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The Job department of the Phk*s is compleu Snd affords facilities for doing the best class of ) rk. pAßiicuLAit a itintion PiiDiu Law | KINTIKO. No paper will be discontinued until arrear ages are paid, except at the option of the pub- Usher. Papers sent out of the county must be paid lor In advance. Pine Stronger Than Steel. Calculation confirmed by experiment has shown that, weight for weight, pine wood is stronger than steel in both transverse and tensile strength. It is regarded as doubtful if any metal could be made into a hollow rod equal ing a bamboo rod in stiffness without exceeding it in weight. In structures of wood tbe weak points are always at the joints.—lllustrated Sunday Maga zine. Hint to Amateur Carpenters. A nail driven into oak or other tim ber oftentimes bends or breaks. To avoid this all is needed is a little wax or soap. The nail, if greased with either of these will go straight into the board. Carpenters who do finish ing work bore a small hole in the handle of their hammers and then fill it with either wax or soap, running the nails into it as they use them. Superlatively Great. A group of men were seated about a table in the cafe of a western club discussing the rise of the prohibition sentiment when Wade Ellis bustled in. "A great man," said one. "A very great man," replied another; "he had John D. Rockefeller on the stand for a whole day and forced John to admit that he made money." Ingrate. The Lady with the Feather—" 'So,' I said, 'this is too much. I've allowed you to buy me flowers and chocolates and to take me to theaters and din ners; I've even granted you the lib erty of hiring a motor car for me— and this, I said, is all the thanks I get—you try to kiss me.' " —The Sketch. Farmer Boy Presidents. Prof. W. J. Spiliman declares that the farms have furnished this country -with 92 per cent, of its presidents, 91 ier cent, of its governors, 83 per >nt. of its cabinet officers, 70 per 't. of its senators, t»4 per cent, of congressmen and 55 per cent, of its railroad presidents. Power of Wealth. The ultimate test of the real effi ciency of a rich man is to be able to get his divorce without due publicity and attendant scandal, except in those few cases where they rather enjoy the new sensation of notoriety, a phase which is really pathological.— Life. How He Got It. The kind lady had just handed the hungry hobo a sandwich and a hunk of pie. "Poor man!" she said, sympa thetically. "Are you married?" "No'm," answered the H. H. "I got dis hunt ed look from bein' chased from place t' place by der perlice."—lllustrated Sunday Magazine. Fighting Plague of Rats. t'nited action by landowners and farmers is now being taken to put down the rat plague in Haddington shire, England. The plague has late ly been accountable for enormous loss to game and root plants, and one week lately a thousand rats were destroyed. Cultivate Discretion. Discretion is a synonym for tact. To rush in where angels fear to test their wings is as untactful as it is in discreet. Learn to handle the world with gloves and it will rarely give you a black eye. Life. It is a good and safe rule to sojourn in every place as if you meant to spend your life thero, never omitting an opportunity of doing a kindness or speaking a true word or making a friend. John Rut-kin. Truth Above All. Welcome the beggarliest truth, so it be one. in exchange for the royalest sham. Truth of any kind breeds ever new and better truth.—Thomas Car lyle. Energy Must Be There. Energy will do anything that, can be done in this world; '-.mi no talents, no circumstances, no opportunities will make a two-legged animal a man without it. —Goethe. Dnily Health Hir.t, If the bodiiy circulation is sluggish, a useful means of quickening it is by electricity. A current of electricity, carefully applied, will often relieve etiffners and lameness. THE L\W SUPREME PRESIDENT TAFT'S DISTINCT WARNING TO THE TRUSTS. Statutes Must Be Obeyed, and the Government Will Proceed on Its Course Without Fear or Favor. Mr. Taft'a warning to the trusts la identical with that of his predecessor. They must obey the law. All are sub ject to It, and such as violate it may expect to he proceeded against. The authorities will play no favorites. It may be asked, Why this announce ment? Is it not everywhere under stood and accepted that the law is for all alike? Does not congress legislate on that principle? Are not judges sworn to interpret and enforce the law without fear or favor? Many of the trusts need the warn ing. The have been operating as with a contempt for the law. Retaining eminent lawyers, and advised by them on all points of importance, they have appeared to challenge enactments in tended to put a limit on their transac tions. In this way they have made themselves a class apart, and a men ace to the public. Tht ordinary law breaker is easily reached. Without guidance in his course, he soon lands in the ditch. Rut predatory wealth hires guides, and is not easily tracked. I'nless closely watched and diligently followed, it secures and gets away with the goods. Recently the president has himself been warned. Wall street has as much as said to him: "Do you want to bring on another panic? Have you forgot ten, or are you indifferent to, what happened in 1907 after RooseveH threatened investments with inflamma tory talk about executing the law? You are playing with fire, and a con flagaration now might become the most disastrous in the country's his tory." Saturday night Wall street got its answer. The law is for all. "If busi ness methods anywhere are in defiance of law they must be changed to con form to the law. The administration has no intention of running amuck. Rut neither does it intend that the trusts shall run amuck. All legiti mate values are the concern of those in authority, and it will be protected at every point. Other values have no claim upon protection. Why should they have? Created in defiance of law, even with the aid of men learned in the law, they must yield to the pub lic interests. Mr. Taft's word is good everywhere, and his ability everywhere respected. He is not an agitator, a crusader, nor is he surrounded by men of that type. He will do what he says, and his pow er is great. Men violating the law, or contemplating such conduct, should ac cept this latest deliverance of the president at its full face value, if any trust suffers it will deserve its fate. Roosevelt's Return. Mr. Roosevelt's cabled acceptance of •he proposal of the New York Repub lican club to tender him a public wel come on his return from abroad next June, taken in conjunction with the fact that the plans were first submitted to President Taft and approved by him with the understanding that if at all possible he would be glad to take part, should effectively squelch the ambitions of those \\'io had hoped to make political or factional capital out of the former president's home-com ing. The complete and cordial agree ment evident between Mr. Roosevelt, the reception managers and Mr. Taft. the New Yorkers being most punctili ous in consulting the president re garding his views, robs the "Back from Elba" club of all opportunity to make trouble. According to the plans, when the former president returns he will be accorded a public demonstra tion, if possible reviewed by Presi dent Taft, but whether or not, Mr. Taft's present association of himself with the plan to honor his predecessor sufficiently answers the disseminators of dissension. Mr. Roosevelt's wel come by his native city and state will, no doubt, be an event of national in terest, wholly apart from politics. His insistence that if it Is offered it should take place on the day of his return and not on a later day indicates his desire that It shall be a welcome and not a manipulation. All of wfc'ch is in keeping with the general understanding of his charac ter. Mr. Roosevelt may be impulsive on occasion, but in his most impulsive moments he has shown greater self control and judgment than many of those who have been loudest in as suming his championship during his absence. The Democratic View, "Victory ahead for the Democrats," is the way a southern paper puts it in a headline. Peculiar to relate, the Democratic view of victory is nearly always from the rear.—Portland (Ore.) Telegram. Democratic Logic. Think of the Indiana Democrat who died at the age of 104! Think of the happy faces of Democratic postmas ters he must have gazed into during the good old days before the people went crazy enough to trust the de praved Republican party!— Houston Post. The best and happiest Democrats, according to the Post's logic, are those who, like good Indians, are either dead or nearly dead.—New York Trib une, CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1910 THEIR EDUCATION A DUTY South American Republic Must Bs Looked Upon as Wards of the United States. Could wr hut wait. Tlmp only Is at fault. All m«n become good creatures—but so slow. Congressman Harrison of New York does not agree with this. He would have the United States cease trying to play the part of the good Samaritan, friendly policeman, or zealous school master 111 Central America. He thinks political education would be wasted on Central Americans, and that they are irreclaimable, should be left to stew in their own juice, and be forever the slaves of petty tyrants. He is confi dent that the United States will be obliged to "retire with mortification from its efforts to maintain democrat ic governments in Central America. He says they cannot be maintained. Nicaraguans, Guatemalans, et al. are rather unpromising material. Their political progress during nearly a hun dred years of freedom from Spain has been slight. Their governmental meth ods are primitive and crude, far re moved from the delicate and scien tific Tammany methods to which Con gresman Harrison is accustomed. The Central Americans use force where the Tammanyites use fraud. It will take the patience of years to wean them of insurrections, revolutions, and rebelli ons, and accustom them to orderly processes of the repeater and ballot box stuffer. liut the policy which Con gressman Harrison scoffs at is in dorsed by the American people, and the United States will adhere to it in spite of one or another such mighty rebuffs. The education of the Central Amer icans so that they may be enabled to maintain democratic governments is for the I 1 nited States a matter of bus iness as well as philanthropy. If they lived in Europe, Asia, or Africa, they could misgovern themselves as much as they pleased, but they are our next door neighbors. They are ill-trained young brothers who must be kept in order for the sake of the credit of the family. It will take laborious years to bring order out of the Central American chaos, but the United States has set out to do it, and will stick to it, undeterred by the gloomy predic tions of the pessimistic Mr. Harrison. Taft's Terse Warning. President Taft's declaration con ceming the respective standing of the law and business methods is the most forcible utterance on the subject yet made. It serves notice on the com bined interests that their plea that the laws must be emasculated or their en forcement neglected to grant them an especial privilege will find 110 favor with the head of this administration. This is done in a single sentence, as follows: "If the enforcement of the law is not consistent with the present meth ods of carrying on business, then it does not speak well for the present methods of conducting business, and they must be changed to conform to the law." The President and Congress. There is belief in certain quarters that congress, at this session, will not carry out all of the president's rec ommendations. It may not. They are numerous, and some of them relate to subjects requiring deep investigation, and are certain therefore to provoke protracted discussion. Congress is full of lawyers, and in the shaping of legislation lawyers are full of matter. And even with the greatest care, many laws are poorly drawn. But the president's program, if comprehensive, is sound, and in time the spirit of it all will be written into law. So far, bis party is not opposing him in any leading policy to which he stands committed. Fteid. If it is true, as reported, that White law Keid is to remain at his post for at least three years longer, the ad ministration is to be congratulated on the decision. We have not had better service there than he has given us, and there has never been a time when a thoroughly fit man in the place was more necessary. Mr. Keid knows his business, and while he remains in commission all will be well with the interests intrusted to his care and at tention. Let the Voters Decide. If we are approaching a change; if the Democracy is at last getting into a real stride; if we are on the eve of a spirited race—the whole course con tested from "eend to eend"—not only will interest be quickened, but the country should benefit. Party govern ment calls for at least two parties, and unless the minority is strong, the majority is certain to grow careless, and sometimes arrogant.—Washing ton Star. It appears that the Taft adminis tration has too much backbone and too much conscience to suit some pow erful factors In Wall street affairs. A Woman's Logic. "Statistics show that one marriage in ten results in divorce. The number of divorces in these days is appalling." "There ought to be a law passed that would entirely do away with them." "That would be a difficult law to frame." "Perfectly simple; just pass a law forbidding one marriage in ten." The fellow who puts up a bluff at hustling makes the rest of us tired. | = iNiirPffii joErc ELLIS, OHIO'S G. O. P. BOSS J -— ""™~' ~~~ —— ~~Wade H. Ellis, "trust buster" and old foe of tthe Standard Oil Company, is going to boss the Republican party in Ohio. He's going to do it in the interests of President Taft. Democratis say Ellis resigned his job as assist ant to the attorney general of the United States to return to Ohio, where he was attorney general several years, because Gov. Harmon with each passing day i 3 showing himself a dangerous con tender for the highest office in the gift of the people. Be that as it may, Mr. Ellis has taken charge of the G. O. P. in the state that has a habit of producing presidents. The decision of Mr. Ellis to leave the attorney general's office was reached at a conference In the White House with the president and several Ohio politicians. As he was leaving the White House Mr. Ellis was stopped by a member of the Ohio delegation in the house, who heard the news of his resignation with surprise. "What induced you to do it?" the member inquired. "Well, party expediency, largely. We are going to try to harmonize Ohio Republican factions." "Harmonize!" exclaimed the Ohio statesman. "Isn't that rather an un happy way to put it?" Mr. Ellis looked puzled for a moment; then he laughed. "In view of Gov. Harmon's prominence, I suppose it is," he assented. "Probably I'd bet ter say that we hope to 'unify* the factions." Mr. Ellis says he wants it clearly understood that his resignation does not mean that he "desires or expects to be a candidate for any office what ever, either now or later; nor," he adds, "will any influence I may have be used for or against nny candidate for a Republican nomination in Ohio, and I have no doubt such nominations will express the fair, free choice of the Republicans of the state." RETURNS FROM ANT-ARCTIC ~""~~~""1 Had Dr. Jean M. Charcot succeeded in reach- ing the south pole his feat would have been far greater than that of Commander Peary, discov (2. erer of the "top of the earth," for it is said there are many difficulties to overcome in the antarctic regions that are not found in the arctic. Dr. Charcot is a wealthy French scientist and jm N Vy5) a recognized explorer and France felt that the 17 v ,\9V honor of discovering ihe "bottom of the world" Pi l!ati every chance of coming to her with a man so yy\ we " equipped as Charcot making the attempt. 1 fails' Jl 11/ N w °i'd has been flashed from Punta Are- Yfljfßr sill nas- the clty far,hest south on the South Ameri- M 112 1 jjA can continent, that Charcot had passed there on tlle tlle Pou,( l" oi Pas bound for home after failing ItiiUßß/ \mSr ///l \ lullfsi to reach the south pole, although he has made some valuable discoveries in the antarctic re gions. Pourquoi Pas, the name of Charcot's ship, in French means "Why not." Charcot left for the Antarctic in DOS and was equipped with everything money could buy to help him find the pole. There are no intelligent Eskimos in the Antarctic; no hardy dogs like the Eskimos have. There is little land that is not bleak and desolate. Wal rus, narwhal, polar bear and smaller game like eider duck, ptarmigan and hare, are scarce at the south pole. As opposed to the leads of water, which baffie north polar travelers, there is the huge, majestic ice barrier of the southernmost ocean. There is nothing like this ice wall in all the world. Sheer and sharp it rises out of the ocean 300 feet high, its walls as smooth and as level as glass. The midnight sun, reflected against its sides, throws its sheen for hundreds of miles in the polar deep. There was much suffering among Charcot's men during the many months in the Antarctic regions, scurvy and heart disease being the chief ailments. The scientific observations were conducted with the greatest care and thus the object of the expedition was in part realized. Dr. Charcot found that the automobile is not adaptable to use in the antarctic regions. The great icebergs are impassable and he found it useless to attempt to get over or around them in the motor machines which lie took along with him on the Pourquoi Pas. The failure of Dr. Charcot to reach the goal has added new zest to the plans of the Shackleton and Scott expeditions in England and the propose. s Peary trip in this country. DIGS INTO CHICAGO GRAFT Charles Edward Merriam, a University of Chi tcago political science professor, who "went into politics," became an alderman and then chairman of ihe "Chicago commission on city expenditures," is the leader of the investigation into charges of municipal graft, such as the alleged $45,000 shale rock steal of a city sewer contractor, "coal ring frauds." "smoke inspecting scandal," and other charges of graft alleged against the Chicago Fire Appliance Company, the Cummings Foundry Com pany. etc. These companies and individuals, which have had dealings with the city and have been publicly chaiged with graft, will have a chance to explain to"the Merriam commission" just how much truth there is in these charges. "Merriam is on the square and will give 11s an honest decision," is the sentiment often heard in Chicago. Merriam has taken more than an academic interest in politics ever since he ceased to shine as a long distance runner at the State University of lowa. While at Columbia he made speeches in the first Low campaign. After wards he spent one year in Europe studying at Berlin and Paris and paying especial attention to the finances of the city of Berlin. He joined the politi eal science department of the University of Chicago in 1900 as docent and has since written a volume on"The History of American Political Theories and Primary Elections." The Merriam commission was created June 21, 1909, after a resolution providing for it had been introduced by the professor himself. FOWLER, CANNON'S OLD FOE Representative Charles N. Fowler of New Jer- Sey ' wllose latest move in his fight against "Uncle Joe ' Cannon has bec>n a Proposition to enlarge #*Vf the rules committee and leave the speaker off of 112 ll ' has been cain P in S hard on Uncle Joe's trail ever since 1906. I Representative Fowler, who was then chair- Jv WflmJ man °* t,ie llouse committee on banking and cur rency, had a "bankers' bill" which he has said J* since, with considerable emphasis, would have V ' prevented the panic of 1907. /V Tlle speaker controlled the rules committee, however, and he refused to listen to Fowler. After \ the panic Fowler, out of his long experience as chairman of the banking committee, suggested the "credit currency" plan, the use of cashiers' checks, clearing house certificates, etc. Thia saved Ihe day. Fowler was suggested as a candidate for speaker himself last November. He in reply addressed a letter to each member of the house and in it suggested that " the house elect a board of managers, which shall be charged witli that direction of legislation which is now assumed by the speaker." Air. Fowler represents the Fifth New Jersey district In the house and is one of tlie hardest workers in congress. He is a native of Illinois, born at Lena, November 2, 1852. He was graduated from Yale in 1876 and from the Chicago Law school in 1878. He was first elected to the fifty-fourth con ercss and has never been defeated for the office. TACK THIS UP Prescription That Breaks Up the Worst Cold in a Day. Every winter this prescription is pub lished here and thousands have been benefited bv it. "Get two ounces of Glycerine a.id half an ounce of Con centrated Pine compound. Then get half a pint of good whiskey and put the other two ingredients into it. Take a teaspoonful to a tablespoonful of this mixture after each meal and at bed time. Shake the bottle well each time." But be sure to get only the genuine Concentrated Pine. Each half ounce bottle comes in a tin screw-top case. Any druggist has it on hand or will quickly get it from the wholesale house. Many other pine extracts aro» impure and cause nausea. A Pause in Devotions. "Mabel," called her father, outside her bedroom door. There was no an swer, so he called again. Still no re ply. He pushed open the door, which was not completely shut, and reach ing for the button, turned on the lights. Then he saw Mabel. She was kneel ing at the side of her bed in her night gown, in the attitude of prayer—the attitude, that is, as to kneeling. But she had raised her head at the inter ruption and paused in her devotions to blaze at him with a face flushed with impatience. "Gee whiz, daddy! Can't a woman say her prayers?" Then she bowed her head again, piously, and daddy, properly rebuked, slipped noiselessly away. He Had No Objection. "We—we want you to marry us," said the blushing young man, indicat ing a young woman with downcast eyes and smiling face who stood a step behind him. "Come in," said the minister, and he endeavored to ease their embarrass ment for a moment; but he soon de cided that it was useless to try. "Will you be married with a ring?" he inquired. The young man turned a helpless gaze on his companion, and then looked at the minister. "If you've got one to spare and it can come out o' the two dollars, I guess she'd like it,"he said at last.— National Food Magazine. To Check Ravages of Tuberculosis. The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis declares that there are two ways of checking the ravages of tuberculosis among school children. The first way is to instruct every school child about the dangers of the disease and to show them how they themselves may prevent tuberculosis in their homes. The second method is to establish open air schools for all children who have tuberculosis or who are suspect ed cases, segregating them from the healthy children. Opera the Great Leveler. At one of the Wagner operas a few days ago a woman nudged her friend and said: "Who's that distinguished man bowing to you over there?" Her friend looked in the direction desig nated and smiled in a return greeting. "That's my butcher," she said. "I see him here quite often. When I go mar keting in the morning we always dis cuss the opera. He's a German, you know, and really knows a lot about other things besides cutting meat." — New York Sun. The Appetites of Kings. The king of Spain makes up for thii daily expenditure of activity by a tre mendous appetite. 1 have observed, for that matter, that (he majority ol sovereigns are valiant trenchermen Every morning of his life Alfonso XIII has a good rump steak and potatoes for his first breakfast, often preceded by eggs and sometimes followed by salad and fruit. —From Recollections of M. I'aoli in McClure's. A GOOD CHANGE A Change of Pood Works Wonders The wrong food and drink causes a lot of trouble in this world. To change the food is the first duty of every person that is ill, particularly from stomach and nervous troubles "As an illustration: A lady in Mo. has, with her husband, been brought around to health again by leaving off coffee and some articles of food tlftit did not agree with them. They began us ing Posturn and Grape-Nuts food. She says: "For a number of years I suffered with stomach and bowel trouble which kept getting worse unutil I was very ill most of the time. About four years ago I left off coffee and began taking Postum. My stomach and bowels improved right along, but I was so reduced in flesh and so nervous that the least thing would overcome me. "Then I changed my food and be gan using Grape-Nuts in addition to Postum. I lived on these two prin cipally for about four months. Day by day I gained in flesh and strength until now the nervous trouble has en tirely disappeared and I feel that I owe my life and health to Postum and Grape-Nuts. "Husband is 73 years old and he was troubled for a long time with occa sional cramps, nd slept badly. Finally I prevailed ur jn him to leave off coffee and take Postum. He had stood out for a long time, but after he tried Postum for a few days he found that he could sleep and that his cramps disappeared. He was satisfied and has never gone back to 'coffee. "I have a brother in California who has been for several years; his wholjwfamily use it also be cause they havjjfhad sucn good results from it." §J Look in pkfl; f o r the little book, "The Road to Wefflfjiie," "There's a Reason." Ever remjtiT ( | H . above letter? A new line nppeara from time to time. They are KeriilbK. true, ami full of human Interest. /
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