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The Job department of the PRBSS Isromplele and affords facilities for doing tho best class of work. PAKTICUI.AU ATTENTION PAID TO LAW PRINTING. No paper will be discontinued until arrear ages are paid, except at the option of the pub usher. Papers sent out of the county must be paid lor In advatie. "A Spirit in Prison." A Paris correspondent nipntions an anomaly just discovered in that capi tal. He is a railway guard and com poser, one -VI. Paul Dupin, 43 years of age, who has been a musician since childhood. When he was 12 his family lost the little money they had and he started at that early day to »'arn his living. He was an apprentice in one of the humblest berths in a railway company and then a mere porter at Rennes. Manual labor kept him busy 12 hours of the day, but at night he studied music and composed. He has never had any instruction but what he gave himself by reading such works as he could find in the Rennes public li brary. Until three years ago he had actually never been able to afford a concert tickel and had never in his life heard a full orchestra. He used to "read" Beethoven's symphonies, hav ing taught himself to make out an or chestra score, but he could not even play arrangements of them on the piano, never having learned that or any other instrument. "Yet," says the Paris writer, "Dupin all these years went on composing. To-day he is em ployed in Paris. A friend has made a present of a piano to his, 12-year-old daughter, who seems to be also re markably gifted, and his delight is to hear his own compositions played by her, as he cannot play them himself." Behold, "A Spirit in Prison!" The officers and men of the battle ship fleet are full of praise for the kindness, hospitality and generosity shown them during their long cruise and the visits to foreign lands. One of them says he was unable lo spend any money during the trip, because wherever they went no one would take pay. That certainly was extraordinary, for as a rule foreigners seem to think Americans have money to burn, and the hotel keepers, merchants and others are quite willing to help on the conflagration, declares the Troy (N.. Y.) Times. Rut it may be assumed that knowledge of the United States has increased abroad somewhat of late Uncle Sam is a great deal bigger man in the world's estimation than he was ten or eleven years ago, and the na tions of the earth are correspondingly willing to do honor to him and his rep resentatives. The latest feast of the Anihf-rsi alumni in New York is described as the biggest and most enthusiastic col lege dinner ever held in that great metropolis. The fact that nearly all the speechs were of the phono graphic order and could be turned on or shut off by twisting the button suggests inquiry whether the button old-fashioned postprandial speeches hadn't better be dispensed with by dining organizations and the machine variety with the open and shut ar rangement made use of instead. The idea is certainly worth considering. The law ordinarily has little senti ment, yet occasionally its decisions are based on sentiment alone. A poor woman haled into a Chicago court for non-payment of rent was noticed to be wearing a wedding ring and a pair of cheap earrings. The lawyer for the landlord demanded them, but the judge would not. permit him to take them. "Their intrinsic value is small, their sentimental value great. They are ex empt," he said, it is a humane and pleasant view. The Philadelphia Inquirer protestE against sending the liberty bell on "an other wild west exhibition circuit." But has the bell ever been injured during one of these jaunts? Our impression is that Philadelphia caused these suc cessive cracks in the glorious old her ald of freedom. An invention, which, it is said, will revolutionize the curing of meats has been perfected by Cleveland men. Elec tricity will be used to cause the salt to penetrate the meats and thus pre part them for the market in one-quar ter the time the present method re quires. For years and years it was the cus tom of the Naval academy to make the "plebes" walk on the extreme edge of any street or pathway in the Nava 1 academy grounds. Now a "plebe" is Xree to walk where he may. WORTHY OF TRUST PRESIDENT'S ADVISERS HAVE CONFIDENCE OF COUNTRY. Cabinet Is Rich in Men of Legal Mind, and Their Services Are Needed by the Coun try To Day. The new administration is strong on its legal side. In fact, it may be said to have no other side. President Taft ranks with our best lawyers. Mr. Knox was called lo Mr. McKlnley's cabinet because of his high st.antfinß at the bar, and in that cabinet, and later in the senate, attracted wide attention be cause of his professional equipment. Mr. Wickershani has the highest New York indorsement, and Mr. Dickinson the highest middle state indorsement. Mr. Nagel is one of the leading law yers of the Mississippi river valley, and Mr. Ballinger occupies a position of distinction in .the legal world of the Pacific coast. Even Mr. MacVeagh, who is classed as a financier, was edu cated for the bar. Lawyers have always dominated our politics. Twenty of our 20 presidents have been of that profession. The greatest of our achievements in the organization of the government—the treasury department—was the work of a la\yyer—Alexander Hamilton. John Marshall was a tower of strength at the start. Daniel Webster., a lawyer, expounded the constitution in a way to command the deepest reverence for the instrument. The most popular and influential of our political leaders — Henry Clay—was a lawyer. The greaj man who saved the union—Abraham Lincoln—was a lawyer. But never were lawyers more needed than now. The trust question, the rail road question, the labor question, the always present question of national au thority and state authority, are in shape demanding the attention of ex perts in legal forms and powers. The Roosevelt period was largely agitatory. Evils were exposed. Remedies were indicated. Hut, in a large measure, matters have been left unsettled. There is work aplenty to be done to ward bringing permanent order out of it all; and this ample legal talent in executive office co-operating with con gress should be of immeasurable serv ice to the country. How strong we are as a people is il lustrated afresh by the names pre sented. With an exception or two, all are those of men new to our national life, and unknown out of the country. They have played honorable and use ful parts in their fields, but not so as to become known to the general public. The attorney general comes Upon the stage as suddenly and surprisingly as did Charles E. Hughes a few years ago, and is said to be of the same grade and fiber. His opportunity is great, and those who know him are confident that he will improve it to th<- country's good. Eminent in the legal field, Air. Dickinson is a stranger in he political field, and takes a depart ment whose business stretches to (he Philippines on the east and to Panama on the south. The secretary of war pf to-day has bis hands full; and as able a man as Judge Taft found use for all his talents in the post. But new as they are, these men, there is all faith, will meet the emer gency, and, under a chief enjoying the country s trust, and admiration, execute their commissions faithfully and well. The First Step. The tariff is becoming less and less of a party question. It is generally conceded that the country will not abandon the protective policy. A non partisan commission would have been impossible once, but is possible now. But congressmen do not wish to create a commission. They resent expert ad vice. They believe that they know everything best, hut if the business men of the country shall keep up their agitation—and they should do so—they will finally extort a commission from a ■eluctant congress. The first thing is to get a tariff com mission with whose intelligent assist ance there can be some approach to German thoroughness in the tariff schedules of future years. The busi ness men should pull together to in duce the next congress to create one as a supplement to its revision of the tariff.—Chicago Tribune. Calls for Smiles. The senate must have been over come with the emotion which the spec tacle of confident and triumphant vir tue always inspires when it heard ths Hon. Joseph VV. Bailey object to con firming a nominee for a post in the cabinet on the ground that, he had per formed some legal services for the Waters-Pierce Company. Mr. liailey, with his intense consciousness of im peccability, is ever prone to condemn in the walk and conduct of other pub lic servants —or prospective public servants —what he generously con dones in his personal and poltical rec ord.—New York Tribune. ' Had the Right Support. In an article reviewing the career of the outgoing president, tho New York Post says querulously: "As Koosevek broke with friend after iriend, and lust the support of one col lego man after another, he could point to the adoration of labor unions and miners and ranchmen; and that wa enough for him." The support, or that class of men is what every president in this democratic country should mo.-; desire, for it is the common man, if whom, as Abraham Lincoln said, the Lord made so many, that the govern ment is intended chiefly to benefit, CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, APRIL i, 1909. CONGRESS AND THE TARIFF. Action on Vital Question Undoubtedly Will Be Slow. The president's proclamation calling the Sixty-first congress to meet in ex traordinary session on March 15 was in formal compliance with general agreement. The constitution empow ers the president to convene congress "on extraordinary occasions," but when so convened it possesses all its ordinary powers and is not limited to the consideration of any specified sb ject. The present "extraordinary oc casion" is the demand for the revision of the tariff, which was left by com mon consent to the congress elected in November last. Even should this session be devoted exclusively to the one subject, the ex pectation that this can be disposed of in three months is probably oversan guine. To begin with, this congress is to organize anew, and in the house of representatives a long time will l>e spent in the discussion of amendments to the rules. The old rules will doubt less stand, with few modifications, but the opportunity for the insurgents and for new members who know nothing of the subject to make speeches about the speaker will not be neglected. Aft er this the committees will be appoint ed and organized, and the committee representatives a long time will be nominally a new committee, though composed mainly of the old members —will proceed to another stage of its consideration of the schedules. In the course of time it will report a bill, and after the bill shall have been adopted by the house ik will goto the senate, and will be reported to a committee of that body. After further time it will emerge from committee in a form scarcely recognizable by its original framers. Then will come debate, con ferences, more debate and more con ferences. Finally »he tyranny of the "rules" will have to bo invoked to reach a definite result. There will be opportunity in the meanwhile for any other legislation that may appear urgent, for the great body of the members of either house will take but little part in the actual consideration of the complicated de tails of the tariff. Nevertheless, the need of prompt action is universally recognized. The country is not ex pecting an ideal tariff at this time, but it does want the matter disposed of. "Sunny Jim." Vice-President Fairbanks has been unjustly held up before the country as a cold, austere man. Whatever else may be said of his successor, this charge will never be laid at. his door. James S. Sherman, who to-day is tlie second officer in the nation, is the apostle of sunshine. He says: "The world has been bright and beau tiful right along and has given me all I ever earned and more, too. I have been an optimist from my boy hood up." liis youth was spent amid cheerful and helpful surroundings. His father was a journalist, drifted into politics, and held a number of public offices. His mother, a woman of culture and character, put the impress of her strong personality upon her children. Fortune has been good to her hon ored son, and be has cultivated through life that genial disposition which makes him one of the most pop ular men in public life to-day. The Taft administration ought to be all sunshine with such sunny char acters at its head. The Taft and Sherman smile will be contagious no doubt and usher in an era of abound ing good fellowship and cheer. The genial Taft and "Sunny Jim" Sherman reflect the prevailing optimism of the American people. Enforcing Treaty Obligations. An important reform which Presi dent Taft hopes to see credited to his administration is the assertion, through legislation, of the federal gov ernment's power to enforce treaty ob ligations. That is one of the federal powers which has been allowed to re main latent, and the omission to ap ply it has more than once seriously embarrassed the United States. As a nation accepting treaty favors from other nations, 'his country has often had to confess that it does not. guaran tee to aliens the same rights and pro tection which it asks for its own citi zens in alien Jurisdictions. The trea ties which we sign with other powers impose what are apparently mutual ob ligations. But when the pinch comes the bargain is found to have been one sided. We do not give a quid pro quo. For other governments are in a posi tion to compel their citizens or sub jects to respect treaty promises, while an administration at Washington has to intrust, the execution of its pledges to uncertain agencies quite beyond its control. A Southern View. Mr. Roosevelt will rank in history as one of the five groat presidents of the United States. We would name as the preceding four Washington, Jef ferson, Lincoln and Cleveland. He has done more in the last eight years to impress himself upon the world than any other man in it, not excepting William of Germany. And notwith standing his infirmities of character and temper, bis frequent follies and even worse, he is, we believe, the most popular man in the United States to day.—Charlotte (N. C.) Observe)' (Dem). One of the prominent engineers on the Panama canal says Poultney liigc low passed two days there and spent the next two years writing about i:. Some of the most industrious critics at present have never beea to Panamn at all. Pennsylvania Happenings Altoona. —A stormy session was held here at the convention of Dis trict No. 2, United Mine Workers, re sulting in the disfranchisement of six local unions along the main line of the Pennsylvania railroad, ing 2,000 miners, who, it is alleged, refused to obey the constitution of the order. New Castle. Ground has been broken at Eden burg, this county, for a $250,000 plant by the American Pressed Steel Rail Company of Boston. E. A. Dodson, purchasing agent for the com pany, closed a deal for a 20-acre man ufacturing sit and immediately em ployed men to begin preparing the ground for building foundations. The plant will employ 250 men. Erie.— A man arrested here is be lieved to be one of the gang of city directory swindlers who have been working other parts of the country. He is said to have worked dozens of Erie business concerns, and was caught while negotiating for an adver tisement with a brewing company. He gives his name as E. L. Goodhart, and was committed to jail in default of SI,OOO bail for a hearing. Washington.- Mrs. Sarah Harford, said to be the oldest woman of Wash ington county and a member of a fam ily noted for longevity, died at Bealls ville, aged 95 years. Mrs. Harford's father. George Craft, a pioneer settler of Fayette county, lived to be 92. A brother, Daniel Craft, of Fayette coun ty, and a sister, Mrs. Margaret Wag goner, of Brownsville, are living, the former 80 years old and the latter 87. Harrisburg.—By a vote of 22 to 18, four less than required, the senate de feated the Murphy pure food bill. This is tlie measure advocated by the Wholesale grocers and some of the retail grocers of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware, and permitted the use of one-tenth of one per centum of benzoate of soda as a preservative in food stuffs and allowed the use of dioxide of sulphur in the preparation of dried fruits. Harrisburg.—Gov. Stuart has signed the pure milk and ice cream bills, prepared by Dairy and Food Commis sioner Foust and they will become effective at once. Both were drawn as the result of years of experience in the enforcement of the food laws and from data compiled in prosecu tions. The milk bill prohibits the sale of any milk to which water has been added or from which butter fat has been removed, provided that skimmed milk may be sold as such and that no cream shall be sold as cream con taining less than 15 per cent butter fats. Penalty is line of from S2O to S6O. West Newton. Tony Noble, an Italian of Blythedale, committed sui cide in the Suterville lockup by hang ing himself with a strap. Noble, who had been drinking, was crossing a toll bridge over the Youghiogheny river, when he quarreled with .Miss Katherine Kellner over paying toll. He went away, but returned soon with a revolver and opened fire on the toll otllee. Several bullets went entirely through the building, but Miss Kellner and her brother John, who were inside, were not injured. Noble was arrested, and while alone in the lockup ended his life. Butler. Whether a tuberculosis dispensary established by the state in the heart of a residence section may be removed at the instance of the borough board of health lead to a clash between local and state authori ties here. Health Officer Robert B. Fowzer served notice on County Med ical Inspector H. D. Hockenberry to remove the dispensary to the out skirts of the town, alleging that as it is now located it is a menace to the public health. The decision was left to State Commissioner of Health Samuel G. Dixon, who has refused to overrule the health officer. Notice has been given that the dispensary will be removed at an early date. Harrisburg.—The Herbst medical bill has been amended in the senate committee 011 public health and sani tation so as to exempt Christian Scientists from the requirements for a medical education. Chiropodists also are exempted. The "one board" feature of the bill was retained, but instead of the "agreement" of two weeks ago for a state examining board of three allopaths, three homeopaths and two eclectics, the committee adopted the original form of the bill, for the governor to appoint eight members of the board without speci fication as to the medical "school" to which they may belong. No exception is made for the osteopaths under the provisions of this act. Pittsburg.- Methodism and spiritual ism have locked horns at Smithton and Jacobs Creek, the two Youghiog heny river towns that were the scene of the fearful Darr mine disaster a year ago, 011 account of the reputed activity of a number or Pittsburg spir itualistic "mediums" who invaded the locality immediately after the mine horror. The clash of the church peo ple and the spiritualistic converts cul minated recently in the liveliest pub lic meeting Smithton has seen in years in the town hall, when a small riot nearly broke up the gathering. S The PUci te Bay Cheap j ) J. F. PARSONS' ? CUBES] RHEUMATISM! LUMBAGO, SCIATICA! NEURALGIA and! KIDNEY TROUBLE! "• DROPS" taken Internally, rids the blood ■ Of the poisonous matter and acids which I are the direct causes ot these diseases. Applied externally it affords almost in stant relief from pain, while a permanent cure la being effected by purifying the blood, dissolving the poisonous sub •tauce and removing it from the system- DR. 8. D. 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