PEOPLE OF THE STAGE. Theatrieul Life Huh l'cw Jo>» and Mucli nillcmrM. Booth, to whom llenry E. Abbey would cheerfully have paid SI,OOO a aigin for 150 consecutive nights, was one of the most unhappy men on the face oi God's earth. Ife had burled two wives, beeu through the mortifica tion of bankruptcy and so far as world ly wealth is concerned, so far as the comforts of a settled home go, had yet to make the one and secure the other. This being the case, what do you sup pose is the fate of minor people? The fact Is that they work hard, are under paid, never play the parts they prefer, \ay much, by f.ir the greater portion of their salaries. ! r stage costumes, In variably have a gang of hangers on who eat the bread they earn, are out of engagements nio-L of the time and ninety times out of a hundred die so poor that they arc buried at the ex pense oi' their fellows. In the first place, it is extremely difficult for them to obtain a position, and. having a position, how few its advantages. They have to rehearse at inconvenient times; they go out in all kinds of weather regardless of their health or cotnl'o; ts or homo desires; they dress in outlandish places, either wet, damp and chilly or overheated. They are at the capricious mercy of speculative managers, and, having found by ex perience that there is very little sym pathy fur them, either before or behind the footlights, tlicy wrap themselves in a garment of mental indifference to appearances, which is utterly misun derstood by a cynical and suspicious world. I know of a girl who was called to a Sunday night rehearsal. Her father .was very ill, but the rental of their rooms, the fees for the doctor and mon ey for the drugs depended upon her at tending to her business. It was imper ative that she should be in the theater at 7:30 o'clock. Having arranged the room as women only can, having placed upon the table by the bedside of her father his medicine, she kissed him goodby and, with a loving touch, prom ised to be back as early as possible. You know what Sunday night rehears als mean. They mean 1, 2, If, 4 o'clock the next day. That is what this one meant. The girl hastened home. The candle light had gone, the cold gray of the early morning was in the room, the father was dead upon the bed.— Boston Globe. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. Nine-tenths of the failures intend to ilo well. If air castles were real, some people wouldn't be satisfied. We are always meeting people who recall incidents that we had hoped they had forgotten. When people do not enjoy doing the things we do, we are apt to think they do not have a good time. Your neighbor is "funny." If you throw his dog a bone, he suspects you of trying either to poison it or to win its affection from him. It is interesting for a man to look through his old effects if for no other reason than he will see that he is not f.s big a fool as he used to be. You may have such a fierce admira tion for the under dog as to bo unfair to the upper dog. The upper dog is of ten compelled to light to got his rights. —Atchison Globe. i<'rou«?c # M "Inaccuracy*" What e.impotent critic today doubts the general trustworthiness of Froude's "History of England," in writing which he was obliged to transcribe from Spanish masses of papers which even a Spaniard would have read with diffi culty? Yet what sweeping charges of inaccuracy were long made against him! Writing in 1870 to a friend, the historian says:"l acknowledge to five real mistakes in the whole book— twelve volumes—about twenty trifling slips, equivalent to 'i's' not dotted and 't's' not crossed, and that Is all that the utmost malignity has discover ed. Every one of these rascals has made a dozen blunders of his own while detecting one of mine."—Success Magazine. Old Times In New York. In 1780 New York city maintained au official who would whip a servant, either free or slave, for the master, charging a shilling for the job. Petty thieves were branded for life with a "T" on the cheek. Mrs. Johanna Young and another woman convicted of grand larceny were driven all over the city in an open cart, then stripped to the waist and given thirty-nine lashes apiece in public and then banished. "Whereupon," says the record, "they went to Philadelphia." Tlie Tender Hearted Jliitelier. "It must have been a very tender iearted butcher who killed this lamb," raid the cheerful boarder, pausing in the sawing of his chop. "Why?" kindly asked the inquisitive man. "lie must have hesitated three or four years before striking the fatal blow."—London Tit-I'.its. Kin (holer. "Are you fond of music?" asked a stronger of the young man at the con cert, who w:< applauding vigorously after a pretty girl iiad sung in a very painful way. "Not particularly," said the young man frankly, "but I'm exceedingly fond of the musician." Kill! HencfH. Watts—Let' walk along until a car overtake.; in. I':,;l- No. Let's walk the other way until a car meets us. We will catch it ■•.••loner, we will go down town Just as quick, and we get more ride for our lyf-npy. A RAZOR'S EDGE. RCNUlttt Tiiat Collie From Stropping rind Loiik ( no. Very th; * ..•• the edge of a razor blade. Its thickness has been estimated at about one half millionth of au inch. A writer says of this wonderfully thin bit of steel, when seen under a power ful microscope: "The extreme edge of the section is distinctly bent to one side. This K nearly always seen In razor edges. Tlie actual bend repre sents the eff." t of the last stroke on the strop which this blade has received. Now, this bending of the metal quite dear the edge, minute as it is, has some very Important practical consequences. If the razor he used in such a way that the bend I? toward the skin there will be a tendency for the edge to burrow downward into the skin, in tlead of slicing ea -.ily over the surface f.inl merely cutting away tlie project ing hairs. If, on the other hand, the blade be applied to the face in such a way that the bend of the elge is away from the skin the edge will slide much more smoothly, with less tendency to cut or scratch the skin, while it will act upon the hairs in a slightly upward direction and thus tend to pull them tight while cutting. The direction of the bend of the edge cau be regulated by the last few strokes on the strop. "This minute amount of bending un dergone by the metal near the edge of a razor blade has another practical re sult. We all know that a piece of wire which will quite easily stand being bent double will be broken if it be bent backward and forward many times. What really lakes place Is that the metal, which was strong and ductile to begin with, is gradually made hard and brittle and then finally breaks off. Now, the metal near the edge of a razor is being subjected to very similar treatment. Every turn on the strop reverses the direction of tlie bend near the edge, and, although the amount of bending is too slight ever to bring about actual breakage of such an elastic metal as hardened steel, it is yet sufficient to bring about a change in the metal which renders It less elastic and able to stand the strain. This is why a razor which lias been used long ceases to cut well or to hold a good edge. "Now it has been discovered that steel which has lost its proper clastic qualities by such a process of 'fatigue,* as it is called, is capable of recovering its good qualities under favorable cir cumstances. It will recover in this way if left at rest, though this is a comparatively slow process, which ex plains the fact that a tool which has become useless through continued use will be as good as ever after a prolong ed rest. But recovery will take place much more rapidly if Ihe steel be warmed, so that a few minutes' expo sure to the temperature of boiling wa ter will bring about recovery to an ex tent that would have required several days' resi at the ordinary tempera tures. This fact explains the advantage to be derived from the familiar prac tice of 'steaming' m razor before use." Oon'l Sti.rv." Your Bird. It is a common mistake to think that pet: can only bo taught when hungry and to >"unmonee a bird's training by depriving it of breakfast, i'hmcr or supper is a r.t i t unhappy i . ..ling. In reality the feathered folk are just as apt and 112 ill of fan after a comfort able meal as before it, and to starve, scold or oth"rwiso ill treat the little creature will usually render it too un happy 1o learn quickly if at all. Birds are extremely nervous beings. They love a low, quiet voice and gentle movements- love t > be ' ilked to, coax ed and made much of. If the pet is a new one and seems specially excitable or timid, you will have to teach it first of all not to fear you. Any little games he is to learn must be acquired after ward.—Mary Dawson in St. Nicholas. I Sinpvrl.illlKM. The singer at the end of the practice aria panted heavily. "I sang 100 notes that time," he said, "without once taking breath." "Indeed. That must be a record." "No. The record is held by Courtlce Pounds. Pounds sang 310 notes with out respiration in 1898. The record previous to that was held by Farinelli, with 300 notes. Norman Salmond has sung 287 notes in this way. "It is wonderful what lungs trained singers have. The average man could hardly sing fifty notes without breath ing, whereas to the singer 200 would Ivs nothing."—Philadelphia Bulletin. Nome Mcu'i* Home. It is said that tlie name of Nome was the result of an error made by lomc Englishman In writing a letter. He evidently intended to write the word "home," but the makers of the maps read it Nome, and thus the name Nome belongs to history and the great district of Alaska. Rome authorities claim thai the word Nome is a corrup tion of tlie Indian phrase or word Knouia, meaning something liko "I know it."—National Magazine. Happiness. If you cannot be happy In oue way, bo In another, and this facility of dis position wants but little aid from phi losophy, for health and good humor are almost the whole affair. Many run about after felicity, like an absent minded mail hunting for his hat while it is in bis hand or on his head. HaHynloiii. "Sympathetic people have a hard time In this world." "In what way?" "They have to listen to other peo ple's trouble an.' never get a chance to tell t!: ir own.' The most valuable book in the British museum ' ilv "!\>de>; Alexandrines," said to be worth i' 300,000. CAMU;;GN COUN'IY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1906 WHEN VACCINATION FAILS TO TAKE Health Commissioner Dixon Ex plains Provision That Is Made In Such Cases So That Children May Not Be Debarred From School. WHEN CLAIM IS MADE THAT "CHILD IS UNFIT" . In Exceptional Cases, Where Careful Investigation By Local or State Health Authorities Justifies Admis sion to School, It Is Authorized. "After three carefully performed but ! unsuccessful attempts to vaccinate a I child have failed, that child should not be debarred from school privileges, but should be admitted, and the Depart ment of Health has provided for this," said State Health Commissioner Sam uel G. Dixon in an interview. "The Supreme Court of Pennsylva# nia," continued Dr. Dixon, "called at tention in the recent opinion it handed down reaffirming the validity of the so called vaccination law of June 18, 1895, to the hardship involved in the twelfth section of that act when it is beyond the power of children of school age to be vaccinated, although they may not previously have had smallpox nor pre viously been vaccinated, and even re peated attempts to perform the oper ation upon such children are without effect and vaccination will not take. In such cases, as the court pointed out, the physician cannot certiiy that such child has been successfully vac cinated so as to meet the requirement of admission to school. The court's de cision suggested the possibility of the health authorities, state or local, mak ing a regulation setting forth the con ditions under which a child upon whom vaccination will not take, may be per mitted togo to school. The court also suggests that the health authorities would have to consider whether such a regulation would be undesirable as affording opportunity for the evasion of the statute. "The Department ot Health," con tinued Health Commissioner Dixon, "has taken this tendency to evade the law into consideration, as it was obliged to, and yet we have endeav ored to see that those children who could not be vaccinated should be ad mitted to school. Our method of ac complishing this from the first has been as follows: "When the cases that we received inquiry about were within the limits of a borough or city having a Board of Health of its own, we suggested that after two unsuccessful attempts to vac cinate a child, the third attempt bo made by or in the presence of the physician of the Board of Health. If this attempt failed, then the physician of the board, acting in his official ca pacity, should authorize the admission of the child. "In the rural districts, where there are no Boards of Health to pass upon such cases, I have always asked that after three unsuccessful attempts to vaccinate a child have been made, the name of the child and the physician who made the attempts be referred im mediately to the State Department of Health. The cases have then been at once investigated by our County Medi cal Inspectors or some one deputized by them, so that the child might not unjustly be debarred from school privi leges. These methods of dialing with the situation have been in conformity with the Supreme Court's suggestion that the health authorities assume the responsibility of authorizing the ad mission to school of children upon whom, after a reasonable number of attempts, vaccination does not take. "Taking advantage of the spirit of this part of the Supreme Court's opin ion we have also endeavored to deal with the cases of children where there was reason to believe that the child's physical condition did not make vac cination at the present time advisable. The Attorney General of the State had given an opinion that a teacher was not authorized to accept a certificate from a physician stating that the child was not in a physical condition to be vaccinated. It is reasonable to be lieve, however, that although the sim ple giving of such a certificate by the family physician would not be suffi cient, the spirit of the Supreme Court's opinion would permit the recognized health authorities throughout the state, after careful investigation, to pass upon such cases. "Therefore when such cases are now brought to the attention of our depart ment, we have suggested that inside borough or city limits, the local Board of Health, through its physician, 'de cide whether the child is well enough to attend school and yet not in a fit condition to be vaccinated. In the dis tricts where there are no Boards of Health we are having such cases in vestigated and passed upon by our regular County Medical Inspectors. "It will thus be seen," concluded Dr. Dixon, "that the State Department of Health is doing everything possible to prevent any child from being unjustly deprived of its schooling. If the par ent or guardian, however, refuses to permit a child to be vaccinated simply through prejudice, the health authori ties certainly have no power to inter fere with the operation of the law. In such cases wo have done everything we could to overcome this prejudice by education, so that the innocent, child might not be made to suffer be cause the parent desired to leave it exposed to the ravages »112 smallpox rather than undergo vaccination, which the Legislature of Pennsylvania, in the exercise of its police power, has made one of the requisites of admission to school " Reduced Rates to [)ui)ois,Pu. Via Pennsylvania Railroad, account meeting ; Pennsylvania State Grange, Patrons of Has- | bandr.v. Tickets sold December 8 to 14, good returning until December 17, inclusive, from all stations in Pennsylvania. Consult nearest Ticket Agent. So Iliir< r<-Ii(. "Women :ill have the same fault. They can't pass a shop that has bon nets in the window without looking in." "So different from men! They can't pass a shop that has bottles in the win dow without going In."—lllustrated Bits. Beware of worrying about little things. It Is the mnlady of happy peo ple. It is more heroic to live on one's grief than to die of U. \if these valuable food properties have made gK§rm M CORN S s y ru P Purity AN D Wholesomeness MM/HM A golden syrup so good, pure and wholesome iW jfli that infant, invalid or dyspeptic can eat it jm, jV* 11 1 ng» noon or night. Coaxes /• „ N**l )<> ,1 villi* or tii ti It, I 1.1- "Trunin,-" Document ft..* s/T "3 It I lie bvtl ri-ct-plucli- C-ir yuur jiwi-lry im.i vuluiibit popprv. Mu<l<-„lutb«.YtovltivlTKKFßOOl'*; and when i V,>OV * ,0 '"** v '■> perfect condition. H. W. JOHN3-£V?ANVILLE COM*/ ' J 218-220 First Aver ue. QEPT, B.J PI"!TSEU«G I Model Bakery and 1 Keystone Block*, Emporium, Pa. BiB«IM'J«mg l . .;-.iisra 1 Special for the Holidays B I Booth's High Grade Chocolates, finest on the market, in r _<lb, ilb. and 2lb. boxes, ranging in % 3 price from 60c to $2.50 per box. Also fine line of cijl g : jjj Chocolates in bulk. Candies in great I Fancy Baking. SI Caterers to Parties, Banquets and Weddings i Leave your order early for Christmas and New ® Year, in order that all may be supplied. aagESgaasassKFiggasE'Piwar v-.T. ggan^A'aßgaMir. Meals at all hours in our Resturant. Oysters, Clams, Lobsters, Crabs, Etc. Sunday dinner, 35c. Try us. Fair trial is all we ask. k| McCANN & STERNER. | I All Old Proverb. The proverb, "Necessity is the mother ' of invention," can hardly be traced to 1 one independent source. The idea was expressed by Persius, the Roman satirist, about CO A. 1). and is found in the pre j cise form now quoted In liiehard j Franck's "Northern Memoirs" (printed I in Loudon in 100J) and in various later English writers. Mutunl. Mother (entering parlor suddenly)— Mr. Snowball kissing you? I am sur ! prise,l. Daughter—S:i am 1. mother. , lie has been coining to see me five years and he never got up enough cour age to do it. bet*(*>*•* \ \ \ \ \ \ A N \ \ \. \ \ ✓ SECOND TO NONE. % % ADAM, % MELDRUM & * ANDERSON Co. % 396-408 Main Street, < || BUFFALO, N. Y. <| | OPENING | '.HOLIDAY! S GOODS ! • % / The Chrirtmas Store is / now at its best with its full , : iy "and complete stocks of \ Gift Goods I % I / Everything that you see | / in other stores will be found |jj p here in larger stocks, great- p er assortments, better quali- $ ties and at lower prices. | Furs, / | Neckwear, % jt Art G-oods, I | G-loves, Hosiery. ' I Umbrellas, I Bath Robes, | Smoking Jackets, | / Handkerchiefs, | § Cut G-lass, China, | < Silverware, | Toilets, Jewelry, * 'I Books, Stationery, | > Oriental Rugs. | OUR MAIL ORDER utPART- \ ' WENT. | 112 Will tell you about all the ' new things and give you p suggestions for gifts. I . ——, i > ADAM, I / | MELDRUM & < ANDERSON CO. ' y American Block, Buffalo, N. 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