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The .Tob departmeni of the l'liESHincomplete and affords facilities for doinu the best class of ■work PA HI IIIM.AU ATTLN I ION PAID TO LAW PRINTING. No paper will be discontinued until arrear •ees are paid, except at the option of the. pub lisher Papers sent out of the county must be paid (or in advance- The Airship Menace. Before Mother Shipton rode her broomstick over into the land of cer tainties it is said that she prophesied the coming of both Ihe submarine and the airship. Why did she not foresee some effective check on the airship as a modern army asset? La Patrle, tho French war department's airship, bo fori escaping the other day, picked up its half-dozen men and changed its station from the capital to Verdun, 100 miles nearer to the German fron tier, between 8:45 in the morning and 3:45 in the afternoon. The craft cov ered the 300 kilometers at a speed of more than 25 miles an hour without stopping for a fresh supply of gas, and maintained an elevation generally above 1,000 yards. Now. the best pre vision so far made against, the dirigi ble as a destroyer of fortifications and a menace to bodies of troops is the German armored automobile, and that can disable an airship only if it flies lower than 1,000 yards. Militant minded Europeans are wrinkling their brows. Mr. Taft. urged by the officers of our army signal corps, wants con gress io set aside $200,000 to begin experiments with dirigibles. The British war authorities believe they are on the way to securing a success ful aeroplane, and the mysterious,ap paratus of the Wright brothers is be ing hawked about from one war office to another. The problem, observes Collier'* Weekly, seems to have passed from "How are we to get our airships up?" io "How can we make them come down?" Another step has been taken in the way of preserving places of scenic and historic interest. The late owner of the site of Port Lee, opposite New York city, has donated the ground to the national government, which has accepted the gift. Fort Lee is at the lower end of the Palisades of the Hud son, was an important post in the revolutionary war and commands a magnificent view of the surrounding '•egion, including New York and the mighty stream which flows by it.to the sea. Much of the Palisades has al ready been acquired for public use, and tiie intention of the United States authorities to maintain Fort Lee as a national reservation will fit in with the general scheme. The totaJ number of immigrants ad mitted to this coutnry during the past year was 1.255.349. When it is realized what a demand this means upon the resources of the country, and how easily this demand is met. it is possi ble to arrive at some idea of the greatness of these United States of America. Life jogs along so comforta ble with the "original settler" that he does not even know these aliens have arrived. Now an inventor has come forward with the announcement that it will soon be possible to cross the ocean by electricity in a much shorter time and at a much smaller cost, than now. It begins to look as if the time would come when the ocean traveler may with comfort be shot, across in a sub marine tube in a couple of hours. It seems a shame that after putting tip one of the finest lines of sensa tional testimony ever heard of that American witness in the Druce case in London should have to flee merely be cause, it is alleged, his testimony was untrue. Thus does genius fail of ap preciation. A suspect nicknamed "Spider" is under arrest at police headquarters, «ays the Detroit Free Press, and is be lieved to be the man who has been grabbing women's pocket books. "Spi der" Is now tangled in a web of evi dence. Admiral Uojestvensky says the Yan kee fleet, is superior to the war vessels of Japan. The admiral is well fitted to speak upon the subject, having had a singularly intimate experience with ithe mikado's navy. A woman in I'ottsvilie, Pa., is suing the city to compel it to pay her the same teacher's salary that it pays a man. litre's heartily hoping she i wins. MAKES FOR PEACE rOLICY OF UNITED STATES IN CENTRAL AMERICA. Outcome Has Fully Justified the Wis dom of President Roosevelt's Action in Connection with State of Panama. By virtue of its control of the canal zone the United States has be come a Central American power. It takes a more lively interest in the af fairs of the five Central American re publics, which have become its neigh bors, and is more desirous than ever that they should put an end to their bickerings and revolutions and begin to lead the industrial life in good earn est. That serves to explain why the American government put forth all its influence! to bring about that confer ence of representatives "of the five re publics whose harmonious sessions came to a close a few days ago. The delegates to the conference dratted a number of treaties contain ing various important provisions. They all breathe the spirit of peace and good will. They provide among other things for the amicable, judicial set tlement of all controversies which may arise. If they shall be lived up to there will be an end of dictatorships, of the rule of military chieftains, and of revolutionary movements. An era of railroad building and industrial de velopment will begin. If these treaties had been made a few years ago they would have been lived up to only as long as nobody had anything to gain by breaking them. The situation is more encourag ing now. On one side is Mexico, which is illustrating the benefits of a set tled government. On the other is the United Slates, doing likewise in the canal zone. The Central Americans have witnessed the prosperity of Pan ama iiince it got over the revolution ary habit, and the example may prove contagious. It does not do to be overconfident of tranquillity where Latin-Americans are concerned —think of Cuba, for in stance —but there is ground for hope that the benevolent efforts of the United States to put an end to the dis order which has prevailed in Central America for a century will be crowned with success. It may be that when the people of Central America come to understand fully the kindly interest thn United Slates takes in them ihey wlil make a serious effort to show themselves deserving of that interest. For the Farmer's Benefit. Those who are crying out against the tariff laws and say that the farm ers are not getting the benefits of protection, should look over the rec ords of the past. and see if there ever was a period when the farmer in this country got so much for his produce as within the past ten years. With 7,000 millions of produce to the credit of agriculture this year, it is a good time for those who dig wealth from the ground to look closely into the matter and see what party the pro tective policy of the Republican party has taken in securing remunerative prices. In the interest of his own fi nancial prosperity let the farmer lay aside any consideration of the partisan view, and do a little figuring on the problem of the conditions changed, so that his products would be seeking a market in foreign countries to feed the poorly paid working men there, instead of at home to better paid and better fed and clothed workiiigmen.—• Mulhall (Okla.) Enterprise. Government Deposits. No one need feel concerned lest the need of reducing slightly the very large United Stales government de posits in banks may affect the money markets unfavorably or delay the restoration of entirely natural and wholesome financial conditions. There is no pertinence in the sugges tion that since the banks protested against government withdrawals last spring they must be nio:vj adversely affected now. r l hen the federal government's rev enues far exceeded Its expenditures. Then the treasury hoard of gold was piling up steadily. Money drawn from the banks would not have found its way back into general use. It would have been locked up in the treasury vaults. Hut now the outgo of the treasury exceeds its Income. Rev enues have decreased so much that they fall below the expenses of the nation. There is a constant cutting down of the treasury's still enormous stock of money—nearly all deposited in national banks where it can be of general service to the country. Therefore the money w'uich the gov ernment. will have to withdraw from the banks will immediately get into circulation. It will be used to pay gov ernment bills. It will not stay in the treasury, it will not be withdrawn from the service of the people. Th<3 banks will get it again almost as fast as Ihey pay it to the government. Under such circumstances, there is no possible harm in moderate withdraw als of iunds needed for the current expenses of the nation.—Cleveland Leader. The Jackies of the Pacific fleet have been praised by the governor of Trini dad foi their irreproachable conduct while celebrating shore leave there. Well, Evans said they'd be just as good at a frolic as they are in a light. After casting its eagle eye over the Democratic firmament, the esteemed Cincinnati Enquirer is able to see only two (stars of presidential magnitude. Their names are Gray and Johnson— »nd the Johflson is not Tomjobnson. CAMERON COUNTY P'RESS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1908. THE SINEWS OF WAR. Neither Party Likely to Lack Money in Coming Election. The New York Times sees the mat ter in this way: "The prospects are that the coming election will be less influenced by the use of money than any in a long; The Interests that in the past are be lieved to have supplied the sinews of war in the largest amount are not likely to open their check books very wide for either of the two chief par ties. Indeed, the men who have been most famous for alleged liberality are now inclined to regard the issue as foregone, and that is not an opinion which would induce them to pay out cold rash." This, to-day, is persuasive, but it would not be safe to calculate on it. Just now some of the "interests" are pinched, and others are disgruntled. All are advertising reforms as to the future. Their talk is of holding aloof from the political game, and letting things take their own course. They complain of ingratitude, and declare that their latest campaign contribu tions were obtained practically on false pretenses. This humor and this situation will pass. Confidence is returning, and business will be humming again. With the great supply of money back in cir culation once more, the blue will dis appear and everything will be normal. Business will be normal. Politics will be normal. The man or the corpora tion whose affairs are involved in the national policies presented in the cam paign will take and, taking rides, will assist in the work in hand. Now one of the policies to be pre sented is the tariff, and the tariff touches at nearly all points. There is not a great, industry in the country which will not feel greatly concerned about next year's result at. the polls. All of them realize that revision of the tariff is coming, but none wants it executed on free-trade lines, or lines ij-. any measure inimical to a sound ap plication of the policy of protection. Men in charge of great industries take nothing for granted. It is against [the rule of their operations. They ! may be feeling at present that the election is as good as decided; that I with Mr. Bryan again the Democratic ! candidate the Democracy will again go | !o defeat. But after the batt! • begins; ! after Mr. Bryan unlimbers his tongue I and all of the heavy artillery 011 that i side gets into action, a different ap pearance may come over the field. Those who have interests at. stake, and feel that a subscription will help, will "chip in" when and where they think it will do the most good. And they will do this without violating any law, or going counter to the rule of everyday action. Neither side will go broke next year. Mr. Bryan was not on short commons in either of his races, and oven Judge Parker had substantial financial support. What we call sinews of war will be collectible as long as war is waged. IT IS WISE TO GO SLOW. Tariff Tinkering Would Be Productive of Harmful Results. It is an acknowledged fact that the wages of the American workmen are higher than in any other country. Not only in protected industries, but in all lines of mercantile and manufac turing business, the wages of the Amer ican workman are higher. In some of the trades, notably the building trades, wages have reached a particularly high standard, and the hours of labor have been materially shortened. It is safe to say that despite the ad vance in the prices of commodities of all kinds, the condition of the American workman is superior to any other workmen. To maintain this superiority and to keep the American standard of wages and living where they are to day shouLi be the purpose of all tariff legislation. In many lines of indus try the piotection of tariff is abso lutely necessary. Others do not de pend tipon the tariff and would not be brought into direct competition with foreign labor conditions, but the pros- j perity of the country demands that protection should be provided where it is needed, for all share in the gen eral prosperity of the nation. There may be tariff schedules which ' afford at present unnecessary protee- | tion. There may be inequalities which ' should be corrected, but in the main j the Dingley tariff has been a great I boon for the American people. Under I its fostering provisions the country j emerged from chaotic conditions and i hard times and entered upon a period I of unprecedented prosperity which might well be called the golden era. That prosperity has continued so strong and sure that even the great crisis in Wall street has failed to per manently disturb the general business of the nation. Under such conditions the decision of the dominant party to let the tariff alone for the present seems wiser. To tinker would be to destroy confidence and create uncertainty. It is far better "to bear those ills we have than fly to others that we know not of."—Law rence (Mass.) Sun. Best Place to Have a Boil. If the Democrats were at (his mo ment in control of the presidency and both houses of congress they would not revise the tariff. They would not dare. Their Idea as to tariff revision agrees with Josh Billings' remark that "the best place to have a boil Is on some other fellow." So they stand ofl and urge tariff revision upon the Re cublicun party. SENATOR KECK CREATES A STIR IN THE OHIO SENATE BY MAKING STARTLING CHARGES. STATES SCHOOL AFFAIRS Are Controlled by a Ring, He Says, and He Alleges that There Has Been a Traffic in Teach ers' Certificates. Columbus, O. Waving aloft a sealed envelope which he declared contained an affidavit charging immor al proposals to a lady teacher, Sena tor William if. Meek, of Dayton, in a speech on the floor of the senate Thursday afternoon charged that there had been immorality in alleged traffic instate teachers' certificates. Cries of "Read, read," greeted this statement, and in reply Senator .Meek declared that the affidavit would be surrendered only when a legislative committee had been appointed to in vestigate his charges. Senator Aleck spoke on a bill which he had introduced prohibiting mem bers of the state board of school ex aminers doing institute work. Mr. Meek is a member of this board. He stated that he intended to prove his charges made in a recent address to the Central Ohio 'i'eaciiera' association, that there had been trafficking instate ::chool certificates, which charges State School Commissioner Jones, af ter an investigation, declared to be without foundation. In his speech Thursday afternoon Senator Meek reiterated his charges and made them specific, declaring that there had been trafficking in cer tificates. He said he did not charge that certificates had been sold, but that they had been traded for influ ence and favors. He also charged that the school affairs of the state were controlled by a ring and that no persons received any consideration unless they "wore the yoke." He named O. T. Corson, former state school commissioner, and now editor of the Ohio Educational .Monthly, as the "boss" of the alleged "school ring." Senator Meclc's arraignment of the various persons whom he named in connection with his charges created a profound sensation in the senate and at the conclusion of his remarks Senator West, was given permission, under suspension of the rules, to in troduce a resolution providing for the appointment of a joint committee com posed of three members of the senate and three members of the house to investigate the charges made by Sena tor Meek. A BATTLE IN MOROCCO. French Troops and Arabs Fought for Ten Hours—Moors We re Defeated. Tangier. News has reached here of a terrible ten hours' engage ment Wednesday in a ravine near Set tat between a French column under command of Gen. D'Amade, and a col umn commanded by Mnlai Rachid. one of the chiefs of Mulai Hafid's forces. The French gained a splendid victory in the face of heavy odds, succeeding in dispersing the enemy and occupy ing Settat. Twenty French soldiers were wounded, but many Arabs were killed. The latter not only offered a dogged and fearless defense, but returned repeatedly to the battle af ter they had been routed, and at tacked the French from three sides. In the later hours of the lighting, Mulai Rachid's column was suddenly reinforced by the powerful Chaouia I tribe, which figured in the massacres I at Casablanca and which had arrived | from the mountains at the very mo j ment when Mulai Rachid was about ' to retreat. Under the combined charge of the I now confident Moors, the French not only held their ground but steadily threw back the enemy, driving them eventually in haste to the hills. OHIOAN MAKES QUEER PROPOSAL He Offers to Take Thaw's Place in Electric Chair in Case the Latter Is Convicted of Murder. New York City.—One of the 2,000 strange letters which have been re- I ceived by Mrs. Evelyn Thaw since Harry K. Thaw's trial began was ' made public Thursday. It. contained J an offer from an Ohio man to sub : stitute himself for Thaw and if neces | sary be executed. The writer im | posed the consideration that his fam- I ily be paid $3,000,000 as soon as the I proposed substitution is complete. His letter covered 600 pages, lie de clared that he was a double of the prisoner in appearance and could take Thaw's place in his cell by visiting him in prison in disguise. The writer, whose name was not made public, said he had no special desire to live and was not afraid to die, but made the offer in order to provide for his fam ily. The letter was written coherently. Congress. Washington.—On the 16th the sen ate calendar was cleared of nearly every bill on it and the bill to revise the criminal laws of the United States was discussed until adjournment, which was until the 20th. The house spent the day in consideration of the bill to codify the penal laws of the United States. Ship and 30 Lives Lost. Seattle, Wash. —The British ship Hart field, from Liverpool to Seattle, is believed to have gone down with all on board off the west coast of Vancou ver Island. The vessel's deckhouse and several boxes have been washed ashore. Thirty persons were aboard the ship. Refused to Endorse Any Candidate. New York City.—After one of the bitterest fights in its existence, 'he New York county reppublican •omniittee adjourned at midnight with >ut having endorsed any candidate .or the pr »d?ntial nomination. A Heipful Child. Tjittle Frank, watching nurse empty a hot-water bag, asked why she blew air into it. "It keeps the sides apart, so water will run into it easily." Later in the day Frankie was dis covered holding between his knees a lean, stray kitten, while, with cheeks distended, he blew down its throat through a tin pea-shooter. "What are you doing?" nurse cried, rescuing the tortured cat. "Keepin' her sides apart, so's she can d'ink milk," responded the young philosopher.—Judge. • Why Shculd He Boast? "I have seen London," said the speaker, waving his left arm, "I have ridden through the streets of Paris; I have stood among the monument* of Berlin; 1 have feasted my eyes upon the beauties of Vienna; I have gazed Upon the eternal hills of Rome, and 1 —" "Yes," interrupted a man in the gallery, "but I'll bet you S4O you've never seen Main street in Scrubby grass, Pa." —Chicago Record-Herald. She and the Chancellor, "Having been introduced to the ven erable chancellor, the beautiful maid en looked at him curiously for a mo ment and then, just to start the con versation in the right direction, asked: "Don't you find it awfully trying to have to chancel when you don't feel like it?" —Chicago Record-Herald. VERY SPRINGY. jp 7 Weary Willie —Why do they leap so high? Walker Long—Oh, I suppose its 'cause geysers are composed of spring water. Over the Telephone. "SUadds. \vt i, raising n little collection. And w hope you will make no objection. We are counting on you For a dollar or two For"— hut old Skatids here broke flit con nection. —-Chicago Tribune. His First Chance. "Didn't you feel terribly nervous when you got up to address that room ful of women?" "No," replied the amateur entertain er. "1 felt triumphant. It was the first time I had ever had a chance to say a word where there was a room ful of women."—Chicago Record- Herald. He Should Consider This. "I see that the king of Spain as sumes the title of Duke of Toledo when he travels abroad." "You don't say?" answered I'ncle Hiram. "Why do.u't lie avoid any risk of makin' Cbluinlms mad by callin' himself the marquis of Gillipolis?"— Chicago Record-Herald. Cynical. "Will that delegation be unin struoted?" asked the interviewer. "Not exactly uninstructed," an swered Senator Sorghum, "but it will be thoroughly misinformed."—Wash ington Star. Uncomfortable. Breaking in woolen underwear may Ik> a disagreeable task, hut we opine that it is real pleasure compared to the job of breaking in a porous plas ter, —Detroit Free Press. Bad Policy. Beggar—Mister, would yer give a poor man a quarter t' keep hint from dyin'? Stranger —1 wouldn't give him a 'nickel. I'm an undertaker. —Judge. G.SCHMIDT'S,' — HEADQUARTERS FOR FP.ESH FP.ESH BREAD, J popular & CONFECT | ONERY Daily Delivery. Allordcrpgiven prompt and skillful attention. ' ' - U -Hl* JR3W WHEN IN DOUBT. THY They hare ttood the t«t of rw* \TQfI6IP ** Bu ° hl4,r " cured th«uaendi««ij fflr I UinUilU tW / /JV '//V ca#e » Nervous Ducatn. nic^b W Mkm YJf, jr,PTCf. .7 ' I~ i; lum B fFj iQllftll " JF/J /ALS and Varicocele, Atrophy.*c. \ ~<Or * the brain, .length— whole belnj. 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