2 CAMERON COUNTY PRESS. H. H. MULLIN, Editor. Published Every Thursday. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. hrrni II itll In ulTtnci 1 M ADVERTISING RATES AJKcrtl••monts ire published at the rat* 01 •BO 4ollar per square fur one Insertion and flftj Mats jer square for each subsequent Insertion Rates by the year, or for six vr three months art low and uniform, and will be furnished OP application. Lefnl and Official Advertising per square tfcreo times or loss, *2; each subsequent inser llan : 0 cents per square. Local notices 10 cents per line for one Inser fcrtlon; 5 cents per line for «ach subsequent •aniecutlve Insertion. Obituary notices over Are lines, 10 cents per Hae. Simple announcements of births, mar riage* and deaths will be inserted free. Business cards, five lines or lesu per year, fver hve lines, at tha regular rates of adver tising No local Inserted for less than 75 cents par las us JOB PRINTING The Job department of the PHESS IS complets »a 4 affords facilities for dointf the best clfcss of Work PARTICULAR ITTKNI ION PAIDTO L,A» PBINTINO. No paper wl!l be discontinued ntll arrear rigea art! paid, except at the option of the pub taher. Paper* sent out of tha county muet he paid for in advance Hog Haisins in the South. In a farmer's bulletin from the de partment of agriculture Mr. Tracy states that although more pork is con sumed in the southern states than ali other meats combined, jet up to 1890 fully 90 per cent, of the pork used was shipped from the great packing houses in Kansas City, Chicago and Cincinnati. The principal obstacle to success in hog raising was the high price of corn and the want of packing houses. Mr. Tracy shows that the exclusive use of corn is unnecessary, and hog crops of arti chokes, turf oats, vetch, sorghum, cow peas, sweet potatoes, peanuts, chufas and cassava may be used along with a certain amount of grain feed. Packing houses will naturally follow as soon as the supply 3s in excess of the local demand. Hints on breeding are added, and it is shown that pure blooils can be got in the south as readily as else where, and that scrub blood is as un profitable in Ohio as in Texas. In time the hog may become the "mortgage lifter" of the southern states, as it is at present of the great corn belt from Ohio to Kansas. The bulletin contains much information on the care and feed ing of hogs, the prevention of hog chol era and swine plague, and other hints which will be as useful to farmers gen erally as to the stock raisers of the south. A Jersey City druggist is making a collection of the queer orders he re ceives from people who send children to the store for things they need. Ilere lire a few of them: "The child is my little girl. I sent you five cents to buy sitless powders for a groan up adult who is sike." Another reads: "Dear Doctor, plese give bearer five sense worse of Auntie Toxyn for to gargle bahis tlirote and obleage." An anxious mother writes: "You will please give the little boi five cents worth of epecac for to throw up in a five months old babe. X. B.—Baby has a sore stuin mick." Another anxious mother wrote: "My little babey has eat up its father's parish plasther. Send an ante dote as quick as possible by the en closed little girl." The writer of this one was evidently in pain: "I haf a hot time in my insides and which I wood like to be extinguished. What is good for to extinguish it? The enclosed quarter is for the price of the extin guisher. Hurry, pleas." "Within the last five years excavations have been made in Milwaukee for the purpose of providing for an addition to the water supply. A shaft was sunk at the edge of the beach 130 feet in depth, and from the bottom of this a tunnel was bored extending ."1,200 feet under llie lake. These excavations have made available a large quantity of loose rock, which was spread out, covered with soil, planted with grass and trees, and made into a park. This soil has proved to be a geological Klondike; «t is rich in Devonian fossils, which have been identified and tabulated in the current number of the Journal of Geol ogy. "The best arid until recently the only known area of Devonian rocks in Wisconsin lies immediately north of Milwaukee and furnishes the Milwau kee hydraulic cement of commerce." If you have never seen the original of the declaration of independence it is probable that you never will see it. An effort was made to bring it lo Chi cago for exhibition at the world's fair. It failed, but served to draw the atten tion of the authorities to the fact that the ink in which the priceless docu ment, is written was becoming badly faded in the bright light, to which it had been exposed for many years. Accord ingly in 1894 it was sealed between pieces of glass and locked up in a light proof vault, along with the original ol the constitution of the United States tt'nd other historical documents. The Harrodsburg (Ky.) Democrat enlivened its editorial columns with this item: "Capt. I*. I!. Thompson pur chased two or three gallons of straw berries the other day of a man from Garrard county. They were, without doubt, the largest berries that have been sold this season, the smallest be ing os large as a hen's egg - . They were so large that it was necessary to slic< them up before serving. When one of the largest was cut open :i full-grown mouse jumped out,'searing the cook un til she almost fainted." SOUND MONEY DEMOCRATS. The Free Silver INNIM* Will I.oar to thr KiMiMUTiiry Null) liallota. The proposition to retire Mr. Bryan from the leadership of the democracy is a confession on the part of those who make it that his views are too extreme and that success at the polls with them is out of the question. But to abandon the views that Mr. Bryan represents would be to draw near to and so in a measure indorse the views that Mr. Mc- Kinley represents. Would that insure success? The man who favors sound money is not in a humor to compromise that question. He-does not want money that is just a little sound. He wants the al together genuine article. And such a man, who puts the money question ahead of all other questions, will be likely next year to support the ticket which stands without qualification for sound money. To fish for him with a silver hook baited with campaign guff would be idle employment. The man who favors protection may have his views as to how high the bars should be erected, but experience has taught him that protection to be ap plied effectively in the national polioy must be openly avowed. The Gorman- Wilson tariff bill carried protection du ties. but they were prepared most in expertly by those who had promised a free trade measure, and therefore business interests were injured. The Dingley bill was prepared by those who boldly proclaimed protection, and busi ness confidence was largely restored by it. The figures were more regular, and followed more closely logical lines. The protectionist, therefore, will find no difficulty nest year in making choice of a ticket. The question of expansion is not as yet clearly defined, but expansion it self is an accomplished fact. The man who believes in holding onto the new territory can hardly be expected to sup port n ticket nominated on an implied regret for all that has been done. He will prefer the ticket which represents both pride in the achievements of the war and an unreserved assumption of all the responsibilites that Wave fol lowed. The democracy's extreme stand un der Mr. Bryan's leadership is at once its strength and its weakness. If it is to win at all it must be in direct oppo sition to the other side. If it under takes to trim or cvadu it is certain to be swamped.—Washington Star. OPENED THEIR EYES. Sllvrr nritubllcnna Ifnve Hail n I.re- Non Which Will Itu The in Much (ioud. In- the next congress the so-called "silver republicans" will be found back in the old camp. Senator Cannon, of Utah, says"the silver jig is up; there's nothing left of it." Former Senator Peffer, of Kansas, leads a secession of the republican element from the populist camp back to their old connec tion. Senator Teller, of Colorado, may stay out in sheer bitterness of spirit, but the golden deluge has simply swamped the free silver delusion and turntd all the theories and assertions on which it rested to foolishness.—Buffalo Commercial. The republican party added another chapter to a noble history when it took its stand so unflinchingly against the cheap money delusion. The country owes it u debt of gratitude which can never be fully repaid. Yielding to the silver folly would have been as disas trous as surrender to the fiat money idea of 20 years ago, and would have brought upon the United States finan cial calamities so appalling that recov ery from their effects would have been impossible for a generation at least. The march of industrial progress would have been almost hopelessly retarded, and the unparalleled prosperity and en largement of our foreign trade, now the marvel of the world, could not have been brought about. It is doubtful even if, with our na • onnl credit seriously if not permanent ly impaired, we could have protected the national interests when in danger. The trouble with Spain might have had a different ending. It is to the credit of the "silver republicans" that they are getting their eyes open and return ing to the fold. But how much wiser, better and more patriotic it would have been had they stood stanchly by their party, which upheld the financial honor of the country, instead of following the popoeratic banners that led to de feat and humiliation! —Troy Times. The ( Hlnmlt j (ierni. The general prosperity now prevail ing throughout the country and the prospect e>f its long continuance have put an end, at least temporarily, to the wail of the pessimist and calamityite. It is but it little while since the land was full of lamentations concerning the terrible things that were happening to the poor workingman and the great army of unemployed, and still more terrible things that would happen if their nostrums for the healing of the body politic were not adopted. This was the burden of their song in 1890. Happily, the American people were wise enough to turn a deaf ear to their complaints and predictions and adopt a policy which the people's better judg ment told them would bring prosperity, and now we have it in full measure. For very shame the croakers are si lenced. but will they remain so? Frogs have their seasons for croaking, and the fact that they are silent does not prove that tlicy arc extinct. It takes certain conditions to develop disease microbes, and they are more active and virulent at some seasons than tit others. The calamityite germ is still extant, and it is only a question of time when the voice of the croaker will b« heard again In I hi- hind. —Indianapolis Journal. ET"Coln" Harvey has offered to de liver 18 lectures i:i Connecticut for $10(1 each. The people of Connecticut will hardly be so extravagant us to put a rush stamp on their letter of accept ance.—Chicago Times-Herald. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1599. DEMOCRATS, TRUSTS, TARIFF. Fallore of Free Trader* to Pall Down the Wall of Pro* leetion. The story that a Chicago engineer has an engagement to demolish t he Chi nese wall impels the St. Louis Kepublic to the following: "The American hiph tariff should follow Its side-partner, the Chinese wall, into the limbo of oblivion. It is of very much the same order. There may have been a time, in the early days of this country, when a prescriptive tariff was needed for the pro tection of our 'infant industries." That time has passed, however, and the favored infant industries have developed into un grateful and oppressive trusts. The hour is ripe for the demolition of the protective Chinese wall. The democratic party pro poses to undertake the contract in ]!KiO, as a feature of its war on the trust evil." The democratic party lias undertaken to (Mill down the protective tariff on divers and sundry occasions ere this, and a most awful muddle it lias made of the business. With its Wilson law it succeeded in knocking off the crown of the wall here and there to the lament able confusion of American industrial life, and when the next annual election came the rumblings of a republican landslide were heard. There was not such an inspiration in the dismal ex periment that any party should care to repeat it. Nor is the old tariff issue radically changed by the increase of trusts. Trusts flourish in free trade England, and if they were the inevitable and pe culiar product of protection tliey would have reached maturity long before this present democratic catching at a straw. There is a little matter of cause and ef fect here that will have to be estab lished before it is accepted by the coun try. A mere assumption will not do. Meantime the case of protection will remain what it always has been. In his article on Webster in Scribner's Sen ator Hoar points out that that great statesman found a permanent reason for supporting protection in the secur ity it afforded and the promise it gave to American labor. The senator in dorses it on the same ground and so does the republican party. This is one explanation of the party's many suc cesses after the issues of the war were over. The votes that have sustained the protective tariff have been the votes of workingmen and of the farmers who feed tlirm, and in confusing the trusts with the tariff the democratic party had better take care lest it excite an antagonism where it is trying most sedulously to curry favor.—Chicago Times-Herald. CREATION OF AN INDUSTRY. Striking Illustration of Ibr ltinctl cent KlTi'i'l of a Protective Tar I IT. The announcement that the shutting down of the tin plate mills in the Unit ed States, because of the inability of the mill owners and the workingmen em ployed in them to come to terms for the next year, means idleness for nearly 50,000 men, directly and at once, and is striking proof of the growth and size of the tin plate industry in the United States. It is only a few years since that ni.niv vehement assertions were made that no such business could be made to prosper in America. It was said that the hold of the Welsh manufacturers was too strong to be broken. Now the industry is so large, so well established, and so prosperous that no one thinks of it as an exotic or ijuestkins its permanence. All this has been achieved without the aid of native tin. No success has attended such efforts as have been made to develop tin mines in the Unit ed States. We have met foreign com petition on similar ground and with no special advantages in raw materials, and the fact that almost 50,000 men work in tin plate mills shows what has been the result. The history of industry-building by the aid of the tariff affords no more striking instance than this of the pos sibility of accomplishing great results in a short time, when the conditions are favorable. —Cleveland Leader. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. are made occa sionally of democratic conventions. But why they are held no one seems to know. —Troy Times. lE?"Between Bryan, the silver man, and Gorman, the machine man, the mugwump press is certainly in a bad fix. —Springfield Union. CS-At tlys time it looks as if repub licans in all sections of the country were pretty well agreed to making President McKinley's renoniination unanimous.—Baltimore llcrald. ICKx-Gov. I'attison. of Pennsylvania, says the democrats should have no dis tinct issue in next year's campaign. That would be distinctly democratic— to just wait for something to turn up on which the democrats might oppose the administration. —Cleveland Leader. lE7"One of the most prominent silver ites who departed from the republican party in 18!MJ was 11. L. Loueks, of South Dakota. Last week, however, became back to the old party as > tli« « ity Council of Detroit Alter a I'lfrce Mlrugjtle. Detroit, .Fuly 12. — Municipal owncr ship nf the Detroit street railways took a fresh start last night, in spite of the recent adverse decision of the Michigan supreme court annulling' the appointment of the street railway com missioners, and in spite of various other kinds of opposition. After live hours of tierce argument and desper ate filibustering the common council by a vote of 10 to 14 passed the so called security franchise ordinance. This ordinance prescribes the terms under which the street railways are to lie operated l>y their present owners in the event of their reversion through the municipal corporation (organized hv the late commissioners in behalf of the city) failing to meet the pay ments according to terms of purchase. Mayor Maybury will veto the ordi nance, but (iov. I'iugree and the other promoters of the municipal ownership plan appear to be confident of secur ing four more votes necessary to pass the ordinance over the mayor's veto. The veto will be presented next Tues day night. If the security ordinance finally passes, a working ordinance, under which the "Detroit Municipal Kailwuy" corporation will operate the roads, will also be passed. In the event of passage of both ordinances the municipal company will doubtless have to pass through injunction pro ceedings before three-cent fares and city (through corporation) ownership is accomplished. The Detroit Municipal liailwuv Co. originally consisted of the three street railway commissioners. Yes terday the council was notified that Carl K. Schmidt, one of the late com missioners. had withdrawn from the municipal company and that .Fere C. Nutcliins (vice president and manager of the Detroit Citizens Street Kail way r <>.) had been substituted in the Mu nicipal company forSehmidt. The security ordinance was taken from the table by a vote of '..'l to 31, which was the vote throughout the long struggle with two exceptions, these being a proposition to substitute three-cent fares for six for a quarter: the other obliging submission of the ordinance to vote of the people. After several hours of filibustering ami debate. Alderman Keamer, presi dent of the council, made a sensational attack on the ordinance and its pro moters. Charges that several of the aldermen had been improperly influ enced by the street railway people were freely made by lieanier. So broad were his hints that one alder man threatened to fight. THE PARIS AFLOAT. liiinu Mill tided Men me r IK I'nllcd (111 tlie lllired Sliip. Washington, July 12.—Secretary Hay has sent Ambassador Canibon an answer to the latter's recent letter sub mitting the claim of Miss Ivan Favre for SIO,OOO damages attending the rapture of the French steamer Olinde Kodriguez, on which she was a pas senger, by the cruiser New Orleans .Turing the blockade of San Juan. The secretary reviews the facts and states the conclusion that the government is not liable on this claim. The secretary says the French steamer was first observed by the crui ser Yosemite on July 5, and that an officer of the Yosemite went on board find noted in the loo*of the Kodriguez that a blockade of San Juan was in progress. Miss Favre subsequently took passage at Port ail Prince on July 13. On July 17 the Kodriguez again out in an appearance off San Juan, "hereupon she was captured by the New Orleans. The prize was taken to Charleston on July 22 and on Au gust 5 all the passengers were released by court order and turned over to the French company. Miss Favre's claim cited that she had suffered from an attack of fever while at Charleston, and the damages were for this and the indignities of detention. From the facts cited the secretary states that the United States naval authorities could not be charged with any negligence in the circumstances attending the capture. Secretary Ilay's letter is accom panied by one from Attorney General Griggs, giving facts submitted by the United States district attorney at Charleston bearing out in detail the points made in the secretary's letter, lie says the Kodriguez was anchored off the battery in Charleston hai»bor, in one of the most healthful spots along the Atlantic coast. Aside from the bearing of his deci sion on individual cases, it may liave b bearing also on the claims which may be brought forward by the owners of the steamer Rodriguez and of the fayette, which was stopped off Havana. HAS REACHED THE LIMIT. Frenchmen Have Obtained All tli* 'l'h rifl* 4 onccMfctoiiN Tliey ( an l.et. Washington, July 12.— 1t appears to be the accepted view in well informed government quarters that the limit of concession has been reached in the ne gotiations with the French authori ties for a reciprocity treaty and Tues day's conference did not bring about any material advance in the negotia tions. France conceded the minimum rate on the entire tariff schedule at the oul set, the difference betwee|i the usual maximum rate and the minimum rate being 20 per cent, Mr. Kasson, in return, submitted a list of articles on which our rates would be reduced under the provisions of Section 4 of the Dinglcy act. allowing not over 20 per cent, reduction on articles agreed upon. The American concessions, however, have not proved as satisfac tory in Paris as was expected, and consideration has been given of late to extending the list somewhat. Sonic further concessions have been made on our side, but these have not been sufficient to close the negotiations. A story of Fraud. Lincoln, Neb., July 12.—The senate committee selected by the last legis lature to investigate alleged ballot frauds of 1597 began its hearing Tues day, first taking up the ballot recount. The purpose of this recount was ti; show that, the constitutional amend ment permitting two more supreme court justices, both populists, had beer carried. K. L. Simon. :i state houst janitor in ISO 7. testified that he witlr State Oil Inspector Edmiston, G. W P.lake and another janitor, secured tin ballots "rom a vault and changed tin markings in favor of the amendment ];" Do Not Grasp at the < Shadotu and » Lose the Substance." | Many people are but shadmvs of their k former selves, due to neglect of health. ♦ 11 Look out for the blood, the fountain of I 1 life, the actual substance; keep that pure S J by regular use of Hood's Sarsaparilla J and robust health mill be the result, J Be sure to get only Hood's, because 4 j HIS LITTLE BUNDLE. It W(1 h 11'( Much In Sl*e Hut the Value of it Antunl«hi'il tbe Hotel Clerk. A quiet-looking, smooth-shaven man, with a straw hat pushed back from his forehead, registered from an adjoining parish at the Giunewald one evening and laid a package en the counter. The package was ahout the n'w! oi •« unabridged dictionary and was wrapped up in an old newspaper that bore the stains of travel. It was tic-!l with a piece of white cotton string. "J wish you would take care of this little bundle for me overnight," said the stranger. "All right, sir," replied the clerk, and, reaching for the receipt-book, proceeded to till out a blank. "What's the value." he asked, mechanical ly. "Sixty-five thousand dollars," an swered the smooth-shaven man in an off handed tone. "What!" gasped the clerk, his pen averted in midair and his eyes as round as cart wheels. "Sixty-five thousand," repeated the guest; "and, by the way, I guess I'll just seal up that wrapping. It seems about to fall off." lie opened the paper and disclosed a rect angular block of $lO bills, packed as tight as sardines. Theye were nearly all well worn, but nevertheless the grimy mass looked sU-ongly tempting. Its tremendous poten tiality drove a spur into the imagination of the dullest chap in the corridor, and every body began to tell what he would do if he were rich. Meanwhile the smooth-shaven man readjusted the cover, secured it with Sax, pocketed his receipt and walked off. e was a country banker bringing a deposit to his local correspondent.—N. O. Times- Democrat. HIS BATH" NOT A SUCCESS. BelnK Inn Harry He Forgot to Take Off Ills Under clothes. It seems her husband had been out very late celebrating, and as he came home in the rose flush of the morning he thought it would be a capital idea to take a bath be fore getting into bed. First of all and most important it would contradict any wrong impression as to his condition, as his wife sometimes had wrong impressions when he had been out late at night. Women are so suspicious. So he went boldly to the bathroom and was soon splashing around as gayly as a canary. In fact, he created such an un usual commotion that his wife woke up and went to see what was the matter. Suddenly he saw her gazing through the door with a look so cold and contempt uous that it struck a chill to his very heart. But he made a dive for the soap and went on industriously with his ablu tions. "What are you doing there, Peter?" she •aked him. He made the effort of his life to appear debonair and perfectly sober. "Can't you see what I am doing, my dear?" heanswered, with another prodigious splash. "I'm taking a bath." "Don't you think it would be a good idea for you to take off your underclothes?" she asked him, with a frozen reflection, as she passed out of sight.—Chicago Inter Ocean. A Startling Annwer, A Latin professor was explaining the der ivation of our word "ostracise" to his class in a local academy the other day. He told the story of the early Roman republics and the scheming of the politicians of the times. He related how, when any man in the republic became obnoxious to his neigh bors, they used to write his name on an oyster shell (Latin—ostreum, sheJi), and on the receipt of a specified number by the consuls that man was banished, killed or otherwise removed in some one of those pleasant ways the old Romans had. When he had finished his explanation he said: "Now, the boy here in the front seat, what did we derive from the old Latin use of the shell, which was called ostreum?" The answer he expected was far from what he got, for the little student with spectacles in the front seat arose and de livered himself thus: "From the Roman habit of using shells to get the best of people we derive the present Coney Island shell game, which is a fascinating and costly sport."—Brooklyn Times. Worth Looking Into. —W'illieboy "Pa, what's a mixed metaphor?" Pa- —"It's a new one on me. I'll ask my bartender when Igo down town." —Philadelphia North Ameri can. Money is an uncertain quantity; it's so changeable.—Golden Days. Miss Lockheart's LETTER TO MRS. PINKHAM. [LITTER TO MRS. FINKIIAM NO. 67,104] " I cannot express my gratitude to jrou for the good that Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound has done for me. I have taken five bottles of the Compound and two boxes of Pills and feel better in every respect. I had suffered for years with dropsy; the veins in my limbs burst, caused from the pressure of the water. I had the worst kind of kidney trouble, faint ing spells, and I could not stand long at a time. I also had female weakness and the doctor said there was a tumor in my left side. The pains I had to stand were something dreadful. A friend handed me a little book of yours, so I got your medicine and it has saved my life. I felt better from the first bottle. The bloating and the tumors have all gone and I do not suffer any pain. lam still using the Vegetable Compound and hope others may find relief as I have done from its use. ' — MissN. J. LOCKHEAKT, BOX IC, ELIZA BETH, I'A. Only the women who have suffered with female troubles can fully appre ciate the gratitude of those who have been restored to health. Mi's, l'inkham responds quickly and without charge to all letters from suffer ing women. Her address is Lynn, Mass.