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CAMERON COUNTY PBESI
H. 11. MCI.I.IN. C.r■< . ind I'roprletof
Published Every Thursday
EMPORIUM. • PENNSYLVANIA
Comic opcre. without comedy hai
produced t>ne without music.
Six Haiticn generals have been ex
ecuted. Dut there are others.
It Is safe to predict for the harem
skirt a short life and an exciting one
Titled husbands seem to think thej
can train American heiresses when
caught young.
A New York dentist was lately sent
to Sing Sing for forgery. Ho evident
ly lost his "pull."
"Harvard is after $1,200,000." Manj
of us would like to do the same thing
but what's the use?
Telephone girls in Denver marry in
13 months. In New York the av
ernge is 23 months. Go west, young
woman!
Massachusetts proposes imposing a
tax on all bachelors of good standing
and correct moral habits. llow many
will it reach?
Wellcsley girls are to be taught the
art of raising onions. We should
think the art of eating them would
be more important.
A Cleveland man Is suing for a di
vorce because his wife has liardlj
spoken to him in years Some men
do not appreciate their blessings.
The czar of Russia has ordered an
opera to commemorate the deeds of
his ancestors. Possibly the music
will be interspersed with bomb explo
sions.
The per capita circulation has
reached the sum of $34.43, but a good
many people retire at the'end of the
week with less than 43 cents each to
the good.
A learned professor has discovered
that men prefer blond women. But
he needn't expect husbands with bru
nette wives to help him prove it to
the public.
The most polite man on record hid
the fact until his death. He was a
New York man. who apologized in hla
will to his wife for not leaving her
more money.
Out In Washington a woman Jury
fined a man for swearing. Well, what
Is a man going to do when he swings
a shovelful of ccal and misses the
furnace door?
Inventor Johnson, who discovered
Portland cement, is still alive and
hearty at the age of 100. Maybe in
venting is more conductive -co longev
ity than Fletcherizing after all.
A Wilkesbarre Alderman has decid
ed that face paint is a necessity and
not a cause for divorce. Since when
have Aldermen been given Jurisdic
tion in divorce cases In Wilkesbarre?
"A man who allows his wife to have
her own way," says a Boston profes
sor, "is a philosopher and a diplo
mat." We might add that he is doing
the only thing it is possible for him to
do.
Three men In New Jersey, disguised
In hobble skirts, caught a highwayman
who had been terrorizing women, res
idents of the section. This Is another
good word spoken for the much-crlt
lclsed garment
That Ohio Judge who ruled that a
wife may annex a husband's cash
without his knowledge or consent evi
dently has no desire to lead the bach
elors away from their race suicide
tendencies.
Travel to Europe this year will be
heavier than ever before. Also the
passing through the custom house,
when the autumn leaves begin to fall,
will be done much more carefully than
In the past.
Ex-President Eliot of Harvard
Ihinks six or eight children are tho
proper number for the average fam
ily. Does Dr. Kllot forget that chil
dren of the present day do not wear
copper-toed shoes?
Professor Salisbury of —tho Univer
sity of Chicago, of course, says the
world Is still growing bigger and some
flay will be twice its present size. It
will need to If Chicago's dreams of fu
ture greatness are realized.
Automobiles are becoming so com
mon that our social leaders are think
ing of adopting the aeroplane. When
the aeroplane has b« come common
probably they will adopt submarines.
Alter that, the I<ord only knows.
A Baltimore paper publishes an ar
ticle half a page lons about an actress
because she Is able to make a good
salad dressing Yet the Ixmdoi) Times
querulously asserts that somu Amer
ican newspapers are given up to triv
ialities
There has been Introduced In the
New H imi'Shlre legislature a measure
pto> "hK that |ji uple who eavesdrop
by i ins of thu telephone may be
ftr.ed >•' lite peoplu will be unable to
understand why anyon should have
a telephone lit ti elm :*<> If It U liot
t>i be permissible to llktuu übi'.m utb
ers are talking
HASTE NOT DESIRABLE
TARIFF REVISION A SUBJECT FOR
CAREFUL CONSIDERATION.
Beems Improbable That Matter Can
Be Properly Handled In Extra
Session —Good Advice for
Democratic Leaders.
Will congress, during the exl ra ses
sion, con Ann Its attention to the Can
adian reciprocity bill or will It at
tempt also to change some of the
schedules In the Payne-Aldrtcb tariff
bill? Doubtless there are Democratic
members of the new house who are
iuipatient to give Immediate proof to
their constituents of their zeal for
revision. It remains to be seen
whether there Is enough of cautious
ness and conservatism in the house
to hold them in check.
It is not likely that congress will
be imprudent enough to take up delib
erately the entire subject of the tar
iff this summer. If it essays anything
beyond the passage of the reciprocity
bill it will probably be the amendment
of one or two of the tariff schedules.
And there is none it is more likely to
select than the woolen schedule, which
everybody, aside from the men it ben
efits and their friends, acknowledges
to be unjust to the consumers. Yet
If the woolen schedule is changed, the
cotton and some other schedules must
be changed also. Involved in them to
an equal extent, and in fact affecting
practically the entire' act, are the
questions of drawbacks, maximum and
minimum provisions, and compound
duties, specific and ad valorem.
It must be borne in mind, also, that
the present tariff law is obscure, com
plex and involved to such an extent
that in many instances it is difficult to
ascertain the amount of bounty it con
fers on its beneficiaries. Perhaps that
was one of Its purposes.
The deduction is logical that if
even any of the schedules which most
need reduction is taken up this sum
mer for revision, congress will almost
Inevitably be drawn into the considera
tion of practically the whole tariff sub
ject. And it Is not in a position yet
to do that.
Its more careful nnd far-seeing lead
ers will undoubtedly recommend that
the tariff be left until next winter in
the hands of the committee on ways
and means. It goes without saying
that the busines interests of the coun
try hope this counsel will be given and
followed.
Financial Appropriations.
The division of the appropriations
among several committees for differ
ent departments naturally induces
each committee to try to grab all it
can for its department. Another of
the evils of that system, as Chairman
Tawney points out, is the practice of
making .appropriations immediately
available, so that many are in fact
designed to meet deficiencies in the
preceding year. His solution would
be to have a general appropriations
committee upon which all depart
ments would be represented, so that
each would check the other, while the
concentration of responsibility would
tend to prevent the comparative reck
lessness with which expenditures are
now voted. Without some such cen
tralization of responsibility the efforts
to secure economy in the operation of
the departments must be largely In
vain. So long as the appropriations
can be obtained the departments will
not hesitate to ask for them or to
spend them.
Task for Democrats.
When the Democratic party takes
charge in the house it will find the
way of the economist a hard one to
travel. It may succeed in trimming
off a few millions from the bills, but
the net pavings will be picayune com
pared with the needß of the govern
ment. It will do well to proceed or.
the theory that the appropriations are
in fair measure representative of the
country's necessities and obligations
and not try for a record which cannot
stand analysis.
Bailey's Position Illogical.
Senator Bailey says he is opposed
to the agreement with Canada be
cause it admits raw mcterials free or
at greatly reduced rates and does not
cut down the duties on manufactures.
That is extremely foolish. He refuses
to let the wedge be driven in because
It cannot go clean through at a single
blow. In reality he is simply serving
local Interests, like the lumbermen,
whose plea he has already submitted.
Uncle Sam's Expenditures.
Chairman Tnwrey of the bouse ap
propriations committee announces
that th<' totr.l appropriations made at
the last session of congress aggregat
ed $1,025,489.102. less than $1,000,000
In excess of the estimates of the pres
ident. Ho predicts a surplus of rev
enues next year of not less than $?3,-
600,000.
"Th«' extra session will cost $1 ,•
000,000." Wh'-n the Democrats net
through tinkering with the tariff It
may be found to cost more than that
Scored Wealthy Women.
Miss Olive Gibson. missionary of
the Congregational chun-h of \>w
Mexico, at the annual meeting of
the Philadelphia Interdenominational
Women's Home Missionary council.
h< Id in Philadelphia, said that If the
church women ttould not wear so
ninny tfxpeni.lv* furs, hut gl*«> the
n ttiey to missionary societies, there
* MUld be an it! .rove: ent Two thou
r u4 dollar* that a certain deacon
h paid for furs for hi» wife she
»..td vould have paid tm t-"f complete
e< U'itllon of nine boys ami girl*
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, APRIL 13. 1911.
HAS HEAVY BURDEN TO CARRY
New Secretary of the Interior May
Properly Ask That People's Judg
ment Be Deferred.
If ever a man found himself with a
strenuous Job on his hnnds he is Wal
ter L. Fisher of Chicago, who has bo
come secretary of the interior In
place of Ha Dinger. The work which
confronts him Is enough to appall any
but the most highly developed Amer
ican man of affairs.
To begin with, the department is in
a more or less demoralized condition
and much of its business not brought
up to date, owing to the fact that, for
nearly a year it has Ijeen compelled
to defend itself constantly against tlie
most persistent and vigorous attacks.
Among the great problems awaiting
solution are those connected with the
leasing of coal lands in Alaska, oil
kinds in California, and waterpower
sites in various parts of the public
domain, upon which subject congress
failed to provide any legislation.
The Alaska railroad question must
also be settled. Then there is the Cun
ningham coal case in Alaska to be
disposed of and the highly Important
precedent thereby established must be
carefully considered. Something must
be done with a great number of prose
cutions against claimants to public
lands, already in course of prepara
tion. A definite policy must be de
cided upon for the expenditure of $20,-
000,000 in the completion of existing
reclamation project. And on top
of all this the new secretary must
prepare for the investigation of his
department threatened by the Demo
cratic house.
But Mr. Fisher is a dauntless man
of great force and high ability. He
will undoubtedly do as much as any
man could do. In all fairness, the coun
try should not become impatient if he
fails to get results as quickly as it
would like in all the undertakings be
fore him.
Senator Root's Plan.
The bill to deal with deadlocks in
the electioji of United States sena
tors which Mr. Root has introduced
contains this prov'. ion: "If no person
receives such majority before 'he first
day of March next preceding the be
ginning of the six years for which a
senator is to be elected, then the pef
son who on or after the first day of
March receives a plurality of the votes
of the joint assembly, a majority of
all the members elected to both
houses being present and voting, shall
be declared duly elected."
If plurality votes are to give a good
title to a senatorship, why insist on a
two months' struggle to obtain a ma
jority first? Why not elect by plu
rality votes at the outset? The sen
ator in most cases would be no less
representative of the people if chosen
by a plurality than if chosen by a ma
jority. The best way to deal with this
matter Is to elect by popular vote.
There will be no legislative deadlocks
then.
Senator Bailey's Weakness.
Senator liailey of Texas is in many
ways a strong man. He has knowl
edge, conviction, force. But he has
weaknesses, and one of them is pctu
lance. His resignation from the sen
ate under Irritation growing out of
the failure of his Democratic asso
ciates to accept his leadership, was an
exhibition of weakness, followed by
still another exhibition of weakness in
his withdrawal. Either he should not
have resigned or he should have made
his resignation sti<ik. Whatever claims
he may have had to the leadership of
the Democratic group in the senate,
he has now definitely lost. Probably,
too, by this act he has lost considera
tion in his own state and In all like
lihood his career In the senate will
end with the expiration of his pres
ent term, two years from now.
The Japanese Treaty.
The prompt ratification of the Jap
anese treaty is in the first place a
notable achievement of the adminis
tration. Seldom has any foreign con
vention of comparable importance
been ratified so promptly and with so
little opposition or criticism. It is
also a triumph for the general prin
ciples upon which American diplomacy
Is conducted. John Hay epitomized
those principles—with more truth
than most epigrams contain —as a
combination of the Monroe doctrine
and the Golden Rule.
People's Interests First.
It Is Idle to talk at this time about
a hurried session The people's serv
ants are on salary, and the people's
interests should bo their highest con
spiration. As for the weather In
Washington, it Is rot oppressive In
early summer, and lawmakers can
work hero without sot iois discomfort.
When congress asset'iMoe It should bo
with 'ho Intention of 1< Klslatlne in
workrr.anliko fnV.ilon on all the ques
tions it decides to take up W ashing
ton Star.
If his resignation had boon accept
ed the thoughts of Senator Halley,
transfi rred to paper, would probably
have looked like th. entries In a t'hl
nese Junk's log book.
One of the "Sights" of Winnipeg.
ilullt by the "priest" or leader ol
a shirll handful of devote*-* of a *.-r
tlun of the Kuaaian Greek chnrcl% s
"one man church" »«» one of th*
"slKhts" of the foreign district Ir
Winnipeg, Man Most of the stuff
consists nu.lt>!) of old lumber, tin
can* of all sorts and sl*»s, Iron hod
»uuds, chairs. Iron wire and rod# of
nil kinds, most Ingeniously put to
K«ther and pres.mln# a wonderful
i>|. ture of gr< ;ii variety of cotar* an*
shapes
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PRESIDENT'S NEW SECRETARY]
liad been selected for the position of secretary to the president the young
lady wrote to Mr. Ililles a congratulatory letter in which she Invited him to
read Leviticus, chapter 10, verses 20 to 23. Mr. Hilles borrowed a Bible and
read the following:
"And when ho hath made an end of reconciling the holy place and the
tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat.
"And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goai and
confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel and all their trans
gressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall
send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness.
"And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not in
habited, and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness."
Apparently the Virginia belle reads the political columns of the news
papers and knows how often it falls on the president's secretary to bo "tb»
goat."
HEIR TO THRONE OF MONACO
to Prince Albert, who also drew about SBOO,OOO a year from the local post
office and stamp duties. Of this total $3,200,000, the prince was supposed to
retain SBOO,OOO as his civil list, while the remainder represented the revenues
of the state and were to provide for its maintenance. Now the people assert
that the prince had allowed these sums and their true destination to become
confused and has amassed a fortune of $16,000,000, most of which he has, with
proper caution, invested in France.
Whether the people will goto the extreme of revolution in case their de
mands are not granted only the future can tell. But the situation does not
augur well for either Prince Albert or Prince Louis.
FISHER SUCCEEDS BALLINGER~|
of stock and bond Issues of railroads.
He Is a native of West Virginia and is 49 years old. Mr. Fisher said that no
change in the personnel of the department would be made.
Mr. Balllnger says he Intends to prosecute those whom he considers
have been his enemies. In defending himself against those who have been
waging war upon him Mr Balllnger says that he spent $25,000 and Is today
a j.oor man. Ills health, too, has been Impaired.
MAINE GOVERNOR AN EDITOR
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The now secretary to President Taft
who succeeds Charles D. Norton is
Charles D. Hilles, until recently as
sistant secretary of the treasury. The
selection of Mr. Hilles meets with the
hearty approval of the friends of the
president. Mr. Hilles Is a native of
Ohio, but was appointed to his pres
ent position from Dcbb's Ferry, X. Y.,
where he was conducting a boys'
school. Mr. Hilles is about 40 years
old. He will receive an annual sal
ary of $7,500, congress having grant
ed an increase of $1,500 for the po
sition. Under the reorganization of
the expeutive force which has brought
about Mr. Norton's short term at the
White House, that force, with the ex
ception of the secretary, will be prac
tically a permanent body.
That women are keen observers
and not always without a sense of
humor has been demonstrated by a
Virginia girl. When the announce
ment was made that Charles D. Hilles
Prince Louis, who Is heir to the
throne of the little principality of
Monaco, famous throughout the world
as the greatest gambling resort in ex
istence, may never wield the power
now exercised by his father, Prince
Albert. Although the profits from the
casino pay all the taxes of the prin
cipality, thereby freeing every citi
zen from financial obligations to the
state, the people are not contented.
They have made demands upon
Prince Albert for a constitution, and
the prince, immediately after the ex
pulsion of Manuel from Portugal,
granted them one. They rejected it,
however, demanding fuller political
rights, and even made demonstra
tions before the palace, In which the
red flag of anarchy was unfurled.
It has been charged that a cor
rupt condition of things exists. By
the terms of the last concession
granted to the Casino, about $2,400,-
000 was handed over annually by it
Walter Lowery Fisher of Chicago,
succeeds Richard A. Balllnger as sec
retary of the Interior. Mr Balllnger's
resignation was presented in Janu
ary, but at the request of the presi
dent, was withheld until after con
gress adjourned. Mr. Fisher is a law
yer, and has served In several pub
lic capacities. Singularly, he has
been one of Gifford Pinchot's staunch
est supporters in the matter of con
servation of natural resources. He
was president of the Conservation
League of the National Conservation
Congress, which succeeded the league
and of which Mr. PincHot Is president.
He has always taken a deep and
active interest In conservation. He
was Instrumental In the formation of
the Municipal Voters' league of Chi
cago nnd was Its president In 1906.
Recently he was appointed a member
of President Taft's commission to In
vestigate the feasibility of regulation
Gov Frederick W. Plalsted of
Maine Is a newspaper editor before
he Is anything else. He has passed
the greater part of his life In die at
mosphere of a newspaper olßoe and
Will never get the stain of the print
er's ink from his finger* ills ap
prenticeship was served under one of
the old school of Maine journalists,
• ii-n Harris M IMaisted. his father.
For many years they published the
New Ago together, *nd the paper
lives today, a monument to their ef
forts.
Governor Plalsted leads an ideal
h< me life Mrs Plalsted was Mlas
P-aio es H Gulliver, ami for *e«»>ral
y< at* assisted him In the New An*
office Hhr still retains a lively in
trre * t In (hat publication and. al
though the Wife of III* (UKtmuf uf th*
state. d< wo- nitieally lays aside hei
Metal duties and plunge* lau. fct
KEEP RESINOL OINT
MENT IN THE HOUSE
| And Keep It Where You Can Put
Your Hand on It at a Moment's
Notice.
The prompt, application of Resinol
ointment to burns or scalds will not
only soothe and heal but prevent the
formation of disfiguring Boars. Resi
nol ointment is the greatest of all
emergency remedies for homo use.
It la the best dressing for cuts,
wounds and abrasions of the skin of
any kind. It is a specific for various
forma of eruptive skin diseases, ec
zema, tetter, herpes, erythema, ring
worm, barber's Itch, erysipelas, poison
Ivy, stings of Insects, etc. Resinol
stops itching instantly, and Is tho in
dicated remedy for itching piles.
Resinol ointment contains no harm
ful. poisonous or Irritating Ingredient.
Resinol soap is a healing as well a3 a
cleansing compound, and should fct
used when necessary in conjunction
with Resinol ointment. Resinol
comes In opal Jars at fifty cents and
one dollar. At all druggists. Resinol
Chemical Co., Baltimore, Md.
Shillalah Still Useful.
The shillalah, which showed at
Louth that it has not entirely lost its
old Importance as a factor in deciding
elections. Is no raw limb of a tree.
It Is almost as much a work of art aa
a well balanced cricket bat. The old
shlllalahs were as carefully looked
after by their loving owners as is a
rifle in the wilds. Cut from the stur
diest of young blackthorns, and show
ing as little taper as an ebony ruler.
It was weighted with lead or iron at
the end nearest the grip, so that it*
center of gravity was about four
fifths of the way from the hitting end.
When properly seasoned by being
kept in the neighborhood of the farm
oven for a few months, it became a
thing of supple steel. And the proper
pronunciation of the name of this
fearsome weapon is the melodious one
of "shil-ally," with the accent on the
"all."—London Chronicle.
Perhaps Not.
An Instructor in a church school
where much attention was paid tc
6acred history, dwelt particularly on
the phrase "And Enoch was not, tor
God took him." So many times was
this repeated in connection with the
death of Enoch that he thought even
the dullest pupil would answer cor
rectly when asked in examination:
State in the exact language of the
Bible what is said of Enoch's death.
But this was the answer he got:
"Enoch was not what God took him
for."—Brooklyn Life.
Why Maria Laughed.
Hiram paused at the door and hold
ing up a steel trap, said:
"Mariar, when you see this trap
again it will have a skunk In 1L"
Fifteen minutes later he reappeared.
"Mariar," he yelled, "you come here
and loosen me out of this all-fired
trap."
And then he got mad at "Mariar"
because she laughed.
Too Costly.
"When I want to flatter a man I
ask him for advice."
"I take It for granted that you nev
er want to flatter a lawyer."
Faith must become active through
works. Deeds must spring spontane
ously from the divine life within the
soul. —C. W. Wendte.
Mrs. Wtnslo-w's Soothing Syrup for Chlldrea
teething, softens the fumi. reduces Inflamma
tion, allays pain. our*s wind colic, tsc a bottls*
Heaven won't seem worth while to
some women unless there's an occa
sional bargain sale.
Garfield Tea stimulates the liver, cor
rect* constipation, cleanses the system and
rid? 'he blood of impurities. All druggists.
Even the truth may be told with aa
Intention to deceive.
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directed to-niyht and get the proof
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CASCARBTS you'll never b»
without them.
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