2 CAMERON COUNTY PRESS. H. H. MULLIN, Editor. Published Every Thursday. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Fcr year 95 If paid in advance 1 s>o ADVERTISING RATES: Advertisements are published at the rate ot enc dollar per square forone insertion and fifty cents per square for each subsequent Insertion Rates by the year, or for six or three months. a.-e low aud uniform, and will be furnished on application. Legal and Official Advertising per square, three times or less. S2: each subsequent inser tion £0 cents per square. Local notices 10 cents per line for one inser aertion; f> cents per line for each subsequent oonsecutlve Insertion. Obituary notices over five lines. 10 cents per line. Simple announcements of births, mar riages and deaths will be inserted free Business cards, five lines or less, !5 per year; over five lines, at the regular rates of adver tising. No local inserted for less than 7o cents per lsaue. JOB PRINTING. The Job department of the PRBSR is complete and affords facilities for doing the best class of work. PAUIICUI.AK ATTENTION PAIDTO LAW PRINTING. No paper will be discontinued until arrear. Kes arc paid, except at the option of the pub. her. Papers sent out of the county must be pai< lor in advance. In the abundant talk about bacteria, during these later years, there is cause for alarm to those Hurmleaa , „ jn whom a little Gernin. knowledge is a dan eroue thing." If the air is swarming with bacilli, say they, where is safety? How shall the human organism protect itself? At first, says Youth's Compan ion, the wind of science swept us into mad generalization. (jerms were everywhere, and all germs were harm ful; therefore, the more food, clothing and coins were sterilized, the better for us. Then, when it was discovered that not only the food we eat, the air we breath, but the surface and cavities of our bodies, swarmed with bacteria, while we might be enjoying robust health, it was decided that only certain forms of germ growth were harmful. These were labeled with great care and ingenuity, until it seemed as if every disease was at last provided with its specific cause; and as soon as that was done, a farther advance in science made 11s aware that even a spe cific disease-germ has no power except under favorable conditions, where the oody is disposed to that disease. Fer dinand Hueppe, the German professor of hygiene, has recently declared that the causes of iltaess can no longer be regarded as if they were as simple as a problem in botany. .No germ, however deadly, can be the sole cause of dis ease, nor can it produce poisonous ef fects in more than one body in four, even though it enter them. The con ditions prevailing in the cells and fluids of a given body may change the deadly germs of tuberculosis or cholera to harmless products. "When no sus ceptibility to disease exists, we may harbor the bacillus with impunity." Therefore, while no care should be omitted to bring about the best sani tary conditions, we need not give way to hysterical horror over germs. By keeping the body in a condition of good general health, we are doing all in our power to thwart the criminal class of bacilli and to give the policeman germ a chance. A systematic attack is being made on the Philadelphia soup houses, on the ground of their pauperizing- influ ences. The attack, says an exchange of that city, comes from within, and is led by the board of women managers of one of the houses, who believe that they have established their accusation by the result of a house-to-house can vass. This canvass showed that of 248 families assisted by one soup society, only 11, by the most liberal construc tion of conditions, could be regarded as needing the aid. This soup house system is the oldest charity in Phila delphia, having been in existence near ly a century. The first society was or ganized in 1805. Others followed at various intervals, until now there are 31 houses in the city, where soup is dis pensed to about SO.OOO persons each winter. About SOO.OOO quarts of soup and more than 240,000 loaves of bread are given away each season, at a cost to the charitably inclined of more than $25,000. There are three men in Wichita who between them have held public office for 100 years. Archibald A. tilenn, now city treasurer, heads the list, lie was once lieutenant governor of Illinois, and held various offices there for 42 years, lie has been in office in Wichita for ten years. Col. Beal, for tiie last five years United Stales court commis sioner here, was for 4<) years clerk of the court in one of the back counties of Kentucky. E. li. Jewett, now as sistant post master, has been in office 16 years in Wichita. lie was police judge two years, justice of the peace four years, probate judge eight years, and postmaster four years. J'e is now assistant postmaster, and, if appoint ed again this fall, as he expects to be. will have held office nearly a quarter of a century. In a fashionable church, in Fifth avenue. New York, marriages are per formed free, if desired, and an an nouncement is made to that effect. "If a clerk comes here to be married," says the pastor, "and insists on having an organ wedding march, it means $25; if lie wants the choir, it means more; if he wants flowers, ribbons and spe cial ushers, it means a great deal more. Hut if he comes here and says: '1 want to get married,' and dispenses with all these things. it costs him notb inc." PORTO RICAN QUESTION. Spanish anil Oilier Kurnpenn Alien* Impoverish the Is iHinlem. An important point in the Porto Rican question still seems misunder stood by a large number of people. Three-quarters of the land in Porto Rico is owned by Spanish grandees and other European aliens, and who .live in Europe, where all of the net earnings from the products of their lands are sent. This is a system that has impoverished the islanders, and brought them to their present unfor tunate industrial and soeial condi tion. From 15 to 20 aents a day is the average pay of laborers in Por to Rico, and three-quarters of the pop ulation —if not more—are laborers who cultivate the lands and harvest the crops for their European owners. Two and a half years ago. when our relations with Spain were becom ing acute, these Spanish and Eu ropean owners of the lands in Porto Rico foresaw a probable war, the early withdrawal of Spanish author ity. and eventual free trade between the United 'States and Porto llico. They therefore have been warehous ing their staple crops of sugar and tobacco, so that now vast quantities are in store and accumulating, ready for shipment under free trade with the United States. To some extent American sugar and' tobacco trusts have financial interests in, or com plete ownership of, these crops. Of this there can be 110 doubt. The Porto Rican working people have nothing to lose by the imposition of the duty upon the products of their island entering the United States, Their work has been done and paid for at the prevailing rates of wages for labor —from 15 to 20 cents a day. The protests against the tariff that come from Porto Ricans were from those who represented the owners of the lands and the warehoused crops. The protests are not coming from the laboring people of the islands who will be the beneficiaries of the act. The imposition of this tariff creates a fund of several million dollars, which is drawn entirely from aliens or American trusts. This money goes back to Porto Rico for the employ ment of Porto Ricans by our govern ment in the permanent improvement of the island. The wages our govern ment will pay will be higher than those paid by the land owners, and will tend to permanently raise the rates of wages all over Porto Rico. This would be impossible under imme diate free trade, so, it must be plain, free trade would only benefit those whose oppression of Porto Rican la bor would remain undisturbed, and who could thus all the better com pete with the products of American labor in the same articles. Imme diate free trade could only benefit aliens and trusts. The temporary tariff benefits all Americans and only injures aliens and trusts. A couple of years of this, and the Porto Ricans will be in receipt of wages approximating to those paid to the laborers on the sugar and to bacco plantations in the United States, from 75 cents to a dollar a day, and at the end of the two years the tariff is to remain in force the free admission of Porto liioan prod ucts into the United States will not have a disturbing effect upon those products of the mainland with which they will compete. It is impossible, in view of these facts, which arc confirmed by offi cial reports received from the offi cers of the United States stationed in Porto Kico, for any sincere or in formed person to point out where the products of I'orto Kico for two years will injure either Porto Rieans or Americans. On the contrary, it. is a distinct benefit to all whom the United States desires to benefit. The more this subject is studied the more this will become apparent. This is a case where expediency is synonymous with justice to our fellow countrymen in Porto Rico and at home. That is our first duty, and the tariff per forms it. BUYING AND SELLING. nifferenpe lletweon the Free Trmle WilKon 11111 nml the IMnnley l'rotectlon Hill. Under the free trade Wilson bill, Eu rope bought from the United States, in 1895 and 1800, goods worth: FREE TRADE TARIFF. Fiscal Year. Europe Bought. isos s c,-nx~,<za Totnl $1,300,071,145 Under the llingley tariff for protec tion, in President MeKinley's adminis tration, Europe bought from us as fol lows: PROTECTIVE TARIFF. Fiscal Year. Europe nought. is. $ lh»St 93fi,fi02,0?3 Total $i ,:iio,4os,;:is In the campaign of 1890, the demo cratic papers and the democrat ic speak ers used to declare that a protective tariff would prevent us from selling our goods in the markets of the world. That was a theory. Yet the official fig ures of the treasury department show an increase of uywards of $GOO,O0!),OO(? in our exports i•> Europe alone during two years of the Oingley tariff as com pared wit',/ two years of the Wilson bill. This.he condition. TV ii Siirreiitit-r. The Indiana gold democrats have promptly and firmlv rej'tted- the terms of surrender proposed by Mr. Bryan and his associates. Having left their party in order to prevent a pub lic misfortune, it is not their inten tion to voluntarily surrender the fruits of their labors. A Unci. Number. The public declines to become ex cited every time Hon. Carl Scliurz. sees fit to change his politics. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1900. EXPANSION NEEDED. Favorite l'a»tlnie of lln- FtMpino, Is 10 Kuril \ merlcun Sol tiler*. Charles IT. Clark, a St. Louis boy, now fighting in the. Philippines, had a thrilling experience with a band of savage natives, into whose hands he fell, last January. In a letter 1o his mother, whieh was only recently re ceived, he tells of his capture, and how he was rescued by a squad of Colorado troopers, who arrived just in time to prevent the natives from casting him into a roaring lire, whieh, he states, they had prepared to in cinerate him. The St. Louis Repub lic, a democratic paper, tells the story which shows how utterly unfit the Filipinos are to be intrusted with self-government, let alone with the government of Europeans and Amer icans. Clark is 22 years old and a member of company li, Twenty-second United States infantry, which is now fighting around Mexico, a small town not far from Manila.. About a month before the holidays Clark's company was or dered to the mountains to break up and rout the little bands of Filipinos which were engaged in/ guerrilla war fare, with the Americans. It was a tedious march, but the irksomeness of the journey did not compare with the hardships they had to undergo in the mountains. Clark says they could not carry a large store of pro visions with them, and the rations soon gave out. Then for 37 days they were compelled to subsist on rice and water. At length the order eaine for the company to return to Mexico, and there was almost a dcroonstra- If.ion among the troops. On the return march three of the soldiers were taken ill with chills and fever, with which the troops had al ready suffered to a marked degree. There was no way to carry ihe sick men, and as they were unable to march it was decided to leave them behind. Young Clark was one of the unfortunate trio. A week's rations, such as they were, were left with them, and the troops kept on the march, as they were under orders to reach Mexico at a certain date. When they had lain in the moun tains a day without recuperating their lost energy, one of the invalids started out for the Tenth Colorado camp, 22 miles distant. On the third day after his departure seven natives came across the two soldiers. Clark's companion deserted him at once, and the St. Louis boy, who was too sick to run, was seized by the Filipinos. They put him through all the tor tures they knew. They stripped him of his clothing, each of them taking a piece of the uniform and putting it on in some ridiculous fashion which he thought appropriate. When they had satisfied themselves in this way tlicy tied Clark's hands and feet and laid him out on the ground with a guard over him, while the others col lected wood and built a fire. Then they formed in a circle around it and danced. It was doubtless their intention to cast Clark in the fire, and they were making merry over the prospect when a squad of ten of the Colorado troop ers came upon the scene. They had come at the solicitation of the sick soldier who had gone into their camp from the mountains. Tint Filipinos started to run. but the Colorado boys fired in the air and threatened to shoot them clown. The rcven natives were taken prisoners of war and led back to the crimp. Clark's companion, who had run away, came up, and all of them went to the Colorado camp, where they re mained until recuperated, when they joined their company in Mexico. FOREIGN TRADE GAINS. March Ficafc* Show That Export* Have More Thr.n Doubled Since INtUI. Total exports of American products and manufactures in March, as shown by the figures of the treasury bureau of statistics, were $134,313,348, against $104,559,089 in March of last year, $75,- 574,185 in March, 1890, and $00,510,- 571 in March, 1893. Thus last month's exports were more than double those of March, 1893. and 25 per cent, greater than those of any lire ceding March in our history. The total exports in the nine months ending with March, 1900, were $1,053,- 832,075 against $947,919,405 in the corre sponding months of last year, $923,905,- 320 in March, 1897, and $515,499,035 in the same month of 1880, having thus doubled in 15 years and increased over 53 per cent, since IS9S. Exports of agricultural products are about the same as last year, the nota ble increase of more than $100,000,000 in the nine months in question being largely in manufactures. It is appar ent that the total exports of the fiscal year 1900 will exceed those of any pre ceding year in our history. Imports also show a marked increase over last year, the principal gain being in manu facturers' materials, while manufac tured articles for use in the mechan ic arts also show an increase. Thus the return to a protective system has been followed by enormous gains in our ex ports. and by increased activity in pyr manufacturing interests at home, with a corresponding increase of employ ment and wages. \ot 'llinl Ivliml of Ilfiiiocrnl. The populist:; who are now at the helm of the democratic craft aver that Mr. Whitney. Mr. Olncy. Mr. Dickin son. Mr. J.aniont, Vr. Carlisle and men of thai character arc not demo crats. As long as democracy inea:.s adhesion to the Chicago piriform the gentlemen indicated will hardly take the pains to deny the allegations. A fciirco 1! I r(!. The unsuspecting and unsuspected Iventuckian is a rarltv. A LABOR UNIOII MAN. Gov. McunciilMTK nf Itluiio ClinrßCH l»y Dcmucrttlii in < CIIIK rckN. "Human life, is not safe in Sho shone county. Property is not safe there. Men are afraid to speak open ly of what they know." These were the concluding words of Uov. Steunenberg's testimony at the redirect examination into the Coeur d'j>'cue riots in Idaho by the military affairs committee of the house of representatives. The governor of that state ha 1 preceded these words by telling of the labor troubles that had existed there since 1592. Property had been destroyed time and again. Murder and assassination had been com mitted. Vet. in his efforts to bring proof against the criminals, Gov. Stuaenberg found that all efforts of flier authorities were futile. Men had, time and again, told him things that they knew to be facts, yet had as sured. him with equal positiveness that if he dared to use their names they would denounce him and declare that what he said was false. They had spoken to him in confidence, and he had to respect their confidence. Business men knew that nobody would trade with them if they opened their mouths. Some had in deed been compelled to give up busi ness and leave the state. An era of fear, dread and terror still exists there, due solely to the riots and in surrection that have been incited by the miners. The governor also said that he had found Secretary Root de termined to withdraw the troops from Shoshone county on October SO last, in fact an order had been issued to that effect. Ilut at his earn est protest the withdrawal was finally postponed. Such was some of the tes timony given by a democratic gov ernor, elected on a democratic ticket, and who declared that he would again vote for Bryan this year if he received the presidential nomination. The governor is also, himself, n la bor union man, and a friend of law abiding organized labor. When Gen. IJiek, of Ohio, began the reexamination of Gov. Steunenberg, he questioned the witness closely as to the charges made in the resolution of fered in the house by Representative Lentz, as a result of which the in vestigation was ordered. The governor denied that the writ of habeas corpus had been suspend ed!. He denied that- Gen. Merriam had made any arrests. He denied that the prisoners were held "'under the most brutal and tyrannical condi tions." He denied that the "bull pen" was unfit for human habitation. He denied that the treatment of the prisoners was "brutal and degrading." He denied that an escaping prisoner shot by one of the soldiers. He denied that a dying prisoner's request for a priest had been refused, a charge that had been made by I«Jie San Fran cisco Examiner, and whieh had been investigated and found false, at the instigation of a very high official of the Catholic church. Other statements made in the res olution of Representative Lcntz were ;f!so flatly denied by Gov. Steunenberg, viz., that the men had to sleep on bare boards; iliat they were com pelled to stand erect for several hours t:;eh day in the hot sun under pen alty of death if they attempted to move or sit down; that ( apt. Ed wards, of the United States army, had called them "cowardly curs;" that the right of free speech was stopped; that peaceable assemblages were de nied; that union men were not al lowed to appear before the industrial commission; that the. wives and fam ilies of prisoners were subjected l to inSult and outrages by the soldiers of the United States. Each and every one of these charges, specified in the resolution submitted to the house by Representative Lentz, was strongly and emphatically deified by Idaho's governor, himself a democrat. Equally as important were the very positive assertions by the governor that neither Gen. Merriam. his com missioned and noncommissioned offi cers. or the privates in the United States army had in any way usurped the rights of the state, or acted other wise than for the convenience and comfort of the prisoners. It was also shown that both their food and sleeping accommodations were bet ter than those for the soldiers. The miners were not put into prison, but were temporarily restrained until good order had been restored. Mr. llrynn'K Ktrciiiclli. Mr. Bryan's friends declare he is 100 per cent, stronger in New York this year than he.was in 1890. If this claim is correct, the ratio of in crease would enable the democrat it: candidate to carry two counties in that state in November next. It will be. recalled that Mr. liryan carried but one New York county in IS9O. Tlit* ('ttDipnl^n. The candidacy of Mr. Debs will fur nish a voting place for those, persons who consider Mr. Bryan too conserv ative. The Debs party will, therefore, lie a rather compact affair. Vol A contemporary prints quite a lengthy article on"The Passing of the Lobster." but fails to mention Mr. Etl ward Atkinson by name. An ImiioKiiitii'ity. Mr. Bryan fi-.ishes his far western [ trip i:i tine condition. Mr. Bryan is a | fan who cannot be talked out or out-talked. C~"The how! of anger which the democratic and other free trade news papers are raising against the new | I'or'o Rico law probably without having read it —is a pretty atcurate ! indication that it is a measure of j more than ordinary merit. Tray Times. FROM TWO BIDES. British Attack the Boere at Leeuw Kop. Inlanlr} and Cavalry Combined In ait jlauiull that llckiilH'd In the Hurrt Bflne Driven from a strung HoMlllon Ordnance Kx pprtft UulUI linn Fac tor) al Pretoria. Walkerst room, near De Wet's Dorp, April 23.—Fighting was continued Saturday, mainly with the artillery. The yeomanry and mounted infantry pushed forward fin the right flank and were subjected to shelling and a heavy rifle fire. The Royal Irish Ri fles captured a Free State ffag. London, April 24.—The war office lnte last evening issued the following dispatch from Lord Roberts, dated Bloemfontein, April 23: "Yesterday I sent the Eleventh di vision under (ien. Pole-Carew and two brigades of cavalry tinder (ien. French from this point, to assist Gen. Bundle. The force reached Karrie fontein without much opposition. "Gen. Pole-Carew's mounted infan try seized Leeuw Kop, a high hill a few miles north of their last night's position. The enemy evacuated, leav ing some rifles and ammunition. "Gen. Bundle reports that 35 men of the First Worcesters are missing. Fifty-three were sent with Wood to an outpost after dark, and only 18 returned." The Bloemfontein correspondent of the Standard, describing the opera tions at Leeuw Kop. says: "At an early stage the cavalry came under a heavy fire from a pom pom on a ridge adjoining Leeuw Kop. Unable to continue its march to the southeast. Gen. Dickson's brigade fell back to the north to await the infan trv attack. The flanking .novement having failed, (ien. Pole-i'arew, with Gen. Stephenson's brigfcde, advanced in crescent form from the west and south with the object of enveloping the kopje. The Welsh, Warwickshire, Essex and Yorkshire regiments ad vanced in extended line, covering the west, while the guards brigade took up a position to the south, with two field batteries and naval guns. Shel tered by the rocks, the enemy opened a heavy lire from rifles and a pom pom. "Our men advanced over the open ground in splendid style liy a succes sion of short rushes, falling prone while pouring in their volleys. The approach of darkness threatened to leave the Boers in possession, but, just before sunset, the Essex regi ment gallantly pressed forward and drove the last man of the enemy from Paarde Kraal, a bold spur of Leeuw Kop." The Lorenzo Marquez correspond ent of the Times says:"The foreign ordnance experts in the Boer war de partment have succeeded in equipping a big gun foundry at Pretoria. The first gun lias been sent to the Free State. Nothing is known here regard ing its caliber." Maseru. April 24.—Fighting began early Monday morning at Irishman's Kop. The colonial division under Gen. Brabant advanced cautiously, followed and supported by Gen. Hart's infantry brigade. It was found that the iioers i.ad evacuated their position on Bushman's Kop during the night. (ien. Brabant is mo\ing in a north easterly direction, keeping Basut.o land close on his right flank. Thou sands of Bastitos arc watching tlx* operations. Our casualties so far are 25 wounded. London, April 26. —The war office has issued the following from Lord Roberts, dated Bloemfontein, April 25: "The enemy retired from in front of Wepener last night and this morn ing fled northeast ward along the Ladybrand road. Their number was between 4.000 and .1,000." \ special dispatch from Pretoria, dated Tuesday, says Hint the I'oern have re-occupied Boshof, the British re! irnig. It is now apparent that the chances of Lord Roberts catching the retreat ing lloers in a net are very slender. The Boers have everywhere retired at the first pressure of the British ad vance and the hope that Gen. Bundle would be able to induce them to re main at De Wet's Dorp until they had been forced to light or to surren der lias been disappointing. No attempt was made to pursue the commandos retiring from Wep ener. Everything now depends upon the progress of 'ien. French's caval ry, but they are entering a very diifi cult. hilly and practically unknown count ry. London, April 27.—(Jen. Hamilton has probably by this time arrived at Thalia N'cliu, as he is using his ut most endeavors to cut off the Boers who are retreating from De Wet's Dor]). The lloer forces at Tliaba N'cliu are not unlikely to make a stand to cover the escape of convoys from the southward. Otherwise there is no news beyond belated details of recent operations. It appears that Gen. Brabant, in the fight with the Boers at Wepener, had a narrow es cape. A I'rlKliinil Explosion. Pretoria, April 27. —A serious explo sion occurred Wednesday night in a magazine containing powder. Thir teen occupants of the building were bljv. 21 to pieces and 50 were injured. *.('* ■SSe'urni ( piimdr. Vancouver, li. ('., April -Accord ing to Yokohrina advices Li 11 - '.ug Cluing continuing his crusade ocailist reformers. His latest move was to send a company of soldiers to the Sai Chin district to capture the family of Lo Tang Fun, a Chinese merchant residing in 1 lie United Stales, accused of being a member of the society organized for the protec tion of Emperor Kwnng Hsu. I.i Hung Chang's action is said to have been taken upon request of the C.'ii nese minister at Washington. The wife and cousin of Lo Tang Fun were arrested, also his son and brother. SUNLIGHT AT NIGHT. What a Prominent Krildrnt of IrDla !>■>• About Acetylene Una—Lot! of Ll|(l<t —Little Ki|iruii(, From the Xenia(o.) Daily Gazette, April 13. Mr. L. M. Garfield, well known in this cityasthe superintendent of the Miami Powder Works, was recently inter viewed by a Gazette representative, re garding his personal experience with the new illuminant, known to the com mercial world as Acetylene Gas. Mr, Garfield said: "I installed a ten light acetylene generator in the cellar of my residence, 428 North Galloway street, about two years ago, and I have used it for illu minating my home every night since. I have certainly given it a thorough test during that length of time, and ' know its advantages. While the ma chine is supposed to develop sufficient gas for but ten lights, I have often used as many as fifteen lights at once with perfect success. The light it give» is brilliant and white, and the nearest | approach to sunlight of anything yet i produced for artificial lighting." I "What about the expense, Mr. Gar« field'.'" | "I have paid about four dollars a hundred pounds for the calcium car bide which is used in the generator to | make the gas, and use something less than seven hundred pounds a year. Approximately the total cost per year has been about twenty-seven dollars, as the carbide is the onlj- expense. It is the perfection of light at little cost and trifling labor, free from odor or | anything objectionable. I have noth ' ing but praise for the generator and ! the light it develops, and I am not speaking theoretically, but from my actual experience in my own resi-, dence." I In this connection, the 1890 report to I the Governor of the State, of Mr. A. W. Stiles, secretary of the Girls' Indus trial Home, at Rathbone, 0., regarding the Acetylene Gas plant in use in that institution, will be of interest to our readers. j Mr. Stiles says: "Our Acetylene Gas ' plant has given very gratifying results during the past year, the light from it being a very steady, white light, with out smoke, by far superior and more satisfactory than that furnished by the old system used here. We now havd about 600 burners, which can be in creased, with but a very small outlay, to five times that number. We have ! had no trouble in getting all the car | bide we need. Including all expenses incurred in remodeling and changing the (gas) plant to the present system, our lights have not cost us nearly so much for the year as did the system abandoned in July, IS9B. There is no more danger in using it than there is in the use of any gas. We think it is the best light known, and requires but little skill in its manufacture." The popularity of this new illuminant is attested by the fact that in the few years since its development into a com mercial possibility, over fifty thousand buildings have been successfully light ed by it, and the annual ratio of in crease is becoming greater yearly. It is the ideal light for dwellings, stores, churches and every class of building where artificial light is need j ed, and it is little wonder that the own | ers of indifferently lighted buildings are looking earnestly into the subject of lighting by Acetylene Gas. A SMART LAWYER'S MISTAKE. Mulcted III* Partner* In a Deal Hut They Afterward# Got Even. A well-known Maine attorney is especially noted for his keenness in looking out for | the best end of every bargain—and for Ins ' ability in getting hold of that end. It has made him unpopular in some circles —has j that trait of his! j On one deal not long ago he was in with a ' couple of friends —men of wealth and stand j ing, says the Lewiston (Me.) Journal. Rusi | ness was good the first year. There was a generous division of profits. Hut the lawyer wasn't satisfied with what was coming to . him, share and share alike with the others. | After receiving his proper whack as a part ner, lie exacted SSOO more for"councel fees."' He said that as a lawyer he was worth that I much more to the deal. This was a new way | of looking at the matter, buk the bill was re signedly allowed by the friends. They were pretty good business men, un derstand. In a little while they saw that the venture wasn't panning out very well. So the shrewd men of affairs quietly unloaded without saying anything to their partner. Then a little later came the crash. The lawyer hurried around to hold a conso lation meeting with the other two. "Gracious, isn't this too bad," moaned he. "I lost so-and-so. How much did you fellows drop. You must have been hit pretty hard." "You're wrong, old boy," came the cheer ful duet. "We never l-ost a dollar; no, we never lost a cent. Tra la." "What-t-t!" "Never lost a dollar! We saw it coming two months ago. Had a tip. Unloaded. All out!" "Well, then, why in the name of all that's square and above board, didn't you tell me?" "Well, we eould have, had vou allowed us SSOO counsel fees when you took yours. See?" A Literary Help. Cannibal King (to poet laureate)— What s wrong with that coronation ode? Can tyou. finish it? , Laureate—l can t get enougi' feet in the last stanzas. "Officer of the guard, go out and cut enough feet off those slaves to supply the poet laureate's needs. It shall never be said 1 that King Oombakmskago did not encour age literature to the limit."—Baltimore- American. Horrible Fate. Mrs. Marryat—We're thinking cf naming; the babv Mary, after John's mother. Mrs. Newitt —O! horrors! That would be awful. "Why. what do you mean?" "Gracious! She'll be 'Mamed' for life. Philadelphia Press. To Cure a Cold in One Day "ake Laxative Hromo Quinine Tablets. All uggists refund money if it fails to cure. 2.5 c. Sweet Labor.—"How is it you're such a., rreat worker?" asked the grassnopper. "He iitse 1 love work," replied the busy bee. 'I couldn't be happy without it. In fact,. itu may have noticed, when my busiest s'.-a -on is on I'm in clover."—Philadelphia. Tress. The difference between ets and saw is tense. —Chicago Daily News.
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