BIIE Bachelor lived In a boarding house. He was 55 years old, and his hair was growing thin at tho top and gray at the tem ples. He had recently in vested in a cane because of the gout Which he had stopped calling rheuma tism. After he had bought the cane he had grimly stalked to an oculist's. The new eyeglasses were in his pocket now, and he was on his way to the boarding house (he disdained to call It home) to test them on the Rubai yat that a New York friend had sent iiini for Christmas. All these things (including the com ing of Omar Khayyam) had made, the Bachelor a pessimist—or so, at least, he thought. | It was Christmas eve. ' "The Christmas spirit!" he growled, tinder his breath. "Huh! The Christ mas greed, I call it. Everybody seems to be rushing around like mad. and everybody is filled to bursting with a lively sense of favors to come. Will that confounded car ever show up? I can't stand this chattering rabble much longer." * The car came at last and the Bach elor heaved a sigh that was almost satisfaction as he sank into the only jacant seat. The Bachelor found himself on the ' Threw Down the Book in a Rage. eame seat with a little woman who held many bundles and a baby. Tho baby was asleep. The woman looked fagged and tired, but when her eyes chanced to rest on the infant in her tense arms, they grew soft with ma ternal tenderness. She apologized in flushing haste to the Bachelor when the baby's restless movements set a paper box squarely on his knee, but the pessimist only grunted. She tried to recover the box, but this, as she had only two arms, and both were full, proved difficult. "Let the box stay, madam," snapped the Bachelor. Ho had not thought to lielp her. "It does not inconvenience «ne in the least." So tho box stayed. The "Bachelor looked sedulously the other way, and tried to forget that it was there. The baby's pudgy pink hand was flung on his coat sleeve, and the Bachelor tried to forget that, too. "I get off at the next corner, sir," said the woman. "Could you—would jou—'" She rose in hurried anxiety to her feet, and more bundles rained down oil the Bachelor. "I could help you out, if that is what you mean," said the Bachelor sourly. "Oh, no, sir—thank you, sir!" For the Bachelor, red with irritation, had gathered up the scattered parcels. The conductor grinned as he jerked the bellcord, and the perspiring Bach elor could have beaten him with his cane. "I'll carry these bundles home for you, madam," he announced gruffly and reluctuntly, when they reached the sidewalk. "My car has left me, any way," and he smiled grimly after the rapidly receding lights. "Yes, sir," said the woman, meekly. " 'Tain't far," she added, "just a block." When he at last reached his cheer less room, he adjusted his new glasses •with a scowl and picked up Omar Khayyam with a feeling of sudden dis taste. "The Christmas spirit!" he growled. "Pshaw!" But he did not cee the printed page, though his eyes were screwed intent ly upon it for many minutes. Sudden ly he threw down tho vellum-covered book in a rage and tore otf the pince nez. "Hang it all!" said he furiously, "these glasses are no good. That driv eling idiot of an oculist ought to be drawn and quartered! I'm going down-town." So he jammed his hat on his head and went down-town, and when he came back his overcoat pockets were bulging with a flaxen-haired doll war ranted to say "mamma" without much pressure and a red jumping-jack of startling agility. For the Christmas spirit had cast its sweet and potent spell ever the pessi mistic Bachelor, and ho had suddenly remembered—what he had so often tried to forget—that his landlady was the mother of two riotous child,en. "£v.tl DOES YOUR BACK ACHE? | Profit by the Experience of One Who Has Found Relief. James R. Kceler, retired farmer, of ! Fenner street, Cazenovia, N. Y., says: "About fifteen years §ago I suffered with my back and kid neys. I doctored and used many remedies ■without getting re lief. Beginning with Doan's Kidney Pills, I found relief from the first box, and two boxes restored ine to good, sound condition. My wife and many of my friends have used Doan's Kidney Pills with good results and I can earnestly recommend them." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Young Man Extensive Traveler. Lord Ronaldshay, though only thirty years of age, probably has done i more traveling for his age than any j man living. Few people know more j than he about the Himalayas and Per | sia. He has also found time to ex | plore Kashmir, Baluchistan, Ladak, Thibet and the Persian gulf, to aay nothing of Ceylon. National Pure Food and Drugs Act. i The Garfield Tea Company's prepara -1 tions comply in every respect with the i requirements of The National Pure Food j and Drugs Act, June 30th, 1906. Serial i No. assigned by the Government, will | appear on every package of their goods. New Market for Herrings. j A now market for Yarmouth her- J rings has been opened in tho Caucasus, j soma Scotch merchants having sent f\n experimental shipment there. Th* ■ il: h arc being tauUlad ty Piinco Lou& Napoleon Murat. To Clean Oil Paintings. Many are not aware that oil paintings ; may be successfully cleaned by an ama j teur. Dip a cloth in tepid ivory Soap , suds' and wring almost dry. Go over the | picture very carefully until dirt and fly , specks are removed; then apply boiled linseed oil with a flannel cloth. ELEANOR R. PARKER. Museum Gets Fine Pulpit. King Friederich August of Saxony i has given to the Germanic museum at Harvard a full-size reproduction of the 1 sandstone pulpit of the Church of j Wechselburg, near Leipsic. This gift is regarded as the most important ; made to the museum since the fine i collection of casts was sent by the German emperor. Tho pulpit be longs to the beginning of the thir teenth century, and is a massive struc ture, 15 feet high, resting on Roman esque columns. UNDERSTOOD WHAT WAS SAID. In no Other Way Can Actions of Cat Be Explained. As striking a cat story as I have heard in a long time comes from Al ton, N. M., and is vouched for abso lutely, says a writer in tho Boston Record. The cat was accustomed to visit the next door neighbor after each meal to be fed and petted, bringing also two kittens. One of the women at the house thus visited, who had entertained a dislike for cats, finally, on observing the ani mal, expressed aloud a liking for the gray kitten and said she intended to ask to be allowed to keep it. The next day when Mother Cat came for her bits only one kitten ac companied her, but she took away some choice morsels for the one left at. home. This continued several days, when the woman who had first ex pressed intention to get the kitten which the cat was feeding, remarked that she had given up wholly the idea of securing the gray kitten. All three felines appeared at the next meal and have done so since. NO MEDICINE. But Change of Food Gave Final Relief. Most diseases start in the aliment ary canal—stomach and bowels. A great deal of our stomach and bowel troubles come from eating too much starchy and greasy food. The stomach does not digest any of tho starchy food we eat —white bread, pastry, potatoes, oats, etc.—these things are digested in the small intes tines, and if we eat too much, as most of us do, the organs that should di gest this kind of food are overcome by excess of work, so that fermenta tion, indigestion, and a long train of ails result Too much fat also is hard to digest, and this is changed into acids, sour stomach, belching gas, and a bloaty, heavy feeling. In these conditions a change from Indigestible foods to Grape-Nuts will work wonders in not only relieving the distress but in building up a strong digestion, clear brain and steady nerves. A Wash, woman writes: "About five years ago I suffered with bad stomath—dyspepsia, indigestion, constipation—caused, I know now, from eating starchy and greasy iooi. "I doctored for two years without any benefit. The doctor told me there was no cure for me. I could not eat anythjng without suffering severe pain in my back and sides, and I be came discouraged. "A friend recommended Grape-Nuts and I began to use it. In less than two weeks 1 began to feel better, and insido of two months I was a well woman and have been ever since. "I can eat anything I wish with pleasure. We eat Grape-Nuts and cream for breakfast, and are very fond of it." Name given by Posturu Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read the little book, "The Road to Wellville," la a reason," CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1906. 1 FILLING UP THE CANADIAN WEBT. The American Settler It Welcomed to Canada. ( A number of the leading newspa pers on this side of the line have been noticing tho growth of the Canadian 112 West in recent years, and draw atten tion to the fact that there seems to be no abatement of the influx of settlers to that great grain-growing country. The Buffalo Express thus refers to the subject: "Canada West continues to grow. There were 4,174 homesteads entries there in July of this year, as against 3,571 in July, 1905. Canada plumes herself over this fact, with becoming pride. But what appears to make our neighbors happiest is tho statement that of these 4,174 homesteaders, 1,212 were from this side of the line. Little is said about the 97 Canadians who recrossed the border to take up homes in Canada West, or of the 808 from Great Britain, or of the 1,236 from non-British countries. It ap pears that the item in this July report that makes Canada rejoice most is this of the 1,212 American farmers who decided to try their fortunes In Canada West. "The compliment is deserved. The 1,212 were mostly from Dakota and other farming states, and go into Canada fitted better than any other class of immigrants for developing tho new country. They take capital with them, too, say Canadian papers proud ly. In every way, they are welcome over there." As the Express well says, the American is welcomed to Canada, and tho reasons given arc sufficient to in vite tho welcome. The Amerlacn farmer knows thorouchly tho farming conditions that prevail In the Cana dian prairie provinces, and is aware of every phase of agricultural devel opment in recent years. In practical knowledge of what Is wanted to get the largest return for labor and investment he is by long odds superior to any European set tler. He knews what is required to bring success, and he is able and will ing to do it, and bis future causes no apprehension to the successful Cana dian farmer. The agent of the Cana dian Government, whose address ap pears elsewhere, says that the differ ence between the manners and cus toms of the farmer from Dakota, Ore gon or Minnesota and the farmer from Manitoba, Saskatchewan or Alberta is not nearly so market! as that be tween the farmer of the Maritime provinces and the Ontario tiller of the soil. Hence the welcome to the free homesteads of the Canadian West, and there are hundreds of thousands of them left, that is extended to the settler from the Western States. Unearthing the Briber. During a recent campaign in Eng land a certain woman called on a la borer's wife and asked if her husband would vote for Lord Blank. "No, he won't," was the reply. "But, remem ber the blankets and coals you got from the clergyman." "Never mind them. He's been promised a new pair of trousers if he votes for Mr. Dash." Suspecting that this was a case of bribery that must be outdone, the woman canvasser offered a sovereign ft the woman would tell her who had promised the trousers. The money paid over, the woman smiled. "I promised them," she said, "and I'll buy them out of your sovereign." A New Sleeping Car Story. Among the railroad visitors in town yesterday was F. A. Miller, general passenger agent of the Chicago, Mil waukee & St. Paul Railway. He vis ited all of the general offices in town and at the I-lollenden Hotel yesterday told a story of one of the sleeping car porters who was recently found asleep while on duty. This is con trary to the rules of The St. Paul Road, and the negro man was in trouble when found by the inspector on The Pioneer Limited. He had his wits about him, however, and in re sponse to the inspector's inquiry as to what he was doing asleep, he said: "I'll tell you how it was, boss. I have only been with the company a short time and before coming here I was working on such and such a railroad. The line was so rough that I could not get any sleep. Since I have been working for the The St. Paul the road has been so smooth that I just could not keep awake." Mr. Miller says that while the ne gro had violated the rules, he was permitted to keep his job on account of his wit.— Cleveland Leader. May Throw Light on History. W r hile excitement regarding the Ho henlohe memoirs is still rife in Eu rope, there is subdued talk in British military circles regarding the forth coming appearance of a book which will contain some of the late duke of Cambridge's voluminous correspond ence. A diary kept by Emperor Fred erick of Germany is in safekeeping in England and the day may not be far distant when it also will be published, Correct answers to numerous histor ical enigmas ™ay be expected from such a publication. STATE OP OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, I M . LUCAS COUTY. 112 FRAXK J. CHENEY makes oath that ho to ocnlor partner of tho firm of F. .112. CHENEY- & Co.. doing DuniDcas In tho City of Toledo. County auil fctate aforcba'd. and that. aald firm will pay the sum of ONE lilJM>K£L> DOLLARS for each and* every case of CATARRH that cauiiot be cured by the use of IIALL'B CATAURH CUKE. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed lu my i>reicuco, this Oth day of December, A. D., 1H.58.- . . A. W. GLEASON, {SEAL} NOTARY PUULIO. Hall's Catarrh Curo la taken Internally and acts directly on the blood and mucoua Burfacea of the •ysteiu. Send for testimonial*, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Bold by all Drufffrlsta, 75c. Tuko ilall'aFamily Pllla for conatlputlon. A woman's idea of a perfect gen tleman is any man who agree 3 with k«r. Ail Cloth TTsts, Children's Dresses, etc.. made to look like new with PUTNAM FADELESS DYES. Success is often a hundred-to-one shot that the talent overlooks. MM. Wlnnlow'fl Soothing Symp. For children teething, softeno the reduce* In. lUmuitlibu allays rain, cures wind colic. 250 a bottla. The man who can govern a woman can govern a nation. FITS, St. Vitus Dan re and ail Nervous Diseases permanently cured by Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. Sent! for Free $2.00 trial bottle and treatise. Dr. R. 11. Kline. Ld., 931 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. Rich Prize for Scientists. The person who discovers a method of communication between planets will receive $20,000 from the French Acad emy of Science. Worth Knowing. That Allcock's Plasters are the highest result of medical science and skill, and in Ingredients and method have never been equaled. That they are the original and. gen uine porous plasters upon whoso rep utation imitators trade. That Allcock's Plasters never fail to perform their remedial work quickly and effectually. That for Weak Back, Rheumatism, Colds, Lung Trouble, Strains and all Local Pains they are invaluable. That when you buy Allcock's Plas ters you obtain the best plasters made. A Misunderstanding. Apropos of a misunderstanding on the canteen question, Gen. Frederick D. Grant said at a dinner in Washing ton: "It la like tho case of my friend Maj. Greca. Maj. Green aald to hi* acrvant one morning: " 'James, I have left my rnecs bcots out, I want them soled.' " 'Yes sir,' the servant answered. "The major, dressing for dinner that night, said again: "'I suppose, James, that you did as I told you about those boots?' "James laid 35 cents on the bureau. " 'Yes, sir,' said he, 'and this is all I could get for them; though the cor poral who bought 'em satd he'd have given half a dollar if pay day hadn't been so far ofT.'" LIMB RAW AS PIECE OF BEEF. Suffered for Three Years with Itching Humor—Cruiser Newark U. S. N. Man Cured by Cuticura. "I suffered with humor for about three years off and on. I finally saw a doctor and he gave me remedies that did me no good, so I tried Cuticura when my limb below tho knee to the ankle was as raw as a piece of beef. All I used was the Cuticura Soap and the Ointment. I bathed with Cuticura Soap every day, and used about six or seven boxes of Cuticura Ointment. I was thoroughly cured of the humor in three weeks, and haven't been af fected with it since. I use no other Soap than Cuticura now. H. J. Myers, U. S. N., U. S. S. Newark, New York, July 8, 1905." Wodd at Eight Dollars a Pound. "French walnut is the finest wood we have," said the cabinet-maker. "It comes from Persia, but it is prepared in France. I have seen French wal nut worth $S a pound, and it is a com mon thing to pay $2 a pound for it. Of co'iree it is used principally for veneering. Only millionaires could have chairs and tables of solid French walnut. "Mahogany, wonderful as It Is, rarely fetches such high prices. From $2 to $3 is a very good price per pound for this wood. "Ebony, if it is in a particularly large piece, so that it will cut well, will often bring $5 a pound in tho wood market." For Infants SlgnatuV^» Years (A/Ji* * The Kind You Have Always Bought ™K CCWTAOH COMNNT, TT MURRAY STREET. NEW VORR CITY. For Emergencies at Home For the Stock on the Farm Sloeovs Luvimeivt Is a whole medicine chest Price 25c 50c & *I.OO, Sand For Free Booklet on Horses.Cattle.Hogs &foutiry* 112 IF YOU WANT WHAT YOU WANT WHEN I A ALWAYS KEEP A BOTTLE OF I ST. JACOBS OIL m IN THE HOUSB AND YOU WILL HAVE A 2 ft QUICK. SAFE AND SURE REMEDY FOR PAIN >' 112 WHERE YOU CAN GET AT IT WHEN NEEDED. J PRICE 23c AND 50c ■ Scheme Worked Out Badly. Congressman Sulzer represents a densely populated district on the East side of New York city. It occurred to him some months ago that though there are no gardens in his district some of his constituents might grow plants in boxes placed on window sills or Are escapes, so he sent an as sortment of seed to th® inmate of a model tenement house owned by one of his friends. The latter met him a few days ago and said: "See here, Sulzer, I want you to cut out that seed business. It's the limit!" "Why, what's the matter?' asked the aston ished Sulzer, and he explained why he had sent the seeds. "Oh, you meant well, all right," returned the friend, scornfully, "but when I visited the place the other day I found that about ten families were raising cabbage, cu cumbers and tomatoes in the bath tubs." Ely's Cream Balm is quickly absorbed. Gives Relief at Once. 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Tho NINETY MILLION BUSHEL WHFATCROP of this year means 100,000,000 to the farmer* of Western Canada, apart froxu tho resulte of other grains and cattle. For advice and information address the BT7PKR INTKNDKNTOF IM MIU it ATI ON, Ottawa, CaaaOa. or any authorized Government Agent. H. M. WILLIAMS, Law Building, Toledo, Ohio* [ THE NAVlfli There are positions open in the Navy B for hundreds of young men between 8 [ 17 and 25 years of age, and for me- 1 chanics under 35 years. Good pay. R and good food furnished by the Gov- ■ ernment. For full information, ad- I dress U. S. NAVY RECRUITING I STATION. West 6th St.and Superior v Ave.. CLEVELAND. 0., and U. S. B : NAVY RECRUITING STATION, I of ' h i s WPer do siring to buy any , thing advertised in its, columns should insist upon having what they ask for, refusing all substi tutes or imitations. / \2O Seconds is Enough V J tor this Scientific CURLING IROfti HEATER. Supports 8 lLa. and boils a quart of water in 3 minutes. 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