2 CAMERON COUNTY PRESS. H. H. MULLIN, Editor. Published Every Thursday. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. r'fr y»ar K 00 112 paid In uilvance 1 &0 ADVERTISING RATES: Advertisements are published at the rate ot one dollar per square for one insertion and tifty cents per square for each subsequent insertion. Kates by the year. or for six or three months, are low and uniform, and will be furnished on application. Legal and Official Advertising per square, three times or less. «2: each subsequent inser fc'.on 60 cents per square. I.ocal notices 10 cents per line for one inser • (■rtion; 5 cents per line for each subsequent consecutive insertion. Obituary notices over five lines 10 cents per lino. Simple announcements of births, mar riages and deaths will be inserted free. Business cards, five lines or less. *f> per year; over live lines, at the regular rates of adver tising. No local Inserted for less than 75 cents per issue. JOB PRINTING. The Job department of the PKESS is complete •nd affords facilities for doing the best class of work. PARTICULAR ATTENTION PAIDTO LAW PRINTING. No paper will be discontinued until arrear r.gcs are paid, except at the option of the pub isiier. Papers sent out of the county must be paid (or in advance. Humor in Congress. Representative Allen, of Mississippi, must look to his laurels. There is a new humorist in congress whose wit is keen, whose sense of the ridicu lous is acute and who tells a good story in delightful fashion. Cushinan, according to the Washington Post, is tall and lank, of the Abe Lincoln style of architecture, with legs so thin that he himself says he has often been ar rested for being without visible means of support. Another quaint expres sion is that he was once so poverty stricken that he sewed buckshot in liis summer coat to make it heavy enough for winter wear. He bubbles over with original sayings, and he utters them in a spontaneous, unconscious way that adds to their effectiveness. Mr. Cushman is put down in the congres sional directory as a congressman at large, his state being without definite congressional districts. Tlmt reminds him of a story. He was once approach ing a town where he was billed to make a speech, and stopped at a house on the outskirts of the town to get a drink of water. He met the farmer's ■wife at the well. "What is the politi cal sentiment around here?" asked Cushman. "I dunno," said the wom an. "I don't goto political meetings. They say there is a congressman at large, and I think the safest thing for me to do is to stay at home." The chief essential of success for a young man is what the vast majority of young men think about the least —that is, good health and a sound constitu tion, writes Edward W. liok, in Ladies' Home Companion. That is the first thing; nothing precedes it. In the bat tle for success, that should be a young man's first thought; not his abilities, nor his work, but his health. That is the basis; the corner stone of all. Abil ities cannot bring health, but health may, and generally does, develop abil ity. A young man with splendid health and average ability will outstrip every time the brilliant young man who is in poor health. With the former the one strengthens the other; with the latter the one constantly saps the other, and less and less effort becomes possible. In any success good health, and the keeping of it, is the first and greatest essential. Everything possible devel ops from it. The bravest heart is not always in the man's breast. A pretty little story ot the courage of a woman is now told by the crew of the wrecked schooner Ward, who were rescued a. few days ago in midoeean when the vessel was about to sink. For five days tliu men had been at the pumps and for five days the water had been gaining on them. At last their courage left them, and, leaving the puinps, they told their captain that it was no use, and they might as well die then as to wait a few hours. Then the captain's wife, Airs. John Kelsey, addressed the men, told them that as long as life lasted there was hope, and, going to the puinps herself, she asked all men who were brave to follow her. They went to work with a will and within a few hours were rescued by a parsing steamship. Hers was genuine courage. Mention is made of the fact that the son of Potter Palmer, a millionaire sev eral times over, has taken a position in a Chicago bank as messenger at a sal ary of one dollar a day. It is a good thing for the boy, and a good thing for the parents, as well. Hut one thing had a bad look. It is said that the day the boy appeared at his desk it was covered with a big wreath of flowers. That was wrong. It probably suggested to the boy that the job was a sort of picnic, or, as they say, a grand-stand play. Commissioner General Ferdinand W. Peck has appointed John Philip Sousa's band as the official band of the United States commission at the Paris exposition. Mr. Sousa intended to take his band to Europe next year any way, and this will help his tour whether the appointment carries any financial com pensation with it or not. A rush of Finns will be a feat ure of im migration to the United States this year, 55,000 having engaged passage on one steamship line. Nearly all are farmers. New political conditions im posed by Russia are the cause of "his movement among a race which has fur nished few emigrants heretofore. REFORM OF DEMOCRATS. llolti-n Ilccur«l of Hit' Ilecndent Pnrty o£ Boodlera, Muddler* and Cal uin 11 y llonlcri. American citizens wlio have lived to the years of discretion can recall many pioniises of democratic political re form. The oldest inhabitant has no knowledge of an instance in which the pledge lias been redeemed. There are elements of evil in the democratic par ty that invariably get to the top when it is in control. It is historically so everywhere, in the nation, in the states and in municipalities. Where it is strongest, as in New York city, it takes the form of the Tammany ma chine. When intrusted with all depart ments of the general government the democratic party stoned the only president it elected in 40 years and took up the creed of populism and de based money. Deficits and business paralysis marked its trail. To vicious intentions it adds glaring incompeten cy. It will not and cannot do what is right and best. Its past record in St. Louis has these distinguishing marks to the full limit. This city knows from experience that democrat ic rule, 110 matter in what shape, means low machine methods and cor rupt rings in every department. When this party of ancient and fish like reputation comes forward to prate ol refor"i its object- is clearly indi cated. In the first place, it. never does talk reform except in localities where, as in St. Louis, it is on the losing side. In such cases its pledges are lavish. It throws out its tentacles for any sort of combination that can help it to votes. Third parties are its delight. It promises political faddists the earth. Egotists who pretend that they are nonpartisans, and so naturally gravi tate to the worst party, can always tind assurances of democratic sympa thy before an election. So can any other variety of superfine crank. The democratic party polls its own vote al ways and scatters the opposition to the greatest, possible extent. Its mis sion is wholly accomplished when it gets the offices. Then it settles down to its traditional business of practical polities, which, in its case, is a mix ture of boodling and muddling. Aj soon expect that, a cat will not return to a back doorstep as that the demo cratic party, as long as it retains its identity, will be in any degree differ ent from what it has been always. It is a refreshing privilege to turn from this vicious organization, with its piled-up burden of misdeeds and incapacity, to the republican party, which keeps its promises and exercises a power to correct what is wrong within itself. The high standard of republicanism has been maintained from the first. An attempt to carry the party down to the democratic level could never succeed. Republican prin ciples are constructive. Republican platforms are carried out. If anyone doubts it let him read the national platform adopted in St. Louis in 1890. It has been wrought into history. Then turn to the democratic national platform of 1892 and mark the con trast of empty phrases and principles repudiated four years later. For a sample of how democrats govern a state, look at Missouri! Thus it hap pens, by processes of the simplest logic, that the first essential step to any reform is to shut out from the movement the democratic party as now conducted anywhere in this coun try.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. EXPANSION IN THE SOUTH. Sotilliern Stale* Tlint Are In Fnvnr of the Policy of (lie Adminiu tra t ion. Those democrats who seek to com mit their party to a policy of opposi tion to expansion find little encourage ment in the south. Senator Morgan has declared that Alabama supports the ad ministration, Clark Howell gave simi lar assurances for Georgia. cx-Gov. Stone told an interviewer how Missouri stands. Stronger evidence than this is found in the election of W. V. Sullivan to tin- United States senate from Mis sissippi. The Jackson correspondent of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat says Hint. Mr. Sullivan owes his election al most, entirely to his ardent advocacy of expansion, ills election was a surprise, for it had been arranged by the leaders 'o choose ex-Gov. Lowry, but the patri otism of the congressman seemed to the legislators to demand some such •<•- ward. Sullivan was the only man from Mi.-sissippi to support, tin- treaty with Spain. When he voted with the re publicans on that, question he was roundly denounced by thousands of Missi-sippians who are now among his warmest admirers and praise him for his attitude. This vote as much as anything else was responsible for his diction to Ihe senate. The reason for Mississippi's attitude is that that state, like the others of the south, has awak ened to an appreciation of the value of • lie markets of the east which were opened by Dewey's guns. So .Missis sippi, like Georgia, Alabama and Mis souri. and Louisiana, is in favor of the administration's policy in the east. — Chicago Tribune. ITTTn opening a bunko "school" of imperialism and trusts, fashioned after his "school of finance." which served to mystify a good many people b< fort the T ;ublie took up the serious study of currency question. "Coin ' Harvey will tind that the devices of the shell game man are of no avail in muddling the public mind upon these questions.—Chicago Timos-ller ald. tTTTt is the opinion of Grover Cleve land that it is a mighty far call from Gen. Andrew Jackson to Col. William Jennings Bryan, a view, by the way. which proves that a man may suffer dis ability from gout and yet possess an absolutely sound judgment.—Kansas City Star CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY i, 1900. AMERICA'S GOOD WORK. Senator lie veridite'x Report on KAIHI inu Condition!* in the I'liii ilipiucH. Next to the words of President Mo- Kinley himself, the most impressive spoken utterance that has been made about the Philippines was the speech of Senator Hevcridge, of Indiana, in the United States senate chamber. It was the senator's maiden speech. Though a young man, his reputation as an orator had become national. More over, he had qualified himself by a re cent visit to the Philippines to speak with a knowledge which could not be gainsaid nor scoffed at. And the time was ripe in the senate for just such a declaration .'is Senator Hevcridge made. The speech, which was delivered in the rhetoric and with the graces of an orator, may be divided into four parts of special interest to the American peo ple: The discussion of the characier of the Filipinos, of the immense possibili ties in the possession of the Philippines, of the duty of the American govern ment, and of the obstacles p :t in the way of the performance of that duty. To those who romance without any knowledge concerning the character of the Malays of the Philippines, may be commended the following description by one who has seen the Filipinos and who has traveled among their island homes: "They are a barbarous race, mortified by three centuries of contact with a decadent race. The Filipino is the South Sea Malay, put through a process of SO years of super stition in religion, dishonesty in dealing, disorder In habits of Industry and cru< ity, caprice and corruption in government, it is barely possible that 1,000 men in all the archipelago are capable of self-govern ment In the Anglo-Saxon sense. My own belief is that there are not 100 men among them who comprehend what Anglo-Saxon self-govc rnment even means, and there are over 5.000,000 people to be governed. "They must be dealt with as children, by a strong and simple government." About the stategic and commercial importance of the Philippines Senator Hevcridge said: "To-day we have one of the three great ocean possessions of the globe, located at the most commanding commercial, naval and military points in the eastern seas, within hall of India, shoulder to shoulder with China, richerln itsown resources than any equal body of land on the entire globe, and peopled by a race which civilization demands l shall be improved." Our duty: "This war is like all other wars.' It needs to be finished before it is stopped. "It is not to serve the purposes of the hour. It is not to salve a present situa tion that peace should he established. It is for the tranquillity of the archipelago forever. It is for an orderly government for the Filipinos for all the future. It Is to give this probii m to posterity solved ar.d settled, not vexed and involved. It is to establish the supremacy of the Ame rican republic ov. r the I'aclflc and throughout the east till the end of time. "Tin ocean does not s< pa rate us from the field of our duty and endeavor—it joins us, an established highway needing no repair and landing us at any point desired. "There is not now, and never wa3, any possible course but ceaseless operations in the field and loyal support of the war at home. The new s that 60,000 American sol diers have crossed the Pacific: that, if necessary, the American congress will make it 100,0'i(> or 200,000 men: that, at any cost, we will establish peace and govern the islands, will do more to end the war than the soldiers themselves. But the re port that we even discuss the withdrawal of a single soldier at the present time, and that we even d<•'.i»- courailing Story. New York, Jan. 25.—Among the passengers who arrived Wednesday on 'he steamship C.'urityba from Neuvitas, Cuba, were returning colonists from I.a (lloria, all «ipparcntly discouraged with their experiences in < üba. Among the number were 11. S. Child worth. ().; Albert Sehauk, Mansfield. ().: W. I Could and J. W. Ilhoades. Illinois, and J. W. Welding, Chicago. Mr. Sehauk stated that he had start ed to reach I.a (lloria from Neuvitas, bio he could not stand the hardships, md after going half the distance turn ed back. The land, lie said, after one had paid six prices for it, could not be worked for less than S4O an acre. Sev eral years would be required to make it productive and even then, unless new facilities were constructed, there would be no way of getting the pro duct to a market without paying many times its actual value for freight. Alleged Swindler* Arrested. Chicago. Jan. 25.—(iovernnient offi cers yesterday arrested Harry .1. King and James Prince, managers of the Chicago Fin broidery Exchange, on the charge of having swindled a number of women in all parts of the country by advertising that women were want ed at home to sew at $S per week, i'he correspondents were required to make a deposit of $2 for supplies and when they sent this money they were given a small lot of material to em broider. This work having been done and returned to Chicago, word was sent that everything was satisfactory and that further supplies would be sent on receipt of $lO. Inspectors say the mail of King and Prince contained about 1,000 letters a week. IMI'UICM 3£la<-kiih;iil. London. Jan. 25.- The llong Kong correspondent of the Times says: "The pirates, emboldened by recent successes, have again attempted to blackmail foreign firms at Canton. They have demanded 10,000 taels from the China Merchants Steamship Co., 50,000 taels each from Ueuter, llrock elnian iV Co. and Deacon iV Co. under a threat to blow up their offices with dynamite. The Chinese authorities are consultinsr with the foreign con suls. The tierman gunboat I His was .telegraphed for and is now anchored off Shameen." Window lilam Price* Mas lied. Indianapolis, Jan. 25. \nother cut of "'/• l»'r cent, in the price of window glass has been ordered by the trust. Coming close upon the former cut of :i:t 1-:; per cent., the fight of the trust against the independent factories is now taken to be the death. It is said the intention is to try to drive out all small pot factories. F.ieill. Stoettley is ?l is»sii! , _*;. Washington, Jan. 25. (Jen. Otis ca bles as. follows: "Lieut. Stock ley. Twent, -first infantry, has been liiiss ing sin 'c the 12tli inst. lie was on re con noilering duty at Talisay and was evidently captured. Search is still be ing pi o:-! cuted." Lieut. Stockley is 2-1 veal's (ild, a native of Cleveland, and was appointed to the Twenty-tirst in fantry \iigust 22, I sy ( J. He is a son ol popular exclamation: "Hair on it." "No wonder," one of the bystanders re marked, "when it is shaving notes all day.' —Chicago Chronicle. Try firniti-O! Try firnln-Ol Ask your grocer to-day to show you a package of GRAIN-O, the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. The children may drink it without injury as well as the adult. All who try it like it. GRAIN-0 has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it is made from pure grains, and the most delicate stomachs receive it without distress. 1-4 the price of coffee. 15 cts. and 23 cts. per package. Sold by all grocers. A Meddlesome Amateur. "Uncle Bill, what is a political love feast?" "Well, it. is when a big lot of politicians get together and pledge themselves to keep outsiders from getting onto their scraps."— Indianapolis Journal. I.iuic'a Fnmily Medicine. Moves the bowels each day. In order to be healthy thi-- ireessarv. Acts gently on the liver and kidneys. Cures tmtk iiead ache. Price and 50c. THE MARKETS. Now York, Jan. 2(5. rt.nt'l! i2 55 .(.# 4 IK) WUKAT—No. 2 red 75 T5 1 A COltN—No. - 4n , 466 4 15 30 HUTTER—Western creamery -'I o 25 ( HEI'.SK l.ate made small.. 1- © !-'■( EiiOS Western 20 fl 21 WOOL—Domestic tlocce 21 ifft 2(5 Texas 14 6ft 1" CATTI.E steers 4 so (u SSO SHEEP 2 50 <■£ 5 25 HOGS I'rime 4 75 (& 483 rLKVBIi AND. FLOUR—Winter wlieal oat's. 4ml 6S 4 13 Minnesota patents . 4'i> 64 4 05 Minnesota bakers., 3 10 64 ;i !5 WHEAT—No 2 red Oll'-ii® till 1 * CORN—No. 3 yellow Ki'i i 31^4 OATS No. 2 white 2H\ 3 SH* HI TTER Creamery lirsls.. .. 2I! j O 24 i lIEKSE—York state, cream.. KiVf* 14!4 Ohio state, cream. Il' a '4 13',4 EGGS- Fresh laid 11l 60 21 POTATOES Per bush 50 (i) SEEDS —Timothy prime 125 <6 1 4"> ( lover 5 oo 64 5 ;d HAY—Timothy 10 50 <6 14 ui) llulk mi market 12 5) 6"o li 50 CATTI.E Steers, choice 4 75 do 5 27 SHEEP -Fair to good 375 64 4 ml HOGS—Mediums and Yorkers 4 73 4 SO CINCINNATI. FLOUR Family 235 (ft 270 WHEAT No 2 red 71'564 72 CORN No. 2 mixed 34 35 OATS—No. 2 mixed 25 1 , 2(5 RYE No 2 (ill HOGS 4 00 4*5 TOLEDO. WHEAT No. 2 cash i'.'.i\, '-ft CORN No. : mixed 3! ■„ >4 32 OATS—No. 2 mixed 23 j/. 23 i lIIFFALO. lIEEVES Rest steers 5 150 6j> SHO Veals ti 00 6d s oi! SHEEP Mixed 4 ? i 64 4 75 liest iambs 5 25 tin 5 50 HOGS- Yorkers 4 !«> 64 4 '• 5 Pigs. 4 iis 6£ 4 70 PITTSHUKG. REEVES—Extra 5 SI 64 600 Fair 3 85 64 4 (55 SHEEP Prime wethers 500 64 5 In Choice lambs 3 iM 66 (5 (55 HOGS—Prime Heavy 4Hi 64 I lit) Fit's 4 10 c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. The Old Man's Query. "So you want to marry my daughter?" "Yes, sir." "Do you smoke?" "No, sir." "Take her! I've married off six daughters, and all the husbands have a particular fond ness for my brand of cigars. You're a nov elty."—Syracuse Herald. ConiflilnK I.eHilM to Conminiption, Kemp's 15alsam will stop the Cough at once. Goto your druggist to-day and get a sample bottle free. Large bottles 25 and 5(1 cents. Go at once; delays are dangerous. Alcoholic or Not. Customer— Mv room is full of rats, and— Drug Clerk- Yes, sir. Do you want bro mo or strychnine?—Philadelpnia Preat, F&Gts For Sick First- the medicine that holds the record for the largest number of abso lute Cures of female ills is Lydia Em Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Second Mrs* Pinkham can show by her letter files 5n Lynn that a mil lion women have been restored to health by her medicine and advicem Third All letters to Mrs„ Pinkham are received, opened, read and an swered by women only. This fact is certified to by the mayor and postmas ter of Lynn and others of Mrs. Pinkham's own city. 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