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CAMERON COUNTY PRESS.
H. H. MULLIN, Editor
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JOB PRINTING.
The Job department of tin- Flirts iseomplete
anil affords facilities for doing the best class of
work. 1 1 H iII I [.All All t-.N I ION PAID TO I,A*
I'lttNTt.V.
No p.i u: r will bo discontinued until arrear- ,
ages are paid, except at the option of the pub
lisher.
Papers sent out of the county must be paid
(or in advance.
The women of Wenatchee, Wash.,
have formed a local floral association
for the purpose of introducing plant
and flower culture into many homes
fend it has been a great success.
The acreage of the large cities in
the United States is as follows: New
York, 208,218; Chicago, 122,008; Phila
delphia, 82.933; Boston, 27,251; St.
liouis. 39,377; Cleveland, 22.422 and
Cincinnati 26,880.
Uncle Sam's promissory notes sell
in the >vorld's markets lo an unlimited
extent at a premium, though they bear
only' 2 per cent. Interest, a rate of in
terest. much lower than the promissory
notes of any other country.
Several large American exporting
firms recently have been pressing a
vigorous campaingn in Japan with the
hope of gaining a foothold for an ex
tensive trade as soon as the ill effects
of the war are overcome. It is ex
pected that Japan will take great
strides 'in manufacturing, and it must
have mafihinery to work with.
For eight years we have been con
suming not only absolutely but rela
tively more spirits than the year bo
fore. The lowest consumption of 1.01
gallons per capita was reached in 1896.
Since that linte the consumption has
steadily mounted until the latest fig
ures show 1.48 gallons, an increase of
46 per cent. The consumption of beer
in the meantime has increased only
18 per cent.
A movement is on foot in Norway,
backed by foreign capitalists, partic
ularly Americans, to utilize every par
ticle of water now going to waste
over falls and in rivers for generating
electricity to operate the iron and
copper mines. Engineers are now in
the hills making surveys, and capital
is getting ready for the call that is
sure to come just, as soou as the pre
liminary work is completed.
Consul Anderson, ol: Amoy, China,
believes that the use of flour will rap
idly increase in China; that the salo
of meats will be considerable among
the foreign population of China; that
there is a growing demand for Amer
ican fruits in the coast ports, also
American dried fruits, which in
creased 150 per cent, in 1904 over
1903; that China's demand for ma
chinery is gradually coming and wili
transform that country.
According to the international post
bureau, taking all the post-offices of
ihe world, the United States shows the
heaviest loss front the management of
its postal affairs, and Great Britain
the largest profit. Nineteen hundred
and three is the last year for which
figures for comparison are available,
ami for that year we ran behind $4,-
329,000, while Great Britain showed
a net profit of $22,000,000, and Russia,
Germany and France each about $14,-
000,000.
Scnorita Godoy looks so much like
Miss Roosevelt that not more than
half the people of Washington, and
comparatively few strangers, can tell
the twain apart. Senorita Godoy is
the debutante daughter of the Mexican
minister. At the last white house
reception the Mexican girl appeared,
and all the evening she was followed,
remarked upon and stared at in a
semi-polite way by the thronging mul
titude, which thought she was thy
president's daughter.
The report has been tent out from
St. Petersburg that statistics showing
Russia's imports and exports for 1905
indicate a balance, or excees of ex
ports, of $232,464,500, the largest
within the last five years. The bal
ance for 1901 was only $175,641,000,
and tor 1903 $159,755,000. Those who
look upon a favorable trade balance
as the most convincing evidence of
prosperity will have ,-ome difficulty in
reconciling this favorable showing
with what is known of llussit's con
dition.
in spite of any irritations that m:ty
from time to time ar sr. the relations
between China and U.« United Slain
arc likely io become Increasingly
friendly, rather than otln iw.
China, awal. ning from the lethai >t
ag<l looking to tho United States
tfor much ol tin- knowledge and guld'
uni" In- will net (1 on her n< w path*
way of eh ligation aad progress ThU
in evidence! by th" met that she just
rent to Hi' country two Imperial t-onv
ins iont lo ludy o.i political iu
tUtiOUK.
BRYAN'S CHANCING VIEWS.
Resigns College Trusteeship Because
of "Trust Magnate"
Money.
William Jennings Bryan paused at
Hong-Kong long enough to resign as
a trustee of Illinois college. Ilia
avowed reason is that he is unwilling
to serve a college which accepts gifts
from Andrew Carnegie or other "trust
magnates."
The fact that Mr. Bryan was made
a trustee of Illinois college, as its
most conspicuous graduate and for the
reasons for which conspicuous men
are usually chosen to such posts, sug
gests another reason for his recogni
tion, says the Chicago Inter Ocean. It
suggests that .Mr. Bryan was unwilling
to do for the college what the college
expected him to do for it.
However, it is surprising that any
one should have expected Mr. Bryan to
be a successful college trustee. He
must always join in the clamor of the
moment. So he could not consistently
take money for his college from those
who have it. That threw him back
upon the problem of getting money
from those who have it not. Mr.
Bryan gave it up and resigned.
Having abolished the devices of
primogeniture and entail, by which
their European ancestors enabled a
man who had accumulated a fortune
to hold it together after his death, the
American people logically accepted the
necessary consequences, that every for
tune accumulated must somehow bo
dissipated.
The only question was how the scat
tering should be effected. American
common sense long ago decided that it
was better to have a fort tine dissipated
by the owner in benevolence rather
than by his heirs in luxury. Mr.
Bryan, however, apparently has differ
ent views.
It is refreshing to observe, however,
that Illinois college prefers Mr. Car
negie's endowment to Mr. Bryan's kind
words.
UNFAIRNESS AND DECEIT.
"Tariff Reformers" Cannot Be Hon
est in Presenting Their
Case.
President Roosevelt has discovered
that it is unsafe to express an opin
ion on the tariff in the presence of a
bunch of "tariff reformers." He has
been misquoted by some of the Boston
brand and in a very vigorous manner
has declared that they misrepresented
and distorted the facts, says the Tren
ton Gazette.
As a rule, no "tariff reformer" ex
acts to be honest in presenting his
case. He cannot be because to be
gin with he is not for reform at all.
He is a free trader, pure and simple,
no matter whether he talks free raw
material or foreign markets.
The reformer who demands free
hides and taxed shoes knows that if
he should succeed in causing such dis
crimination the entire fabric of protec
tion would go down as an inconsistency;
or that if his pleas for reciprocity
with Canada, through the removal of
protection from the products of the
western farmer in order to open the
Canadian market to the manufacturer
of the east were established, the west
would retaliate by removing protec
tion from the manufacturer, which
wotild result in free trade.
The "tariff reformer" always moves
along the hedge of deception and un
fairness ever since the days of John
Cobden. It is his nature to do so,
and the president has learned the les
son well —so well, indeed, that the
tariff reformer who hereafter has an
audience with him will have some
hard questions put to him which he
will have to answer to his own dis
comfiture, as was the case a few days
ago when Gov. Doug'as tried, and his
delegation was forced to say that it
wanted free hides but not free shoes.
Danger in Menace.
It is realized that a reopening of the
whole tariff question would provide
an opportunity for the exploiting of
the vagaries of free trade and other
fiscal theories; that it would precipi
tate a conflict between local industries
and interests the outcome of which could
only be another compromise; and worse
than all, it would disturb the business
of the entire country, halt the march of
prosperity by engendering distrust and
uncertainty, and work untold harm to
American labor. Capital is sensitive
and even the menace of a general re
vision of the tariff would cause almost
as much disturbance as would a revision
itself. —Providence News.
FTThe national deficit, the past seven
months, despite the enormous cost of
running our much socialized govern
ment, was but $7,000,00(1, and by econo
my the present congress can easily
change the deficit Into a surplus. The
income of the Dingley tariff is amazing
ly high. The past six months the gold
product of this country has been in
creased about $6,000,(100, as compared
with the corresponding period of the
previous year. There is also a consider
able Increase in national banking cur
rency.—Lewlston Journal.
r A news item says that the Japan
ese are still using American leather.
From her preiiosierouß claims and
views on I lie tariff quest lon. wo suppose I
the Bay State was usiti" all ihe leather
produced in this couir.ry.— Portsmouth
<V ll.i Chronicle.
I low the free-traders are laughing
in their sleeves o\or the sllcs that are
holnr taken from our protective tariff.
Willi What joy do they help lo puts a
('until treaty and a Philippine tarilf.
Knowing It is only l»> piecemeal tha'
ili. . < .tit get free trade! lint It all help ,
tin 'i• torinei. to keep up uiumgv.
American KcoiioiuUt.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH I, 1906.
DANGEROUS TO FOOL WITH
Tariff - Scuttling Democrats Have
Something That May Blov. -
Them Up.
Th > difficulty which tlie Democrats
find in getting together on policies
which will unite their party through
out the nation is amusingly exempli- ;
fled ui many ways. The most recent '
display of family disagreement, says
the 'troy Times, has been the falling
out over the unprecedented and un
patriotic if not unconstitutional effort
to turn the matter of ratifying treaties
with other nations into a partisan
question. Before the Democrats in the
United Stales senate get through with
this !ow they bid fair to be wider apart
than ever. And of course the ill-feel
ing it will create is certain to extend
to th" party throughout the country.
The l'ac-ts furnish another illustration
of Democratic inability to agree, and
demonstrate anew that fatal weakness
so graphically portrayed by President
Grant when he alluded to the unfailing !
propensity of the Democratic party to
do the wrong thing.
When the leaders and organs of the
party cannot think of anything else to
fall back upon as a proposition for
union they take up the tariff. They are
at it just now, apparently forgetful of
the evil fate that has overtaken the
Democracy when it has "monkeyed" i
with that subject. In the midst of
abounding national prosperity, and
with the government receipts giving
their own refutation to Democratic as- j
sertions that the Dingley law is a de- !
ficit-maker, there is a demand from
many Democratic quarters that, the
tariff be made the principal issue in !
the coming campaigns, and that efforts j
be niHde to unite the party with this as
a rallying cry. And they are seeking
to employ the old tricks. They depre
cate the term free trade as applied to
the particular brand of political econo
my which they favor, and at the same
time arraign the present tariff, of Re
publican origin and enactment, as op- j
pressive in its exactions and prohibit- j
ive in its effects.
Of course it is only necessary to ,
point to the enormous development in
our foreign trade, with, imports swollen \
to unprecedented figures, to indicate !
the absurdity of the charge that the 1
Dingley law is either oppressive or i
prohibitory. But an analysis of its
operations effectually disposes of other
contentions which are put forth to
show the need for a radical change, j
For instance, there have been weari
some iteration and reiteration of the
charge that all rates in the present law
are too high and some of them utterly
unwarranted. The official records show j
that the average duty collected is little
if any higher than it was:so years ago, j
when a law much less protective was j
in operation. In fact, it is less than
for one year at least under the Demo- j
cratie Gorman-Wilson law. The dif- !
ferer.ee is that the duties are better j
adjusted. More than half of our im- !
ports come in free of duty, which is '
libera' treatment of foreigners and a
larger proportion than was shown un
der the Democratic law. But with the
Dingley statute, in force the favored
imports are not those which would
dangerously compete with the home
articles. These have to pay for the
privilege of getting in and entering 1
into competition with American goods :
in the domestic market, which is in j
accord with the sound and wholesome
Republican economic policy.
The Democratic gentlemen who are j
trying to get their party committed to j
tariff-scuttling are entirely welcome to
play that game as long as it pleases !
them. But it is only an act of friend
ship to warn them that it is a good j
deal like fooling with dynamite. The
plaything is likely Jo "go off" with a
bang and leave the party more sadly
wrecked than before.
CURRENT PRESS COMMENT.
Los Angeles is in earnest about
wanting Mr. Cleveland to make his
home there it should quit talking cli- j
mate and talk ducks.—Kansas City Jour
nal.
C 3" Editor Bryan neglects to specify i
the "economic truths" that Mr. Carnegi j
ir> trying to suppress, but free silver
probably is one of them. Chicago J
Tribune.
c "Unfortunately the Chinese had not
had the experience necessary to teach, j
them to take anything Mr. Bryan might
say in a purely ®ryanese sense.—ln
dianapolis News (Ind.)
t •■'The Democratic idea now is "tariff
with incidental protection." With Bry- j
an killing "imperialism" and Williams
sticking the knife into "tariff for rev
enue only" the Democrats will have
more trouble in finding an issue thdn a j
candidate in 1908, and there is nothing
easy about the selection of a candidate,
either. —Omaha Bee.
■" ■■'"lf the tariff cannot be revised
when two-thirds of the membership of
both houses are Republican, when is re
vision to come?" asks Congressman Me-
Call. The answer is easy. It will come j
if ever the country is visited with an
other Democratic majority in both
houses. And as usual, hard times will
come immediately thereafter. —Los An
cles Times.
c Incidentally the Republican "insur
gents" at Washington might get a point
er or two from Aguinaldo, who still re
membeys a good many things about the
in- urgent husln< s Birmingham News.
The Brlti h rnioulsts cctninvly
•ire split Into irreconcilably ho: tile tac
tions. The Democratic party of the!
I'nited Slate knows jn ->t how tusympa- 1
tlil/.o with the l'n ion IM . Troy Time.
John Sharp W illiains predicts tlx
election of a Democratic boil: e. Mr
Williams simply ean't resist his turn
for sun-usm, even when the feelitr. •«.!
his own party may be Uurl by lu—Mil
waukue Sentinel.
TWO OPEN LETTERS
IMPORTANT TO MARRIED WOMEN
Mra. Mary Dlmmlck of Washington tells
How Lydta K. Plnkham's Vegetable
Compound Made Her Well.
It is with great pleasure we publish j
the following letters, as they eonvine- !
ingly prove the claim we have so many
times made in our columns that Mrs.
Pinkham, of Lynn, Mass., is fully quali
fied to give helpful advice to sick women.
Read Mrs. Dimmick's letters.
Her first letter:
Dear Mrs. Pinkliam:—
"I have been a sufferer for the past eight
years with a trouble which first originated j
from painful periods—tho pains wereexcruci- [
ating, with inflammation and ulceration of the
female organs. The doctor says I must have
an operation or I cannot live. Ido not want
to submit to an operation if I can possibly
avoid it. J'li-ase help me."—Mrs. Mary
Dinimick, Washington, D. C.
Iler second letter ;
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:—
" You will remember my condition when I ■
last wrote you, and that the doctor said I
must have an operation or I could not live. J
I received your kind letter and followed your
ad vice very carefully and am now entirely !
well. As mv case was so serious it seems a
miracle that lam cured. I know that I owe j
not only my health but my life to Lydia E. !
Pinkhaurs Vegetable Compound and to your
advice. I can walk miles without an acne or .
a pain, and I wish every suffering woman
would read this letter anil realize what you
can do for them." —Mrs. Mary Dimmick, 50th
and East Capitol Streets, Washington, D. C.
llow easy it.was for Mrs. Dimmick to
write to Mrs. Pinkliam at Lynn, Mass.,
and how little it cost her—a two-cent
stamp. Yet how valuable was the reply 1
As Mrs. Dimmick says—itsaved her life. !
Mrs. Pinkham has on file thousands 1
of just such letters as the above, and
offers ailing women helpful advice.
HINTS TO ACCOUNTANTS.
Add it just once more.
Better think about it at the time; j
some think about it at the end of the ,
month. x
Look for the exact amount, of your
error; you possibly overlooked it in
posting.
Have jou any systematic way of !
checking' Check as you post; it's '
easier and quicker.
Divide it by two and look for a
debit on the credit side, or for a
credit on the debit side.
If you make an error, carefully rule
a line through it with red ink; then
write the correction above it.
Remember that the books are firm !
property, and you are at liberty to re
veal no secrets they may contain.
Be sure to put the books in the
vault each night; you will never real
ize the 'value of this precaution until
you've hac a fire.
Study the heeds of the business;
plan special rulings to facilitate the |
handling of the business. Do not 1
make radical changes at a time.
Don't be in a hurry to suggest new
methods to the senior member of the j
firm. He is likely to think he knows
more about his business than you do.
How about your writing? And your
English? And your spelling? Or do
you know nothing but bookkeeping?
If you do not, jou'll never be the
manager, you'll always be the book
keeper.
Solid Soup.
Many travelers in eastern Siberia
carry solidified soup in small leather
receptacles.
TWITCHING NERVES
A Serious Hereditary Trouble Cured
By Dr. Williams' Pink Pills.
Sufferers from ailments that have af- j
flieted in regular succession one genera- j
tion after another of their family are, as
a rule, inclined to submit to them as in
evitable. The case which follows proves
that such hereditary difficulties are not ;
beyond tho reach of curative forces and j
should inspire hopefulness and a rcadi- I
uess to try remedies that have effected
signal cures, such as that which is here j
given.
Mrs. Elizabeth Rannells, of No. 408
East Seventh street, Newton, Kansas, ,
gives the following account of her ail- i
rnolit and licr euro :
"For two years I suffered from a trying ;
nervousness in my lower limbs from my 1
knees down, ns my mother and my |
grandmother had suffered before mo. '
The situation was for many years ac- j
ceptcd as unavoidable because lieredi- J
tary. But about, two years ago.wlien my \
son was realizing benefit from the use of j
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, I thought there
might possibly be some good in them f<c
mo. My trouble had then become so
serious as to make it difficult for me to 1
sleep. I often had to walk the floor iu
restlessness the whole night. After tak
ing some six boxes the twitching disap
peared and I ceased to nso tho remedy, i
1 evidently stopped a little too soon fur
nervousness cnnie back after n month or
so and I Used the pills again for a Miort
time. Relief came at once ami since I
stopped using them the second time I
have been lice from nny ret urn of the
twitchings or from any intuit reuco with
mv sleep."
i)r Williams' Pinft PilVi have rnred
tho worst en es of blood I < siiess, indi}< s
tion, influenza, lieadaehi , lumbago, sci
atica, neuralgia, n< i voli -iii -. , ,-piual
Wi akn* -Mind the -pecin I ailments of girls
and women, I-'or farther information,
sddii -s tin- Dr. Williams Mwiiciu* 00.,
hvliuuuctud>', N. Y,
assrssss es
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general store in the county j|
and if you are looking for re
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you with the best to be found. |
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h worthy goods and fair dealing H
ffl is too well known to sell any pi
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Ijj Our stock of Queensware and
f| Chinaware is selected with
great care and we have some
p of the most handsome dishes ffi
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both in imported and domestic Hi
fej makes. We invite you to visit
jjp us and look our goods over. I|:
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LOOK ELSEWHERE BUT DON'T FORGET
H THESE PRICES AND FACTS AT
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fcj the largest line of Car- -, 112f 88 Wj. %,
Hi pets, Linoleums and H/ [#%£.] (WfFTMIH s E*
£5 Mattings of all kinds f*
ever brought to this [IIIIIIIHHiII
PI town. Also a big line : mBV ?!
mi of samples. ||3IHHH5ffl M
A very large line of FOR THE fiCSf !'
Lace Curtains that can-
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Art Squares and of fine books in a choice library
Rugs of all sizes and select the Ideal pattern of Globe- P*
M kind, from the cheap- Wernicke "Elastic" Bookcase.
M est to the best. I Furnished with bevel French
| (J plate or leaded glass doors.
M Dining Chairs, j "<■= *•* M
|| Rockers and GEO. J. LaBAR, **
KfcJl Chairs. Sole Agi-nt for Cameron County. |MK'
A large and elegant !■■■■ " ?5
line of Tufted and
H Drop-head Couches. Beauties and at bargain prices. &
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S3O Bedroom Suits, COC S4O FYdeboard, quar- CQfl
IP" solid oak at tered cak 4)uU
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S2B Bedroom Suits, C 1)! |32 Sideboard, quar- COC
H solid oak at 4>Zi tered oak 4)23
* $25 Bed room Suits, COfl |22 Sideboard, quar- CIC H
M solid oak at I tered 0ak,... N
M A large line of Dressers from I Chiffoniers of all kinds and M
14 |8 up. all priCM. K /
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The finest line of Sewing Machines on the market, kg
lj the "DOMESTIC" and "ELDRIEGE.' All drop- JJ
P5 heads and warranted.
A fine line of Dishes, common grade and China, in 112 J
*2 sets and by the piece. P*
As I keep a full line of everything that goes to
M make up a good Furniture store, it is useless to enum- N
J) crate them all. ||
j; (j Please call and see for yourself that lam telling h|
m you the truth, and if you don't buy, there is no harm hf
|J| done, as it is no trouble to show
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