2 CAMERON COUNTY PRESS. H. H. MULLIN, Editor. Published Every Thursday. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Per yrar i? on It paid in advance '1 ADVERTISING RATES: Advertisements are published at the rate of dollar per square foronu insertion and 11 ft y ,'«nt» yer square for each subsequent insertion. Rites by the year, or for si* or three months, •re low and uniform, and will be furnished on application. Legal and Official Advertising per square three times or less. each subsequent inser tion to cents per square. Local notices lu cents per line for one inser ■ertlon; 5 cents per line lor each subsequent •ousecutive Insertion. Obituary notices over five lines 10 cents per line. Simple announcements of iiirths, mar riages and deaths will be inserted free. Business cards, five lines or less, in per year; over five lint s, at the regular rates of adver tising. No local inserted for less than 75 cents per issue. JOB PRINTING. The Job department of the PHKSS is complete and affords facilities for doing the best class of wc-rU. PAKTICUI.AU AH KM ION PAIDTO 1-ANV PKINTINC No paper will be discontinued until arrear age* are paid, except at the option of the pub lisher. Papers sent out of the county must be paid for in advance. Reason for Tenderness. Let us be silent as to each other's weaknesses, helpful, tolerant, nay ten der, towards each other. May we put away from us satire which scourges and the anger which brands; the oil and wine of the good Samari tan are of more avail. We may make the ideal a reason for contempt, but it is more beautiful to make it a re a eon for tenderness. —Amiel. A Cheerful Deposition. It is well to be cheerful of dispo sition. to wear a bright face, to speak in a happy tone, to be lively in action —it "doeth good like a medicine," is a tonic to others as well as a benefit to one's self. It is as infectious as dis ease, encouraging good spirits in those about one, as well as stimulating healthy views of life in one's own mind. Unlucky. "Ho ain't got nutbin' now but the land the mortgage was on, an' 1 reck on a earthquake will come along an' swallow that before long," says a Billville philosopher. "Besides, he's been ridin' on the railroad even since he look out a accident policy, and the train ain't even cut off a leg!"— Atla nta Constitution. Raward of the Industrious. Be thankful every morning that you have something to do that day which must be done whether you like it or not. Being forced to work, and forced to do our best, will breed in you temperance, self-control, diligence, strength of will, content, and a hun dred virtues which the idle never know. —Charles Kingsley. For the Alimony Brigade. "There's a lot of talk in the papers," said Mr. Dumley, "about the 'neces sity for uniform divorce laws.' Won der what they mean by that?" "Prob ably," suggested Mrs. Dumley, "it's to compel divorced people to wear a uniform so other folks can recognize 'em." —Catholic Standard and Times. Angry Adjectives. It was not a young woman novelist, hut Charles Sumner, of whom the late E. I. Godkin, the New York editor, said: "He works his adjectives so hard that if they ever catch him alone they will murder him." —Youth's Com panion. Defamation. I never yet heard man or woman much abused, that 1 was not inclined to think the better of them and to transfer any suspicion or dislike to the person who appeared to take de light in pointing out the defects of a fellow creature, says a writer. Takes Some Smartness to Do That. Whenever we hear a woman boast that her husband winds the clock, wipes the dishes and puts the chil dren to bed we wonder if he is smart enough to know how to do anything else. —Chicago Record-Herald. Some Bird Shooting. Farmer Jones (to amateur hunter) — There wasn't .a better water dawg livin' until you shootin' gents took to borrowing 'em. Now 'is 'ide's that full of shots, he'd sink to the bottom like a brick!— The Bystander. Fear and Courage. Nothing is more infectious than fear and courage; bnt the parent's fear is doubled in the child, for where the giant trembles the dwarf must surely fall. —Jean Paul Richter. Valuable Time Wasted. "The reason so many brilliant peo ple don't get on in the world," says the Philosopher of Folly, "is that they ■waste so much time showing other people how brilliant they are." A Word from Josh Wise. "Most every woman who's passed the age limit allows she would have bin a good singer in her day providin' her voice had bin cultivated." Two Powerful Rulers. The emperor of China and the vice roy of India, between them, govern more than half the population of the world. Sowing and Reaping. As we act toward others, so we may expect others to act toward us.— gyrus. "What are you doing?" "Fishing." "Catch anything?" "No." "How long have you been there?" "Eleven years." "Come inside!" STABILITY IN CUBA '— DUTV OF THE UNITED STATES SEEMS PLAIN. Present Able Administration of Gov ernor Magoon Must Be Con tinued Until Conditions No Longer Require It. It will be remembered that the visit of Secretary Tnft to Cuba in the spring resulted in the putting forth of a program for future action which sat isfied all parties and dissipated the j fog of suspicion and distrust. Having I intervened in the island at a critical juncture, it was, of course, impossible for the United States to wind up its receivership without laying fresh foundations for a stable native govern ment. A repetition cf Palma's experi ence, everybody realized, would doubt less prove fatal to Cuba's independ ence. Accordingly Secretary Taft, after patient inquiry and free con sultation of all parties, announced the i following gradual course of proced ure: A careful, honest census in- j volving a fair registration of all Cuban , voters; municipal and provincial elec tions after a reasonable interval for | purposes of preparation and organiza- j tion; the presidential and congression- ■ al elections after another short inter val, and, as the last step, the with- : drawal of the American forces. There has been no change in this j program and, apparently, 110 occasion for any change. Gov. Magoon has j given Cuba an able and efficient ad ministration, and no element has had cause for complaint except the bandits 1 and criminal vagrants, who at one | time displayed exceptional boldness 1 and rendered it necessary for the American governor to adopt severe measures against brigandage, whether under its own name or in that of "politics." The enumeration has been com pleted and the tabulation of there- ! turns is now in progress. In a few j weeks the time will be ripe for the | second step—municipal and provin cial elections. Order and honesty in j these will make the final tasjk simple j and easy for the United States. Un- i fortunately some impatient politicians j are already beginning to agitate for an immediate termination of the j American "occupation" or receiver- ' ship. Of the four parties that now ex- j ist in the island three are willing to ! trust the United Slates and to post- j pone the elections for a year or so, if , necessary, to increase the chances of future stability and harmony. The fourth party is impatient and restless, however, and in Cuba it is easy to stir up discontent and trouble. Sensible Cubans understand that no 1 delay for the sake of delay will be favored by the American authorities. I They are ready to retire at any 1110- ; ment, but is Cuba ready? If any de- : lay should occur it would be due en tirely to the needs and interests of Cuba herself. A Pretty Good System. Does any sensible person believe that had the Democracy been in con- j trol of the White House, with the ac- i companying business depression and in- j dustrial paralysis, it would have been possible within two or three days to have stayed what threatened to be come a financial panic? The talk that the surplus in the treasury, which was so handy a few days ago, has been "drained from the people by a false financial system," is all bosh. A system that gives the American workingman the highest wages of any class of laborers on earth, and at the same time accumulates a surplus good for any emergency, may not be ad mired by the speculator who deals in European novelties, but it is a pretty good thing for the people of the United States. —Scranton Tribune. Did Mr. Bryan coyly open his hand for just one peep at the nomination when he made that appeal to Demo- I crats for harmony? CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1908. RECORD TO BE PROUD OF. Excellent Work Done by the Depart ment of Agriculture. How can any country be hard up whose farms in the last nine years have produced fifty-three thousand millions of dollars' worth of crops? No wonder that the report of the secretary of agriculture is full of , thanksgiving flavor and that he is un affected by causes for gloom that ! work on other men. The value of the farm products for 1907 is nearly seven and one-half billions of dollars; 10 per cent, above that of 190 C. when all rec ords of crops were broken; 25 per cent, over 1903, and 57 per cent, over | 1899. Much of the credit for this extraor dinary growth belongs to Secretary Wilson and his associates, for they have extended the area of arable ground through their researches. As an instance, more than 3,000,000 acres of land that used to bo considered valueless, "the home of the cactus ; and the prairie dog," are now produc ing $30,000,000 worth of crops every ' year; and these crops are directly due to Secretary Wilson, who im ported the Mediterranean durum wheats at a first cost of SIO,OOO and , saw that they were planted there. Irri gation farming, due wholly to the de partment, will this year sell crops for i not less than $250,000,000, which is not ! contemptible, in view of the fact that the department of agriculture costs only about $15,000,000 a year. Yet the work of the department is | by no means on such a scale as the natural resources of the country war* j rant and will one day make possible. Surveyors declare that not one-half the farms of the country—42o,ooo,ooo acres, to he exact —can be classed as | improved land, and only one-third, or i 290,000,000 acres, is fruitful. Many ! years will pass before all this ground is put under cultivation, but the time will come when it will be producing ; abundant crops and supporting bun- dreds of millions of human beings. Suggests Tariff Commission. Senator Beveridge has raised his voice for revision of the tariff through j a non-partisan expert commission. A I large part of the country will agree 1 with President Roosevelt that it will not be judicious to attempt a general revision of the tariff during this ses | sion of congress, says the Pittsburg ! Dispatch. The leaders on the Repub i lican side have, by common consent, ' postponed such action until after the presidential election next year. As such revision is hardly possible during the short session of congress it must be postponed until the first session of the Sixty-first congress, if it is to be made in the usual way and with the usual political debates. There is, however, no such reason for refusing to consider the plan of j revision by an expert commission. ; This idea is based on the principle ! that political revision should never be made, and that the tariff is not a | legitimate subject for political con j troversy. The people have decided in | repeated campaigns that the tariff ! should be protective to the extent of ! covering the difference in labor cost | in the production of any article here ; and abroad. A vast majority of all the | people believe firmly in this principle. ! So much being settled as a matter of j politics, the application should be ! made through non-partisan experts. ■ The point is that if a commission | should he created by this session of congress it could be ready to report necessary changes in schedules to the ! next session, after the presidential j election. j Mr. Bryan says that Roosevelt has stolen his ideas, and Tom Watson says j that Bryan, Roosevelt, La Follette, Folk and Hoke Smith have stolen his. !We are of the opinion that Hoke j Smith could prove an alibi. As to ! some of the other gentlemen engaged in these larcenous proceedings, I! must be admitted that when Mr. Roosevelt looted Mr. Bryan's idea box lie did it with rare discrimination. Probably it is not so much what he took as what he left behind that both' ers the Peerless One m STRANGLED • ON THE MEADOWS NEAR HARRISON, N. J., AND THEN THROWN INTO A POND. AN UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN. A Murder that Combines Cruelty and Mystery Puzzles the Police —The Victim was Evidently a Per son of Refinement. Newark, N. J. A murder com bining elements of mystery and de liberate cruelty that take it out of the ordinary was committed on the Hackensack meadows in the town of Harrison early Thursday and the nude body of the victim, a comely woman of perhaps 150 years, was found nearly submerged in the icy waters of a little pond. Only the feet projected when chance passersby broke the ice in which the exposed portions were in crusted and dragged the body ashore. The dead woman was fine featured; her hair and nails gave evidence of a recent and scrupulous toilet, and such of her clothing as was subsequently found suggested in texture and style an owner of refinement, rather than one whore habits might lead her to frequent the vicinity of the crime.'Tlio pond in which the body was thrown is made by the overflow from the Pas sr.ic river and is directly across the river from this city. The body had not been identified last night and it was pretty well es tablished that it was not that of a resident of this city or Harrison. Its description does not correspond with that of any woman reported to the po lice as missing. Two men who occupied a yacht moored near where the body was found are detained by the police, but the most important clue obtained was furnished by Peter Coogan, a watch man employed by the .Marine Engine Co., who recognized the body as that of a woman whom he had seen cross ing the meadows in company with a man early Thursday. Later he saw the man alone. He then carried a bundle in his arms. The man was short and stout. Two girls returning to their home in Harrison long after midnight heard a woman's cries floating over the marsh land. They seemed to come from the direction of the pond and to the startled girls sounded like "Spare me," an>l "Help!" Nearer home the girls were approached by a stranger, who accosted and followed them until a policeman was met with, when lie turned aiid fled. The girls had a good view of the man under the electric light and while he was well and neatly dressed, his hands showed either that he was accustomed to manual labor or had recently been engaged in work that soiled his fingers. Life had been extinct, the coroner said, about 12 hours when the body ■was found in the afternoon. A mark on the neck indicated that strangula tion was the means of death. Scratches on the leg and trunk and pieces of cinder forced into the flesh showed that the body had been dragged along a cinder path which skirts the pond. Along the path the police picked up a white silk waist, slashed up the back, a skirt and a pair of silk garters. Following the path the police came upon the yacht Idle Hour, which was tied up at a point on the Passaic about 300 feet from where the body was found. On the yacht the police say that they found a sealskin muff and a fur neckpiece. The occupants of the yacht were Albert Thompson, 41 years old, of Elizabeth, a boatman, and Frederick Kirkman, 38 years old. Both were employed on the boat. Thompson said that he found the fur pieces near the cinder path in the morning. The po lice found on the boat dishes enough for three diners. There were three plates, three saucers, and so on. The men, however, said that they had no visitor on the Idle Hour. Both were arrested as suspicious characters. The police said last night that they had practically nothing against the prison ers, but would detain them until fur ther inquiry could be made. EXTENSIVE FORGERIES. They are Alleged to Have Been Com mitted by the Cashier of a Bank at California, Pa. Washington, Pa. Officers of the Bank of California, Pa., charge that indorsements on $74,000 worth of paper given the institution by ex- Cashier O. F. Piper are forged. The charge is made at the end of an inves tigation started when the bank closed several weeks ago. At that time Cashier Piper and William Lenhart, a business man of Pittsburg and Brownsville, were arrested, charged with conspiracy to defraud. Lenhart was released on bail, but Piper is in jail. The name used for the indorse ments is that of a leading California business man whose identity the bank ers refuse to divulge. He repudiated all of the signatures. Piper on Thurs day denied that there were any forged signatures in the papers he handled. Stockholders and officers planned to reopen the bank January 1 through a 30 per cent, assessment and $20,000 forfeit on Piper's bond, but Bank Ex aminer Berkey refused to allow re sumption until these amounts are paid over in cash and has postponed the opening to January 14. Agree to Curtail Production. Boston, .Mass. —At a meeting of cotton manufacturers of leading spin ning centers of New England held here Thursday it was announced that managers representing more than 80 per cent, of the spindles have agreed to curtail production to an amount equal to 25 per cent, of the entire pro duction. Raleigh, N. C., Goes Dry. Raleigh, N. C. By a majority of 545 Raleigh on Thursday voted out its liquor dispensary and bo comes a prohibition city, the dispens ary to close at noon to-day. Still Valuable. Eastern Youth (out west) —I have railed to set you to help me locate lot 902 in this village—l mean city. My late uncle left it to me and I have come west to see about it. Pretty val uable by this time, 1 suppose. Real Estate Agent (looking over map)— Hum! It was valuable when your uncle bought it, but the grade of the streets has been changed and it is now 500 feet below the curb, and full of water. "Eh? Water! Good gracious! It can't be of any use at all." "Well, I dunno. If you like frogs' legs you might get a meal off it once in awhile." —N. Y. Weekly. Easy as Swimming. Mr. Slimpurse (who has been ac cepted by Miss Wealthy)—l wonder, my darling, if your parents will give their consent? Miss Wealthy (thoughtfully)—Ma has always been very particular about the moral character of young men I associate with, and I'm afraid she'll ask a good many /piestions. Mr. Slimpurse (joyfully)—Oh, I can get references from half a dozen min isters. Miss Wealthy (delighted)— That's splendid! Then, after that, all you'll have to do will be to get references from half a dozen bankers, and you'll catch pa."—N. Y. Weekly. AN AUTUMN NOTE. Horace —How merrily the leaves are dancing ovw the ground in the t breeze! Loraine —Yes; they're about the | only things that the summer left pret ty well off. Judging by Appearance. Prosecuting Attorney—Gentlemen of the jury, look at the prisoner. See his wandering eye, note his nervous movements, his cringing look, his hang-dog expression. Ho you not see before you a man so full of guilt that he has for years been in hourly fear that the dreaded blow would come? Prisoner —Please, sir, I got that way living in a flat and trying not to offend the janitor. The Jury (without leaving the box) —Not guilty.—N. Y. Weekly. Short and Sweet. "They say when you proposed your best girl gave you a short answer," remarked the bosom friend. "That's what she did," laughed the ardent suitor. "But you don't seem much wor ried?" "I should say not. The short an swer was 'Yes.' " —Chicago Daily News. Reduced to a Practical Basis. "I suspect," said the observant citi zen, "that people do not pay as much attention to campaign speeches as they used to." "They don't," answered Senator Sor ghum. "The business instinct is per meating the masses, and they regard a campaign speech merely as a promissory note without uny mort gage behind it." —Washington Star. Success. "Remember," said the orator, "that not all who succeed are rich." "I know it," shouted a man in the gallery. "My wife succeeds in mak ing me contradict myself every,time I try to explain to her when I have been out late at night."—Chicago Rec ord-Herald. Undoubted Proof. Millie —Dose Jack love you as much as ever? Tillie —Oh, quite; he even gives the cigars I buy him to his friends with out winking. G.SCHMIDT'S, FOR FRESH BREAD, popular "" ncy " e k ore*.. 315 M O Hvyi % " % >oD&K e i , y» # CONFECTIONERY Daily Delivery. All orders Riven prompt and skillful attention. 112" '" - Jill WHEN IK DOUBT, TRY The*h«*eitood «h««««of STROPS £S AGAIH! Al . . perfoct, and iwpart a h-ak&y ** •"* whole belo£. All drains and losses «r« clltdredpermanently. 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