Secretary Dickinson Is a Merry Wag v *"* ,Tn y WASHINGTON.— Do the onerous du ties of the job of secretary of war put cobwebs on the brain of Jacob M. Dickinson of Tennessee and Chi cago? They do not, chorus all the members of the Tennessee society of New York, who sat in front of their crumpled napkins at the end of the annual dinner of their organization at the Waldorf recently and listened to some new ones that were uncorked to pop and sizzle by the genial Ten nesseean and Chicagoan who holds down the portfolio of war in the Taft cabinet. "When I heard that this was a rep -resentatative body of Tennesseeans," said the secretary after he had arisen from his place at the speakers' table and cast his eyes around on the fem inine products of that heralded state where the bluegrass grows in fiction and song, "when I heard this I could not believe it." Here there was a slight gasp of an ticipation and doubt from the- fair ones. "Because," the secretary hurried to add, with a touch of gallantry, "I said to myself, 'if any state turns out all this galaxy of fair women there can't be enough left within its borders to make it a real state.'" That set Jacob M. Dickinson solid with about one-half the 300 Tennes seeans gathered about the tables, and he proceeded in a mellow vein of rem iniscence. "You know a fellow from Tennessee came to New York a few years ago and before he came he told the peo ple down home that he intended to show those New Yorkers they didn't know it all. He reckoned there were Government Declar< v 112 THE English sparrow n the pirate of the air, just as the rat is the free booter of the earth, and ought to be exterminated. So rules the depart ment of agriculture in a bulletin just published, which also tells how to get rid of the pest. This declaration of war by the gov ernment is in striking contrast to re lief movements started in certain cit ies recently to save these birds from starvation because of the severe win ter. This sparrow studiously, says the department bulletin, hunts and eats insects that are beneficial to plant life, while it passes over more or less those that are harmful. The only good thing it does is to eat the seed of weeds and prevent their spread. Aside from that there is nothing to be said in its favor. More than that, it is murderous. It Orders a Lunch at AWASHINGTONIAN decided he would cut it out. He went to a doctor and told him all about it. The doctor looked him over. "Oom hoom," the doctor said a cou ple of times. Then he asked: "Got any relatives in town?" "Nope. All live up north." "Do you write to them?" "Nope. Never write letters." "How's your appetite? Eat much?" "Nope. Haven't any appetite." "Well," said the doctor, "you do three things. Stop dissipating. Eat regularly. Get Into touch with your relatives. That's all the mental and physical recipes you need." Charley Mann Discovers a Taxpayer A NEWSPAPER man, reewitly come to Washington and new to the sen ate<press gallery, hustles into the out er room. "What —what?" asked Charley Mann, superiiilcndent of the gallery. "Oh, J'm on the Blank News," said the correspondent. Mann looked him over very care fully. He'll know him next time, just as he knows all the correspondents. Mann is always on the job. He takes great care of all telegrams from tho home offices that como for any mem a few tricks to be learned from a realj live one from Tennessee. A friend met him after he'd been here three months and asked him how its was go ing.. " 'Well,' said this fellow who'd had ambitions, 'l've about made up my mind that if they'll let me have mine they can keep their'n.' " "You all have heard the story about the fellow who'd been bitten by a rat tlesnake," said Mr. Dickinson, in a gentle query. "No? Well, the fellow got bitten by the rattlesnake and he was in a desperate condition. A friend of his grabbed a quart flask and start ed for the place where he knew ho could get the only recognized antidote for a rattlesnake bite. "The man there started to fill up the flask, but it was one of those eastern commercial flasks that didn't hold a quart when it ought to have. You know the kind, gentlemen. The man who was filling the flask had about a three finger dose left over and the kind friend who was waiting to take the flask to the stricken man saw there was this much left over. "'What shall I do with this left over?' asked the man who''was filling the flask. " 'Well, come to think of it, that pesky snake took an awful leap at me,' said the fellow who was waiting for the flask, 'and he pretty near got me, too.' "And, speaking of flasks, there was the fellow who went to the legislature down in Nashville once, and he stood up and started to make a speech. Maybe he'd been treating his bald spot with that stuff that comes in flasks; anyway, one of the opposition party—and there isn't much of an op position party in Tennessee legisla ture at any time —got up and hollered, 'You're drunk!' " 'I may be drunk,' the member said. 'lf I am, that's a temporary condition. But you're a damn fool, and that's a permanent condition.'" *s War on Sparrows hunts the nesting places and destroys eggs and young blue birds, house wrens, tree swallows and barn swal lows. The robin, the catbird and the mocking bird it attacks and drives out of parks and shade trees. It has no song, but drives out the song birds and brings only noise in return. After having learned all this about the sparrow, after an extensive in vestigation, the department of agricul ture shows a way to destroy tha bird. First, whenever sparrows roost around your house, destroy their nests. If they roost at night on your eaves trough, drive them away with a long pole. By destroying nests wherever they are seen the increase can be pre vented. The sparrows likes to nest in cavi ties and can be trapped through this preference. It will roost in boxes that may be put up to make its cap ture easy. It may bo lured to spread grain and shot and killed in other ways, or may be poisoned. Wheat soaked in strychnin is said to be preferable. This method has been adopted in California, where it was necessary to protect ripening fruit. the Stamp Window The man gave the doctor two dollars and went away. That night he toiled painfully up the stone steps of the post office. He had resolved, though he had dis obeyed injunction No. 1 that day, he would at least keep two and three. He presently found himself In front of a square, open window. Behind the window stood a man—several, mayhap. "Well?'' the man asked. The would-be purchaser braced himself with hands. Ho wanted to remember just what two and three were and which was which. "Well?" the man asked, his tone a little sharper. Tke situation was becoming some what embarrassing. Why couldn't he remember? What—what —his mind groped back through his visit to the doctor. Quit —eat —write home. His face brightened. He beamed upon the man bacK of the window. "Ah, yes',' he murmured. "Sof boll' eggs, toas' an' coffee." ber of the "gang," and he carefully notes all telephone calls. So all you have to do, In the rush and hustle, la to keep in touch with Mann, and the managing editor will never have causq to complain of delay. A stranger came bustling Into Mann's room one day. "What —what?" said Mann. "Oh, I guess I can stay here," Bald the stranger. "I'm a taxpayer. I want to see what my representative Is do ing." Mann at first was for having him put o it. Thne ho changed his mind. "You say you're a taxpayer?" he asked. "Yes, I'm a taxpayer." "Well, you come with me," said Mann. "You're a dodo bird—or al most. Your kind iu pretty naariy ex anct" CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1910 PPOMiNENTMpPLF' BREWER HITS COURT DELAY --■--————————■—■—— l David Brewer, associate justice of the su preme court of the United States, says criticism , of courts > their delays, and cost of litigation are Jj just. In a recent interview he favored the /il granting of but one appeal after a trial. Justice ■flUy.. I. Brewer declared an implicit faith in the capa ra bility of the American people to maintain and 1 /Wi "xmTOnMsSf perpetuate the republican form of government. I "The courts, their delays and the cost of liti- I gation are justly criticised," said the venerable \ jurist. "No judge ought to object to any fair y\ IT ,j JKk, criticism and no honest Judge will object. There ls no tluty more imperative upon the bar and the mW mW Wl bench than to do what they can to simplify mat f '|\l ! * ers an{ * P technicalities out of the way and ' see to it that substantial justice is administered. "The seat of the whole trouble, in my opinion, Is in the fact that too many appeals are granted when justice does not demand it. A more simple way to put it is to say that our courts trifle with justice by permitting delay upon mere technicalities. "I advocate that the states enact Into law legislation that will permit of but one appeal after the trial judge. I have reached the conclusion that no judgment should be reversed upon a mere error in the admission of evi dence, unless it be clearly shown that such error worked a serious injustice upon the defendant. "I maintain that laws should be passed which would give judges the nec essary latitude in such matters to enable them to render quick justice. The laws of many of the western states are such that a judge is little more than a moderator. "The only exception I would make to the one appeal plan would be in such cases as involved a serious constitutional question. "The reqtiired legislation cannot be obtained unless the matter is agitated. This could best be accomplished by a national conference. ASQUITH SNUBS THE KING Premier Asquith, who has left London for a vacation on the continent, may relinquish the premiership when the new government is formed. \ He will decide this question during his trip. He mEwy/if declared before the elections he would not con yKfflfblfl/ tinue in office unless t he country gave him full jfr-A- v'J authority to carry out his policy in dealing with Jj® Lj the house of lords. ffl jij It can hardly be said that the result of tho ij elections contains any such mandate. It now is Pyf \ I practically settled the liberals will not have a / clear majority in the house of commons and the / coalition with the nationalists and laborites will not have sufficient authority to inaugurate any radical constitutional changes. V . It i? an open secret that Mr. Asquith has found the practical dictatorship of the socialistic wing of his cabinet, notably Chancellor Lloyd-George and Winston Spencer Churchill, most galling. It is rumored Lloyd-George will become the premier if Mr. Asquith de cides to retire. Just before he started for the continent Mr. Asquith was requested by King Edward to come to the royal palace for a conference. The report has spread that the premier snubbed his royal highness and departed without see ing the king. As a request by the king is the same as a command, it is most likely that Mr. Asquith will be called to task and that he will give up the portfolio. CARTER FOR POSTAL BANKS _________ Few big measures of any importance have been discussed in the United States senate In the last few years that Thomas 11. Carter, senator tif'.for \ from Montana, has not had something to do with. \J Mr. Carter is an indefatigable worker and thor- J ough in all he does. When he was national coin -6 niissioner of the Louisiana Purchase exposition *w\ v&Jy 0 t St. Louis he was always on hand to see that jffll \ I the interests of the government were well '(////}//)I guarded. The Montana senator took a prominent ' j part in the debate on the tariff bill and now h« ' S ' )e hind a nlL ' asl "' t -' which President Taft wants wW VvC attention of Senator Carter just now. The Repub lliTJJTl'' W/\ . lican pl£ tform called for such a law. Taft says it must be passed to keep the party pledge and Mr. Carter is going to see that it goes through. He spoke on the bill several days ago and it is likely his voice will again be heard in support of the measure before it is passed. When Mr. Carter gets to talking there is 110 end to his speech if he deems it advisable to continue his oratory. In the closing hours of the Fifty-sixth congress he talked a $50,000,000 river and harbor bill to death. He started talking at 10:30 Sunday night. At 10 a. m. Monday he was surrounded by senators, who importuned him to stop talking, but his voice was still strong enough to carry him through until it was time for the inaugural ceremonies. Then he went to bed. leaving orders that he should not be disturbed for a day. | SHERMAN RAPS WATERWAY Everybody in Illinois knows that Lawrence Y. Sherman, former lieutenant governor and now SZ,' president of the Illinois state board of administra tis tion, is a plain talker. Mr. Sherman usually says ij\ what he thinks and does not fear to express his O opinions freely, but his closest friends were sur- WRtf prised at the speech he made before tho Automo bile Club of America in New York several days \s ag °- Tt ' ' n t^lat s P eec h r - Sherman attacked a pet P measure of his chief, Gov. Deneen. The governor .1 wants to spend $20,000,000 on the state's water ways. Mr. Sherman knows it, but he didn't hesi tate to say that the money could be put to better use applied to the building of hard roads. Of 'ln-'!'■h'll^ l course this kind of talk pleased the automobile people, for good roads is the hobby of all who Jaunt around the country In their touring cars. The speech was not taken with such pleasure in the governor's office at Springfield, however, and there has been some talk that the governor might ask Mr. Sherman to resign since he saw fit to attack the waterway plan in which Mr. Deneen is so greatly interested. In his speech Mr. Sherman said the $20,000,000 lately voted "to scoop out an endless avalanche of mud in Illinois would build 4,000 miles of hard roads at $5,000 a mile." In other ways, also, he expressed his preference for good roads over inland waterways. Oid-Time English Elections. In old-time England each lonstitu- I ency gave its representative in parlia- > ment a horse to carry him to West- | minster, anil also paid his expenses on the road. These expenses, together with an allowance lor each day spent on duty at the house of commons, gen erally at the rate of 80 cents a nay, i were refundad in one lump sum when the member returned homo at the end of the parliamentary year. Sir F. Del avr.l totaled -.even votes i*> ac attempt on Andover in tiie general election of I 170 S. An item in his election agent's bill is typical ot the reckoning he had to pay: "To being thrown out of the George inn, Andovor, to my legs being thereby broken, to surgeon's bill and loss of time and business, all in the service of Sir F. Delaval, £SOO ($2,- 500)." Lord Llandaff won Dungarvan in 1808. The item, "£547 ($2,735) whisky," caused him to protest faintly. "Begorra," said his election agent, if ye want to squeeze a pippin like that ye'll never do for Dungarvan." SAVED FROM AN OPERATION By Lydia E. Pi nkham's Vegetable Compound Do Forest, Wis.— "After an opera tion four years ago l«i I had pains down- Wt V ward in both sides, ■fi backache, and a y weakness. The doc i \ _ < *^ > _ F ' or wanted me to X h have anotlier opera • tion. 1 took Lyuia E. / f.y>T7-vfi''\ \ ' J lo Compound and '/. A'/1 ' iam entirely cured —i If/ lof my troubles."— Mra. Augtjste YJiSPEiiiiAXN, Do For est, Wisconsin. Another Operation Avoided. New Orleans, La.—"For years I suf fered from severe female troubles. Finally I was confined to my bed and the doctor said an operation was neces sary. 1 gave Lydia E. l'inkham's Veg etable Compound a trial first, and was saved from an operation." Mtfs. Lily Peyhoux, 1111 Kerlerec St., New Orleans, La. Thirty years of unparalleled success confirms the power of Lydia E. l'ink ham's Vegetable Compound to cure female diseases. The great volume of unsolicited testimony constantly pour ing in proves conclusively that Lydia E. l'inkham's Vegetable Compound is a remarkable remedy for those dis tressing feminine ills from which so many women suffer. If you want special advice about your case write to Mrs. Pi 11kham, at Lynn, 31ass. Her advice il free, and always helpful. The Wonderful Y. M. C. A. In the past ten years no other re ligious organization has received so much money as the Y. M. C. A. Mil lions have been raised for new build ings all over the land, and with no ap parent strain. Its business-like admin istration of its vast resources, its en ergy in pushing its work —in the cities and through the railroad, army and navy branches —and its fine policy in following the armies in all recent wars, have created for it a world-wide enthusiasm. At the last banquet of the international committee, Senator Root affirmed that they had made their way by working with men more than by talking to them, saying: "Come with us," not "Go do that." By their appeal to all classes of Chris tians, as well as to non-Christians, they have kept out of doctrinal theol ogy, and by their activity in good works they have escaped cant in religion. All interested in saving our boys and young men rejoice in their world-wide success.—Leslie's Weekly. The Fight Against Tuberculosis. Interest in the anti-tuberculosis cam paign now being waged throughout the United States is evidenced by the fact that in the year 1909 163 new anti-tu berculosis associations were formed, 133 tuberculosis sanatoria and hospit als were established, and 91 tubercu losis dispensaries were opened. Com pared with previous years, this is the best record thus far made in the fight against consumption in this country. During the year 1909, 43 more asso ciations for the prevention of tubercu losis were formed than during the pre vious 12 months, and 62 more hospitals and sanatoria were established. On January 1, 1910, there were in the Uni ted States 394 anti-tuberculosis associ ations, 386 hospitals and tuberculosis sanatoria and 265 special tuberculosis dispensaries. CLEAR-HEADED Head Bookkeeper Must be Reliable. The chief bookkeeper in a large busi ness house in one of our great West ern cities speaks of the harm coffee did for him: "My wife and I drank our first cup of I'ostum a little over two years ago, and we have used it ever since, to the entire exclusion of tea and coffee. It happened in this way: "About three and a half years ago I had an Lttack of pneumonia, which left a memento in the shape of dyspep sia, or rather, to speak more correctly, neuralgia o" the stomach. My 'cup of cheer' had always been coffee or tea, but I became convinced, after a time, that they aggravated my stomach trou ble. I happened to mention the mat ter to my grocer one day and he sug gested that I give Postum a trial. "Next day it came, but the cook made the mistake of not boiling it sufficient ly, and we did not like it much. This was, however, soon remedied, and now we like it so much that we will never change bock. Postum, being a food beverage instead of a drug, has been the means of curing my stomach trou ble, I verily believe, for I am a well man today and have used no other remedy. "My work as chief bookkeeper in our Co.'s branch house here is of a very confining nature. During my coffee drinking days I was subject to nerv ousness and 'the blues' in addition to my sick spells. These have left me since I began using Postum and I can conscientiously recommend it to those whose work confines them to loug hours of severe mental exertion." "There's a Reason." Look in pkgs. for the little book "The Road to Wellville." Kvcr roail tlie above fetterf A nev one jippenrn from time to time. The* lire genuine, true, nml full of liuiuui Intercut. ROCKY BOY INDIAN LANDS OPEN FOR SETTLEMENT. Secretary Ballinger has issued In structions to threw open 1,400,000 acres of land in Eastern Montana to white settlers. This land was withdrawn about two years ago for the purpose of allotting to the Hocky Boy Indians. The tract, contains the very choicest lands in Valley County and wherever farming has been carried on, it has produced yields of from 20 to 30 bushels of wheat per acre, 40 to 70 bushels of oats and large crops of hay, alfalfa and vegetables. There are over 8,000 ICO-acre home steads in this tract, which is con siderable more than the combined total in the Flathead, Spokane and Coeur d'Alene Reservations, which were opened to settlement last summer. POOR CHOLLY. Cholly—ls your sister in, my boy? Willie—Just give me your card, and I'll go and see if you're de guy she told ine to tell dat she was out. Who Are the Elect? Two modern statements of the doc trine of "election," neither of which would quite satisfy John Calvin or Jonathan Edwards, are given in the Congregationalist. One was Henry Ward Beecher's epi grammatic and convincing phrase: "The elect are whosoever will; the non-elect are whosoever won't." Good as this is, there is another ex planation that is a star of equal mag nitude. It was made by a colored di vine, who said: "Brethren, it is this way: The Lord, he is always voting for a man; and the devil, he is always voting against him. Then the man himself votes, and that breaks the tie!" Put a Shirt on Greeley. The excellent cut of Horace Gree ley's birthplace at Amherst, N. H., in the Sunday Herald of recent gests this anecdote which may be oi interest: The room in which he was born is now occupied as a sitting room. A visitor some years ago asked a lady living near by if she remembered ever seeing Horace Greeley, and she re plied: "Well, yes; I have a very early remembrance of him. I put the first shirt on him." —Boston Herald. Are You Tired of the Color of Your Dress? If so, dye it, but be sure and use Dy-o-la Dyes which give the same fast brilliant colors to any and all fabrics. So much easier, better, and more eco nomical than others. Dealers sell Dy-o-la Dyes at 10 cents a package. Write Dy-o-la, Burlington, Vermont, for color card and book of directions. His "Raise." "I don't dare face my wife." "What's the trouble?" "I told her I expected a raise." "Well?" "Well, the raise I expected and the raise I got were two different kinds." Down Easy. "Golly, Mike! are you alive after falling two stories?" "Why, that's not far. This is a 51- story building."—Judge. Generally the man or woman who says"l don't care" is a liar. SLATE DOLLARS Put Slate on your roof and you'll put dollars in your pocket. No more leaks or expensive repairs. Most eco nomical because the most durable. Absolute protection from wind and storm, lightning and fire, year in and year out, as long as the building stands. Don't lootc for a substitute for slate. There is none. Our book, The Roof ?, tells why. Send for it today, it's free. F.C.SheldonSlate Co.,Granviile,N.Y. Best for Children jP ibuß? S m BIST YQft I Gives instant relief when little throats ■ are irritated and sore. Contains I no opiates and is as pleasant to take ■ as it is effective. H AU Druifbti, 25 cents. TjjjjMijig pW '"ilWiTiTii iTM Bilß Tiiii wi jgijp 1 3
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