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The Portland daily press., 1898-02-17
"a Big Spr0ckets
Hp Run Easier.

Last year we contended that big
sprockets made Bicycle go easier, then
some people disputed it. How is it now,
not Bicycle will be put on the market
for '9S with small ones. We had lots of
experience last season fitting sprockets
to different makes of Bicycles; this year
this experience is at your disposal and
will not cost you cent. Our Sprockets
are nicely and accurately milled round
and true to size and finely finished.
this month for all kinds of repairing,
enameling, etc., and for very few dol
lars can make your wheel look as well
as any of the '99 Models.
Give us call.
The Portland daily press., 1898-02-17
lire Greatly Ineensed Against
People Of Havana
WROM THEY SAY TREATED THEM
VERY BADLY.

Anonymous Circulars Were Published
Headed Down With Americans-Au-
thors of Such Cowardly Hatred Would
Not Stop at tAnything-Idea of Internal
Explosion Last Thing To Be Thought
OF.
Jacksonville, Florida, February 49,
A special to to the Times Union and Cit
izen from Key West, Fla, says: The
steamship Olivette arrived here tonight
with large number of the wounded and
many of the survivors of the Maine disas-
ter. The officers were as rule reticent
and followed in line with their chief,
Sigsbee, in saying the cause of the ex-
pIosion could only be ascertained by div
ers, but many of the sailors We're out
spoken in their declaration of the belief
that the explosion was a deep laid plot of
the Spaniards. They are greatly incenssd
against the Havana people, who have
shown them small courtesy, who looked
upon their presence as national affront.
and who have published anonymous cir
culars captioned, "Down with the Ameri-
cans" They believe that the authors of
such expressed and cowardly hatred would
not stop at an act of such terrible ven
geance as the blowing up of the Maine.
These sailors, acquainted with the drill,
discipline and ensemble of q man-ofwar-
D ooh pooh the idea of an internal explo-
sion as the last thing to be thought of.
The Portland daily press., 1898-02-17
SPECIAL NO TICE5.
= W. q -

The mess that lady made try
ing to do "HOME DYEING."
She stained her hands. spiashed
her face and clothes, lost her
temper. nearly spoiled her goods,
and then after all her trouble
she brought the work to us to
have it done over and done right.
FACTS,
rncTrr,C Forest City Dye House and
EUosEn , Steam Carpet CleansingW Wor ks
10 PREBLE ST., OPP. PREBLE HOUSE.
y- Kid Gloves Cleansed Every Day. fbl4d
The Portland daily press., 1898-02-17
HEAVY AT CHESTER.

Chester Depot, Vt, February ia
heavy snow storm accompanied by high
wind has prevailed here since last might.
Eighteen inches of snow have already
fallen and it is drifting badly. This fore
noon the indication were that the storm
would be greater than the blizzard Of
February /.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-11-24
EXHIBITION COOP.

enough for the birds to be comforta-
BILE IN; nothing is so certain to make
the birds appear at disadvantage as
too close quarters. We would make
frame OF 1Hs-inch stutf-the ends, back
and top being covered with stout serv-
iceable duck, the floor being of half
inch matched boards, and the front be-
ing made of half-inch rods set into top
and bottom of frame 21a inches apart,
excepting that the two or three CEN
ter rods are set into a sliding bed piece
at bottom, and pass up through the
top frame, giving access TO the Interior.
The bed piece of the gate should slide
upon the rods on each side. Short rods
are set in the front, upon which to
suspend cups for food and water. A
curtain for the front, to be let down at
night, and in day time be rolled up as
in the illustration, adds to the neatness
of the structure; and ornamental
brass-headed tacks to secure the duck
ends, etc, improves the appearance.
The rods in front look best if round, al
though eight square rods are very neat.
Many owners of private coops keep
them neatly painted.-Farm Poultry.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-11-24
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TRIALS OF THEIR OWN.
Housekeepers Have Them Just as
Well, and as Many of Them,aH
Their Husbands.

None of them had been married very
long and their interest in the mys-
teries of housekeeping had not died
out.
What is the most awful thing which
ever happened to you since you kept
house?" asked the dark-eyed girl. The
prouD SIGHED as one woman. I'VE
haven't time to tell" they chorused.
81 think" spoke up the prettiest one,
"that the time l most wanted to crawl
under the rug and just die in lonesome
ness was at my first card party. Five
tables had been served with ice cream
when it gave out. There were eight
tables!"
"Why, never knew that!" cried her
husband, who was on the outskirts of
the bevy.
"Of course not!" she flashed. you
happened to be at the second table
and when l saw you placidly putting
away the ice cream while your guests
down the room were starving II
came near disliking you"
What did you do?" asked the other
| women.
"Oh," She said, 81 just told them
| brutally that the ice cream had giver
out and they couldn't have any. What
else could l do? l felt as though red
hot needles were sticking into me
when l did it, too"
Tom brought a man home to din
ner one night" reminiscently said thu
| boollworm of the crowd. "Of course
it was on a day when the cook had lef
and there wasn't thing to eat, but
believed in doing my duty as wife, 81
| ! smiled and smiled and got hold of
beefsteak by threatening to massacr
the butchers boy, who wanted t
deliver it at the fiat above, where /
had been ordered, but | was desperate
Well, l put that steak in the broile
and held it over the coals-we didn'
have a gas stove. 1t was slow work
so | picked up the evening paper an
began reading it. AS | read i turne
the broiler over and over constantly
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-11-24

set cover and silk skirt are the last
garments to put on, so that the neck
and arms can have full benefit of the
treatment. After this is done put on
the skirt and waist of your gown, and
after all is ready brush the powder
from your face until there is just
enough to keep away the shine which
is so tormenting to the complexion.
The powder should be left upon the
neck and arms for comforts sake and
for the sake of the gown, as it absorbs
pcrspiration, and thus the dress ma
terial is kept dry and fresh.
This is the only method used by pro-
fessional beauties, and is the one which
will be prescribed by any masseuse
beauty artist. If the treatment is left
until your whole toilette is completc =
never lasts as long, and your gown is
apt to be spoiled.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-11-24
Rorax for DaIry Products.

BY being boiled milk will usually
Keep good for nearly II hours, if it is
placed in cool larder or cellar which
is we'll ventilated; but the peculiar
taste it imparts to tea is a drawback
to this means of preserving it. 1t will
be found a good plan to add half a
teaspoonful of powdered toraX to each
quart of milk, stirring it well, so that
the boraX may dissolve quickly; this
should be done as soon as the milk is
brought from the dairy. Butter should
lie well washed in borax and water, and
kept in a basin of cold water, to which
boraX has been added. Cooking but
ter which has a rank taste may be
mace sweet by this means, but plenty
of borax should be used, and the but
ter must be well worked with butter
sDOOns
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-11-24
Tremendous RainfaIls.

A recent remarkable rainfall of 31.76
inches in "a hours, which occurred in
northern Ceylon, leads a correspond
ent of Nature to recall other records
of heavy rains. The greatest annual
rainfall known occurs, it is said, in
the Khasia hills in India. 1t amounts to
600 inches, or 50 feet! On one occasion
3k feet of rain fell in the Khasia hills
every "a hours for five successive days.
Gibraltar has been drenched with 33
inches of rain in 26 hours, and Genoa
with 30 inches in the same length of
time.-Youth's Companion.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-11-24
A CASE OF FRAUD.
War Department Discovers "A Way in which
Soldiers Secure Their Dischsrge.

The war department has just I'M
earthed a case of fraud that it is suS-
pected has many parallels. An APP
plication for the discharge of her son
was received by a Pennsylvania rep
resentative from an old lady S4 years
of age, living in Adrain, Pa. She wrote
u pitiful appeal for the release of her
only boy, who was her sole support
and was said to be lying sick in Fort
Washington. Md. The letter was for
warded by the representatives of the
war department with a request that
the application be granted. The usual
circular letter was sent to the old
lady, reciting that discharges could be
made only upon the recommendation
of the commanding officer. Thereupon
the recipient wrote stating that she
had never written the department,
that the letter was a forgery, and that
while she had two sons, the one who
was in the army had never supported
her in any measure. Evidently the
man had planned the scheme to Sc
cure his own release.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-11-24
THE PARROT IN TRADE.
An Educated Bird Used by Collector &c
Bawi Pertinent Things About Bad

An Educated Bird Used by Collector &c
BawI Pertinent Things About Bad
Debts.
mo use to dun 'em! No use to dun
'em! They're deadbeats!"
These words uttered in shrill pierre
ing tones, attracted a crowd in the
vicinity of Lincoln park. A we'll
dressed young man emerged from the
vestibule of a residence, where he
had been conversing with woman,
and rushed down the steps t. a COW
cred buggy in front of the house.
mo use to dun 'em! No use to dun
'em! They're deadbeats!"
"Quiet, Polly! Shut your mouth"
cried the young man as he removed
from the seat of the vehicle large
cage containing particularly vicious
looking parrot.
After several times repeating its un-
complimentary protests, the bird
finally subsided and its master re-
assembled the steps to the vestibule,
from which he soon emerged with
some bank notes in his hand.
ITS an original scheme OF my
own" explained the young man a little
later "and I'll explain the scheme II
you keep it mum. Some time ago |
was connected with an agency that
employed uniformed collectors and
yellow wagons, the object being to in
timdate the debtor, who would pay
just bill rather than be disgraced
by having self-advertised bad debt col
lectors calling upon him every day.
"After a time legal proceedings were
taken by a disgusted debtor who had
been persistently annoyed, and the
wagons and uniforms were promptly
suppressed. But are deadbeats TO es
cape paying their just dues on that
account? l thought not, and recently
devised the plan 1 am now carrying
into execution.
"PeopIe whose names are on the
blacklist are generally shrewd enough
TO understand the situation. and a set
Element is at once made or arranged
for. | have been operating for ovel
month. and in but one instance ha!
Polly been called upon to repeat he
well-rehearsed act. I am told tina
complaints have been made to tn,
police, and | must make hay while thu
sun shines. Gooddav."
"By-by! Tn bird, am" shriekeC
the parrot, as the enterprising col
lector drove briskly away.-Chicagt
Chronicle.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-11-24
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AN EXHIBITION COOP.
II Is RoOmy Enough for the Birds ia
Appear to Advantage and to
He Comfortable.

We have several requests for direc-
tions for building coops for exhibiting
fowls at fairs and shows, and give
above an illustration of such a coop.
The illustration explains itself so well
that but little by way of explanation
is necessary. This coop is so inches
high, 30 inches wide, and "a inches deep
but these dimensions are by no means
obligatory, as coops are built of va
rious sizes, to suit the taste and pur-
pose of the builder. We would urge,
however, that exhibitors who supply
their own coops make them roomy
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-11-24

for I RENE mbered mother saying when
YOU broil meat it must be done on
both sides. | was in the middle of the
most interesting article when | no
ticed | was choking to death. My
dears, that kitchen was smoking like
steam engine, and the steak-well,
the charred bits were just kind of
rafting around in the broiler. l gave
Tom and the man breakfast bacon!"
Have you ever gone down In a bath
robe, with your hair like a wild In
dams, to answer the postman's ring,
and discovered it was your wealthy
maiden aunt or your dearest enemy
come to call on you?' asked the blond.
'Or complained to the janitor about
the noise your neighbours children
were making in the court, only to be
told the howling little savages were
your own darlings?" supplemented the
mother of three.
"Or had three people Just drop in to
dinner when your meal was pre-
pared for two-with sm, Il appetites?'
cor" said the prettiest one in a low
cred voice and a glance at her hus.
band, "have your mothcr-in-law come
| to see you when you had forgotten tc
dust the piano and the pie crust would
| have been just the thing to make nice
durable rubber boots?"
There was sympathetic silence
"Anyhow," sighed the one who had
| started the discussion, cts better
| than boarding!"
| And everyone looked more cheerful
Chicago Daily News.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-11-24
THE DUCK BUSINESS.
Ii Is Profitable when Conducted with
Judgment and In the Proper
Locality.

There is an unfounded prejudice
acainst ducks and geese in the minds of
many farmers. The usual excuse is
that they have habit of pudding in
every bit of water they find until they
make mudhole there.
Hogs have a similar habit but no one
objects to them on that account be-
cause the hogs are kept in their places.
Mud is not necessary to the happiness
of either ducks or hogs. In fact both
are better if kept where they cannot
make mud.
Ducks should be kept out of the door
yard and they have no place in the barn
yard or about the watering troughs of
any kind. They are so easily shut out
of any place that it is not a hard mat
ter to keep them from getting into mis-
chief, They cannot crawl through a
small hole in fence and if the fence is
three feet high they will never get over
1t. Ducks will drink more water than
other kinds of poultry, but they do not
need it for any other purpose. If they
are given their water in trough over
which Stats are nailed to prevent them
from getting into the water they will
not make any more mud than other
| fowls. Whether kept for eggs or
| Matched to be sold when ten or twelve
weeks old, they are more profitable
| than chickens and much more comfort
able to handle, as they are domestic in
their habits, easily tanned and always
ready to eat almost anything that is
given them and turn it to good use by
growing heavier all the time.-Farnl-
! ers' Voice.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-11-24
AMONG THE POULTRY.

Ten weeks from shell to market is
the time allotted chick.
Geese cannot be raised to an advan-
tage without grass and water.
Gull out the poor layers and give the
prolific hens more room to work.
Scalded sweet milk and cooked rice
will stop diarrhoea in chickens. Avoid
giving sloppy food when in this con.
dition.
breed of fowls kept for the eggs
alone should be that one which can be
kept with the least expense for food OF
support.
Early maturity is an item with poul.
try, especially chickens and turkeys
when raising them for market.-Prairie
Farmer.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-11-24
Mouth and Tooth Wash

An excellent wash for the mouth and
teeth and also for the hair is made by
dissolvng two ounces (about four even
tablespoonsfuD of borax in three pints
Of boiling water; while still warm add
to this a teaspoonful of spirits of cam
phor. Bottle and keep on the wash
stand; when ready for use, add equal
amount of warm water.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-11-24
WbY Some Enrmera EMIL

Do farmers in general appreciate the
need of preparing the soil for crop in
time? They do theoretically, but prac.
tically farmers are disposed to display
that lack of exacting promptness that
characterIzes the successful business
man. This is more frequently the line
of demarkation between success and
failure in farming than is realized
Farmers are usually always at work,
out being employed at the thing most
needing attention is what reqNires full
understanding of "on time. ."-Dakots
Field and Farm.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-11-24
THE FINISHING TOUCH.
A Word About Beauty's Tinting and
the Application of Powder
to the skin.

There are hardly two women out OF
ten who properly apply the different To-
tions and cosmetics to their skins. AS
a rule the finishing touches are left en-
tirely to the last, when they should be
begun with the dressing.
The proper time to commence to ap-
ply the powder and little touch of color
to the skin is just after the hair has
been dressed. The tinting should be
done first and then the powder should
be put on with lavish hand. The cor
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-11-24
Go south This Winter.

For the present winter season the Louis
vile G. Nashville Railroad Company has
improved its already nearly perfect through
service of Pullman Nestibuled Sleeping
Cars and elegant day coaches from Cincin-
matt. Louisville, St. Louis and Chicago, to
Mobile, New Orleans and the Gulf Coast,
1homasvlle, Ga, Pensacola, Jacksonville,
Tampa, Palm Beach and other points in
Florida Perfect connection will be made
with steamer lines for Cuba, Porto Rico
Nassau and West Indian ports. Tourist
and Home Seekers excursion tickets on sale
at low rates Write c. p Atmore, General
Passenger Agent, Louisville, KY, for par
ticularS
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-11-24
Actively of Vesuvius.

Much anxiety has been caused in Naples
by the renewed activity of Mount, Vesuvius
An overwhelming danger of this description
produces universal terror. AS a matter oi
fact there is little likelihood that Mt Vesu
gius will do any serious damage. On the
other hand thousands die daily from stomach
and digestive disorders, who might have sur
vived had they resorted to Hostetter's Stom
ach Bitters. 1t is the greatest of known ton
les for stomach and digestive organs. il
cures kidney, liver and blood disorders.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-11-24
A Doubling Thomas.

Sound" said the pedagogue, "is some
thing that a person, can hear, but can
neither see nor feel"
"Oh, don't know!" exclaimed the boy at
the foot of the class. 81 think | can prove
that you are off in your theory"
"Very well, Thomas" retorted the man OF
learning, "go ahead and prove it, then"
"Only yesterday you gave me sound
thrashing," said Thomas; II suppose the
other pupils saw It, and don't you ever
think for a minute that | didn't feel it. -
Chicago Evening News.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-11-24
All Arranged.

Mr.. Wigsby-See here, my love, there is
some mistake. The baggage delivery man
has left seven trunks on our front porch
the mountains )-Imbecile! Don't you uu-
derstand? He's coming back after dark for
the extra fve.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-11-24
The Usual Way.

More people make a fuss over mushrooms
and less people like them than any other
alleged delcacy.-M ashington Democrat.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-11-24

We blame the devil for many things h,
couldn't possibly do unless men helped him
Town Topics.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-11-24

If you want to be cured OF a cough use
Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-11-24

You will be disabled by rheumatism. Use
ST. Jacobs Oil and cure it.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-11-24

In giving ear to fattery we not only fool
ourselves, but fool the fiatterer as well-
Town Topics.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-11-24

What? A Cripple? Cure your sprain in
= day with st. Jacobs Oil.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-11-24

The first proof of a mans incapacity for
anything is his endeavor to fix the stigma OF
failure upon others.-Haydon.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-11-24

You may be sure Neuralgia will be cured
by st. Jacobs Oil.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-11-24

Fuddy-"Many wonderful things happen
in ones life" Duddy-" Especially in auto
biographies. Boston Transcript.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-11-24

The way out of pains and aches is to rub
St. Jacobs Oil in.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-11-24

Not every boy who has his picture taken
holding fiddle can play Washington (la.)
Democrat.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-11-24

Woud-be Writer-What do you consider
the most important qualification for bs-
gnner in literature?
Old Hand-A small appetite.-Tit- Bits.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-11-24

A glass eye is the memorial window of the
soul.-Princeton Tiger.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-11-24

WHEN WRITING To ADVERTISERS
please state that yea saw tho Aavortise>
meat In the paper
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-08-02
HAIL PORTO RICO.
The First Proclamation Issued by the
Mayor OF Yauco.


Ponce. Island Of Porto Rico, July %. D.
m. via ST. Thomas, Aug 1.-The following
is the text Of the mayors proclamation
issued at Yauco, as a United States city:
&C. .hEens-rodRy the citizens of Porto
Rico assist IN one Of her mos; beautiful
fetes. The sun OF America shines upon
your mountains and valleys this day OF
July, lSS. Il Is a day OF glorious re-
membrance for every citizen OF this be-
loved ISLAND. because for the first time
there waves over her the nag Of stare,
planted in the name OF the government OF
the United States OF America By q major
general of the American army, Senor
Mii,rs.
Porto RicAns. We are, by the miracu-
lous intervention Of the God OF the just.
given back to the bosom OF our mother
Amerhca, in whose waters nature has
Aer We are given back in the name OF her
placed us as the people Of America. To
government by General Miles and we
must send onr most expressive salutatlon
OF generous Affection through our conduct
toward the valiant troops represented by
officers and commanded by
the illuSJrins General Miles.
Citizens. long live the government OF
the Cnitei States Of America. HAN 10
their valiant troops
Han, Pcrto Rico. always American.'
'Yauco, Porto RRico. United States Of
America, Acnlde, Francisco Anaga,''