AMONG THE LITERATI. One thousand four hundred and twenty-five characters are described in the 24 books written by Charles Dickens. The rule followed by editors of both the Oxford and Cambridge Chronicles in the position of the letters A. M.and M. A , for the title master of arts, is that where the context is in Latin the form Is A. M., and where it is English, M. A. The real name of Gabrielle d'Annun eto, the Italian novelist, is Rapagnetta. His father-in-law was Duo De Gallese, a Frenchman who received permission to take that title on marrying the widow of a former duke. Tho author is now trying to obtain a divorce. Once a year or BO WillHm Dean Howells, the distinguished novelist, drops into the office of the Ashtabula (0.) Sentinel, rolls up his sleeves and Bets type for half an hour. Mr. Howella began his career as a printer's appren tice in the Sentinel office, which was then owned by his father. His knowl edge of typesetting has been of immense value to him in his literary career. John Kendrick Bangs, the author, who for some years has been dividing his time between Yonkers and New York, is toon to become a countryman again. "I have blue-penciled city life," he said, recently. "My eye Is on a farm in New England, where I hope before long to be able to provide an appreciative public with limited editions of squab-chickcns, large paper turkeys and deckle-edged eggs. And,"he added, slyly, "no item In either class will go out without my signature." Miss Alice French chose her pen name of Octave Thanet in curious fashion. Octave was the name of one of her schoolmates and was selected because it gives no hint as to whether the person who bears It is a man or a woman. Thanet was adopted from a passing rail road car that Miss French chanced to see and is pronounced with the accent on the second syllable. Born and edu cated in New England, the writer has lived most of her mature life in the west end in the south, which has made her familiar with widely varying phases of American civilization. Her first maga zine story was written and accepted in 1878. TICKLESOME TALES. "Now, boys." said a Sunday-school teacher, addressing the juvenile class, "can either of you tell me anything about Good Friday?" "Ye 3, ma'am, I ran," replied the boy at the foot of the tlass; "he was the fellow that done the housework for Robinson Crusoe." A critic relates that he was once present in the cottage at Ecclefecban where Carlyle first saw the light, when an enthusiastic pilgrim asked In awe-struck tones: "And is this really the room in which Carlyle was born?" and received from the gude wife the answer: "Aye, an' oor Maggia was born here, too." Gilbert, the British comic opera librettist, was lunching at a country club when he found.himself surround ed by six or seven clergymen who had been on a motor tour of the country thereabouts. Pretty soon the author of the "Mikado" was drawn into con versation. When his identity was known, one of the clergymen asked Mr. Gilbert how he felt "in such grave and reverend company." "Like a lion In a den of Daniels," was the reply. Dinner was a little late. A guest ask°d the hostess to play something. Beating herself at the piano she exe cuted a Chopin nocturne. There was still an interval of waiting to be bridged. In the grim silence she turned to an old gentleman on her right and said: "Would you like a sonata before dinner?" He gave a start of surprise and pleasure. "Why, yes. thanks!" he said. "I had a couple on my way here, but I think I could stand another." Emperor William has ordered that bK his chauffeurs must be total ab ■taincrs. A BRAIN WORKER. Must Have the Kind of Food That Nourishes Brain. "I am a literary man whose nervous energy is a great part of my stock in trade, and ordinarily I have little pa tience with breakfa-st foods and the extravagant claims made of them. But 1 cannot withhold my acknowledg ment of the debt that I owe to Grape- Nuts food. "I discovered long ago that the very bulkmess of the ordinary diet was not calculated to give one a clear head, the power of sustained, accurate thinking. I always felt heavy and sluggish in mind as well as body after eating the ordinary meal, which diverted the JJood froin the brain to the digestive apiSMW'vtt. "I tried l'oods easy of digestion, but found them usually ('eficient in nutri ment. 1 experimented with many breakfast fooc t and they, too, proved unsatisfactory, till I reached Grape- Nuts And then the problem was solved. ' Grape-Nuts agree,; with me perfect ly from »h«- beginning, .satisfying my hunger and supplying the nutriment that so many other prepared foods la«-fi.rt' 1 found that I was turninc out an unusual quantity and quality o| work. Continued use ha* demon str&.*n< ile their respectability with their i lack of per onal deanlln* -s. Bun hers. | too. who are prepared to'kill anything j when In search of employment, are well ! matched by the dealer who. wanting a ' salesman, predicate that he must be I 'alive when wanted." DETRIM KNTAL. To half do things. To be lax, Indolent, iudllUrent. 'I o live a half life when a whole llts Is i»i»slbl*. Ni.t to be si rupu.ousi) cl« an in person I and surroundings. 1 ' at i >iw ledgti a (suit uu ' make no | 1 ' i< <>ii,. ii To b, tii.tt, steful to friend* aud to ! those wtte bate htiped us CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1905. FROM FOREIGN FIELDS. The Kiver Moldau is to be made nav igable up to the city of Prague, at a cost of over $3,000,000. The British Peace society is protest ing against the formation of rifle clubs, as "inciting the spirit of militarism." in the City of Ix>ndon Court a cred itor described whisky as a luxury. "I thought it was a medicine," said Judge Lumley Smith. There were 1.800 guests at a marriage feast at Sevignac, near Morlaix, Brit tany, and MOO servants waited on them in an open field. A balloon is on its way, by steamship, from England to Calcutta, for the use >f the prince of Wales, who expects to use it for observation purposes during his Indian tour. A soldier in charge of the canteen at the barracks at Chester, England, is under arrest. Fifteen barrels in his charge that should have contained beer were found to be full of water. Dr. Eiger, of Warsaw, a Jewish doctor in the Russian army, who is at present a prisoner of war in Japan, has been elected an honorary member of a scien tific section of the University of Tokio. The taxpayers of eastern London are complaining bitterly of the rigor of their assessment. The case is cited of a man who had his assessment raised because lie erected a cucumber frame in bis back garden. The inhabitants of the village of Castlemartyr, in County Cork, have bought the fee-simple interest in their dwellings and premises from the earl of Shannon 011 favorable terms. The popu lation of Castlemartyr is about GOO. The new Italian postage stamps will not bear the monarch's head, but a va riety of different designs, such as the sea under fhe rising sun, an Alpine landscape, a ship at sea, a railway train, the Italian arms and a wireless tele graph station. When a battalion of infantry was leaving England the other day for South Africa, a baboon, the regimental mascot, showed an amount of joy that was in striking contrast with the de meanor of most of his military friends. "He knows he's going back home," said a sergeant. OF HISTORIC INTEREST. In the England of Elizabeth tracesol the middle ages lingered everywhere. Only 50 years before the date of Shake speare's marriage an Italian occupied the see of Worcester. Vicars general meted out punishment for "sowing dis cord betwixt neighbors, working on fes tival days, playing 'foteball' in prayer time, and playing the fiddle on Low Sun day;" and a man might lie excommuni cated for marrying in Advent. Historically, the most attractive city of Mexico to the American student is Zacatecas, the Place of Grass. Here were the first, bonanza mines in the new world, and here sprung up the first American millionaires. Not only that, but here was coined the money which permanently colonized the first corner of what is now the United States. In 154fi Joannes de Tolosa discovered the valley. Two years later he and liTs friends founded the city, and its charter was signed by Philip 11. at San Lorenzo l July 20. 15S8. It was the great eclipse of August 21, 1560, that turned Tycho Brahe into an astronomer. He was in his fourteenth year at the time, a Danish boy of noble origin, and had been destined first for the army anil then for the law. But the accuracy with which the eclipse was pre dicted impressed him with the belief that astronomy was a divine thing, and thenceforward he devoted his life to it. The debt of astronomy to Tycho Brahe, not only for his own work but as th*) man who shaped the genius of Kepler, can scarcely be overestimated. On March 11, 1702, 203 years ago, was published the first British daily paper. It was called the Daily Courant and was devoted entirely to foreign news, the editor announcing that he should not presume to air his own views, suppos ing other people to have sense enough to make reflections for themselves. The office, "against the Ditch by Fleet Bridge," was probably close to Printing House square. Soon after its appear ance It passed into the hands of Samuel Buckley, who became the printer of the Spectator. In 1735 the Daily Courant was absorbed In tile Daily Gazetteer. TALES OF THE TOTS. "One ol' you boys has »>e;>n stealing raisins again; 1 have found (he see;is 011 the floor. Which one of you was it?" Tommy—"it wasn't me. No, sir! i swallowed the seeds in mine." "Johnny, you're lazy!" "Aw, ma, 1 ain't neither." "Yes, jou are. 110 you know who it is that 'finds things for idle hands to do?'" "Yes'm. You do." "Ob, Johnny," said the Sunday school teacher, "you mustn't take money from the plate. Why did you try to do such a thing?" "I thought you said it was ter the heathen, and maw says I'm one." "The race is not always to the swift." said the Sunday school teacher im pressively. "<"ai. anyone tell me why?'' "Because sometimes their gasoline tank explodes," promptly replied the up-to date little boy. A lady recently engaged to a widower asked his sen, u little fellow of sev< u years. "How would you like me for your stepmother?" "First rati , £« f ; >r as I'm concerned." he replied. "You'll have to Speak to papa about it, though. ' Si> all Kthel wm Hp< luting a v • e)< in the country with Iter grandparents. "Why can't chick* it* swim, grandpa?" *he HI 1 I'll, as she was feeding I he poul try "fi>-caiut> they don't know h>■ v | •tippo e " replied the old gentlenjaE. "Will," continued Ktiii-l, "why don't tin > ge| the iMji'ltß |o lra> 'eiu?" DREAMER WAS A RIPPER. Drygoods Salesman Toro Off Goods for Customers in His Sleep. When my uncle first started in busi ness as a general merchant in a country town, it was in partnership with a young fellow of about his own aye, relates a writ ;r in Lippincott's. Koch boys were very enthusiastic about their work, and after long days behind the counter they would goto their room above the store and continue to "talk shop" far into the night. My uncle's partner was particularly en- I grossed in his work, and often his sleep | was disturbed by dreams of customers j and big sales. One night his nightmare reached the ! cjimax. Kvidentlv the dreamer was just ! in the act of selling some cotton goods, for my uncle felt his nightshirt go "r-i-i i-p," straight up the bacli, wlule his partner was calmly saying: "Two yards, madam - '" Tennessee Praise. Dayton, Tenu., Dec. lltli (special).— Among many prominent residents to I praise Dodd's Kidney i'ills is Mr. N. R. Roberts, of this place, lie tells of what they have done for him, and his words I will go deep into the hearts of all who j are suffering in the same way. lie says: "I was a martyr to Kidney Trouble. | hut Dodd's Kidney Pills completely cured j me. I shall always keep them on hand j in .'•ase there should ba any return of the I old trouble, but I am thankful to say i hey did their work so well there has not ) been the slightest sign of my old com- | plaint coining back. The pain in my . i>ack used to be terrible. If 1 got down I [ had !' hard job to get f.traight again. But ! my back is like a new one now and I can I stoop as much as 1 please. 1 don't believe ) there ever was any medicine half so good as Dodd's Kidney Pills." Wanted to Get Even. "I'd like that tooth, please," said the I small boy after the dentist had extracted ; the torment. "Certainly, my little man, but why do ! you want it?" queried the dentist, hand ing it over. "Well, sir," responded the gratified boy. "I'm going to take it home and I'm going to stuff it full oi sugar. Then I'm going to put it on a plate, and," with a iriumpbant grin, "watch it ache."—N. Y. World. BALD HEADS COVERED With Luxuriant Hair and Scaly Scalps Cleansed and Purified by Cuticura Soap, Assisted by dressings of Cuticura, the great skin cure. This treatment at once I stons falling hair, removes crusts, scales | ami dandruff, destroys hair parasites, j soothes irritated, itching surfaces, stimu- j lales the hair follicles, loosens the scalp skin, supplies the roots with energy and ' nourishment, and makes the liair grow \ upon a sweet, wholesome, healthy scalp, when all else fails. Complete external and internal treatment for every humor, from pimples to scrofula, from infancy to ige, j consisting of Cuticura Soap. Ointment and Pills, price SI.OO. A single s"t is often sufficient to cure. Marriages must be arranged in heaven, ! but the grocer and butcher bills that fol- ; low have to be attended toon earth. : TTow to Cure Sore Throat. Larynchitis or Tonsilitis. Apply Dr. Bayer's Pene- | (■rating Oil. on a cloth around the neck, j 25c a bottle. As there are moer ways than one of j losing money, so, too, money can be lost | in more ways than won. N. Y. Times. ( You will never tire of Mrs. Austin's pan- 1 cakes. A fresh supply now on liand at i your grocers. The way to grow a statesman is to plant a politician. Then wait ten years. Pise's Cure for Consumption is an infalli ble medicine for coughs and colds.— N. W. Samuel, Ocean Orovc. N. J., Feb. 17, 1000. (icnius is merely another name for un recognized talent. < liii.igo Dailv News. J F AND—OTHERS. J The better class of druggists, everywhere, are won of .scientific attainments and high integrity, 1 I who devote their lives to the welfare of their: fellow men in supplying the best of remedies and purest medicinal agents of known value, in accordance with physicians' prescriptions and J 1 scientific formula. Druggists of the better class manufacture many excellent remedies, but S ■ always under original or officinal names and they never sell false brands, or imitation medicines. fi I They are the men to deal with when in need of anything in their line, which usually includes I all standard remedies and corresponding adjuncts of a first-class pharmacy and the finest and ■ best of toilet articles and preparations and many useful accessories and remedial appliances. ft The earning of a fair living, with the satisfaction which arises from a knowledge of the benefits 1 conferred upon their patrons and assistance to the medical profession, is usually their greatest I reward for long years of study and many hours of daily toil. They all know that Syrup of Fig? is an excellent laxative remedy and that it gives universal satisfaction, and therefore they I are selling many millions of bottles annually to the well informed purchasers of the choicest . £ 9 remedies, and they always take pleasure in handing out the genuine article bearing the full &j| narno of the Company—California Fig Syrup Co.—printed on the front of every package, r They know that in cases of colds and headaches attended by biliousness and constipation and of weakness or torpidity of the liver and bowels, arising from irregular habits, indigestion, or ■ i over-eating, that there is no other remedy so pleasant, prompt and beneficial in its effects as K Syrup of Figs, and they aro glad to sell it because it gives universal satisfaction. Owing to the excellence of Syrup of Figs, the universal satisfaction which it gives and the 1 immense demand for it, imitations have been made, tried and condemned, but there are ■ individual druggists to be found, here and there, who do not maintain the dignity and principles ■ of the profession and whose greed gets the better of their judgment, and who do not hesitate ■ to recommend and try to sell the imitations in order to make a larger profit. Such preparations ■ sometimes have the name— l< Syrup of Figs"—or "Fig Svrup" ami of some piratical concern, ■ or fictitious fig syrup company, printed on the package, but they never have the full name of the Company—California Fig Syrup Co.—printed on the front of the package. The imitations should be rejected because they aro injurious to the system. In oruer to sell the imitations M they find it necessary to resort to misrepresentation or deception, and whenever a dealer passes m i off on a customer a preparation under the name of'"Syrup of Figs" or "Fig Syrup," which B m does not bear the full name of the California Fig Syrup Co. printed on the front of tlie package, sr ■ he is attempting to deceive and mislead the patron who has been so unfortunate ns to enter his " V establishment, whether it he large or small, for if the dealer resorts to misrepresentation and ■ and deception in one caso he will do so with other medicinal agents, ami in the tilling of physicians' prescriptions, and should he avoided by every one who values health and happi.-fss. Knowing that the great majority of druugisU are reliable, we supply the ininnuse «h-j».and 1 for our excellent remedy entirely through the druggirt*, <>f whom it may be purchased every l where, in original packages only, at the regular price of fifty cent- per bottle, but as exceptions fl » exist it is uses— ary to inform the i üblic >'f the fact-', in orat r that sll hmjt -i«• ■ ■ w M twm M • any imitation which may he s<>ld to them. If it does not bear the full name of the Company B ■ m $ article and t<> demand the return of your money, and in future go to one of the better class of ■ (i moists who willsell you what you with and the best of everything in his line ut n usonable prices. CRISIS GIRLHOOD A TIME OF J»AIN AND PERIL Miss Emma Oole Says that Lydia B Plnkham's Vegetable Compound has Saved Her Life and Made Her Well ITow many lives of beautiful young girls have been sacrificed just as they were ripening into womanhood 1 How many irregularities or displacements have been developed at this important period, resulting in years of suffering 1 I Girls' modesty and oversensitivenesa often puzzle their mothers and baffle physicians, because they withhold their confidence at this critical period. A mother should come to her child's ' aid and remember that Lydia K. I'ink ham's Vegetable Compound will at this time prepare the system for the coming change and start the menstrual period in a young girl's life without pain or irregularities. Miss EmmaColeof Tullalioma, Tenn., j writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkham: — » " I want to tell you that I am enjoying bet ter health than I have for years, and 1 owe it all to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound. " When fourteen years of age I suffered al most constant pain, and for two or three years I had soreness and pain in my side, headaches and was dizzy and nervous, and doctors all failed to help me. " Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound was recommended, and alter taking it my health began to improve rapidly, and I think it saved my life. 1 sincerely hope my experi ence will be a help toother girls who are pass ing from girlhood to womanhood, for 1 know vour Compound will do as much for them." If you know of any young girl who is sick and needs motherly advice ask her to write Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass., and she will receive free advice which will put her on the right road toastrong, healthy and happy womanhood. SICK HEADACHE o —l Positively cured by PADTCwO these Little Pills. llAm ti tO They also relievo D!a- KjEBB tress from Dyspepsia, In 19ITTLE digestion and Too Hearty B \ff gj" g% Eating. A perfect rem -23 B ¥ 11* edyforDlzzlnes3,Nausea, m piils. Drowsiness, Bad Taste _ fits' * 'a tlio Mouth, Coated Tongue, Pain In the side, L™HS*®s= 1 TORPID LtVER. They regulate the Bowels. Purely Vegetable. SMALL PiLL. SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE. PAQT£P\ ll'. Itiemer, 31. !>., Manufacturer,jSp»-iM«/icM, iff®. I —-™~l r(Jr\ To the Great Northwest From the Great L,akes to the Pacific ocean and between all the important centers of the Northwest, the Northern Pacific has direct routes. p "Northern Pacific" means ■ comfortable trains, quick transit, conveniences and at- Itentions en route. Ask for H time card before making-your a next trip into Northern Wis- I consin, Minnesota, North Da kota, Montana, Idaho, Wash- I ington, Oregon, or British 1 Columbia. A request will bring infor mation concerning rates, | service and time. You have | "Wonderland 1005" wiil help you arrange next sum- I mer's vacation trip. Send 1 Railway 1 General Passenger Agent I WHOOPING COUGH IHMIAMS MPK(iFI Licke* Drug Co., Mtra., CLEVELAND, O- 7