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The Job department, of the PRESS is complete and affords facilities for doiuir th»* best class of work. PAH iin i. AK ATTENTION PAID TO LAW PRINTING. No paper will be discontinued until arrear ages are paid, except at the option of the pub lisher. Papers sent out of the county must be paid for in advance. Drcreaep ot Milk Drinking. There is little question that the pub lic has become somewhat suspicious of milk, and that many hesitate to drink It as freely as in earlier years. Thi# suspicion, says a scientific authority, is more pronounced in Europe than in the United States. Upon the continent sf Europe the amount of milk which is used raw is really very small, and ap parently its use in this condition is destined to cease. The younger genera tion of physicians are now being taught that raw milk is a dangerous food, and in some countries even the children in the schools are being taught that it is not safe to drink raw milk. Such teaching can have only one result, and that is the reduction in the amount of milk consumed. Much less milk is used in Europe than in this country. It is used for tea or coffee or for cooking, and of course for infant feeding, but for anyone to drink milk as we do in this country is certainly a rarity. The suspicion under which milk has been placed has decreased its use. One of the most interesting features of nightmare to psychologists is not so much the peculiarity of the more grotesque dreams, but the fact that every individual has one dream pecu liar to him or herself. With most peo ple, gays a scientific authority, the re current dream dates from childhood, decreasing in frequency as the subject grows older, and seldom persisting past majority. The terror that the recur ringdream inspiresseldom dirainishesin its intensity, but simply grows less fre quent in its visits, finally disappearing altogether. In quite a number of cases when the recurring dream has been ab sent so long that it is almost forgotten it has recurred in a spell of severe sick ness, and hundreds of dying people have shown by their actions and mut teririgs, when in their death stupor, that the old dread of their babyhood has returned as they breathe their last. A government scientist takes occa sion. now that the price of meat has been advanced to an extent not ex plained by any reasonable cause, to urge that Americans not only eat too much meat, but too much food in gen eral. It is pointed out that over-eating interferes with the proper nourish ment of the body and leads to many forms of preventable illness and dis ability. The brain, as much as any organ, is burdened by excessive eating, and the whole nervous system de pressed and deranged. Maladies of the stomach are at least as common in this country as in any other. The ready remedy for extortion in the meat mar ket is to cut down the amount con tinued. This measure, in all probabil ity, will also improve the public health. Remarkable as it may seem, there lives within eight miles of Millerton, Pa., a large community of people who believe, argue and teach that the world is flat instead of spherical. They are honest and respectable folk, most of them being farmers. The pastor of the community is a pulpit orator of much ability, and occasionally he teaches this doctrine from the rostrum, backing up his arguments by quota tions from a little book —not the Bible —which attempts to explain all the astronomical phenomena which have worried the most eminent scientists and philosophers for centuries. The southern states are beginning tc pay more attention to wheat growing. A wheat growers' convention was held at Greenwood, S. C., recently, at which representative farmers from various sections of the state exchanged views and agreed that wheat should be plant ed more extensively. There is much upland in the south that is good foi wheat, and while that section would never become exporters of this cereal they might raise enough to make con siderable difference in the domestic supply. At present an extensive market for northern flour is found in the south. A recent report says that a freakish rainstorm was witnessed in Philadel phia a few days ago. On the west side Broad street was wet and people had their umbrellas up, while on the east side not a drop wf rain fell. The divid ing line of the shower was the middle of the street, the mark being as straight as if made with a rule. From this it would seem that things do hap pen in Philadelphia after all. DEMOCRACY'S NEW HERO. The [trit-lhitidiMl \vuinnlIHNN of I'releimeH. Ohio democrats, in nominating a plu tocrat for governor on an anti-capital platform, confirmed the general opin ion that it is money in the abstract awl not in its concrete form to which they object. But that in itself is not so sin gular in democratic conventions as to excite much comment, and the chief feature of the Ohio convention was i'.\: reaffirmation of the Chicago platfc«\'ti and the rcabsi;rption of Bryan. '!'li<*c two things go toget her, the pedestal and the statue, though it is a lit 1 le awkward to imagine as a statue one who talks so much. The chairman of the democratic con vention in Ohio said: "The democratic party of Ohio stands squarely upon every plank of the Chicago platform of 18011," and the convention's resolutions began: "We heartily reaffirm the entire Cliieflgo platform of 1890, and we espe cially emphasize the linanciul plunk therein. - ' A party that could emphasize that could emphasize anything; and so they went on: "William J. Bryan still retains our entire 1 confidence, and we demand his renomination in 1900." This action by the Ohio democrats makes more certain the already assured renomination of Bryan 011 the Chicago platform. The issues of the national campaign of 1900 arc already deter mined. The republican party will not. fear to again accept the duty of level ing a platform whose worm-eaten six teen by one planks are recnforced by the striking false work of anti-txpan sion. Ohio democrats simply share in their party's mania, but this republic is too large and too prosper! is to be given ovt*r to frenzy.—Troy I imes. E7opposition to imperialism, mili tarism and ruthless conquest is 011 c thing—and :i very proper thing. Whole sale denunciation of the America 11 spir it which refuses to retreat under fire coupled with deification of a blackmail ing Malay scoundrel-—is quite another thing—and u very bad thing. A large and influential section of the democrat ic party appears to be in peri I of adopt ing this latter policy as a campaign is sue. Such a course will be fatal. —Chi- cago Chronicle (T)eni.). ICTThe Ohio democracy seems to lean toward Bryan; but which way does Mc- Lean?— Albany Argus (Bern.). CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1899 FACTS ABOUT GOLD. Mlsrei>rei«eiiticll must act alone if they expect relief." Fair-minded people who credit Mr. Bryan with intelligence and try to be lieve him to be candid are staggered by such statements —namely, that the jJTesident has confessed the failure of the gold standard by sending a com mission to Europe to try to negotiate international bimetallism. The .-tate nient involves not only a falsehood, but one that will mislead no person who keeps record of political action and declarations. The republican party very generally held to international bi metallism in ISSO, when Gen. Garfield was president. At that time the an nual output of the world's gold mines was not over one-third of what at will be this year, and the output of silver mines did not appear to be limitless. They favored international bimetal lism because of the general belief thai there was not sufficient gold tosupplj the world-wide money of commerce. Conference after conference failed. That selected by Gen. Harrison when president made it very »!car that nc leading nat ion in Europe was really in favor of bimetallism. When the re publican national convention met which nominated Ma j. MeKinley, a consider able element asked that the platform pledge the party's candidate to send another commission to see what could be done for international bimetallism. It was done, and in accordance with that pledge, the president named a commission. Meantime the output oj the gold mines was at the rate of nearly .$75,000,000 a year. This year it will be greater than the output of both metals 15 years ago. Because of this fact re. publicans saw that there was gold enough to supply the world wttli a money basis. Consequently, they took iittle interest in the Wolcott commis sion. In other words, the wonderful increase in the volume of gold has made most republicans and many democrats believe iiti a single standard gold. They see no need for silver, even if it could be so coined as to pass on an equality with gold. 111 other words, such men have made progress, marched 011 beyond the belief that silver is use ful as money except as it. is tied to gold. On the other hand, the Bryanites have been marking time, blindfolded. They see 110 change since 180(1. Republicans do. The fact that more than three times as much gold will be mined this year as in 18-S6, and nearly twice as much as in IS9G, convinces most intelli gent men that there is enough gold for the standard money of the world at the present time, and that three or four years hence there may be too 111 itch. The republicans have kept prog ress with the years; the Bryanites have marked time with their faces to ward the past.—lndianapolis Journal. BRYAN EXPANDS. The Free Silver Honen Given of Ilia llotin teoiiM Slorc to the De serviiiK Dewey. Before starting for Winnemucca Wil liam J. Bryan sat down in his office in Lincoln, Neb., and inclosed a solid silver dime to the Xew York Journal to help along its struggling enterprise of a lov ing cop for Admiral Dewey. Accom panying this precious piece of silver was the following brief note: Aug. 20, 18[<9. Editor ill Charge of Dewey Fund, New York Journal. Dear Sir: I take pleasure in inclos ng contribution for Dewey fund. Dewey de serves the compliment you i>ay him. To him came an opportunity such as comes to few, and he improved it well. Yours truly, W. J. BRYAN. Spoken like a man and an American, William. It is to be hoped that your dime will be beaten into the loving cup just where the hero of Manila will place his lips when he drinks to the stars and stripes—"where it has once waved as the emblem of American victory, there it stays." The opportunity which George Dewey improved so well has given to the Ui it ed States a splendid responsibility and opportunity from which it will not shrink. We congratulate Mr. Bryan on ihe Americanism that does not shrink from paying the tribute of its dime to tfie man who sailed into Manila, bay and stayed there.—Chicago Times-Herald. PRESS OPINIONS. tClt will become necessary, if Aguin aldo should suddenly quit, for Mr. Bry an to hustle around and reconstruct u lot of democratic platforms.—Chicago Tribune. !C5"Mr. Bryan has gone to California for the purpose of permitting the peo ple to see the only professional presi dential candidate in the country.—Chi cago Times-Herald. tr?"The democrats have decided that the present prosperity is "due to con ditions." but they haven't the nerve to claim 1 lu'.t they are in 110 way responsi ble for those conditions.--Chicago Post. ICMr. Bryan says that the candidate must fit the platform. How? Length or breadth? And must he have protu berances sticking all over him to lit all the ins and outsof the democratic coast line?—-Jackson (Mich.) Citizen. icy So Mr. Bryan is worth $200,00P — and half of it is in real estate. Why, that's as much as Mr. MeKinley will make in the presidency in his first term. And Mr. Bryan litis made his'n by per sistent criticism of Mr. MeKinley in making liis'n. Yet some folk are m-.vei satisfied.—Brooklyn Eaglt (Dem.). CONFERENCE ON TRUSTS. it l?e;>.in* Be* Se*Mloiift "I I liieu^o lleles;ile« 'tppcur to he Arrayed Again**! C'.aeli Other on Nei'lloiial lii. en. Chicago, Sept. 14. The conference on the uses and abuses of trusts ami combinations began here Wednesday with leys ihan half the delegates up pointed by the various states in at tendance. .New York, headed by J'oiirke 1 oehrnii. and Wisconsin were most numerously represented. I'lie meeting took place in Central Music hall and was called to order by Franklin H. Bead, the temporary chairman appointed by the Civic Fed eration, on whose call the conference was arranged for. The lelegates listened to an address of wcleoui" to Illinois by Attorney General Akin on behalf of Gov. Tanner, who by illness was prevented from appearing. With the progress of the speaking it became evident that many of the delegates had come with lirm convic tions for or against tlie combinations. The speeh of Mr. Woof en, of Texas, delivered during the. afternoon and hammering trusts in a merciless man ner. aroused the wildest enthusiasm in the ranks of the labor representa tives and the delegations from many western and southern states, while the easterners generally smiled eritieally and kept their arms folded. The attempt to round the somewhat shapeless mass of delegates into work ing form r< suited in considerable dis order. i-'uggestions for the makeup of a committee to arrange a pro gramme to be followed ihe next thre* days of thi 1 conference popped up from every part of the house with sucil rapidity that it was with difficulty that the temporary chairman extract ed the basis for resolutions which were finally adopted. This was not accomplished till Bourke Cochran and \ugnst flans, a delegate representing the Knights of Labor, had become the center of a scene which provoked un restrained laughter. Mr. Cock ran join ing. The head of the New York con tingent. in an endeavor to bring a little order out of the chaos, arose while >ir. (inns in a very loud voice was declaring that his delegation was of more importance than that of any state. When lh«' New Yorker began speaking the labor delegate fished from a hip pocket a pair of opera glasses and at a -ih :>rt range contem plated the speaker, commenting oc casionally in such a way that the mer rhnent attained a volume which drowned Ihe voice of the eastern orator. It was resolved finally that the Civic Federation through its chairman, Mr. Head, should conduct the meeting yes terday and that a committee 011 pro gramme consisting of one man from each state delegation and one from each organization national ill 'ts scope should be appointed. Local organiza tions in attendance were given a voice in th(> committee by being allowed to vote for the committeeman with the delegates from their state. The labor organizations did not se cure recognition until vigorous speeches had been made by Mr. Hans and John W. Hayes, also a Knights of Tabor delegate. Mr. laves created a sensation bv declaring in language as scornful as it was vigorous that "he did not intend to be classed with the New Jersey delegation, even if he did vote in that 'cradle of trusts.'" The non-attendance of many dele gates was not unexpected and Secre tary Fasley announced that probably 100 of Ihe tardy ones, including (lov. Pingrce. ol Michigan, would be present at to-day's session. A TROOP SHIP DETAINED. Iloiisr Kong (lfllelulft Mold llie Amer ican Transport Tartar lor Violation ol iti-ilisl: Latvih Hong Kong. Sept. 14.— -The United States transport Tartar, which ex pected to sail Wednesday has been de tained by the harbor authorities un der the British shipping act, whereby her capacity is limited to 7.">0 passen gers, although the Tartar has a li censed capacity of 1,340. Consul Wildinan, representing the Cnited States government, took the matter at once before the local gov ernment authorities, maintaining that the Tartar is an American troop ship, although she is living the British flag, and is pot subject to the merchant shipping act. Several of the discharged soldiers 011 hoard the Tartar filed complaints as I.> her unsanitary condition, which started the proceedings to detain the v esscl. Washington. Sept. 14.—Tt was stated at the war department yesterday that llie Tartar matter had been referred to Ambassador Choate. which makes: an international question of it. The contention of the war department is that notwithstanding the Tartar flics the British flag, the assumption of British authority over her is unauthor ized, as she is chartered by the United States government. Faith I 11 rim* Charged with Murder. Frankfort. Intl.. Sept. 14. Six weeks .ago a. child of Joseph C. Shenoweth was stricken with whooping cough, which developed int»:> pneumonia two weeks later. Chncowet.il and wife arc believers in faith cure and refused to give the child any medicine. The child died and the mother was taken before the grand jury. After a two days' investigation an indictment was returned yesterday charging both father and mother with murder, the coroner having returned a verdict to the same effect. Kiilelileil on a Traill. Chicago, Sept. 14.—WTlile a train from the north over the Chicago. Mil waukee A- St. Paul railroad was pass im.' thro.mh (ilenview last night, Charles K. Suedes, a grain merchant of Harlem, N. I)., one of the passen gers, arose from his seat, steadied himself with one hand and with the other leveled a revolver at his head and fired a bullet into his brain. Bis brother and partner in business. Al bert Suedes, sat near him when he committed the act. but was unable to prevent it. Suedes died in two ruin utes PHILIPPINE QUESTION. Prof. Sclinriimii Tulkn ,tbout Ili^Pro t» I «- and ilsr Vjikl Extent <>l tin- V rrll i I>t-lii^<>. Ithaca, N. V.. Sept. 14. President .'churman returncd yesterday 1o his cilice in Cornell university. He ga\.> out the following' statement to Hie press on Philippine affairs: "It is very important that the pub lic should Know the actual facts of the situation. Thing's are what they are and the American public should un derstand them, whether they agree with or run counter to the public wishes. First it requires some effort to realize the vastness of the archi pelago. which extends in triangular form from Formosa to Uorneo and Celebes, through 16 degrees of lati tude. Never going out into the Pa cific ocean on the east nor ihe China sea on the west, I made a circuit of 2,0(10 miles, all south of Manila. This ifives some idea of the difficulty of maintaining an effective blockade, as the coast, line of all the islands em braced in the archipelago is many more thousands of miles. "Second The multiplicity and het erogeneous nature of the tribes is astounding. Over <>() different lan | gauges are spoken in the archipelago ; and though the majority of the tribes j are small, there are at least half a ' dozen, each having' over a quarter of a [ million members. The languages of iliese people are distinct from one another as French and Spanish or Italian, so the speech of any one tribe is unintelligible to its neighbors. These tribes are all civilized and Chris tianized. but small uncivilized tribes, among which the Igorotes seem best known in America, inhabit the moun tains in Luzon and form a large part. •if the population of Mindanao. In This island als'i there is a large Mo hammedan population which is inde pendent of the Mohammedans in tie* neighboring Sulu archipelago. "Third It is the Tagalos inhabit ing some of the provinces about Ma nila who are resisting the authority of the I'njted States. Other civilized Filipinos are neutral, except where hey are coerced by armed bands of Tagalos who seized upon their govern ments during ihe making and the rat ification of our treaty of peace with Spain. It would be incorrect to as sume. however, that these tribes are allies of ours. They are not. Indeed they are not without suspicion of the white race, of which they have had exoerienee only through Spain. Hut there are men of intelligence and property and the masses, when not stirred tip by the Tagalos. recognize the advantage to them of American sovereignty and so remain neutral, al though robber bands from time to time descend from the mountains to plunder and burn tin* estates of the peaceful inhabitants on the plains. "'Fourth—The insurrection, though serious enough, is not a national up rising. Indeed there is no Philippine nation. As I have already said, there is a multifarious collection of tribes hiving only this in common, thai ihey belong to the Malay race. The in habitants of the archipelago no more constitute a nation than the inhabi tants of Kurope do. "Fifth The United States having as f;ittned by a treaty of peace with Spain sovereignty over the archipelago, be came rsponsiblc for the maintenance of peace and order, the administration of justice and the security of life and property among till the tribes of the archipelago. This is an obligation which intelligent Filipinos not less than foreign nations expect us to fnl lill. Nor will the national honor per mit us to turn back. In taking the Philippine islands we annexed great responsibility. The fact that the re sponsibility is heavier than most peo ple supposed it would be is no excuse for failure to discharge it. I repeat that the Philippine question is essen tially a question of national honor and obligation." SWEPT BY A HURRICANE. Heriutttla Suffers to tlic ICxfenl of $.>00,000 by the Itava|gca of a f.reat storm. Bermuda. Sept. 14.—'Ihe weather here looked threatening Tuesday morning, with a falling barometer. The storm began with heavy'rain at 112: p. in., after which there was a slight lull for a few hours. The wind sud denly backed to east, blowing with cvclonic ousts. From s p. in.to mid night it blew with hurricane force and was til its worst from I a. m.to 1:4 r» Wednesday morning, when the wind changed to the southwest and much dainiitrc was done, houses being blown down and others ' unroofed. (iiant cedars were unrooted, ornamental syid frivt trees were destroyed, And wharves were washed into the sea. The storm was the worst known here f-ince the hurricane of ISSO. Information from the dockyard says the damage done there is verv serious. The breakwater is badly damaged. On Ireland and Koaz islands everything is injured. The damage is roughly estimated at C 100,000. At Somerset all the boats and small crafts were destroyed, trees demolished and houses unslated or otherwise damaged. At Prospect Camp the damage is estimated at tj 000. More than half a mile of the fanseway connecting the main land with St. (ieorire's island is totally de stroyed. It will cost £12,000 to (.00 to repair it. News from St. (leorges received by a whale boat says serious damage was done there to trees, houses, "te. All the boats have been destroyed or badly injured. FtdaiiSN to file I'lmlern. Washington. Sept. 14.—The comp troller of the treasury has held that the tinder of mutilated paper currency is entitled to have it redeemed by the government. The cpicstion arose on Ilie application of parties living in St. bonis for the redemption of in mutilated paper currency which, they allege, they had f.innd. Up lo this time the department has held to the contrary, and Where mutilated paper currency has been sent in for redemption bv parties claiming that they had found it.the government ap propriated the same. \ 44 Circumstances : Alter Cases."] | In cases of scrofula., salt rheum, dys- • | pepsia. nervousness, catarrh, rheuma- 5 I tism, eruptions, etc., the circumstances j | may be altered by purifying and enrich- § i ing the blood o .Tla> ■lllu Hero 111 \1 uftliinKtoii. The central Idea underlying the grand Welcome to be given Admiral Dewey Id Washington th.e .irat week In October la Its national character. His arrival at th® Capital wlil mark his real home-coming to the American people, wher» the officials of the government will participate, and the magnificently Jeweled sword voted by Con proas will be presented. To that end all tbeaxrangements will be of a simple but most dignified character. The welcome to the hero of Manila at the National Cky- Sword Voted by Consre** to Dowcy. Ita! will probably occur on Monday. Octo ber 2, although the date will depend upon the length of the celebration In New York, which is still unsettled. The principal features of the reception In Washington, as planned by the citizens, with the co operation of the President and Cabinet, will he two In number—the presentation of the sword voted by Congress and a nisht parade. A public recepiloi at the White House will be followed by dinner to the Admiral by President McKlnley. The sword will be. presented by Secretary Long, at the east front of the Capitol, !r. the presence of Mr. McKinley and all the members of the Cabinet, late In the Aft ernoon, while the parade, consisting cf or ganizations of all kinds, will be accompa nied by an illumination of the city on a scale of beauty never before witnessed in Washington. The different features of the prepara tions are in the hands of a central body of citizens and eleven committees, em bracing in all over a thousand people. Preparations for the celebration have be >n ir hand for over a month. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and other railroads entering Washington have agreed upon cheap rates for the celebra tion, and the committee expects that there will be an outpouring of pi.*riotic citizens almost equal to the inauguration of a President. Too Man). Hoax —Xcwed must have been surprised when the nurse showe<*him the triplets. Joax —Yes; he could hardly believe his census.—Philadelphia Record. "I snfTercd the turtuien of the di. limed with protruding piles brought on by constipa tion with which 1 was afflicted for twenty years Iran across your CASCARETS in the town of Newell. la., and never found anything to equal them. To-day 1 am entirely free from piles and feel like a new man." C. H. KEITZ, 1411 Jones St., Sioux City, la. M 112 CATHARTIC TRADE MARK PtOISTERIO Pleasant. Palatable, Potent, Taste Good. I*o Gooil Never Sicken. Weaken, or Gripe. Ilk;. 26c, U)o ... CURE CONSTIPATION. ... 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