ARTHUR J. BALFOUR England's New Premier and His Illustrious Predecessor. linn Uhn Will Govern Great nrl«ain for Sciuie \eitr* to Come I* u Ncplu'H uf the Hi'tiriUK Guveritnieut Chief, The neplicw succeeds the uncle, for Arthur James Balfour, incoming- pre mier of England, bears that relation ship to the inarquis of Salisbury, who pi.es out cheerfully to resume his beloved' studies of chemistry in the laboratories of his great house near fct. Albans. When Arthur Balfour was at Cam bridge he got the name of "Aunt Panny," but he has lived it down. There is nothing effeminate in the character of Arthur Balfour who to day steps into one of the first admin istrative positions in the world. lie was boru in Scotland July 25, 1 MS, and is the eldest son of the late James Maitland Balfour and Lady Blanche liuscoigne Cecil, sister of the present marquis of Salisbury. He practically began his political life as private secretary to his uncle when the marquis was secretary of state for foreign affairs. One-thirdi of his 04 years have been spent in political serv ice, that service finally bringing him into the position of conservative lead* er of the house of commons. Ever since he was first elected to parlia ment in 1874 lie lias been close to the person and deep in the counsels of Lord Salisbury. He Is popular in many sections of the empire, and ad mired where he is not popular. He was selected for the chief sec retaryship of Ireland, because "he had the hardest head, the steadiest nerve, end the strongest hand," for the po sition. His self-possession is die- K-ribed as "indomitable and ever vig ilant." The conservatives hold to him because he is an "aristocrat to his finger tips," and' that kind of aris tocracy is quite popular in England at the present time. Scotland has taken especial delight in honoring this brilliant son of hers. TLiere is scarce a university in the kind ef heather that has not conferred upon HON ARTHUR J. BALFOUR. (Lord Salisbury's Successor as Premier of Great Britain J him an honorary degree of some kind or elected him to some position in its government. English universities have also signally honored him, and, although a graduate of Cambridge, Ox ford* has heaped its honors upon him with a friendly hand. Balfour has called himself a popu lar statesman, "and by that," he says, *'l do not mean a statesman who is personally popular, but a statesman who aims at furthering the prosper ity of the people." Lord Salisbury looks back on a po litical career of more than half a cen tury. In 1853. when only 23 years old, he was elected to parliament ns member for Stamford, and represented th» "borough for 15 years. He took ar active part in nil public measured which affected the interests of the established church and the chief po litical questions of the day. In his younger days Lord Salisbury was a frequent contributor to the Quarterly Review and kindred periodicals. In 1566 he was appointed secretary «if state for India, which post he re signed in 1 c r.~ on account of a differ ence of opinion respecting the reform bill. Two years later ne was elected chancellor of the University of Ox ford in succession to the late earl of Derby. Win n Disraeli returned to office fn 3874 Lord Salisbury was appointed sec retary of state for India. These two great statesmen were the representa tives of (ireat Britain at the congress of Berlin in 1878. On his return the queen invested Lord Salisbury with the Order of the Garter. In 1881, after the death of Lord HcaconsfieUl, the marquis became the lendier of the conservative party in the house of lords. On January 9, 1885. Mr. Gladstone was beaten on a ndget vote and resigned, and Lord a lis bury took office as premier. Hitch ItrKiird for Propriety, Sonic regard for propriety was manifested by * widower in Kansas. Just two wl'eks after burying his wife he married another, and several of his neighbors came to serenade him with tin horns, etc. The dis cordant racket brought him to the door, and lie said: "You ought to be ashamed to make such an uproar at u house where a funeral has been so recently held." Ruhjeet for 111 mi* Munpii hi, Edward VVilkinsha w, of lluvant, England, ha* been bald from birth. Now, at the age of 'j'2, a plentiful crop of dark-red hair covers hi head, all gtunu in lest ihtji three iriontha j COURTS LADY VILLIERS. Son of William Waldorf Alitor Want! to Marry Noted llril lull Soele t j Kavarite. I.ady Edith Villiers, one of the bright and shining stars of English society, has, it is said, received a pro posal of marriage from Waldorf Astor, the son of William Waldorf Astor, who renounced his American citizenship and became a British sub ject. Lady Villiers is said to be hesi tating between young Astor and a peer. Lady Villiers, daughter of the earl of Clarendon, was born February 20, 1877. Her father, who is lord chamberlain of England, was born In 1846. He married, in 1876, Caroline, eldest daughter of the third earl of Kormantun. Lord Clarendon was WALDORF ASTOR. (Young American Who So-k? an English liride of Noble Birth.) aid-de-camp to the queen in 1807. He | has been lord lieutenant of Hertford- I shire since 18D2, and is honorary colonel and lieutenant colonel of the Hertfordshire yeomanry cavalry. In ! IS6B he contested the seat for the i south division of Warwickshire, and | sat in the house of commons as mem ! ber for Brecon in 1869-70. His dattgh- I ter, while not beautiful, is extremely bright and witty, and is much sought j after. Waldorf Astor is 24 years of age, I and, unlike his father, is an American citizen. He has lived in England since ; his boyhood, and, both socially and | politically, is English in his ways. He is a good oarsman, a line horse man and is fond of hunting. He was i born in New York, but knows little j or nothing about his native country. He was a college friend of the son of Lord Rosebery. Upon the death of his father young Waldorf Astor will inherit the great er part of an estate valued at $200,- j 000,000. THE PEOPLE OF ACRE. Little Known Ht'Klon of South Amor leu. in DiNpiiti* Between lloliviu uiid Brazil. The region of Acre, in northern Bo livia, has been disputed territory be tween that country and Brazil for ! nearly 50 years. The little country j has come into public notice recently j because Bolivia leased a part of the ! Acre region to an Anglo-American | syndicate. Brazil objects to this ' business arrangement, and has I threatened to break off diplomatic re lations unless the contract is re ! scinded. Except that the country is rich in rubber, little is known about it. jlt occupies a triangular space be- I tween the boundaries of Brazil and | Bolivia, and Peru and Bolivia, with J the Beni river as the base. The po sition of the sides of this triangle as NATIVE CHIEF OP ACRE. (Wears No Cloth s, Hut Has a Most Elab orate lieaddrese.,) interpreted by the two countries is the cause of the dispute. A traveler recently returned from Acre says, in the New York Tribune, of the na | tives that they are in many respects like the Bolivians, but that there are I among them tribes of a lower class j than can be found elsewhere in that j part of the world. Some of them are said to be cannibals, and all are j shy and averse to the invasion of | their country by the whites. They j are experts in the art of using darts, ! spears and javelins, and delight in j practicing with these from the bush j on intruders, whom they usually at» j tack from behind. They wear no clothes, but have | elaborate headdresses made of feath ers and beads, and the younger ones | wear strings of coins and metal disks around their necks and wrists. There are no horses or mules in Acre, and tlie llama is used us the beast of bur den. Thii Horn*** tguKl Ift M*-li. The strength of two hot'*** equal* that of tiHevu men. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1902. AMERICANS ARE THE BEST. Am \\ ritern of Sliort StorJe*, They H u 11 k an a C'lu-mm Above T)io*e of Other Countries. In Harper's Magazine, Mr. Alden, in discussing the evolution of the short fctory, maintains that in this field of literature American writers are su preme: "I'util recently the shortest stories by English writers were of consider able length," says Mr. Alden, "show ing how firmly established among them was the habit proper to the novel. The best examples of the really brief short story have been French and' American. The French writer takes naturally to the vivid and piquant sketch, and the American readily adopts the characteristic na tional habit of telling little Morics— a habit firmly established in our speech before it appeared in our liter ature. The simple conditions of early American life gave the racy an ecdotes and the narrative of adven ture their primitive preeminence. Our pioneer life not only •hcrished the story-telling trait, but furnished material for the stories, often som ber. if not tragic, but more frequently humorous. It is easy to see from what matrix sprang the tales of the elder Dana, of Hawthorne, and of William Gilmore Sims also the pro ductions of our long line of humor ists. down to Mark Twain. Stockton and Bret. Ilarte. T'oe and Irving stand in a class not s»> sharply nevered from European traditions: and we can read ily understand why Dickens and other English writers to such a degree ad miringly fellow shiped the latter, and why in France the former received singular appreciation, being there the only American writer familiarly known. r =*l HOME SANITATION By ED. R. PRITCHARD, Sec. Chicago Board of Health. L i There is no more effective factor in jH maintaining a low death rate in a city's pop ttlation than that of proper sanitary condi- Wm&K'mW Physicians may cure disease, BUT * fill PERFECT SANITARY CONDITIONS |||||j|l I'REYKNT IT. This means the lessening jKg;. mf D f human suffering and the lengthening of ■ ■|||| human life. With two objects of such para- mount importance to be attained only H j|// 112 through perfect sanitary conditions in the - home, it becomes easy to understand why ' I in all large cities of to-day there exists mu ™ nicipal control in this field of sanitary effort. It is a field, too, in which there is a growing tendency to broad en the power of the municipality in the work of protecting human l.fe and conserving the public health. 1 ake the matter of plumbing and drainage. There is no more in sidious foe to health than sewer gases, due to defective traps and broken drains or catch basins. In the all-important matter of mu nicipal supervision of all plumbing work, cither new or repair of old, Chicago was one of the first cities in the union to formulate and en force a set of regulations based upon strictly sanitary and scientific principles. I hat code has been adopted, or at least made a basis of those now in force in many towns and cities all over the country. In rigidly enforcing the regulations of a code of this kind, there is nothing theoretical about the results that follow, any more than there is in those that are shown in the absence of such a code or in a failure to enforce its provisions when it does exist. It has been shown by actual investigation, made by the sanitary division of the Chicago department of health, that in certain sections of the city, IN NEARLY EVERY CASE OF SCARLET FEVER OR DIPHTHERIA, BAD PLUMBING WAS FOUND IN THE HOUSES FROM WHICH SUCH CASES WERE REPORTED. I lie records of the department also show an alarming increase of in fant mortality, including children under six years of age, in what are known as the river wards, as compared with that in the better resi dent districts, where the sanitarv surroundings are practically all that could be desired. It will be conceded, I venture to say, that the presence in a com munity, in epidemic form, of what are known as the preventable dis eases, indicates pretty clearly that in some quarter there has been either criminal ignorance or negligence, or both. And the fact that this is so generally recognized may be taken as showing the im portance of enforcing municipal regulations in sanitary matters. There are, however, some phases of home sanitation which do not come under municipal control, but which are by ti'j means unim portant agencies in promoting health and securing to Lie public com parative freedom from disease. Under this head may be mentioned light and ventilation. At the present time we have both state and municipal laws regulating facto ries, stores and workshops as to providing air space and proper ven tilation according to the number of occupants. The city of Chicago goes further, and insists upon adequate toilets and lavatories in all stores, shops and factories, together with a maintenance by employers of the best possible sanitary conditions. Unfortunately, however, municipal regulations as to light, air and ventilation cannot well be enforced upon the careful housewives who darken their windows with heavy opaque shades and curtains and who conscientiously refuse to admit the life-giving sunshine into their homes. These same housewives know that a plant, if put into a cellar where the sunshine is excluded, will shortly turn yellow and die. They should know that THE SAME IS TRUE OF A HUMAN BEING. ' TilE SUNSHINE IS GOD'S SCAVENGER. Humanity should bask in it.l louses should be thrown open to its free admission; and all for the simple reason that disease germs cannot exist where sun light has free and continued access. There is, however, the same need of popular education along these lines v/here municipal authorities are powerless to act, except as teachers, that there is among those who maintain untidy and unsanitary .surroundings in violation of all sani- '"The nrt of short'fcl<>7-y writing, as represented by such authors as Mau passant and (Jautier and Mcrimee, reached' a higher point of excellence than tlint attained in tiie work of their American contemporaries, and there have been very few of our writ ers who in.this; field have approached Tiirgen.ieff ami Sienkiewiez. But for English-speaking readers the field has been most satisfactorily occupied and almost monopolized by Americans. In boldness of. conception (though avoiding moral risk), in l sincerity of feeling, and in humor they have sur passed all others." V«■ iv I for Dried Pens, A most, interesting place is the in terior" of a powder factory, where fine and special brands of smokeless pow der and powder used for spotting pur poses are made. The smokeless pow der. which, like all other gunpowder, is com posed of thie* ingredients—. charcoal, saltpetre ttud sulphur—re quires a certain kind of charcoal, which the manufacturers discovered at the cost of a great deal of experi menting with fine cedair. boxwood, maple and ash charcoal. The special charcoal used in the manufacture of smokeless and other brands of fine powder is made, surprising though it, may seem, of dried peas, which are "burned" to charcoal in kilns- like any other vegetable material used for the same purpose. These dried peas make a very fine and light- charcoal that is in great demand in the manu facture of tine gunpowder.—Scientific American. Hi* Opinion. She —There's really no reason for married folks to quarrel. lie N'o, except that they generally need a few quarrels to find that out.— Brooklyn Life. IMPOSITION EXPOSED. Calpnrlnn Got Onto th«> Knot That HeKluiilal'N I'minnm \\ n» Not tlic Itenl 'i'hiiitf. Calpurina Bristol drew hark with an ex- Fression of horror upon her fair young face. Icr bosom rose and fell like a tablecloth 011 a clothesline when the wind blows, and her delicate, sensitive nostrils dilated to the last notch, writes S. E. Kiser, dn the Chicago Record-Herald. Reginald Briggs saw at once that some thing was the matter. Instinctively his hand went up to his necktie. It seemed to be in place, and his collar had not come un buttoned. "Fair one," he cried at last, when he could bear the strain no longer, "what is it? Nay, do not seek to conceal it from me. My rea son tells me that you are agitated. Let me know the truth. lam strong. I can stand it." "No, no, no!" she cried, burying her face in her hands and trying in vain to keep back her emotion. "Go away. l>o not put me to the test. Oh, heaven! This is terri ble!" Overcome by her emotion she sat down upon a rustic bench, and sobbed. The young man bent over her and said in pleading tones: "Tell me —tell me, Calpurina—l mean —" '"Cease!" she cried, dashing her tears away and indignantly facing him. "Never ad dress me again! "1 supposed that you were wearing a panama hat, but I see that it is only a $4 imitation. And 1 have walked all around the clubhouse in your company before everybody!" He slipped out through a side gate a mo ment later and rant hrough the woods, won dering whether it would be better to try to live it down or keep on toward the set ting sun. THE YOUNG IDEA. SethneliA to t'lie En Iti nnl n* m of n n In ■ truetor Who Wiin TraliiiiiK It to Shoot. Teachers often find the "developing" process discouraging. A young minister, seeking to impress the beauties of nature upon his class of East side boys, had been describing the gradual unfolding of the springtime, relates the New York .Judge. Pausing impressively at the endi of uis speech he asked: "Now tell me, boys, in your own lan guage, what comes in tne spring?" "The rent man!" quavered a pathetic lit tle treble. Again the developer's enthusiasm was j chilled when urging upon his pupils the 1 importance of attendance upon Friday 1 evening exercises. 1 _ "Remember, children," said the pastor, j "our church is open on Friday as well asou : Sunday. On the Sabbath day we have tiie i regular morning and evening services. | Now"—with a blandly expectant look— "what do we have on Friday?" "Fresh tish, sir!" answered the boys. A DiNnsreemcnt, The owner of a small yacht has in his em ploy a Finn who acts in'the double capacity of cook and deckhand and whom he had al ways regarded as single. The other day the Finn admitted that lie had a wife and two boys in Finland, for whom he proudly boast ed, he recently purchased a S9OO home out of his earnings as a sailor, j "Why doesn't your wife live over here?" asked his employer. "Veil, sir, she don't agree vith the cli mate!" was the response.—N. Y. Post. UNIVERSITY OF NOTHE DAJIE. Notre Uaxne, Indiana. We call the attention of our readers to the advertisement of Notre Dame Univer sity, one of the great educational institu tions of the West, which appears in another column of this paper. Those of our readers who may have occasion to look up a college for their sons during the coming year would do well to correspond with tiie President, who will send them a catalogue free of I charge, as well as ail particulars regarding terms, courses of studies, etc. There is a thorough preparatory school in connection with tiie University, in which students of all grades will have every oppor tunity of preparing themselves for higher studies. The Commercial Course intended for young men preparing for business, may be finished in one or two years according to the ability of the student. ST. EDWARD'S HALL, for boys under thirteen, is an unique department of the institution. The higher courses are thorough in every respect, and students will find every opportunity of per fecting themselves in any line of work they may choose to select. Thoroughness in class work, exactness in the care ot students, and devotion to the best interests of all, are the distinguishing characteristics of Notre Dame University. Fifty-seven years of active work in the cause of education have made this institu tion famous all over the country. It takes money to talk through a Panama hat. —Puck. Stops the Conch and works off the cold. Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Price 25 cent*. Paid in Full.—Mendicant—"Boss, de world owes me a livin', and—" Orinishaw —"Well, you're living, aren't you?"— Town Topics. AVrite Dept. E., Consumers Harness Co., Detroit, Mich., quick, for special offer on sin gle strap buggy harness. It will pay you. THE MARKETS. New York, July 28, 1003. Flour —Market dull and easy. Wheat No. 2 rod 7s%c. Corn —No. 2 at 70'/ a c. Oats - N'o. a white (io%o. Hay—Firm at sKi.oo(fi 14.00. Beeves Steers $5.()()(.—Flour—Winter wheat patents $4.00(a4.20. Wheat No. 2 red 740. Corn Xo. 2 yellow 7()c. Oats Xo. 2 white (JO'/jjC. May Xo. 1 timothy $12.50. Eggs Strictly fresli 19c. Cheese- York state 11 (u 12c. Butter lb st creainerx 22'/i,c. Potatoes New 70((l SOc. Cattle Choice steers $5.00, best ca I ves $7.25(ft 7.75. Sheep- Best lambs $1.50 (. so. llogs- Yorkers $7.85. Toledo, July 26, —Wheat Cash 73 Vie. Corn Cash and July GS'/jC. Oats Cash and July 50c. Clovcrseed October $5.12'/j i . East Liberty, .1111\ 2ti. ( attic-- Choice s7.so(frt 7.80, good s6.oo(ii ti.25. Hogs •I'riiiM" heavy $7.H5. light $7.80. Sheep Best wethers $4.50(y. 4.70, choice lambs sti.oo( IT.tHtfd 7.D5. Sheep Spring lambs sti.4o(ji ti.lSli, best mix -d sheep $4.25(ii 4.50. ! | |' to Eat 112 from Libby's famous Hygienic kitchens. X whore purity prevails. Ail meats ussd xm> ♦ I LIBBY'S | Natural Flavor | | Food Products | % are U. S. Government inspected. 2 0 Keep in the house for emergencies for suppers, for sandwiches for any ticne m when you wnnt something good and w»ui & it quick. Simplj turn a key and iu♦ eaai -0 is open. 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CUTTS, G. P. &. T. A., At. A St. L. li. 15., Minneapolis, Minn. [HAZARD develops 1 uniform pressure. If you want W t0 Pattern your gun use "ur tar* Hazard Smokeless Tax- get. P. Q B-jx 606. N. Y. |GUN POWDER NEW PENSION LAWS I If cl aon rejected upon ground of i»ri»«- wrvt** In l onrrtlrrnltf Cttrri't or dfiirl lon fVuni prior irrvlcra In Prilcrtil \ ru* v . am* t%*r application under Act .July 1. IWJ. *Vnu» j«»r Aci June '/T. .Ill®, ak Io pension* to Mirt lv*r«ai.d id «%%••■» liKllnit v% un. If*!. Iu In'>V. NV .1 liomviii* all < a»scM of I'ennMii Claim*. No pension, no J. It.i KAi.l.k, ACO , Attorney*. Wuliiug'.oti. D i. a. n. K.-<; 19i>7 M . CURtS WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. ('3 bd lle»t « nigh H) rup Ta«te« Mood. Iml* * rVI In tluiu m»ki by drnsslau. HV M-.iiMi. Jrsrxm^i 7