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Inheritance and Environment.
Inheritance and environment are not
only realities, but are the most impor
tant elements of the everyday life.
The thought of yesterday fixes the
tendency of to-day. The conditions of
to-day are the background against
•which every life is projected.—Albion
W. Tourgee.
Convenience for Telegraphing.
When a traveler in the grand duchy
«112 Baden wants to send a telegram
while he is on the train, he writes
the message on a postcard, with the
request that it be wired, puts on a
stamp and drops into the train letter
box. At the next station the box is
cleared and the message sent.
Wooden Warships Lasted Long.
Some of the old-time frigates lived
four times as long as our modern bat
tleships and cruisers, and they were
made entirely of wood. Steel ships
rust out; wooden ships wear out. At
ten years our navy is obsolete or prac
tically so.—New York Press.
High Price for Rare Stamp.
One of the rarest stamps in ex
istence, the 20 centimes or 15 centimes
of Italy, Issued in April, 18G5, has just
been sold for £36 at a London auc
tion. The specimen is known as the
variety with dots and surcharge in
verted.
A Suggestion.
A Boston gentleman has, out of sym
pathy, married a woman who was
knocked down by his motor car, and
had a leg amputated. We believe that
if this kind of thing were made oblig
atory by law we should hear of fewer
people being run over.
Sign and Guard of Sanity.
A man's life and influence is meaS'
tired by the range of interests to
which he can respond. A store of per
manent and valued interests is both
a sign and guard of sanity.—Henry
Churchill King.
Boy Was an Observer.
"What is the best place in whicli
to keep fresh milk in hot weather?"
asked the teacher. "Please, teacher,
In the cow," answered the small boy
■who had just returned from a country
holiday.
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Crowded Out of Own House.
The bishop of London had the ex
perience recently of being crowded
out of his own house. He had agreed
to open a bazaar at Fulham palace, but
•when he arrived tho crush was so
great that he could not at first get in.
The Evils of Divorce.
Not a few of the matrimonial fail
ures are due to the fact that a good
many women get married merely to
keep the public from supposing they
have never been proposed to.—Chica
go Record-Herald.
Cider Drinking in England.
In the English cider countries all
the Inns still display tho old legend:
"Drunk for a penny; dead drunk for
twopence." Cider plays a notable part
tn the Christmas festivities.
Work of Watch Wheels.
' The main wheel of a watch makes
460 revolutions a year, the central
•wheel 8,760, the third wheel 70,080,
the fourth 525,600 and the escape
wheel 731,860.
Causes of Neuralgic Headache.
At least 90 per cent, of all cases of
neuralgic headache are attributed by
Dr. Toms, an American oculist, to de
fects of the eyes.
Good and Simple Food.
Macaulay sakl that no man need
ask for better food than plain roast
beef and baked potatoes.
In Addition to a Fat Graveyard.
Or, to put it another way: "A sloppy
•winter makes a big doctor's bill."
To Be Hidden from the World.
A man's folly ought to be hl» &Teat
est secret. —Chinese Proverb.
Sugar in Plants and Trees.
Sugar is to be found In tlie sap of
nearly 200 plants and trees.
Patience in Misfortune.
Every misfortune can be subdued
With patience—Socrates.
BRYAN HAS THE GRIP
Will the Tide Recede or Rise?
ARMY'S GOOD WORK
COUNTRY HAS REASON TO BE
PROUD OF ITS SOLDIERS.
Arduous Duties in the Philippines Per
formed Faithfully and Well —De-
velopment of Filipino Force Has
Turned Out Well.
There is a touch of pride in that part
of Secretary Taft's report on Philip
pine conditions in which he recounts
the work of the United States army.
He has been one of the strongest advo
cates of an effective fighting force.
He has urged plans of many kinds for
keeping the army in first-class condi
tion. He believes that, the record of
its achievements in the islands should
not be minimized as the decade of oc
cupation is-reviewed.
The army seldom is brought to the
attention of the ordinary American
citizen. He sees it on parade occa
sions or at military posts if he ever
gets near one. It is hard for him to
appreciate its value or to understand
why, in time of peace, there is need
for such an organization. Hut when
the transformation of the country into
a world power with dependencies is
recalled the possible service of sol
diers is better indicated. In the Phil
ippines the secretary believes that
the army has been one of the most ef
fective of the agencies which have
brought order out of confusion.
It has to contend with bands of
guerrillas scattered through the
islands. Sometimes there have been
500 distinct posts with a maximum of
65,000 men attached to them. The
work has been anything but pleasant.
But its success proclaims its effective
ness. It is a notable feature of this
service, too, that the American sol
diers exhibited toward the natives a
far better feeling than might have
been expected considering the charac
ter of the warfare.
The development of an American
force composed of Filipinos has been
encouraged. It has appealed to the
military instinct of the people and has
proved a helpful mechanism in the
general scheme of government. The
suggestion of the secretary about
West Point training for a few of the
natives is a good one. Under govern
ment encouragement a large number
of Filipino boys have been given the
advantages of American schools. The
colleges and universities have been
generous in giving free tuition and
other help to them. Just why the gov
ernment schools should not share in
this work does not appear.
The Last Time They Reformed It.
The last time the Democrats re
formed the tariff is so comparatively
recent that men still young have a
vivid recollection of it, and those who
were not old enough to realize the dis
asters of the Wilson bill as a personal
experience, have learned of it as a bit
ter tradition. Whatever sentiment
there may be for tariff reform, it is
safe to say there is not much demand
for tariff revision at the hands of the
Democratic party.
Gov. Johnson argues that because
the Democracy has won twice in 50
years on a tariff reform platform, it
can do so again this year. The logic
of the situation is the other way
about. A burnt child dreads the fire.
—Jersey City Journal.
Advocates Tariff Commission.
If congress had an unimpeachable
authority to provide it with facts con
cerning Industrial conditions and tar
iff needs, and if the reports of this
authority were available to the public
generally, so that every citlasn could
have a good test as to whether the
congressmen were ik>ing thier duty or
descending to log-rolling, then it would
be much more probable that we could
get a tariff law that would be in her
ently fair and consequently proof
against criticism. It is with this ob
ject that Senator Ileveridge lias in
troduced a bill for the creation of an
expert commission to investigate facts
and to certify facts to congress.—Chi
cago Record-Herald. .
CAMERON COUNTV PRESS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 30, 1908.
JAPAN AND OUft FUTURF.
French Writer Discusses the Smolders
ing Embers of Strife.
That diplomacy has failed to effect
a cure and has brought merely tem
porary relief to the strained relations
between Japan and the United States
is once more asserted abroad. Andre
Tardleu of France, student of interna
tional politics, is the most recent to
give voice to the belief that Japan and
America are tending inevitably to an
armed struggle. The present attitude
of the two countries he characterizes
as little more than a makeshift, a su
perficial amity below which are the
unsettled issues of immigration and
of dominance in the Pacific, smolder
ing embers of strife 'which are inex
tinguishable and must ever remain a
barrier to permanent peace.
M. Tardieu emphasizes the improb
ability of speedy war—and dwells
upon the probability of a future con
flict. He looks into the future and
declares that:
"As the Japanese have changed
their industrial life so they may alsc
change their political conditions, and
the populace may sometime bo able
to carry the day against the counsels
of the 'elder statesmen.' When the
population of Japan, progressing co
lossally, has filled up the outlets
opened by the wars with China and
Russia, may it not covet Hawaii and
the Philippines as it coveted Formosa
and Korea?"
When such time comes—if come it
does—the war which M. Tardieu fore
sees will burst; but will that time
come? Peace gains with every year.
In the years which must elapse before
the crisis which this French student
predicts, may not the influences which
have brought about The Hague meet
ings have grown so powerful in all
civilized nations as to force Japan tc
abide by the judgment of the world
and hold its people as well as its army
and navy in check?
So far as the American republic in
concerned, its diplomacy is and will
continue to be for peace, for adjust
ment of difficulties by amicable com
promise. But without cultivating that
foolish alarm and resentments which
hurry peoples into conflict, there
should be as a vertebra of our peace
tul statecraft a thoroughly adequate
preparedness for the final arbitra
ment of war.
A Revival of Bourbonism.
The Boston Transcript thinks that
the willingness of southern members
of congress to hark back to recon
struction days during the debate on
the penal laws shows a recrudescence
of Bourbonism. It generalizes thus:
"The discussion abounded in reve
lations of the reason the south is of
so little weight not only in the broad
policies of the union, but in the policy
of the party which it most affects
Southern orators in the midst of their
most passionate pleas for a wide na
tionalism still discuss the needs of the
union from a purely sectional point of
view. They do not broaden with the
times, and seem unable to realize that
they are far apart from the human
mind, or that they are speaking in
the closing years of the first decade
of the twentieth century. Even John
Sharp Williams, their floor leader, a
man of broader culture thaj most of
his followers, fails to rise to the many
occasions offered him, and frequently
is a representative of Mississippi
rather than a member of the grand
council of the nation."
Under Republican Control.
Republicans assumed control of this
country March 4, 1897, with the instai
lation of President McKinley, when
tinkering with the tariff left the busi
ness interests in a deplorable condi
tion. the agricultural element in in
solvency and the industrial masses
dependent upon souphouses and those
who had work with small wages and
tiny dinner buckets to carry their
meals. The tariff was readjusted and
out of chaos came order. Out of ad
verslty came prosperity. And from
that day to the present the country
continued to prosper.—Lincoln (Neb )
Herald.
CHILEANS GREETED YANKEES.
PRESIDENT MOTT REVIEWED
OUR BATTLESHIP FLEET.
Chilean Warships Exchanged Salutes
with Those of the United States,
Much Powder Being Burned.
Valparaiso, Chile.—The great Amer
ican fleet of 1G battleships, under
the command of Rear Admiral Ev
ans, passed Valparaiso Friday after
noon and continued cn its voyage
northward to Callao, Peru, the next
stopping place. All Valparaiso and
thousands of persons from every city
in Chile witnessed the passing of the
fleet. President Montt and the other
high officials of the republic came out
to greet the battleships and almost
the entire Chilean navy exchanged
salutes with them as they swung
around Curaumilla Point and into
Valparaiso Bay in single fil;, headed
by the Chilean cruiser Chacabuco and
five Chilean torpedo boat destroyers.
Turning sharp around Curaumilla
Point at 2:10 p. m.the Chacabuco and
the five Chilean destroyers led the
Connecticut and her 15 sister ships
into view of the thousands who had
awaited their appearance since dawn.
The day was perfect and the spectacle
of the fleet stretched in a great semi
circle, as seen the high hills
around the bay was magDificent.
President Montt and other Chilean
officials embarked on the training
ship General Baquedano and took a
position well out in the harbor.
Around the Baquedano thefleet swung
at a speed of four knots, firing the
presidential salute as they passed in
review, it was one hour from the
time the head of the fleet entered the
bay until the last vessel had passed
the president's ship and turned to
ward the open sea. Then the Baque
dano lifted anchor and escorted the
fleet well out of the bay and on its
way to the north.
The enthusiasm of the Chileans was
almost boundless.
SAYS IT IS INSOLVENT.
New York's Attorney General Will
Ask that a Receiver be Appointed
for a Life Insurance Company.
New York City. State Attorney
General Jackson announced Friday
that he has decided to ask for the ap
pointment of a receiver for the Mu
tual Reserve Life Insurance Co.
Attorney General Jackson said his
decision to ask for .a receiver was
based on the report of Superintendent
of Insurance Kelsey, who contended
that the company is insolvent, with a
deficit of .$1,717,114.
The company has 37,000 policyhold
ers, some of whom formed a commit
tee to secure the dissolution of the
company and distribution of its assets.
Following tiie legislative insurance
investigation several officers of the
company were indicted on charges of
larceny of the funds of the company,
and of forgery.
Albany, N. Y. Superintendent
Kelsey, of the state insurance
department, gave out la.'t night the
report of the departmsnt examiners.
Nelson B. Had ley and Charles
Hughes, upon the Mutual Reserve
Life Insurance Co., together with a
statement, in part as follows:
"The Mutual Reserve Fund Life As
sociation from its organization in 1881
down to 1902, was an assessment as
sociation. In 1902 it reorganized as
an old line level premium company
and changed its name to the Mutual
Reserve Life Insurance Co."
The examiners also say: "We
found the last annual statement was
both false and misleading."
THE NATIONAL LAWMAKERS.
Proceedings of the Senate and House
of Representatives.
Washington.—ln tha senate 011 the
12th Senator Rayner, of Maryland,
made a speech in opposition to the
Aldrich financial bill. The criminal
code bill was considered for two
hours. The house passed the Indian
appropriation bill and several
speeches on the tariff and the presi
dent's recent message were made.
Washington.—ln the house on the
13th an interesting speech on the
tariff was delivered by Champ Clark,
of Missouri. General debate on the
legislative appropriation bill was
closed. The senate discussed the law
governing the reserves of national
banks, also the criminal code bill.
Washington. The senate 011 the
14th gave attention to a speech in op
position to the Aldrich currency bill
by Senator Clay, of Georgia. Material
progress was made in the house with
the executive, legislative and judicial
bill.
REVIEW OF TRADE.
Percentage of Idle Machinery in Man
ufacturing Plants Decraiiies.
New York City.—R. G. Dun & Co.'s
Weekly Review of Trade says:
Industrial plants steadily decrease
the percentage of idle machinery, es
pecially in the steel business, which
increases the size of pay rolls and by
raising the purchasing power of the
wage earner improves retail trade.
Thus far progress is slow in whole
sale and jobbing departments, but as
retail stocks are depleted there is
more disposition to place orders for
spring goods. Reports are still irregu
lar, some sections of the country re
covering much more rapidly than
others, and a few interior cities record
business even better than at this time
last year.
Ship Wrecked; Ten Lives Lost.
Portland, Ore. The American
ship Emily Reed, from New Cas
tle, N. S. W., for Portland, went
ashore I- rlday at the mouth of Ne
halem river, on the Oregon coast, and
broke in two. The Crew were swept
overboard by the seas. Ten seamen
were lost, while six were saved.
Tornado Killed Four People.
Tyler, Tex. Tyler was swept
by the most disastrous tornadc
■n its history before daylight Friday.
The storm swept over the main resi
dence quarter of the city, killing fou»
people.
Protection Against Glanders.
No horse, ass or mule may be
brought Into Great Britain from any
other country, except Ireland, the
Channel islands or the Isle of Man, un
less accompanied by a certificate of a
veterinary surgeon to the effect that
he examined the animal immediately
before it was embarked, or while it
was on board the vessel, and that he
found the animal did not show
symptoms of glanders or farcy.
New Method of Resuscitation.
A simple method for resuscitation
from asphyxia is reported by Dr. W.
Freundenthal of Berlin. He intro
duced the index finger into the mouth
and moved it to and fro over the
epiglottis, causing an effort to swal
low, which was immediately followed
by a return of respiration. This proved
successful when the older methods
failed, while it makes severe traction
on the tongue unnecessary.
Too Late.
A housewife of Newport News, Va.,
being without a maid, wrote to a
young colored girl whom she knew to
be out of work, and offered her a posi
tion. A day or two later she received
this reply: "Dere Mis Payne: I am
verry sory but I cant come. I wish I
gotten your letter jes a few days be
fore, but now 1 cant come cause Ime
going to get marrid to-morrer. re
speckfully Annie."
Rattler Explanation.
The lattles of the rattlesnake lie
edgewise. It is evident that they must
do so, inasmuch as they are but con
tinuations of the backbone. The tsnake
carries the rattles 011 the ground ex
cept when he raises them to sound
his warning. This will be evidenced
by the fact that in every snake of
any size that is killed the rattles are
worn through on the under aide. —
Forest and Stream.
Poisoned by Tiger Whiskers.
In the recollections of a well-known
big game hunter in India it is stated
that after skinning a tiger it is al
ways necessary to guard its whiskers,
as the natives have an unpleasant
habit of cutting them up very small
and mixing them with the curry of
those they dislike. The finely divided
bristles set up an irritant poison, the
results of which often prove serious.
Age of the Legal Wig.
The use of wigs by judges and bar
risters is not very ancient. It was in
troduced. I imagine, toward the end of
the seventeenth or at the beginning of
the eighteenth century, when it had
become the fashion at court. Bishops
continued to use wigs longer than their
clergy, but they have discarded them,
to their great advantage, for many
years now.—London Morning Post.
Old Roman Drinking Vessels.
Tumblers resembling in shape and
dimensions those employed to-day
have been found in great numbers in
Pompeii. They were made of gold,
silver, glass, marble, agate and of
precious stones.
Uncle Eben.
"When I sees a gemman honin' a
razzer," said Uncle Eben, "l's minded
of de fact dat some people never gits
real active an' industrious 'ceppln'
when dey's on de road to trouble." —
Washington Star.
Valuable Tame Rattlesnake.
A tame rattlesnake belonging to an
Arizona farmer sleeps every night on
the front gate of its owner's garden,
coiling himself around the gate and
gatepoitt, so that a lock and chain to
keep out intruders are not needed. "
Danger In Soft Water.
Experience in England shows that
in towns supplied with soft water the
death rate is 19.2, while in towns that
have a supply of hard water it is only
16.5.
Taken at His Word.
"Pinch me if I fall asleep," mut
tered the Stewed St.ude as he lurched
against the lamppost, and the Proud
Minion of the Law proceeded to do
as he was bid. —Yale Record.
Push It Along.
When civilization really advances
there will be public Institutions for
the treatment of grouchy husbands
and nagging wives. Hurry, hurry,
happy day!
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