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Effective Remedy.
It is said thai a candidate for parlia- |
raent at the recent English elections,
while justifying flogging in the army,
remarked: "There is no necessary dis
grace in being flogged. I was once
flogged myself, and it was for telling the
truth, too." "It seems to have cured ye," j
said a voice from the back of the hall.
This story was also first told about Prof.
Mahaffy, of Dublin, Father Healy, of
Bray, making the retort.
How About Defeat? '
Art has its charms for the illiterate.
A copy of"The Winged Victory" wan
placed last summer in the library of
the University of Rochester. A work
man assisting in the operation sur
veyed the headless and armless statue
with interest. "An" what may ye call
that fellow?" lie allied. "That's the
statue of 'Victory'," said the librarian.
'Victory' is it?" said the man; begorra,
I'd like to see the other fellow, thin." !
Needed Revision.
A bill is before parliament for the
revision of certain ancient Scottish
laws Among them are: "That na
Scottisman bring in the realme ony j
Inglismen." "That all personis sail
cum to Courtis in sobyr and quiet man- ;
er." "That na Inglisman have benefice
within Scotlande." Also the statute of
"wapynaschawiugis ridaris and gan- j
garis throu the center."
Just as We Think.
Of course there is no future for stale
brains, or for a man who stands still
and ceases to grow. He is old who .
thinks he is old, and useless who
thinks he is useless. When a man has
ceased to grow he begins to die, and
many people are half dead at 50, not
because of their age, but because of ,
their mental attitude, because of t lie |
way they tace life. —Success Magazine.
Statues with Top-Hats.
Some of the London newspapers are
arguing ever the number of statues
with "top hats" there are in existence, j
One is a statue of the late President
Kruger thai never reached Pretoria
and lies in a yard at Durban. Mrs.
Kruger stipulated that the top of the
hat should be left open so as to hold
rainwater for the birds.
McKinley's Optimism.
President McKinley once said:
"Always peril, and always after them
safety always darkness and clouds,
but always shining through them the
light and the sunshine; always cost
and sacrifice, but always after them
the fruition of liberty, education and
civilization "
Need No Rocking.
In Alaska the papoose is placed in
a kind of waving cradle, into which
it is securely tied, the whole being
fastened to a young sapling fir planted
in the ground in a slanting direction;
it moves up and down at the slightest
provocation. In summer the baby i 3
left for hours together outside.
Got His Dates M ; xed.
At a christening in the wilds of Mis
souri, while the minister was recording
the event, he happened to say:
"Let me see—isn't this the 27thV"
"1 should say not," retorted the indig
nant mother, "it's only the ninth."—
Chicago Daily News.
Prefer the Money.
"Richley's children are all quarreling
over his estate."
"Why? To see who'll get his valu
able art collection?"
"No; to see who won't get it."—De- 1
troit Free Press.
Speaking of Women.
"One peculiarity about the feminine I
FCX seems to he the impossibility of
discussing it with moderation; critics j
arc either violently antagonistic or
falsely complimentary," says uiuly
Violet (irevllle, in the London Graphic.
Ambulance t'ji Dogs.
The Hrl' tol I ICuk i home for lost and
•tarving d<'« • Inn provide I an ambu
lant e i q whff for the convry
f>o<a of Injuii'd du- ii the In.illa
tion.
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Art ' ,( i oil tbo bntrte.»|(|j»
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PROSPERITY INCREASING.
Will Continue Unchecked for Years
If Discontent Docs Not
Creep In.
A bulletin just issued by the de
partment of commerce states that
American exports for eight months
ending with February exceeded in
value those for eight months ending
with February, lUOS, by $190,000,000.
Of this increase $133,000,000 was of
agricultural products, while slf>,ooo,-
000 was of manufactures.
By themselves, says the Chicago In
ter Ocean, these figures mean little
but considered in their proper rela
tions they give a striking indication
of our national prosperity. And to
understand what these relations are
we must remember that there are four
great groups of articles of foreign
commerce, three consisting of both im
ports and exports and a fourth of
imports alone. The progress of for
! eign trade with respect to each of
these groups is here summarized on
the basis of the figures of each for
j the first seven or eight months of the
last three fiscal years —the months
ending with January or February.
1. Foodstuffs, agricultural exports,
and food imports. This is still our
largest class of exports. Its value
was $700,000,000 for the period end
ing with February last, as against
$567,000,000 and $058,000,000 for the
same periods ending with February in
1905 and 1904. It grows, but irregu
larly, from year to year, according to
the harvests here and abroad. Food
imports are practically stationary,
now ranging around $80,000,000 for the
period. But lor our failure so far to
develop as we might sugar and coffee
growing in our new possessions these
imports would decline rapidly.
2. Materials, raw or partly manufac
tured, of industry. Our mine and
forest exports are practically sta
tionary and tend to decline. We are
using these products more and more
at home. But our imports of materi
als are increasing steadily. They
were $199,000,000 in the eight months
ending with February, 1904; $231,-
000,000 for the period ending with
February, 1905; had already reached
$221,000,000 by the end of last Jan
uary, and by the end of the year will
doubtless break all records.
3. Manufactures. Imports practical
ly stationary, ranging now around
$12,000,000 for the period and tending
to decline. Exports growing steadi
ly and rapidly, and increased from
$288,000,000 for the period ending with
j February, 1904, to $342,000,000 for the
j period ending with February, 1905, to
$387,000,000 for the period ending with
J last February.
4. Luxuries; imports only. They
were $6,000,000 for the period ending
j with February, 1904; $9,000,000 for
the period ending with February,
1905, and about $12,500,000 for the
period ending with last February.
These figures show prosperity all
along the line. Those of the second
j and third groups are particularly in
| teresting. The prosperity of our agri
| cultural interests requires no argu-
J ment. These figures show that not
j only is this nation one of the world's
great food storehouses, but that it Is
also becoming its greatest workshop.
We are selling to other countries
less of our materials and buying more
of theirs. We are buying less of
their manufactures and selling them
more and more of ours. We are
! strengthening our position as increas
| ers of the value of commodities by
; Industry. And our increasing pur
chases of luxuries show that not only
are we doing more work, but that it
is also profitable work, giving us
money to spend for things not neces
sary.
There Is no question about our great,
and increasing prosperity. And, while
all things human are transitory, there
is no question that this exuberant
prosperity will be unchecked for some
years, if we do not become discon
tented with it and spoil it by failing
to treat the conditions and institutions
under which it has been attained with
common sense.
POINTERS AND OPINIONS.
E-'The average ad valorem rate of
duty on dutiable imports for the fiscal
year 1905 was 45.24 per cent, less than
any preceding year under ih' Dlngley
| tariff.—American Economist.
IT~Petitioning the present congress
to revise the tariff is a manifestation
of the faith that moves mount-tins
without disturbing the scenery.—Mil
waukee News.
O" Ex-Senator David B. Hill says he
is content to be a looker-on in politics.
This is a good year undoubtedly to
have a safe seat In the upper gallery.
—N. Y. Tribune.
CWith William Jennings Bryan
j gaining strength dally in congress as
a conservative leader of the Democ
[ racy, the only thing that Jud.ce Parker
can do is to stand aghast.—Chic.igo In
ter Ocean.
Germany will not enforce her
high tariff schedules against Imports
from America because there would he
| retaliation, and In a tariff war she
would bo heavily the loser. Buffalo
Commercial.
r Northern papers are objecting
that a southern man <annot In- t»le< te I
president In Pjih upon the I e-noci ill
tM.\Vr!l, whit dlfflTMH 4<Ma th >i
mult ? We il n't sf«'in to be able to
elect any oihi r kind on the Democ itlc
tic ket. \ti iiitit Jo rual.
c Although tin re is no I'oubt th it
Mr. lleui'Kt Is i ipulile of such a de I
It Would, as hell I ips. I Ik i|,
oresilnt? to know how he man t«e I t,
"put hi* i>* >t uu ler the mah> tny of
the UeniiK i till* i .ttl.iMul c milliliter an i
th«Ml ■>< !i 1.1 ll til Ihi- I ;j ( I jj',
I' up i J i Lam v Nlc ll u> e*
pLiiu? i'■ ii Italian-nut.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1906.
NOTHING LIKE A BARGAIN.
This Country Will Continue to Con
trol Its Tariff and Ad
ministration.
Although the concession is but for
one year, it may be safely assumed
that by next year at this time a perma
nent arrangement will be made, and
that it will not be as the result of a
fake reciprocity treaty or any other
concession or agreement by virtue of
which we lose control of the provisions
of our tariff laws or the methods of
(heir administration, says the SHU
Francisco Chronicle.
Appearances indicate that the Ger
man government is about ready to ac
cept in its dealings with us the Ameri
can principle of impartial trade. We
give to Germany in most cases anil
should give it all the benefit of our
Dingley rates, which are our minimum
rates. In return we expect Germany's
minimum rates, and if we do not get
them we shall have to create some
maximum rates for the benefit of Ger
many and some other countries. A
good many preposterous stories have
got into print as to certain things
which the "president" was to do for
Germany "on the quiet" in return for
the concession of her minimum rate:
to us. One was to the effect that th:
president was to instruct our delegates
to the Algeciras conference to side wit j
Germany against France. Another,
equally absurd, was to the effect thai
the president was to instruct th?
treasury officials to shut their eyes ti:
undervaluations of German commodi
ties subject to ad valorem duties ir
this country. The president las nc
authority to do either of those thing?
and if he had the authority it is an in
suit to suggest that he would sell the
American vote at a diplomatic confer
ence, or onler treasury officials 10 vio
late their official oaths. There has been
no bargain made. There wiil be nc
bargain made. Germany and the Unit
ed States will remain two friendly na
tions and each will manage its revenu
laws to suit itself. But, as we expett
most favored nation treatment fron:
Germany, we should give it to her ii:
return, which means the abrogation ol
all treaties which prevent it.
THE SHOE PINCHES THERE
Point in Protective Tariff That Is
Perfectly Plain to the Work
ingman.
Suppose that to please Gov. Guild
and ex-Gov. Douglas and our manu
facturers of boots and shoes we
should repeal the duty on hides, says
the American Economist. We should
also, of course, at the same time re
peal the duty on boots and shoes
i That having been done, our market
would be open to the product of for
eign countries, and in a very short
time there would be an inundation ol
footwear into this country againsl
which our own manufacturers would
have to compete. In order to meet
j this importation and be able to sell
boots and shoes in our own market in
competition with those from abroad
it would be necessary to make them
as cheaply. The cost of material be
| ing the same in both countries, there
, would remain nothing to bring about
I equality in the cost of production ex
cept wages. The consequence would
- be, the wages of all the people in this
j country engaged in making boots and
shoes would have togo down to the
j level of wages abroad, which is about
j half the amount now paid here. This
result would he most unfortunate n
t itself, but there would be other ef
: fects to follow. There are at pres
i ent considerably over 200,000 people
engaged in making boots and sho >
! and the purchasing power of tnese
j people would at once be cut in hair'.
J In many towns and villages boot and
| shoe making is the only occupation of
j a large portion of the people. To cut
i in half the wages of the people would
! mean the large diminution of their
| trade with all classes of the commu
nity. This would be reflected in buy
ing 'lie merchandise of others, so that
the result would be far spreading. It
would be well to consider seriously
before taking the duty off from hides
and boots and shoes —to estimate thor
oughly this matter of reduction ol
wages.
There Has Been a Change.
The disappearance of the German
; tariff war cloud upseio many < alcula
'tions regarding the congressional ctm
i paign of 190(1. The free traders wel
| corned the prospect and the American
! ReMprocal Tariff leac>:e was preparing
j togo into every doubtful district in th *
middle west and convert t lie present
protectionist majority in tha lower
house Into a tariff ripping force thai
by a coalition with the Democrats
woidd control action in favor of wide
| open reciprocity iu competitive prod
ucts and an all-round revision of the
Dingley schedules. Germany's unwill
ingness to begin hostilities has eh nig d
the situation. It gives reciprocity a
serious setback and leaves the revi
sionists short of uinmnnitlon. The
country is to be congratulated upon
the good sens* of the xtuudpu ters iu
refusing to be scared by (he German
threat American Economist.
'Nobody but a pessimist ian be
lieve that tills country will be as hie I
is the socialists suy it is. Toledo
Blade,
r ' Vesuvius should do all I ■ spoiit
iiu before llryaii g<-is uru uni •'» 1 w
on his lour. Bryan h a dmg. ro 11
rival.--1 I I; ' !phla i'rei*.
t We htr>« Will her tailiT lit- sill >
piiiK laws th it drive AIIIM I i. .1
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SIMPLY MARVELOUS."
Suffered Severely
With Headaches—
Unable to Work.
Miss Lucy V. McGivney, 452 3rd Ave.,
Brooklyn, N. Y., writes:
"For many months I suffered se
verely from headaches and pains in
t the side and back, sometimes being
unable to attend to my daily work.
"I am better, now, thanks to Peru
na, and am as active as ever and hare
no more headaches.
"The way Pcruna worked in my
case was simply marvelous."
We have in our files many grateful
letters from women who have suffered
with the symptoms named above. Lack
of space prevents our giving more than
one testimonial here.
It is impossible to even approximate
the great amount of suffering which Pe
runa has relieved, or the number oi
women who have been restored to health
and strength by its faithful use.
t CURES SiCK-HEADACHE 5
5 Tablets and powders advertised j*
5 as cures for sick-headache are gen- ?
? erally harmful and tlicy do not cure \
J but only deaden the pain by potting ?
v the nerves to sleep for a short time
<£ through the of morphine or #
0 cocaine. 112
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' Medicine %
£ the tonic-laxative, cures sick-head- £
V ache, not merely stops it for an
112 hour or two. It removes the cause 0
0 of headache and keeps it away.
# Sold by all dealers at 2 sc. and 50c.
IN ALABAMA
THE LAND OF SUNSHINE AND
PLENTY—OWN A FARM AND
BE INDEPENDENT.
We Have a Tract of the Finest Land in
Southern Alabama to Be Sold in 40
to 160 Acre Tracts—Cash or Easy
Fayments Located in 'Washing
ton County—Most Healthful Spot
in the South.
No cold weather, 110 coal to buy, less
clothing, and, iu fact, living is one
half the cost as in the north. A man
with very little capital can own a
forty-acre tract and become inde
pendent in a few short years by rais
ing vegetables and fruits for the
northern and eastern markets. We
have the best shipping facilities, both
by water and rail, making our lands
the best garden spot in the country.
Tliis section offers more advantages
for the wage earner or the man with
a small capital than any spot on this
green earth. This land will yield
larger profits than you can realize out
of northern land worth $l5O per acre.
The land is a rich sandy loam, with a
clay subsoil, and grows peaches,
pears, grapes, figs and all kinds of
small fruits and vegetables in great
abundance. AI3O corn, oats, sweet
and Irish potatoes and cotton. This
location is famous for its salubrious
climate and curative powers. Plenty
of creeks and pure spring drinking
water. We are erecting a hotel,
church, schoolhouse and store build
ing in our new town,
FKJDAI.E. ALABAMA.
The Company's ev-ur ion will leave
Chicago 011 May I t. Very low rates
for the round trip, furnishing a de
lightful excursion to the South. No
expense to the purchaser.
LIVE AGENTS WANTED IN
EVERY TOWN.
Write for full particulars and
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A very large line ot • FOR THE fiSgj
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?2 Art Squares and of fine books in a choice library
r * Riip-s of all sizes and select the Ideal pattern of Globe- P*
n kind, from the cheap- J Wernicke ''Elastic" Bookcase. I £ v
ft* est to the best. Furnished with bevel French $$
| plate or leaded glass doors.
N Dining Chairs, I ron " IC D * I £{(
|| Rockers and GEO. J. LaBAR,
High Chairs. Sole Agent for Cameron County. I kg
A large and elegant —— ■■■
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|| Drop-head Couches. Beauties and at bargain prices. |*
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Jjj ?28 Bedroom Suits, COIf 32 Sideboard, quar- C)l*
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Jj the "DOMESTIC" ni:d "ELDRILCE.' All drop- j-
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A fine line of Dishes, common grade and China, in
sets and by the piece.
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