DROPPED STITCHES. Grandmother smiled as she sat there rock ing, And leisurely knitting a long black stock ing. The girls were telling what they would do If their dreams of unlimited wt-alth came true. And "What would you do, dear grand ma?" said The girl whose visions came out ahead. Said grandma: "If I'd unlimited riches. I'd buy me some needles that wouldn't drop stitches!" "Cut it wouldn't matter," said one of them. "Then You never need pick them up again." Gramlma shook her pretty white curlß. "Listen to me," she said, "rev girls. "No matter how high your wealth may mount, Dropping stitches will always count!" Grandmother never sticks them in— The morals—with a needle or pin; She simply puts them up on the shelf. And leaves them for you to help yourself. —Margaret Varidegrift, in Youth's Com panion. STORY OF TWO BOYS. One Succeeded In Kverythlnir He Un dertook, Ihe Oilier Kemained I'oor All Ilia Life. Of two boys with the same advantages and equally good training, one will succeed in life, while the other, with out being bad, "never amounts to any thing," as the saying goes. Perhaps the following anecdote will explain something of Ihe desparity in results: A nurseryman left home for a few days 011 a business thip. It was rainy ■weather, and not a season for sales, but a customer did arrive from a distance, tied up his horse, and went into the kitchen, where two boys were crack ing nuts. "Is Mr. Rarnes at home?" he asked. "No," said Jo, the eldest, hammering at a nut. "When will he be back?" "Dunno. Mebbe not for a week." The youngest boy, Jim. promptly jumped up and followed the irritated stranger out of doors. "The men are not here," he said, in a bright and courteous manner, "but I can show you the stock." The stranger was conciliated, and followed Jim through the nursery, ex amining the trees, and left his order. 'You have sold the largest bill of the season. Jim." said his father, great ly pleased, 011 his return. A few years afterward these two boys were left by the father's death with but S3OO apiece. Joe bought an acre or two near home, and, although he worked hard, he is still a poor, dis contented man. Jim bought an emigrant's ticket to Colorado, hired out as a cattle driver for a couple of years, and with his wages bought land at a dollar and a quarter an acre, built himself a house and married. To-day his herds are num bered by the thousand, his land has been cut up in town lots, and he is one of the wealthy men of the Centennial state. "I might have done like Jim," said Joe. resentfully, "if I'd only thought in time. There's as good stuff in me as lii in." Joe was right. He had the same stuff in him, but it was not developed. The quick, wide-awake energy which causes a boy to act promptly and bold ly in an emergency is partly natural, but it can be inculcated by parents, and it is worth more than any gift of na ture.—Golden Days. KIND LITTLE DOG. It Played the Hole of (>oc»d Sninnrltnn antl Thereby Won K very body *a Ad 111 A butcher of Wassahickon, Pa., has a little dog thut is so clever that it is sent every morning to the baker's with a basket for a dozen rolls. The baker always gives it 13, but there came a day when the dog only brought home 12. Next day and tiie next it crntinued to be a roll short. The baker declared that he had never placed less than 13 in the basket. It was determined to watch the dog. It got its basket filled at the baker's, and then set out for home in a round about way. It entered the yard of a DOG FEEDS A FRIEND. stranger. In a kennel lay a mother dog, with a family of little puppies. The visitor took out a roll in his mouth, pushed it into the kennel, took up his basket again and came how. 'The trick was so captivating that the dog was not interfered with. He con tinued nis attentions to his friend un til she could leave her puppies long enough togo after food for herself, and since then he has brought home 13 rolls. The Erne l,an£uag;e. Ten thousand Irish children are be ifcg taught the Krbt language. TALK ABOUT MONKEYS. Srarrti fop (hr 80-C'alled ''Mlmlii Link" to lie Itcmimed by an Old (jerman Scientist. Trof. Ernst. Hackel, the great Ger man naturalist of the University of Jena, is going to make once more the long journey to the Celebes and Java. There he will spend next winter study ing the fossils of apes that became ex tinct thousands of years ago. He hopes to be able to show that this ape is the famous "missing link" in nature be tween monkeys and human beings. Ever since Darwin wrote "The Descent of Man," men of science have been in terested in tracing every step in the order of creation of animal life from the sponge toman. There has always been a gap between the highest order of monkey, which is the chimpanzee, and the lowest form of human beings. It is believed by I'rof. Hackel that there was once a creature that was more like man than any now living, and that the petrified remains of it have been found in the East Indies. This is a long journey for an old man to take, and it may end the life of the German naturalist, who is near 70 years of age; but men of science, says the Little Chronicle, are always ready to face hardships and dangers in their search for truth. Only a few years ago Mr. Walter Savage Landor penetrated the land of the Grand Llama on the tableland of Thibet only to be tortured and nearly blinded by the inhabitants. Mr. R. L. Garner, the naturalist, who claims to have discovered that monkeys have a language, once lived in a steel cage in the heart of West Africa for three months in order to study the gorriila in its kingdom. In those wild solitudes this giant ape is sole mon arch, and no other animal disputes his right to rule. Mr. Garner says that the call of a gorilla family chief can undoubtedly MR. GARNER AND HIS PETS. be heard three or four miles. It is not s> roar or a howl, but more like a terrific human yell, prolonged into a scream He never found out whether this call was intended to frighten an intruder or to collect his family for a migration. It was always sounded between two and four in the morning, and if the animal happened to be close to his cage it made his blood run cold. Gorillas walk on all fours and have not a ferocious look. They are good climbers, but spend most of the time on the ground. The chimpanzees, on the other hand, live mostly in trees. They climb very much like the native negroes in the bush, using both hands and feet. The gorilla is not able to stand straight on his hind leg's, since the knees turn outward, but he sits on a log or on the ground like a human be ing—often on one foot. In captivity he drinks from a cup like a man, while the chimpanzee puts his mouth in the basin. The chimpanzee is sociable and friendly and imitates his captors, but the gorilla is selfish and surly. All of the East Indian islands Ijave numerous monk*ys. In Mauritius, which is the scene of "I'aul and Vir ginia." mischievous jockos come at inight to the sugar plantations. Their favorite time of depredation is Sunday afternoon, when the workmen are off for a holiday Then the old sentinel monkeys steal up to see if the way is clear. With a sort of chattering chir rup one calls the others, who tumble up the bank from the ravine. Such games as they play, those young ones, but the sentinels never relax their vig ilance, and if a harmless little lap dog toddles down frftm the veranda of the plantation house each mother monkey grabs her own special baby by the leg, throws it over her shoulder and the whole tribe vanishes before one covtld say "Jack Robinson." The sentinels cover their retreat and finally retire in good order like brave soldiers. Pet monkeys are notoriously jealous and make life a burden to any other pet animal in a family. They will even fight little dogs, and although they are not strong, their agility - in getting out of the way and jumping 011 the dog's back makes them antagonists not to be despised. Origin of "Dixie'# I«ftnd.*' The original song, "Dixie's Land,'' was composed in 1859 by Daniel Ein mett as a "walk»around" for Bryant's minstrels. Mr. Emmett frequently heard the performers iti a circus make the remark: "1 wish I was in Dixie," as soon as the northern climate fce gan to be too severe for the tent life which they followed. This expression suggested ihe song: "Dixie's Land." It made a hit at once in New York, and was speedily carried to all parts of the union by numerous bands of wandering minstrels. In the fall of 18(10 Mrs. John Wood sang it in New Orleans in the burlesque of "Poca hontas," and before a week had passed the whole city had taken it up. A New Orleans publisher saw possibili ties in the music, and without the au thority of the composer had the air harmonized and rearranged, issuing it with words embodying the .strong j southern feeling then existing in New I Orleans.—Ladies' Home Journal. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1900. SUCCESS WITH DUCKS. Indiana I.nily. Noted for llpr Eiprrt nm, Telia About Her System of Kaininic Thrm. The old ducks are kept in robust health by abundant exercise, and by feeding largely of bran and shorts — very little corn after laying begins. Don't feed quite all they will eat. One drake to live ducks, but the drakes must be good ones. We select the breeders from tha long-bodied ducks, have no use for the dumpy ones. Never set the first dozen eggs laid by a. duck. Gather the eggs early, keep in a warm, not hot, place, and never wash them. Now, don't think this does not bear on the question. It does decidedly, for being careful in the above particulars insures strong ducklings, and strong young is half, or more, of the battle. Never give more than 12 eggs to a hen; 11 is better As soon as ducks are dry we remove from the nest and cover with cloths sprinkled with coal oil. Put off with the hen when from 15 to 24 hours old, in a good coop placed in a pen some 12x12 feet. Uhe warm water in a shallow dish, IH s-Z? ■-' FEED TROUGH. and after dusting the old hen with insect powder feed her whole corn. Place a dish of pounded charcoal and one of sand in pen. When 36 hours old give a feed of bran and shorts with sharp sand mixed in, a handful of sand to a quart of mash. Mix a little softer than for hens. Keep wa '■er before them in a vessel they can not get into, but deep enough to im merse their heads. Take the chill off the water for first week. Feed the same feed for two days, giving about all they will clean up four time; per day. After this, mix in cornmeal ; with shorts, omitting the bran and gradually increasing the meal from one-third meal at first to all meal the eighth week. Mix sand in once per day in the same proportion. Never omit this. If one has milk mix the mash with it. Let them out of the pen the third day, after the dew has J dried, and after the second week never bother about their going to the pen, nor about showers. Before this don't allow them to get wet. We feed mash in Y-shaped troughs, having enough room that they will not crowd each ether, giving all they will eat after the eighth day, and al ways cleaning any remaining food out of the troughs. The cuts show a convenient feeding trough, and a pen that will allow the ducks to eat un disturbed by older poultry. When the ducks are through the pen can be moved, and what little they drop out side while eating, the hens will pick j up after the ducks leave. Keep these ' feeding troughs in the shade, with CONVENIENT FEED COOP. water vessels right at hand. Quart cans are good, but half-gallon or gal lon vessels are better. Rinse out the vessels at each filling, which will be very often. Feed as often as they come to the troughs and have abundance of shade for the ducks. Fruit trees and bushes are fine for them. Have grass I or green of some sort in their yards, for while they do not eat much green they enjoy picking among it and they I catch lots of bugs, worms and flics , in it. Fed as above they will not take j more exercise than is needed to keep in health. Unless bugs and worms are plenty it will be necessary to give ' fresh meat scraps twice each week, ! or give the meat and bone prepara tions in their mash. The above routine is for preparing ducks for market in eight weeks. For breeders, layers or feathers, less feed and of a different sort would be necessary. Keep the ducks away from old wells or deep water holes, and keep dogs away from the ducks. Keep the ducks as quiet as possible. Put a liberal amount of tine charcoal in the ; mash once per week.—Emma Clear waters, in Ohio Farmer. The Final T«Nt of Vnlue. Hon. John Dryden: There is no doubt i that the block is the filial test of the skill that we as breeders are trying to exercise in carrying on our business. We somc'iraes talk about the butcher's standpoint iuid breeder's standpoint, but 1 think the breeder anil butcher ought to come together. We breeders are trying to capture the trade of the best consumer, or tlie consumer that j will give us the most money for our i goods; that is the idea. You cannot very well find out what the standard required is unless you see the auiuial j upon the block, _ .. Be Waited Flfleee Tear*. Mr. J. H. Chassanig, of Baint Louis, Mis toun, wrote: "I most cheerfully recom mend Palmer's Lotion. It has cured me of Ecrnna of fifteen years' standing, and for the past year 1 have not had the slightest return of the affiictiin." In such cases as this Palmer's Lotion Soap, which possess*# all the medicinal properties of the Lotion, should be used in connection with it in pref;rcnce to any other soap, making the cure quirk and permanent, i our druggist can get these remedies in any quantity as they have been before the public over fifty yean. If he hasn't them, send his nam* to So'oi Palmer, 374 Pearl Street, New York, and receive free pamphlet of testimonials and sample of Lotion or Lotion Soap. RllChteoua IndlKnatlon. Mr. Nurox (with blood in his eye)— Loocee here! 1 left an order with you yis tid'j fur a dozen bottles of the betA .Made'ry in yer old shop. Wine Merchant—Yes, sir, weren't they delivered ? "Say, the stuff you sent me was so stale the Jottles had dust on 'em an inch thick. You can't work no shop-worn truck olf on me.' —Philadelphia Press. EXCLUSION TO CALIFORXIA. Com tortnlilr nnd Inriponitrr, Our parties leave every Wednesday from both Chicago and St. Louis, joining at Den ver. Then past the grandest scenery in the worll, over the Rio Grande Railroads. A few lours' stop to see Salt Lake City, and on via Ogden to the coast. A special agent is in clarge of each party, and the tourist sleep ng cars are comfortable and exquisite ly clian. Let me give you full particulars. I Writ? and inclose 6 cents in postage for our j beautifully illustrated 72-page book on Cal ! iforn a. K. E. Bell, City Passenger Agent, C., E. 4 Q. R. R., 211 Clark street, Chicago. Sail Fate of Ancestor*. "I tell you, golf is going to be the salva tion )f the nation. It is going to make ath letic men and women out of our puny off springs and lengthen our days by decades." "Bit our ancestors didn't go in for golf." "Aid where are they now? Dead! All dead " —Boston Journal. STATI OF OHIO, CITY or TOLEDO, | LUCAS COUNTY, I Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the senior partner of ilie firm of F. J. Cheney i, Co, doing business in the city of Toledo, County ana State aforesaid, and that said firm vill pay the sum of One Hundred Dol lars f>r each and every case of catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Ilall's Catarrh Cure. FRANK .J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presef.ee, this 6th day of December, A. D. ISS6. A. W. OLEASON, [Seil] Notary Public. Hal 's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts directly on the blood and mucous stir faces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. F F. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. ItiKlit l'|i with Ills Game. "I am striving for the peace of the world." - lid the first wily diplomat. "Which particular piece do you refer to as the piece?" the other diplomat, who wTts just as wily, inquired.—Chicago Times- Herald. Have Ton n Guotl Windmill i No farm is complete without a wind power mill. It pumps water, saws wood, grinds feed, chops loader and works gladly arid freely every day in the year. Attention is called to the advertisement in another col umn of The Aermotor Co., Chicago, LI. Readers .ire advised to write this great con cern for catalogue and' fuli particulars. Perfectly snfe. Watts—Do you really believe anyone will ever invent a perfectly safe Hying machine? Pott - There are dozens of'em now. They can't get high enough in the air to Le in any danger.- Indianapolis Press. Lane's Family Medicine. Moves the bowels each day. In order to be healthy this i> necessary. Acts gently on the liver and kidneys. Cures sick head ache, t'rice 2a and 50c. A blind man never sees anything he wants. —Chicago Daily News. What Shall We Have for Dessert? This question arises in the family i every day. Let us answer it to-day. Try a delicious and healthful dessert. Pre pared in two minutes. No boiling! no baking! add boiling water and set to cool. Flavors: Lemon, Orange, Rasp berry and Strawberry. Get a package at your grocers to-day. io cts. fWhen a man gets one, he becomes a slave to his bowels. Every person ought to have control over the different parts of the body, and it is the easiest thing in the world to educate the bowels, make them do their duty naturally and regularly, and keep them from becoming a source of misery and a deformity as well. Educate your bowels! Don't neglect the slightest sign of irregularity but see that you have at least one natural easy movement a day. Pills, salts and black draughts are dangerous because they strain and weaken the bowels. What you want is a mild but sure laxative, that tones and strengthens the bowels and stimulates their movements. Such a laxative is CASCARETS, and when you try them, you will find that it is the easiest thing in the world to make and keep your bowels clean and regular, strong and healthy. Be sure you get the genuine. CASCARETS are never sold in bulk. Look for the trade-mark, the long-tailed "C" on the box. By keeping the bowels clean, all serious disorders are J s \ (P ff ff! Jenn/ne h0 To *ny needy mortal, suffering from bowel troubles and too poor to buy CASCARETS, we will send a box free. / peTer'.oia Address Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York, mentioning advertisement and paper. 418 1 - In bulk. WORTH A KING'S RANSOM. Saved From/'/\s/fowPeruna ~X N Mrs. Col. E. J. Gresham, Treas -y^T^y 1 i->_ urer Daughters of the Confederacy, P res ' t l < -' nt Hernden Village Im- — —- o provement Society, writes the fol lowing letter from Hernden, Fair ' *' ' Hernden, Ya. J<r The Peruna Medicine Co., Coluin- Gentlemen —'' I cannot speak too .. ~ highly of the value of Peruna. I believe that I owe my life to its wonderful merits, I suffered with catarrh of the head and lungs in its worst form, until the doctor?, fairly gave me up, and I despaired of ever getting well again. " I noticed your advertisement and the splendid testimonials given by people who had been cured by Peruna, and determined to try a bottle. I felt but little better, but used a second and a third bottle and kept 011 improving slowly. "It took six bottles to euro me, hut they were worth a King's ransom to me. ! talk Peruna to all my friends and am a true believer in its worth." Mrs. Gol. E. J. Gresham. Thousands of women owe their lives to Peruna. Tens of thousands owe their health to Peruna. Hundreds of thousands are praising Pe runa in every state in the Union. We have 011 file a great multitude of letters with written permission for use in public print, which can never be used for want of space. Address The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, 0., for a book written especially for women, instructively illustrated, entitled " Health and Beauty." Sent free to women. CHIOS.SO">«HA Double j JBmL Sendee j » Newllnev'a Rock-! / ford, liuDuque, ! \ / Waterloo, l'ort —JO/ Dodge and Coun- | cilßluffs. Hutlet- | library-smoking- j cars, sleeping cars, free reclining chair cars, | dining cars. Send to the undersigned ior a free j copy of Pictures and Notes En-Routo illustrat ing this new line as seen from the car window. Tickets ot agents nf i. |{. R. and connecting linos. A. U. HANSON. G. t. A.. Chicago. I ■bk ■■ IBM »r Williams'lndia.. Pile Ila M ftfl JSj Ointment will cure Blind. Sn PSrKifC IB ASHlfeding and Itcliinit |J P Kg EL» wL HUes. It absorbs the SSil Bfr* \A tumors, allays the Itcb y #5 1* PR IB at once, acts as a I Sj KEx H p«»ulticc.(five* instant re & M bl SSL— gLJ nef. Prepared fur Pile* { n ■ IcnBSIBK and Itching of the private i parts. At driiwri*tß or bv ! mall on receipt of price. /IO cents and VI.OO. I WILLIAMS MH« CO . Props.. « I.EVKI AM». OHIO I A <ltiick Ileftßcrt. I Get a package of Burnhani's Hasty Jelly con at your grocer's, dissolve it in a pint of boiling water and let it cool. The result is | a delicious and healthful dessert. The- I flavors are: lemon, orange, raspberry r strawberry, peach, wild cherry and tl e unfavored "calfsfoot" for wine and cofl'eo ] jelly. All grocers sell it. HO! FOR OKLAHOMA! ! it. 000,000 nviTii new lands to open to settlement, j Sulmcnbe tor THK KIOWA CM IKF, devoted to infor mation about these lands. One year. HI.OO. Siitfcl I copy. 10c. Subscribers receive free illustrated book orv • Oklahoma. Morgan's Manual <2lO page .Settler's Guide) . with tine sectional map. fl.uo Map. 2S eents. Al\ I above, 11.76. Address LUCK T. MORGAN. PERKY, O. X. pnnnwn 1 cent a Square Ft. nUUri! vU r rh l "'BEST'' Ked 1 ll.'po Kooflnff. SAMPLES FREE, THE FAY MANILLA KOOFI.NO ( «., Camden. N. «!• i I A. N. K.-C 1835 ; WIIE.N WRITING TO ADVERTISER* I please at ale that you >aw the AdverUH* I meat In this paper* 7
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