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H. H. MULLIN, Editor and Proprietor
Published Every Thursday
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Among other things, tne automobile
has taken a load off the Humane so
ciety.
An yet, the aeroplane has not begun
seriously to worry the automobile
business.
It Is better for one's aeroplane togo
wrong ten miles from land horizon
tally than vertically.
A German woman advocates com
pulsory domestic service for all girls.
She must live In the suburbs.
American heiresses when caught
very young may be more easily
trained by their titled husbands.
Five generals of the Haitian revolu
tionary army have been captured and
shot. Presumably the private got
away.
Maybe the woman, who received coal
when she thought she was buying
eggs is in luck that it was not dia
monds.
Aviator Latham has gone duck
hunting in a monoplane. Tho innova
tion adds to the undesirability of be
ing a duck.
Fresh air advocates will not be sur
prised to learn that a hermit who had
remained indoors for forty years died
of pneumonia.
Paris wants a new law to discourage
dueling, the idea being to shed ora
tory instead of blood when some one
has a grievance.
The enterprising journalist will see
to it that the Hope diamond keeps
true to its traditions in the matter
of worrying its owners.
Possibly the Chicago thieves who
were betrayed by the singing of a
canary have come to the conclusion
that a bird on the dump is worth two
in the flat.
Funny the lightning picked out the
Missouri statehouse as its objective,
when big, tall, glittering rods are up
in New Jersey, Ohio, Massachusetts
and New York.
One of the scientists predicts that
the women of the future will be bald
headed. Pshaw! He is dreaming. If
women were bald-headed, how could
they use hatpins?
The Montana bride who had never
spoken to her prospective husband un
til a few minutes before the marriage
ceremony will probably make up for
her lack of loquacity.
Three thousand girls are taking a
commercial course in the Boston high
schoools. Perhaps this Is one of the
reasons why schoolboys are being
taught to sew and darn.
In Germany there is a dog that can
Bpeak seven words. No woman is
likely to have much respect for a dog
that can't make use of a more exten
sive vocabulary than that.
New York city is about to legislate
against hatpins. Being strung on one
does not improve the temper of the
tired citizen who must ride home
packed in a subway train.
American football may be frowned
upon by European educators, but t»*
can point with pride to the fact that
our universities have not accepted
anarchy as a popular sport.
East St. Louis wants eggs to be
stamped with the date on which they
were minted. Cannot Wizard Burbank
or Wizard Edison invent a hen suffi
ciently intelligent to use a time clock?
The party who referred to the
Smithsonian institution as a "trash
heap" evidently labors under the im
pression that the specimens slaugh
tered by Col. Roosevelt are already
there.
A New York judge has decided that
a wife, even though she be childless, is
a man's "family" to the extent of shar
ing in his money. Even the law these
days of women's rights is deferring to
the lady.
A peaceful citizen who was held up
and robbed by two Chicago crooks
wants to thank them because they
didn't kill him. All of which consti
tutes our notion of the uttermost limit
of optimism.
A rich coal operator of West Vir
ginia wants a divorce because his wife
Insisted on putting on boxing gloves
with him and whipping him every
night. Before deciding to break up
his happy home he should have tried
putting on a catcher's mask and an
umpire's pad
Russia is going to build a $75,000,-
•00 fleet, for the Black sea. Evidently
Russia isn't taking much stock in
this universal peace business.
A Philadelphia woman wants a
fllvorce because her husband allowed
her only 25 cents a day. Evidently
she isn't satisfied with her quarters.
It Is not surprising that the re
mains of a dinosaur should be found
la New York city. Dead ones are
fllooUful lu the vlciulty of Broadway.
WILL HELP FARMER
EFFECT OF RECIPROCITY AGREE
MENT WITH CANADA.
Provides Better Market for His Pro
ductions and Cheapens Price of
Many Things That He Has
to Purchase.
The American farmer may be a little
bewildered at this moment. He is be
ing assured on one hand that the re
ciprocity agreement with Canada will
ruin him. Other men, among them
such old and stanch friends as Secre
tary Wilson, are assuring him that not
only can it do him no harm but that it
will be of service to him In that It will
give him a better market for some of
the things he produces and cheapen
the price of some he has to buy. For
tunately, the farmer Is In a position to
consider the question dispassionately.
He has been doing remarkably well for
several years. He Is not worrying
where the money is to come from to
pay the interest on his mortgage. He
has paid it off and has money in bank.
it should be an easy matter to con
vince the average American wheat
grower that the free admission of
Canadian wheat canhot injure and may
benefit him. The price of wheat for the
world is fixed at Liverpool. The price
would not be affected by the free ad
mission of Canadian grain. There
would simply bo a more extensive In
terchange of wheat. American millers
would buy more Canadian hard wheat
for mixing purposes, and Canadian
millers would buy more American soft
wheat. I>ast year Canada took a mil
lion dollars' worth of wheat of the Uni
ted States. But for the Canadian duty,
which it is proposed to repeal, more
would have been taken.
The reciprocal removal of duties
would make a broader and steadier
market for both countries. There
would be no more attempts to run a
wheat corner In Chicago. The most
daring speculator would regard it as
too desperate an undertaking when he
had the Canadian supply to reckon
with. While the price of wheat would
be steadied the value of farm lands
would not be affected. —Chicago Trib
une.
The Tarlf*.
Whatever happens—extra session or
no extra session of congress—this is
going to be a tariff year in these Uni
ted States of America.
If the pact with Canada fails at this
session and an extra session is called
to consider It, that will mean at least
a protracted and spirited controversy.
In a way, that instrument has Increased
interest in the whole tariff question. It
has quickened the national pulse. Both
Democrats and Republicans are seeing
things a little more broadly and inti
mately than ever before. Here Is re
ciprocity in a form that he who runs
may read. The proposition Is definite
and easily understood. If we want a
larger market right at our door, hero is
the chance to acquire it.
If the pact fails at this session, and
the matter goes over until next winter,
it will still be a lively subject of dis
cussion in the press and on the stump
meanwhile. Governor Foss of Massa
chusetts in particular should welcome
It. He claimed his election to congress
a year ago and his election to the gov
ernorship in November on the score of
his advocacy of reciprocity with Cana
da; and next November Massachusetts
holds another state election.
Moreover, the pact Is certain to grow
In interest abroad, not only In Great
Britain, but on tho continent, and when
Its full significance has been appraised
there, what is said by the foreign press
and by foreign statesmen will add to
our own interest in tho subject.
Future Will Decide.
There has been mere or less com
ment, humorous and otherwise, regard
ing Guam, that little island far off in
the Pacific which as a result of tho
war with Spain became .1 possession or
the United States. But according to
facts brought out in discussion in the
house of representatives Guam may
have important possibilities as a pro
ducer of potash, nitrates and other fer
tilizers essential to the farming indus
try of this country. Nobody thought
much of Alaska when Mr. Seward
bought it, and look at what has been
produced there! Guam Is not as big as
Alaska, yet who knows but it will turn
out relatively as valuable?
Indorse President's Policy.
President Taft's journey west was a
triumphal procession, not merely for
himself as president of the nation but
for that principle with which he is now
so closely identified and which he is
putting into active form —reciprocity
with Canada. The president was justi
fiably delighted to find that the people
were ready for this reciprocal relation
with Canada, and his brief trip
strengthened reciprocity not only in
the states which he visited, and as a
reflection therefrom throughout the
country, but In a very practical way
by having its inflence upon the action
of congress.
Spelling Bee Comes Again.
To promote good spelling among tho
students of Montclair academy It is
planned to hold two old-fashioned
spelling bees with cash prizes—one for
the lower school and one for the up
per.
Where He Gets It.
It never occurs to a young girl, but
it's often the truth nevertheless, that
the money the young man spends on
her when they go out together was
borrofwed from his mother Just before
he left home.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1911.
MARKET FOR AMERICAN GOODS
Up to Manufacturers to Adapt Them
selves to the Desires of Their
Foreign Customers.
The reports of our consuls abroad
with singular unanimity advise our ex
porters to pay particular attention to
the adaptation of our methods of sale,
of preparation of materials and of
packing them to suit the habits and
customs of the foreign merchants and
meet the demands of their customers.
For years It has been found that
either lack of knowledge of or inatten
tion to the wishes of the foreign mer
chants in these respects has been a
great barrier to the progress of our
export trade; but our manufacturers,
since our closer touch of late years
with Mexico, Cuba and other Spanish-
American countries and the freer in
tercourse with China, Japan and In
dia, have improved very much in their
methods.
The money our manufacturers will
receive from Canada, Mexico, Central
and South America, the countries of
Europe, Asia and Africa, Australasia
and the Isles of the oceans will all
make for large pay rolls In our own
states and a greater prosperity in
every farm house and city home In the
land. Our export trade can he more
than doubled In the next ten years,
and the effect of that increase will be
to the advantage and benefit of the
people of every state.
A statement was made a few days
ago that a British agency had placed
an order In the United States for 5,-
000 automobiles. While that was a di
rect benefit to the manufacturers who
received the order, it also contributed
to machinists in New England, to coal
miners in Ohio and Pennsylvania, to
iron ore workers in Minnesota, to
freight carriers on the lakes and upon
the railways, to steel mills in Pennsyl
vania and Ohio, to workingmen in In
diana and Michigan, and to longshore
men on the docks of the Atlantic ports.
When that order Is filled It brings mil
lions of dollars of foreign cash to be
utilized in the business of this coun
try.
Postal Savings Banks.
The first month's operations of the
postal savings banks are very satisfac
tory to the government officials. Post
master General Hitchcock announces
that the total deposits amount approx
imately to SOO,OOO, and that this aver
age continued throughout the year will
make an aggregate of $750,000. The
amount thus far received exceeds the
average per month for the best year of
the British system, which has long
been In effect. The postmaster general
thinks the plan can be extended, and
declares that if he had the requisite
means at his disposal he would open
500 additional banks at once. The Re
publican party favored the establish
ment of the banks "for the conveni
ence of the people and the encourage
ment of thrift," and the system seems
to be getting in its work.
Farmers Will Be Gainers.
Here and there, now and then, an
individual farmer will make a little
less, because of reciprocity, but the
farmers taken as a whole would be
galuers as producers. They would get
no less for any of their crops; they
would get more for some. Now, how
woult 4 they stand a 9 consumers? The
farmers are consumers of lumber and
shingles. The reciprocity agreement
would cheapen both of them. They
have been complaining of the high cost
of those articles for some years. Now
is the time to bring down the price.
Democratic Discomfiture.
The way of the aspiring Democrat
who wants a chance at the nomination
for president is not easy these days.
An Ohio organization of men calling
themselves progressive Democrats has
started into oppose the selection of
Governor Harmon as the presidential
candidate. This backfire In his own
state must be discomfiting to the Ohio
executive. And the situation becomes
still more complicated with William J.
Bryan squinting quite strong'.y in the
direction of Governor Wilson of New
Jersey.
Proper Handling of Tariff.
President Taft has shown the way to
handle the tariff question as a business
proposition, practically taking It out of
politics. It is so simple and so obvious
that it is astonishing it was not adopt
ed long ago. In putting the tariff beard
to work and urging the creation of a
permanent tariff commission to take
i<s place, Mr. Taft has formed and pur
sued a policy as Important to the wel
fare of the country as any that a
president has marked out. In many
years.
Parker Sized Up.
Where Is the personal influence of
Alton B. Parker in the New York sen
atorial contest? It looks as if he were
paying a political debt to William F.
Sheehan, his .political manager In the
presidential campaign of 1904, and his
present law partner. The performance
makes Bryan's estimate of Parker more
likely than ever.—Springfield Republi
can.
Keeps Ahead of Tommy.
"It is wonderful what progress has
been made in the way of machinery,"
remarked Mr. Figg. "I see that there
>ha» been a machine Invented that can
make a complete pair of shoes in 16
minutes. Why, that is even faster
than Tommy con wear them out."
No "Hookey Players" Here.
Six children named McCartie, living
in York street, West Hartlepool, Eng
land, have attended school nine, eight,
seven, seven, five and four yeare r»
| spectlvely, without any absence.
ANGORA GOATS VALUABLE
AS PASTURE SCAVENGERS
One Animal to Acre Will Keep Briurs, Weeds and Bushes
Completely Subdued on Land That Is Inclined
to Grow Up in Wood.
Angora Goat and Does.
My experience with the Angora
goat for the past five years has
proved that one goat to the acre will
keep the briars, weeds and bushes com
pletely subdued in land that is in
clined to grow up In blackberry briars
and hickory, oak, rod bud, dogwood,
sumac and similar growths, writes Ru
fus Lester of Wayne county W. Va.,
in the Orange Judd Farmer. At the
same time, the land will yield as much
pasture for horses, cattle, hogs or
sheep as it would if the goats were not
on it. All kinds of stock seem to do
well in the same pasture with the
goats.
For the goat to be of best service
the underbrush should be cut out or
fire should run through the woods, so
as to kill the small timber. The large
timber should be girdled so as to kill
It, and the goats will then keep the
sprouts down until the roots of the
timber die out and blue grass will sod
the land. This will require about
FRUIT TREE
PUNTING POINTS
Should be Placed in Ground While
Dormant In Well Drained Soil
With Hole Large Enoash
to Spread Roots.
(By PROF. JOHN W. LLOYD, Illinois
Farmers' Institute.)
1. When to plant fruit trees: While
they are dormant; while the ground Is
in a workable condition; late in the
fall after growth has stopped, or
early in the spring before It has be
gun.
2. Where? In well-drained soil.
3. How? Dig an ample hole; spread
the roots out in their natural position
and pack fine earth nround them. It is
handy to separate the clods from the
fine soil in digging.
There is always a balance between
the roots and branches of a tree, so if
many roots have been cut off in dig
ging the tree from the nursery, a cor
responding amount of the top must
come off. If trees rre planted in the
fall some precaution should be made
against their being heaved out of the
ground by alternate freezing nd thaw
ing. This can bo done by spreading
a thick layer of straw or manure
around the tree.
There are tour esrential points in
the care of fruit trees. They are: 1.
Tillage. 2. Fertilization. 3. Pruning.
4. Protection from enemies.
Tillage Is just as necessary in tree
raising as in corn raising, and for the
same reasons: To avoid the competi
tion of other plants, to conserve mois
ture and to render plant food avail
able.
Intelligent pruning is also very nec
essary to raising fruit. Each bud on
a tree is capable of giving rise to a
branch, and if every branch is allowed
to grow the tree will become too
dense. We must thin out the branches
In the tree tops or we will have little
fruiL It takes moisture to develop an
apple and sunlight to color It: so the
foliage must not be too thick. Pruning
Is also employed to make the tree as
sume the desired shape. It should
also distribute the large branches equl
distantly, as nearly as possible. .It Is
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The diagrams show the possibility of wells and springs being polluted
by material conducted through tubular water passages in clay soils or even
through limestone rocks.
three years.
The Angora goat is not afraid •!
dogs and can protect Itself well against
their attacks. They are fond of but
ting each other in play, but I never
saw one attempt to fight other stock.
It requires some kind of fence to
keep the goat in which he cannot
stand on the top of or climb up. The
best fence for Angora goats is the
woven wire fence. This fence need
not be over 40 or 42 inches high. The
fence must be close to the ground, so
they cannot crawl under. When their
hair is long enough to protect them
goats will often crawl through a
barbed wire fence, if the wires are not
very close or the posts close together
with the wires well stretched. Goats
will not jump over any fence, they
want to climb up, and then they will
jump down, or they will jump up on
top of the fence and then down; but
they never jump over a fence like a
njMle or steer.
always best to grow a good strong
branch on the southwest 6lde of the
tree, where the hot suns and strong
winds come from.
In pruning, we should cut the limb
in such a way that It will heal quickly.
To do this the limb should always be
cut as close to the body as possible,
and parallel with ft. A saw should be
used, and the wound must be coated
over with white paint or something
similar, to prevent weathering and in
fection from bacteria or fungus
growths. Another important thing is
to keep trimming oft the ends of the
limbs on young trees.
There are three kinds of enemies
that trees must be protected from.
The first of these includes rabbits,
mice, etc. A tall piece of heavy paper
tied around the base of the young tree,
or u piece of wire screening will set
tle this matter. The second class of
enemies contains the Insects, of which
the scale insects are the most danger
ous. The scale insect can be controlled
by spraying with a lime-sulphur wash
and the chewing Insects by spraying
with paris green. The third class of
enemies consists of fungus diseases.
These can be controlled by spraying
with Bordeaux mixture, which is com
posed as follows; Four pounds copper
sulphate, four pounds lime, 50 pounds
water.
Best Lubricant for Machinery.
Where the pressure is heavy the
lubricant should be thick in order to
resist being squeezed out under the
load. For light pressures oil should
be used. Thus for a wagon heavy
grease is best, while for a cream sep»
arator of high speed a thin oil 19
necessary in order that its viscosity
will not add to the friction. Solid
substances in a finely divided state,
such as graphite, are often used
fectively to reduce friction. This is
regarded as a good practice in hand
ling the bearings of a windmill, which
can only be looked after occasionally.
Peaches on Grape Vines.
It Is reported that near Greensburg,
Ind., a large grape vine in some man
ner became inoculated with a seeding
or shoot from a peach tree and las!
season grew a half dozen well-forme«J
small peaches.
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ker's.
Consumption Spreads in Syria.
Consumptives in Syria are treated
today much in the same way as the
lepers have been for the last 2,000
years. Tuberculosis is a comparative
ly recent disease among the Arabs and
Syrians, but so rapidly has it spread
that the natives are in great fear of
it. Consequently when a member of
a family is known to have the disease,
he is frequently cast out and compelled
to die of exposure and want. A small
hospital for consumptives has been
opened at Beyrout under the dlrecUon
of Dr. Mary P. Eddy.
When the fight begins within him
self, a man's worth something.—
Browning.
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