2 CAMERON COUNTY PRESS. H. H. MULLIN, Editor. Published Every Thursday. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Per year 'J 00 If paid in advance * w ADVERTISING RATES: A cents per line lor each subsequent consecutive insertion. Obituary notices over five lines. 10 cents per line. Simple announcements of births, mar* rinces ami deaths will be inserted free. Business cards, five lines or less. (5 per year: over live lines, at the regular rates of adver tising. No local inserted for less than 75 cents pcf Issue. JOB PRINTING. The Job department of the PHKSR is complete and affords facilities f..r doing the best class of Work. PAB'IIIX'US ATTENTION PAIDTO LAW PRINTING. No paper will be discontinued until arrenr fifes are paid, except at the option of the pub ibher. Papers sent out of the county must be paid lor in advance. Samuel T. Packard, Whiltier's llt »rary executor and biographer, will aell a great many of his manuscripts md books for the benefit of a fund for :he restoration and care of tko poet's birthplace at Haverhill and his home in Amesbury. Miss Emma Honey, of Powder Val ley. Pa., recently found a remarkable clover stalk, having 44 stems. 27 of them having four leaves each, and 17 being five leaved ones. During the summer she gathered 101 four-leaved clover stalks, 19 with five leaves, and one with the exceptional number of six leaves. In Liverpool is a room—that of a dentist whose grandfather occupied tie same premises—that contains many mirrors and pictures, the frames of which are made entirely of sharks' teet i. Near Birmingham a manufac turer has a study that is lined even to the roof, with nothing but chains of various thicknesses and padlocks of different sizes. Basketry remains a most, popular form of fancy work for young women. It is an art easy to acquire and fas cinating in its development, for so Boon as a few lessons have been taken the worker sees stimulating possi bilities in giving rein to her own fancy in design. Many Christmas present* will take this form, as the range of service for the reed bowls and boxes Is wide and useful. The counter displaying Canto,i China is always attractive to wise shoppers, who know that the pieces of china, crudely pictured with the quaint scenes of Chinese life, make appre ciated gifts. A charming cracker iar in this ware that stands on three small feet can be purchased as low as 7;1 cents, while odd plates, platters, teacups antl saucers can be had at co. - respondingly low prices. The government proposes to tax the "drink-money" received by street car conductors from passengers who are humane enough to try and keep them from starving. The conductors' pro test says that the gratuities are abso lutely necessary to keep them alive, a* their salary is only $21.25 per month. The Berlin street cars are among the greatest money-makers in Germany. Experiments now in progress at Woods Hole Marine Biographical Laboratory indicate that not only is It possible to prepare an artificial sea water in which certain marine Algae can develop, but it appears that many very sensitive marine animals can also be kept for longer or shorter periods of time, and often carry out consider able part of their development in ar tificial mixtures. From all parts of Maine come re ports to the effect that the law passed by the legislature of 1901, Intended to protect the wii.l birds of the state other tian game birds from slaughter, has resulted In saving a great many of the most desirable birds of Maine. It has been noticed that little birds have Increased rapidly during the past two reasons, and the law is undoubtedly •tsponsM.le for it. Experiments in grafting vegetables made by M. L. Daniel, of the faculty of sciences of Rennes, France, show that It is possible to graft together al most any two varieties of the same «p< cies or two of widely different fam ilies. The graft It often profoundly modified. It being possible to obtain en tirely new types by this process. Among his successful grafts were to mato and egg plant. A London newspaper man. said to be capable, was suddenly called ii|».n ♦<> write an obituary of Hret llarte. With n mind full of something else we are not told what le wrote a column and a half and sent It to the printer. When It i aim ba< k In proof he was horri fied to find that he had written a lengthy article about Mark Twain. It *» too late rewrite the obituary and he »»;. obllgi d to change tin name and Ihe title of T|„. I Ulld M MM •rti< l« go in. It la H nnoumed that William H Hav of New York cit> will attempt to < rganl/i it tilt n Kirie a village on the Hudson river, an an producing t-oiiiiiiunity similar in ' limit. lt»r lo that founded in Kugland under tie of William Mom Mr Ha> la an ar< hit- • t and painter who in urn youth -lute iimier F F Church and Thomas Cole Ills purpose Is to . . tablisti -iieliok and fa< tones to he rented al nominal eu#t to atliai* and am tit workst*. PROSPERITY AND PROTECTION. Reinstatement of lln* I-'rl weljtle lli-otiultt lliiirk I*fiii il Time.* After IKiIU. "The greatest national issue is the inaintt nance of prosperity." It will lie remembered that this dec laration will appear in the platform adopted by the republican convention of this state last, summer. It is the declaration of a self-evident truth, but in tlte circumstances it was neces sary. It is necessary moreover—for the people of this country and for the men to whom the people have entrust ed the duty of managing national af fairs to hear it constantly in mind. The declaration was necessary, and the keeping of it in mind is necessary, because the faction of the democracy that is endeavoring to reorganize the party is making an attack upon the principle upon which prosperity rests the basis of the proposed reorganiza tion, says the Albany Journal. Lacking in clearness, direct nes-s and force as Grovcr Cleveland's published expression of views as to the future of the demoeratic party is, it makes plain beyond doubt the intent of the would be reorganizers to rally the majority of the democrats of this country around a banner Inuring the inscrip tion "Tariff for ltevenue." The propo sition that import duties should lie reduced without, the slightest regard for the principle of protection will he the democratic paramount issue from now on until the votes for presidential electors are cast in 1904. if the would be reorganizers, whose chief is Grover Cleveland, have their way. It was the rcinst it ution of the prin ciple of protection that brought Tinck prosperity after the election of 1S90; it is that principle that'has hi en main ly the cause of the marvelous growth | of prosperity since iTiat time; pros perity rests securely upon that, prin ciple. An attack upon protection is : therefore manifestly an attack upon prosperity itself. It must he met firm ; ly. aggressively and with unflagging j determination by all who desire that ! prosperity shall he maintained. It may appear, after due considera tion, that certain changes in the tariff schedule are advisable. There never | was a tariff law framed that was abso | lutely perfect in every detail, nor w ill j there ever he one that will not he sub ! ject. to legitimate changes from time to time. But no change must he made, i or attempted, that is a menace to the principle of protection. Only tliecer- I tainty that a proposed change will he 1 of advantage to American commerce and industry will be justification for j the adoption of sueli change. There must heno 4 general tariff-tinkering, i for the sake of the tinkering. Much has been said recently of the 1 material increase in imports, to which the decrease in the balance of trade ; in our favor is largely due. Since such | increase has come even while a pro tective tariff is in force, it i- easy lo i see how greatly imports would be fur ther increased if import duties were generally reduced, and bow soon we should be transformed again into a debtor nation. Germany* whose commerce and indtis : trv is in a condition similar to that which prevailed in the Cnited States I during President Cleveland's second term, attributes that condition to lax t ity in the matter of imposition oT itn j port duties, and is working out a tar- I iff system not only for greater revenue, but also for Is'ttcr protection. The importance of tlte plan of cam paign outlined by Mr. ( leveland for the proposed rejuvenated democracy must not he underestimated, lie is the j leader of the faction that is trying to ! accomplish the rejuvenation. He is j competent and authorized to speak for for it. tn declare its purposes. Its principal purpose is to effect horizon tal reduction of the tariff, which would | mean the breaking down of the pro tective system and the consequent col- I lapse of prosperity. All who may manifest undue zeal and eagerness to make sweeping i change- in the present t ariif schedule ! will he aiding the Cleveland faction j of the democracy in its at tempt to gain ' control of the democratic party and of the nation's affairs. The changing of any part of the tariff law is a task thai needs to he untiei-takim, if it 1- undertaken at ull. only with the great | est deliberation and the coolest judg | niciit. Anil as the Evening Journal has said repeatetily, no change which Tn the slightest decree would affect the principle of protect'on to it- detri ment should IN- considered lit all. What) ver some individuals may say. the fact ha hi • n c inhli-heil beyond the po -ihility of ilollht that the majority of the people of the Cnited State approves of protection. The return to the house of representative* of a niaji rity . 112 members of the party that litis alw ays adhered to protect ion for \iuerieiin Indu trii is the most reei*ni ev'iYnei «• poi i t-al toail for ltK<4. IM* l.xuU Ulobe li liiui-rat. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1902. SOCIALISM FOLLOWSERYANISM Tlie Silently Movement of the Demo cratic I'nrly in That Hireelliin for Yea I'm. A significant fact, is noted in connec tion with the late election in Massa chusetts. The Appeal of Reason, a socialist organ published in Kansas, has completed a canvass of the vote east by its party in the United States, and places the total at 400,000. It adds: "The hen viest socialist vote was polled in Massachusetts." There tire some interesting conclusions to be drawn from this statement, and the Hoston Journal proceeds to draw t hem: "The heaviest socialist vote was polled tn Mas.- tchiisetts-!" This I.the sir.tsternt t result of this year's strenuous effort to "reorganize." rehabilitate and revitalize the Bay state democracy. The nomination of* Mr. Gaston did r.ot succeed ir. capturing Massachusetts or breaking republican con trol. Its. chiitf practical effect was the rolling up in this conservative common wealth of"the heaviest socialist vote" in the union. A year or two more ar.d socialism will have absorbed our Massa chusetts democracy, root ar.d branch. Those gold democrats who have left their party anil In cum republicans are ahut?- cT.tntiy justified, by the course of this year's i lection.-. The democracy is escaping from Bryar.ilsm to fall Into socialism. It is sim ply going from bad! to wors'e. It is passing under the spell of the most dangerous de lusion which this party of opportunism has ever embraced. The Journal is of the further belief that the conservative democrats as well as the few mistaken republicans w ho voted for Mr. Gaston, will soon he coming to there publico npa rt.v "on the run,"and that the line will he very sharply drawn iu the commonwealth between the forces of conservatism and the forces of radicalism. It con eludes thus: "One does not need to he a prophet or the son of it prophet to ! read the meaning of the straws on the stream of politics or the drifting! clouds in the sky." The signs are not j confined to Massachusetts. That a j large proportion of flic democratic party everywhere is deeply tainted 1 with socialism is indisputable. If it . were not true David H. Hill could never I have so slickly put through his govern- j incut coal confiscation plank at his state convention in Saratoga, nor \ would the Bryan doctrines, many of ! them purely socialistic, appeal so ; strongly to the rank and file. The truth is the democratic party ; as a whole for years has been steadily ' moving toward socialism. The eoali- j tion in some states with the populists who politically are but one degree removed from the socialists—as far back as 1592 was one of the first and j most notable of the outward and vis able signs of this drift. Some demo crats who winked at that combination | then have seen the folly of it since, and i instead of following the path which ! led into the Bryan camp have taken the ! back track and are to-day in much more general sympathy with there- J publican party than with their own. It is probable that with this socialistic drift continued there will be a new alignment of political forces. As mat- 1 ters are going there will soon be no choice between republicanism and socialism and the self respecting, con- | servative democrat who doesn't like ! socialism is not likely to he very long iu reaching a decision as to which side | he will take. RESPECT FOR THE PEOPLE. Tlie True Source of I"o 111 ielt t Power j Im Properly Iteeou'itixetl liy the He mill lien ins. Without loss-of time, the Vermont legislature, largely republican in both branches, has noted on the main issue j in the recent state I'ampaign, and called j for a vote of the people themselves on the bill passed. The lending question | referred to was whether the long es tablished prohibition law should stiind, attended with many admitted violations, or be replaced by local op-I tion and high license. This hotly de-j bated point divided the republican party of Vermont into almost equal j parts and the election of governor went to the legislature. That body] has passed a law and provided for its ; submission to a special election in the ; state January 6. The bill calls for an • annual popular vote on the licensing of saloons and sets a minimum fee of S.IOO find maximum of $1,200 for a gen eral license, with a $250 license for sell ing fermented liquors. An antitreat ing clause is included in the bill. Mas sachusetts has it law similar in many respects, and local option there re sulls in actual prohibition over most of the state's urea. \1 the recent election, Illinois made 1 a distinct ad\ mice with t lie referendum principle, Vermont applies it practi cally. Oregon and South Dakota have embodied ii in their constitutions. j lowa has authorized it in municipal : affairs. Ml these arc republican stales. Here is another illustration, says the | St. Louis (ilohe Democrat, of the fact that the republican party acts while : other parties occupy themselves with | dodging, dissembling or empty talk. | ' I he now moribund populist party has had milch to say about the refereiiilum, but notion;.' practical iu thi re-pect came from its sordid fusion with the incompetent ami undemocratic demo- I eruey. In a few Weeks I lie people ol \i i uioiit will legislate on their most I \eXfd question by I heir dll't't'l Mites at \ an elect inn iu which no other i--ue will be prcHeiitcil. The republican | I il'tt ill.:, ill til count r,V geulllllfl* ' of political pIIIM I' I lie people. eh all wii wt II for a cand'lata ri l, • . t tint the mi no has been mud* of re nt \' " lo unit o many bialu|| j of pohiienl »iMh u> thai |tieeUe > lieulioiik ar<- atce»»»r>. I> he u cor . ' * 1 i tor like 111 utit, a «U iouuo|tue with a ii... ie. i n i - I! V. Y Pv»t i t'l <«9 I rudei THE ARMY CANTEEN. Anf I-Sn loon League Will l-'lglil Any Altelll|ll to ISc-3 .Mil IIMMII 11. Washington, Dec. It. —The most im portant action yesterday of the Na tional Anti-Saloon league now hold ing its annual session here was the adoption of an address to the public on the army cantean question, in which the charge is made that high army officials have persistently pur sued a course extremely unfavorable to the anti-canteen law of congress, and pledging the association to do its Utmost to defeat nn.v attempt to re peal the law until it has had a full and fair trial. The address says: "What is popularly known as the anti-canteen law has been in force less than two years, immediately fol lowing many years' trial of the can teen law and after a large number of soldiers had contracted the drink ha'liit.—according to i.ie otncial re port. just, published, of the inspector general of the division of the Phil ippines in 71 companies investigated between 10 and lilt per cent, of tlte men drink to excess habitually. "Congress at its last session ap propriated $.»00,000 to build, equip and maintain suitable buildings at army posts for the recreation and so ciability of the men, and also in creased the rations of the men five cents per day. thereby enabling them to secure comforts without depending on the profits of an army saloon. Be cause of the shortness of time, these appropriations have not as yet, ex cept in a very limited degree, been utilized by the army. "High army officials have most per sistent l.v pursued a course extremely unfriendly to this law and pursued it in a way that has thrown the whole influence of the war department, with the soldiers, on the side of distrust of and dissatisfaction with the law ami have persistently published mis leading reports as to the effects of the law. "Notwithstanding the shortness of the time the law has been in force, the frightful demoralization of the army through the ilrink habit under Ihe canteen law. the utter unfriend liness to the anti-canteen law of the war department ami the lion-test of the substitutions possible through the wise use of the above appropriations by congress—notwithstanding all this the official rnports of court-martials show that the trials per 1.000 men more than doubled during the last three years of the canteen liquor sell ing law. increasing from 42 per 1.000 men in IS9B to 100 in 1900, and that since the year 1900 fin which is in cluded six months of the canteen liquor selling and is months of non selling) the courts-martial have de creased to 01: that is have decreased 39 per 1,000 men. "The reports of the surgeon gen eral of the army show a marked de crease of disease, 'i lie admissions to the hospitals, covering the whole army, in the calendar year 1900, the last year of the canteen, were 2,1511 per 1.1100 strength, while during 1907 the admissions to the hospitals dropped to 1.791—a decrease in a sin gle year of about 25 per cent. The same reports show a decrease in in sanity of about n.'s per cent. "In view of all these facts the Anti-Saloon league declares itself un alterably opposed to the repeal of the anti-canteen law. and pledges to do its utmost to defeat any attempt to repeal this law until it has had a full and fair trial, and that it will not cease this agitation imtil the public and those who control the army un derstand that liquor selling ill the army canteen is a question of nation al morality and not alone one of mil itary regulation." RECIPROCITY. A National Convention In ll« Interest AxhfmblfM at He I roll. Detroit, Dee. 11. — Reciprocity be tween the Cnited States and Canada was the keynote of the speeches last night at the dinner tendered the del egates to the national reciprocity convention by the Detroit chamber of commerce, and the arguments in favor of it presented by Hon. John Charlton, member of the Canadian parliament and Campbell Shftw, of Buffalo, were enthusiastically re ceived by the :i(10 men who were pres ent. The afternoon session of the con ference was given over to an address by ton. Cummins, of lowa, on "Reci procity and the Tariff." He was giv en close attention throughout his. ad dre Vit lew IScjtlie* to Stone. Hurrisburg. Pa., Dee. ll.—Gov. Stone yesterday receive.* a letter from Gov. Yates, of Illinois, demand ing a correction of his recent note to the Illinois executive criticising his action iu quarantining the cattle of Pennsylvania and other eastern states. The governor referred the communication to Dr. Pearson, state veterinary and secretary of the Penn sylvania livf stock board, and will make no reply to Yates until after he has heard from Dr. Pearson. % Winter Wheal l-:«tiinnle, Washington, Dec. 11. The statis tician of the department of ngricul till limates the newly seeded area of winter Wheat at about I! 1,000,00' acres, an increase of .1.1 per cent, up on the area e-tiniateil to have been HOWN iu the fall of I'.ioi. The condi tion of winter wheat on December 1 9U.7. Hirers u so,nun l*rl/e. Chicago, Dee. 11. President llar ! HI, of Li!,c Km t univi'i ity, an nounces that the uniwi -its is In have a lectureship, which will lit* for this country what Iht* famous Hampton IC lilli hatt IN 11 I'M CM:'!. mil. V prize of fti.iHto is lo Is* awarded Iht* author of the bet book oil I lie coll llt't'lloli, retail ion ami mutual bearing of any practical science, or the hU lory of our race. k r the facts in any depuiiincut of knowledge with anil upon iln i HrUliau i. |j K ioii. The emu ■ , II . rip! must In- built led lo Pi t I a tut II i>. .i u tiU or be 112 ire Jung I, lulij. UNDER ONE HEAD. A Chain of lilfiirlr I.lik-n Are lo be Combined iit the Diisli'i'ii Muti-n. Reading. Pa., Deo.. 11. —An official of the Interstate Railways Co., a charier for which was granted in Camden. X. J., several days ago, said .yesterday that the deal to take in the Cnited I'mver and Transportation Co. had been consummated, but, that it would take fully two weeks before all the details are completed by the attorneys and the organization per fected. He added that the men at the head of the concern are among the leading financiers of the country. W. \Y. Light, of Heading, treasurer of the Inter-State Railway Co., has sent out a call for 25 per cent, of the capital stork, and the money is now coming in. The United Power and Transportation Co. controls over 450 miles of railways in eastern Pennsyl vania and New Jersey and all these, it. is said, will be embraced In the new corporation, in addition to many others. Associated in the new com pany are Reading, Philadelphia and Xew York capitalists. Pennsylvania railroad interests, it is said, are largely represented, as well as many of those interested in the great transportation companies of Greater Xew York. The lawyers are still at work on the plans and the details may not be ready for some time. The plans of the Inter-State are still imperfect, as far as information for the public is concerned, but in a general way it can be stated that it will operate a great chain of city and electric su burban lines and plants in Pennsyl vania. New Jersey, Delaware and New York. Philadelphia will be connect ed by direct line with all leading cities within a radius of from 50 to 75 miles. TRAIN DEMOLISHED. Flreinnu and ICiiirlnocr of n Santa Fe PuMenser Train Jlert Hcalli. Kansas City, Mo.. Dec. 0. —The east bound California limited passenger ! train on the Santa Fe was wrecked at Kothville, >!o., yeterday, causing the death of Engineer Samuel Wise, | of Argentine, Kan., and his fireunan, Alexander Haviland, of Topeka, and did great damage to t-hg engine and ; coaches. John MeKean, of New York, j who received slighit bruises, was the ; only passenger injured. Three col ored waiters were injured, 'but not fat-ally. Congressman Loud, of Cali fornia, and Rabbi Ilirsch, of Chicago, were among the passengers and ; helped to care for the injured. The wreck was caused by the de railment of the coaches on an open i switch, which the engine had passed ■ safely, the engine going*at a high rate of speed. The train was almost demolished. Twenty-tUree of the passengers were brought to this city on an accommodation train and most of them resumed their journey. LEFT THE TRACK. A < Imlr Cur un u Writeril Itond Itolln ■ toivii ail Embankment. Bemidji, Minn.. Dec. o.—The chair car on a Minnesota & international | passenger train left the -track in the ! yards here last evening and rolled | down an embankment. None of the passengers were killed, but nearly every occupant of the car was more or less injured, and the shoe* threw the people in the other cars of the train againsit. the seats and many re , eeived minor injuries. Haw the accident happened is not I known. The train was rounding i \ curve at a slow rate of speed wher the chair car left the track and was reduced to a heap of wreckage. Tht most seriously injured was Mrs. \Y D. Smith. She was accompanied by three little children, the youngesit ol whom was also severely injured about the head. Mrs. Smith was badly hurt about the head, besides receiving in ternal injuries. A Doubly Fatal Collision. Youngstown, Dec. 9.—Two trainmer were killed and two injured by £ head-on collision between a passengei train and loetfl freight on the Penn sylvania road in the western part o' the city last night. The dead: Johi Pilmer, Ashtabula, engineer of pas sengcr train. Frank Smith. Ashta bula, brakeman of passenger train Injured: (ieorge MeKinlev. New Cas tie. Pa., conductor of passenger train arm and shoulder injured. Albert C Kaiser, engineer of freight train None of the passengers was hurt The local freight crew had been or dered to send a tlag out to warn tht passenger train, but failed to do st in time. Tile %\ anil Tool t'ombine. Reading. Pa., Dee. tl. The move ment by which the ax and tool inter ests are to be consolidated, and whicl has been going on for nearly a year is about consummated and will in dude practically all the principa concerns of the kind in the country The new combination is to lie knowi as the International Ax and Tool Co. with a capital of $42,000,000. Tht plants to be acquired are estimated to have a value of about $20,000,000 It- is estimated that economic! amounting to at least 11.000.000 will Vie effected as the result of operatios under one management. ■ tan I'ati-li l« Nolil lor Minneapolis, Minn., Dee, t. \i. w Savage, of this city, has bought Dan Patch, the famous unbeaten pacer, of M. II Sturfi . of New York, for SBO,- 000. The price is said to i»e the high «--t ever paid for a pacer. % Ne%% %««oi lallon ol Ihi |il oy c r«. » MMigui, Dm. », fNderltk W. Job,' chairman of the state board of tirbi -1 rat lon, has resigned to become sec-| retar\ of the "ICinployci Associa tion of ( h .-iiifn.*' thi Ixulv was re cent l\ orL'aln/ei| by the leading eill ployei of labor In Chicago. "All I uuii uy of the it social ion, at prea ent," i >id Mi .lob, "Ii that it will deal at a ii iii «ii!i labor trouble. atTeet* lug ita greuleat *«-.ij>i.■ in if indiiHtry' are 'I e . 'in it lon » !| at l i'-i**i nation • I it.i i i«i We ure not ii'iiiljr t, >i tko ull war pi uu MUUI c." I m«lnc'« Woman Oniric. "** Of -the 1,800 registered guides In I Maine only three are women, and only one of the trio is regarded by the men as thoroughly competent. This Is Mrs. J. S. Freese, of River ton, who has shot every kind of game to l>e found in the Alaine woods. She is also an expert at tanning skins, and has in her home some beautiful speci mens of her handiwork. Mrs. Freese hunts all through the winter, spend ing weeks in eacinp during the void est of weather. 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