HOFF CONQUERS CONSUMPTION. Home Treatment Advocated Instead of Banishment. Instead of binding heavier burdens on the consumptive and sufferer from asthma by banishment to the West it has been proven that the home treatment with the simplest medications brings about the best re sults. The American Bureau is distribut ing gratuitously a valuable treatise on asthma and consumption which con tains rules and regulations relative to dift, exercise, hygiene and medicinal treatment for the cure of these mala dies. It also points out ways and means by which it may be safe to •come in contact with the consumptive patient. The establishment of the American Bureau is the result of the wonderful achievements of Prof. Hoff, of the fac ulty of the University of Vienna, whoso success in the treatment of consumption, asthma and catarrh is little less than marvelous. His the ories are to be promulgated in the hopes of stamping the Great White Plague from the continent. The pith of this little book has been copied by local boards of health, and by addressing the American Bureau, No. 49 Third avenue, New York City, the book will be sent free to any suf ferer from asthma or consumption. Bible Names for Colts. A hostler from the Blue Grass has Just found employment in one of the Rtables of a New York man. His darky dialect is so quaint and his stories of "Ole Kaintuck" so unique no member of the household misses an opportunity to speak to him and liave him say a word. His employer said to him a f;w •days ago: "I suppose your mas tc? down south had a good many horses ?" "Dat we d'd, sail, dat we did! And my ole master had 'em all name liible names. Faith. Hope and Char ity, Bustle, Stays and Crinoline, was all one Spring's cnlts!" Saw It Come Out of a Cow. A little city boy and his sister Dor othy were taken to the country for .the first time. The two children were happy as the day was long. In the late after noon they watched the cows come home, heard with delight the tink ling cow-bells, and the little boy even went in the barns to see the milking done. At supper, just as Dorothy was lifting her glass to her rosy lips, the boy cried out: "Oh, Dorothy, don't! You mustn't ■drink that milk. It's not fit to drink. It came out of a cow. 1 saw it!" Not a Hit as an Improviser. "Did you ever hear anybody impro vise?'' he asked. "No," said she, and he sat down to "the piano and improvised for about an hour and a half. At the end of that time he turned around, his face full •.of expression, and said to her: "What do you think of it?" "Lovely!" she exclaimed. "Beauti ful! I never heard anything like it!" But this is what she said to the hall boy when he was gone: "If that long, lank lunatic who im provises asks for ni» again, you tell him I am out." A Young Composer. Rachel, aged 12, wrote an compo sition on wild flowerr in which she praised the arbutus, the liverwort, the spring beauty, the blood root, and .ail of the other blossoms of dell and dale. But she wrote on both sides •of her sheet of paper, and when she .asked her father, who was an editor, to publish her article, he called her attention to that fact. "You've written on both sides ot your paper," said he. "Well," was the reply, "and don't you print on both sides of yours?" Reason This Out. An English quarryman was charged with assaulting one of his mates, and when the case was carried into court, an eyewitness of the occurrence gave some curious evidence. "He tuk a pick an' he tuk a pick." ■tfhe witness began, "an' he hit him wid his pick, an' he hit hijp wid his pick; an' if he'd hit him wid his a3 hard as he hit him wid his, he'd have near killed him, and not him him." Bush Over Buried Treasure. There is a tradition in Germany :'that it was customary in the Middle Ages to put an elderberry plant over buried treasure. A farmer at Oefs dorf while plowing close to such a bush unearthed a vessel containing 2,.500 silver coins of the eleventh cen tury. There is a place and means for .every man alive. —Shakespeare. Shouts the Spanked Bafey The "Colic" of "Collier's" treated by a Doctor of Divinity. Look for the"800 Hoo" article in this paper. "There's a Reason" QUALITIES OF WIT AND HUMOR. Alike, Yet In Many Ways Fundament ally Different. Wit and humor are such elemental fundamental things that it has always been found difficult to analyze them, says a writer in The Atlantic. Upon some points, however, those who have essayed this puzzling task agree, for they all hold that wit is an intel lectual, humor an emotional, quality; that wit is a perception of resem blance, and humor a perception of contrast, of discrepancy, of incongru ity. The incongruity la that which arises between the ideal and the fact, between theory and practice, between promise and performance; and per haps it might be added that it is al ways or almost always a moral in congruity. In the case both of wit and humor there is also a pleasurable surprise, a gentle shock, which ac companies our perception of the hith erto unsuspected resemblance or in congruity. A New England farmer was once describing In the pres ence of a very humane person the great age and debility of a horse that he formerly owned and used. "You ought to have killed him," interrupt ed the humane person indignantly. "Well," drawled the farmer "we did —almost." TEN YEARS OF PAIN. Unable to Do Even Housework Be cause of Kidney Troubles. Mrs. Margaret Emmerich, of Clin ton St., Napoleon, 0., says:"For fifteen years I was a great sufferer from kidney trou ... \ bles. My back pained cyt'fr; i me terribly. Every '' apt turn or moy e caused jpgtf. sharp, shooting l ,a ' ns - My eyesight w as poor, dark spots * appeared before me, i/i> and I had dizzy spells. For ten years I could not do housework, and for two years did not get out of the house. The Kidney se cretions were irregular, and doctors were not helping me. Doan's Kidney Pills brought me quick relief, and finally cured me. They saved my life." Sold by all dealers. 50» cents a box. Foster-Millburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. THE KISS IN JAPAN. One Western Idea That Is Popular with Eastern Maidens. She was a Japanese college student, little and thin, but very graceful in her Paris gown. "The kiss," she said, blushing faint ly, "was unknown in Japan SO years ago. Now, among the aristocracy, it is becoming quite renowned. "Yet it comes as a great shock at first. It is so different, you know, from anything in a Japanese girl's ex perience. I have known maidens who fainted at a first kiss that was per haps too warmly tendered. Yet these very maids became afterward ardent advocates of the new western em brace. "Frankly, I like the kiss myself. Its stimulus, and the feeling, as of red satin, when mouth touches mouth with a warm, soft shock—yes, frank ly, I like' the kiss, and I find it ex tremely difficult to deny an eager young man so innocent and so delight lightful an embrace. Willing Hands. There is a good story going the rounds in Pittsburg of a young man, formerly a stock-broker, who dropped many thousands in speculation during the early spring. One night, shortly after going to bed, the Pittsburger was awakened by strange signs. At his first motion to jump up he was greeted by a hoarse voice. "If you stir, you're a dead man!" it said "I'm looking for mon ey." "In that case," pleasantly answered the erstwhile speculator, "kindly al low me to arise and strike a light. I shall deem it a favor to be permitted to assist in the search."—Harper's Weekly. Mr. Malaprop Just Home from Rome, A regular Mr. Malaprop recently came home from his first visit to Eu rope. He grew enthusiastic about Rome. "It was fine," he declared, "togo into them churches over there and see the old tombs —cigarrophagusses, they call 'em. And then the Six teen chapel is great, and as for the Vaccination, where the pope live#, well!" But his stock of compliments give out when he got to the subject ot beggars. "I always refused them pennies," he said, "because, you see, I didn't want to set a bad prestige!" CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1907. A BLACK THURSDAY FORJEIEffi BANK FAILURES FOLLOW BREAK IN COPPER STOCKS. DIVIDENDS ARE REDUCED. A Bank in Hamburg, Germany, Fails for $7,000,000 and the Heinzes are Found to be in a Bad Way. New York City. Sensations fol lowed each other in rapid succession In the financial district Thursday as the result of the collapse of the pro jected corner in United Copper and the suspension of a prominent broker age firm Wednesday. The firm of Otto Heinze & Co. was suspended on the stock exchange. P. Augustus Heinze, the Butte cop per magnate, resigned the presidency of the Mercantile National Bank of New York. The Amalgamated Copper Co. at its directors' meeting cut its quarterly dividend from 2 per cent, to 1 per cent. The directors of the Boston and Montana Copper Co. declared a quar terly dividend of $6 in place of a former dividend of sl2. The failure of Haller, Soehle & Co., prominent bankers of Hamburg, Ger many, with liabilities that may reach ,500,000, was announced. The State Savings Bank, of Butte, Mont., of which the Heinzes are the principal stockholders, suspended. The suspension of Otto Ileinze & Co., of which firm Max M. Schultze is the stock exchange member, was based on a complaint to the exchange made by Gross & Kleeberg, the stock exchange firm which failed Wednes day. In a communication to the pres ident of the stock exchange, this firm charged Otto Heinze & Co. with re fusing to accept 3,202 shares of Uni ted Copper said to have been bought on the order of the Heinze firm. This action, Gross & Kleeberg state, was responsible for their failure. Attor neys for this firm stated that the amount owing to the firm by the Heinze firm aggregates $(>00,000. The Heinze firm announced that it is perfectly solvent and that all its legal obligations will be met. The at torneys say that the suspension by the stock exchange was accepted by the firm in order to give the latter an opportunity to sift its legal obliga tions from numerous claims which have been made against it and which It is alleged are not legal obligations. Hamburg,Germany.—The old private banking firm of Haller, Soehle & Co. failed Thursday. The liabilities of the firm are variously stated and it was estimated early in the day that they were in the neighborhood of $5,000,- 000, but the Hamburger Nachrichteu says it is informed by a banker who is in a position to know the facts that the liabilities will reach $7,500,000. A REGULAR WIRELESS SERVICE. It Is Now in Operation, Transmitting Messages Across the Atlantic. Glace Bay, N. S. The inaug uration of a regular trans-Atlantic wireless service was accomplished Thursday by William Marconi and his assistants. Mr. Marconi stated last night that more than 5,000 words had been transmitted between the station at Port Morien, six miles from here, and the Irish station. Invitations to a large number of guests were issued for 2 o'clock in the afternoon, but the world-wide interest in the undertaking brought a flood of messages in the early morning, and the service was opened shortly after daylight. Among those present at the opening of the new service were rep resentatives of a score of British and American newspapers. The station is the property of the Canadian Marconi Co. and is estimat ed to have cost SIOO,OOO, independent of expenditures for experimenting in cidental to the first attempts to make practical use of a new invention. There are 24 pine masts, 180 feet high, arranged in a circle of 3,000 feet diameter. The masts are wired and connected with the four towers form ing the center of the circle. The tow ers are wooden, 215 feet high and sur mounted by masts 50 feet in height. A $2,000,000 BANK FAILURE. One of the Wealthiest Citizens of Texas Is Compelled to Assign. Houston, Texas. —T. W. House, private banker, on Thursday filed a general assignment under the state law. W. B. D. Cleve land and J. S. Rice were named as as signees. They gave bonds in the sum of SIOO,OOO before Judge Kittrell. It is stated that resources are sufficient to pay creditors 100 cents on the dol lar. Inability to realize on securities not readily convertible into cash is the only cause given for the assignment. The House bank was established In 1838 by the father of the present banker. The back was not incorpor ated and has never made a statement of its affairs. House has enormous holdings of land and other invest ments in many portions of Texas and has been rated as one of the state's wealthiest citizens. It is said that the bank has deposits of more than $2, 000,000. Insane Man Shot Deputy Sheriffs. Covington, Tenn. While endeav oring to arrest James I'. Strogg an insane man who escaped from the Bolivar state asylum about a month ago, Deputy Sheriff Charles M. Webb, of Atoka, was killed and Deputy Sheriff Louis o;;ilvie, of thit city, dangerously wounded. Thursday. A Record Price for Hay. Chicago, 111. —No 1 timothy ha> sold here on Thursday at $2; per ton, which is the highest prict ever paid for hay in this city at this season of the year. Choice timoth) Is 'quoted at about $2 per ton higher. THE MAGILLS ARE ACQUITTED SENSATIONAL MURDER TRIAL AT DECATUR, ILL., IS ENDED. He Said the State Had Failed to Prove that the Defendants Were Guilty of the Alleged Crime. Decatur, 111. Acting under in structions from Judge Cochran, a jury last night acquitted Frederick Magill and his wife, Faye Graham Ma gill, of the charge of murdering Ma gill's first wife. The judge said that the state had failed to prove the charges. The verdict was greeted with cheers, despite the efforts of the court to maintain order. Mrs. Pet Magill was found dead in bed at her home In Ciinton, 111., on May 31. She had died of chloroform asphyxiation. Notes pinned to the bed by Mrs. Magill asserted that she had taken her life because of constant indignities thrust on her by her hus band's relatives. The coroner returned a verdict of suicide and little was thought of the case until five weeks later when Ma gill. who was a bank cashier, and Miss Faye Graham, a close friend of Magill's daughter, were married in Denver. The quick marriage caused unfavorable comment in Clinton and it was suggested that Magill and Miss Graham had forced Mrs. Magill to take her life by their actions and com ments. so that they might marry. Magill and his new wife were ar rested at San Diego, Cal., after their marriage, and brought back for trial. The state charged that the notes found in Mrs. Pet Magill's bed were forged and that if Magill and Faye Graham did not kill her they drove her to suicidal despondency by their actions toward each other. No proof was produced to prove the charges, and the final plea of the prosecuting attorney was that Magill knew his wife was suicidally despondent and did not use proper means to prevent the self-murder. A LONG VOYAGE IN A BALLOON. Two Army Officers Travel from St, Louis Into West Virginia. St. Louis, Mo. —Swinging through the air at a speed estimated at 22 miles an hour, the United States sig nal corps balloon No. 10, in which aeronauts J. C. McCoy and Capt. Charles DeF. Chandler, of the signal corps, ascended at St. Louis Thursday evening, passed over Illinois and In diana Thursday night and across Ohio Friday and last night probably landed in the vicinity of Point Pleasant, \V. Va. The distance covered is approxi mately 500 miles, and the length of the voyage won for the aeronauts the Lahm cup. The Lahm cup was instituted by the Aero Club of America soon after the international races at Paris in 1906, when Frank P. Lahm won the James Gordon Bennett cup for the Aero Club of America. So joyful were the mem bers of the club at the victory that the cup was named for the pilot of the balloon "United States," and it was put up by the club to be won by the aeronaut who traveled more than 402 ruiles, the distance traveled by the "United States" in the Paris races, provided the start was made from American soil. Lieut. Lahm never held the cup and this was the first, time it was ever won. The balloon, Stevens No. 21, in which Alan R. Hawley and Augustus Post ascended at 6:10 o'clock Thurs day evening, landed Friday 16 miles from Indianapolis and about 225 miles on a straight line from St. Louis. The balloon manned by Aeronauts Oscar Erbsloeh and Hans Heidemann, who compose one of the German teams entered in the international cup race, landed at Red Bud, 111., 30 miles southeast of here at 3:32 p. m. Friday. The balloon started from here at 1:05 p. m.for a trial flight. DUN'S TRADE REVIEW. Retail Business Broadens and Collec tions Improve. New York. —R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: Autumn retail trade broadens under the stimulating influence of favorable weather, and collections also improve. While reports are almost unanimous regarding the satisfactory volume of retail distribution of seasonable goods, in other sections of commercial and industrial activity there is some ir regularity, attributed in most cases to high rates for money, which induces conservatism in preparations for the future. Yet leading cities at the west and south find no restriction in sup plementary orders at wholesale, and jobbers report that new lines for spring are well received. Copper declined still lower, but prices were steady in the leading metal industry. Plates and structural materials are the strongest departments of the fin ished steel market, and bar mills have enough business to operate during the balance of the year, even if no more orders are received. Consumers feel sanguine that a waiting policy will bring better terms. A fair demand is noted for prompt shipment of mer chant steel, very good news being re ceived from makers of shafting. In the textile industries the event of the week was the cut in prices by a Chicago house. There was no evi dence of weakness in cotton goods prior to that reduction, which in some linos amounted to 20 per cent., and eastern jobbers did not follow the western movement. Hero Commission Makes 24 Awards. Pittsburg, Pa. —The regular fall neeting of the Carnegie Hero Com mission was held Friday in this city xml last night F. M. Wilmot, the sec retary, announced that 24 persons liroughout the country had received wards for bravery. President Roosevelt Kills a Bear. Slaniboul, La. President Roose velt shot a bear Thursday as it ame out of the canebrake near the amp at Bear Lake. The animal fell ifter the first shot, which was plantei just back of the shoulder. The anima weighed 375 pounds. IDLING ALONG. De river Is slippln' a-past so slow An' singin' a song I.ike it didn" have much to do but go Jes' idlin' along. Some day dat river will sure turn looae An* staht In raisin* de very deuce. But now It's murmurln' "What's da use?" An' idlin' along. We wind keep shnkin' de poplar trees— Not shakin' 'em strong, But a little bit, 'cause he wants to tease While idlin' along. Some o' dese days it'll blow up rain An' spread itself in a hurricane, But now it goes—an' it don" complain— Jes' idlin' along. I feels like dem when dar's nuflln'-seems To bo turnin' out wrong; An' de hours go passin' like pleasant dreams, Jes' Idlin' along. Some time, I s'pose, I mils' grab a knifa Or a shovel an' hustle an' jine de strife; But de mostos' joy dat I sees in llf« Is idlin' along. —Washington Star. BAD OVERSIGHT. ill She—But a man last week told me the same story. He—Yes, lady, you see I made the mistake of not having the history of my life copyrighted!— Chicago Jour nal. Ruling Passion. The wealthy plumber stood on the deck of the big ocean liner watch ing a distant whale. "There she blows!" shouted the sail or in stentorian tones. And the plumber was silent and thoughtful. "Ah," he mused to himself, after a long while, "what a dandy bill I could send in for stopping a leak like that!" —Chicago News. Difficult to Estimate. A college gift may sometimes be The most uncertain thing on earth; Tn wisdom it is hard to see Just when you've got your money's worth. —Washington Star. A Palpable Hit. "That fighting porter of ours that we are always laying off and taking back, reminds me of a gun." "In what way?" "It is only when he is loaded that we discharged him, and he always kicks hard when he's fired." —Balti- more American. Tim's Joke. "Did yez notice about th' joke me brother Tim played on wan av thim chauffeurs?" "I heard a turrible thing happened to him. Poor Tim!" "'Poor Tim,' th' divvle! He had a shtick av dinnamite in his pocket whin he wor run over." —Judge. He Saw One. "When I was in New York recent ly I took a ride out Riverside drive." "Beautiful, isn't it?" "Yes. I was greatly astonished." "At the evidence of great wealth?" "No. One of the houses was not for sale." —Chicago Record-Herald. She Remembered. "Jack, do you love me as much as ever?" "Dearest, I love you more than ever." "Wretch! The first time you told me you loved me you said it was Im possible to love me more than you did." —Milwaukee Sentinel. • G.SCHMIDT'S, HEADQUARTERS FOR FRESH BREAD, |1 popular 1 &Ke fy, & CONFECTIONERY Daily Delivery. Allordersgiven prompt and skillful attention. - - ■""■■■■.. . §WMEN IN DOUBT. TRY Tfce*li«9«tood th«te« ofre«fc v CTOnSIO J*~\ - m and hava cured Ihtuiandi c& n I £m / Jrps\ / ycaiw o< Nervous Disiaiei, nicb UIIIUCIU mi rfyj.ermanent ■ cure Is bains; effected by purifying tbe ■ blood, dissolving tbe poisonous sub- pi stanoa and removiDg It from th« system. DR. 8. D. 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