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JOB PRINTING.
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•nd affords facilities for doing the best class of
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PHINTIN'..
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ages are paid, except at the option of the pub
lisher.
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(cr in advance.
The coal production of the United
States in 1904 was 8,000,000 tons in
excess of double the combined pro
duction of France and Germany.
The population of Morocco can only
be guessed. No census has ever been
taken. The best authorities estimate
the inhabitants to number about 7,
COO,OOO. . j
There are British, German and
French postoffices in the principal
towns of Morocco. The Moorish gov
ernment has no postofßce of its own.
Mail for the government is carried
from town to town and from vi'laga
to village by special carriers.
The government will order "open
ings" this year of a total of 505,000
acres of Indian reservation lands.
Bills providing for these have passed
in the house. The lands covered are
In Oklahoma, being portions of the
Kiowa, Comanche and Apache reserva
tions.
Probably the most varied and val
uable collection of jewels and precious
etones in the world is that which has
come into the possession of the Pope
at Rome by right of succession. For
centuries many nations have contrib- j
uted to this hoard of gems, until now
St is estimated that the jewels of tho
Vatican have a value of at least $200,-1
000,000.
Cincinnati pays more per capita in
life insurance premiums than any
other city in America, according to
the conclusion of an expert employed
by the Ohio Life Policy Owners' Asso
ciation—paying over $4,000,000 last
year. The rate per capita of the prin- j
cipal cities is: Cincinnati, 10.77; Bos
ton, 10.74; New York, 6.67; St. Louis,
€.48; Philadelphia, 6.12; Chicago, 4.08.:
In an almost perfect state of pres
ervation and easily recognizable, the
ilead body of a guide named Nagi, a
native of Aosta, Italy, who fell into a
crevasse in 1877, near the summit of
Monte Rosa, has just been recovered
from the ice. Nagi was descendinc;
the mountain in company with two
Milanese Alpinists when he suddenly
disappeared, and the cord which
hound him to the others was cut by a
■harp piece of ice.
Report has spread abroad that the
United States dollar-presses at the
mints stopped after printing copies,
and that these pieces of money made
their escape, and are now somewhere
In the great ocean of circulation. The
attorney-general says that any man
who is proved to have passed a United j
State dollar bearing date of 1905 will
be punished for passing counterfeit
money, for the director of the mint
says not a single silver dollar was
coined in 1905.
In 1885 congress authorized thee»
tablishment of a'ii elaborate system ol
coast fortifications. Since then the
government has spent $119,000,000 on
the enterprise—s(s4,ooo,ooo on defenses
and $55,000,000 for gun factories, sites
for fortifications, torpedoes, gun tests,
and for defenses of insular posses- j
sions. A congressman who has stud-1
led the question carefully declares j
that when the present scheme of forti-!
flcations is completed 4G,000 men will
be required for the defenses, at an
annual expense of $50,000,000.
Secretary Taft Is the champion J
long-distance traveler of modern
times. Since he became governor of
the Philippines, in May, 1900, Secre-i
tary Taft has traveled at least 100,000
miles in pursuance of his official du
ties. Of the time required for his
Journeyings, 360 days were spent at
sea and eix full weeks in railway
trains. In the course of his first trip
to the Philippines Secretary Taft j
made a journey of 5,500 miles around
the islands, establishing provincial
government*. His original trip out by
way of Shanghia and Hong Kong cov
ered nearly 12.000 miles.
Olio d<>/. n churches are completed
every working day in thJs country,)
and of these less than one-third hava
epires. And most of the new em-i
flees that are topped by pointed shafts
are In Roman Catholic parishes. Tho
reign of the spire as a symbol of the
place of worship is coming fo an end;
the i/assing of the "Anger pointing to |
heaven" is Incoming an actuality, lu
the last fe,v years church architecture)
has undergone some remarkable'
changes- speaking of the United j
States only. The trend of the times
1s commercial, thi refore practical.
Utility is the keynote that is struck in
every Jijio of endeavor.
FREE TRADE RECOMMENDER
Tlio Pet Aversion of Gov. Folk, of
Kansas, Is Prosperity Pro
moting Protection.
At a I )emocratlc banquet in Kansas
Gov. Folk made a bit lor attack upon
the protective tariff principle. In his
remarks on grafting he s|>oke of"the
tariff grafters, with thoir millions of
ill-gotten wealth, wrung from the peo
ple by means of special privileges
given them by law." Mr. Folk, says
the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, has
harped on "tariff robbers" in previous
speeches in Ohio, and Massachusetts.
A protective tariff excites him to vitu
perative anger. Mr. Folk is a free
trader. In his attitude as a public
man this is the most significant fact,
because it is the direction in which he
could work the greatest damage if he
had the power. He Is against all pro
tection. He would not resort to it to
protect American wages, or for any
other purpose. If the matter rested
with him, protection would be wiped
out at a blow. He calls it robbery and
its results the accumulations of graft.
It is the extreme free trade view, with
the addition of abusive rancor. Pro
tection is Folk's pet aversion, and he
bubbles over with epithets when he
refers to it.
It is a matter of consequence to put
a distinct mark on politicians who
have this capacity for mischief to the
country's industrial interests and pros
perity. In most cases, in these times,
Democratic speakers are shy about
coming out flat-footed for free trade.
They prefer to talk about tariff revi
sion or reciprocity. But Mr. Folk was
born and raised in a southern state,
where the Democrats accept the South
Carolina view that protection is some
thing utterly depraved. Mr. Folk de
nounces it as criminal, as a robbery
conducted by grafters loaded with ill
gotten wealth wrung from the people
by legalized special privileges. He has
taken his stand for absolute free trade,
and it will count for more than any
tring else in estimates of his public
purposes. Missouri has a great stake
in protected industries. Its manufac
turing interests have increased im
mensely and keep on growing. Sup
pose Mr. Folk had his way, and ripped
them up with free trade? Would Mis
sourians gain or lose by that cataclys
mic act? Would every wheel continue
to turn? Would employment at the
best wages continue to be abundant?
The answer is self-evident. The soup
house era of a dozen years ago would
return. Factories would again shut
down. The dinner pail would be
empty. There would be two or three
men for every job. There would be
misery and ruin on every hand, as in
the free trade period between 1893 and
the defeat of that prosperity-killing
party.
How would the zinc and lead miners
of Missouri like to get another slice of
free trade times? Mr. Folk beckons
tiiera on, but would they follow such a
guide? Would the great manufactur
ing population of Missouri take a bait
like that? It would be a mad thing to
do. a tossing away of the highest
known prosperity for the opposite, as
fully demonstrated in the last Demo
cratic administration, when, with ev
ery department of the government in
their hands, the free trade Democratic
party plunged the country into a mo
rals of idleness and want. It was
a return to protection that extricated
it. Mr. Folk proposes to take the
back track, but he will find few in Mis
souri, outside of the South Carolina
tariff school, to accept his invitation.
A serious threat of free trade in this
country would convulse it to its deep
est Industrial foundations.
CRITICISM AND COMMENT.
KTNew York Democrats are dis.
mayed to find that whenever they
meet to confer on the state campaign
the Hearst is at the door.—St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
O'lf Grover Cleveland were to ex
press his candid opinion it would foe,
doubtless, that Secretary Taft is a
man of full presidential weight.—Chi
cago Tribune.
cr-'Senator Patterson would at least
be justified in asking which one of
the large number of Democratic par
ties it is proposed to put him out of.
—Philadelphia Press.
CThere is no occasion for all this
worry about President Roosevelt's
future. Mr. Roosevelt is an energetic
man who can make his own future. —
Washington Star.
tt A Missouri Democratic paper ob
jects to calling the Republican party
the nne that "does things." An ef
fort to write out a list of Democratic
achievements nationally is apt to re
sult in silence in pursuing this ques
tion.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
E~>"The attention of the Democratic
party is called to the fact that while
President Castro has only 8,000 troops
he claims to have 23,000. The day
may come when Castro will find it to
his advantage to settle in the United
States, anil in that event the Demo
cratic party might need his services
as an ante-clection predictor.—Chi
cago Inter Ocean.
e Mr. Dryan says ho would
accept money from a corporation. A
corporation docs not buy lecture tick
ets or newspaper syndicate articles. —
Washington Post.
C There has been much reason fo •
laying stress upon the balance of
trade -theory In the United States
mu«h reason to hold that in this coun
try excels of exports spells prosperity.
Excess of exports over imports
amounting from s4so,ooi,t>ti') to $•; i
000,000 a jt; i- in thi past eight ) > ;tr.i
of Dlngley us riff protection has cer- I
tnlnly spe.ied prosperity with a j
P.— American Economist.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1906.
| CLAIMED BY ER YANITES.
Credit of the Ruihoad-Bnte Issue Is
Taken by Democrats in
Con press.
1 From ,tlip viewpoint of the political
1 maneuvering, one may applaud the
i claim of the Democrats in congress,
• and the use they are making of it,
' that the railroad rate issue is of Demo
cratic parentage, says the Washing
-1 ton Star. It may not bear the closest
i examination, for the populists wera
1 busy in that field years ago. But it
is true that within the past few years
the Bryan wing of the Democracy, tak
ing its cue from its leader, has had
a good deal to say on the subject, an I
as the populists have all but entirely
disappeared, their imprint is faint
And, anyhow, Mr. Bryan has always
been half populist, and may fairly
maintain the right to dabble in pop
ulist doctrine.
It is to be questioned, however, i!
those Republicans are wise who are
using Mr. Bryan as a bugaboo in the
premises; who are insisting upon a
particular line of conduct by assert
ing that if that line is not taken
smash is just ahead for their party,
and Mr. Bryan will be the next presi
dent of the United States. To sound
that note is virtually to concede ail
that is claimed for Mr. Bryan by tha
most active of his supporters and as
sist them in their campaign for his
renomination. For if only this rate i
bill stands between Mr. Bryan and j
the White House, he is reasonably cer- '
tain to occupy the comfortable man- 1
sion.
This is true, for the reason that no :
matter what bill may be passed by ,
congress, the railroads will challenge j
it in the courts, with the most for
midable array of legal talent ever em- !
played in this country. If the bill
holds, then the Bryanites will quote
Republicans as conceding that it was
Bryan pressure that passed it.it
it fails, and other legislation is neces
sary, then the Bryanites will claim
that they are the proper ones to give [
the people the remedy required.
It is the duty of the Republicans to !
give the country a sound and sincera !
statute on this subject. While not the
only issue before the country, it is
perhaps the most important of all at
this time, and certainly the one most
talked about. To trifle with it, there
fore, would be to alienate public con
fidence. If a coach-and-six can ba
driven through the law, the team is all j
ready togo through, and if it does go |
through good-by to the men who shall j
have arranged the opening.
TARIFF AND THE SOUTH.
Industrial Prosperity Chiefly Re
sponsible for Protection
Sentiment.
While some New Englanders are de
manding tariff revision, an increasing
number of enterprising and progressive
men in the south are favoring adherence
to the policy of a protective tariff. The
change in southern sentiment in this
particular is very noticeable and highly
significant, says the Denver Republican.
President Roosevelt's personal popu
larity in the south is no doubt working
wonders among the people of that sec
tion in respect to their attitude toward J
political issues and parties. The fact i
that the Republican party advocates J
protection and the further fact that its !
most conspicuous representative at the j
present time is President Roosevelt j
makes many southern men feel more j
kindly toward the organization. They i
may not be prepared to announce them- j
selves as Republicans, but they certain- j
ly no longer look upon a southern Re- j
publican as a traitor to his section of the j
country.
Industrial development in the south I
is, however, chiefly responsible for the |
growing sentiment in favor of protec
tion. Cotton manufacturing and the
production of iron and steel have in
creased enormously, and thus a manu
facturing class composed of both capi
talists and laborers has developed in j
that section. It. is but natural if these
people are as much in favor of protec
tion as their competitors in other parts
of the country.
Pacification of Germany.
There will be no "tariff war" be- J
tween the United States and Germany.
This appears to bo practically cer
tain as a result of conferences at
Washington between Secretary of
State Root, Secretary of the Treasury
Shaw and Bai-on Speck von Stern
berg. the German ambassador. It 1
was made clear at thes'- consultations
that neither country desired to enter j
into a profitless contest over the ques- j
1 tion of tariff rates, and that both par- |
j ties were in a conciliatory spirit. At 1
; the same time., the United States stood |
j firm on the principle involved —that |
Jit could not grant Germany any fa- i
j vors under tariff rulings that would
I not be given to other countries. Cer
tain provisions of the law may he in
[ terprete 1 liberally, but all must share
! alike in that interpretation. There
seems to be 110 doubt that Germany
will accept the situation and will not
: enforce its new tariff in a way to dis
criminate injuriously against Amerl-
J can imports.—Troy Times.
E' r W. J. Bryan announces as one of j
'the discoveries in his tour around the
1 world that Japan i< the homo of the
I earthquake. And Bill, he knows an I
earthquake when ho me< ts one.— 1
1 Kansas City Worl I.
I t -'P« rhaps it is safe to admit that
j "the tariff 1* a tax." The evidence
from Gr at Britain, furnished through
the New York niltv. Post, g«,os to
show thi'.i It i-i a tax which the other
fellow must pay in order to get the
Ameri an rrnrKi t•, an ! the Ameri
can people are entir ly willing to have
jit that way.—Troy Time*.
NERVOUS DYSPEPSIA
A Desperately Serious Case Cured by
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills.
Brought to tho very verge of starva
tion by tho rejection of ull nourishment,
i her vitality almost destroyed, tho re
covery of Mrs. J. A. Wyatt, of No. 118!)
Seventh street, Des Moines, lowa,
seemed hopeless. Her physicians utterly
failed to reach tho seat of tho difficulty
and death must have resulted if sho had
not pursued au independent courso sug
gested by her sister's experience.
Mrs. Wyatt says : "I had pain in the
region of the heart, palpitation and
shortness of breath so that I could not J
walk very fast. My head ached very
badly and I was seized with vomiting
spells whenever I took any food. A doc
tor was called who pronounced the j
trouble gastritis, but ho gave 1110 no re
lief. Then I tried a second doctor with- j
out benefit. By this time I had become
very weak. I could not keep the most
delicate broth 011 my stomach, and at
tho end of a month I was scarcely more
than skin and bono and wus really starv
ing to death.
"Then I recalled how much benefit my
sister had got from Dr. Williams' Pink ;
Pills and elecided to take them in place
of the doctor's medicine. It proved a
wise decision for they helped me as
nothing else had done. Soon I could
tako weak tea and crackers and steadily
more nourishment. In two weeks I was
able to leave my bed. Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills were tho only thing that
checked the vomiting and as soon as that
was stopped my other difficulties left 1110.
I have a vigorous appetite now and am
able to attend to nil tho duties of my
home. I praise Dr. Williams' Pink Pills
for Pale People to all my friends because
I am thoroughly convinced of their
merit."
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are sold by all
druggists and by tho Dr. Williams Med
icine Co., Schenectady, N.Y.
TRADE AND TRAFFIC.
Smyrna's trade in cotton goods
amounts to $5,000,000 a year.
Seal skins to the number of 3,128 !
were shipped from Alaska last sea
son.
During the year 1904 Siam exported
more than $12,000,000 worth of rice. '
Teakwood is second in value.
Last year's output of new ships in
England (steam and sail) was 515,
with a tonnage of 1,355,756, as against
403 ships in 1904, with a tonnage of 1,-
049,860.
The foreign trade of Philadelphia
last year reached an aggregate of al- |
most $140,000,000, an increase of about
$4,000,000 in exports and $14,000,000
imports, largely materials for usa In
American factories.
The report of the Mexican minister \
of finance shows the revenue for the !
fiscal year ending June 30 to have been
$92,083,886, with disbursements of $79,-
152,795. The revenue for the current
year is estimated at $90,073,500, and
expenditures $89,897,390.
Tientsin stands second among the j
treaty ports of China in the gros?
value of the trade that passes through j
the port, and also In the amount of [
revenue collected by the customs. In !
so far as American goods are concern
ed, Tientsin even has a rival claim on
Shanghai for first place.
The Chinese boycott of American
flour is operating to the advantage of
sailing vessels 011 the Pacific, coast. It
results in a smaller demand for flour,
which in large quantities has been
shipped across the Pacific by steam- j
ships. In consequence a larger amount
of wheat is being shipped by sailing
vessels.
The total commerce between the
United States and France amounted in
the fiscal year 1905 to $166,000,000, of
which $76,000,000 represented exports
to France, and $90,000,000 imports
from that country. The United States
exported to France nearly all the cop
per and cotton used by that country,
the total amount of these two articles
being about $48,000,000. |
A NECESSARY EVIL.
Experience of a Minister Who Tried
to Think That of Coffee.
"A descendant of the Danes, a na- j
tifcn of coffee drinkers, I used coffee
freely till I was 20 years old," writes
a clergyman from lowa. "At that tima
1 was u student at a Biblical Institute,
and suddenly became aware of the fact j
that my nerves had become demoral- j
ized, my brain dull and sluggish and j
that insomnia was fastening its hold j
upon me.
"I was loath to believe that these
things came from the coffee I was
drinking, but at last was forced to that
conclusion, and quit it.
"1 was su accustomed to a hot table '
beverage and felt the need of it so j
much, that after abstaining front cof
fee for a time and recovering my
health, I went back to it.l did this
several times, but always with disas
trous results. I had about made up my !
mind that coffee was a necessary evil.
"About this time a friend told me j
that I would find Postum Food Coffee
very fine and in many respects away
ahead of coffee. So I bought some and,
making it very carefully according to
the directions, we were delighted to
find that lie had not exaggerated in the
least. From that day to this we have j
liked it better than the old kind oi j
coffee or anything else in the way ot j
a table drink.
"Its use gave me. In a very sh -rt 1
time, An Increase in strength, clear-;
ness of brain and steadiness of nerves; j
and sleep, restful and restoring, came
hack to me.
"1 am thankful that we heard of
I'.isnim, MM) (bill be glad to testify
nt any tlnio to ttv> good It has done \
me." Name • iven l>;' Postum Co., Bat
tle Creek, Mich.
There's a rwnon. Re id tho Httle
bool„ "Tho Road to Wetlville." ir
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A very large line of FOR THE BJJrf »<
Lace Curtains that can- JT_ - r-
I* rcreVr'the p c rtr ,y COMFORTABLE LODGING »«
Art Squares and of fine books in a choice library
El Hugs of all sizes and select the Ideal pattern of Globe- S*
M kind, from the cheap- Wernicke "Elastic" Bookcase. £3!
est to the best. Furnished with bevel French jj^
jjl plate or leaded glass doors. |
M Dining Chairs, j ron bale ov I
|| Rockers and GEO. J. LaBAR, £*
High Chairs. Sole Agent for Cameron County.
A large and elegant I———————— *
|| line of Tufted and
N Drop-head Couches. Beauties and at bargain prices.
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Nf3o Bedroom Suits, OC S4O Sideboard, quar- (TOO
solid oak at tered cak * S
|j[jj 528 Bedroom Suits, Ol $32 Sideboard, quar- <r«r M
pjj solid oak at J>Z! tered oak 4)ZO Jf*
|25 Bed room Suits, Ofl $22 Sideboard, quar- CIC
M solid oak at j tered oak, 310 H
M A large line of Dressers from I Chiffoniers of all kinds and M
up. j all prices. fc*
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ftg The finest line of Sewing Machines 011 the market, jfcg
the "DOMESTIC" and "ELDRIEGE.' All drop
f 2 heads and warranted. FJ
A fine line of Dishes, common grade and China, in **
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