No IVy*. Beerbolim Tree lr.t'! n comical expe rience 0:1 liis fir; t nppearrrnce as the corpulent Falstaff. In the last act he had arrang"d that Falstaff, disconcert ed by glbc»:i ami buffets of the fairies In Windsor forest, should make one herculean effort to climb the oak tree. The pegs that were to serve as sup ports for that tree were always con spicuous by their absence. On the moruiug before the performance Mr. Tree was told they should positively be fixed on the tree. The morning came, but with It no pegs. Eloquence was stifled; even invective faltered. lie pointed to the tree and with the calm of despair blurted out to the defaulter, "No pegsV Such au ejaculation, spoken more in sorrow than in anger, would, he hoped, appeal to that last remnant of con science which even the papier mache bosom of a property man might be sup posed to retain. In the evening there was a dress reheat sal, but still no pegs could be seen. Mr. Tree's form quiv ered—beneath the padding—with pent up emotions, and in a torrent of pas sion and a voice shaken by righteous wrath lie exclaimed: "Where are those pegs?" "Pegs—pegs!" exclaimed the property master, with exasperating affability. "Why, guv'nor, what was your words to me this morning? 'No pegs.' And there ain't none!"— London Tit-Bits. Howell** Advice to Writer*, One day at Lakewood while sitting at a little table In the big rotunda ball drinking afternoon tea I met Mr. W. D. Howells and had a delightful conversa tion with him. After knowing the per sonality of this famous author one en joys his writing ten times more—he is so magnetic and his conversation so interesting and breezy. "Yes," he said, "I always advise any one who has an inclination for it to try to write. One shouldn't expect to, have the first things one does published, but one must keep on trying. It is an excellent plan to set down something one has seen in everyday life and try to get a story out of it. Indeed, it's the best way to practice. "Writing is. mostly drudgery," he continued. "I have to force myself to go into my library to work, and I find myself putting off the hour as long as possible." "But when you once sit down?" I ventured. "Even then it's hard work for awhile until I get into the swing. Let no one Imagine the muse comes without a summons and without a good deal of urging! At least she never does to me!"— Anna Wentworth in Woman's Home Companion. Set For the Wrong Time. He works in a down town office for a gruff old chap who has no love for laggards. He is due at 8 sharp, but as he likes to be out o' nights he never wakes up a moment too soon. He has an alarm clock, which he sets at 7, and this gives Win barely time to dress, breakfast and reach the office. One day last week, the man having forgotten to wind his clock the night before, it. didn't go off. So there were explanations to be made about 8:30 a. m. This was the excuse: "Well, you see, Mr. Gruff, I know how punctual you like all of your men to be, so I have an alarm clock, which I set for 7 in the morning. But, by mistake, I set it for 7 in the evening last night, and of course it didn't go ofl at 7 in the morning today, as usual. And I overslept myself." "Ah, you did? Well, I'll excuse you this time. Hut set it properly aftei this." And now the chap is wondering whether or not "the old man"was real ly fooled or merely wanted to let him down easy. Perhaps lie thinks the boss believes he has a 24 hour clock.— Kansas City Journal. 1 Hull Baltinj?. Although bull baiting was a cruel pastime, It was nlso a fulfilling of the law, for formerly no butcher was al lowed to offer for sale the flesh of any bull that h;:d not been baited. The goading of the animal in a fury was suppor- r d to have some Influence on the flesh. In a similar belief the flesh of a hunted hr! > was thought to be superior in flavor to that of one that had been shot, and a present of "a hunted hare" was considered to be a special compli ment. In the records of the corpora tion of Leicester, England, the follow ing order appears: "At a common hall, held on Thursday before St. Simon and St. Jude, 1107, 'no butcher to kill a bull till baited.' " At Winchester it was or dered (thirtieth Henry VIII) "that from hensforth ther slial be no bulstake set before any mayor's dore to bayte any bull, but oulie nt the bull-ringe within Ihe saide cytie." The Perplexed Juror. A man w'as being tried in New South Wales for stealing a watch. The evi dence was conflicting, and the jury made up their minds to retire, but be fore they left the hall the judge re marked that if there were any points on which they required information he would be pleased to assist them. Elev en of the jurymen had left the box, but the twelfth remained standing, Witli Ills eyes fixed downward, as if absorbed In thought. "Well, sir," said the judge, "is there any question you would like to ask me before you retire'.'" "I would like to know, my lord," came the reply, "if you could tell us whether the pris ael stole the watch." There are so many poor gramma rians that we wonder grammar Is not more unpopular. Atchison Globe. Every one might to have a motto of h!s own. Mr. was a good one—"Today." Land fr»b(, r shQ.p£.the commoqest and the lar iat of the Christmas Island land cral>s Js'tlio! well knfcwn robber crab, which most of the tropical islands Indian and Pacific oceans. If sonjotlmes reaches a length of two feet ajid may measure seven inches across the back. Its colors are of a very gaudy description, the ground color be i Ihg a bright red, upon which there are stripes of yellow, but lu some cases a | purplish blue Is the prevailing tint. The eyes are fixed on stalks which can be moved Independently of one an ; other, and there are two pairs of feel ers, one long, the other short. The lat ; ter pair are continually jerked up and down. There is a pair of powerful claws, then several walking legs. In general appearance these animals are much more like rather stout lobsters than crabs, and one's first encounter ' with one of these creatures in the mid dle of a forest far from the sea is pro- I ductlve of much astonishment on both ' sides. Another species of land crab com ■ mon in Christmas island Is a little | bright red animal which in general I shape is much like the common shore | crab. This variety makes burrows In i the ground, and in some places the soil i is honeycombed with hundreds of holes. 1 The crabs spend most of their time | collecting dead leaves, which they car j ry in their claws, holding them up over j their heads, and drag down into their j burrows, into which they scuttle at the : least alarm.—Pearson's Magazine. Cral>* In Dlnfinlse. | Human beings are not the only crea tures that have discovered the ap petizing, though Indigestible, qualities of crabs, and some of these animals | have been compelled to resort to vari- I ous defensive measures. Disguise is ; one of these and is practiced with i great effect by spider crabs. These deliberately bite up seaweeds | and plant them on their backs, very soon establishing a growth which har monizes perfectly with the surround- I ings and deceives many an enemy. Should the weeds grow too vigorously, ; the crab Industriously prunes them I with his claws and every now and then | scrapes the whole lot off and starts a j fresh garden oil his roof, so to speak. | The sponge crab behaves In a similar ' manner, nipping off little bits of living I sponge and sticking them on his back, ! where they grow vigorously. The | same end is served as in the other case. I It is very amusing to keep crabs of j one or other of these kinds in an aqua [ rium and deprive them of the usual j means of concealment. They get very nervous and agitated and try to cover themselves with bits of paper or anything else that may be i provided. One such captive is said to have had -a little greatcoat made for him, which lie put on in a hurry as soon as it was handed to him. The Earl and the Illfffhwaynum. One night when the Earl of Stanhope ' was walking alone in the Kentish lanes a man jumped out of the hedge, leveled a pistol and demanded his purse. "My good man, I have no money with me," said Lord Stauliope in his remark ably slow tones. The'robber laid hands on his watch. "No," Lord Stanhope went on, "that watch you must not have. It was giv en to me by one I love. It is worth £IOO. If you will trust me, I will go back to Chevening and bring a £IOO note and place it in the hollow of that tree. I cannot lose my watch." The man did trust him. The carl did bring the note. Years after Lord Stan hope was at a city dinner, and next to him sat a London aldorman of great wealth, a man widely respected. He and the earl talked of many things and found each other mutually entertain ing. Next day Lord Stanhope received a letter, out of which dropped a £IOO note. "It was your lordship's kind loan of this sum," said' the note, "that start ed me in life and enabled me to have the honor of sitting next to your lord ship at dinner." A strange story; but the Stanhopes are a strange race, and things happen to them that never did or could occur to other people. To Be Cketrfvl, The sovereign, voluntary path to cheerfulness, If our spontaneous cheer fulness be lost, is to sit up cheerfully, to look around cheerfully and to act and speak as If cheerfulness were al ready there. If such conduct doesn't make you soon feel cheerful, nothing else will on that occasion. So, to feel brave, act as if we were brave, use all our will to that end, and a courage fit will very likely replace the fit of fear. Again, in order to feel kindly toward a person to whom we have been inimical, the only way is more or less deliberate ly to smile, to make sympathetic in quiries and to force ourselves to say genial things. One hearty laugh to gether will bring enemies into closer communion of heart than hours spent on both sides in Inward wrestling with the mental demon of uncharitable feel ing. Why We Wink. No satisfactory determination lias been made of the reason we wink. Some suppose that the descent and re turn of the lid over the eye serve to sweep or wash It off; others that cover ing of the eye gives it a rest from the labor of vision, If only for an Inap preciable instant. This view borrows some force from the fact that the rec ord of winking is considerably used by experimental physiologists to help measure the fatigue which the eye suf fers.—Popular Science. Hrrd Work. Employer—What's the matter with you? Muddled.Clerk—Tired; tha'sh all. "Tired, eb?" "Yesh; I been workin like a horse." "Ah, I see! Carrying a load, eh?"- Philadelphia Record. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1901. TRUSTEE'S SALE. In the Court of Common Pleas of Cameron County, Penna., No. 28 April Term, 1901. Sophia Johnson, M. M. Larrabee, and Laura G. Freeman, Trustees under the will of Parmelia A. Freeman; Sophia Johnson devisee under the will of Huldah C. Fi-eeman, Seneca Freeman Russell, Emma Ben n; and Sophia Johnson Trustee of Ethel Freeman, Olive Freeman and Clem ent Philips. vs Laura Q. Freeman, Trustee of Bertha J. Davis, Clytus Freeman and Otis Freeman. PARTITION. ! Notice is hereby given that under and pursu ant to an order ertered on the fifth day of July, 1901, in the above entitled cause by the said I Court of Cameron County, the undersigned will, ! on Friday, the 20th day of September, 1901, at I 1 o'clock, p. in., at the office of Green a. j ' j Summer Announcement Cramer's Variety Store MUSLIN UNDERWEAR. Complete assortment. Every garment made perfectly. Prices in plain figures. Mjney back if dis satisfied. T HIS—LADIES' SHIRT WAIST. 3 8UC832,54,36, 38, 40. In White and Colorn. Latest styles from 39 cents to $7- Gowns, Shirts, Corset Covers, Drawers. Chemies. Better look them over. Ladies' Tailor-Made Suits In Broadcloth, Pebble, Cheviots, Vene tians and Home-spuns, ranging in prices from $5.25 to 925. A nice assortment of WASH DRESS GOODS. Lawns, Dimities, Silk Chambrays, Zey phers and a new supply of Laces and Rib bons, Applique Trimmings in White, Cream and Black. A large line of White Goods and White Lawns. MILLINERY DEPARTMENT. Why pay big prices for Pattern Hats? This week we have opened a flue line of PATTERN HATS. Tliey go at low prices. We have just received the Pan-Am. Toques, and a full line ofGolf, Sailor and all other Summer Styles. AT LESS THAN COST. We have concluded to close out our stock of Wall Paper, not having room to handle the same. This stock was pur chased this spring and comprises all the latest prints. This is a bargain for the people. Window Shades at the same low prices. They must go too. W. H. CRAMER'S The Popular Variety Store. jFiiniitiire | |s|j Everything in |M| I E stock that goes to make up a first-class Fur- M niture Store. . Will not be tin- IP' der sold by ![jj| any one. . . jf|j| Carpets, Oil-Cloth, k Linoleum, ® Mattings: UP IN QUALITY. HI DOWN IN PRICE. Ml' One of the best Sew ing Ma g chines in the [ijp world, sold here—the Ml I "fjomestie." J !| Undertaking 11 i in all its |p branches Js, promptly |j©| attended to. M! You all know ||| the place. |^| | GEO. J. LA BAR, I || THE BIG BRICK STORE, M 11 1:! ( Cor. Fourth and Chestnut' St., fflj illlf EM ~- " J|jj SECOND TO NONE. Adam, Meldrum & Anderson Co. 396 to 408 Main St.—American Block, BUFFALO, N. Y. The Great Pan-American Store. Our store is one of the attrac tons of the city. All coiivenien-1 ces and comforts for visitors. Bureau of information. Ladies' parlors and waiting j room. I Refreshment room for ladies and gentlemen. Meals any time between 8 a. m.and 6 p. m. at i moderate prices. Headquarters for Pan-Ameri can souvenirs, Buffalo and Nia gara rails souvenirs We are now showing new spring goods in all departments, including millinery, cloaks,suits, waists, gloves and neckwear. In dress goods, silks and wash fabrics we also lead the trade ot Buffalo. We show hundreds of private patterns in new carpets which can be seen in no other store in Buffalo. 1 All correspondence promptly attended to. iMM, !HKLI)RI ! H & ANDERSON CO., 196-108 Main Street, The American Block. BUFFALO, N. Y I Balcom & Lloyd. I 1 . I 1 prepared 1 r~_. I i F or I I the Se&softf I We have opened and are displaying a 1 [| choice line of . . I FANCY I 1 DRY GOODS 1 L|| I p specially, selected for the . . j| i . ' Summer! | • - Season. 1 p ' ii !j We have gathered such articles a combine elegance with 1 | utility and at jf 1 Very Reasonable |jj m ti • P | rrices § 1 I 1 Balcom & Lloyd. I \]bQ _ AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION TO THE CITIZENS OF THI-. COMMONWEALTH FOK THEIR AP PROVAL OR REJECTION BY THE GEN ERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMON WEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, PUB LISHED BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEA LTH, IN PURSUANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THECONSTITUTION. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth. Section 1. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Represenatives of the Commonwealth in General Assembly met. That the following is proposed as amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in accord ance with the provisions of the eighteenth arti cle thereof: Amendment One to Article Eight, Section One. Add at the end of the first paragraph of said section, after the words "shall be entitled to vote at all elections," the words "subject how ever to such laws requiring and regulating the registration of electors as the General Assembly may enact," so that the said section shall read as follows: Section 1. Qualifications of Electors. Every male citizens twenty-one years of age, possessing the following qualifications, shall lie entitled to vote at all elections, subject however to such laws requiring and regulating the registration of electors as the General Assembly may enact: 1. Heshall have been a citizen of the United States at least one month. 2. He shall have resided in the State one year (or having previously been a qualified elector or native born citizen of the State, he shall have re ' moved therefrom and returned, then six I months,) immediately preceding the election. 3. He shall have resided in the election dis ! trict where he shall offer to vote at least two , months immediately preceding the election. 4. If twenty-two years of age and upwards, | he shall have paid with two years a State or | county tax, which shall have been assessed at least two months and paid at least one month j before thtelection. ! Amendment Two to Article Eight, Section Seven. I Strike out from said section the words "but no elector shall be deprived of the privilege of vot ing by reason of his name not being registered," 1 and add to said section the following words, "but laws regulating and requiring the registration of , electors may be enacted to apply to cities only, provided that such laws be uniform for cities of the same class," so that the said section shall ; read as follows: Section 7. Uniformity of Election laws. —All I laws regulating the holding of elections by the I citizens or for the registration of electors shall be uniform throughout the State, but laws regu- I lating and requiring the registration of electors | may be enacted to apply tocities only, provided that such laws be uniform for cities of the same class. A true copy of the Joint Resolution. W. W. GRIEST, Secretary of the Commonwealth. AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION PROPOSED TO THE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMONWEALTH FOR THEIR APPROVAL OR REJECTION BY THE GENIiRAL AS SEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMON WEALTH, IN PURSUANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE CONSTITUTION. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the ( ommonwealth ' of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority ofthesame, That the following is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in accordance with the provisions of the Eighteenth ariicle thereof. I Amendment. Strike out section four of article eight, and in sert in place thereof as follows: i Section 4. All elections by the citizens shall be by ballot or by such other method as may be prescribed by law: Provided, That secrecy in voting be preserved. A true copy of the Joint Resolution. I W. W. GRIEST, Secretary of the Commonwealth. A safe, certain relief for Suppressed I Menstruation. Never known to fail. Safe! ■ Sure! Speedy! Satisfaction Guaranteed I or money Refunded. Sent prepaid for ■ 81.00 per box. Will send them on trial, to ■ be paid for when relieved. Humpies Free. I UKITTO MEDICAL CO., Box 74, L»HC«»TC». PA. J Sold in Emporium by L. Taggart.