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Tabourettes.
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A DUSKY CYNIC.
Me Gayly Admitted That the Joke Waa
on Himself.
A lady was walking along Fiftli ave
nue n couple «>f weeks ago when a liig
negro stepped up t<> her politely and
asked her to give him a quarter.
"I am a shipwrecked sailor." he told
her. "Three (lavs ; i :. r < i the ship I was
ou went ashore on: side Sandy Ilook
Ever since then I've been wandering
around wlthou; being able to get a
Job."
The lady gave him a quarter ami
passed on. A week later while •,< !:;g
by the same spot ou Fifth avenue she
was approached once more by the same
negro.
"I am a shipwrecked sailor." he he
gan. "Three days ago"
She let him finish. Then she re
marked:
"Two weeks ago when 1 gave you a
quarter you told me that same story.
Then you said that you had been
wrecked three days before. Now yon
say the same thing."
And she looked at the negro severely.
He threw back his head and burst
forth into roars of laughter.
"Did—did I give you dat, story last
week'/" he chuckled. "Did you give
me a quarter? Well, if dat ain't a joke
on me!"
And she left hiui standing on the
sidewalk convulsed with laughter.—
New York Times.
CARDS IN CHURCH.
They Were Not Uncommon In the Old
Days In England.
Frequent cases of card playing oc
curred in churches in olden days in the
high or curtained family pews that
were to be found in several parts of
England.
A case of card playing was men
tioned by the poet Crabbe as having
occurred in one of those pews in Trow
bridge parish church. Mr. Beresford
Hope stated that card playing was not
uncommon in churches having cur
tained pews, where those occupying
them were screened from the observa
tion of the rest of the congregation,
and that one of the Georges is credit
ed with taking part at a game of whist
In the church he attended.
The church at Little Stanmore, in
Middlesex, has a luxurious room pew
which is approached by a special door
and staircase.
The old St. Paul's cathedral before
the great fire of London was used by
business men as a sort of exchange.
The portico was let out to hucksters,
and in those days gambling and cards
are both said to have been indulged
in without let or hindrance within the
cathedral.—London Standard.
Outwitting a Bushranger.
In Mr. George E. Ho/.all's "Story of
the Australian Bushrangers" the fol
lowing little episode is related: A man
named Michael, who went to an inn
for food, found the place in the hands
of the bushrangers. Fourteen guests
were already disarmed and were being
searched in order. Michael was com
pelled to take his place in line. The
bushrangers handed him a pannikin of
tea before they took his money. Know
ing what was coming, lit; held the pan
nikin as if the tea were too hot to
drink, and when the leader of the
highwaymen was looking away drop
ped his roll of bank notes into it. He
stood <|iiite quiet, and when the bush
rangers came to feel his pockets there
were only a few shillings in them.
The robbers appc;>-. d satisfied and al
lowed him to go. carried his pan
nikin out with h: look his money
and put it in his pocket without being
observed. Then he mounted his horse,
rode to tin? nearest police station and
gave information.
Her Indorsement.
"Madam," said the teller of a bank
in Baltimore to a woman who had
handed him a check to cash—"madam,
you have forgotten to indorse."
A worried smile came to the wo
man's face, but she took back the pa
per and wrote something on the back
thereof.
When again the teller looked at the
check he found that the woman had in
dorsed as follows:
"The bank has always paid me
whatever it owed, and you need have
no worry. Therefore I indorse this
check. Very truly yours, Anna M.
Blank."—l larper's.
Radishes.
Radishes originated in China, where
they have been cultivated for many
centuries and sometimes grow as big
as a man's head. In Germany the old
fashioned country mothers cure hoarse
ness and cough with radish juice mix
ed with sugar candy. The radishes of
today have no flavor, no character.
Formerly their sharp, biting taste
made them palatable.
An Outrage.
"What makes you so late?" asked
the boy's parent.
"The teacher kept me in because 1
couldn't find Moscow on the map of
E®rope," ropiic.l Johnny.
. '''And no wonder you couldn't flm*
Moscow! It was burned down years
ago. It's ail outrage to treat a child
in that way!"
Kir T!-irst.
"My poor man. how did you acquire
such a thirst?"
"It was dls a-v.ay, mister: When tie
doctor operate 1 on me for appender-
Citis lie forgot . i' left a sponge Inside
o' me."-Boston Traveler.
r\ f.l-n to Let Alone.
"What !;l'ii| <if a man i* your new
I : < r ;"
"!'• *» !ii Mud If y< u say two
wonN lo hiui, he'll NH y 200." Detroit
Free I'ress.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1908.
THE PIGEONS WON.
In Spite of Clipped Wing* They o*l
Back on Time.
The colonel was something of 8
pigeon fancier and had so much con
lidenee In a certain strain of homers
he was making a hobby of that when
his friend the major proposed a wagei
the colonel removed the limit.
"We'll make It a suppuh," said the
major. "W black boy will tote a paiab
ovWi to the cyahs an' ship them to St
Louay, whuah they ah to be libahrated
on uhrival. I waguli they all not back
in two days, sah."
The colonel accepted, crated his fin
est pair and included a note to Ihe ex- j
press agent with the charges. Mean
while the major communed with Joe,
the colored boy, and after the tender
ing of a certain half dollar and prom
ises of immunity from the conse
quences of the colonel's wrath latei
Joe agreed to clip the pigeons' wings
sub rosa.
Two days and the major pre
sented himaelf duly at the colonel's
The colonel eyed him with suspicious
narrowness.
"Have they ahrived?" asked the ma
jor gayly.
"They hev, sah," said the colonel,
with dignity; "they hev, but those twe
pidgins, sah, hev the so'est feet I eval)
saw on a bird, sah."—Browning's Mag
azlne.
BE SURE YOU'RE RIGHT.
Then Take a Long Think and Mine
Your Own Business.
The other day a man traveling on u
shore line train noticed, protruding
from an overhead rack, a dress suit
case which he recognized as belonging
to a friend. He knew that his friend
always got oft' at the station whicb
they had just passed, and as he was
not in the seat the conclusion was in
evltable that he had jumped off the
train and forgotten it.
The man called the conductor and
explained the case to him. After some
discussion and a mild protest on the
part of the conductor that it wasn't a
part of his duty, the suit case was put
off at the next station, with instruc
tions to send it back on the first train
the other way.
The man, feeling that he had done
an able and friendly act, settled down
for the rest of his journey.
But not for long. The face of his
friend, who had been in the sinokei
and who happened 011 that particular
afternoon to be going onto New Lon
don to attend a dinner party—loomed
before him.
The moral of this is, of course, quite
evident.
Be sure you're right and then mind :
your own business.—Life.
Overboard.
"Overboard" is engraved on a inetai I
label fastened to many articles of para '
phernalia seen about the decks of u
modern war vessel. It means that the \
article so marked should be thrown j
overboard whenever action with an'
enemy's ship becomes imminent. Al
cohol chests, turpentine tanks, paints,
spare spars, unnecessary hatches and i
other articles easily destroyed or splin-1
tered by shell fire are thus labeled !
The president of Occident college, Cal- !
ifornia, is said to have given the word
a new meaning in civil life when he
used it to indicate those who are unfit,
useless or inapt, in the struggle of life
It is a strong word and as such can be
appropriately applied to men and (
things which when a ship must go tc
battle are not necessary or material to
the cud desired.—Army and Navy Life.
Her Own Doctor.
A Washington woman recently hired
a negress. Going to the kitchen one
day, she was amazed to find the ne
gress sitting on the floor, with her
hair standing out from her iiead like |
a black nimbus. The girl was pull- ■
ing one curly lock and then another in j
such a way as to suggest that she had 1
suddenly lost her reason.
"What 011 earth are you doing, j
Mary?" gasped the lady of the house.
"Nawthin', ma'am; only I has got a
sore throat an' was jest try in' to lin<i
de lock dat would pull mail palate uji
an' relieve de tickle."—New York Ho#
aid.
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Your going to buy Clothes this fall; they're going to be of a style and color and pattern that I
suits ycu, not somebody else, and you are going to buy them where you think you get the 1
best and biggest value for your money. That's what you're going to do, you see how well!
we know you and your plans.
We make a special feature oi Hart, Shaflner and Marx clothes because they represent in the highest degree the spirit and idea
of our business. These makers are one of the very few in the country who maintain a strictly all-wool standard of fabrics. Their
line oilers us a greater variety of weaves, colors and patterns than any two or three lines in the country. In fine tailoring, in fin
ish and in frishness of correct; stvle, they are easily first among clothing makers and we have the pick of thair product. There's
no reason why we shouldn't offer our customers the best in the market. We offer HART, SHAFFNER & MARX clothes be
cause they are the best. Our styles and patterns are exclusive. Our Suits at $25 are unusually good. We have made this price
a point on which to concentrate onr buying skill to get and sell at #25 the best clothes that can be made and sold for that price.
I*all o\crcoats, Raincoats, lop Coats. Ihe warm weather delays the need of them, they are here ready when you are
$lO to $25. '
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THE PLAYFUL PORPOISE. ,
A Sportive Youngster That Had Fun
With * Motor Boat.
Writing of a motor boat trip on the
Black sea, Henry C. Rowland in Ap
pleton's tells of the playfulness of the
porpoise:
"That evening was a lovely "one, the
air of a delightful temperature, very
clear, aud the sea like a mill pond. A
big school of porpoises came over to
play with the boat, and the water was
so sparklingly clear aud of such a
glassy surface that we were able to
follow all their movements even when
they plunged to their fullest depth.
They had not the slightest fear of the
noise of the motor, but swam danger
ously close to the propeller and fre- j
quently rubbed themselves against the
sides of the boat.
"One sportive youngster kept getting
across the stem. For almost au hour
I lay 011 my face forward, with my j
head over the bow, watching him. He j
was playful as a puppy and at last ;
Invented a little game of his own. Ly- j
ing across the stem, he would let the j
curve of the bow roll him over and
over, presently disappearing to swim '
back and repeat the performance. I I
have watched porpoises in many wa
ters of the globe, but have never seen ]
any as kittenish as these."
A LONG DRINK.
The Way a Fast Running Locomotive
Scoops Up Water.
Souie of the great transcontinental .
engines take 011 N.(hk) gallons, or 24.1
barrels, of water to be turned into
steam for the next run of two hours, or
about sixty miles. But such a vast
amount of water is a burden, and new
supplies are desired oftener. It is a
loss of time to stop and let such vast
quantities come aboard through a pipe;
hence some way of tuking water while
rushing at full speed is desirable. It
has been found. How?
If you make a scoop of your hand
and swing It swiftly, the hollow side
forward, into water some of it will
be likely to spurt up your sleeve. That
is nature's hint. Follow it up. Find a
level place in the road and put down
an iron trough four inches deep, four
teen Inches wide aud one-eighth of a
mile long. The engine comes rushing
along and, having passed the end. drops
a scoop into this trough. There is a
general splutter of water, but a tre
mendous stream rushes up the sleeve
of the dropped hand and pours into the
water tank. When it; is full the fire
man raises the scoop or it glides up
the slope at the far end of the trough,
and the engine is watered for the next
run.— Epworth Herald.
Uses For Baby Carriages.
East skiers in New York use their
baby carriages until they literally fall
apart. Of course the primary purpose
Is served well and often, as the fam
ily is generally a good sized one. Then
the carriage is used for a market and
shopping wagon, being plied high with
potatoes, greens, fruit aud household
goods of all kinds from neighboring 1
stores and push carts. The east sieler I
doesn't often have his things sent !
home. He's not sure he would get
what he had bought. Then the little
boys are sent out to hover around new
buildings or old ones being demolished
and gather in wood to he pushed home
in the baby carriage. On other occa
sions it. is piled high with garments i
being rushed to or from the sweatshop, j
Sometimes packages of laundry are
delivered from it.and, again, it is
filled with coal. When it is finally
worn out it furnishes a little fuel anel
four lioops for the children to play
With.—New York Press.
Phenomena of Heredity.
It is one of the phenomena of hered
ity that a boy wants to be what his
father was—if a shoemaker, then a
shoemaker; if an ironworker, then an j
ironworker; if an artisan of any line. 1
then ail artisan in that line—and the j
father and mother who have come to
hate the smell of leather or the grime i
of the smithy, the oil waste of the ma- i
ehiue or the sweat of downright hard
work cajole or coerce that boy into j
something that is genteelly dull or i
respectably stupid and kill the germ I
that would have produced the manu- j
facturer, the mechanical engineer or j
the capitalist.—Philadelphia Telegranh.
The Weather Houee.
A very Ingenious contrivance fos
iforetelling the weather Is the old fnnli
tloned "weather house," largely made
to Switzerland. It Is arranged in such
a way that two figures act in response
jto the twisting of a piece of catgut.
The material, supported by a wire, con
trols the movements of a little plat
form on either end of which Is placed
a model. Excessive moisture In the air
causes the catgut to twist and.turn the
platform round, so that the man
emerges from one of the doors In the
front of the house. Reverse conditions
of the atmosphere bring about the con
traction of tlie catgut, and the plat
form swings back, thus bringing the
figure of tins woman into prominence
at her particular door. The making of
a weather house Is quite an easy mat
ter.
"Spoken English Very Good."
From au advertisement of a Danish
hotel: "The hotels charmingly situa
tion. surrounded of a nice garden the
good cuisine, the kindly accommoda
tion with moderate charge and good
conveyances, with easy occasion for
salmon and trout fishing, the ascend
ing of the surrounding mountains has
done this place well-known and praised
of ail travellers. N. B.—The landlord
Is spoken English very good."—Lahore
Civil and Military Gazette.
A Riot of Color.
From the land of the Moros a soldier
writes: "A Moro matron passed our
quarters this morning wearing a helio
trope jacket, purple trousers with
large heart designs worked in yellow,
blue and pink embroidery, a red and
black sarong, yellow plush slippers
and yellow silk mantilla. The lady's
maid (old), in modest garb, walked be
hind, carrying a magenta parasol."
Hobson's Choice.
"There Is an egg for breakfast," re
marked a landlady to her lodger.
"Which do you prefer?"
"Prefer?" repeated the latter.
"Where's the preference when you
only offer an egg?"
"Why, you can have an egg or—
nothing!' was the sharp reply.—Lon
don Scraps.
Then She Missed It.
Wiggs—Poor old soul! She doesn't
believe as much in the efficacy of pray
er as she did. Waggs—You surprise
me. She has always been so extreme
ly religious. Wiggs—Yes, but the oth
•r day she got ready togo into the
city, and then she discovered that she
had only ten minutes in which to
catch the train. So she kueit down be
fore she started and for five minutes
prayed fervently that she might catch
it.—Catholic Standard and Times.
Working.
Nellie apologized for tlie action of
her new baby sister by saying, "You
Bee, she hasn't got any sense yet." Her
mother objected to such an idea, and
Nellie replied. "Oh, of course she's got
sense, but it isn't working yet."—De
lineator.
The Return.
Magistrate—lf I remember rightly,
this is not your first appearance In
Court. Prisoner—Xo, your honor; but
I hope you don't judge by appearances.
—Harper's Weekly.
Mean Insinuation.
Long—They say, you know, that peo
ple can bo killed by kindness. Strong
r—ls that why you are so attentive to
your wife's mother? Boston Tran-
Bcript.
There is but one virtue—the eternal
Sacrifice of self.—George Sand
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W. T. BRUBAKER, Manager
nidway between Broad Street
Station and Reading Terminal
on Filbert Street.
European, SI.OO per day and up
American, $2.50 per day and up
The only moderate priced hotel or repu
tation and consequence in
Philadelphia, Pa.
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MRS.
M. F. Conway
Has removed from Broad
Street and is now locate
on Fourth Street, opposite
the Odd Fellows Block,
where she will continue to
serve her customers with
Home-made Bread
Cookies and any
thing in the Bak
ing line made to
order.
j Mrs. M. F. Conway,