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The Job department of the PKISSS Is complete and affords facilities for dolnt the best class of woru PA MICE I. A K ATTENTION PAIDTU LAW PRINTING. No paper will be discontinued until srrear- Kes are paid, except at the option of the pub her. Papers sent out of the county must be paid lor in advance. Dance and grow strong. It is the edict of the American Physical Cul ture association, which last week met •it Columbia university principally to put itself on record to the effect that the time had come to recognize danc irg in the scheme of educating tha body. The other day there was only one person present to see Berlin's edu cated horse, Hans, do his trick. When Hans was asked how many people were present he let his hind hoofs fly and kicked the spectator down, thus replying "One." The unfortunate was kicked in the face and very badly hurt. Before June 30 of the present year, when the United States government shall have completed its extension of the sea wall at Galveston, that un lucky city will rest secure behind six miles of solid concrete sea wall and be forever immune from a repetition of the frightful disaster of September, 1900. The transmission of power by elec tricity hits become so ordinary a thing that electrical engineers are now con fidently considering what a few years ago was deemed impossible—the trans mission of 100,000 volts over an elec tric wire. There are numerous instal lations, carrying over 40,000 volts, and in Montana one built to transmit 80,- 000 volts. Pennsylvania, with a soft-coal area but slightly greater than that of West Virginia, has been mining 40,000,000 tons of soft coal a year, and 60,000,000 tons of anthracite, and has for many years produced far in excess of any other state. She has now reached tho limit of her productive capacity, and coal men estimate that her coal-beds will be exhausted with a period of 50 or even 40 years hence. The market for foreign goods in the republic of Honduras, Central Ameri ca, is necessarily restricted, as tha country is small, but the region is comparatively near at hand and the market, such as it is, ought to be con trolled by American manufacturers. Implements and tools of all kinds used in manufactures or agriculture should find a ready market sale, if properly tight to public notice that is, by practical demonstration of their usefulness. The greatest oil well in the world is the Droojba of Baku. When this Russian well began to yield it gave ''orth from 1,500,000 to 2,000,000 gal lons of oil a day—an output worth >55,000. The oil soared tip to a height of over 200 feet, a dark-hued fountain that hissed and roared like a Niagara. With the oil so much sand was mingled that a number of houses and workshops in tho vicinity were buried —vanished out of sight under a mass of grease-soaked sand. The British Isles are credited with 12,000 square miles of coal. Russia has 20,000 and New South Wales, Aus tra'ia. 24,000. India is believed to con tain 33,000 square miles of coal meas ures, and Canada C 5.000. From that point up to the United States is a great trap, for this republic has 200,- 000 square miles of coal. Highest of all stands the Chinese empire, with 232,000 square miles of coal veins, much of it known to be of the best quality. California is to-day, with the excep tion of Russia, the largest producer of crude petroleum in the world. Its to tal for 1004, according to estimates of the California Petroleum Miners' As sociation, was more than 28,000,000 barrels, which is more than douale that of New York and Pennsylvania together, a little less than Ohio and Indiana combined and more than twice as much as that of West Vir ginia, Kentucky and Tennessee. The actual production is no index to the possibilities of the Golden State's oil fields. Mrs. Charlemagne Tower enjoys tho distinction of having represented her country at three great European can- Hals in succession—Vienna, St. Peters burg and Berlin, season Mrs. Tower gave the most brilliant social representation the United States has ever had in the German court. Sho appreciated early *i her husband's diplomatic career tho powerful ad junct to diplomacy which hospitality constitutes. It is said that she was provided with $200,000 a year by her husband to "keep America's end up" in the czar's realm. OONCERNING THE DEFICIT. Democrats Far Astray Regarding the Shortage in National Finances. From the figures along to this date the treasury statement for April will reveal a shortage of $30,000,000 for the ten months in receipts as com pared with expenditures. But what of |t? Everybody knew when the year began, last July, that there would he a deficit. Secretary Shaw last Decem ber figured that the deficit would be $18,000,000 at the end of the fiscal year. June 30, l'JOo. It will be $30,000,- 000 at the end of April, and some of the democratic papers are calculating that this will mean a deficit of $40.000.000 or $50,000,000 for the year, says the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Those papers make the same sort of a mistake that poor Parker made in his canvass of 1904. Parker figured on the basis of the shortage at that, date, that the deficit for the year would be in the neighborhood of $150,000,- 000. There were loud cries in the democratic press that the biggest short age on record in a time of peace was about to be seen. Some of those papers believed these things. Others of theiii knew better. For a time in the cam paign. however, the $100,000,000 or $150,000 treasury shortage figured in the headlines of the Parker sheets, and had a place in the arguments of the Parker stump speakers. To-day the utmost that the demo cratic papers figure that the shortage will be for the year is $50,000,000. They are far astray, of course. April is always a month of heavy interest payments and other disbursements by the government. There has been an excess thus far in the month of $5,700,000 in the treasury's outgo. Put in May and .June the income will be ahead. There is a reasonable certainty on this point. Those months near ly always show receipts in excess of expenditures. There is no reason to believe that 1905 will be an exception to this rule. For the ten months of the fiscal year the receipts have been larger than they were In 1904. but the expenditures make a much greater gain over last year's. The receipts are likely to keep on increasing, while ex penditures for the coming fiscal year stand a chance to be below those of the present one. The deficit on June 30 will probably be down to $25,000,- 000, and may be lower. Putin any case the treasury's working balance is large, and the business world is not showing the faintest concern in the natter. THE PESO DOWN AND OUT Mexico Puts the Finishing Tcuch on the Beautiful Bryan "Look." An event which will Rive general sat isfaction everywhere except in Lin coln. Neb., where it will be regarded as a calamity, ushered in May day in the sister republic of Mexico, says the Chi cago Chronicle. .On that date the standard of monetary value of the re public was changed from silver to gold and the value of the peso, the old Spanish milled silver dollar, dropped to 50 cents. The passing of the peso destroys the last supporting prop of Bryan and the free silver freebooters who followed his dishonest leadership. They are now denied even the indulgence of their old confidence game of crossing the border and exchanging one dollar of honest money for two pesos and pre tending that the latter is the true standard of value and that gold has doubly appreciated. Mexico's standard dollar is now the gold dollar of every other nation with an honest currency. To make the event more pathetic for the Bryanites, the change was effected without the slightest jar or disturb ance in business circles. "Look at Mexico!" was Bryan's fa vorite ejaculation for years when har anguing the mob of cheap money ad vocates. All right, William, look at Mexico Take a good, long look. too. The Grave of Silver. The discontinuance of the coincide of silver on private account in the mints of Mexico is more than the driving of the last nail in the coffin; it is tamping down the last sod on the grave of an issue that was prominent in American politics for more than a quarter of a century, an issue that was often exciting and at one time danger ous—not that it threatened revolution ary violence, but because it was re garded as tending to corruption of the currency, and, therefore, to panicky business conditions and national dis grace. The only thing that can be said to the credit of the republican party regarding its treatment of that issue is that ir, was, at every stage of the long conflict, nearer to safety and sanity than the democracy. The only fact in the protracted drama that can be so construed as to reflect credit on the democratic party is that a democratic president set himself against the domi nant sentiment of his party and at a great personal sacrifice saved his coun try from the threatened calamity.— Washington Post. In the Quake? City. Church—l see a man in Philadelphia was arrested for walking in his sleep. Gotham —Perhaps he was exceeding the speed limit. —Yonkers Statesman. II"It is safe to say that tariff re vision will soon be revived as a politi cal issue. The republicans are likely to heed administrative insistence on this point, and the democrats, as it appears, w*ll push the unwelcome sug gestion by what promise to be unpleas antly emphasized references to the condition of the national treasury.— Newark News. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1905. DECLARATION IS CORRECT. Governor Cummins of lowa Makes Strange But True Statement Regarding Tariff. "It is not probable that congress will revise the tariff until the people y the way, for the eloquent governor, who, two years ago. declared the people were demanding in sten torian tones the revision of the tariff right then, and who last year went on record in the same statement, and whose friends and supporters said after the re cent national election that the tremen dous vote for Roosevelt was an emphat ic demand on congress for immediate revision. It is an admission that, in spite of his and his friends' recent, emphatic state ments, the people have not yet demand ed revision of the tariff in a way that has attracted the attention of congress. At the same time it is a wise and logical statement of fact. There is no question that the gov ernor is correct in his declaration as quoted. It is quite unlikely that con gress will enter upon such a revision of he tariff as Gov. Cummins would like until the people really demand it. That the demand has not yet been made the governor wisely anil correctly admits. When the emphatic demand will be made neither Gov. Cummins nor any other man can accurately tell. It is not likely, however- that the people will call for a general revision of the tariff so long as the preseint schedules continue to serve '.he coun try as well as they do. MORE APPARENT THAN EVER Value of the Protective Tariff Being More Clearly Demonstrated Every Year. The value of protection is shown in some figures given in a bulletin from the bureau of statistics. Although there has been a large increase in imports since 1890, there has been very little growth in the importation of luxuries. In 1894 such imports aggregated SK!7.- 000,000 in value, an increase of less than $8,000,000 since 1890, and in manufac tures ready for consumption, there was about, the same rate of increase. But in materials there was a growth in the same time of nearly $200,000,000. There was no substantial change in food stuffs, the class of goods required by American manufacturers providing for the principal increase. That demon strates the value of the protective tar iff. says the Johnstown (Pa.) Tribune. In jewelry and precious stones other than diamonds there has been a decline in im portations of nearly one-half since 1896. There has been 110 decrease in demand, but it is supplied by American manu facturers, the value of whose capital employed had doubled in ten years. The decrease in silk importations tells of the growth of silk manufacturing. The imports of raw silk increased from 5.000,000 pounds in 1900 to over 10,000,- >lllO last year. This is an industry en tirely dependent upon the tariff. There was never a time when the benefits of the tariff were more apparent than now. CONTEMPORARY COMMENT. s 'The democrats need not expect to fly very high until they get their wings together.—Chicago Chronicle. E 'So long as Secretary Shaw is not worrying over the deficit the rest of the population need not shed its col lective shirt. —Chicago Tribune. c 'We shudder to think what would happen to the democratic party if Col. Bryan should collapse into silence for 1 few weeks. Charleston News and Courier. liryan reports that the demo crats are everywhere active and mili tant. Most of the democratic record or fighting has been won between bat tles. —St. Louis Globe-Democrat. t-'Mr. Bryan lias bought another SSOO heifer, but Judge Parker continues lo regard farming as utterly profitless, in so far as its bearing upon political "ampaigning is concerned.—Chicago Record-Herald. c 'Some of the brethren who are criticising President Roosevelt, for tak ing a little vacation ought to be re minded that President Jefferson spent 790 days of his term away from Wash ington, while President Jackson's out ings consumed 502 days of his. Pres idential vacations are strictly non-par tisan.—Columbus (O.) State Journal. IC-' Some people who are censoriously disposed will refuse to regard as a co incidence the fact that a prospective treasury deficit is announced just at a time when the non-partisan senti ment, is unmistakably in favor of re ducing the tariff. "How can we reduce the tariff when it is not producing suf ficient revenue for our needs as it is?" will naturally be the reply to all fur ther suggestions for tariff reform. — Chicago Chronicle. t'-'The government of Australia has appointed a commission to Inquire into the operation of the customs tariff of the commonwealth. This movement is understood to be a preliminary to an increase of duties so as to make them more protective in cnaracter.—Pitts burg Gazette. ic?The Texans know that their state is mighty and beautiful, but they like to be told so by non-Texans. They may continue to roll up those preposterous democratic majorities, but henceforth they will have a very kindly feeling for Theodore Roosevelt personally— Hartford Courant. TOWN WRECKED; 100 LIVES LOST Snyder. Okla.. Is Almost Completely Demolished by a Tornado that Swept Over It. DOZENS OF PEOPLE ARE INJURED Entire Families Were Killed and It Is Said that Only Six Houses in the Town Escaped Wreckage or Destruction, Many Being Blown Away. Guthrie, Okla., May 12.—The death list of Wednesday night's tornado at. Snyder will probably exceed 100 per sons. Ninety-five bodies have been recovered, a dozen persons are miss ing and given up for dead, and of the 41 seriously wounded several are likely to die. More than 100 other per sons suffered less severe injuries. Relief is going from neighboring towns. Oklahoma City sent 100 men to dig graves and seek the dead still in the ruins, and a dozen undertakers with 100 coffins. Offers of financial assistance came from numerous cities. Gov. Ferguson, of Oklahoma, has is sued a proclamation calling attention to the needs of the stricken town. In a number of cases entire families were killed and in almost every fam ily in town some member was injured. Every house in the town except six are said to have been either badly wrecked or demolished, many of them being blown entirely away. The busi ness portion is reported entirely de stroyed. It is still difficult to obtain informa tion from Snyder. A single telegraph wire furnishes an outlet, but it is blocked with private messages con cerning the dead and the injured. To add to the general confusion and distress, after the tornado had passed fire broke out and burned up all that remained of the buildings in one of the business blocks. So far it has not been possible to find out whether any bodies were cremated, but it is possi ble that such is the case. An unidentified woman was picked up dead, having been pinioned to the ground by a long sliver which ent Bedroom Suits, solid ..S2O $22 Sideboard, quartered ..sl6 # >2, A large line of Dressers from Chiffloniers of all binds and jx? U P- prices. W / Iwr J lllWrH largest line of Carpets 'i ' f*L 1 Wft I 2; K)) Lmoleums and Mattings 112) Q ) °*"kinds ever brought n "s;; s Alsoii,s | 5s iR: HoliA-fn a very lar » s ,il " : of H I ' JT. Lace Curtains that can- t, jjjjj | not be matched anywhere jjj lr ° m lg ea^ eSt j|j il A large and elegant line of Tufted and Drop-head ft Couches. Beauties and at bargain prices. $ v 7" " " V QL The finest line of Sewing Machines on the market, JyL, rj the "Domestic" and "Eldredge". All drop heads and vf fV warranted. q $ A fine line of Dishes, common grade and China, in & $ sets and by the piece. $ jjk As I keep a full line of everything that goes to make up a good Furniture store, it is useless to enumerate them W « aIL & Q Please call and see for yourself that I am telling you the tiuth, and if you don't buy, there is no harm done, as j.: • 112 it is no trouble to show goods. w | GEO. J. LaBAR. j