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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-10-27
IT'S SPANS NEXT MOVE.
Beaten at Every Stage I'm the Diplomatic
Game She Asks for and IN Given Brief
Breathing Spell.

Paris, Oct. 20.-The Spanish peace
commission was unable to meet the
United States peace commission at the
Joint session arranged for Wednesday
and the next meeting of the two COM
missions has been fixed for Friday.
Judge Day received communica-
ton in the morning from Senior Rios,
president of the Spanish commission,
saving that advices expected but not
received from Madrid made it neces-
sary for himself and his colleagues to
request a postponement of any further
conferences until Friday. a courteous
reply was returned by Secretary
Moore, on behalf of the American COM
missioners. granting an extension of
the time of the next meeting as re-
quested. While the deferring of any
one conference for two days is not
in itself an important request, the de-
lay by the Spaniards at this juncture
is something more than significant.
The game of diplomacy now progress
ing here has reached a stage which
makes it necessary that the next move
be made by the Spanish commission
ers. They are confronted by the plain
fact of their protocol agreement to
relinquish and evacuate Cuba without
''ifs," lands" or butts"
The assigned reason for the request
for delay is believed to have been to
allow an interchange of communica-
tions with Madrid and TO formulate a
final attitude on the Cuban matter.
The tone during the last four days
of the Spanish and French press is sig
niiicant of widened condolences by the
Spaniards as to the attitude they have
assumed in the negotiations here, and
the recurring assurances of Spain
desire for arbitration may have had a
meaning. The Spaniards may not
have sought to promote sympathy, but
had they desired to lay down basis
upon which to set up plea to Europe
to prevent what it is sought to present
as her ravishment, the surface indica-
tions could not have been more favor
ably disposed for that purpose than
they have been.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-10-27
MOVABLE sWILL BARREL.

the skim milk from the dairy-roon
can be emptied in, and the barrel and
all wheeled away to the orchard or
yard where the pigs are, thus removing
from the kitchen door one of the great
est attractions mentionable for vari-
Gus insects, as wasps, flies and the like.
The same is also very serviceable at
other periods of the year for convey
ing slops and milk, as well as the
wastes of the pantry and kitchen, from
the house to that place where the
swine are kept. This has been demon
strated by actual experience, we hav-
ing in mind one barrel alone that has
been in constant use for several years,
and still is not much the worse for
wear.
The illustration requires but little
explanation. AS can be seen, all that
Is needed is an old wheelbarrow wheel l.
two sticks for handles, a fish barrel
some wire nails of proper lenths ard
several wooden strips of differene size
for braces. The cost is therefore al
most nothing at all, but so handy and
convenient is it that II aids much
toward making farm life a grace and
10y forever.
In case one has lot of calves, anG
they are out to pasture, so that the
feeding of milk to them occurs in ;
trough, this movable wheelbarrov
barrel is just the thing for ''wholesal
ing" their rations 20 them. Try it ant
see.-Frederic o, Sibley, in n. Y. Trib
Nne.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-10-27
IRRIGATION Before Planting.

Irrigation of the soil before planting
is very important and profitable, and
very simple. To have this it is only
necessary to plow the land into ridges
by throwing the burrows toward each
other and run the water between the
ridges. After the water has had sufli-
cient time to drain off properly the
land is to be plowed, narrowed and
planted. This enables the crop to get
a good start, and it will stand well.
There is no better irrigation.-Dakota
Field and Farm.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-10-27
GAGE is UPHELD.
His Power to Reject Bond Bids Is Az
flrmed by Court.

Washington. Oct. 22.-Judge Cox in
the district supreme court yesterday
decided the cases of George B. Wight
man and William II. Wharton against
Secretary Gage in favor of the secre-
tary of the treasury One suit sought
an injunction and the other a man
damus, the basis of complaint in each
being the rejection by Secretary Gage
of bids submitted for the recent war
loan bond issue by the complainants.
Secretary Gage rejected the bids, be-
leving the bidders really represented
certain institutions. Judge Cox held
that Secretary Gage had discretion in
the award of the bonds and that the
intent of congress was that they
should go to individuals, to the ex-
cIusion of banks and corporations.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-10-27
a NAVAL BATTLE.
Spaniards Assert that Dewey's Squadron
Has Had Fight with the Insurgents

spaniards Assert that Dswey's Squadron
Has Had a Fight with the Insurgents
Fleet.
London, Oct. 2O.-The Madrid cor
respondent of the Times says: Min
ister of Marine Aunon has received a
dispatch from Manila announcing a
naval engagement between the Ameri-
cans and rebels in consequence of Ad-
miral Dewey forbidding the latter to
fly the rebel flag from their ships. The
dispatch adds that there were losses
on both sides, but that the Americans
captured the rebel ships. The scene
of the engagement is not stated.
The dispatch says Admiral Dewey
having forbidden the Tagalos to hoist
the Philippine flag upon their vessels,
series of fights ensued, resulting in
loss on both sides.
Washington, Oct. 20.-As far as
could be aScertained no information
regarding reported naval engagement
has been received at the navy depart
ment. nor has Gen. Otis, commanding
the United States troops at Manila,
made any reference to it in any com
munications to the war department.
The dispatch created considerable in
terest in Washington. Recently the
newspapers said thai Admiral Dewey
had sent one or two of his ships to
another portion of the Philippine
group on Il mission of some import
ance, and the suggestion is made that
it may have been these vessels which
have been engaged in combat with the
inSnrUpntS
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-10-27
THE M ARKET rs.
Financial.


New York, Oct. 22.-Money-On call 1%@2
per cent Prime mercantile paper 3hm4 per
cent. Sterling exchange hrm at 4Si44 a iS5 Tor
demand and 1920 1921 for 50 days
Government bonds steady.
Grair, Provisions and Live stock,
Flour Minnesota patents $4O0a43J.
Wheat-No , red 773sc.
Corn-No at $S2,c
Oats-No 2 at 29c.
Buttcr-Western creamery 15@ 23c
Chcese-Large white S5sc, small white &c.
Eggs-N estern 2Oc.
Cleveland Oct. 22-Flour-Winter wheat,
patents, 81 75@t 90.
Corn No yellow, in elevator. Soc.
Oats-No. white 2SlAc.
Rutter-Western creamery 22l&m &c
Chccsc-Hork state 9n lOC, OHIO S12d9c.
Potatoes--Per bushel 40a45c.
Eggs Strictly fresh l7@lSc
Cattle-Choice steers A50@4.75. fair to good
81 25@4 80 calves IS 75"650
Sheep-Choice 81 G0@4.25. fair to good $3.50"
375. lambs s. 20m5 20.
Hogs-Yorkers $3S0o3S So, pigs SO 40a3 60.
Chicago. Oct -Wheat-October G62.c.
Corn-October 3llsc.
OatS-October 223sd2212c.
Pork-October S792
Iard-Octobcr "a %.
Ribs-Cctober $535
Hops-Y Workers $3.50, light s3.50@395, heavy
$3 45Gf3 97i4
Cattic"Beeves s4nH@57O. cows and heifers
50 cOa4 rs stoCkcrs So ON@ 450
Shcep-I.ambs $4.50@6G0 sheep AG0d4 80.
Fast buffalo. Oct. 22.-Catte- STEADY Veali
Hogs-Good Workers s39564O5 mediums
81 OOG4 O5 pigs SO 70@3@
cheeD-Best lambs s565@5.75. mixed sheer
S4 SOFA 10. culs s2.75@4 %.
Fast Liberty Oct 22.-Cattle-Extra s. 3DH
=. 30 good s4 10000. fair $39om 80.
Tsogs-Prime mediums 1854 ,0G. good pigs
Sheem-Prime wcthcrs 81 5O@'65 common
50 G0a3 so. choice lambs $1,000 10
Toledo. oct 22-Whcat-No. cash 7Ol2c
Corn No mixed 32iac.
Oats-Nn. ? mixed 23iac
Clover Seed Prime cash Si55
Oil-Unchanged.
Cincinnati, Oct 2.-Hogs-Active at $31Oa
3.95.
ttle-Stcady at s250@4 S5.
Sheep-Weak at $2.25a4OJ. lambs si.OOa5i0
OIL Market.
Oil City, Oct. 22.-Credit balances sl1S. Ger
tihcates closed at 81. 1872 bid for cash.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-10-27
Dewey Hasn't Heard OF the Captures.

Washington, Oct ga telegram
was received Friday by the secretary
of the navy from Admiral Dewey at
Manila. saying that the collier Nero
arrived at Taku on the 10th with her
coal on fire and suggesting that she
be sent home. Admiral Dewey said
nothing with regard to the capture of
any more ships belonging either to the
Spaniards or to the insurgents, or at
least, if he did, the officials of the de-
partment will not admit it.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-10-27
StranrI"d He Three Children.

Toronto, Ont, Oct. ga dreadful
tragedy was enacted here last night
when Eliza Burrll, wife of a well-to-
do mechanic. became demented and
strnrgled her three children, Ethel,
aged 8: Stanley, aged 3, and Harold,
aged II years. The husband of the
woman found all of them on their
mothers bed dead when ne came home
from work. The woman is crazy.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-10-27

Chicago, Oct. 22.-Writs of tempor-
airy injunction were served Friday on
81 railroad ticket brokers. The petit
tions upon which the injunctions were
granted set forth alleged fraudulent
dealings of the brokers in one-fare
round-trip tickets. Seven railroads Pc
titioned for the injunction.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-10-27

Susanyille, Cal, Oct 22.-News just
received here from Clairville, new
town in Plumb county, Cal, reports
the burning Of a hotel and the loss of
five lives The fire broke out at 4
o'clock Friday morning in Chat
Roberts hotel,
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-10-27

Paris, Oct. 22.-During the last 4S
hours the sentiment of the people has
undergone "a change and the feeling in
favor of war with England has in
creased in remarkable degree. The
attitude of the press is defiant
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-10-27
Three Men KIl'et by DIV" III t".

Duluth, Mimi, Oct. 22.-Three men
were killed here Friday by an eNplos-
ion of dynamite. They were working
on the government canal blowing up
an old hulk.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-10-27
Towboat ENDlodes.

Pfttsburg. Oct. 22-The towboat
Rescue, belonging to lutte d Co.. was
blown up last night at Lock No. },
near Elizabeth. The captain was kill
ed and nine of the crew were injured.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-10-27
A Change in Business Con
ditiOns is Noted.
GOLD FOR THIS COUNTRY,
European Financiers are Puzzled
to Find Enough Of 1t,
THREE-CENT RISE IN WHEAT

a Better Demand is Observed for Cotton
and Wooden Manufactures II esitation In
the Iron and steel Trade Because of I'm
certainty Regarding Combinations.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-10-27

New York, Oct. 22.-Money-On call 1bG2
per cent Prime mercantile paper 3hmi per
cent Sterling exchange firm at 4S4a4 a 4S5 for
demand and 4S2@ 1921 for 90 days
Government bonds steady.
The silver star., 1898-07-07
THE GROWING OF FRUIT,
The Ninth Annual Report of the state
Board of Horticulture

The ninth annual report Of the State
Board of Horticulture has been issued
The report deals extensively with the
horticultural Industry of the state. and
embraces recommendations and data
of considerable Interest 10 fruit grow
ers. II Is Il generous contribution to
the state reports. and is furnished with
copious index. The volume was edit
ed and compiled by Mrs. Martha
Shute, secretary to the board.
The proceedings Of the annual State
Horticultural convention held In Den
yer last November are given In detail.
with the addresses Of the horticultural
Inspectors OF different counties. These
addresses contain valuable statistics
concerning the growth Of fruit In the
state. II may not be generally known.
but Arnpaboe county II one Of the most
profitable fruii-growing sections Of the
state.
There are number of large or
chards here" says the report, varying
from eighty to 100 acres each In
March, 1897. two carloads Of Ben On.
Wis apples grown near Littleton. packed
In barrels, were shipped to California,
ana orders came at once for twenty
carloads more. AT the last three State
~, p'"i'u" r"Is' AThphnOe county
fruit growers received premiums Ia
prove the excellence Of her products.
During the past season one dcaler In
Denver disposed OF 100000 crates OF
strawberries grown here
Tho business Of growing n second
crop OF strawberries has proved a re.
muncrative branch OF horticulture. Ac.
cording to the report. some grown
near Denver were picked after the frs,
slight snow storm In October nnd sold
Tor $3.50 crate. A second crop of
Strawberries raised around Canon CIty
and picked September Goth, brought
sl42 tn one gardener from fraction of
nm acre"
The following recommendation con.
corning pruning are given md are OF
much interest 10 horticulturista:
III pruning In done properly, no tool,
VIII ever DO necessary except shnrt
pruning knife; but II neglected, or tss
mnny main limbs are allowed to grow
the saw will have TO be used In n fsv
years. II is desirable 10 make q nice
smooth. even cut. and 10 do this m,
Knife should follow the shoulder that h
noticeable nt the junction OF the liml
to another. or To the main stem. AM
the surface of the cut should be n,
larger than the base Of the branch re
moved. Draw the blade inward a m
tie At the upper side. Avoid lea vins ,
sharp stub. from which n now shoo
may start. DO not make the cut 10,
coss' When the saw must be ueod q
The silver star., 1898-07-07
WINTER ON THE FRUIT FARM.
Things That should he Done During tho
Quiet Months.

Outet
This period of the year has been
quite appropriately called our ground
hog days" by some. but with me it
means 'time for preparation as 1
arrange and prepare material for an
other seasons labors so that when the
rush of fruiting season comes l have
many of the small as well as large de-
tails arranged.
This need not apply only to the fruit
growers. but to the farmer as well.
Every farm should be equipped with a
work shop, having a small stove there
in to heat ii on cold or damp days. A
few of the most common tools OF the
various trades should be kept in con-
venent places so that most any sim
pie repair upon the farm can be made
and il ones tastes and ingenuity are
so inclined. some of the finer tools for
doing cabinet work. etc.
1t is not so much the cost of a repair
as the time required in going to and
from some distant repair shop. which
Is saved by having tools conveniently
at hand for repairing. though the old
saying that "a penny saved is a penny
earned applies also. As | have 4
great variety of tools l am able to
hisiht uStihl ioi
home, besides preparing material for
another season. l make most of my
crates, berry stands. stepladders. push
carts, etc. which need. but my fruit
packages | can buy at a local factory
for about what | would have to pay
for the material in the "knock-down." :"
The crates and stands are different
from those in general use. besides are
cheaper and stronger and are but n
little heavier than the factory make.
use common lath FOR sides and bottom
of crate and onehalf inch lumber for
ends. 1t takes four and one-half laths.
which, at 10 cents per bunch of fifty,
costs in exact figures 9-10 of cent,
but allowing for waste. say l cent: for
the ends. one-inch lumber ten inches
wide, ripped into one-half inch stuff.
will cost about SIG per thousand. The
end pieces are SIaxSI. square. SO that
a board ten feet long will make just
twenty-eight end pieces. which cost
about l cent per crate. SO that the
whole cost of material for n crate is
not far from cents: and rs l cannot
estimate my time worth much during
the winter. l do not figure ii in,
Each strip of lath is smoothed of
with jack-plane. which gives the
crate neater and cleaner appearance
and cleanliness is profit in the fruit
business. as l have learned by expe-
rience.
For my picking stands I make n
frame 9ia inches square of 5-Sx1la-inch
strips. with four strips of lath for the
bottom. For handles | procure bales
from old pals. or else make them
from No. o wire. which are fastened
rieidly to stands. These will hold four
boxes or quarts. and I find them as
serviccable as any l have seen.-Epi-
tomist.
The silver star., 1898-07-07
Live Stock In New Mexico.

The boom days of 1884 are being re-
peated in New Mexico today. so far
as concerns the live stock interests.
Within the past few days number of
pasture leases have been closed on
land in the southern part of Colfax
county. Mr.. Mccormick, son of the
moving machine and reaper manufac-
turer of Chicago In company with
other Chicago capitalists, has secured
5000 acres on the Clutton ranch,
south of Cimarron, and will stock the
tract with thousands OF cattle. An
other deal has been completed whereby
n sock man named j. II. Hicks OF Ari-
zonn has leased 100000 ncres In the
Catskill country and will place about
5000 head of cattle thereon. A Mr..
Biglow from Texas has leased also
about 5000 acres from the old Horse
Shoe Company and will stock II with
cattle. Thus the stock business with
other movements within the past year
shows great advancement. and In n
short time will assume the enormous
proportions Of years ago. when cattle
raising was the most profitable bust.
ness Of the southwest.
The silver star., 1898-07-07
some wheat Experiments.

Al the Kansas experiment station
some experiments have been carried
on In wheat culture. and the following
summary is published In bulletin II:
l. Wheat grown continuously with
out manure on measured acre for
seventeen years In succession has pro-
duced an average yearly yield Of 1857
bushels. The crop was completely win
ter-kiiled during three Of these years,
so that only fourteen crops were har-
vested, and two Of them were partly
winter-kiiied. The average yield Of the
fourteen crops harvested II 23.76 bush.
els.
2. subsoiilng for wheat has not ben.
eAtcd the yield. II has. on the con.
trary. apparently reduced the yield
over that on surface-p -plowcd ground In
nearly every instance II hns been tried.
3. As TO the time Of seeding wheat.
the results OF the past seasons expert
ments confirm those OF former years.
The best yields were obtained from
seedlings made about tho third week In
September.
I. The rotation experiments arc Just
The silver star., 1898-07-07

beginning to give results. though they
have not run long enough as yet to
warrant definite conclusions. They do
show. however. that yearly applica-
tion Of twenty tons OF barn-yard ma
nure to the acre is decidedly detrimen-
tai. In that 1t causes an excessive
growth Of straw and failure to devel-
op kernel
s. The rotation experiments In
which wheat is followed by some le-
guminous catch-crop. sown as soon as
the wheat is harvested and removed
or plowed under in time to again SOW
the ground to wheat that same fall
have only just been begun, the past
year being the only season in which
wheat has been grown on this plan.
The wheat seeded on soy-bean stubble
gave the best yields.
6. The test Of varieties is OF special
interest the present year. in that 1t
shows the comparative hardness OF
some fifty leading varieties grown at
the station for several years. Out OF
the whole number only the Turkey,
Tasmanian Red and Crimean with
stood the severe freeze in November
80 as to yield at the rate Of ten bushels
or more per acre.
The silver star., 1898-07-07

Whoever thinks art an easy mistress
let him study biography. One OF the
foremost Of American actors recently
told an audience Of young men that
for something like seven years he was
almost on the verge of starvation.
Night after night. after the play he
would Invest one OF his few pennies In
hot baked potatoes. put them In his
pockets. and after warming his hands
on them would swallow them. Sargent
and l." said famous painter and
sculptor TO an art student. as he cor
rected her drawing. spent some
months In Spain when we were young
artists. We were very. very poor. Sar-
gent could talk better Spanish than I.
so he went out and bought the beans,
and cooked them. Beans were all we
had to eat" Yet Mansfield and sar-
gent and Duveneck. like thousands OF
other brave and successful men. have
persisted against terrible odds. until
success was assured.
The silver star., 1898-07-07
Farm Notes.

Female rabbits breed every six
weeks OF the year. excepting the
months OF October. November and De-
ccmber. They drop from five to sew.
cn in each litter. so the willing OF from
5000 to 1000 jackrabbits each year in
the neigbborhood Of Lamar does nUt
by any means rid the vicinity OF the
pest, for the following year they are ns
plentiful ms ever. Five jackrnbbits
viii consume ms much food ns one
sheep, so II Is no wonder TINT the farm
ers want to get rid Of the rabbits.
The quail Is good friend the farm.
or, ana when Henry Lee sent to Call.
fornia twenty-otid years ago for n GOV.
cy ~ the quail to he turned loose NJ
his farm on Wheat Ridge. ncur Den.
vcr. he did wise thing. Lust sum-
mer quail that had miscnlculntatl its
course md killed itself by flying
against u house and wns picked uD.
and Its distended crop examined. II
wns found to contain fOi potato burU.
which the bird lind tnkcn for ita morn
ing meni. Perhaps no other bird that
frcquents the farm pays IA higher price
for the grain II consumes thnn the
quail. Living above the hedge rows.
groves and rnvines, where Insect enc.
niles gather and lurk during n greater
pnrt Of the year. the quiIl not only
selxcs large numbers Of these enemies
dnlly during the summer months,
when they nre abroad In the land, but
all winter through It scratches among
the fallen leaves ana other rubbIslb foi
ALTERNATING insects Of various kinds
Being . tiInid creature the quail sel
dom leaves cover to fesd in opcu
fields, and, therefore. does little actual
harm In the wny Of destroying grain
In fact, only the stray kernels tina,
would otherwise Ike lost arr taken. NJ
farmer should kill q single quail; moi
should he allow them TO bs hunted o.
bis promises.
The silver star., 1898-07-07

young woman went into a large
dry-goods store not long ago and began
openly to pocket articles from the
counter. on being arrested. she said
quietly that having no home but the
streets. she preferred to spend the
night in prison. The incident empha-
sizes President Eliot's recent caution
to would-be philanthropists Hospitals
and asylums and retormatories are but
necessary palliatives of developed evil;
whereas churches, schools, museums,
gardens. gymnasia are instruments OF
moral construction, and to train a
child to avoid evil and pauperism is
better than to help the adult out OF
those conditions.
The silver star., 1898-07-07

Sir Robert Peel of England, who re-
fuses to fight an American who calls
him a liar and a swindler. because the
American is not his equal socially. is
not such stickler for the proprieties
as he assumes to be. One surmises
that. anyhow. because he refuses &c
return borrowed money, steals pictures
that belong to the estate Of his prede-
cessors, and has written a bad book
wherein he is chiefly successful in con-
Tossing himself a scoundrel and a ped
dler of other peoples condolences.
The silver star., 1898-07-07

The experience of The fifth century
is to repeated on a more extended
scale. The outer barbarians were fall-
ing upon the Chinese empire as they
did upon its Roman predecessor. An
unwarlike civilization is succumbing TO
assailants whom it despises. but whom
it cannot resist. And as at least four
Roman empires could be cut out oil
China, the collapse that we are wit
Messing is one whose like the world
has never seen before.