A WOMAN'S TACT. The Actress Spoiled a Scene, but Soothed the Angry Star. There Is a pretty story of Modjeskt ami a new leading woman who was to play the part of Elizabeth in Schiller's dreary play, "Mary Stnart." The new leading woman, who was to assume the part of the red haired sovereign, was a beautiful young per son whose acting experience had been iiniited to a few seasons in modern so ciety plays. On the night of the tirst performance, in the most important Scene of the drama, where the captive Mary confronts Elizabeth in Fotberin gay park, all was not well. The new leading woman, wearing a wig for the first time in iter career and looking un comfortable in the high Elizabethan raff, was ill at ease in the beginning, and, losing one of the chief words and thereby the meter from her opening lines, she began to flounder and soon "dried up" completely. This left Schiller's unhappy Mary standing in the center of the stage waiting to be adequately insulted. But Elizabeth's mind was a blank, madam could see that, and, jumping to her Elst speech, the curtain was brought down. Everybody on the stage was distressed. Hut instantly the beautiful joung woman, disguised as the irate Elizabeth, rushed to the star's side and said: "Dear madam, 1 ain so sorry, but you know you do look so lovable in this part it was impossible for me to say those terrible things to you!" For a second there was a mixed ex pre salon on Modjeska's face, and thoi\ she forgivingly patted the speaker's Cheek and walked away.—Metropolitan Magazine THE STAGE DRINK. Some Sarcastic Comments Upon Its Terrific Potency. What we have always noticed about the stage drink Is its terrific potency. That there are other points of Interest In this thing we do not deny, and we are Inclined to agree with a writer In •no of the weekly papers who says that "our actors, even the best and most experienced of them, haven't the fhintest notion of how to drink nat urally and with the air of men who are enjoying the process." And we 6ave frequently noted that curious un spillable quality in the musical comedy drink. In this particular type of po tation, which is set to music and which wo may call the gay drink, the careless gestures of the tlngou holders, who do not actually drink until they have waved the goblet upside down, have be«jn known to make strong and thirsty galleryites burst into tears, commingled with reproaches. When falsely accused Frederick suffers a mo mentary attack of depression and de cides to set out for territories exclu sively canine he pours into a small Ekjuor glass a little very pale brandy and, with a desperate cry of frenzy and despair, drinks it at one go. Some times it is half a glass of noncorporeal claret. But the result is the same. Falsely accused Frederick instantly starts liis Apache dance with the grand pianoforte, and friends who be lieved in tiim, entering at that ino a:ent, say, "Good heavens, he's drunk!" The drink is potent. It cannot always be a case of weakness of head. — Lon don Globe. No Beggars In Copenhagen. Copenhagen is a city of."00,000 in habitants. During a week's stay I have seen no seller of matches or boot laces, no gutter merchant, no blind or nther aiilieted .persons about ♦.he streets asking for alms—not one iingle sign of distri. . due to poverty. have explored the artisans' quarters »y day and late at night. There is not i single spot in the whole of Copen hagen that could be compared even re motely to the slums in our large towns. There are no unemployed hang ing about the street corners, no un kempt women standing idly at the doors, no ragged and dirty children playing in the gutter. There are no dirty houses, with dirty or broken windows, mended with bits of paper, and a ragged apron or a torn bed cloth doing duty for a curtain.—Denmark Letter in London Express. An Ancient Greek Relic. As a memorial of their victory in their final and desperate struggle at Palatea to 1 rl back the invading east the ancient Greeks made a tripod from the golden cups of the Persians' table and the bronze of their soldiers'armor 3t bore on its sides the names of every city whose soldiers fought and fell i:t the supreme moment of a nation's life That tripod still exists at Constantino ple, a national relic which lias endured longer than die states whose deeds it CttliSeo rated. The Seventh Son. ' "Yes," said the despondent man."l was a seventh son." "And didn't it bring you luck?" asked the superstitious one. "Well, if being obliged to wear the castoff clothes of six other brothers is luck it did," replied the despondent man.—Philadelphia Itecord. The Dear Friends. Miss Thin—Don't you think my new dress is just exquisite? Fannie—Oh. lovely! I think that dressmaker of yours could make a clothes prop look (graceful. His Chance. Little Boy—l want a dose of castor oil. Druggist—Do you want the kind you can't taste? Little Boy (anxious to get even)—No, sir: it's for mothar. Silence is one of the hardest arcru monts to refute.— Billings. FRENCH DETECTIVES. Tirey Are Trained For Their Duties In a Regular Police School. In Paris aspirants for positions ii the detective force are taught in a reg ular school, where day after day thej are put through various exercises untii they become proficient and receive ap polntments or show that they have not the detective instinct in them. The students first are trained In the use of their eyes and their hands. One of the lessons consists in placing the pupil in a brilliantly lighted room full of furniture and ornaments. Then he is taken to another room and required to make a sketch of the room he just has left. Indicating the position of ail the objects in It. He Is allowed to look at a face for a minute and then re quired to describe the color of the hair, the eyes, the general form, etc. He afterward is required to pick out a photograph of the face from among several hundred others. In educating the hand the student is placed in a dark room in which are many curious and unusual objects. These be feels over and then writes a description of them. He must remem ber even the slightest details. One test Is to let him handle gems in the dark and then tell what they are, whether diamonds, rubles or what not. This is. of course, an exercise for the more ad vanced pupils. CHINESE PRINTING. The Compositors Are Staid and Digni fied and Never Rush. A font of type in the Chinese lan guage requires 11,000 spaces, and in the large and spacious rack each word, instead of each letter, as in English, has a place by Itself. There is also a peculiar grouping or classification of symbols Into groups to further facili tate tho mental labors of the typeset ters. Thus in the immediate vicinity of the symbol for fish would be found the symbols of scales, net, tins, tall, gills. This simplifies the labor, which In any event must be so strenuous that it Is evident that the compositor's end of the Chinese newspaper should, if perfect justice ruled, be the highest paid. Tho compositor is a staid and digni fied individual, and as he slowly walks from symbol to symbol, picking up those which he requires with provok ing calmness, tho American compositor might well wonder when the work would be completed, and to set up the type required for a small four page daily paper tho constant labors of eight or nine skilled Chinamen are re quired for twelve or thirteen hours, the entire work in every department being tho antipodes of the rusli and whirl and marvelous celerity of the modern American publication. He Obeyed Orders. Old world domestics make the best possible servants because they work like machines, never forgetting an or der and doing exactly as they are told, without presuming to think for them selves. But once in awhile this literal adherence to duty produces some awk ward results. An American woman living in India, with native servants, once told her butler to see that there was always a napkin at the bottom of the fruit dish, cake basket, etc., when these were brought to the table. The napkin was thereafter always seen In its place. But one day a tureen of vegetable soup was served, and the hostess began to wlekl the long, old fashioned silver ladle about in it Something vei.v like a fringed rag made its aj.pi ;:rance in tho first plate ful. Tho butler was summoned to re move the ili: !i "It cannot be that the mem sahib found no napkin at the bottom," he hazarded, much distressed because of this unexplained disap proval. "for I myself placed there the largest one I could find." Queer Goldfish. Beautiful and most interesting of all goldfish i-j a native of Japan, and it is noted for tho beauty of its tail and the abnormal length of its fins. Tho tail resembles a delicate veil, and the fins are developed to such an extent that it is impossible for the fish to make rapid progress in the water. It Is therefore solely on account of its beauty that it is prized and because in this respect it differs widely from other varieties of goldfish, such as the "telescope fish." the eyes of which bulge out of the head in most unsightly fashion; the "celestial eyed fish." which is also un comely because its eyes are bullet shaped and arc ever turned skyward, and the "egg fish," which is so called because its body is somewhat amor phous, but resembles an egg more than anything else. His Impartiality. Lord Lansdowne once congratulated Lord Crewe on an eloquent speech iu ihe house of lords. "I have followed it,"he said, "with earnest attention, not only on account of the importance of the subject, but also on account of the noble lord's judicial attitude. I admired his earnestness and his elo quence, but what impressed me most was his impartiality." A pause. "Yes, until the last minute I did not know on which side of the fence his lord ship was coming down." Thoroughly Broken. "Subster is a perfect husband." "I never heard ho was so wonder ful." '"Well, every time he sees a mall box he feels In his pockets."—Buffalo Express. There Was Fruit. Jack—So your efforts to win the rich heiress were fruitless, eh? Tom- Fruitless! Oh, no! I got the lemon.— Boston Transcript. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1910. A Big Baby Farm. What has been called the biggest baby farm In the world is situated at Moscow, and it is claimed that this Institution shows all annual crop of some 14,000 babies, uot to speak of that put out by a branch nt St. Peters burg, which numbers 8,000. The Mos cow Foundling asylum was founded by Empress Catherine 11.. and it is main tained, oddly enough, by a tax on playing cards. Servants in the red livery of the royal family guard its doors, and its accounts are carefully audited by the Russian treasury de partment. The buildings comprising this institution stand In a hollow square round a garden with trim lawn and trees, which forms a playground for the children. Youngsters 6f all sorts and sizes, from tender nurslings, who in the incubating rooms are just struggling into life, are tended by care ful nurses and are as sure of good at tention and wholesome food as any baby can need. About fifty babies are received every dny. and after four weeks the nurses take them to their own homes in the villages.—New York Tribune. Opulence. They numbered four. They abso lutely exuded prosperity. The things which they ordered were such as to fill with envy the breast of the man at the next table engaged in consuming the most modest dish disclosed <y the bill of fare. The four were conversing—languid, plutocratic conversation. After awhile It turned to the questio money. Evidently they wante some thing. How much m they? One of the four took out his pocket book and counted up a roil ot Is. "Oh, I have a hundred and f<. ij," he said carelessly. The second and third members of the party went through their pockets. "I have two hundred and fifteen," re marked one. "And I have three hundred." said the other. The fourth waved his baud grandly. "Never mind, you fellows." he said. "I'll lend you all you want." Tenderly waiters bore the man at the next table out into the cold air. He will recover.—Philadelphia Ledger. A Thrilling Sport. At Waikiki. the home of surfboat- Ing for pleasure, there Is no danger ous reef, but hi the south Pacific often the reef is two miles from shore and is exposed at low tide. The waves form almost on the edge of the reef and drop down upon the hard coral perpendicularly, covering the reef for the time being with about two feet of rushing water. The canoe that must jump this reef places it self before a wave, every one pad dles for dear life, and if the boat does not touch coral, but is held suspended until a cushion of water rushes on ward to receive it, the jump is suc cessfully negotiated, the reef is crossed, and there is but a two mile paddle across the quiet lagoon to the j sandy beach. If the bow of the canoe J does touch the coral on the down leap ! there is a shattering of the dugout, j and its occupants are sent flying in j every direction. One might laugh at j this at Waikiki, where there are uo | sharks, but not in the south seas.— ' Recreation, Tons of Pins. Nothing better shows the bigness of j little things than the manufacture of , pins, in l-'nglnnd there are made each ; week between fifteen and sixteen tons j of the small necessaries, the materials j being iron, steel and brass. The year- j ly production would amount to about , tons. The number of pins includ- ! ed in I his great weight would make | any ordinary figures seem insignificant j —would, in fact, defy realization or j comprehension. 'Germany also makes j great quantities of pins, her produc- | Hon totaling about 144 tons a year. The United States makes great quau- ! lities of pins and imports many from j England. .Most of the latter country's j output is manufactured in Birming ham by two firms, one of which has been in existence nearly a century and the other over a century.—Philadelphia North American. He Didn't Complain. Young Wife —This talk about men j being so impatient when a woman is j getting ready togo anywhere is all i nonsense. Friend—Doesn't your husband com- j plain at ail? Young Wife —No, indeed. Why. last j evening 1 couldn't find my gloves and ; had a long hunt for half a dozen other < things, and yet when I was finally I dressed and went downstairs to iny 1 husband there he was reading and j smoking as calmly as if I wasn't half ] an hour late. Friend—Well. I declare! Where were you going? Young Wife—To prayer meeting. Method. Method goes far to prevent trouble in business, for It makes the task easy, hinders confusion, saves abundance of i time and instructs those that have j business depending what to do and j what to hope. Blissful Ignorance. "Shall I tell you a secret, Mr. Clack?" 1 asked a little boy. "My sister Louisa j is to be engaged to your brother. | Even your brother hasn't been told j yet." An Order Could Be Filled. Customer (in Boston restaurant)— Waiter, have you any fried eels? Wait er—We have eels, sir, and they are susceptible of being fried. Trust him little who praises all. him less who censures all. and him least who is Indifferent to all. Lavater. Got the Train Stopped. When the late Kobert Bonner pur chased Maud S.he sent her to Char ter Oak park to be trained. One day a friend of Mr. Hon nor left New York to visit him at the park, but found that the train did uot stop at that station. The conductor was polite, but said that he could not go against orders. At New Ilaveu a halt was made, and Mr. Bonner's friend tried to bribe the engineer with a ten dollar bill, but iu vain, lie was then told that Charles I'. Clark, the president of the road, was on the train, and he went to him. "Why don't you see the conductor?" asked Mr. Clark. "1 have, but he will not disobey orders." "Why uot then go forward and bribe the engineer?" "I tried bribery at New Haven, but it would not work." The absence of evasion was the best policy. Mr. Clark not only gave orders to have the train stopped at Charter Oak, but promised some day to see Maud S. He had witnessed the attempt at bribery, and the frank con fession of the offense seemed to please him. Preparing For a Journey. Jerome K. Jerome recalled with rev erence a habit of his methodical uncle, who, before packing for a journey, al ways "made a list" This was the system which he followed, gathered from his uncle's own lips: Take a piece of paper and put down on It everything you can possibly re quire. Then go over It and see that it contains nothing you can possibly do without. Imagine yourself in bed. What have you got on? Very well; put It down, together with a change. You get up. What do you do? Wash yourself. What do you wash yourself with? Soap. Put down aoapi Goon till you have finished. Then take your clothes. Begin at your feet. What do you wear on your feet? Boots, shoes, socks. Put them down. Work up till you get to your head. What do you want be sides clothes? Put down everything. This is the plan the old gentleman always pursued. The list made, he would go over It carefully to see that he had forgotten nothing. Then he would go over It again and strike out everything It was possiblo to dispense with. Then he would lose the list. Chicago the Danger Line. "Speaking of fishballs," remarked an ardent New England admirer of that form of food who was eating in a Dearborn street restaurant the other day."l will tell you a sad, sad truth about them. "If you order them in Boston they are practically all fish. Yes. sir—solid, bona fide fish. Move west a bit—to Albany, say. What happens? The amount of fish in each fishball has dwindled. Proceed to Buffalo. A cer tain self assertiveness begins to be ap parent with the fish. Onto Cleveland! Fishballs there are half potato, half lisli, with the accent on potato. Onto Chicago! There potato has the upper hand!" He groaned. "How is it in the far west?" He leaned forward. "I've never dared travel farther west than Chicago!" he whispered hoarsely. —Chicago Tribune. Golf in the Old Days. Centuries back golf was a pastime of the royal family, though then usu ally played in Scotland. The Stuart family was very fond of the game, and the first English club was estab lished at Blackheath hi ICOS by James I. Ilis eldest son. Henry, frequently played and 011 one occasion nearly struck by accident his tutor with a club, whereupon he coolly remarked, "Had I done so I had but paid my debts." Charles I.was playing golf when lie received the news of the Irish rebellion. James, duke of York, afterward James 11.. was another ardent player. Golf is frequently mentioned in ancient Scottish records and in the fifteenth century was pro hibited because it Interfered with the practice of archery. Strutt consid ered it the most ancient game at ball requiring a bat.—London Standard. Vegetable Chat. "1 see that some college professor has been saying that he believes that vegetables can see and hear while growing in the garden." "Is that so?" "Yes; not only that, but he believes that ages hence they will be able to converse with one another." "Oh. that's old!" "What's old?" "Vegetables conversing. I've often heard 'Jack and the Beans-talk!'" Maid Worth Having. The Mistress (entering the kitchen)— Jane, didn't I hear a dish break a minute ago. The Maid—l hope you did, mem. It made noise enough, if you hadn't heard it I should have thought you were getting deaf, and that, you know, would be awful.—Bos ton Transcript. Cause and Effect. The Earl of Ennui (dreamily)—Wisht I just had er million and ten years ahead of me. Baron Beating It—Well, you grab the million and you'll get the ten years all right, all right.—Puck. Then What? Mrs. Hoyle—My husband doesn't care for money. Mrs. Doyle—That adds to the mystery as to the motive for his marriage.—New Yor-lc Press. Sure Thing. Bill-When all the fools are diead I don't want to be alive. Jill—Well, don't worry; you won't be.—Yonkers Statesman. SaVe Gas Bills While we have numerous COOKING, HEATING and PARLOR STOVES in our large stock, comprising the finest makes, at most reasonable prices, we constantly add the'lafeest and most improved. We carry the largest line in Cameron county. Our latest favorite is "The Ohio" sign, heavy cast iron, oorea and drilled. ONE-HALF MINUTE required to change this Range from gas to coal or vice-versa. TO CHANGE from gas to coal lift out top burners, close slides at top burner openings, close front slide-draft, pull out cast iron false oven bottom, remove cover from same and place it into cover hole in regular bottom. WATERFRONT-CAST Malleable, can be supplied in firebox for coal if desired. TOP BURNERS are the well known star drilled variety, are re movable, no bolts, simply lift out. LARGE ROUND DRILLED OVEN BURNER is not removable, always ready for use. Has improved pilot light. BOWL SHAPED FLUE, containing oven burner, has opening at ottom, giving required air supply for perfect combustion. DAMPER in closet pipe open for coal, close for gas. BROIL WITH COAL, raise front two section,adjust swing brackets, attached at side of warmiug-closet. OVEN THERMOMETER on every combined Coal and Gas Range. ODORHOOD WARMING CLOSET draws heat and fumes from top cooking surface to flue. EVERY RANGE GUARANTEED A PERFECT BAKER AND COOKER The Most Complete Line of Hardware Never has our establishment been better able to meet the demands of the trade than at present. We have the largest anil most complete line of everything that should be found in a first class Hardware store. Drop in and fsee us—llo harm done if you do not purchase. F. V. 51 EI LMAN & CO. Next door to Geo. J. Laßar's Furniture Store. COMPETITION DEAD! """""j fl I WEST FOURTH ST., I | EMPORIUM, CAMIvRON CO., I'A. m 1 H NOTICE AND WOST COMPLETE LINr: / i amxyyga».:ag«SE of GENERAL MERCHANDISE in C9UN s"Y if j® OUR MOTTO:—Good and Reliable] j Goods at Moderate Prices. j Groceries Canned goods, strictly pure, conforming with the pure Mi food law, consisting of Tomatoes, Peaches, Pears, Succotash M and Corn, Corned and Dried Beef, Veal Loaf, Salmon, Sar- |W •j: x v , dines in oil and mustard, Pickles by the keg or in bottles, all f' kinds of Fish, by the piece or pail, Hams, Bacon and Salt ftyj. Pork, or anything you desire in the Grocery line; also Hay, |p| Feed, Oats, Straw and Flour. j'J)| Clothing Our stock of Underwear is complete. National Wool, ip |H Fleece lined and Ballbrigan Shirts and Drawers which cannot Sjjv M be surpassed in price or durability. Our line of Overalls, yx |H Over Jackets, Pants, Work and Dress Shirts, Wool and Cot- 'Oil j|||l ton Socks, Gloves and Mitts, will surprise you in price and || quality. | Shoes and Rubbers I !* Men and Boys' work and dress Shoes, Ladies and Chil i||J jJI dren's shoes, Complete line and all sizes. Rubbers of allk ind ||s | for Ladies, Children and Lumbermen's. iffflj | Dry Goods m Cannot be surpassed in this line. Have everything from !a a darning needle to a sewing machine. Our line of Einbroi- ||| Ideries and Insertions are complete. Come look our stock ffl over and be convinced. Hardware B Axes, Shovels, Hinges, Hammers, Hatchets, all kinds iffl and sizes of Nails and Spikes. Our Tinware, etc., consists of |gl| Boilers, Milk Pans, Tin Cups, Wash Basins. Full stock of Mil Lumberman's Supplies, Lever Stocks, Neck Yokes, Axe and ||| Pick Handles, Spuds, Mauls, Grabs, etc. We appreciate all orders and shall endeavor to give our |||| inur< diate arid prompt attention and give you as good ser- res vice and us reliable goods in the future as we have in the past. far Phone orders receive our prompt attention^ Yours truly, J®! H c. B. HOWARD & CO. S
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