IMPURE BAKING POWDER SEIZED. The Srn York Uonrd of Health Find It Contain!* Alum and Kock, Declare It UaiiKeroui to Health and Duuv It lu to the Kiver. The New York papers report that the Health Department of that city has seized as dangerous to health nearly two tons of cheap mixtures sold for baking powder, and dumped them into the offal scow to be destroyed. More of the powder was found in a Sixth ave. department store. The report of the analysis of the Health Department stated that it was "an alum baking powder" containing alum and pulverized rock. The different Health Authorities seem to have different ways of repress ing the sale of bad baking powders. In England they have prosecuted the grocers tinder the general law and broken tip the traffic. In Missouri the sale of alum baking powder is actually prohibited by law. In New York they seize the unwholesome stuff and cast it into the river, without any discus sion. The latter way is certainly ef fective. The alum baking powders are usual ly offered at a low price, ten to twenty cents a pound, or with some prize, as a temptation to the housewife. Consumers can protect themselves by buying only high-grade baking pow der of established name and reputa tion. Do not be tempted by the grocer to take something else as "just as good" or "our own brand," for the trials show that the grocer himself is often deceived by unscrupulous mak ers and is selling an alum powder with out knowing it. There are several good powders on the market; let the housekeeper insist on having what she knows is right, and not he induced to risk the lif» of the family for an imaginary saving of a few cents. PREACHES IN HIS SLEEP. An Illiterate Negro In Koutli Carolina Carrie* on a Complete Church Ser vice While In an UucoDkrluut Con dition. 'Maj. Perry, the "sleeping preach er" of Saluda county, S. is at tracting a great deal of attention, lie lives a dozen miles from a rail road and never leaves the immediate vicinity of his home, so he is known to few outside that county. Maj. Perry is a mulatto, 45 years old. Both he and his wife are illiter ate. When a young man, he says, he felt a call to preach, but disregarded It. He seldom goes to church and is not religiously inclined. About ten years ago, his wife says, Perry began to preach in his sleep. Sermons became more frequent, un til he now preaches live or six times a week, l'erry goes to bed about 8 o'clock and within half an hour be pins to preach. He iirst announces his text, chapter, verse or verses in the Bible correctly, after which ho reads the text, always just as it is in the book. He then "lines" out, sings a hymn and prays, after which the sermon begins. Perry's sermon is declared by whites who have heard him to be better than the average negro preacher. It is grammatical and logical and takes from 45 min utes to one hour in delivery. Sometimes during the delivery of the sermon the muscles of the body, especially the arms and neck, con tract, producing a cataleptic condi tion. '1 his stops the sermon. The attack lasts a minute or two and is driven away by the wife, who strokes with her hands the parts affected. 'W hen the tendency to catalepsy is banished he resumes his discourse, beginning exactly where he left off. even though it was in the middle of a sentence. THE EDISON MUTOSCOPE. l ulled Statrw Circuit Court Ilec-idea the Patent* on the Invention Are Invalid. A decision has been handed down by the I nitcd States court of appeals which decides that the camera of a defendant mutoscope company is not an infringement upon that invented by lhomas A. Edison. The court holds that lidison did not invent any new process of the photographing of moving objects, but rather improved upon various previous inventions and ideas, some of which dated back as far as 18G4. Edison had brought an action against the mutoscope company, claiming that the hitter's camera in fringed his patent of 1897. The United Stales circuit court upheld the validity of Edison's patents, but the court of appeals finds otherwise and dismisses the bill, with costs, and holds that the cause of action is not euflicicnt. The court cites the fact that I)u Cos in 18G4, Marcy in 18S2. and Leprince in 188 M had either patented or pub lished in scientific journals a descrip tion of processes of photographing moving objects. It says that by this decision the Edison company will lose many thousands of dollars it now re ceives in royalties. I*carl In an |{el. A country laborer at ISreseia, It aly, while cleaning an eel, discovered in its stomach a large black pearl, nvhi'th has been purchased by a Milan jeweler at £1,500. I'atlio* Hehlnd Joken, "Hilly" Rice, the minstrel, who was buried at the expense of a char itable institution the other day, drew a salary of SI,OOO a week in his palmy days, says the Chicago Record lie laid. Evidently "Hilly" didn't dis cover until too late that back of every joke there is u toucn of pathos. Office a* a Public Trust. A Chicago city official has resigned because he couldn't live on the sal ary he got, and the Chicago Record- Slerald thinks he must have regarded public office as a public truy* PUZZLE PICTURE. WIIIORE IS MAIt 'I II A 112 WHAT A LIFE-SAVER SAYS. CuriuuMly Insane iiik! ScKlnli Action* off People Willi Are Rescued from Drowning. "Tlie drowning of the entire crew, with the exception of one man, of a Cape Cod live-saving 1 station during a gale a short time ago, together with the loss of the erew of the wrecked vessel, tlie rescuing life boat capsizing in tlie high surf, is the severest casualty the life-saving service has sustained this year," said a guard from Atlantic City, accord ing' to the Washington Star, "and it calls to mind how curiously selfish and almost insanely people will act when we rescue them from what would have been certain death by drowning in the undertow of the surf at Atlantic City but for our efforts. "This curious but nevertheless ex isting streak of ingratitude in the human makeup crops strangely to the surface during these times. 1 have had my face slapped by women who were nearly drowned, and would have been but for my efforts, but who had strength enough left to smack me, because I did not grasp them while they were sinking with perhaps the gentleness shown in a ball room, and who afterward be rated me with as much vigor and volubility as the salt water and sea weed in their mouths permitted. Others, upon regaining their con sciousness, or when placed upright on Iheir feet on the beach, have gath ered up their dripping skirts and ran for their bath houses as if pursued by an avenging sea monster, without a single word. Others have been led away dazed, others hysterical, but very rarely lias one had the presence of mind and the gratitude to say even, '1 thank you, sir, for saving mv life.' "Men are more considerate. They seem to recover their normal senses more quickly and grasp the situation more firmly than women. Some will shake our hands, expressing their thanks, others will return and invite us to have a drink or a cigar, while some will offer us money. Others give no voice at all to their feelings. The occasion of the grateful gentle man 'handing the guard a $1.(1(10 bill,' or a watch, I have yet to see. In fact, the rich are less proportionate ly generous than the poor. They seem to take their rescue as a mat ter of course, ll is seldom that peo ple appear to remember how close they were to death, though they never forget a slight, or a trifling personal affront. "People readily pay from $5 to SI,OOO for the restoration of a lost dog. hut will scarcely bestow a 'thank you' upon the man who may save their own lives from drowning; not that we want or expect money, nor even thanks, as it is our business, and we are paid salaries. Once I dragged a woman from the surf. She came back and handed me 50 cents, saying that she was a work ing girl living in Philadelphia, and that that was all she had over hei rdom ticket. I declined it, of course, but when she began to cry T accepted it to quiet her. She after ward sent me $5. Poor woman; she was a glittering exception to the average of both sexes, for T have pulled hun dreds literally out of watery graves, and I ought to know.l have never spent that new sr> bill the poor Phil adelphia working girl sent ine. and I won't until T am hungrier than I am now. T value it more than the medals 1 have been awarded." "Walter, fourteen Hundred." It. is popularly supposed that any stranger who may by chance elude the vigilance of the London stock exchange doorkeepers is bonneted and generally rudely treated *>y the members. Such is not the case. What happens is that any member observing a stranger calls out: "Waiter! fourteen hundred," aud that official takes possession of the intruder, informs him that the place is private, and requests that he will accompany liii'n to the door. The origin of the cry "fourteen hun dred" is lost in obscurity but it is believed that one year t' e members numbered 1,399, and wit', their usual witty grasp of such facts they named the next stranger the evep century. —Living Loudon. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, APRIL 24. 1902 CORN WINE FOR THE PRINCE. FITMI \<M|Tifiiittnncc of the Kalfter'a llrdllier nml Suite with Ken tacky AVlilmky. Those who are straggling back to Washington from the Prince Henry tour have a few good stories. One of these relates to a Cincinnati ex perience, says the Commercial-Trib une. As the train wis pulling out of Cincinnati Admiral Evans approached the prince's ear, where he was chat ting with members of his suite and others, with two fat bottles tinder his arm. The American sailor said: "In this, the Queen City of the West, 1 have been able to secure two fine bottles of the real American drink." There was shown immediately the greatest interest on the part of the Germans. They asked many <|ues tions, and "Fighting Bob" gave a wonderful lot of information. lie said that, so far as general use was concerned, the word whisky was not understood, lie said it was applied to almost any liquor, red in color, distilled from grain. "Hut the corn wine, the real Amer ican whisky, is procured in its finest shape right here in Kentucky." ho went on enthusiastically. "This is ihe American drink, and I want his royal highness to have a good drink on its native soil." An order was given and a servant brought out large tumblers. Admiral Evans opened the bottles himself and filled each tumbler brimming full. Some sipped it, some took great gulps, and the sailor continued to tell of the merits of the great American drink. The Germans tried pretty hard to finish their great tum blers of whisky, but finally gave it up, and the sailor man let them off with a good laugh for their grave ef forts. Water was ordered, and the prince paid the proper compliment to the great American drink. CLOTHES CHANGE FACES. llunj Causes Are \ote<l \\ h> Knee Pe culiarities Are Kaiiidly liin u Pliearing. Ibe whole race of Germans is gradually being transformed from a round-shouldered, fat people into straight and sinewy soldiers, and this has been entirely due to hard mili tary discipline, says Stray Stories. '1 be face of the German is altering, too, and to-day the prominent chin, which is so characteristic of the aver age Prussian, was unknown in die days of Frederick the Great. The height of the men has gradually been diminishing since 1851, but this is made up for by the increase in mus cle and strength. In the fifteenth century curly hair was the rule in England; to-day lank and straight hair is almost universal.* Our facial tendency, which has been noted by Prof. Mantegaz/a as characteristic of the English of both sexes, is the great length of the nose, accompanied by nose straight ness. Aquiline noses, which were exceedingly common in the eigh teenth century, are becoming rarer in Great ltritain. Owing to the constant infusion of Swiss and Alsatian blood. Frenchmen are gradually growing lighter of hair and complexion. The habit of drink ing beer in preference to wine is also said to be influencing the physique and facial tint of the Gallic race. In Japan it has been observed with growing astonishment that ever since the adoption, 30 years ago, of Euro pean customs and costumes western ization of the physiognomy of the Japanese has been going on. It Reminded Iter. Miss Uppcrsee The audience went wild over my singing. I had to re peat my song no less than four times. Mrs. •Oldtimcr- Why, that's just the way they used to make me do at school. I've known the time when the teacher made me say my lesson over half a dozen times.—Boston Transcript. llunkrnpted. She—John, shall I have the bill for my new spring hat sent you? He- —No; I 11 have a receiver appoint ed.and you may tend it to luia,— Ohio State Journal, AID GIVEN TO STUDENTS. Nearly Twenty-five Hundred Attend ant* on Scolrll I'ul vernlticM Helped by Curneele Fund. The first annual meeting 1 of the trustees of the Andrew Carnegie be quest of $10,000,000 to the Scottish university was held in London the other day under the presidency of Lord Elgin. The report of the year's adminis tration showed that of 6,000 applica tions the majority had been disal lowed. Only 2,4-11 students were as sisted, at a cost of about $114,000 for the winter session of l'JOl-2. The re port also said the trustees had ample proofs that the payment of fees had proved to be a great boon to many deserving students. The report further shows that two fees have already been returned by assisted students. One of them was the recipient of an unexpected leg acy and the other won a scholarship. Uoth students expressed pleasure at the clause permitting the repayment •>f fees advanced in (heir behalf. ftt.l.oo to Paeille Const. Chicago Northwestern It'y.; during the months ol March and April $.'10,00 from Chi cago to Helena, Butte, Anaconda, Ogden I nd Salt Lake City; $30.50 Spokane: $33.00 ,os Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Scat tie, Tacoma, Vancouver, Victoria and a large number of other points. Tourist Sleeping Cars daily to the Pacific Coast. For maps and particulars apply to near est ticket agent or address W. 14. Ivniukern, 22 Filth avenue, Chicago, 111. Oimln ( lint I p-to-Dntr, "In these sandy wastes," observed the traveler, "the camel is indeed invaluable." "Oh, yes," replied the Arab, nonchalant ly. "I have heard it referred to as the au voniobile of the desert."—Golden Penny. fSS.OO to California, Oregon and Washington. Chicago Si Northwestern Ky. from Chicago daily, March and April, only $6.00 for berth in tourist oar. Personally conducted excur sions Tuesdays and Thursdays from Chicago and Wednesdays from New England. Illus trated pamphlet sent on receipt of two cent stamp by S. A. Hutchison, Manager, 212 Clark street, Chicago. Comparison. She—Was Nellie prompt in accepting his proposal ? He Well. 1 understand there wasn't any government contract business about it. — Chicago Daily News Earliest Itansian Millet. Will you be short of hay? If so plant a plenty of this prodigally prolific millet 5 TO 8 TONS OP RICH IIAY l'Ell ACRK. Price 50 lbs $ 1.90; 100 lbs. 43 CIO, low freights Juhu A. Sulzer Heed Co., La Crosse, Wis. Aged Criminal (who has just got a life sentence)—-"Oh, me lud. I shall never live to do it!" Judge (sweetly)- "Nevermind. l)o as much of it as you can!"- —Punch. Ault To-IJay for Allen'* l oot-Kane. It cures swollen, aching, tired feet. At all Druggists and Shoe stores, 25c. Sample sent Fkee. Address A. S. Olmsted, Le Hoy, N. Y. Briefly, monarchy is the system of nam ing eras for the persons who do about the least to make these illustrious. —Puck. Stops the Cough and Workn Off tl»e Cold. Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Price 2sc. Though two is said to be company, maid ens are often happy with a solitaire.—Town Topics. I do not believe Piso s Cure for Consump tion has an equal for coughs and colds.— John K Boyer, Trinity Springs, Ind., Feb. 10. IDOO. Some people take a great deal of pains to choose the lesser evil when they could get along without either.— I'uek. The Public Awards the Palm to Hale's Honey of Horelionnd and Tar for coughs, l'ike's Toothache Drops Cure in one minute. Whenever a good grammarian finds a good idea, he endeavors to find a grammatical error in its construction. — Atcliison (Jlobe. PUTNAM FADELESS DYES are eas ier to use and color more goods brighter and faster colors than any other dye. Silence is wisdom —how few ever find it out!— Puck. J You cant buy a Cigar of better I quality for 10 cents each. I "FLORODORA" Bands are of same value as Tags from "STAR," "HORSESHOE " ••SPEARHEAD,' I "STANDARD NAVY." "OLD PEACH AND HONEY " and "J. T." Tobacco. £§ CONGRESSMAN WILBER SAYS [To The Pe-rii-na Medicine Co., of Columbus, 0.,] "Pe=ru=na is All You Claim For It.* Congressman IX F. Wilber, of Oneonta, N. Y., writes: The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, O.: Gentle men--"Persuaded by a friend / have tried your remedy and I hate almost fully recovered after the use of a few bottles. /am fully convince it that Peruna is all you claim for it, and I cheerfully recommend your medicine to all who are afflicted with catarrhal trouble. DA VID F. WILBER. Peruna a Preventive and Cure for Colds. I to try Peruns.''—Edward Laws. Mr. C. F. Given, Sussex, N. 1!., Vice President of"The Past-time boating 1 Club," writes: " Whenever the cold went her sets in I have for years past been very sure to catch a severe cold which was hard to throw off, and which would leave after effects on my constitution the most of the winter. " Last winter I was advised to try Peruna, and within live days the cold was broken up and in five days more 1 was a well man. I recommended it to several of my friends and all speak the highest praise for it. There is nothing like Peruna for catarrhal afilictions. It is well nigh Infallible as a cure, and I gladly endorse It."-—C. F. Given. tlavo New I-lfe anil Strength. Mr. Edward Laws, Crown Point, Ind., writes the following: "1 must tell you what a grand help Peruna lias been to me. For over two years 1 suffered with catarrh of the lungs and throat, and although I doc tored for it. nothing brought me relief until I tried Peruna. One bottle helped me greatly, and three more effected a complete cure, while at the same time it gave such new life and strength to my whole body that I feel like a new man and ten years younger. 1 hope that my testimonial may in duce others who are similarly alilicted Mlicltt Have Ileen Worse. Casey (toCassidy, who has just lost his nrm #i an accident)—Oh, my! Oh, my! but Oi'm sorry fur ye, man. ('assidy— Tut, tut! Shure, Oi'm in luck. That was tin- arm Oi was vaccinated on,an' 'twas ji-t btginnin' to hurt me."—Phila delphia Press. Wo Yon Want a Home Out West? Fruit, agricultural and oil land, in sto 40 acre tracts for sale. Write for illustrated prospectus with map. The Exchange Oil and Kefining Co., 450 Equitable Hldg., Den ver, Col. Reliable Agents Wanted. Just n> Good. "Do you play ping-pong, Miss Doodle?" "No; but 1 can give you 'The Maiden's Prayer.' " Philadelphia Evening iin lie t in. I Oi/ your druggist for HENRY C. BLAIR'S ASK TEETHING NECKLACE, which prevents suffering of Baby when Teething. We. A Prominent Sliujrr S»ve«l Frum I,o» d Voice. Mr. Julian Weisslitz, 176 Seneca street* Buffalo. N. V.. is corresponding' secre tary of The Sangerlust, of New York; is the leading second bass of the Sanger lust, the largest German singing society of New York, and also the oldest. In 1899 the Sangerlust celebrated its fiftieth anniversary with a large cele bration in New York City. The follow ingl is his testimony: "About two years ago I caught a severe cold while traveling and which settled into catarrh of the bronchial tubes, and so affected my voice that I was obliged to cancel m_v engagements. In distress. 1 was advised to try i'ernna, and although I had never used a patent medicine before. I sent for a bottle. " Words but illy describe my surprise to find that within a few days 1 was greatly relieved, and witlnn three weeks I was entirely recovered. lam never without it now, and take an oc casional dose when I feel run down.— Julian Weisslitz." If you do not derive prompt and sati*>- factory results from the use of I'eruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving k. full statement of your case and he will be pleased to give you his valuable a«- vice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus. O. |j SH<VKEV>B< r, l\mi'l:'l, l |'. l '».' Mox*oo6. V >KW VOKkfJ.Vl|fl| I[GUM PdwPgfj A. N. K.-C 1913 ft 11 P A ANAKESIS ; BJI I KL li<*f unci l»OSH !VF> HP® B S iP % LVITIEI IMLKNu I ■ n For free saiui-lc »(idre«li B BKB lbs W 4, a> akks*h, -ti i»- uuo bui'iliijtf. New V 7
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