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The Job department of the PUKSS Incomplete and affords facilities for doing the best class of work. PABTICULAH A ITEN'TION PAID TO LAW PKINTINO. No paper will be discontinued until arrear ag s are paid, except at tlie option of the pub lisher. Papers sent out of the county must be paid for In advance. CURRENT TOPICS. Gold lias been discovered in Nov way. Aguinaldo is five feet four inches in height. The age of Aguinaldo is uncertain, lie does not know it himself. A human hand can be dipped in lead ut white heat without danger. Kyi glasses are made from Brazilian pebble, which is a very transparent rock crystal. The dikes of Japan, cost in the ag gregate, more money than those 'sf the Netherlands. The output of the Ileaumont (Tex.) oil field, it is believed, will soon be an important factor in the market. On some of the Japanese railways terra cotta sleepers are used. They are far more durable than those of wood. Lately two large lirnis in Constanti nople have for the first time received extensive shipments of American shoes. There are 150 square miles of rtreets in London. Kaeli square mile averages 120 streets and each street 100 houses. The crop report for March shows ■the condition of wheat throughout llie country to be better than at any time since 1891. The queen of Greece is the only ■woman admiral, the honor having liem conferred upon her by the late Czar Alexander 111. In a state of nature, tea trees grow to a licitrht of forty feet; in cultiva tion they are dwarfed by pruning to not more than three feet. It lias been practically settled that Alabama will be represented at tli • Buffalo exposition. The legislature •will appropriate at least $5,000. There is a well at Carisbrooke Cas tle, Isle of Wight, in which the wa ti r stands 17(1 feet below ground lev el. Yet drop a pin into it and you •will distinctly hear it strike the wa-, ter. There are at a low estimate 10,- 000,000 human beings who are in servitude in the Celestial kingdom. China has 80.000.000 families, and this makes one slave to every eight fam ilies. Lake Morat. in Switzerland, lias tie curious property of turning red ev ery ten years, owing to the presence of certain aquatic plants which are not known in any other lake in the world. Of the 6,753 Finns who came to this country, only seventeen were sent back; only sixty-two were unable 'o read and write and only fourteen were said to be likely to become public charges. Lord Salisbury, addressing' the English chamber of commerce, ad vised all youth who were to enter the pursuits of commerce 1o know French. German and Spanish before Greek or Latin. About the villa Friedritlishof, where the Km press Frederick lies dying, the beautiful gardens are mil of nightingales, 500 of the birds hav ing been loosed there by the late duke of Nassau. Miss Jennie Benedict is the first woman to be elected a member of the Louisville board of trade. Miss Bene dict is a confectioner, and was quick to see the advantages afforded by this business institution. William (iwin, the colored messen ger who has served thirteen secre taries of state during the last thirty years, carries a gold watch inscribed: "From William M. Kvarts to William Gwin, February, 1893." l'.ees are known to be excellent weather prophets. There is a com mon country saying that " a bee was never caught in a shower." When rain is coining bees do not go far afield, but buzz about close to their hives. William Davenport Adams, the ling lisli literary and theatrical critic, is also the author of dictionaries of English literature and the Knglish drama. Among his other works are si book on theatrical burlesque and several works of essays. William Abraham, member of par liament from Pent re, I'onVyfridd. Wales, began his career as a work ing miner. Later he was a miners' agent and president of the South Wales miners' federation. He is call ed "Malion" in his home district. An elaborate organ is now being built in London for Yorkminstcr. By an ingenious arrangement the wind for the instrument will be supplied by means of power obtained by a fall of water from one of the towers of the cathedral, the water being pumped up the tower by a gas engine. DOWNFALL OF AGUINALDO. A>ti-1111 pcrlnlinta llnte I.IIKI the Id*l M t \\ hone Shrine They \\ ur >lii|><'4. It would be interesting to know the present sentiments of those who have worshiped at the shrine of Aguinaldo. That patriot has gone into liquida tion, closed tin' doors of his patriot shop, and retired from the patriot business either permanently or tem porarily. It is impossible to say just w hat he will do next. It would lie difficult to conceive of Washington taking the oath of alle giance to the king of England had a band of red coats descended upon and captured him at Valley Forge. Kosciusko fell desperately wounded, but he neither took the oath of alle giance nor submitted to the will of the oppressor. He even refused favors and position, retiring into exile. Gari baldi, Gomez, Kossuth, and all the other patriots with whom Aguinaldo has been compared to his temporary advantage, held out to ultimate vic tory or exile. Aguinaldo alone, the general who never commanded his forces in even one battle, no sooner lands in Manila than he holds up his right band and swears allegiance to the country lie has been defying by proclamation for two years. Doubtless his worshipers would not have had him do this, but he has shown more sense than they. There may have been some excuse for him at one time if he really did believe American rule in the Philippines would follow along lines laid down through the centuries by Spanish precedent. He THE LAST OF THE BELLIGERENTS. frt fit < / AGUINALDO—Come, fellows; take the oath and the war will be oyer. had little personal knowledge of the American character. His followers here were better informed, lie had been educated in deceit, schooled in corruption, believing both to be the rule the world over. The Ameri can worshipers of the Malay hero knew the people of this country could never become the oppressors of a weaker nation, and if any administra tion should attempt to play that role , there would be a lively session end ing in a new administration. Having once sold out to Spain at a good figure be may have been ambitious to re peat the experience. But whatever considerations influ enced him and decided his course in the beginning he now knows he was mistaken. He can look around and see the results of American direction of insular affairs during a time of gen eral disturbance, and he is satisfied. A gleam of common sense has illum ined bis mental vision. It is not at all probable he ever hoped to make as much progress towards substantial freedom under his own rule in a dec ade as the authorities now in posses sion have made in the short time they have controlled the affairs of tlie islands. By taking the oath he has practically acknowledged that he has changed his opinion. At the same time his acceptance of the existing government after con ferring with those who had been out of the woods and swamps for some little time, during which they had be come acquainted with the real state of affairs, must cause his worshipers in this country deep sorrow. They have believed in him and slandered their own country because of that belief. He now informs them, in ef fect, that he was in error and that they, who could have known all of the facts, were willfully blind. Tie is willing to accept the situation as he finds it now. while the echoes of their treasonable railings have not yet died away. He has become an American citizen, voluntarily stepping down from the pedestal to which he was elevated aforetime by his sentimental admirers. He will probably engage in business of some kind and leave them to hunt for some other hero upon whom they may lavish their poetically eloquent affections. —Mil- waukee Sentinel. IC Aguinaitlo'i forthcoming mani festo calling an end to the war and urging the insurgents to lay down their arms will probably be de nounced by Boston anti-imperialists as a base abandonment of principle. —lndianapolis Journal. P?"It Is reasonably s.ife to guess that the name of Grovi r Cleveland is not on the Commoner's subscription lint.— Albany Journal. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, r 9 oi. AN EMPIRE NOT FEARED. "IHnlirr l.rarnlnK" That Doe* Not Lift n liiiiMcil Mind from the I'M of Error. Evidently there are different kinds of "higher learning." A week or two ago President lladley, of Yale, was kind enough to come forward and quietly warn the people that the United States is destined to become an empire, and that there will be an emperor in Washington within a quarter of a century. Some supposed that a man with such a gigantic in tellect as his could make no mistake, and yet President Draper, of the Uni versity of Illinois, another man who is most gifted in "higher learning," now assures us that what lladley said is all nonsense, and that there is absolutely no danger of the repub lic becoming an empire. "The Out look of the United States at the Open ing of the Twentieth Century as Compared with the Opening of the Nineteenth Century" was the sub ject of Draper's address and it was delivered before the Chicago Acad emy of Science. He traced the growth and progress of the past cen tury and predicted its influence upon the century now opened. We have bad a battle royal with the foreign markets; until now we have forced ourselves in first place, where wo stand to-day in the eyes of the world. This great movement, he says, has been of more national consequence than appears upon the surface. "There are and will be more factories, employment has been given ro thou sands, wages have advanced until |they are now higher than in any other land on the globe. Are we to look askance at the men who have been the leaders in this great fight and say. as has been said by one of our great, college presidents, that the}' are going to turn this govern ment into an empire?" Draper asks how these men could overthrow the government, even if they desired to, i which he very much doubts, when they are dependent on the thousands of honest American workingmen they I employ. "The people know their own political power very well and they expect to use it." Draper's "higher learning" is plainly of a higher order tliau lladley's.- lowa State Register. PRESS OPINIONS. trrin view of the latest development in the case of Aguinaldo, Mr. Bryan's order for an article from the pen of the ex-insurgent leader is likely to be ■ in vain, or, if it is filled, tlie article will be found to be unavailable for I the columns of the Commoner.—Al j bany Journal. P'When the silverite legislature of i Colorado passes a bill reducing the rate of interest on state warrants from six to four per cent, it is evi dent that the members have discov ered that under the gold standard the I price of money lias fallen off 33 1-3 >er cent. —Indianapolis Journal. t ' lt must be exceedingly irritating to the disappointed and disgruntled I foes of the administration to find the situation clearing in the Philippines. ! When a mail has despaired of his j country he doesn't like to find that he was in the wrong. It isn't human for even the most pessimistic to be recon ciled to the fact that he has written himself down an ass.—N. Y. Sun. rejoices at the pass ing of Altgeld, which, by common con i sent, is the most important result of i the Chicago election. A Chicago dis patch says that "the Altgeld crowd, ; which, it was asserted, would throw I -Ml. ooo votes to Haneey, has in reality j proved his downfall. Straightforward republicans refused to support a can didate who in any way was identified 1 with Altgeld."—Albany Argus (f)em.). tCTlie reorganization of the demo cratic party in Georgia, with the free silver plank fofgotten, has begun. ' The movement is started by Congress i man \Y. 11. Fleming, of the Tenth dis ! I trict. The fact that this district has been the hotbed of free, silver iu j Georgia makes the fact more appar | cut that the reorganization is going to succeed, and that the principles i advocated by Bryan in his last two i j campaigns and followed by the peo ; pie of this district implicitly will Vie i relegated to the rear as useless po j litical lumber. —Chicago Inter Oucao. THE BEST HE EVER SAW. A Mimwurlan . Prononneen on the l<'urmiiiK I'osslbllltlea of Western Couuilii. Just at present considerable inter est is being aroused in the fact that a few new districts (of limited acreage) are being opened out by the Canadian Government in Saskatchewan and As siniboia (Western Canada), and any information concerning this country is eagerly sought. Mr. \Y. It. Corser, of lligginsville,Lafayette Co., Mo., was a delegate there during last summer, and writing of his impressions he says: "I found surprising yields of grain of all descriptions. One farmer I vis ited threshed of 175 acres: "(100 bushels of wheat from 15 acres, 40 bushels to acre. "COO bushels of barley from 10 acres, 6" bushi Is to acre. "15,000 bushels of oats fr*n 150 acres, 100 bushels to acre. "The samples were all No. 1. "1 also saw a considerable number of stock. Swine do well and there is no disease amongst them. They are a good source of income to the farmer. The -cattle on the range beat anything I ever saw. Fat and ready for beef, fully matured and ripened on the nutritious grasses of the prairie. lam firmly convinced that this country of fers better facilities for a poor man than any I have ever seen." Information concerning these lands can be had from any agent of the gov ernment, whose advertisement ap pears elsewhere. HER BABY BOY. The One Siiggewtlon 'flint Struck the Itoer Woitiuii'a Heart uutl Mio Miotvctl It. At a prosperous Boer farmhouse where Gen. Lan Hamilton requested shelter for the night, a bedroom and parlor were placed at his disposal, says the Youth's Companion. This j was not very enthusiastically done, j but a.t thait iro one could wonder. ' The general began talking with the old lady of the family, the farmer's wife. He spoke through an interpreter, end her answers were given with so little grace that he relinquished the task. Only once had her stern face lighted; this was when lie asked about her youngest fighting son, a boy of li. Her lips quivered; emo- ; tion was not really I'roZcn within her. i Next day the general had occasion to ride past the farm, and he called, for a moment, upon her. "Tell her," said he to the inter preter, "that we have won the battle to-day." They told her, and she bowed her heiad with some dignity. "Tell her the Dutch will certainly •be beaten. No answer. "Perhaps her sons will be taken prisoners. Still no reply. ".\*ovv, tell her to write down on a piece of paper the name of the young est, and give iif, to my aide-de-camp. Then, when he is captured, she must write t'o me, land we will not keep 'him a prisoner. We will send him back to her. At last her face broke into emotion. The chord had been struck. < ll!l y WAvv Fut Color EynleU uf*«l oxolusivwly. W. L DOUGLAS, QfOCktOn, MaSS. VIBBSwWiuA Lnnr'i Family Medicine. Moves the bow els each day. In order to be healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on the liver ami kidneys. Circa sick head ache. Price 25 and 50c. AH She I'lidrratafld It. Boston (iirl- Have you read Kinerson* St. Louis Girl —No, I rik.SS not. Thost rod spots on rnv face are jus": common pim ples.—Colorado Weekly Times. Ileßln with the Unity and (rive TToxsie's Troup Cure for Coughs, Coldt. Bronchitis and Pneumonia, go through the family ending with the grandmother. "There are two acts yet," said the usher to the man who rather hastily started out of the theater. "I know. That's just the reason I'm leaving."—Philadelphia Times. Piso's Cure is the best medicine we ever used for all affections of the throat and lungs. Wm. O. Ktidslcy, Yanburen, Ind., Feb. 10, 1000. The individual who sits down and waits for the world to appreciate him will dis cover after the rare t hat he was left at tha post.—Chicago Daily News. DO YOU - FmTTiKE TH!S ? Pen l'icture for Women. " I am so nervous, there is not a well inch in my whole body. lam sa weak at my stomach and have indi gestion horribly, and palpitation of the heart, and lam losing- flesh. This headache and backache nearly kills pit, and yesterday I nearly had hyster ics :J. here is a weight in the lower part of my bowels bearing down all the time, and pains in my groins and thighs; I cannot Bleep, walk, or sit, and 1 believe I am diseased all over; no one ever suffered as 1 do." This is a description of thousands of cases which conic to Airs. I'inkham's attention daily. An inflamed and ul cerated condition of the neck of the woinb can produce all of these symp- Mns. Jons WILLIAMS. Toms, and no woman should allow herself to reach such a perfection of misery when there is absolutely no need of it. The subject of our por trait in this sketch, Mrs. Williams of Englishtown, N.J., has been entirely cured of such illness and misery by Lydia E. I'inkham's Vegetable Corc found, and the guiding advice of Mrs. inkham of Lynn, Mass. No other medicine has such a record for absolute cures, and no other medi cine is "just as good." Women who want a cure should insist upon getting Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound when they ask for it at a store. Anyway, write a letter to Mrs. Pink ham at Lynn, Mass., and tell her all your troubles. Her advice is free. [WfIYGET SOAKED / 0//' y / ' WHEN WpFffSIICKER \' /A/ I BLACK OR YELLOW < WILL £P YOU DOT, HARDEST STORN? LOOK fOR ABOVE TPADE MARK. 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