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A train on the Great Western rail
way recently eclipsed all records for
the conveyance of American mail be
tween Plymouth and London, covering
the distance of 247 miles in 237 min
utes. The last 118 miles of the run
Avas made in 99 minutes.
It is asserted by a sculptor that tho
human foot, is becoming smaller. The
masculine foot of 20 centuries ago was
about 12 inches long. The average
man's foot of to-day is easily fitted
with a No. 8% shoe, which is not
more than 10 7-10 inches in length.
A Monroe county man who invested
$529 in sheep last fall has sold $227
worth of wool, has 143 lambs that will
average 80 pounds when ready for
market, which at four cents.a pound
makes them worth $572. Total income
from his flock of sheep $799, and he
still has the sheep. Not one of them
has got away from him.
The general commerce of Newfound
land during the fiscal year ended June
30, 1903, amounted in value to $ 18,-
456,445, of which $8,479,944 represeci
ed imports and $9,976,504 exports. The
year preceding the combined imp'rts
and exports amounted to $17,389,209,
while in 1899 they totaled only $13,-
000,000. Within the last ten years the
general commerce has increased 42 per
cent.
American thrashing machines have
been used in Peru this year for the
first time, in lieu of the old system of
having the rice trodden out by horses.
Other rice growers will probably soon
be induced to follow '.his example.
Thrashers of this clasrc, as well as
their motors, should be very light in
construction, with broad wheels for
use in moist ground, in order to meet
the popular fancy there.
Argentina has the greatest number
of sheep of any country, but derives
relatively the least benefit from them.
This is due, in part, to the quality not
having yet been sufficiently refined, in
part to negligence in the care of the
sheep, and lastly, to the prevalence of
scab, the curing of which has not been
made obligatory. In Australia curing
this disease was made compulsory 30
years ago.
Dealers in iron and steel claim that
the imposition of the $7 a ton duty on
imports of steel rails will mean an ad
vantage of sl6 a ton for the Canadian
manufacturers over those of the Unit
ed States, as follows: Duty, $7 ton;
bounty in Ontario on pig iron from
Canada ore, $1 a ton; federal bounty,
$2.25;, federal bounty on steel ingots,
$2.25; special duty under "dumping"
clause, $3.50; total, sl6.
There are 39 mortgage banks in
Germany whose outstanding bonds
amount to $1,837,964,520. These mort
gage bonds are secured by mortgages
on town and country real estate, in
return for which the mortgage banks
loan at 4 to 5 per cent, interest
per annum. The bonds issued by tho
hanks, bearing 3'/ s to 1 per cent, in
terest, are a popular form of invest
ment, being considered as safe as gov
ernment or municipal bonds.
The longest fence in the world Is
that which has been erected by a cat
tle company along the Mexican bor
der. It is 75 miles in length, and sep
arates exactly for its entire distance
the two republics. The fence was built
to keep the cattle from running acron.-i
the border and falling an easy prey to
ihe Mexican cow punchers. Althougn
it cost, a great deal of money, it is esti
mated that cattle enough will lie saved
in one year to more than pay for it.
Chile has possibly used more post
age stamps which were first intended
for revenue purposes than any other
country. In 1880 the lc, 2c, sc, 10c and
20c, as well as the 1 and 1 pesos tax
stamps, were used postally. The 5c
blue fiscals were also used in Iquique
during the war of the rebellion. In
1891 the 2c, 10c and 20c telegraphs
were used for postage. Many fraudu
lent specimens of the latter exist, and
even the postmarks have been counter
feited.
A recent order providing for the kill
ing of beavers in a public park iu Ger
many, because the animals had almost
undermined the whole island on which
the park is laid out, is interesting be
cause it. shows that the beaver is not
a purely American animal. Instead
of that, being so, the fact is that be;iv
ers used to be found in many parts of
TJurope, and there are still a few in
the Elbe river near Berlin, where they
are protected and propagated by tho
government.
AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE.
Election returns, which are just being received in some of the interijr
points in southeast Missouri, have startled many Democrats, some of whom
have petitioned the Legislature to cut off their counties and add them to
Arkansas. Others threaten to move at once to Arkansas. —News Item.
—Chicago Inter Ocean.
WINNING OF MISSOURI.
: Democratic Crookedness Finally Over
come by Honest Republican
Methods.
! It has been a work of years to make
Missouri a republican state. The credit
for the change must be distributed
among all the educative influences that
| have been steadily, earnestly and dis
interestedly at work to reach the con
, vlctions of the people. When a ma
< jority of the voters of the state con
| eluded that the dominant party was
unfaithful, says the St. Louis Globe
-1 Democrat, its speedy defeat became a
; certainty. Testimony to this effect had
ito be piled up persuasively and
I clinched beyond the possibility of de
i nial before substantial progress could
be made. A party long in power can
! aot be overthrown without a prolonged
; siege of this nature. Democratic news
papers in Missouri claim that the state
was lost because many members of the
! party failed to vote. How far this view
is correct cannot be known until the
full official returns are published and
exact comparisons are possible. But in
any case, the voter who stays at home
in a year of general election is dissatis
fied with his party to the extent of
condemning its platform or nominees,
or both. The attitude of censure is
there, though it stops short of a vote
for the other party. The democrats
i lost Missouri in 1894 by the stay-at
j home tendency, and carried the state
therefore only by a change of party
front and a fusion with populists, to
gether with the aid of partisan laws in
| vented to falsify elections in the large
! cities.
Republican Missouri is here through
| the persistent efforts to present the
i facts about political conditions in the
1 state. No one man or set of men car
| ried Missouri. It was won by the
! searchlight of truth, and every zealous
| republican worker and newspaper In
! the state assisted. It is three years
since the Cardwell investigation proved
i that legislatures in this state were
| pledged in advance to corporations that
| contributed liberally to democratic
i campaign funds. Democratic state
i chairmen and some democratic state
| officials, it was shown, handled this se
i cret money, and, after the legislature
i met, personally importuned members to
| vote for monopolistic interests, on the
j ground that they had supplied cam-
I paign cash. The Cardwell case was
; Suddenly stopped by a scandalous pay
| ment of hush money. At the same time
a strong light was turned on the con-
J version of the school fund in govern
| ment bonds into a debt supported by
| state taxation. -That hole was patched
: by a tell-tale constitutional amendment
| two years ago, but in all except the
| three state board cities there was a ma
| Jority against the juggling amendment,
j Missourians had been shown to this im-
I portant extent in the election of 1902.
Then came the alum developments,
| leading to the resignation of the lieu-
J tenant governoi, and the exposure of
[ another state official, who was heavily
j scratched and defeated for another term
jin the recent election. The democratic
j platform, outside of its contradictory
| indorsement of state administrations
| for 30 years, was an indictment of
j the party itself. These are the consid
erations that have turned Missouri to
Roosevelt's Treatment of Trusts.
There is no doubt at present in the
I public, mind regarding Ihe intention of
j the administration to enforce the laws
j against any corporation that shall be
j found violating them. It is not ex-
I pected by those who are able to take
| a sane view of conditions that any rash
or extreme measures will be adopted.
It is safe to say that it is not the pur
pose to enter upon a sweeping war
fare against corporations, the effect of
which would be seriously to disturb the
business of the country. But it can
confidently be predicted that any oor
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1904.
the republican side. Another and more
gradual element was at work, and that
was the natural growth of republic
anism, which resulted in a more rapid
ratio of increase than was seen in any
other party. To say that any one per
son or incidental feature made Missouri
republican is to argue that the state is
swayed by ephemeral matters, which is
most decidedly not the case. Missouri
was won by its indomitable republican
army, which returned to its task after
every defeat with more ardor and de
termination than ever. And if the party
makes the best use of its opportunities,
republican Missouri has come to stay.
GATHERING IN THE SHEEP.
Bryan in the Shepherd Act Out After
the Wanderers from
His Fold.
Shepherd Bryan has issued a call for
the wandering sheep to come home.
There are comparative degrees even in
defeat, and Mr. Bryan holds that lie de
serves the support of the democratic
party in the future because he was not
licked so badly as Parker, says the Troy
(N. Y.) Times.
Bryan charitably says of Parker: "He
did as well as he could." This suggests
the western ilddler, whose audience was
advised for the same reason not to shoot
him; also that epitaph in the same sec
tion of the country which read: "He
did his darnedest; angels could do no
more."
While Mr. Bryan is disposed to let the
ex-judge down easy he insists that Par
ker's gold telegram was "embarrassing
to the democrats of the west and south,"
and that although he was supported by
Cleveland and the other bolters of 1896
his defeat was greater than Bryan's in
spite of that bolt.
Bryan is undoubtedly correct in say
ing—and the conditions justify his say
ing it —that "the result was due to the
fact that the democratic party attempted
to be conservative." And Bryan is
equally accurate when he says that
honest and well-meaning democrats
must either get into the republican par
ty or join the democrats of the west and
south, because there is no middle
ground.
Shepherd Bryan is wrong in his belief
as to what is good for the American peo
ple. But he is a fair fighter, and every
body knows just where he stands. This
was more than could be said of the man
whose nomination was secured by
"crooked and indefensible methods,"
first by the policy of silence and then by
double dealing, and who deserved the
pulverizing treatment which was given
to him by the people.
Let the Bryanites get together under
their typical and rightful leader, and let
the fight be an open one. The people will
then dispose of Mr. Bryan and his sheep
with just as much alacrity as they at
tacked the democratic mutton recently.
tr- T Bryan says he will not reorganize
the democratic party. Hearst makes
denial and so does Watson. Really, the
democrats are better off than was
feared.—lndianapolis Star.
"The man who said that figures
won't lie," remarked the Observer of
Events and Things, "evidently never
took the trouble to investigate those
found in certain democratic papers."
—Yonkers Statesman.
poration shown to be violating the laws
will be made to feel the strong hand o£
the government.—Omaha Bee.
tCHello! The democratic national
ticket made up already? Douglas and
1* oik, eh.' One fond of his own face,
and willing to see it on the banner; the
other representative of a lingering'eth
ical sense in St. Louis. One holds the
labor unions and the other the minis
ters. With this combination success
might be achieved.—Brooklyn Eagle
(Ind. Dem.).
WORK OF LIFE SAVING SERVICE
ASSISTANCE RENDERED TO 1,061
VESSELS LAST YEAR.
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE RESCUED.
Great Deal of Property Saved The
Total Number of Disasters to
Vessels of All Kinds
Was 770.
Washington, Dec. 2.—The annual
report of the superintendent of the
life saving service for the fiscal year
ended June 30, 1904, shows that dur
ing the year assistance was rendered
by life saving crews to 1,001 vessels
of all kinds, involving the lives of
more than 3,300 persons, and property
to the value of nearly $7,000,000. The
crews also rescued 103 persons not on
board vessels from various perilous
situations, and through signal warn
ings of the beach patrols saved from
possible disaster ICI vessels in dan
ger of stranding. The vessels wrecked
were generally of small tonnage.
There were 359 casualties to regis
tered vessels, involving 2,525 persons,
of whom 21 were lost. The estimated
value of these vessels was $4,098,855,
and of their cargoes $1,757,925, mak
ing the total estimated value of prop
erty imperiled $6,456,780. Of this
amount there was saved $5,089,950,
and $1,300,830 was lost. Of the 359
vessels which suffered disaster- 50
were totally lost.
Among the smaller craft, not regis
tered, such as sailboats, rowboats,
pleasure launches, etc., 411 casualties
occurred, periling the lives of 803 per
sons, of whom 13 were lost. The value
of these vessels with their cargoes
was estimated at $218,750, with a loss
of $8,020. This makes the total num
ber of disasters to vessels of all kinds
770, with a valuation of $0,705,530, of
which $5,330,080 was saved and sl,-
375,450 was lost. The total number
of persons involved was 3,328, oi
whom 34 lost their lives.
The net expenditure for the main
tenance of the service during the fis
cal year was $1,700,440.
The life saving lines now extend
practically unbroken from Maine tc
the Carolinas and have connection at
all important points with the commer
cial telephone and telegraph lines oi
the country, and also, where desir
able, with the lighthouses and weath
er bureau offices on the coast. The life
saving stations the report says con
stitute an important factor in the sys
tem of coast guard patrol maintained
by the navy department for protect
ing the coast in time of war, and th«
wireless telegraph system now being
tested by the navy, when sufficient lj
perfected will be extended to the life
saving stations.
The telephone service on the greai
lakes has been materially improvec
uuring the year.
TWO COLLISIONS.
One Occurred NearFairpoint, 0., anc
the Other at Stocksland, Va.—Foui
People Killed.
Wheeling, W. Va., Dec. 2. —Las
evening in the tunnel near Fairpoint
17 miles west of Wheeling, on th<
Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling divi
sion of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad
occurred a fatal freight wreck by th<
collision of two sections of a west
bound freight. The dead:
W. White, engineer of second sec
tion, of Uhrichsville, 0., killed in
stantly.
J. S. Bevington, brakeman of sec.
ond section, of McKeesport, Pa,
crushed badly; died at hospital.
The injured:
Kdward C. Miller, fireman of sec
ond section, of Holloway, 0., shoulder
fractured, serious.
The colliding trains were running
about 30 car lengths apart, when the
first section was held up in the Fair
point tunnel and before the flagman
could emerge from the smoke the
second section crashed into it.
Danville, Va., Dec. 2. —A head-on
collision between two trains on the
Danville & Western division of the
Southern railway at Stocksland, five
miles above this city, Thursday, re
sulted in the death of Fireman O. G.
Minter, of Stockton, and Saniu -l Sta
ples, a colored brakeman. Richard
Hairston, a colored fireman, was seri
ously injured and probably will die.
Three other trainmen were injured.
Nissen Is Dead.
Stevensville, Mich., Dec. 2.—Peter
Nissen, who started across Lake
Michigan in his boat called "Fool
Killer No. 3" was found dead on the
beach, two miles and a half west of
here, Thursday. His "Fool Killer'
was about 20 rods down the beach
from the body and was considerably
damaged. A life preserver and his
overcoat were fastened to the basket,
shaped car in the boat. The body
was brought to Stevensville. The
hands and face are frozen.
A Firm of Brokers Failed.
Pittsburg, Dec. 2. —Richmond & Co.,
local brokers, closed their doors yes
terday. The firm of Richmond & Co.
has offices at Buffalo and in addition
to their Pittsburg headquarters have
scores of correspondents situated in
many of the small cities in New York,
Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia,
Maryland and Canada.
Three Firemen are Killed.
Oneonta, N. Y„ Dec. 2.—Three men
were killed, several others had nar
row escapes from death and property
valued at $40,000 was destroyed in a
collision between two freight trains
on the Delaware & Hudson railroad
lear here yesterday. The dead men
were all firemen. They were: F. A.
lartin, Cooperstown: Frank Pratt,
Jneonta: CJeorgo Williams, Worces
ter. A fast freight train, westbound.
Tinning at the rate of 40 miles an
tour, crashed into an extra freight
.vhicii was being shunted off to a side
track.
TWICE-TOLD TALES.
James Jeffrey Roche was having a
chat with President Roosevelt in the
white house recently when the tele
phone began to ring. There seemed
to be nobody at hand to answer It,
so the president performed the duty
himself. The visitor says that thi»
conversation took place: "Well, what
Is it?" "Hello, is Archie there?" "No,
he's not." "Who's this I'm talking
to?" "The president" "Well, you'll
do. Tell Archie to come over and play
ball." And the president proceeded to
execute the order as directed.
An Irascible old colonel who used to
play golf at Sandwich, on the River
Stour In England, had a habit, com
mon with many, of blaming everybody
but himself for his bad strokes. Fin
ally one day, becoming badly
bunkered, he first took mighty ven
geance on the turf with his club.
Then, glaring around In expectation
of the usual friendly comments, and
nobody saying anything, he blurted
out: "How can you expect a man to
play decent golf on these cursed links
with ships passing up and down the
channel?"
Two fashionable women were re
cently calling on a new neighbor, and
while awaiting her appearance a lit
tle girl came into the room, evidently
bent upon the rescue of a doll recent
ly abandoned there. Naturally she
was viewed with some curiosity, and
one of the callers, secure in the child's
obviously tender age, spelled a low
voiced comment: "Not very p-r-e-t
--t-y." To her horror, the small maiden
paused on the threshold, and, fixing a
contemptuous eye upon the culprit,
remarked, with lofty composure:
"No, not very p-r-e-t-t-y, but rather
■ m-a-r-t!"
Prof. Simon Newcomb tells of the
following incident which occurred dur
ing a recent visit paid by several
young western women to the Wash
ington observatory. "I had done my
best," said the astronomer, "to answer
with credit to the government and to
myself the running fire of questions
which my fair callers propounded. I
think I had named even the remotest
constellations for them, and was con
gratulating myself upon the outcome,
when one of the younger members of
the party interjected: 'But, as it has
never been proved that the stars are
inhabited, how do the Astronomers
•ver find out their names?'"
RAILWAY RUMOR.
American railways handle about ?12,-
000,000 worth of grain a year.
A new railroad planned to scale Grays
Peak, near Dillon, Col., will attain a
height at least 200 feet greater than the
road which climbs Pike's Peak.
The experiment made about a year ago
of employing Mexican porters in Pull
man cars has not been successful. Forty
Mexicans have entered the service of the
Pullman company, and of that number
only five are left
Timothy J. Lee, an American locomo
tive engineer, has been held responsible
for the wrecking of a train he was driv
ing, near Zacatecas, Mexico, and sen
tenced to hard labor in the salt mines for
four years. He was badly hurt in the
wreck. His brother is a Denver police
captain.
The Southern Pacific company has
forbidden its men to bring cocaine into
Its yards or shops. It has been custom
ary for the men to use it when they get
a cinder in an eye, but it has been used
for other purposes; and, besides, the
doctors say, its unskilled use In the eye
Is dangerous. The men have the use at
a well-equipped emergency hospital.
Of the sum which had been Invested in
the world's railroads at the close of 1902
It is estimated, according to the Eng
lish Railway Magazine, that more than
£3,7G0,000,000 has been spent on 184,-
000 miles of European railroad and
£ 3,232,000,000 on the 337,000 miles owned
by the rest of the world. On this basis It
is found the roads of Europe represent
an investment of £22,352 a mile, whllo
those of the rest of the world average
£11,402. Great Britain's railroads rep
resent the highest cost per mile, figures
standing at £51,368, while those of Bel
gium come next with £30,048.
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SHORT AND SAPIENT.
Society Is the mother of convention
and quite often It deserves Us child.
There Is no better way of emptying,
the mind of evil than by filling it witb>
good.
A man forgives the enemies he has
worsted, but not those who have
worsted him.
When a man has a chronic case of
"that tired feeling" he also makes hla>
friends tired.