IV.lixl! Weildii.n ( UHlomu. According to the Polish custom. HIP j marriage ceremony usually occurs on a j Sunday, this Ix■ i: Id.me to permit the 1 men to a I tend williout losing any time j from their employment, while the bride j is supposed to maintain the greatest j secrecy concerning her wedding until she is actually clad in her wedding j garments of thin white and bridal j veil. Then she goes from house to ! house, regardless of the conditions of the weather, and invites her friends to her wedding, which, of course, Is pay ing them a very pretty compliment. I Again, according to custom, and during ! the course of the reception, a china \ bowl is placed In the center of the j table upon which the feast is spread, and each man whom the bride honors with a waltz understands that he i--- to throw with all his might and main n silver piece into this bowl, the idea being to break it, and the man who is so fortunate as to shatter the vessel is entitled to the farewell dance and a kiss from the bride. While the cus tom is curious it is none the less prac tieal, as it Is not an infrequent thing for the newly married couple to re ceive three or more hundred dollars at their wedding feast. A Doir it ltd a Sons- During one of the last birthday cele brations of the poet Whittier he was visited by a celebrated oratorio singer. The lady was asked to sing, and, seat ing' herself at the piano, she began the beautiful ballad, "Robin Adair." She had hardly begun before Mr. Whit- ' tier's i>et dog came into the room and, seating himself by her side, watched her as if fascinated, listening with a delight unusual in an animal. When she finished he came and put his paw very gravely into her ha ml and licked her cheek, "ltobin takes that as a tribute to himself," said Mr. Whittier. "He also is Uobin Adair." The dog, hearing his own name, evidently con sidered that he was the hero of the song. From that moment during tlw* lady's visit he was her devoted at tendant. He kept by her side when she was Indoors and accompanied her when she went to walk. When she went away he carried her satchel in his mouth to the gate and watched her departure with every evidence of distress. Sorry lie Sued. A stranger admitted below the bar of the British house of lords was re quired to deposit his umbrella with one of the attendants. The umbrella was not to be found afterward, and the owner brought an action in court to re cover its value, lie was successful and was awarded sr>. But this was a violation of sanctuary which the lord chancellor would not tolerate. Sum moning the plaintiff and his attorney to the bar of the house, he only re frained from committing them both to prison on their making a humble apol ogy and refunding the amount they had gained. The Small Grain*. A man recently made u fortune by picking out specks of gold from the heaps which tbe miners had east up and abandoned. They were in search of nuggets and despised Che smaller grains which rewarded their persever ance. And how frequently the rich est findings of philosophy are In the commonplace incidents of life! In cir cumstances and places that seem whol ly uncongenial to it the poet's heaven ly attuned ear discerns a sweet under tone of harmony which all the burly burly of sin and misery cannot down. No Difference. Young Criminal Lawyer—l have ar ranged to have the prisoner's wife and babies sit in front of the jury and weep all through the trial. Do you think it advisable to pick bachelors or married men for the jury? Old Criminal Lawyer—Oh, it doesn't make a particle of difference. If bach elors they will sympathize with the woman and babies, and if married men they will sympathize with the pris oner. Bntler'H Act re** Wife. General Butler deprived the stage of one of its great beauties and a most talented and popular actress. It is a bit of forgotten biography that he fell in love with Sally HUdreth when she was twenty-one years old and had been on the stage five years, ttbo-capitulated to the young lawyer and retired from the histrionic field. Did Not Menu It. "Honesty is the best policy," sapient ly said the commuter. "My dear sir, you're wrong!'' ex claimed the suddenly awakened insur ance agent who had been dozing in the opposite seat. "My company has the best policy. We long ago aban doned the other as out of date." ShonluK tlie Way. "Whose little boy is tills, I wonder?" asked the old gentleman. "There Is two ways you could find out," said the small l»oy. "How so, my son?" "You might guess, or you might in quire," replied the small boy. To Siiine by Contrast. Aunt —Your bride, my dear boy, is de lightfully rich and all that, but I don't think she will make much of a beauty show at the altar. Nephew—You don't, eh? Just wait till you see her with the bridesmaids that she has selected. A llenlor. "Why, Sharpe, I'm glad to see you 60 lively again. You were quite lame when I last met you." "(ih, yes; I was awfully lame then. But tbat was before I got a verdict of $5,000 against the railway com pany." . v . •-■ufcrrvwrrc,. . V«ir - ' New Vork'n Hi <t. ■ ide "Viiihera. "At a recent tc&i-hoiV meeting." said a visitor who just "happened in," "one of the speakers made the statement that the Male teachers of New York city ptibli. schools were all specialists of exceptional ability; that they were just such men as one finds outside of the city in the positions of superintend ents anil principals of high schools. This statement seemed to me to be worthy of verification by something more reliable than the words of an en thuslastic partisan, so 1 set to work making Inquiries about those male teachers in the school nearest my home. The following are the data given me by the principal of this school, which, I am told, is by 110 means more favored in the way of appointments than the others in the system: 'Out of ten male teachers all but three could boast. If they desired to do so, the possession of a bachelor's degree. Two of the seven are masters, with some work done to ward a Ph. D., and nearly all are doing some postgraduate work either at Columbia or at the State un!ve«ity. The three spoken of are ex-high school principals from up state cities.' My respect for the New York city school teacher has been wonderfully in creased."—New York Times. Marriage Performed by Slirpatare. There are always a humber of mar riages on board the cooly ships which ply between Calcutta and the West Indies. The coolies nre very fond of marrying before entering on their pe riod of servitude. Sometimes as many as a hundred of them will want the nuptial knot tied. The captain of any British ship has legal power to marry jieople, but the master of one of these cooly vessels has grown tired of reading the Ahgll can service fifty or sixty times a voy age So he has had a number of forms printed with the essential parts of the service. Tlie bride und bridegroom step into the cabin, sign one of these forms, have It witnessed and become man and wife. No questions are asked. They simply sign their names. It is the quickest kind of marriage on record, but the British authorities have declared it to be perfectly valid. Heart* and Heels. Many good stories have from time to time been told of Kev. Thomas nunt. the temperance orator who was a well known figure in the early history of Wyoming valley. During the civil war he enlisted and served as chaplain In one of the regi ments of infantry raised in the valley One day, in the midst of a fierce bat tle, the major rode up in front of the regiment and to his amazement found Fathef Hunt at the head of the ranks. "Chaplain, what are yon doing here?" he asked. "Doing?" echoed the old minister briskly. "I am trying to cheer the hearts of the brave and look out foi the heels of the cowards." The Sen Cook'n Trick. "Having tried every kind of female cook, I determined to get a man." said a portly millionaire. "It very natural ly occurred to me that an ocean linei was the best place to find him. Every thing is so clean about a ship's kitchen, you know. Well, I found a line look ing Swede and established him In my kitchen at $2. r > a week. He seemed tc be all right, but presently my neigh bors complained that he was throwing all the refuse out of the window. Old habit; He thought the window Was a porthole on a ship. I could nevei break him of the trick and had to let him go."—New York I'ress. A Faithful Senant. Carlyle told once of a lawsuit pend ing in Scotland affecting the succession to a great estate of which he had known something. The case depended on a family secret known only to one old servant, who refused to reveal It A kirk minister was sent to tell her she must sjieak 011 peril of her soul. "Peril of my saul!" she said. "And would ye put the honor of an auld Scottish family in competition with the saul of a poor creature like me?" Theory Vernu* Practice. "Medical science has reached the point," boasted the optimistic young doctor, "that for a patient to die we must take out his heart and kill it with a club.'' On his way home he caught a oold and for the next three weeks made ev ery one miserable listening to bis symp toms. An Eauy Order. Shopkeeper— What can I show you sir? Absent Minded Professor—l want let me see. what do I want? Dear me I can't for the life of me remembei what it is. Well, well, it doesn't mat ter. Give me the nearest thing yoi have to it. Kxtinpraiahed. Bookseller—l have a very interesting work by a favorite author—"The Lasl Days of Pompeii." Customer —Pompeii? I dou't know an author of tbat name. What did lit die of? Bookseller—Of an eruption. Too AccummodatlDfc. Stranger (gallantly, to woman win is eating a tough piece of beef>—Mad am, I envy you your teeth if you cai eat that meat. Her Bitterest Friend—Elsie, whj don't you give the gentleman the ad dress? A Bud Spell. "Poor Jack! He never could spell and it rutned him." "How?" "He wrote a verse to an heiress he was in love with, and he wrote bon.\ for bonny." CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1902. FLEET MANEUVERS. North Atlantic Squadron Will Aft semble Off Mew England Coast In Augi'st. Washington, July 29. —An elaborate programme for the maneuvers of the combined North Atlantic fleet off the coast of New England and Long Is land sound during the month of Au gust has been prepared at the navy department. From August 3 to 10 the search problem will be developed between Eastport and Cape Ann. This will in elude an effort on the part of a pre sumably hostile squadron to enter an anchorage ground in the face of the defending fleet. The combined fleet will proceed tc Oyster Hay on the night of Saturday August 15. remaining Sunday and Monday. The fleet will be reviewed by President Roosevelt. From about the 22nd to the 29th ol August there will be joint demonstra tions by the combined fleet against the batteries at Portland, Me. Umpire ß will decide the contest. Target practice at Gay Head will fol low. More than 30 vessels will par ticipate in the maneuvers. PEOPLE'S PARTY. Amalgamation Effected and Outline o1 Principles Announced. Denver, Col., July 29.—Amalgama tion into one party was effected by the two factions of the People's party in national conference. An address was adopted declaring for a unification of reform forces in the country and opposition to affili ation with either Democratic or Re publican parties. The address declares for money is sued exclusively by the government whether gold, silver or paper, public ownership of a system of transporta tion and the transmission of intelli gence, land for use rather than foi speculation, and abolition of alien ownership of land, and American ships for American foreign commerce, with out a cent of subsidy. FATAL LIGHTNING BOLT. Struck a Tree, Glanced and Killed Nel son S. Anderson. Washington, N. J., July 29.—Early Sunday night in a severe thundei shower lightning struck and killed Nelsr.n S. Anderson, a successful con tractor and builder of Port Murray Anderson's wife and her sister were knocked down. To escape the intense heat Ander son and his family were sitting undei a large pine tree in front of his house As Anderson was about to enter thfi ' house a bolt struck the tree top, de seended to within 18 feet of the ground, struck a knot and glanced off and hit Anderson on the breast. The fluid ran down his left side and burned a deep furrow in his foot. Hit shoe was torn off. Three Boys and a Girl Drowned. Plttiiburg, Pa., July 29.—Following the formal opening of Dam No. 1 in the Allegheny river last night, Joseph Brown, aged 19; Henry Brown, aged 14; Frederick Bulger, Jr., and Edna Shipley, aged 13. were drowned. The three boys were rowing below the dam in a skiff and invited three girl friends to join them. Within short distance of the dam the suction from the "Bear trap" drew the boat undei water. Two of the girls were rescued in an unconscious condition. Bodies of Morton House Victims. New York, July 29.—The body ol Bertha Quitner, one of the victims of the Morton House tragedy, was re moved by the Hebrew Charity Organ ization society and burled in Silvei Lake cemetery, Staten Island. The husband of the dead woman said he had no funds to pay the interment oi his wife. The of Christopher Weiss, tho other victim, Is still at the undertaker's. If the lodge of Elks tc which the dead man belonged is not heard from today the city will take charge of the burial. Reported Massacre of Jews. July 29.—Nothing is knows here of the report to the effect that e mas-acre of Jews has occurred at Of ran, near Tangier, Morocco. The Morning Leader of this city in a dis patch from Tangier publishes a report that the Jewish quarter of Ofran was looted by Arabs July 17, that a build ing was destroyed, that a girl was ab ducted and that in a quarrel among her abductors six Arabs were killed This is doubtless the basis of there port. In Favor of a Barge Oanal. Utica, N. Y., July 29. —Hon. Horatic Seymour, ex-state engineer and sur veyor, presided at a banquet held here night in favor of the thousand ton barge canal, at which upward of 300 were present. The speakers in eluded Senator William Townsend, P W. Casler of Little Falls, a leading member of the Grange, and Gustav H Schwab of New York. British Schooner Wrecked. Halifax. N. S., July 29.—A Char lottetown, P. E. 1., dispatch says thi British schooner Laurel, Captain Don rette', was totally wrecked near Tra tadie, during a violent northerly gale {'he captain and crew of five men es •aped. Killed by Natural Gas Explosion. Columbus, 0., July 29.—An explos ion of natural gas in tho rear of Cor saloon killed two women and in Jured half a dozen men. A HiK'khiK Slirinc. The tin st wonderful temple in the worlil i>; built on a rocking stone on the summit of a mountain in northern India which is over 20.000 feet high. The rock weighs many thousands of tons, but is balanced on so fine a point that a comparatively light, pressure is sufficient to make It sway. Hindoo priests teach their followers that this rock was placed in position by the help of the gods, and thus they add consid erably to the feeling of awe which they desire to create. Worshipers at this shrine must first make a perilous ascent of the moun tain. Then tliey spend seven days of preparation in a temple built on the solid mountain before they are permit ted to make the final passage to the mysterious rocking stone. To reach this it is necessary to cross a bridge over a great chasm, for nature and man have combined to make this Hin doo shrine difficult of access. After crossing the bridge the pilgrim mounts a ladder, to which he clings in terror for his life here and in the hereafter. The temple on the rock is necessarily small. Three priests officiate there, but its mysteries no man is permitted to reveal. Europeans have seen it only from a distance. The Unman Body, The blood, muscles, bones and other parts of the human body are composed of many chemical constituents, and a correct chemical analysis would be long and tedious. The specific gravity of the blood is 1,028, and 77!) parts of every 1,000 are water. Of the other parts chloride of sodium, chloride po tassium, carbonate magnesia, calcium phosphate, calcium lactate, potassium phosphate, sodium carbonate and other constituents ure found. This is gen erally true, with variations also, of tissues and bone. The fundamental substance of bone is compose*! of or ganic matter, combined with various inorganic salts, in which calcium phos phate largely predominates. In addi tion the bones contain calcium carbon ate, calcium fluoride, magnesium phos phate, sodium phosphate and sodium chloride. Buttoning n Coat. Buttoning a man's coat from right to left was the original way, when our ancestors, wrapped In skins, held the right edge with the left hand and naturally inserted a fastening thorn with the riglit hand. This right to left custom has been retained by the He brew priests in their garb to this day. When fighting men became necessary and swords and knives had to be drawn by the right hand from the left side, the edge of the coat, buttoned from right to left, was found to be in the way, and men began buttoning from the left. Nonfighting women and priests continue to follow the old custom. Jewels on nn Idol. The jewels of an Indian idol must be worth stealing if many of those re markably hideous images possess such valuable head ornaments as one made for the idol I'arthasathy. in the Tripli cane temple at Madras. The orna ment is worth some 50,000 rupees and is made of sovereign gold, studded with diamonds, emeralds and rubies, the largest emerald being valued at 1,000 rupees and the biggest ruby and dia mond at 300 rupees apiece. Keep Moving;. The heavens themselves run contin ually round; the world is never still; the sun travels to the east and to the west; the moon is ever changing in its course; the stars and planets have their constant motions; the air we breathe is continually agitated by the wind, and the waters never cease to ebb and flow, doubtless for the purpose of their conservation and to teach us that we should ever be in action.— Burton. A Contrast In LniißN. Three human lungs lie next one an other in the anatomical museum at Edinburgh university. The first is that of au Eskimo and is snow white. In life this would, of course, be ruddy from the presence of blood. The third is that of a coal miner and is coal black. The intermediate one is that of a town dweller and is a dirty slate gray, as are the lungs of all dwellers in cities at this moment. An 111 Chonen Sotipr. In order to make him forget his do mestic troubles, which were driving him to suicide, some friends of Ilerr Gustav Krautwinkel arranged a cheer ful evening at a restaurant in Berlin. Unfortunately, one of the party began to sing a song entitled "Lost Happi ness." Hardly was the first verse fin ished when Ilerr Krautwinkel jumped up. pulled a revolver from his pocket aud shot himself. I'i'NtHl GtftN In Spain. It is the custom in Madrid for friends and acquaintances to send pres ents of bonbons on birthdays, name days and festivals. A large silver tray is piled with sweets of various kinds, with a cake made of eggs in the cen ter. This is often surmounted with a silk flag or a pretty porcelain figure. Well known people receive as many as fifty of these trays on their birth and name days. The Flrnt Ship Monopoly. "Somotiinos," said Uncle Ebon, "a man gits abused jes' foh halibin' mo' prudence duti yutbuh folks. I specks dat Noah's wicked neighbors had a heap to say agin his ship monopoly aftuh de rain sot in good an' steady." —Washington Star. Some people are so conscientious nbout loving their enemies that if they haven't any they are perfectly willing to make a few.—Philadelphia Record. To Jiiilkc n Itlrer's Breaift li. It is necessary to make use only of the eyes and the brim of a hat to meas ure the width of any ordinary stream or even of a good sized liver, and here is the way to do it: Select a part of the bank where the grounds run bael: level and, stand ing at the water's edge, fix your eyes on the opposite bank. Now, move your hat down over your brow until tho edge of the brim is exactly on a line With the water line on the other side. This will give you a visual angle that may be used on any level surface, and if, as has been suggested, the ground on your side of the river be flat you may "lay off" a corresponding distance on it. To do this you have only to hold your head perfectly steady, after get ting the angle with your hat brim, sup porting your chin with your hand, if necessary, and turn slowly around until your back Is toward the river. Now, take careful note of where your hat brim cuts the level surface of the ground as you look over the latter, and from where you stand to that point will be the width of the river, a dis tance that may readily be measured by stepping. If you are careful in all these details, you can come within a few feet of the river's width.—Detroit Free Press. Her IjfiteMt llrenk. "My six-year-old girl is an awful chatterbox," said a broker, "and the worst of It is that when we have guests at the house she is continually making breaks of the worst sort—breaks that tend to rattle the dry bones of tin; fam ily skeleton In the closet. Recently when we had company at dinner she allowed her tongue to run away with her, as usual, the result of which was that she very much embarrassed both her father and mother, although the guests. I am free to say, seemed tie lighted. I had a very serious talk with her and impressed upon her, or tried to, that she must not tell any family se cret. The next time we had company she was permitted to come to the table only by promising that she wouldn't ut ter a word. She behaved beautifully and had nothing to say until the des sert was about to be taken away. Then her lips began to quiver, and finally she burst into tears. 'Why, what's the mat ter, darling?' iter mother asked. 'I—I want some more ice cream, if that isn't a family secret!' she wailed between sobs."—Philadelphia Record. Tlie Two Clacme*. Old Dr. Grimshaw (to medical stu dent)— And now, remember that to a physician humanity is divided into two classes. Student—And what are they, doctor? Old Grimshaw—The poor whom he cures and the rich whom he doctors. C. B. Howard! & Co. We have had large sales in our SUMMER DRESS GOODS,but the best pieces are not all sold. We still have a large assortment left at very reasonable prices, and are constantly adding new pieces. MSCALL/ToN D AND I fATTERNSsIy While in our store do not forget to look on our mark ed down counter. A few of the bargains are, Ladies and Children's Shoes, Ladies Belts, Ladies Fancy Hose, etc. Beat wearing quality at less than cost. ©M&CALLS MAGAZINE We are agents for the famous McCall Patterns, 10c and 15c. None higher. C.B.HOWARD & CO. ♦'STORE ON THE RIALTO." We Have What You Need! To brush up and make beauti ful your home. The,season of the year for such work has arrived and we would call the attention of the public to our very large and reliable line of Paints, Oils, Varnishes, the best in the world. In addition to the best paints, we have a first-class line of De Voe & Co.'s Brushes. Get a move on and be prepared to paint before the workmen are all en gaged. We can save you money. While you are painting your home or business place let us talk a little with you on Bath and Closets, Hot Water, Steam or anything in that line. Our increased facilities and expert workmen will do you good work. Don't deay until too late. Farmers should bear in mind that we handle Plows, Harrows, Rakes, etc. In fact our Hard ware, Stove and Plumbing De partments are up to the best. Write or wire us, when a com petent agent will call 011 you. Minttniii. 9
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