"since the 'lovely girl' has saved my
life I forgive you. However, I may
as well confess to you now that I have
had an affair of the heart which 1
have never confided to you in which
I was treated abominably, and I don't
want any more of them. I dare say
this—Mrs. Budlong has drawn you Into
deception, for it is not like you at all."
Mother turned away and gave me a
spoonful of something from a glass;
then, telling me to keep quiet that I
might be ready for the dinner of to
morrow, she left me. The doctor called
soon after and pronounced me quite re
covered. By good fortune I had been
saved from pneumonia.
The next morning I spent in the li
brary before a cheerful blaze. I asked
mother to send in her "lovely girl,"
that I might ask her some questions
about that terrible drive. But mother
said she had gone out and I must "pos
sess my soul in patience" till I should
see her at dinner. I gave a grunt of
dissatisfaction that any patience was
required and, looking up, saw mother
smiling at me as she went out of the
room.
Well, indue time dinner was an
nounced. I entered from the library.
I was surprised to see no one in the
room. Presently the door from the
hall opened, and in stepped a girl.
Groat heavens! Who should she be
but—
"Anita!"
"No. Mrs. Budlong."
"What does this mean?"
"It means, John, that when you ask
ed me to lie your wife it suddenly oc
curred to me that I had been encourag
ing you, not knowing anything of your
family, and was about to take a step
that I might be sorry for. This, I
confess, demoralized me. Later I came
"WOMAN HATER!" SITE EXCLAIMED.
here, made your mother's acquaintance,
fell in love with her uud confessed all.
You know the rest."
In another moment we were surpris
ed by my mother in each other's arms.
* "Woman hater!" she exclaimed.
"Mother," I said, "I despise all wo
men except you."
"And Anita," she added.
"No. Mrs. Budlong."
Hlntn to the Carver.
It is not wise to ask your guests
what portion fV the bird they prefer.
Six or eight might choose a leg, and
thus you have made some bitter en
emies for life.
Many people make the mistake of
carving the breast of the turkey first.
Always leave this until the last and
tiius g<et a good portion of it for your
self.
Do not fall to send the cook the
choicest portions of the bird at the
earliest possible moment. Some cooks
do not mind waiting five or ten min
utes for their Thanksgiving dinner, but
It is well to take no chances.
THE MI-O-NA TREATMENT. {
riesh-i ; ormln|[ Pood In Tablet Form That In
creases l : le»h-Guaranteed by L. Taggart.
The discovery of Mi-o-na, the remark
able flesh-forming foods that builds up
good, healthy, solid flesh and makes thin
nese and scraweiness a thing of the past,
has revolutionized medical practice in
certain lines.
Its power to do all that is claimed for
it was so clearly proven to L. Taggart
that he has sold Mi-o-na with the under
standing that if it fails the purchase
price was to be refunded.
L. Taggart certainly exhibited courage
in taking up this method of selling Mi
o-na, but the results have fully proven
his judgment that the Mi-o-na treatment
for stomach troubles, emaciation, general
weakness and run down condjjion is the
only efficacious and reliable cure.
Mi-o-na possesses healing and soothing
qualties that make it especially valuable
in cases of chrtmic indigestion and dys
pepsia. Two or three tablets taken each
day in connection with the regular food
prove it a true flesh former.
All that many a woman lacks to be
positively pretty is a little more flesh on
her face. To look haggard or not fat is
never becoming. The use of Mi-o-na
will cure this defect.
With every 50c box of Mi-o-na that
L. Taggart sells, he will give a written
promise to refund the money if it does not
give an increase in flesh and resto e
strength. What a trifling cost this isrif
it makes you well; if it fails, the expense
is absolutely nothing.
A Scientific Discovery.
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure does for the
stomach that which it is unable to do
for itself, even when but slightly dis
ordered or over-loaded. Kodol Dyspep
sia Cure supplies the natural juices of
digestion and does the work ol the stom
ach, relaxing the nervous tension, while
the inflamed muscles of that organ are al
lowed to rest and heal. Kodol Dyspep
sia Cures.digests what you eat and enables
the stomach and digestive organsjto trans
form all food into rich, red blood. Sold
by It. C. Dodson.
Climate Cures.
The influence of climate conditions in
the cure of consumption is very much
overdrawn. The poor patient, and the
rich patient, too, ean do much better at
home by proper attention to food diges
tion, and a regular use of German Syrup.
Free expectoration in the morning is
made certain by German Syrup, so is a
good night's rest and the absence of that
weakening cough and debilitating night
sweat. Restless nights ami the exhaus
tion due to coughing, the greatest dan
ger and dread of the consumptive, can be
prevented of stopped by taking German
Syrup liberally and regularly. Should
you be able togo to a warmer clime, you
will find that of the thousahds of con
sumptives there, the few who are bene
fited and regain strength arc those who
use German Syrup. Trial bottles, 25c;
regular size 75c. at L. Tng<rart's.
;j9-ly-2.
Reduced Kates to Chattanooga, Tenn.
For the benefit of those desiring to at
tend the unveiling of the Pennsylvania
monuments at Chattanooga. Tenn., and
on the Battlefield ofShiloh, Tenn-, Nov
ember 9 and 12, respectively the Penn
sylvania llailroad Company will sell round
trip tickets to Chattanooga, Tenn.. and
for Shiloh Battlefield to Cornith, Miss.,
or Johnsonville. Tenn., November 4 to
12, good to return until November 21,
inclusive, from all statious on its lines in
in the State of Pennsylvania, at ssngle
fare for the round trip. 2982-37-It
A Winter in California
The idea that it requires a small for
tune to spend the winter in California is
abandoned by those who know how com
fortable and inexpensive the trip across
the continent is to-day. A double berth
in tourist sleeping car Chicago to Cali
fornia costs only $6. A ticket via the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul and
Union Pacific line Chicago to San Fran
cisco, Los Angeles, or to any one of
many other important California points,
costs only 833 This rate will be in ef
fect until November 31). It is advisable
therefore to write today for complete in
formation.
John It. Pott, District Passenger Agent,
Room D, Park Building, Pittsburg, Pa.
29-2t.
Famous Trains of Am
erica.
Among the leaders are The Overland
Limited, Chicago to San Francisoo, and
The Pioneer Limited, Chicago to St.
Paul. Both trains run via the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway. If you
are contemplating a western trip you
should see that one, or bofh, of these
famous trains is included ir your itinerary.
Rates and descriptive booklets on re
quest.
John R. Pott, District Passenger
Agent, Room D. Park Building, Pitts
burg, Pa. 39-2t.
The Eureka Mfg. Co., of East S l
Louis, 111., want a man with rig to in
troduce Poultry Mixture in this coun
ty. They guarantee $3 60 a day to a
good worker and they furnish bank
reference of their reliability. Send
stamp for particulars. Eureka Mfg.
Co., Box 99, East St. Louis, 111.
46-My,
Warranted Clothing. |
To fully appreciate the value of 1
JASPER HARRIS' 1
UNION MADE CLOTHING, I
you must wear them. This done the 1
clothes buying question will be set- m
tied for you. Clothes for service are I
the only kind we sell. We promise 9
you absolute satisfaction or your 2
money back. j
MEN'S SACK SUITS CHILDREN'S SUITS and fl
Double or single breasted OVERCOATS. »
snits, Scotch Cheviots or fine The most stylish and dressy jfc
Worsteds, garments for little tolks. |j|
$lO, sl2, sl6. Prices range from J|
MEN'S OVERCOATS 1
For winter. We have the ®
kind you are looking for in MEN nd BOYS' SHOES M
style and wear. Union Made. S
Men's fine union made Hats. Also a t
big line of Men's Dress Shirts. 1
I Jasper Harris, I
The People's Clothier. M
| This is the House,
At which to purchase your
Furniture
of all kinds at the very lowest prices.
CARPETS, all new and up-to-date. The larg
est line you ever saw in town.
RUGS, both large and small. Carpet samples
for rugs—all grades.
I.ACE CURTAINS, a large line, |from the
cheapest to the best.
WINDOW SHADES, all kinds.
GO-CARTS, until the babies cannot rest with
\ out one.
No show goods. Glad to have you
call, whether you purchase or not.
I Yours respectfully,
GEO. J. LaBAR.
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DIICIWCCC rnilP ATIHN brings quick return*; 52 of last year's stu-
DUOIIIL.OO LUUlin I lUR dents now filling good positions. Chances
are much better here; we limit the number, have fewer to provide for; give in
dividual instruction, etc. 3000 REFERENCES, but no "solicitors." School run
.strictly on its merits. F.ST BROOK ACADEMY. Glean, N. Y.