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seen in Emporium. A full line of Fascinators. Shawls, Belts, Fancy Stocks, Gloves,Haudker- A
chiefs, Hosiery. Sacques and Toques. Fancy "Lamps, Gold ("locks. Gold Picture Frames,
Gold Framed Mirrors and small Gold Novelties. Fine line of (Hit (ilass, Silverware, n
.Jewelry, Pocket Books, Wrist Bags, Toilet Articles, Fancy Goods of all des
criptions in Baskets, Birch Bark, Celluloid and Stag Articles, Vases,
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CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1907.
Hanging ps a Sport.
Wi« wov. i iii !c!i; (!>-■ gravity of
J death It :i i . matte
I even to t ! i >--eof ji . !)<>, while eon-
I Bciau ■ " ilfhln lii:.;.
really : biful pe: 'or ti •* in the pm l.
would noverlheh- . i!" pressed. con-
Jess to certain minor Indiscretions
which we would lie only too willing to
join with the Lord in forgetting. Nev
ertheless, if form or ceremony or gen
eral interest lie considered tin? crite
rion, dying is one of the most popular
things one can do. Nobody goes to
see a man horn, but the entire commu
nity turns out to see him buried. In
deed it is well known that many peo
! pie, perhaps a majority, derive actual
enjoyment from beholding with their
I own eyes life flicker out of a person's
j body. The almost universal satisfac-
I Hon found from time immemorial in
j witnessing a hanging we can undcr
j stand. The event is more spectacular
I anil less expensive than a circus, pos
j sesses grisly human Interest to a dis-
I tlnctive degree, is presumably grimly
j just and, in any case, is unpreventa
| ble. If the hanging is to take place
j anyway, why shouldn't we see it? That
| is the reasoning, and it seems good
! enough if one cares for that variety
jof sport. George Harvey in North
1 American Review.
The White Line.
The late David Christie Murray
! on one occasion told the story of the
| champion printer's error of his expe-
I rieuce to this effect:
"I wrote at the close of the story of
'Grace Forbeach': 'Are there no trou
bles now?' the lover asks. 'Not one,
dear Frank, not one.' And then, in
brackets, thus | ] 1 set the words
[White line | This was a technical in
struction to the printer and meant that
I one line of space should be left clear.
I The genius who had the copy in hand
put the lover's speech in type co; -tly
and then, setting it out as if it were
a line of verse, he gave me:
"Not one, dear Frank, not one white
line!"
i "lt was a custom in the printing of
i lice to suspend a leather medal by a
' leather boot lace round the neck of the
man who had achieved the prize belise
of the year. It was somewhere about
midsummer at this time, but it was
instantly unanimously resolved that
nothing heller than this would or
could be done by anybody, and the
medal was presented at once."—West
minster Gazette,
The Quicker Way.
"There goes a man," observed a
steamship agent as he directed atten
tion to a surly looking individual who
had just engaged passage for Europe,
I "whose efforts are devoted to eon
j structing short cuts in business meth
! ods and in eliminating all lime eon
-1 suming men and their propositions
| from his busy existence. lie is a man
j of very few words.
"Some years ago this gentleman
j crossed the ocean and had a very uu
l pleasant trip. One morning a sympa
thetic passenger offered him a lemon,
I expressing a sincere wish that it would
I give relief.
! "The pale traveler seized the lemon,
1 hurled it viciously into the ocean and
I growled:
" 'This is a quicker way than the
j other.' "
A Curious Tree.
! In the village of Clynnog, Wale;?,
: there is an old cottage, formerly si
I country tavern, upon the roof of which
\ there is a full grown sycamore tree,
i About fifty years ago a seedling from
j a neighboring churchyard, where other
i sycamores are growing, found a vest
| iug place in the corner of the wall
i above a slab of stone over the entrance
to the building The young tree thriv
ed for a time on the small quantity of
soil collected in the corner of Hie walls
and finally forced its roots downward
through the walls into the earth be
low. From the outside no trace of the
roots can be seen.
Cutting Big Diamonds.
Big diamonds lose a great deal in
the cutting. The Kohinoor was re
duced by an unskillful stonecutter
from 793% carats to 280 carats, a sec
ond cutting brought it down to 18G 1-1.(1
carats and a third to 100 1-10 carats,
or less than a seventh of its original
size. The original weight of the Pitt
or Kegent diamond was -110 carats, but
in the bauds of the cutter two-thirds
disappeared, while the Star of the
South, which was picked up in a riv
er by a negress, lost a Utile over half
its weight by cutting.
German Sportsmen.
Half a million sportsmen in Germany
kill annually 40,000 head of red and
fallow deer, 200,000 roebuck, 4,000,000
hares, 1,0()0,(K>0 partridges and 400,000
wild duck, iu -ill some 25,000,000 kilo
grams of wild game of a value of 25.-
000,(Min marks, or $5,000,000, forming
nearly 1 per cent of the total meat sup
ply of Germany. <!. Schillings' "In
Darkest Africa."
Breaking Hor In.
Gerald!tie ! want you to understand
! before I marry yon that I believe in
j the equality of the :exos. Gerald- All
I right. I was intending to give the min
1 istor two guineas, so you'd better hand
! over one 111- Blb\
Mo Room.
Scribbler My new novel is entillfll
| "What I T'>H My Wife." IJu.vter
I Why don't >u call it. "What I Didn't
Tell My Wife?" Scribbler—Publish
ers limited mo t > one volume.—Ex
change.
Inflated.
Artist (indicating an exquisite ma
rine viev.i This picture is valued at
$50,000. Stockbroker Well, well!
There's a lo! of water in it. Isn't there?
—Spokane JSnorlsmnn-I'eview.
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Harness Shop
( The only one in Cameron County V
I Is replete with a complete assort- S
ment of clothing for the horse, S
including Overcoats and Blankets,
for the rider, as well as merry
Sleigh Bells, Whips, Collars, etc. *
| Light and Heavy Harness |
j Constantly on Hand j
I and made to order if desired. i|
We have had forty years experience jf
at the business and will give you
good, honest work. %
l Repairing Promptly I
I Attended I
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8 in our store that is not useful, I
i also of the highest quality. It I
has always been our hobby to /j'sl..
jjfs I Give the Best for Ihe Money, I ®
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p Our Line of Handkerchiefs i
jPvjjl For the Christmas trade has always
attracted the attention of all, and there pS^j
Etvhgj i.s no doubt but that we sell more hand- {y>3
Yf&s] kerchiefs than all the stores in town I^SnJ
ring the Holiday season.
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And our stock of fancy China and
Glassware, Crockeay, etc., Ladies and
Gents' Furnishings, Umbrellas etc., "rl^f
will undoubtedly please you this year EpSE
SSS as in the past.
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