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The only really perfect diamonds
which are to be found on this globe
are those which fall from the sky in
meteorites; all diamonds which are
mined in the diamond fields of the
world are only fragments of gems.
That is a startling statement, but a
still more startling one Is that all the
diamonds to lie found on our planet
have fallen on our earth from the skies
and have not, as mostaof us thought,
been produced here like coal and other
mineral products.
When the steamship Philadelphia
arrived at Boston, the other day, she
brought among the other things in her
cargo a consignment of elephant tusks,
or teeth, as they are called in the
ship's manifest. There are about 300
tusks in the consignment, and in
weight they run from about 75 pounds
to the weight of an ordinary man.
Few of them are less than a yard In
length, ami one is fully eight feet long,
having evidently been the property at
some time of an elephant that would
rival the famed Jumbo in size.
Emperor William receives £OOO,OOO
a year—the biggest allowance made to
any constitutional monarch. King Ed
ward receives £470,000 a year, al
though a separate grant of £20,000 is
made to the Prince of Wales, one of
£IO,OOO to the Princess of Wales and
another of £I,BOO per annum to each
of the king's three daughters. The
king of Austria-Hungary figures high
on the list of handsomely paid rulers,
receiving £382,202 a year. King Al
fonso, boy though he is, disposes of
£338,000 annually, and even Belgium
spares £132,000 a year for the glory
of being a monarchy.
Perhaps the most remarkable fea
ture of commercial progress in the
United States is the wealth which its
copper mines are yielding. Last year
the output of American copper mines
was nearly one billion pounds. This
was worth $150,000,000. The output
of the copper mines of the country
alone, to say nothing of the gold and
silver mines, was nearly four times
as great as the dividends of the Stand
ard Oil Co., which controls 70 per
cent, of the oil industry of the United
States. Just 21 copper mines paid in
actual profits to stockholders the huge
sum of $30,000,000.
Our idle rich, who have taken up
the fad of scorching autos to furnish
a novelty in lives otherwise doomed
to ennui, have recently made enough
excitement for themselves to satisfy
the most exacting. What with a jail
sentence in France, the experience o(
a scion of the noted house of Shep
pard, and the attacks of an Italian
mob on W. K. Vanderbilt, jr., it would
seem that Europe is a good place to
be shunned by speeding autoists.
liere the laws are more elastic, and
five-dollar fines are only an incident
hardly worth noting in the speeder's
diary.
In his 23 years at the bar, Lincoln
had no less than 109 .cases before the
highest court of Illinois, a record un
surpassed by his contemporaries: he
appeared before the United States cir
cuit court and district courts with
great frequency; he was tlie moit In
defatigable attendant on the Eighth
circuit, nnd tried more cases than any
other member of that bar; .lie was at
torney for the Illinois Central railroad;
he was also counsel for the Rock Is
land railroad and other corporations
and indi\iduals with important legal
interests at stake.
Salvatore Vlnciano, a gallant Ro
man, wooed and won Paolina di Ponta,
a beautiful Roman girl, after the most
ardent, sir -niton : and d< perate court
ship on record. For love of her he at
tached her with a ra/.or, blew up her
home with dynamite, stubbed her with
a stiletto, and then shot off two of her
fingers. Incidentally he spent three
years and three months In prison as:
ar« sul' or h s loving atu ntlons Such
sacrifice, constant*} and devotion at
last conquered the heart of the beau
ilful Italian i ill and rec< .itl> be mar
ried him, in Rome.
V Hons I (',< o lui e :n ilete i the
largi i plct 1. 0 ever palnte.l. It tueai*
tite vvaetly '7 .quart' I eel. The •rt
Ut l.tui to bt the kwe <»f a studio of
sbl'al !<• size from the mate, and lit
and hl.i e . K some 5" feet hi iii. wer«
tu , toi.itt t In the t:. i.'lie ties Ma
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Ins In 'he world The plct lire repre
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NO SMASHING OF TARIFF.
Protection Will Continue to Bring
Prosperity to the Amer
ican People.
Tlie chairman of the ways and means
committee meets the Issue raised by
Representative McCali of Massachus
etts with regard to the revision o* the
tariff at this session of congress. Mr.
McCall, in a letter to Chairman Payne,
alludes to conversations he has had
concerning tariff alterations, in which
he has explained the attitude of Re
publican members of the Massachusetts
delegation and has called attention to
the declaration of the Massachusetts
Republican state convention. Mr. Mc
call, says the Troy Times, explains
that while the Republicans of his state
have affirmed their unswerving adher
ence to the policy of protection and are
opposed to any changes that may tend
to depress American industry or lower
American wages, they are of the opin
ion that certain schedules might be
modified with beneficial effect, and Mr.
McCall holds that this position is con
sistent with the principles embodied in
the Republican national platform.
Mr. Payne, raising no question as to
the sincerity of the Massachusetts Re
publicans, avows his own sympathy
with the announcement in the nation
al platform that there shall be read
justment of duties only when condi
tions have so changed as to demand
such alteration. The question is
whether such a contingency as the
platform contemplated has arisen. In
his view, and in that of the majority of
his Republican colleagues in the house
of representaitves, upon whom must
rest the responsibility of action, the
time has not arrived when a general
revision of the tariff shall be underta
ken. The case is thus stated: "While
there is a minority of Republican mem
bers who concur that the tariff should
be amended in some few items, there
is a smaller minority who believe that
any effort to change the tariff should
be entered upon at the present session
of congress." Mr. Payne takes occasion
to mention the abuse and misrepresen
tation to which the Dingley tariff law
lias_ been subjected and against which
it has been vindicated by its results.
The statement is tantamount to a
declaration that there will be no med
dling with the tariff for the present,
and there can be little doubt that this
decision will receive the hearty acqui
escence of the great bulk of the Ameri
can people. They do not want the tar
iff "smashed." If they did they would
have plainly indicated their wishes in J
the last election. On the contrary, the j
people emphasized their preference for j
protection and their hostility to any
breaking down of the barriers raised
against foreign competition on our own
markets, threatening our industrial
prosperity and our wage schedules. The
country is busy and prosperous, made
so largely through the influence of
protection. It is the part of wisdom to
let well enough alone. *
CLEARINGS ARE ENORMOUS
Banking Business of Last Year Shows
the Virtues of Protective
Tariff.
' Our bank clearings during the calen- ;
dar year 1905 were not only the great- i
est in our history but show a most re- !
markable gain over any preceding
year. The total amounted to the vast
sum of $413,874,902,598. This is $31,-
000,000,000 more than the preceding
year, and more than $25,000,000,000 in j
excess of any previous year. When it |
is considered, says the American Econ
omist, that our average annual bank '
clearings under the Wilson-Gorman i
tariff were only about $50,000,000,000, !
it will be seen what wonderful strides j
our business transactions have taken
since the Dingley law went into effect. :
Should our clearings for the present j
year continue as they have begun they j
will exceed $2u0,000,000,000, the clear- j
ings for January being $10,321,500,279,
nearly $2,000,000,000 more than the
month preceding, which broke all rec
ords.
It seems probable that the clearings
for 190G will be four times as large as
those for 1596, only ten years previous. !
We are now doing just four times the !
business we were doing under free I
trade. It would be folly, yes a crime, !
to interfere with a tariff that brings >
such results.
Coming Easy.
Another blow to the pessimists. The !
treasury statement covering the opera
tions for February shows that the lis-;
CHI year now has a surplus of more j
than $1,000,000. The deficit has disap
peared, and for the first time in twoj
years receipts are greater than ex- 1
penses. The recent shortage was due
to extraordinary payments, including)
those on account of the Panama canal, j
and the ready as ullauts of the admin
istration made the mistake of assum
ing that the deficit had come to stay,'
ami or course attributed it to that j
dreadful Dingley law. But the tariff
ad is workln-; all right, the money is
coming in la ter than it Is goine out, I
and I'nelo Sam is on Kasy street, thank '
you. Troy Times.
i If the lory Hat Mr. Bryan has
lion >llll I eon i\ ilive" will nt brliig '
him home from A&li, n .thing can.— [
K ijis.iu Clly St i .
t'Judge Parker'* K.ign-Htlon of a !
southern man fo the presl ency I not
Nudetfliiod to be ineiuoitltory of a
\ ii i.i it 1m 'in .Mil waul ie tlnel.
® ' "«• Wore ov> HUIIIM ;Ii > t tulo ;
relations of the (?n|>»•) tft tte» ami Oer
jiiativ ilie c'e:ir»r do-* it become that
the latlrr louutry wi'l uevir provoke
a mill m r. aud that th » threat« we I
he id not IOIIK .««< v.re the sluwest
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CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, APRIL 19, igo6.
PROSPERITY IN EVIDENCE.
Oains in All Important Fields of
Activity During the Last
Year.
There has baen a marked gain in the
savings bank deposits of the state of
New York within the past year. On
January 1, 1906," the deposits in those
institutions were $1,292,000,000 and
the aggregate resources were $1,405,-
000,000. In the case of each of
items there was an increase of approx
imately $94,000,000 in t.he 12 months.
This was $22,000,000 greater .in both
deposits and resources than the largest
previous increase in any calendar year
in the savings banks of the state of
New York. Of course, says the St.
I Louis Globe-Democrat, the banks of
that state hold much larger sums of
money than those of any other state,
but the situation there may be safely
said to reflect the general situation
throughout the country.
In all important fields of activity
there have been gains in the past year.
The output of coal, copper, iron ore,
gold and many other products in 1905
was larger than any other year in the
country's history. Pig iron's yield was
about 23,000,000 tons in the year,
which was more than that of Great
Britain, Germany and France com
bined. For 1900 the prospects are that
the output will be still greater. The
production now is at the rate of about
| 25,000,000 tons for the year, and the
i later months are likely to show a lar-
I ger production than that of January
and February. Bank clearings and
railroad earnings are making new
"highests" every month.
The coal strike, if it comes, will,
make something of a change in the sit
uation, especially if it should last as
long as it did in 1902. This is one of
the reasons, however, why strong pres
sure will be brought to bear on both
parties to force some sort of a modus
vivendi. T#.e stocks of coal on hand
are much greater than they were at the
outbreak of the strike four ye:trs ago,
but the demand for it, owing to the
growth in the country's industries in
the interval, is far larger than it was
then. This is the only cloud on the
business horizon. Speculation is not so
active as it was a few weeks ago, and
this is a good sign. There is an ab
sence of financial kiteflying at present,
which is an encouraging indication.
The outlook now is that 1906 will make
a considerable gain over 1905 in most
of the great lines of activity. Probably
! the New York superintendent of bank
j ing, when he makes tip his account for
| the present 12 months, will find that a
gain has been scored over the big year
j just ended.
TREASURY DEFICIT PAST.
i Dingley Law Proving to Be More
Perfect as a Revenue
Producer.
March 1 saw an end to the deficit
and a surplus of about a million dol
lars. This may vary somewhat, but the
probabilities now point to a very sub
| stantial surplus for the year. Again
are the revisionists put to rout :tnd
the successful operation of our tariff is
maintained, says the American Econo
mist. The Dingley law is proving to
| be more perfect from a revenue stand
| point than any tariff law ever enacted.
• increased expenditures are met by in
creased customs duties and internal
revenue. Year before last it was the
Panama canal payments that caused a
J deficit, and last year tha Cuban treaty
j and great increase in appropriations
for rural free delivery caused a lesser
' deficit, but now again our receipts ex
j ceed our expenditures, and the sur
i plus of 190U will probably equal the de
; licit of 1905. Our imports, considering
our tariff, are enormous because of the
! prosperity of the people, because of
; full employment and high wages. It
! would be folly to think of revising a
! tariff that continues to bring such
j beneficent results both to the treasury
and to the people.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
iCHearst still maintains that he is
a Democrat. Well, the term is very
elastic. —Milwaukee Sentinel.
c y Col. Bryan is out with a magazine
article denouncing socialism. Is this
the signal for a break with Hearst?—
Troy Times.
K - That th" Republican tariff policy
is a permanent prosp rlty prod cor i.i
i evidenced by the January foreign trade
figures. The total, is the
| largest ever known, and the balance,
I $04,000,000, has betn exc •< ded by only
I one former month.—Guthrie Capital.
P How labor will be affected by any
, scheme of tariff revision must be oin
i of the first considerations to any one
' but the recluse who finds the recasting
! of fiscal systems easy, in a study far
! removed from those to whom dally toll
,is a necessity. Our laboring popula
tion demands and will have a higher
standard of living than the laborers
of Europe accept, ami the party that
i lells American workers that they must
live poorly for the benefit of others is
likely to r< c ive a ret >rt that it will
long remember. 1$ .stun Transcript.
c Mr. Ilrvun will manage to return
io the country In a ilrauiitle manner.
But Nov.-nit»*r !• n>i lit lucky mouth
1 ior the psychological moment.—Hi.
j Louis Qlobe-De'iiocrut.
c An 11 .11 ! iivc 'ad <|ulte a little
' experience with this "|oy II neon filled'
free trail" Kan.e In the past. Tie .v
'rled it hi Is 1 ; .hhl It imik them ttliem
i* year-, to i eur from the Joy of
the experience. The Democracy ha*
t short memory or, If It has a fairly j
"tid nieinor.v it iiiu ' thin that tha
I American |*upl« have nut the wisdom ;
' at drvao.-j the lire.
| 'Jin>;iuit<iU filar.
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MANY PHYSICIANS PRESCRIBE:
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Vegetable Compound
The wonderful power of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound over
the diseases of womankind is not be
cause it is a stimulant, not because it
is a palliative, but simply because it is
the most wonderful tonic anil recon
structor ever uncovered to act directly
upon the generative organs, positively
curing disease and restoring health and
»igor.
Marvelous cures are reported from
all parts of the country by women who
have been cured, trained nurses who
have witnessed cures and physicians
who have recognized the virtue of
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, and are fair enough to give
credit where it is due.
If physicians dared to be frank and
open, hundreds of them would acknowl
edge that they constantly prescribe
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound in severe cases of female ills, as
they know by experience it can be re
lied upon to effect a cure. The follow
ing letter proves it.
Dr. S. C. Brigliam, of 4 Brigham
Park, Fitchburg, Mass., writes:
"It gives me great pleasure to say that I
have found Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound very efficacious, and often pre
scrfbo it in my practice for female difficulties.
"My oldest (laughter found It very benefi
cial fora femaletrouhle some time ago.andmy
youngest daughter is now taking it for a fe
male weakness, and is surely gaining in health
anil strength.
"I freely advocate it as a most reliable spe
cific in all diseases to which women are sub
ject, and give it honest endorsement."
Women who are troubled with pain
ful or irregular periods, bloating (or
flatulency), weakness of organs, dis
placements, inflammation or ulceration,
can be restored to perfect health and
strength by taking Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. If advice is
needed write to Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass. She is daughter-in-law
of Lydia E. Pinkham and for twenty
five years has been advising sick
women free of charge. No other living
person has had the benefit of a
wider experience in treating female
ills. She has guided thousands to
health. Every suffering woman should
ask for and follow her advice if she
wants to be strong and well.
One of our clients, a
prominent, successful Cleve
land Manufacturing Com
pany, is about to increase
their capital and will issue
$50,000 treasury stock. We
have arranged to handle this
issue for them, and will sell
it in lots to suit.
This is a stock of unques
tioned merit, sterling value,
earns large dividends and is
desirable from every stand
point. It will stand the
closest scrutiny and full op
portunity for investigation
will be given.
The Company manufac
tures a staple product, well
and favorably known
throughout the country. Its
equipment is superb and
they are leaders in their line.
We shall be pleased to
confer with you through
your local attorney, or you
may visit us personally.
BURROWS & MASON, Attorneys,
413 Schofield Building,
Cleveland. Ohio.
Don't Get Wet!
TOWER'S SLICKERS
will keep you dry as
nothing else will, because
they are the product of
the best materials and
seventy years' experi
ence in manufacturing.
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WE have the best stocked
V general store in the county
| and if yon are looking for re- j|r
liable goods at reasonable
H prices, we are ready to serve
B you with the best to be found. ||
p Our reputation for trust-
I? worthy goods and fair dealing
is too well known to sell any j|
3 but high grade goods. . ||
i Our stock of Queensware and 1
0 Chinaware is selected with MJ
J} great care and we have some
p of the most handsome dishes J|
ever shown in this section,
H both in imported and domestic p
jn makes. We invite you to visit
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We carry in stock • i i*
|jl the largest line of Car- ~ |i
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jj Mattings of all kinds T\( J J
Fj ever brought to this ..u[llDXiTffj" 35 PJ'
M town. Also a big line r#' 1 ISmvvM ■
M of samples. H
A very large line ot FOR THE M~Sf
*2 Lace Cnrtains that can- M
m XreVr'the ;1c" ,y COMFORTABLE LODGING if
Art Squares and of fine books in a choice library
Rugs of all size? and select the Ideal pattern of Globe- **
P* kind, from the cheap- Wernicke "Elastic" Bookcase.
M est to the best. I Furnished with bevel French M
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!|2 A large and elegant I————-
line of Tufted and
|j| Drop-head Couches. Beauties and at bargain prices. £*
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S3O Bedroom Suits, COC S4O SYdeboard, quar- (fOn !•» a
solid oak at J tered t ak 4,<wU
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M solid oak at 3<£U I tered oak, >plU *
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|i The finest line of Sewing Machines on the market, |d
{J the "DOMESTIC" aud "ELDRII GE.' All drop- jj
112 5 heads and warranted. ES
A fine line of Dishes, common grade and China, in fj
sets and by the piece.
§4 As I keep a full line of everything that goes to & •
M make uj> a jjood Furniture store, it is useless to enum- H
erate them all.
|| Please call and see for yourself that lam telling ||
«i# you the truth, and it you don't buy, there is no harm
done, as it is no trouble to show goods.
i| GEO. J .LaBAR. •;
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