2 CAMERON COUNTY MS. H. H. MULLIN, Editar. Published Every Thursday. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. far f«ar " If feaid lr adranca 1 ADVERTISING RATES Advertisements are published st the ra \f o1 tie 4oLar per square foroiie Insertion and nftj seats i-er square for each »übsey the year, or for sii vr three months are low and uniform, and will be furnished on aipilcat on. Xerul and Official Advertising per square Mirso times or loss. t2: each subsequent inser •n . 0 cents per -square. Loral notices 10 cents per line for one lnser lertion: 5 cents per line for each subsequent fsusecutlve Insertion Obituary notices over Ave lines. 10 cents per Itae. Sin.pie announcements of births, n ar risge* and deaths will be inserted free. Business cards. fl>e li» es or less »f> per yar. prei Uve lines, at the regular rates of adver- V. > !. K No local Inaerted for lesa than .5 cents P«T taaua- JOB PRINTING The Job depart"'* - " 1 of the Prkss 1» completa !■< nffird- facilities for doir.»- the t'f-st ci*«» of W, rk PAH I It. 111. AH ATTEN I H'N FAiriTU I-AW PIiINTINO. No paper will t>6 discontinued ntit arrear u.i „ r> . Laid, except at the option of the puo- Uaher Pspern ser.t out of the county must tie pa.a lor in anvance. _ William Weatherby, a farmer of Ves tal, near Susquehanna, I*a., is 87 years old and the father of 27 children. Some time ago he had a census of his family taken, and found the number of living members up to date to lie list, including children, grandchildren, great and gr ea t-grea t-gran dchi Id re n. In a recent lecture delivered at Liv erpool Dr. William Carter pointed out that the deaths directly attributed to intemperance in 1596 were 91 per 1,00(1,- 000 among males and 52 per 1,000,000 among females; that the rate is con stantly increasing and that the deaths are increasing among women far more rapidly and in a far greater ratio than among men. A professor who lias made a study of children says he lias discovered why the majority of people are right-handed. Infants use both hands until they be gin to speak. The motor speech func tion controls the right side of the body and the first right-handed motions are expressive motions, tending to help out speech. As speech grows so does right handedness. The annual report o* the statistician of the department of agriculture shows that there has been a decrease of 205,- CO4 iu the number of horses in the United States during the year, but that ] the average value has increased from $:;4.2G to $37.40 per head. The total value of farm animals is estimated at $1,907,010,407, an increase of $105,:i55,- •482, or 5.70 per cent., during the year. "Should Married Women Follow Pro- j fessions'.'" This is a query put forth by I Sarah Grand, the novelist, hi reply, it i may be said that it all depends upon the married woman's husband's ability in the way of providing the necessary funds for the running of the house. This opinion has been obtained from a "washlady" who is now supporting a husband and six children, and ought, therefore, to be worth something. Aluminium is now worked on a large scale for all sorts of industrial purposes and has taken its place as one of the five or six commercial metals of the world. Weight for weight it is already cheaper than copper and tin; it does not tarnish, is suitable for all kinds of cooking uten sils, is largely vised in shipbuilding aud is a most valuable adjunct to metal lurgy, inasmuch as a small addition of aluminium to a mold of steel or brass insures absolutely solid castings. Queensland is inaugurating a new de parture in the fruit trade. It is found that dried bananas take the place of raisins in puddings very well, and an enterprising firm in Queensland had sentto theagentgenerul'soflice in West minster a consignment of dried bana nas, with the object of opening tip a market for them in England. It is said that as soon as the public have tested for themselves the agreeable flavor which dried bananas give to puddings there ii>, tare to be a big demand flnk«' ll»«* llry nuitt'M \\ ol»t»le. These are the days that try the souls of the doomed liryanite party. '1 he weekly capacity oft he furnaces in lilast throughout the. I'uited States at tlie first of the present month was 245,740 tons, it was 112,752 tons at the be ginning of < )ctober, 1896. 'I li.it was the late when the l'.ryanite reign of terror was at its acute stage. Iron production, which lias always been considered a trustworthy barometer of the condi tion of general trade, is more than double at the present moment what it was at the time when there was some fear throughout the country that Bry an, after all. might In- elected in the can vass a few weeks later. The bank clear ances of the country, which are, of course, a faithful reflect ion of the busi ness situation, arc almost double also what they were in the summer and ear ly fall of 1 S9G. Here are some of the facts which will assail the democratic party when it be gins to appeal to the people in f'.lOOto |int the control of the government and the interests of the country in its hands. Another fact which will tell even more decisively against the de mocracy is that 1,000,000 workers throughout the I'nitcd States have had their wages increased since Ihe open ing of fi'J'.i. Bryan's old gag about the nonarrival of general prosperity will have to hide itself in the presence of these facts. It has probably been re tired already. There has been no men tion of it by Bryan in any one of the live or six speeches a week which he makes these days. There are some fol lies and absurdities which abash even Bryan. The general and sweeping im provement which has taken in rA N \h [//■ J . 5, 7 v V~* '■•*■' J\ :' p£ —?K ; Ipp ..> i«» | jjj ,ai ;;~ ■ rtSmv** N'" i : :: fe rtfi^ i' } •' ' 0?{/ W / • ' Sip . mMmm I ~1 v I -a "'" IIP ! • ,ll| |! «P ' |! | ..il I II wsmmßStr THE NEW DEMOCRATIC ROOSTER. business and in the condition of the wage-workers of the country since the time when republican legislation began togo into active operation is a dagger ing blow I<> the political gamblers who have been counting on the continuance of the calamity conditions to give them the victory in 1000. In the face of iliis striking improve ment in the condition of the farmers, laborers and the rest of the wage workers of the country it will be vain for the Urvanites to appeal next year to the people to forget the past and give them the control of the business and destinies of the country. The drop in the price of wheat and all other farm products which liryan predicted in ISOtj would occur if McKinley was elected has not taken place, but a great ad vance has been scored instead. Wages of labor have not fallen off. though he declared they would, but have been ad vanced in nearly every field of industry. The currency of the country has not decreased, for here ISryan's predictions have been proven to he as false as in other matters. The currency in circ ila tion is at a much higher mark per cap ita now than it was when he was mak ing his raid against the country's pros perity two and a half years ago. In every direction in I'JOO Ihe democrats will be confounded and overwhelmed by the vast improvement in all branches of industry throughout the country which has -occurred as a consequence of the crushing defeat which was dealt to their party in 3s!iß. —St. Louis <;lobe- Democrat. P'Mr. liryan at Milwaukee tried to encourage his democratic friends by re ferring to the fact that in ISSB Mr. Cleveland was defeated on the tariff issue, but won on the snme issue in 1 892. The illustration is not a happy one. The country has even yet scarcely re covered from the last four years of Cleveland, and if Mr. I'ryan imagines the people are anxious to renew the par allel and also the experience of Ch-ve landism in his own ease it is to be feared his memory of the events of is not sufficiently vivid.—Chi cago Tribune. ITTTlicre is nothing to show that Mr. I'.rynn is drawing deep drafts of con solation O'er the !atr election in ( ln eago, nsvr in any other city, for that matter. I'ryanism is getting deader and deader evcry day.—* incinnati( otn merclul Tribune. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1899. "IMPERIALISM" THE CRY. The Only TIIIIIK l-»ft for the Ureal Democratic l'nrty to Get To- Kclher tin. It is evident that tlit; democrats have at last found an issue which holds out some promise of harmony among them selves. Within a few days there have been three party banquets at which de nunciation of imperialism was the main feature of the programme. The speak ers took tot heir work with unmistaka ble /est, and their auditors applauded them vigorously. In the entire list of addresses only three speakers deviated from the general course. One of them, I!. I!. Roosevelt, did say over his $lO plate in New York: "We will never sur render back to barbarianism a single foot of the land won by the heroism of our soldiers and sanctified by their blood." Hut Mr. Roosevelt was carried away by the inspiration of his name, and what he said did not count. The gold and silver men of New York and the gold men and silver remnant of Wis consin were practically unanimous in their opposition to what is going on in the Philippines. This is the particular aspect of im perialism which invites their declama tory attacks. In his New York speech Mr. Bryan was particularly vehement, lie likened the I nited States to a bully and asserted that American government of the Filipinos was a despotism. At ihe same time he did not suggest an alter native plan to the one that is being pur sued, nor lias any one of his associates. Thecatupaign is one of crit ieisin merely. This is one reason why it is so allur ing. It has no burdens, no perplexities, 110 responsibilities. All that is neces sary is the indignant rhetoric of pro test, while on the other side there are the heaviest burdens, the most puzzling perplexities, the gravest responsibili- ties of practical and constructive states manship. The shooting of the Filipinos is quite ns repugnant to republicans as it is to democrats, but the former, as the pf.rty in power, are bound to consider something in addition to the shooting. T.-.-y have 1o reflect on the obligations of the government to other nations, upon the duty of bringing order out of anarchy, upon the question of stability for the tut tire. There is no doubt, however, t hat there is a strong and perhaps a. growing senti ment among the people against the use of force, and it is certain that under ex isting circumstances there is much more hope for the democracy in the cry against imperialism than in the expir ing squawk for silver. In the one ease there is at least a living problem, while in the olher there would be nothing be yond the writing of an obituary notice. —Chicago Times-Herald. COMMENT AND OPINION. Admiral Dewey says that a sailor cannot be a politician. Yet a good many democratic politicians to-day are all at sea. Hoston Advertiser. O'Chicago is not showing the en thusiasm hoped for by Mr. Ilryati over the platform which it had the honor of christening.—Washington Star. OM'ryan and his platform were com pletely ignored at the New York ten dollar banquet. And they should have been. The pair will get little else in the future. Their hobby is dead.—lowa State Register. ll".fudge Van Wyck's attack on pro tection in the face of the existing pros perity takes him from the free silver ward, but puts him among patients I equally as hopeless.—Philadelphia North American. I7Mr. P.ryan should abdicate in fa vor of somebody who wants the party to win; who recognizes at least the fundamental truth that more flies can lie caught with molasses than with vinegar. Albany Argus (Dem.). E.'ln a late letter Mr. P.ryan says:"l am satisfied that you are right in say ing tliat many democrats who voted for MeKinley a re disappointed with the re publican administration and will vote the democratic ticket in the future." That is the merest surmise, and even were it correct, it is offset ten to one by republican farmers who voted for Bryan who will never do it again.— Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. "I AM BOSS OF THE RANCH." Admiral Kantz I •»-* tlie Above re pression in lli m rlbliiu the Situation In Samoa. Cincinnati. April 27. —A letter writ ten by l>'ear Admiral Kantz to his cousin. Mrs. Charles M. l/indlcy, of Cincinnati, has been made public by the Tcaipient. It is dated March lill, and says: "You will probably read a loit of stuff about me in various newspapers, hut I can assure you 1 am all right and have done nothing that I or my friends may be ashamed of. unless it is the making of a king, which 1 \va.s obliged to do. But he is a very in offensive sort of a fellow, si native, l'J years of aye. lie wears a Freirieh ad miral's cocked 'hat. but no sitockings, still, considering the torrid weather, he looks very well in this climate. I am not a king here, but just plain "iioss of 'the Ranch." The German consul had that position up to my ar rival, but since then lie has been a very silent partner. lam very much afraid he does not like me —in fact I mm not at all popular here with the Germans. But I am all right with the Knglish, and hope to pull through with them. I have no doubt of beling sustained by the government in all I have done. I hope to get away from here in a month from this time." Washington, April 27.—The publica tion of Admiral Kautz's letter referring to his position at Samoa caused con sternation at the navy and state de partments on first reading, but there was soon exhibited :t disposition to minimize the affair because it was ap parent Itliat the 'letter was nothing more than a private communication passing between members of the same family. Nevertheless, coming as it does close- upon Capt. Coghlan's in discretion and following 'the publica tion of Judge Chambers' letter to his brother criticizing 'the (iermans in Sa moa. the opinion was held that Ad miral Kautz's letter could not have other than a harmful effect upon the relations between the Unite;! States and Germany. The letter was brought to the atten tion of the president and some sort of a reminder may be sent to the officer to lie more careful in his corresp >n dence. No 'orders have been issued to the Philadelphia to leave Samoa, as the admiral mivs. so it is probable tha* he made the statement on that point in the belief tihait he could adjust the differences between the factions in Sa moa within that time. In official German quarters the letter was not treated very seriously and there Was no indication that the (ier man authorities would take cogni zance of it. San Francisco, April "7. —The dis patch boat liadgcr with the Santonin commission on board, sailed yesterday for A pia. Auckland. X. '/... \pril 17- Advices just received here from Apia, Samoa, dated April is. report that severe light ing his taken place between large Indies of friendly natives and the rebels. The casualties, it was thought, would li H exceed 20 and no Americans were injured. FOR BRIBERY AND FORGERY. , (iranal Jury Inflicts a Ilclatvare I.cjjl*» lator ami the Senate*** Clerk. Dover. Del.. April 27. Attorney Gen eral While yesterday presented to the Kent county grand jury inf rmation in regard to 'the attempted bribery of legislators and the tampering with bills before the legislature. Snb.se- I queitilJ.v the grand .jury irettimed a I true bill against Representative Mark i 1.. Davis and two it rue bills against K. | D. illegemnm, assistant clerk of this | senate. Davis is charged in the in j diet men I with offering a bribe to As j scmblyniaii I.attonms to vote for J. K. ' Addieks for Flitted States senator. One "112 the indictments against Hege ] mnn charges him with tampering with j what was known as the race track bill, and which when it reached the ; governor practically provided for the licensing of horse racing, pool selling •mil lottery schemes upon the payment of .SSOO. The other indictment charges liegeman with forgery in connection with the enrollment of the bill. ALL IN ONE. A Plan to Merge All the Iron and Steel liitercMK of the Country Into One Huge Trust. Pittsburg. April 27.—The Commercial Gazette publishes a story to the effect that negotiations are on for merging the National Steel Co., capitalized at 50,000,000. the American Tin Plate Co.. $.-,0.000.1100. and -the \inerican Steel Hoop Co.. $.13,000,000, into a single stock company. It is s lid by a leader of one of the largest interests that the deal will go through and he states further that the ultimate object is to combine all the iron and steel interests of the country, which will include the Federal Steel Co.. the American Steel anil Wire Co.. the Carnegie Co. and the Union Steel and Chain Co.. together with the Rocke feller and other interests. A rough estimate of the capitalization of this vast combination is placed at $."00,000,- 000. A Ciold Strike in Arkansas. T.it.tle Rock. Ark., \pril 27.—Ore as saying SI,OOO in gold to the ton has been taken out of the side of Blowout mountain, in Polk county, and since Saturday night every claim within a radius of a mile of the discovery has been staked. Farmers have quit their field work and gone prospecting. .Vlean* yiliell to 10,01)0 Worker). Pittsburg. April 27. —More than 10.- 000 workers are concerned in the result of the wage scale conference to be held at Columbus, ()., nexlt Monday, be tween the manufacturers and the In ternational Tin Workers' Protective association. The wage committee of the organization will reeommned a demand for a decided advance in wages and in this the convention will un doubtedly concur. It is estiimaited by the trade that the conference between the employers and the/tin workers will result in an advance of 20 per cent. "THE FATHER OF ARIZONA." Adventurous Career of Charles 11. Foiton ill tho Territory's Karly Days. Ths legislature of Arizona has just passed an act conferring a pension of f25 a month on Charles D. I'oston, first delegate to congress from the territory, styled in the bill "The Father of Ari sen*." For more than a score of years Pos ton was a power in the southwest. To day, broken and feeble in mind and body, he stumps around Phoenix alone and neglected, almost destitute, in his •eventy-fourth year. Poston's first venture into Arizona was in 1554, when he explored the Apache country with an intrepid linit»l of 30 California prospectors. The jour ney was made by way of Guaymas, So rora. Several large deposits of rich sil ver ore were found not far from the ancient. Spanish pueblo of Tubae, and Poston. laden with mineral specimens, hurried to New York. There he readily aecured the necessary financial assist ance, at the head of the company form ed being S. P. (afterward general) Heinfzelman. Nearly $1,000,000 was in vested in mining machinery and in the development of the mines, which were phenomenally rich. When the United States troops left the region, at the out break of the civil war, the Apaches and confederates alike closed in, and the ■works were abandoned, never again to be operated. A claim against thegovern ment for part of the value of the prop erty thus destroyed bj' Apaches has for years been the old man's sole asset. Only last month was his evidence in the ease taken at Tucson by an officer of the department of justice. In lS(i!i, after serving Gen. TTeintzel man for awhile as aid, he became su perintendent of Indian affairs in the southwest, and as well recorder of Dona Ana county, N. M„ in which county then lay all of what is now Ari zona. While serving in the latter ca pacity he personally named the terri tory, and secured President Lincoln's signature to the act that granted sepa rate government. In ISM he was elected first delegate in congress. In later years he filled a number of diplomatic appointments •broad, and several governmental posi tions in the southwest. His travels hav» been world-wide, and his memory Is rtlll active in catchy personal re i miniscenees that vary from tales of | f'ratcs on the China sea to stories of i how he governed his little kingdom at Tubae. In bygone days be issued sev eral clever prose works, and his poetical productions of 20 years ago are even now considered of rare merit. —X. Y. Tribune. Aiming III* Impedimenta. "You've pot a lot of baggage," remarked the Washington friend who had accom panied him to the railway station. "Yes," responded the retiring congress mi n, "but 1 carry something on my mind that weighs me down more than all this stuff put together." "What is it?" inquired the other. "It's my 'ex!' said the departing states man, with a dry sob. — ( 'hicngo Tribune. A good occupation prevents mental dissi pation.— Ram's Horn. It's well to begin o.t the top of the ladder and co down —in case of fire.—Golden Days. PAINFUL PERIOD® MRS. GEORGE OSMUN, of Belvidere, Warren Co.. N. 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All druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c. Use of sense makes no one poorer. —Ram's Horn.