The Host Common Cause of Suffering. ' Rheumatism causes more pain and suf fering than any other disease, for the rea son that it is the most common of all ills, and it iscertainly gratifyinz to sufferers to know that Chamberlain's Pain Halm will afford relief, amd make rest and sleep pos sible. In many cases the relief from pain, which is at lirst temporary, lias become j permanent, while in old people subject to chrouie rheumatism, often brought on by dampness or changes in the weather, a permanent cure cannot be expected; the | relief from pain which this liniment af- j fords is alone worth many times its cost. 25 and 50 cent sizes for sale by L. Tan- j gart. Here comes the Spring Winds to chap, tan and freckle. Ise I'inesalve Carbolis ed. (Acts like a poultice for cuts, sores, burns, chapped lips, hands and face. It soothes and heals. Sold by It. C. Pod on. 3m TREASURER'S SALE OF UNSEATED LANDS In Cameron County, for Taxes Tor ! Years I 90(» and 1907. \ GREEABLE to an Act of Assembly entitled J\ "An Act to amend an Act directing the mode of selling Unseated Lands for taxes and other purposes" passed the 13th day of March, A. 1).. 1815 :• nd further supplements thereto, I, CHAS. J. HOWARD, Treasurer of the County of Cameron, hereby Rive notice to all persons con cerned therein, that unless all arrearages of tax es due on the following tracts of unseated lands, situate in Cameron county, Pa., are paid before the day of sale, the whole or such part of each tract as will pay the costs and taxes chargeable thereon, will be sold at public vendue or outcry, at the Court House, in Emporium Borough, County of Cameron and State of Pennsylvania, on .Julie Btli, 1908, and con tinued by adjournment from day today, as will be deemed necessary, for arrearages of taxes and and the cost accrued on each tract repectivel.v. Persons wishing to pay before sale, will remit the amount of these taxes, together with inter est and fifty cents for each tract for advertising and twenty-five cents for receipt. Notice is also given that in compliance with the Act of Assembly, passed the Cth day of June, A. I). 1887, entitled "An Act to regulate the col lection of taxes on Unseated Lands" there will be accrued interest at the rate of six per cent, per annum on taxes of 1906 from January Ist, 1907, and on taxes of 1907 from January Ist 1908 until date of payment of same. See P. L. 1887 ; page 373. SHIPPEN TOWNSHIP. War. Acres. To Whom Assessed Tax. -1907 875 H. H. Mullin $37 15 6108 60 do 5 91 5038 390 do 38 61 1143 50 do 4 95 5037 300 do 29 70 M&D 170 do 16 83 4969 120 do 11 88 1359 32 do 3 Jfi 1986 50 . .Mrs. J.C. Skillman 495 4986 100 do 9 90 4986 100 do 9 90 5464 600 C. It. Noyes, Est 222 00 4953 40 J. K. Hunsberger 3 96 5038 195.. .G. W. Warner Est 49 03 1191 368. A. H. Sharer, 36 44 M&D 30 E.J.Rogers, 2 97 4950 31 Claud Lyons, 3 07 1142 335 L.K.Huntington 33 19 1143 289 do 28 62 5036 42 do 4 15 4964 150 A. Kresge, 14 85 1142 100 L. E.Gibbs, 9 90 2973 390 A. H. Sharer 38 61 4997 552 Levi Heidrick, 54 64 1141 663 R.K.Cross 65 66 5037 100.... Mrs. Warren Moore 990 4982 228 Josiah Howard 22 58 1142 157 Oscar Heath, 15 51 1195 137 J.H.Evans 13 56 1199 76 H. C. Crawford 7 52 1360 130 do 12 87 1129 1043 A. Gouviner Est 103 27 •1954 282 Wm. Howard Est 27 91 4919 283 do 28 03 5012 279 Cen. P. Lumber Co 27 63 5042 400 do 499 60 2597 990 Josiah Howard, 98 01 4968 522 do 5167 2537 217 do 21 48 2520 800 do 73 60 4985 28? ....do 27 91 2913 150 do 14 85 5036 :SOO do 29 70 2959 114 do 11 29 2952 660 do 65 34 4999 631 do 62 47 4984 862 do 85 31 1194 72 do 7 12 2444 100 do 66 75 2144 148 do 14 66 2514 987 do 118 95 2354 990 C.B.Howard Co 98 01 2353 990 do 98 01 2350 490 do 18 51 2341 990 do 98 01 2442 990 do 98 01 5034 990 do 98 01 5040 990 do ~ 98 01 5035 990 do 98 01 2337 990. do 98 01 2340 990 do 98 01 2343 500 do 19 50 41107 132 do 13 06 0042 300 do 29 70 5041 290 do 28 71 5041 700 do 814 10 4949 120 J. K. Morrison 1907 5 16 4994 495. .Reading Fisher 1907 1,064 65 4994 65 do 1907 27 95 2336 990. .P. H. & C. W. G'dyear;- . 0r2,128 50 2334 990 do - ■ 0r2,128 50 4998 802 Oininny & Fisher 34 48 1141 50 H. H. Mullin, 2 15 1199 14.3..Dan Barr Est 6 15 4985 150. Alton Housler 645 1141 287 .A. H. Sharer 12 34 Seneca Freeman 100....Mr5. Chas. Spangler— 4 30 2973 3 Amos Norrigon 51 2973 197 William Willink- 8 47 1142 50 G. W. Weinshimer 2 15 1107 10 do 43 6108 40. do 1 72 1142 85 do 3 68 1360 32 do 1 37 Vact 583 do 25 07 1142 50 do. 2 15 4953 184 Claud Lvon 1906 10 30 PORTAGE TOWNSHIP. 4033 74 R. K. Cross 6 22 3554 5! Charles Prosser, 4 30 1193 75 J. H. Evans, 6 32 3551 155 H. C. Crawford, 13 03 3551 57 do 4 79 1407 92 do 7 72 3554 50 do 4 20 1107 70 do 5 S8 Vact 50 do 4 20 8551 200 do 16 80 1407 100 J. S. Wiley 8 40 1360 50. do 4 20 1380 150 do 12 60 1 107 300 do 25 20 5436 900 do 75 60 1360 78 Elizabeth Housler 1907 328 1360 150. .G. W. Weisenheimer,. .1907 630 1407 100 do 1907 420 136') 112 do 1907 470 1193 55 H. H. Mullin 1907 232 8554 50 do 1907 210 LUMBER TOWNSHIP. 513"' 120 Ra listed A; Fly IS 11 43 26 5432 50 do 10 30 5432 118.. F. H. &C. W. Goodyear,... 18 35 5132 28 11. H. Mullin. " 4 35 5856 090 C. It. Noyee Est 509 86 5431 973 W. W. Barrows 100 20 5432 200 do 20 60 5435 011 do 62 95 Vact 30.. G. W. Weisenheimer.. 1907. 152 GIBSON TOWNSHIP, 5469 578 J. W. Brown 61 28 5474 54 Levi Heidrick 11 46 5476 325 Josiah Howard 34 48 5469 420 do 44 52 5468 80 V. A. Brooks, ...1907 496 5469 20 do 1907 124 Vact 50 George Lattimer 1907 310 GROVE TOWNSHIP. 4935 495. .F. H. &C. W. G'dyear, 1907 27 24 4910 495 F.N. Page, 1907 27 24 4938 225 E. Peltz, 1907 12 39 492S 130 C. W.Berfield 1907 715 Vact 330 .G. W. Weisenheimer,.. 1907 18 15 5718 50 George Pfoutz, 1907 285 CHARLES J. HOWARD, Treasurer of Cameron County. Treasurer's Office, ) Emporium, Pa., April 1, 1908. 112 PINEULES for the Kidneys j 30 DAYS'TREATMENT FOR SI.OO 1 Biliousness and Constipation. For yeais I was troubled with bilious ness and constipation, which made life miserable for me. My appetite failed me. I lost my usual force and vitality. Pepsin preparations and cathartics only made matters worse. I do not know where I should have been to-day had 1 not tried Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. The tablets relieve the ill feeling at once, strengthen the digestive functions, purify the stomach, liver and blood, helpintr the system to do its work naturally—Mrs. Itosa l'otts, Birming ham, Ala. These tablets tire for sale by L. Taggart. For the Farmer. Call at the Emporium Machine Shop for Bowker's fertilizer and printed mat ter giving directions how to use same to get best results for grain aud vege tables. 8-10t. EMPORIUM MACHINE CO. "Tailoring I have removed ray Tailoring estab lishment from the flat above the Ex press Office to the store room formerly occupied by Edw. Blinzler as a barber shop, where I now have an elegant line of patterns for Spring and Sum mer wear. All the very latest at a moderate cost. I will give a DIS COUNT ON EACH SCIT sold during June, July and August. All work Guaranteed. Give me a trial. THEO. HABERSTOCK. Spring A n n ounce^ent 'IP i H f'iii rwwm ||ft i j'iWl \ \ il Happy I Thoughts in Stylish Spring Suits, Fancy Vests, Hats, Etc. All the popular styles in Neckwear, Col lars, Pens, G-loves and Underwear. NEW—Our stock is all new, up-to-date and marked to the lowest notch. R. SEGER&CO. NEXT TO BANK. We promptly obtain E. K. uml Foreign J Heud model, sketch or photo of invention for 112 «• free report on patentability. For free book, r CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JUNE 4. 1908 The Worship of Serpents. The smail town of Werda, in the kingdom of I tahoniey, is celebrated for its "temple of serpents," 11 long building in which the priests keep upward of a thousand serpents of all sizes, which they feed with the birds and frogs brought to them as offerings by the natives. These serpents, many of them of enormous size, may be seen hanging from the beams across tlie ceiling, with their heads pointing downward and in all sorts of strange contortions. The priests make the small serpents go through various evolutions by lightly touching them with a rod, but they do not venture to touch the largest ones, some of which are large enough to in fold a bullock in their coils. It often happens that some of these serpents make their way out of the temple into the town, and the priests have the greatest difficulty in coaxing them back. To kill a serpent intention ally is a crime punished with death, and if a European were to kill one the authority of the king himself would scarcely suffice to save his life. Any one killing a serpent unintentionally must inform the priest of what has occurred and go through the course of purification which takes place once a year. Artificial Limbs. "A manufacturer or dealer in arti ficial limbs who wears a cork arm or leg himself is much better equipped for business than his competitors who are sound." said a man who uses a cork leg. "In fact, it lias become a sort of unwritten law among us to patronize such men when possible. Sentimental reasons may have something to do with the case, but 1 guess the chief reason is that we consider that if a man can make a limb for himself that fits like the paper 011 the wall he can make it for others. Manufacturers of arti ficial limbs know this, and frequently you will find an advertisement like this: 'The So-and-so artificial leg is built by a man who is wearing one and who knows from experience what you want for comfort.' This is a strong argument, for it's 110 easy thing to get au artificial limb that just fits. Per sons who have trouble getting shoes that are just right are in great luck compared to us."—New York Sun. An Admiral's Stories. Ou,e of the English admirals lias a choice collection of stories at the ex pense of laymen placed in office at the admiralty as a consequence of a turn of the political wheel. Of one lord of the admiralty lie told a delighted house of commons how, receiving a report of disaster to a ship couched in technical phrase, lie wrote a reply remonstrating with the officer for his use of bad lan guage. Another civilian lord, looking over a chart and observing that one of his majesty's ships, homeward bound, passed within a space of two inches on the chart an island where cast away sailors were sheltering, wanted to know why it could not call and re lieve them. The admiral explained that the two inches on the chart meant a distance at sea of 4,000 miles.—Lon don Strand Magazine. A Blind Man's Ruse. "My great-uncle, who was blind," said a Frenchman, "once buried $4,000 in gold louls under a pear tree in his garden. His neighbor saw him do it and in the dead of night came and stole the money, replacing the earth care fully. "Some days later my uncle brought fifty more louls down to the pear tree for burial. lie soon discovered his loss, and, silently weeping, he. too, re placed the earth. "He knew whom to suspect, and that night he called on his neighbor. He seemed thoughtful and distrait, and the neighbor asked him what oppressed his mind. " 'Well, I'll tell you,' said my great uncle frankly, 'I have 1,000 louis hid away in a safe place, and today a ten ant paid off a mortgage, and I have another 1,000 louls in 'cash on my hands. I don't know whether to seek out another hiding place for this mon ey or put it where the other is. What do you advise?' " 'Why,' said the neighbor eagerly, 'if your first hiding place is safe—and you declare it to be so—l should cer tainly put this money there too.' "My great-uncle said firmly that that was what he would do. It was the Wisest course. Then he took his leave. "And when next day ho went to the pear tree again there, sure enough, was his lost 1,000 louis, all put back again." —Exchange. noiaing nis JOD. "I think the man who works at that place across the street is the most faithful and conscientious workman I ever saw. lie never takes a holiday and always labors away till it's too dark to see any longer." "Faithful workman! Great Scott! He's the proprietor of the shop!"— Chicago Tribune. The Fireside Diplomat. "I don't want to be nagging at you," Mrs. Marryat began, "but it's the little things that bother me most"— "Ah!" interrupted her husband sweet ly. "1 suppose you're going to tell me you haven't a decent pair of shoes."— Philadelphia Press. Homsmadc. "We are told to cast our bread upon the waters." said a young wife. "Rut don't you do it," replied her husband. "A vessel might run against it and get wrecked."—Simplicissimus. A Wrong Guess. Botanical Youth (in park)— Can you tell me if this plant belongs to the ar butus family? Gardener (curtly)—No, young man, it don't. It belongs to the county council.l «ndon Globe. Majority and Plurality. In politics the plurality Is the great est. of more than two numbers and is also the excess of the highest number of votes cast for any one candidate over the next highest number. When a candidate receives out of 10,00:) votes cast 4,000 and two other candidates receive respectively :!.r.0() and U. 500, I the first is elected by a plurality, j though he has received less than a majority of :he whole vote, and he is I said to have a plurality of 500 voles. ! If the numbers are 0,000, 15,000 and 1.000, the majority is 12,000 and the plurality is .'I,OOO. A majority, there lore, must be more than half the en tire vote cast, and a candidate's ma jority is, then, the difference between the number of votes he received and the combined number of votes cast for all other candidates; his plurality is the difference between his own num ber and the number received by the ■ candidate nearest to him. Oftentimes a candidate receives a plurality, but ! not a majority. Unless there is a tie there is always a plurality. Path finder. Why Sailors Don't Swim. "You think it's strange, do you," said the sailor, "that us shellbacks can hardly ever swim?" "Strange and almost criminal," re plied the druggist firmly. "Sailors who can't swim—l don't understand It at all." The sailor frowned. "Supposin'," lie said, "011 a cold, black night you found yourself in the sea, not a spar loft of the wreck, every shipmate drowned, nothin' any where but the cold, the blackness, the bitter water. 111 them conditions," he said, "what would you ruther do— swim and swim and swim in agony till you died or sink right down and die at wunst?" "I think I'd rather die at once," said tlie druggist, shuddering. "So sailors think," said the other, "and it's to spare themselves possible long hours of agony that they like not to learn to swim. And they encourage their sons not to learn, too, if there's j any likelihood of the lads follerin* the | sea."—New Orleans Times-Democrat. The Moral of Playing Cards. Playing cards have had their moral | ! side, it may surprise you to know. At , the Blenheim club in London, lecturing 011 the subject of playing cards from the point of view of the collector, Mr. Alfred Whitman said that the most valuable packs were those that taught Biblical history or inculcated moral lessons. In Italy In the eighteenth cen tury It was customary to issue packs of cards with Old Testament scenes engraved upon them. In Germany of the same period playing cards with fables to which morals were attached were customary. French playing cards of the time of Louis XIV. were used to teach geography and history, while in the England of Elizabeth and the Stu arts playing cards were used as po litical pamphlets. Most valuable were cards issued in France at the time of the French revolution, when figures of Genius, Liberty and Equality took the I place of kings, queens and knaves.— London Saturday Review. He Has Two Signatures. There is one New York business man who is reasonably proof against the forger, as lie has two signatures and the forger must first get hold of one of his bank checks to get any action. I Seeing the signature on a letter or ho ! Tel register would do the forger no I good. The bank would not recognize 1 it."l don't particularly fear the forger," the business man admitted, • "but my two signatures make me feel safer just the same. I am surprised that everybody doesn't hit on the same plan. It's very easy after you get the knack of signing your name two sep arate and distinct ways."—New York Globe. Hard to Do Without Pockets. "The most annoying thing in navy life for a recruit is the absence of side pockets in the uniform trousers," said' a yeoman at the navy recruiting sta tion. "The average man doesn't realize j how strong is the custom of thrusting j his hands in his trousers pockets until he dons a pair without pockets. I've worn the navy uniform four years now, and 1 frequently find myself try ing to put my hands in my pockets."— i Kansas City Times. The Points Were There. Little Clara's parents often discuss reincarnation, and the small maiden has acquired some of the phraseology. "Mamma," she said one day, "my kit- j tie must have been a paper of pins in a previous state of existence." "Why do you think so?" asked her mother. "Recause I can feel some of them in her toes yet," was the logical reply. An Iron Tip. Teacher—Johnny, can you tell me I how iron was first discovered? Johnny—Yes, sir. "Well, just tell the class what youi information is on that point." "1 heard pa say yesterday that tliex smelt it." Sarcastic. "When reverses come you find out who your friends are." "So." "Yes. They Immediately proclaim ) that they knew you were an accident.' j —Louisville Courier-Journal. Farsiglitcd. ne—Why do you force me to wait for an answer? She (who Is up in po litical economy 1 Iteeiiu.-e I don't want to give you a monopoly until I find out whether there's any competition. He that comes unbidden will nil down unasked. Irish Proverb. Riding an Ostrich. "I don't believe the stories told about the natives in Africa and Australia riding ostriches," said a Californian who gives riding lessons in a New York riding academy, "and I saw this pretty well tried 011 one occasion in my state. A cowboy who had vanquished every pony he ever undertook to break in was induced to try an ostrich. After an hour's hard work lie succeeded in mounting the bird, which at first Iried to shake and roll him off, but these tactics of course had 110 effect upon the cowboy. Then in spite of all the man could do the ostrich succeeded in get ting its head around and seizing the rider by the calf of one leg. Finally the man, after much frantic kicking, got his leg free. He then doubled his feet under him, and the ostrich reach ed over his wings and got a good, fast hold on the man's back, throwing him heavily to the ground and trampling on him. It took three of us to chase the infuriated ostrich away, and we accomplished it barely in time to save the man's life. That's why I don't be lieve the native Australians can ride ostriches."—New York Press. Mars as Prophet. Study of Mars proves that planet to occupy earthwise in some sort the post of prophet, for in addition to the side lights it throws upon our past it is by way of foretelling our future. It ena bles us to 110 mean extent to foresee what eventually will overtake the earth in process of time, inasmuch as from a scrutiny of Mars coming events cast not their shadows, but their light, before. It Is the planet's size that fits it thus for the role of seer. Its smaller bulk has caused it to age quicker than our earth, and In consequence it has long since passed through that stage of iti planetary career which the earth at present is experiencing and has ad vanced to a further one, to which in time the earth itself must come if it bo not overwhelmed beforehand by other catastrophe. In detail of course no two planets of different initial mass repeat each other's evolutionary history, but in a general way they severally follow something of the same road. —Perclval Lowell in Century. Why the Tables Are Green. "Billiards is one of the oldest games I know of," said a sporting man."lt is older even than croquet, which was played by French kings a great many hundred years ago. But, while billiards is so old, I'll bet none of the devotees of the ivories and the cue can tell me why a billiard table covering is green. The billiard table is always green. Well, the answer Is simple enough. Billiards is merely a corruption of the good old English game of bowls, which was played ou a beautifully green lawn. On rainy and winter days, how ever, your English sportsman couldn't enjoy his bowls, so some clever Johnny conceived the scheme of playing bowls Indoors 011 his imitation green lawn. It was too much of a cinch, however, playing this game with the hand in such close quarters, so the cue was introduced to put skill at a premium. That's why billiard tables are green."— Philadelphia Record. Diving For Fish. A unique method of fishing is em ployed by natives along the Panlaung river. Two dugout boats are employed about thirty feet long, with two men with long poles, one in the bow, the other at the stern puntlug the boat along. They stretch a long rope made of bamboos and plaited grass about a hundred yards long and weighted about every ten yards with big stones. This they let down into the water, and the fish are frightened toward the bank. The divers then jump In three at a time, remaining down about twenty seconds. They carry gaffs about eight een Inches long and fishhooks with cords attached. When they strike a fish they let go the gaff, and the fish is hauled up in the boat. A big fire is lighted on the river bank, and the men warm themselves before it when not diving.—Rangoon Gazette. A Well In a Churchyard. Hadstock, in Essex, possesses what is probably a unique water supply. It is entirely derived from a deep well in the parish churchyard. The well is over 800 years old and is known as St. Botolph's well. The inhabitants of Hadstock declare that it contains the best drinking water in Great Britain, and, as the village in question is one of the healthiest places in Essex, there is undoubtedly some truth in their boast.—London Strand Magazine. Feb. 29 Births. Very few distinguished men have been born on Feb. 29 of leap year. Among them are Edward Cave of the Gentleman's Magazine, who was born in 1092, and Rossini 011 the same day a hundred years later. Archbishop Whitgift in 1004 and John, the brother of Sir Edwin Landseer, himself an artist, both died on this day. The Limit. Howell—l don't mind getting a lemon now and then, but — Powell But what? Howell—l think it is overdoing the tiling when the lemon has been squeezed.—Exchange. Turned the Cut. Dolly—Pardon me, dear, but you cut a ridiculous figure on the street yester day. Polly Oh, forgive me, dear! If I had seen you i should have spoken.— Cleveland Lender. Couldn't Change His Appearance. Customer —I want you to cut my hair so that I won't look like a blamed fool. Barber—l'm no lightning change artist. —New York Press. If it were only as easy to practice as it is to preach!— Chicago News. I Hoyle. TToj-le was not really the Inventor of whist, although of ton !•<> stated to be, | but he was the first who introduced I scientific whist to the public. A recent j authority says that very little is known ! of lloyle's personal history except that , j he was a barrister by profession and i held the post of registrar of the pre | j rogative in Ireland. He was born in j 1070 and died in Cavendish square in 1 1707 at the advanced age of ninety-sev ! I en years. He received the sum of £l,- (JOO from liis publisher for his treatise | on whist, which ran through live edi | tions in one year and was extensively I pirated. Hoyle is said to have given . I lessons in whist at a guinea a lesson.* 5 One of his great points was the calcu- I lation of probabilities at various stages J of the rubber. This at lirst was deem ; ed so important in guiding players that i a famous mathematician used to fre quent tlie coffee houses (the old sub j stitute for the modern clubs) and give his opinion on the state of the odds at ! any stage in a game of whist in return for a small fee from the players.— Glasgow Times. Crossing the Ocean. | The following bits of conversation ! may be heard several thousand times ' I each day: "I think those people down in the ! steerage have a much better time than i i we do. But don't they look just like so , ; many animals?" "Don't those clouds over there look | just like land';" "Somebody said we aren't far from 1 an iceberg, but I don't know whether I it's so or not. You hear so many false j reports on shipboard." "Have you met the captain yet? I hope you didn't ask him any foolsh ] questions, poor man!" "No; I haven't seen a whale yet, but | there were lots of porpoises around the ship today." j "Who is that man? I haven't seen him before. He must have come on I board during the night." (Always fun ny.) "Diu the postman bring you any i thing this morning?" (Sure of a howl.) "Is this your lirst trip to Europe? ' My, but you have a treat In store!"— | Princeton Tiger. As Arranged For Older Children. Miss Mary was tin? possessor of a | diminutive and immature specimen of j the Ovis aires, a wool bearing and ru | minant quadruped, whose flesh is high- I ly esteemed by persons to whose gus j tatory organs its flavor is agreeable. The shaggy and agglomerated fila | meats constituting in their collective ; capacity its natural outer covering, in tegument or garment presented to the I vision a surface absolutely etiolated and albitied and rivaling in immacu ] lateness the lustrous mantle of crystal j llzed vapor that commonly character j izes the winter landscape. And to whatsoever locality, contigu ! ous or remote, whither Mary's vagrant j fancy, the <«11 of duty or, perchance, the parental mandate impelled her, when not otherwise engaged, to betake herself, this juvenescent representative of the genus Ovis aires, with a fidelity remarkable in one so immature and in experienced, could be counted upon with absolute and entire certainty to I accompany her.—Chicago Tribune. Fortune For Forgers. The last person to suffer death for forgery in London was a Thomas May nard, who was executed on Dec. 31. 1820. It was not, however, until 1832 that the death penalty for the crime was replaced by transportation, though even then an exception was made in the case of forging or altering a will. This exception was not removed from the statute book until 1837. In I the days of good Queen Bess a forgei | of deeds was very severely dealt with He had to stand in the pillory; his ears were cut off, his nose slit, and he was branded with hot irons. If he survived these ordeals he was doomed to im prisonment for the rest of his days,, and everything he possessed in the world was forfeited to the crown. I Surely death would have been far j more merciful. Waifs Who Became Famous. I The list of waifs who have become famous, says the Delineator, is a long i one. It includes Sir Henry Stanley, I Queen Catherine the Good, Alexander Hamilton, Itosa Bonheur, Edgar Allan | Poe, Itachel, Leonardo da Vinci and dates back as far as Moses. All these were homeless children—children who I if left to their fate would undoubtedly ! have drifted iuto evil ways. Instead | they have lived to add glory to their j names and have contributed to the knowledge of the world at: large | through the fruits of their genius. Smartness. Do not be "smart." Whenever you i see any of your mates showing signs j of "smartness" in his work, his talk ; or his play take him by the hand, or i both hands, or by the back of the neck. I if necessary, and lovingly, playfully, | but firmly, lead him to a knowledge of higher and more interesting things. In these words of Mr. Kipling is present j ed the gospel of real life, of common sense and of universal experience.— New York Outlook. Disease and Remedies. It is almost a truism among physi cians that the intractability of a dis i ease may be measured by the number of "Infallible" remedies for it which 5 from time to time have been recom | mended.—London Times. Sociologist Defined. "Uncle Ilenry, what Is a sociologist?" "A sociologist, my boy, : • a person j who can Inspect a can and find enough material i:i i! for a long lecture on the neods of society."—< 'hiongo Trib ' line.
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